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,,. , I ' , ' THE BEE; OMAHA.' SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 20, 1921. :- - ' ' 1 i "" I ... - . , Stories by Little Folks (Prize.) A Queer Catch. ' One Saturday, Tom and Ned were fishing iu a small river near their home. "Let's' stop," said -Ncd "This is not V good day fortfish to bite. Have you had a' single nibble?" "I have something on my line now," answered. Tom. "It is very heavy. Help rrttf pull it in, quick." Ned grasped 'Kim's line and be gan to pull. "W,hat can it be?" he cried. "It's as heavy as a whale." "I enly hope the line will not break and soon the boys had drawn a queer little tin box to the bank. ' ' ' Now the boys did not know what to do with the box, so Ned said, "Let's throw it away." . Tom agreed, . and just as he wanted to throw it away? they heard a voice within the box say, "Let me out." . The boys tried to open it but " could not. Suddenly the- box flew open which contained nothing but some smoke which formed a small fairy. The boys wer alarmed when the'fairy said: "For trying to open : this box I was in I will grant ydu each one a wish." Because they were good brothers they both wished to have a good house and that their parents would not have to work so hard. The wish was granted and when they returned home they found a nice house instead of their poor old cottage and lived happily ever after. Joseph Ruzieka, ' aged 12, , 1120 . Dorcas St., Omaha, Neb. ; . . (Honorable Mention.) A Young Herd. . Tommy, Dorothy and little Rob ert, all jnt out to play. Tommy said.1 "let's play soldier, I will go after my flag." " Tommy soon came back bearing his flag bravely. "1's gona carry de flag," said little-Robert. "No sir 1" said Dorothyvstout ly, "you are t6o voting and might drop it or tear it; "Will not," cried Robert in much agony. . "We aint going to trust you anyway," stormed back Tommy. They be gan to march around the garden, . Robert tagging along behind. Tom my marching around in front of the house heard the jingles of the ice cream wagon. He stuck the flag in the ground and ran off to buy ice cream. Dorothy did the same, but poor little Robert stayed by the flag. Robert wanted an ice cream cone as v bad as the rest but honored his flag more. They finally came back with ,vice cream cones. When they re-' ' ..- membered that they left the Sag out on the front yard, with it in danger of being taken, they hung their heads with shame. Robert .had won the place of honor, because after that he was always leader and held the flag proudly Bertha Woodrow. jgcd,ll. 20J3 Fifth avenue, Council ' , Bluffs,' la. . , . .Picnic at Noyes Lake. Dear Busy Bees: I have not writ ten for such a long time that I think ir is about time to write. I am going to tell you about a picnic I went to this summer. The party was held at -; Noyes lake, near the Elkhorn river. j There Vere about 30 people that went. We started at about W o'clock from Bennington. We were very ex- ' cited to get there. t When we got there we. got our fishing poles and then started fish ing Some of the men fished, too. They got some little fish. These they threw back into the water. Soon it was. time to eat dinner. .We had paper plates. We had to pass around and then we got our dinner. We had Trickles.. Sandwiches, fried chicken. pie ' ana other . things. Then we played games near the lake. Some of "the- bovs went in wading. We took some pictures. Afterwards we had ice cream, cake.and pop the men and-women played cards. We took a Valk down to the Elkhorn river. -At 5 o'clock we went home. all very tired, but happy. 'On the way home we had a blow-out. i am going to be 9 years old next Fri day. Well. I must close Helen Schneckloth, Age 8, Box 144, Ben nington, Neb. - 1 ' " y , Wants to Join Our Hive. Dear Busy Bees: This is tny.first letter to you and I wish to join the Hive. I am in the fourth grade and 9 years old. There is Freddie. Claire and mvself in my class. Claire and VrrAMf are 9 vears old. too. Freddie and I are twins. The Sunday paper is very nice. I will tell you what I At far Christmas. I firot a Sunday dress, two handkerchiefs, a book. M mnthfr made mv doll a car cape. quilts and slip, and is going to make a dress. It snowed Snnday,.so we cquld not go to school until yester day, i nave a oig sister uu mu brothers. My big brother's name is PaoL I will close, as news is get ting scarceFreda Koerner, Agea y, Craig, Neb. ' J Aokiya Group Win Rank The'Aokiya Campfire group gave a supper at the home of Miss Clari bel Fleming Tuesday. The follow ing menu was- cooked by the group." Swiss steak, mashed, potatoes, gravy, peas, cauliflower and olives, butter fly salad, crackers, fruit jello and whipped cream. The girls fct this group, working for their Firemak ers rank, have gone without candy, sundaes, sodas or anything between meals for one month. The supper celebrated the breaking of this "hun ger strike." A novel feature of this party was that each guest found her place at the table by reading a de scription of herself- on the place cards. All had to hunt until they recognized the description. Omaha Girls Win National Honors Miss Edith M. Kempthorne, na tional fold secretary of the Camp fire organization, awarded the fol lowing honors to Omaha Campfire Girls while in Omaha a week ago. The list gives complete names of honor winners, article made and kind of honor merited: , Edith Elliott, book cover, Uta. Henrietta Medlar, written thought, Uta. Ruth Carlbersr. book cover, Uta. . Thelma Murks, beadwork, Keda. follna McKenzle, beadwork, Keda. Mary Wyman. play, Keda. Mildred McFarland, play, Keda. Ruth Hatteroth. a-owp, Keda. -Gertrude Pollard, collar . decoration, Ruth Buffiturton, candle holders. Keda. Ruth Wlllard, mounted flower. Keda. Rosalie Platner, bead ptole, Keda. Seva Hwanson. gown decoration, Keda. Irene Leigh, gown, Keda. Erma Nelson, toys, Hhuta. , Inez Shamp, dress. Shuta, - , Bertha Vaughan, book. ghuta. , , - Mary Louise Guy. drew, Wakan. rtlndva Goodman. written thought, Wakan. - , , Ruth Hatteroyn, neaa sioie, niuo. Bertha Vaughan, dress, Wakan. If all the trees Vere cherry tries, And every little boy Should have, like young George Washington,- i A hatchet for bis toy, -And use It in a way unwise. What should we do for cherry piesT A. U . - A Second Grader. nar Ruv Rcm: I am 9 years old and in the Second B grade at school. My teacher s name is miss Howe. like her very mucn. i v,-r nn Utpr and one brother. My Aunt Lillian hasa baby girl, born December 10. Iter name is Mritf sh ri,-i; another little girl named Marian.' My dolls name is T cot two books for Christ mas. Flora May Priest, "aged, 9, 4914 South Twenty-second street. Where Work is a Party,- Tti flav rnmhers of Portueal are donni) nnn1 Tt ic the custom on the Iberian peninsula to make ot work a gaia tunciion. uarpcu in their, best, adorned with bright nrAA nminii-iil: thpir carments " an VIV V . O - array of colbr with gay embroidery, men aad women meet.io carry ou the ordinary daily vocations. In Portugal, that of winding flax " is usually given over to tne women. Popular Science Monthly. v Fun st School This' is my first letter to you. I am 9 years old and am iif the fourth arade at . school. I will tell you about some of the fun we have at school. One dav we made a road drag and dragged the roads. For1 our drag we had a big plank; to tins we fastened a rope. The older pupils pulled and some of the smaller ones rode on it to hold it down. Now as the ponds, near the school house, are frozen, we skate. Ou stormy days we play "Send a Letter." and "Clap in -and Clap Out," There are 20 rupils in our school, 15 boys and five girls. My letter is getting long so I will close.' I am one ot your readers. Viola Dittmar, aged 9, Rising City, Neb When you have Youll see my Complete tte picture by drawing a ure 1 and tanog" toem nuniencaiiy. , Dot Puzzle ' ,3. " ' :? ? V ' ' ic , '' ; J5 Vv ' ' ' 4 26" 23 -, ' 2ft 27 ' 29 bJ ' ' .36 3J 4o effitre Girls Group Meetings Little Miss Betty Arnold, niece of Miss Ernestine Wunrath, guardian, entertained the Hisi Idaka group at a Valentine party at her home Sat urday evening. Miss Helen Claire Snyder entertained this same group at a Valentine party at her home Monday evening. ' ' The Lewa group held a ceremo nial at the home of their guardian, Mrs. L. B. Webster, Tuesday. At that time several special honors were awarded and Mrs. Webster and Miss Bernice Mathews took their Fire makers rank. 'The council fire was led by Miss Ruth Hatteroth. The Park school group met Tues day and held a busy meeting decid ing on their names and symbols. Tne Banuta group, with Miss Edna Molseed, guardian, held a song re hearsal Wednesday to practice for their ceremonial, which will be held soon. ' ' The Taspashu group consists of a number of girls' at the Hawthorne school. Their name is Hawthorne in the language of tht- Dakota In dians, their symbol will be the haw thorne tree and it will be woven into ach girfs head band. The, Idaka group, with Miss May Leach, guardian, held a candy sale last week and realized enough money from it to buy the beads' necessary for their head bands. At previous meetings they had made their looms and designed. their symbols and now expect to complete their head bands in short order.- : s The Scarecrow. A scarecrow stood In a field one day Stuffed with straw, Stuffed with hay. He watched the folks on the king's v highway But never a word said he. Much he saw. but naught did heed, r Knowing not night, ' Knowing not day; For, having naught, did nothing need, And never a word said he. A little gray mouse bad made It nest. Oh, so wee. Oh. so gray, ' la the sleeve of a coat that was poor Tom's best. But the scarecrow, naught said be. His bat was the home of a small Jenny wren Ever so sweet, V Ever so gay, A squirrel had put by his fear of men And kissed him, but naught heeded he. Bagged old man, I love him well,'' I Stuffed with straw, i ' Stuffed with hay. : Many's the tale he could tell. 1 But never a word says he. -Poetry Hevlew.-- ' A Little Sparrow;. . 1 Dear Busy Bees: This is my first letter. I am goine to write a story about a little sparrow. ! I wish some Busy Bee would write to me. It was the last of November. The birds were all flying south. One lit tie bird was setting upon a bough. It was very happy because it was going to fly to sunny southland on the morrow. It flew down into the chicken pen to get something to eat. Out jumped pussy She seized the little bird. The bird struggled to get free. The door opened and out came little Jane. She took the little tird away from pussy" and gave the cat a whipping.' Then she took fhc little bird into the house, Jane found the bird had a broken wing. She nursed him till he got well. When spring came the little bird was able to fly again. Jane opened the window and let the little bird fly happily away" with his companions. As my letter i? getting long, I will close. Nellie Howard, Aged 9, 916 North Twenty fifth Street, Omaha,! Neb. A New, Bee. Dear- Busy Bees:' I will write to you. I am going to tell you about my pets.' I have a dog; .her, name is Bounce. I have a tame fox, arid I have tWo goats1; my goats'- names are Mary and Billy. I will close my letter. Aletha Combs, West Point, Neb. traced around to- fifty. Grandma neat and thrifty. ur 1 and taking there numerically. George Washington " 'How did George Washington Zoof') asked Nell, What rvas he like? Wont Jjou please tell?, Thus I answered: A courtly man, Wearing his honors as heroes can: , Erect and tall with his six-feet two: 1 Knee-breeches, -buckles, frills, and queue; , Powered brown hair, blue eyes far apart: ' Strong-limbed and fearless with gentle heart,' Gracious in manner Joward everyone Thus, my Nell, was Washington' Troop tfix Meets In New Quarters Scout Troop 6 is now holding meetings '- in Its new home - at Lothrop school. The., basement of the school has been fixed up for the scouts, and they have installed bookcases, a library, bulletin boards and a tree board, so. as to make it a regular troop den. Scoutmaster Baumer is very enthusiastic over the wellfare of the boys and has planned many activities for the boys in their new quarters. The . sCouts of the Seventh dis trict gathered together last week to hear Mr. Aulabaugh'tell about the great outdoors and of the wonder ful experiences he had last winter while trapping fur-bearing animals in th Canadian woods. He gave a Ivery interesting and educational talk to the boys, lhe meewig was attended by 100 scotits an" scout masters. . v Richard McMahill, scout of Troop 51, won second prize for Nebraska in an essay on fire prevention in an essay contest staged by the Na tional Board o Fire Control. He received a bronze medal as a re ward for his good work. Many. New Members At Boys' Division ' Last week was a large one for membership in the boys' division and they are coming in fast. And the success of the whole project is, that the "Y" boys are working to get theflii in and every "Y" boy who gets a new member gets a month's credit, on his own membership, be sides a fine monogram for his sweat er. Here is the list of new boys who joined the "Y" last week: Clarence Johnson, Roscoe Barton, Clarence Minard, John Hoagland, Herbert Helsing, . Frank Francl, Willie Swoboda, George -Grisson, Gregor , Mjisil, Jrvin Nelson, Mark Fair. Cedric Hornbv. Charles Stearns, Edward" Sterling, Roy Hoden, Julius Margolin, Phil Wright, Werner Wittges, Leroy JCatskee, Marry Musgrave, Frederick Mackenbrach, Lloyd Leslie, Ray mond Rawson, Lteyd Rowe and Hans Romer. This makes a real group pf new members for fcne week, but this week will be a bigger, one yet Boys, get busy and bring in your chum to join the big gang here. Windsor Students Take Factory Trip The boys and girls of the eighth graae ot Windsor school were taken on a trip through the Iten Biscuit company under the direction of the Boys' division of the Y. M. C. A. Wednesday of last week. Fifty of the boys and girls went on the trip which was greatly enjoyed. J. S. Arnold, assistant boys' work secretary, was in charge of the trip. The trip was a part of the school work and was taken on school time. Following the trip, the children who attended wrote stories - for their school worft on what they saw dur ing the industrial trip that they had made. Other trips with other school groups will,' be mad? in the near, fu ture and other factories will be gone through as part of this . work Principals interested will call the Boys' division of theY. M. .C. A. to make arrangements for Jrips for their children. v Money Talks. . "Sorry," said the Nonstable, "but I'll have to arrest ye ye've been drivin'- along at the rate of SO miles an hour." - ' . v . "You are wrong, my friend," said the driver," and here's $2 that says I wasn't" , f "All right," returned the minion of the law, pocketing the- money. "VVith all that srtfiinsr ml T iin't"n. ...... - 1 " 1 O ' I ing to subject the countyto the ex4 pensc ot a inai. rutsnurgn sun First Letter., Dear Busy Becs This is my first letter. I would like to join theBee Hive. I am 9, years old and m the fourth grade. My teacher's name is Miss Pearson and I like her very well. There are 16 pupils in our school. I have two sisters. One of my sisters is going td school with me. We boys made a snow jnan in school yesterday. I will close,, as news is -getting scarce. Freddie Koehler, Aged 9, Craig, Neb. (Sytvppis.of last week's story: Four Teenie Weenies, 'having been accidentally locked " in a woman's pocketbook, are carried down to the city, where they make their escape in a department store. The Teenie Weenies are helped out of the store on to the roof of a shed where a pigeon brings the little.fellows food.) y - . Traveling by Water. Fortunately it was not a cold day, and by sitting in a spot of sunshine that fell on the roof the little fel lows kept comfortable. . Once Some one threw a date seed on to the roof from one of the windows above the , four Teenie Weenies, and it almost , hit the Dunce, scaring that little chap half out of his wits asjt bouuded over his head. ' "I wish that pigeon would come back," yawned Gogo. "We all is Iosin' time sittin' heah." , "Well, we might as well sit here until we find out in which direction the shoe house lies," said the Sailor. "If we should start out we'd have' to askr questions to find out which way to go, and that would take up a lot of time." - "If we'd been able to peep out of that pocketbook once iu a while .-as we came along we might have been able to find our way back," said the Clown. "I-hope jny next trip won't be in a pocketbook." , The four Teenie Weenies heard the flap of wings, and the next minute , their friend; the . pigeon, landed on the edg$ of the roof. "Excuse ml for being so long," cried the pigeon English, "I' had a most terrible time finding out what direction your horiie is from here. I couldn't find my friend the carrier pigeon so I asked a couple of spar rows, and one of them told me he had hearLji dog speak of the TecnicWcenics once, so I'f lew over For the Live Boys Many Basketeers in The Bee Grade School Cage Loop Are T' Boys "Y" boys arc found as leaders in every activity in the schools from the time they are 12 years of ago and old enough to join until they fin ish' high school. This is true of The Bee's Grade School Basket BaH league. There are over 50 of the "Y's" young athletesn the school teams which are entered in The Bee's Grade School Basket Ball league. Some are captains and others are star players, but they are distributed alMhe way through the league and on almost every team. In some of the school teams over 75 per cent bf the members of the teams are "Y" boys. The gym work, swimming and the club work, which is conducted for over 1,500 Omaha boys by the boys' division, cannot help but produce good leaders. They stand for clean sportsmanship, . clean speech and clean habits everywhere. "Y" Lads You Should KnowRobert Weller, Robert Weller, "commonly known to his scores of boy friends as "Bob," son of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Weller of 1906 Binney street, is a popular "Y" boy. "Bob" is 14 and a freshman in Central High school. His standing in scholarship s of the very best, as he excells in all of subjects. at high school. He is a recognized leader aniong . his friends 'and acquaintances at , the "Y" where he spends all his leisure hours. 0 , ... He is of aquiet nature and while he ?does not assert himself very often, all his friends look naturally to him for leadership. He was a recognized leader among the boys in Lothrop school which he . at tended before entering high school last fall. Fearlessly, but in his quiet way, Bob is always on the right side in everything. No one ever wonders where he stands for you can, al- to see the dog; but he wasn't around and I waited falmost an hour before he showed up. "He. had a bone with him and I couldn't get a word out of him until he had eaten his bone. Dogs are awfully grouchy when they're eating a bone and I've found out it's best to leave them alone until they finish it. : - . "I asked the dog if he could tell me where your house was, and he said that he could, so I'll take you over to see him, and you can get the direction from him." The pigeon was such a large, pow erful bird that all four of the Teenie Weenies were able to climb onto his bacW and in a few minutes the bird settled onto the ground behind the back door of a small store, where the dog tived. "Mr. Pigeon teHs us that you might be able to tell us where our house js," said the Sailor when the four Tennie Weenies had slipped off the pigeon's back. , "Well," barked thC dog, for he "was rather gruff like most dogs. "I can tell you, the general direction. I had a1 cousin, a silly pug dog, that lr. !d near your house once, and he used to talk about you Teenie Wee nies. He was always gettin' lost, had a poor sense of smell, and I used to take him part way home once in a while. I used to take him to the river and it seems that the riverr uns pretty close to his house so he could always get home by fol lowingthe river." "There is a river not, far from our house," said the Dunce. "How do you get to the river?" "Follow this street straight out," said the dog. nodding his head towards the street which ran in front ways bank on his being on the side of the right always. He is a promi nent member of the Junior Hi-Y club and has, been a member of a Bible Study club at the "Y" ever since he was 12 years of age. He i also a member of St. Mark's Lutheran church. S" Monograms for . New Members Going "The Y. M. C. A. sweater mono grams which are being awarded during February to every boy who secured a new member to joii;, are going fast and boys who' want one before they are gone, will have to hustle." Twenty-five monograms were given two weeks ago and 30 last week. There are oirly 45 more monograms left and ' boys should hurry and bring in their friend if they want in on these. During other, times in the year, the boys' division gives similar monograms for getting five new members. Every year, during Feb ruary, a monogram is given for get ting only one new boy. This spe cial offer appeals to every boy who wants a decoration for ms sweater or gym shirt' Boys who are interested in get ting a . monogram can bring their friends to the boys' division for a whole clay's trial membership.- Get busy, boys. Bring your friend in this next week and show him the whole place. Then get him to join the big boys' club with the other 900 Omaha boys and then you will get jiour sweater monogram. Scout' Ranks High. Oliver AmeSTformer Boy Scout jn a First Presbyterian church troop, now attending school at Palo Alto Military academy jn Cali fornia, won first scholarship honors in his class last month, was second highest cadet officer and scored the lowest expense account in the school. . - Slightly Mixed. "That friend of yours "who was in the war has just1 come back with a waund stripe on his arm." "I don't understand that. He wrote us he was hit in the leg." of the store. ".Keep on going until you smell a sort of fishy smell, then follow the smell until you reach the river. Don't turn away from the street before you tome to river, for there's a fish store on another street and if you should smell that you'd get off the trail. When you feach the river sniff up and down the bank until you smell leather. There's a leather tannery down the river about half a mile from the spot where you strike the river, and that's the direction' you want Keep on down the river until you reach the tannery, and I think your house is about eight miles beyond." "Thank you very much," said the four Teenie Weenies making a beau tiful bow, and making their way towards the street they lay in hiding under. a box until night, for it was quite "too crowded to travel the street with safety in the day time. "That's goin' to be a powerful long walk after, we all reach the river." said Gogo, who was troubled with tender feet. "Eightm iles is along ways off." "J-j-j-jimminie w-w-whillikersl" exclaimed the Dunce. "I have an idea. We can build a raft, and float down the river." This scheme made a long trip look short to the little men, and when they had eaten the peanuts, which the pigeon, had given them, and ... t . of Omaha Troop 14 Conducts Efficiency Contest Which Is Successful Scout Troop 14, located at Park school, has just completed a scbut efficiency contest, which, according to; Scoutmaster J. R. Rippy, has succeeded in creating great interest in the troop and the scout work as a whole. .This contest consisted of competition in every line of work that a scout onght to be interested in. ; Ralph McElvenny, formerly a scout in Gardner, Utah, won a gold medal for scoring the greatest num ber of points. George Bcal, 14, and a freshman at Central High school rnn c--kn A ft iii sra CZfrnm Vtne rt been a scout for three months, and in that time has succeeded in passing his tenderfoot, second and first class degrses besides getting points in the contest William Byrne won unru place in me toiucsi. Most of the boys were reported to have spent all of their spare time m winning points in the contest One boy of the troop hiked 120 miles in a course of seven days in order to roll up his score. Omaha Scouts to Form Camp Saving Club for Camp Money Spring is coming, and already Scout Executive Gendell has turned his thoughts to the summer camp for Omaha scouts. Gendell is work ing on a plan that will make it easier financially for every scout to attend camp. ' The full details of this plan have not been worked out, but the idea is to get every boy to start saving his spare change now, so that he will have the money when camping time comes. 1 In all probability the scoutj will be asked to save . about 50 cent! per week, and this money will be deposited in one of the banks. All scouts who enter into this plan will be members of the. Camp Saving club. .Further plans will be an nounced in this column as they are worked out. when the street became quiet, th four little chaps set out towards the river. . N After a long tramp they finallj came to the river,.' and immediately they set out to find material for th raft ' x - Soon the found a piece of board which' would do-nicely, for the raft and it took the littde chaps almost until morning to get, the board intq the water and floated under the dock where they' could work unseen dur ing the day. ' - . ' "Now we all got to have a house on the raft," suggested Gogo when the board was safely anchored un der the dock. "It gets mighty pow erful cold these days, and we got to have some place to keep warm." "Of course, we've got to have a shelter on the raft," said the Sailor, and after the little men had eaten a bite of peamrt for their breaktas and taken a short nap they set to work looking for something that would serve as a house on the raft. After a long search the Teenie Weenies chose an old tin can wjjich they rolled on to the raft and, hav ing no tools, they were forced to hold the can in place with wires which they found on a dump near by. x Next the tittle men made a couple of long paddles and carried some dry shavings and leaves to the raft, which they piled into the can for a bed , P.he '-Clown found an ofd rag, which they ripped, up into small squares for bed clothes, and when all was ready the Teenie Weenies push ed the raft into the water, and f!o. ed out into the river, . y . . . r f 4
