THE. BhlE: OMAHA, SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 1921.
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Stories by
Little Folks
(Prize.) -Hope's
Valentine.
"That one is the prettiest!'' ex
claimed one of a group of girls gath
ered about the show window of
.Smith & Co. commenting on the lat
est display of valentines. The one
he referred to was an old-fashioned
lacy one. "Granny Davis made it,"
said another. "But look at this sign,
girls 1" Everyone looked and re d:
"Five dollars prie to the one who
brings the most original valentine to
this store before February 14."
"Oh, what a chance to get those
furs I've always wanted!'' cried Car
oline Lewis, the mayor's daughter,
and the leader among the girls. "Are
vou going to try, Caroline?" asked
Rnth Davis. "1 certainly am," was
the reply, with a toss of the head,
"and I mean to win!" A thin, poorly
clad girl on the edge of the group
smiled and then ventured her opin
ion. "I believe I'll try. too." Caro-
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;tMC SIHCHU. 1UU 1 lUIUI i win aiiy-
thing," she exclaimed. "Just look at
they are!" Hope flushed and put
her hands behind her back. Then she
turned and walked tapidly down the
street. The tears were ' streaming
down her cheeks and a bitter resent
ment against the girls who taunted
her with her clothes and poverty was
'in her heart. She soon-reached her
home, a tiny, weather-beaten shack
where she lived with her mother and
nine brothers and bisters.'; ' She did
not enter the house, but sat down
upon the grass. "Oh, if I only could
win!" the thought. "Five dollars
would buy my commencement
dress." ""Suddenly a bright idea oc
curred to her. "I'll go over and see
Granny Davis about it!" she cried,
and soon reached the large colonial
house where Granny Davis, a retired
artist, lived. "Oh, granny" cried
Hope, bursting into the room where
that lady was calmly knitting, "1
need jour advice." Granny laid
down her knitting and prepared to
help her favorite friend. When
Hope had told her story the dear old
lady took the girl's sweet face' be
tween her hands and said, "Dear, I
have a surprise for you. Go up in
the attic and explore all those large
chests and forgft about this other
for a while." Hope went up to the
old attic, where she had often played
and sat down before a large old sea
chest. She lifted the lid and a gasp
of astonishment escaped her lips.
There lay a picture, a faded tintype
picture, yet it was remarkably clear.
The face of a woman gared up at
her. The face was not exactly beau
tiful, but the expression was so sweet
and trusting that it compelled one's
confidence. Hope took it reverently
in her hands and took it down to
granny. "Oh, granny." she. breathed.
"Look! I know I should not have
moved it, but I must know who it
4 is!" Granny laughed, a low, tinkling
ugh. "Why, Hope, dear," she ex
claimed. "That was I when I was
young! I was hoping you w
ould
find that. Would vou like to use it
for your valentine?" "Oh, granny,"
whispered Hope, "it would be lovely,
but are you sure you do not mind?"
"You are welcome to it, my child,"
replied that dear old lady. "Now
run up and look in the old blue chest,
where you will find some gold lace."
Hope soon returned with the lace
and with granny's help her deft fin
gers fashioned a quaint old valen
tine. "How lovely," she-exclaimed
when she had finished. "But, granny,
I hate to do it." "Never mind, child,
but run on home. I may have some
thing for you tomorrow." As Hope
walked slowly home an unselfish
thought entered her head. "Have I
the right to spend all that money on
rrysclf when mother needs glasses
so badly?" When she reached home
her mind was made up and her
mother was to have the glasses.
When she had put the other little
Sawyers to bed she sat before her
open window and planned to make
over her last summer's dress for the
commencement. The next morning
Hope put the valentine carefully in
an envelope and Went to school.
"Have you made that prize valentine
yet?" sneered - Caroline. Hope
flushed and tightened her hold on the
envelope. "I most assuredly have,"
she exclaimed proudly. "Would you
like to see it?" The girls crowded
about her, Caroline's friends ready
to jeer and Hope's to praise. As the
valentine came into view there were
any gasps of astonishment. Caro
line, however, merely scowled. At
noon Hope stored the envelope in
her desk, thinking it would be safe
until she. returned, but it was not.
When She came back it was gone!
"Oh, dear," sighed Hope, "what shall
I do? Granny will be so disappoint
ed." The valentine was not to be
found, however, and Hope went
home with a very heavy heart.
"Cheer up. Hope." comforted gran
ny when Hope told her, T guess it's
Jijne for us to make .another." "But
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Windsor Children
Take Factory Trips
The boys and girls from the sev
enth grade of Windsor- school took
two factory trips last Wednesday
morning in charge of J. Sliailer Ar
nold, assistant boys' work secretary
of the "V."
There were 40 boys and girls in
the party who were chaperoned by
the teacher of their grade and Mr.
Arnold. They first visited the Gor
don Kainalter Candy company and
saw various processes by which
candy is made.
Front there they went through the
Peterson-Pegau bakery and were
most interested in the story of bread
making in this modem factory.
Upon their return to school, each
child wrote an essay on the trips
through the factories as part of their
school woik. Other schools have
various trips lined up of the same
kind and they are proving a valua
ble asset to the school workaccord
ing to teachers who have made the
trips.
it won't be as pretty as that one,"
mourned Hope. "Of course not," re
plied granny. "Now I'll get some
things and we'll make another." The
valentine was soon made and it quite
pleased Hope, although, as she said,
it was not so pretty as the lost one.
The next day Hope took her valen
tine down to the store, but she did
not win the prie. As usual, she
turned to granny for comfort, which
was freely given. "And, granny,"
said Hope, "I wish 1 did not have to
go to commencement." Granny
smiled wisely, but said nothing ex
cept to throw open the bedroom
door, i Hope gasped. There on the
bed lay a dress, but such a dress!
The material was of cream-colored
taffeta and it was made in the latest
fashion, but still girlish. Slippers,
hose and ivory fan went with it.
Hope suddenly turned to granny's
arms to cry and granny wisely let.
her. Hope graduated with honorsq
arfd, strange to say, in the heart of
her roses someone -had placed 'ier
lost valentine. Granny had knowni
that if Hope had won the prize the;
feeling between the latter and Caro-i
line would become more bitter, so
she took steps to prevent it, and she,
did. Strange as it seems, Hope and
Caroline became the greatest ofj
friends, thanks to granny.
(Honorable Mention.)
Wilfred's Christmas Eve.
Dear Busy Bees: I read your
page every Monday and enjoy it
very much. 1 am going to. tell you J
a . story. t
little bov named Wilfred. He was !
thinking what he wanted Santa Claus
to bring him.. Then he said to his
motner: Santa aid not bring me
what I wanted last Christmas, so 1
want him to come to my house first
this Christmas eve."
Then his mother said: "Don't
talk naughty about Santa.. He won't
bring you anything." Then Wilfred
said, "I won't do it any more." That
night when everyone was asleep,
Wilfred out of bed, put his shoes
on over his pajamas, then he put on
his coat and cap and went out where
his father kept the ladders. He took
a ladder and put it beside the house.
He climbed on the house and sat by'
the chimney and said. I am waiting
for Santa." While he was waiting;
for Santa he fell asleep. When Santai
came Wilfred was asleep. So Santa!
just went down the chimney. Santa,
put the toys by the tireplace ami
went awav. Then Wilfred said, "I;
think I saw Santa's sled disappear
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over me inn. incii nc- went jii uic.
and he said. "I got to see Santa's
sled after all." Then he played with
his toys and said,"Santa broughtf me
the playthings I wanted this Clurist
mas." Nellie Zimmerman, age 10,
Gregory, S. D.
"Th March days r wIM
And dreary for a llttl child.
But, brother, sifter, Fathr, ifothar.
Can mak bright sunshln, for eaoh
other."
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What Wast the Origfoi and
JMeaningi of Bread?
Birad is bakejd from many sub
stancies, although when we; think of
breadj we usually think of wheat
breaV, It is sometimes made from
roots fruit and tin; bark o? trees, but
generally only frq'in grains such as
wheatj, rye, corn.i etc. ..-The word
bread icomes fronian old tvord, bray,
meaning to poundj This came from
the method used tin preparing the
food. Food which was reunified was
said t be bray fed, and latter this
spelling was chrfnged to bread. Prop
erly speaking, hpwever, thes; brayed
or ground materials are net really
bread in our seipse of using tthe term
until they are ifioistened witlh water,
when it becomes dough. Tlie word
dough is an ofl(J one, meaning to
"'moisten." Tbik dough was tin olden,
times immediaielv baked in hot ashes
apid a hard, indigestible lump of.
bread was the Result. Accidentally
ie was discovered that if the dougji
Has left for a tit ne before baking, jjl
lpwing it to fertnent, it would, wtyen
nixed with moire dough, swell up
and become porous. Thus we, got
our word loaf from an old vord.
efnan, which fnfrant to raise tip or to
lfft up. Book of Wonders. ,
Two Little Girls-
Two little g'Jrls lived a long time
ago. Un ot ' the little giels was
rich, but the other one was poor. The
poor little girl's name was Batty and
the rich one's name was Anna. One
day Anna was", running about her
yard, when she happened to look out
and see some cjhildren playing in the
street. She thought, "Oh, what a
nice time I cauld have out there
laying. But she could not because
er yard was shut in by a long and
High iron fence. At the same time
little Anna, playing out in the stneet,
vas thinking how nice, it would1 be
tot be in there where tliere wene so
ma. ny nice things. That night njeith
cq of the children could go to leep.
A i fairy appeared that night before
Betty, the poor girl, and asked her
wtyat she wanted most. Then J3etty
said, "I should like very mujch to
change places with the rich little
girfV' "It shall be granted," said the
fairi, and she disappeared. Betty
v.eiift right to sleep then and when
she awoke she found herseli in the
little ridh girl's place. For several
weeks' Che little girl took Anna's
placet, b'it she soon found, that she
did not like it and she was lonesome.
The iJi girl had learned the same
lesson in the poor girl's place, so
they both wanted their bid places
again. The fairy appeared that night
and tliey were sent home and they
were ltappy and contented ever after.
!-Jeni'e Windham. Aged 12. Platts
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( Innitnflriima
, dog never barks or bits? St
Firedoe.
When are a cook's hands and a
cactus alike? When they are both fin
flour (flower.).
What kind i of robes are always
imade of wood? Wardrobes. "
What is tho worst lock on revbrd?
Shylock (the wicked Jew in Siake
,speare's Merchant of Venice.)
Just A Crumb.
,Please throw me a crumb., 1 am
hungry today,
The stiowfiakes have hidden my
breakfast away. .
My wings acbe with cold and my
feet are so numb.
If you please, just a crurrfb!
The flowers are gone andthe sky
is so drear,
I linger in hope that tSie sun may
appear.
It seems' such a time 'tiB the spring
time shall come-
If you please, iust a crumb.
esthJer .KIRK,
Gibbon, Xeb.
Ho, Humi!
Charles Pretty warm today.
Harry Warm? Sajj; boy, it was
so warm that a while ago I saw a
dog chasing a cat, atnd they were
both walking.
Charles That's funny. I saw the
same dog and cat a while later, only
they both had sat dwn a while to
rest. American Legifon Weekly.
CouaHl Fire Held at
Y. W. C.A.
A couhcil fire was held Saturday,
March hP, at the Y. W, C. A. at
12:30 ojelock. Only new. Camp Fire
groups, participated.
The, Wohelo call, was given by
Miss. Mae Louise, Guy and Miss
RuUi Hatteroth, after which the fol-
Inti'ino- o-rnnns 4ntrr-il tli Anenh-
Wbneke Alan, ,x.ake school and the
Ajan. The following groups took
their Desire: . Ilehalo, Mewa Peta,
I Ha Ha, Viutjon, Wapo. Taspauhee,
Bau Uta and Idaka. The candles
were lighted'and "Burn, Fire, Burn"
sung, after .Vhich the new members
gave their. Desire and the circle
opened toy admit them.
Several girls from the Ayan
group took their Woodgatherers'
The Fire Department Has a Busy
Day.
Grown-up folks ought to be care
ful about lighting fires, particularly
when there is a wind blowing.
Not so long aog a man raked
some dry leaves up into a pile and
then f est them on fire. It was a most
windy day,' and some of the burning
leaves wetje carried away by the
wind. Tlie man never knew what
damage was done by his fire, and it
might lifeve been exceedingly serious
had it jhot been for the promptness
of the, Teenie Wcenje fire depart
ment. This is what happened, and it is
to be hoped that the man wl o started
the fire will be more careful m the
future.
One morning ?.s Mrs. Lover was
dusting the tiny furniture in her little
bungalow she smellcd smoke. Step
ping onto the front porch the little
lady saw a burning leaf flutter to the
ground dangerously near the steps.
The little woman ran into the
kitchen and, dipping up a cherry seed
full of water, she ran to the leaf and
400 Boys Attend
Annual St. Pat's Shin
Dig at 'Y' Boys' Rooms
Big boys and little, boys, clean
boys and dirty boys, well-dressed
boys and boys in old clothes in
short, every kind of a boy in Omaha
was seen at the boys' division of
the Y. M. C. A. last night. The oc
casion was the annual shin dig or St
Pat's party for boy members.
The party started at 7 o'clock and
there was never an idle moment
from the time the boys entered the
building until they were bid "gopd
night" as they left at 9:30.
The entertainment started with a
two-reel moving picture.- This was
followed by a comedy song and
dance act by Mac Ohman and David
Robcl. A jazz band led by Stuart Ed
gerly and his saxophone furnished
the music for the party and pepped
the boys up from begining to. end.
Floyd Brow;n, the young Omaha ma
gician who has been giving a great
many entertainments this winter,
gave a most interesting program
of magic which the boys enjoyed
very much. '
A four-round boxing match be
tween Harold Eads and Charles
Kane furnished excitement and fun.
A Siub Pollard and a Harold Lloyd
comedy closed the program of en
tertainment and the boys immediate
ly' took part in a peanut scramble for
abushel of peanuts. Among 'the
Gdvl
ire
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rank and honors we.re awarded. The
Okihi group put on a stunt showing
the old and new hiker; the girls ex
emplified the art of poncho rolling
and discussed what to carry on such
a hike. The singing of Camp Fire
songs led by the Ayan group closed
the meeting.
Hisi Group Give Old'
Fashioned Dance
Hisi-Idaka , group held an old
fashioned dance Saturday evening in
the attic of Miss Ethel Hagais' home.
The guests attended, dressed in old
iashioned costumes, and brought
their own lunches. A few brought
pork and beans, others apricots, pine
apple; one four olives, another one
apple and two pieces of cakes, to
form the unique supper that followed
the dance.
quickly nut out the fire. She had no
sooner smothered the fire when, to
her horror, she saw another burning
leaf fall onto the roof of her house,
quite out of her reach.
Dropping the cherry seed, she ran
as fast as she could to the school
house, and pulled hard, on the tiny
bell rope. At almost thie first tap of
the bell the Teenie Wieenies came
running from all directfuns, and in a
few seconds the tiny fiie department
charged up to the bungalow, where
they soon put out the Churning leaf.
The little men were, just taking
their ladder from the bungalow roof,
after having put out tihe, fire, when
they were startled by lowd cries from
the direction of the hoepntal.
"Fire! Fire!" shouted the voice,
bushel of the regular peanuts were
100 dyed green and, every boy to
get a green one reqeived a bar of
candy as a prize.
Costumes were also; judged and the
results of the contest on costumes
will be announced in next Sunday's
Bee. The five boys having on the
most green were each given a box
of chocolates and the contest was
very close. The number of pieces
of green clothing were counted as
well as the amount of clothing.
Many of the boys had evn green
underclothes and several boys had
green underclothes made- of green
crepe paper.
As the boys left the buslding each
was given a thick sandwich made up
of two chocolate nabiscoi wafers the
size of a slice of bread with a huge
slab of green ice cream between
them.
"It was.a most successful party in
every respect," said.E. E. Mickle
wright, boys' work secretary, who
was in charge. Two of these par
ties are held each year, the St. Pat's
in the spring and the ' Hallowe'en
party in the fall.
A New Way.
Little Mary, who was just 3 years
old. came home all excited.
"Mother," she said, "the new peo
ple moving ' next door wash their
clothes in a, stove."
"Why, my child, who ever told
you that?" replied the mother.
"The moving man said so. He
was taking a funny looking stove
in the house and I asked him what
was it. 'He said it was a laundry
stOYe.Wndianapg'is. News. . ,
Blessed by a Bull Fight
Jane Addams went once to a bull
fight in Spain. She saw five bulls
killed and as many horses. When
her friends expressed their surprisei
at her indifference to the bloody;
spon, sue s;ia sue iiaa nor iiioukiu
much about it. Then she began to
think. The more she thought, the.
more her conscience troubled her.!
She had been contemplating engag-'
ing in some form of social work. It
suddenly was impressed upon her
that she had been lulling her con
science to sleep by a dream of serv-l
ice that was remaining only a dream,
that she was not really in earnest. It
was the memory of her attitude of
indifference to the bull fight that
acted as a mirror to her soul andi
stirred her to action. She returned
to America, and the famous Hull
House of Chicago came into being.
This is the only good thing we ever
heard as connected with a bull fight,
except when the tortured bull got
even with his torturers. Our Dumb
Animals.
and almost immediately the Doctor
came dashing madly over the little
hill under the rose Ibush. "Quick.
Fire. The hospital is. on fire. Quick!
Help!" he yelled. ,
The fire department dashed off at
top speed for the hospital, where they
found a leaf burning brightly on top
of the paper roof.
Everybody was terribly excited.
The Doctor dashed into the hospital
and began to throw things out of the
tiny windows.
The Cook-was the first to run up
the ladder to the roof, and the Dunce,
who followed 'him, was knocked off
the ladder by a stream of water,
which some excited Teenie Weenie
turned on too soon.
Zip, who was sick with the mumps.
New Scout Troop at
Christian Church
. One more scout troop has .been
added to the large scout family of
this city. A new troop has been
formed at fhe First Christian church
under the leadership of J. J. Richtcr,
who will be the scoutmaster. .
This new troop will be called Xo.
68. The troop started with 14 en
thusiastic youths who promise to
make good scouts with a little train
ing. Scoutmaster Richter will be aided
in his work by several boys in the
church who were former scouts, and
have gone as high in scout work
as is possible. Richter promises that
his troop will be in the front with a
little training.
Bible Study Exams
For UY" Boys in April
Examination time will soon be here
for the 700 boys in the Y.M. C A.'s
Bible Study clubs. The local boys'
division is making a most strenuous
effort 1o get first place in the United
States for its Bible study work. Last
year the local boys lost first place
by only 20 diplomas and. this year
they are after the top place.
Pates have been set for" the exams
For the Live Boys of Omaha
Coin Dropped in Slot
Machine Calls. Taxi
Machines such as this have been
placed in the streets of Hamburg.
The coin in the slot brings a taxi in
a few minutes.
was carried but by Gogo and the
Chinaman, while the rest of the little
folks poured half a tcacupful of water
cnto the burning roof.
The fire was soon put out, but it
left quite a hole through the roof,
which was made of waterproof card-
board and burned quite easily.
For some time the little firemen
were kept quite busj', dashing about
from place to place putting out the
burning leaves, and everybody
agreed that it was the most exciting
day they had put in for some time.
"Where did all those i burning
leaves come from?" asked the Gen
eral when the last fire had been put
out.
"Huh!" grunted the Indian, point
ing towards the big house near "by.
and will take place from April 9
to 14. The Grade School club and
the Employed Boys' club will take
their exams Saturday, April 9. The
Hi-Y clubs will take theirs Wednes
day, April 13, and the Junior Hi-Y
club, Thursday, April 14.
Examination papers have been or
dered from New York city for this
exam, and every boy passing will
receive a fine diploma for the work.
Last year 227 boys passed the exami
nation in Omaha and this year it is
estimated that over 300 will receive
diplomas.
Boy Scout Notes
Dr. Winficld Scott Hall of North
western university, gave an interest
ing talk to 75 scouts at Camp Git
ford last Saturday night. The talk
was given at the evening outdoor
camp fiie.
Troop 67, located at South Lincoln
school, gave a big party for the mem
bers and parents last Friday night.
Twenty-five scouts and 10 parents
attended.
"A special program has been
planned for spring vacation April 4
to 11 at Camp Giftord. Among ths
activities of the camp will be a patrol
leaders school, a scribes school, aud
scout aid school,
McMiv of London
Two Highlanders stood looking at
the imposing facade of a building in
Westminster. The cornerstone 1 re
the date in Roman characters,
"MCMIV."
"Luke a' thot, Angus,' said one.
"Ah've never heard tit' name McMiv
befure. but theare's a Scotsman who's
got his name on one of th' finest
buildings in London. Ye can't keep
em down,
Bits.
can ye?" London Tit-
Here's something you probably
don't know. We got it from the es
say of a schoolboy. "In 1620 the Pil
grims crossed the ocean' and this was
known as the Pilgrims' Progress."
From the Boston Transcript.
March
"Oh March why ara you Molding t
Why not more cheerful b
'Becaute.' aald grovUnt, bllattrlng,
March
Tha whola world aeoldt at ma"
U. L. B.
"Fool man he burn leaves. Wind
he catch up leaves and drop 'em
down here."
"Well, he ought to know better
than to burn leaves on such a windy
clay," said the General. "He came
mighty near burning us out of home
and hospital."
"Yes, and he came near being the
cause of breakin' my neck," growled
the Dunce, rubbing his fat neck.
"That was some fall I had when that
water knocked me off the ladder."
"Well, it's your own fault," said
the Policeman. "You had no busi
ness climbing up the ladder."
"Jinks!" grumbled the Dunce.
"That's all the credit I get for
helpin'."
"You'll help more by keeping out
of the way," answered the Police
man. It took the Teenie Weenies all day
to dry up the water which fell into
the hospital and to patch up the hole
that burned througli the roof, so you
can see what great damage can be
done by burning leaves on a windy
clay.
One More Chance to
Get Boy Monograms
The monograms which were re
cently awarded to boys for securing
a ucw member, were not all di.
tribnted and the boys' work secre
taries have announced that no mor.
of the sai.ie kind of monograms will
be awarded after this spring. Start
ing this fall a new style monogram,
which lias just been put on the mar
ket by the manufacturers, will be
awarded as the official emblem of
the Boys' division.
Thirty monograms were left over
in the campaign conducted in Feb
ruary and E. E. M-icklewright, boys'
work secretary, announced last week
that in order to give every bov
possible a chance to win one before
it is too late, a monogram will be
given to every boy escuring a new
member the balance of March and to
the new member as well.
This is a new departure for the
boys' division and has never, been
done belore. The monograms will
last only a few days and every bov
interested in securing one should
line up their new members at oney
and bring him down to join.
The monograms which will lo"
awarded iu the fall will be for secur-
mg five Jew members during tli J
Scpternbef ncj October campaign