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Stories by
Little Folks
Flight of Birds Is An Interesting Phase
of Animal Life'
THE BKE: OMAHA. SUNDAY. MAY 1, 1021
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The Sandpiper and I.
1.
Across the narrow beach we lit,
One little sandpiper and I,
And fast I gather bit by bit.
The scattered driftwood bleached
and dry.
The wild wind raves, the tide runs
high,
As up and down the beach we flit,
One little sandpiper and 1.
II.
Above our heads the sullen clouds
Scud black and swift across the
ky;
Like silent ghosts in misty shrouds
Stand out the white lighthouses
high.
Almost as far as eves can reach
As fast we fit along the beach.
One little sandpiper and I.
III.
I watch him as he skims along,
Uttering his sweet and mournful
cry.
He starts not at my fitful song.
Or flash of fluttering drapery, -He
has no thought of any wrongs;
He scans me with a fearless eye,
Stanch friends are we, well tried
and strong,
The little sandpiper and I.
IV.
.Comrade, where wilt thou be to
night When the loosed storm breaks
furiously?
My driftwood fire will burn so
bright. ,
To what warm shelter canst thou
fly?
I do not fear for thee, though
wroth
The tempest rushes through the
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For' are we not God's children both?
Thou little sandpiper and I.
Miss Marion West, aged 11, Fre
mont, Neb.
(Honorable Mention.)
Ruby's Hoopskirt
One day when Ruby was up m
the attic she happened upon a queer
looking thing. It was a picture
her grandma, who lived in the days
when ladies wore those funny
thing called hoopskirts. Ruby
skirt and she decided she would like
to have one for herself. So she kept
her -eyes open for something out of
which she could make one. One
day- she was just delighted to find
two hoops that had come off a bar
rel of apples Aunt Nell had sent
her mamma. She did not say a
word, but, picking up the hoops, she
stole out to a corner of the garden
and, with the help of a piece of
string, she soon had a hoopskirt any
little girl could wish for. .But alas,
her dress was not made in the days
of hoopskirkts. Ruby felt very
xnuoh like crying for a while and
soon she made up her mind that all
the tears in the world would not
make her dress bigger, so she threw
the hoops away. Wilms Soukup,
Aged 10, Milligan, Neb.
EUJEDODX
The cape covers a multitude of
tint else why does the operatic vil
lain always wear one? It also
covers a multitude of ages and any
woman of from 3 to 73 is wearing
them thi snrincr.
Some of the little jersey and
duvetyn and 'serge capes for children
are perfectly lovely, but the more
practical mother realizes that the
cape-coat gives just as much smart
ness together with more warmth
and: more real freedom of movement
A delightful little -model is this
shown today with its modish big
ruff of plaited king's blue organdy
rrhninc the lining of the deeo
eape. The coat itself is beige poiret
twill. 1 he tan straw nat is tacea
with the same king's blue. By
Cprtnnc Lowe,
1UU MMumi
The most interesting phase of the
rrfovement of animals from place' to
place is found in the flight of birds
during the spring and fall. In the
spring the birds come north and
in the fall they go south. This is
called "migration" and the reason
given for the ability of some birds
to come back every year to build a
nest in the same tree is usually at
tributed to the "instinct of migra
tion," and yet that is more a state
ment of fact rather than an explana
tion of, the wonderful ability of the
birds to do this.'
The birds, howTver, have no
charts or compasses to guide them.
We do not know as yet absolutely
what it is that enables the bird to
find its way back and forth to t!"
same spot year after year. As near-,
ly as we have been able to ascertain,
the birds after they mate and build
their first nest and bring up their
first family develop a fondness for
that particular spot which is much
the same as the instinct in man
which we call the "homing instinct."
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The Chinese have no use for the American-made box in which to ship
eggs. "Blakee eggs," they say, and no one can convince them otherwise."
For the
Roundup For Camp
Gifford to Be Held
At Local Park Soon
A reunion of all scouts who at
tended Camp Gifford last summer
will be held at Hanscom park dur
ing the first part of May. Scout
Executive Cendall expects most of
the 146 boys who attended Camp
Gifford to be present at this gala
affair which will be called "Camp
Giffod Roundup."
The boys will be expected to pay
a small sum for their supper. Each
boy buying a supper will be given
a number. A drawing will be held
and the three lucky numbers drawn
wilt mean three one-week periods at
Camp Gifford free for the holders.
Many Camp Gifford songs and yells
will form the program. This round
up will be held to- stimulate interest
in the camp for this summer.
T" Swimming School
To Start Tomorrow
- The Y. M. C. A. free swimming
school opens tomorrow at 3:45 p. m.
with the first swimming class. They
will follow each other at 15-rninute
intervals from that time until 8 at
night. About 1,500 boys have been
enrolled in the school and it is es
timated that 90 per cent of the boys
enrolled will be taught to swim.
Boys who have enrolled for the
school are urged to be present on
time and at every period assigned
to them. If a boy misses a single
period, he lowers his chance of learn
ing to swim this spring. Boys are
also asked not to wear good clothes
and notto bring valuables with them
when they come tor their lessons.
Norman J. Weston, physical
director, and a capable corps of as
sistants will teach the boys to swim
and as fast as they have passed
the prescribed test, they will be
graduated. Boys who learn to swim
will be given diplomas by the Boys'
division and may also purchase fine
silver swimmers-buttons at 10 cents
each.
It is hoped that parents will co
operate in having their boys attend
every session and be at the Y" on
time, so that every boy possible may
be taught to swim during the school.
Junior Hi Y Club
Issues Honor Roll
The Junior Hi-Y club, which is
made up of 100 Central High school
boys under 16 years of age, has is
sued its honor roll for the Bible
study season just closed. Tliirteen
boys are on the roll for missing only
one session or less out of 24 that the
club held this winter.
Onlv one bov. Merle Hanna. at
tended every one of the 24 sessions
without missinar. and his name
stands at the top of the roll on this
account.
The other bovs who had their
names engraved on this mythical roll
are Kusseil Hunter, Lednc Hornby,
Maurice Vest, Morgan Myers, Kob
rrt Wellrr. Donald McCalin. Her
jeij Hclsing, Harvey Carlberg, Lee
Man becomes attached to one par
ticular spot which he calls home
and wherever he is thereafter, he is
very likely to think of the old lo
cality when he thinks of home, and
there are very few of us but have
yearnings to go back. to thi old
"home locality" every now arid then.
The environment in wljich a bird or
human being is brought , up .general
ly becomes to a greater or less ex
tent a permanent part ' of home in
this sense. .
We know why birds go south in
the winter. The necessity, of . find
ing food to live upon lias' everything
to do with that. As food .grows
scarce toward the end of summer
in the farthest nbrthe rn nlaces where
'birds live, the birds there must find
1 jod elsewhere, atiey naturally' turn
south and when they find food, :they
have to divide with the- birds living
there."-The' result Is that soon the
food becomes scarce again, and both
the newcomers and the old residents,
so to speak, are forced to seek .pjaces
where food is plentiful. So both of
Boys
Inouye, Paul Miller, Carl Lindefl
and Pressley Findley.
This club closed its year last
Thursday night with a banquet at the
"Y" with 100 boys in attendance.
This has been the most successful
year that, the club has ever had
under the direction of Merle Hanna,
president, and J. S. Arnold, assistant
boys' work secretary, who have had
charge of the work of this club.
U.Y" Exams Passed by
300 Bible Students
Out of the 370 boys who took the
Bible study examinations which were
offered by' the Boys' Division of the
Omaha "V" last week, 320 passed the
test with a grade of 65 per cent or
more.
The papers have been sent on to
New York City, where they are
passed on by International "Y" men
and then diplomas will be issued to
every boy who receives a passing
grade. The diplomas and final re
sults will be known some time early
in the summer and the diplomas will
be awarded to the boys winning at
the opening of the Bible study sea
son this fall.
From advance indications it would
seem that Omaha is going to take
second place iu the United States
this year for its Bible study Work. A
telegram to the local Boys' division
last week stated that Muncie, ' In
diana Boy's division had ordered
600 sets of examination questions
which would beat the local record
considerably.
Muncie and Omaha have vied for
honors for several years and it was
hoped that Omaha would top the
list this year, but from these unoffi
cial early returns it would seem that
Muncie will take the high honors
once again.
Enrollment for Camp
Sheldon Increasing
The Omaha boys' period at Camp
Sheldon, Columbus, Neb., of which
E. E. Mickelwright, boys' work
secretary of the "Y" will be director,
has already 100 boys signed up. The
limit on the capacity of the camp is
125 boys so that there are only a
comparatively few places left to be
taken.
Many of the boys who attended
camp last year have signed up and
it is expected that there will be a
waiting list established by the 15th
of May on which boys' names will
be put who want to attend and will
have to wait for some other boy to
Ldrop .out before they can be de
finitely assigned a place.
The camp opens on Thursday,
June 21, and lasts for 10 days, the
boys returning to Omaha on July
1. Special cars on the Union Pacific
railway will transport the boys to
and from camp. Every boy who
attends camp will go in these spe
cial cars. .' ' '
The moving picture film which
was taken last summer of the Oma
ha boys in camp has been shown to
several hundred boys in the last few
weeks and every one who has seen
it has been impressed with the
wonderful equipment of the camp
and dozens of boys have been in
spired to attend after seeing the
film,
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these flocks, to use a short term,
fly away to the south until they find
food again and encounter a third flock
crowding the locality &nd exhausting
the food supply. So in turn each
flock presses for food upon the one
in the locality next further to the
south until we have a general move
ment to the south of practically all
the birds until they reach a point
wher the food supply is sufficient for
all for the time being.
The result of all this is that, the
southland is crowded with birds oi
all kinds and the , food supply, is
enough for all. But soon in follow
ing the laws of nature' in birds, as
in other living things, comes the time
for breeding. The southland - is
warm enough for nesting and hatch
ing, but it is so crowded that there
wouldn't be enough food for all the
old birds and the little ones, too,
and so the birds begin to scatter
again. Just think of. what would
happen in the southland if all the
birds that stay there in the winter
built their nests there and brought
up a new family. A bird family
will average four young birds, so
that if all the bird families were
born and raised in the south the
1 bird population would quickly mul
i tiply itself by three and there would
be the same old necessity of travel
ing away to look for food. To
avoid this the birds begin to scat
ter to their old homes before the
breeding season begins.
The return of the birds to their
old homes and how they find their
way back to the same spot, every
year, to do which they, must some
times travel thousands of miles, is
One of the most marvelous things in
nature and has not as yet been sat
isfactorily determined. .The near
est approach we have to a sarisfac-'
tory answer to this is that birds do
have a memory, that they can and
do ' recognize familiar objects and
that their love for the old home
causes them to fly to the north un
til they recognize the landmarks of
their former habitation. The Book
of Wonders.
Patient Parent Well, child, what
on earth's the matter now?
Young Hopeful (who has been
bathing with his bigger brother)
Willy dropped the towel in the
water and he's dried me wetter than
1 was before.
of Omaha
"Y" Boys' Activities n
As Usual During
Swimming Campaign
Many "Y" boys have asked what
effect the swimming campaign would
have on the regular activities and so
it was thought wise to state here that
all activities for "Y" boys will be
run as usual during the two weeks
that the swimming school is in pro
gress. Regular gym clases of all groups
will meet the same as usual, and
swimming classes of "Y" boys will
meet as usual during this period. The
game rooms, library, Saturday noon
movies, etc., will all be conducted on
the regular schedule so that "Y"
boys will not lose any of their privi
lege during the time the other boys
are being taught to swim.
The Bird club will hold regular
Saturday mdrning hikes under the
direction of J. S. Arnold, assistant
boys' work secretary.
An over-night hike will be planned
as soon as the weather moderates a
little more and the ground gets warm
enough for the boys to sleep on. The
lads will go out after school on Fri
day and remain in the woods until
some time Saturday, cooking their
own meals and sleeping on the
ground. This hike will be in charge,
of J. Shailer Arnold.
Interesting Ebenls
Of Y" Bird Club
The boys of the "Y" Bird club
made their fourth hike for bird study
to Hanscom park yesterday morn
ing from 7 to 9 o'clock. On
each of these hikes the boys have
always been fortunate in seeing
nearly all the new arrivals of the
previous week.
In all the boys have located and
identified over 60 different birds this
spring. Every club member awaits
anxiously the return of the late April
and May migrants from the sunny
south cilmates.
By quietly creeping into t
bushes the boys have been able to
study, unnoticed by the birds, their
habits of feeding, nesting, play, and
courtship. Every hike has brought
many surprises to the boys in birds
that they had not expected to see as
well as the ones they were intent
on finding.
Among the more interesting birds
that have been identified during the
past two weeks are the kingfisher,
black and white warbler, yellow
headed blackbird, least flycatcher,
goldfinches, hermit thrush, olive
backed thrush, brown thrush, wrens,
harris sparrows and many of the
field birds that have just returned.
Enjoys The Park.
Dear Busy Bees: I am 9 years
old and in the Fifth grade. We have
325 pupils in our school. We have
big swings and a giant stride and we
have a slide, too, and a. nice lawn
and some trees.
We have a nice park in our town.
We have some trees in the park and
a plunge. . The buttcs are in one
corner of the park. Your friend,
Howard Xaper. Age 9, Gregory,
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The Little. Folks Go Duck Riding
And Get Ducked.
For . some time the weather had
been warm and pleasant, and the
Teenie Weenies spent most of their
time gardening.
The , little" folks raised most of
their Vegetables, and. it . took, a great
deal of work to plant the various
things they would need during the
summer. They had to raise enough
to last them through the winter, too,
for Teenie Weenies eat in winter as
well as summer.
"Well, folks," announced the Gen
eral .one evening as he stepped out
onto , the front porch of the shoe
house, where most of the little peo
ple had gathered. "We've been
pretty busy lately, and I think we
ought to have a little vacation.
What do you say?"
Ihe leenie Weenies said a lot.
They made so many suggestions
and all talked at once so rapidly the
General could not make out a single.
word.
. "One at a time! One at a time!
cried the General. "How, in the
name of pepper seeds do you expect
me to hear with all of you chattering
at once." '
"Let's make ice cream," suggested
the Dunce.
"Let's have a game of base ball,"
cried the Clown.
"How about a dance?" shouted
Paddy Pinn.
"Wouldn't it be nice to have a
picnic,"- suggested the Lady - of
Fashion.
"Yes! Yesi" cried most of the little
folks so loudly it was quite plain
that the idea of a picnic was most
popular.
"Where will we have it?" asked
the Turk.
"I knowl I know!" cried the
Dunce.
"Well, where?" asked the Lady of
Fashion, turning to the noisy Dunce.
"Let's have the picnic over on that
little island down the creek near the
old boat."
"That's a good suggestion, Dunce,"
cried the Doctor. "That little island
is pretty, and we could have a pleas
ant time there."
"How'd we get over to the
island?" asked the . Old Soldier.
"We c-c-could swim over," sug
gested the Dunce.
"How'd we get the sandwiches and
cake and other good things over?"
asked the Cook.
"W-w-w-w-w-why, w-w-we could
eat 'em before we swam over" an
swered the Dunce. '
"We could get that old duck who
lives down there by the barn to take
us across," said the General.
"Yes, yesi That's h. We'll get
the Duck to take us across on his
back," cried the Teenie Weenies.
A New Member.
Dear Busy Bees: I will jojn your
Hive by writing you a poem that I
have made up. The name is
EASTER DAY.
Easter day is a coming
All the rabbits are a running.
All the eggs are a hopping.
All the chickens are a hopping.
The Easter eggs are in the clover
When the Easter day has come
I am 'ready for the fun.
When it's over I am sad
But I ought to be glad.
Well as I have nothing more to
write I will close. Good night
Some one Write to me. I will an
swer. Bertha Truelove, Aged 10, St.
Edward, Neb.
A New Bee.
Dear Busy Bees: This is my first
letter. I am going to write a little
poem:
Oh, big, round world; oh, wide, wide
world.
How wonderful you are I
Your oceans are so very deep,
Your hills reach up so far; .
Down through your valleys wide and
green
Such mighty rivers flow;
Upon your great sky-reaching hills
Such giant forests grow. Caroline
Oberle, Aged Eagle, Neb.
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"All right," smiled the General.
"I'll go down the creek tomorrow
and see if I can make the necessary
arrangements with the Duck."
It was a long time before most of
the Teenie Weenies went to sleep
that night, for the little people were'
so excited over the picnic they could
ao nothing but lie in their tiny beds
and plan for the good time.
The next morning the little folks
tumbled out of their beds earlier
than usual,, and while the General
and the Policeman walked down
the creek to make arrangements
with the Duck to take the picnick
ers ove,r to the island, the rest of
the little folks busied themselves
baking cakes and making tiny sand
wiches. The General and the Policeman
made arrangements with the Duck
to take the party over to the island
for 10 grains of corn and the Duck
agreed to meet the Teenie' Weenies
the next morning near the old boat.
When everybody was ready the
little folks set off towards the
creek.
The Duck was waiting at the boat
and in a few minutes the little people
climbed up onto his back and gave
the word to start.
The Duck swam out into the
creek and headed for the tiny island,
but the little picnickers never reach
ed the place that day, for something
happened.
The Duck had only gone a short
distance when he suddenly dived
head first into the deep water, spill
ing the poor Teenie Weenies into
the cold stream.
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about you folks. I saw a frog swim
Most of the Teenie Weenies were
good swimmers and they soon came
spouting to the top of the water
and made for a board which hap
pened to be floating near.
Two or three of the Teenie Ween
ies who sat near the tail stuck to
the Duck's back, and presently the
big fellow came to the surface of the
water. He raised his big head in the
air, and the little folks saw the legs
of a frog as it slid down the Dicks
long bill.
"Oh, my dears 1" evclaimed the
Duck as he gulped down the frog.
''I beg your pardon. I forgot ail
ming along in the water and I-I-I,
why I just couldn't let him go. I
never thought about you at all. I'm
so sorrv."
The Teenie Weenies were pretty
angry, ihey did not dare to say
much to the Duck for fear he might
get ugly, but they gave him many
nasty looks, which made the thought
less fellow feel guilty.
The lunch had sunk like a peb
ble, and as the little folks were soak
ed to the skin .there was nothing to
do but go home and get into dry
clothes.
The Duck towed the board, on
which the Teenie Weenies had climb
ed, back to shore and bowing stiffy
to the Duck's apologies they hurried
home and changed their clothes.
The Teenie Weenies were much
disappointed over having their picinc
spoiled, but the next day they set
out again for the island, and this
time they made a raft and all pad
dled over in safety.
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Camp Fire Poem
When the stars were brightly shining
And the moon was slowly drifting,
Gathered all the Camp Fire Maidens
At the home of Wakmusuda;
There we sang our songs of gladness,
Songs, of beauty and of nature.
Then Babashela, guardian of fire,
Gave to those who worked and
earned them
Honors of Health and Work and
Love.
Then Aneah and Wacheewee
Joined us in our Council Fire
In the council of Omahequa.
Group Meetings
The Howohi group met Thurs
day with Miss Kathleen Hughes to
work on headbands and prepare for
a council fire. Miss Edith Elliott of
the Alahi group assisted the mem
bers. The Lauda group held a business
meeting Monday at the home of
Miss Loretta . Gill. - Plans were
made for a hike and. council fire.
The Wohato group with severai
members of the Helialo group held
a hike Saturday. The . girls left thf
end of the East Omaha car line and
hiked north along the river. Soon
they found a lovely beach whert
they cooked their dinner. After din
ner they hiked through, the Amazon
woods. From here it . was only
short yalk to the car which they
all boarded for home.
The Park School group held a
hike and picnic Tuesday. Miss Ruth
Hateroth from headquarters went
with the girls and taught "stunts"
in out-door cooking.
Misses Wilmina Ockmoody ant
Margaret White cooked supper for
the Wichaka group Thursday at the
WheeL - Memorial Presbyterian
church .for their firemaker's honor.
They received this honor Friday, at
a council fire.
The Weloca group met Wednes
day at the home of their guardian
Miss Lucy Garvin for a lesson in
making salad dressing.
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The Wanekealan. group held a
ceremonial Thursday. Honors were
awarded by the guardian, Miss
Johanna Johnson. Miss Mary
Louise Guy conducted the council
fire and explained the meaning of
the laws. .... ,
The Shudsha group- met Thursday
at the Florence Presbyterian
church to work on headbands. Miss
Ruth Hatteroth assisted.
The Shuinala group held a meet
ing Tuesday. Honor 25 was earned
by going to Louis Sommers' store
and learning the different cuts of
meat Mrs. Sam Henderson, guar
dian, went with the girls. She will
conduct the examination next week.
The History cf My Life
Dear Busy Bee:: I was bora
September 24, 1906, near Milligan,
Nebr. I am the f-mrth and young
est daughter of the family. Besides
I have three brothers. I started to
help my sisters and mother with
the work when I was about 7
veers old. Since that time I milk
the cows, do other chores, and help
ali I can with the h-vuse work. I have
lived on a farm ever since I was
born, I started to school at the
age of 6 years. This is my eighth
year of attending country school dis
trict number 43. I am now in the
eighth grade and hope to pass -the
examinations this spring. Mollie E.
Nadherny, age 14, Milligan, Nebr.
Helping His Mother.
One day a little boy was play
ing in his yard. His name was
Peter. Peter's mother called him
and he came. His mother wanted
him to take some things to his
aunt. Peter liked to go there be
cause he always played with her
bov. Her little boy wasn't feeling
well. He came home and his mother
was baking cake. Peter liked cake.
Then his mother started ironing. He
knew his mother was tired. He told
her to lie down and he would fin
ish her ironing. She did 'this and
got well. The boy felt much re- .
warded by having "his mother get
well. Leona Hudson, aged 10,
Plattsmouth. Neb.
Second Letter.
Dear Busy Bees: This is my
second letter to you. I am in the
Fifth grade and am 9 years old.
I have three sisters and one brother.
Well I must tell you something
about our school. ITiere are 22
pupils in our room. Last Friday,
February 25, we had a program in
the gymnasium and invited our
mothers. We had a very nice time.
It started at 2 o'clock and lasted 'till
4 o'clock. Yours truly, Hattie Dite,
age 9, Gregory, S. D.
First Letter.
Dear Busy Bees: This is my firsl
letter to you. I am very glad te
write to this paper. There are so
many letters and stories in it I am
in the fourth grade. I like school
fine. My teacher's name is Miss
Robey. There are 23 in my room.
My school will not be out until the
latter part of May. I will close for
now. Virginia Parrish, age 10, Am
herst, Neb., Box 47.
Spring;.
Little pussy willow is pushini
through her silken srravish head.
The modest little violet is springing
irom ner pea.
Little robbin red breast
Hopping on the ground
Soon there will be a lot of birdies
fiying all around.
Lucile Hyatt, age 12, FlaUsmouth,
Neb,