THE BEE: OMAHA, SUNDAY, MAY 8. 1921.
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Group Organized
On South Side
A new Camp Fire group was or
ganized at the South Side United
Presbyterian church Saturday. The
girts weft all enthusiastic about the
work and chose 'their names and
symbols. , At the next meeting looms
will be made. Those present were
Mi$s'es Virginia Riegel, Dorothy
Towl, Nellie White, Nola Case, Nell
Oaks, Vinita McClure, Edna Jack
and Ellen Ncvrns. The Misses Ku
bat will act as guardians for the
group.
Omahequa Honor
Is Awarded
Omahequa Honor of .Camp Fire
was won this month by Miss Thelnia
Bussel for a fern dish that she de
signed and made; and the Misses
Mary Alice Kirtley, Marian Kcister,
Helen Baker, Wilma McFarland,
Helen Stidbam," Ruth Pilling, for
charts of materials thajt a Camp Fire
girt should know. The books show
a great deal of originality and four
of them have been -sent to national
headquarters for still, further honors
May-Day Surprise
A May day surprise was given by
the members of the Lexse Camp
Fire group for their guardian, Mrs.
Colin McKenzie. The surprise was
a large May basket which the girls
made and covered with white tissue
paper and decorated with" three green
Lexse leaves, the group symbol. It
was filled with fruit, nuts, candy and
Mothers Day to Be
. . Observed by Scouts
Every Scout in Omaha wrll be ex-,
pedted to observe Mothers' day in,
a simple but effective manner this
yedr. A card with a verse about
mcAher printed on it has been mailed
to jcvery scout in the city. He will
be expected to put it under his
mother's plate at breakfast . this,
morning. One thousand two hundred
of .these cards have been distributed.
The. verse on "Mother" is as fol
lows: . . , . .
There is just one and, only one
Whose love shall fail me never; ;
Just one who lives from Sun to sun
With constant fond endeavor.
There is just one and only one, '
On earth there is no other; i
In, heaven a noble work was done
When God gave boys a mother.
Sheldon Honor Pins Here
The new design of honor pins for
the "Y" Camp Sheldon at Columbus
are here and are on display in the
electric bulletin board in the boys'
division of the "Y." The pins were
made by the Metal Arts company
of , Rochester, N. Y., and men who
have seen them say that they are
the finest looking camp honor pins
thev have ever seen. ' "
The pin is in the shape of a square,
representing the four-square life,
mental, physical, social and devotion
al," that a boy is taught to live at
CaTnp Sheldon. The outside of the
square forms part of the letter "C"
which is in blue enamel and the "S"
is jnside the square in white, giving
the camp colors, blue and white..
Bronze pins are awarded to boys
w ho pass the required tests the first
vear. .silver for second, and gold
for third-year boys. Boys must se
cure a certain number of points
through the camp honor system in
order to be eligible for the honor
pin. It is the highest award that
the camp gives and the competition
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flowers and tucked away in a tiny
jewel box was a guardian's pin. This
was left at the door of the McKenzie
home. The ownership of the basket
was determined by the word "Kim,"
the guardians Camp Fire name found
in green letters on cither side of the
basket. No sign of anyone could be
found. While the basket was being
admired, the Wohelo call was heard
outside and the girls appeared from
'hiding ambush. :,
Group Meetings
The Taspauhu group held a cere
monial .. Thursday.. . Miss -Stella
Holmes, guardian, awarded the
honors.
The Landa group met at the home
of Miss Louise McDonald Monday.
A council fire was held. Miss Ruth
Hatteroth acted; as guardian of the
Fire and seven girls' took their de
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The Shudshka group with their
guardian, Miss Veryl Tucker,' met at
the Florence Presbyterian church
Thursday. .The time was spent on
head bands and blocking out sym
bols, . ' '- -
The Lewa group held a council
fire on the lawn of the home of Mrs.
Cunningham Wednesday. Miss Ber
nice Mathew led, the council fire and
Miss Dorothy Schwartz took her
desire. - .
The Nawakwa group which had
planned an ope n air meeting in
Kountze Park - Wednesday, were
caught in the rain and obliged to
hold the , meeting in the pavilion.
The next meeting will be a ceremon
ial. Four girls will become wood
gatherers. is always keen between the campers
to see how many will receive honoi
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Honor, cottage, pennants will also
be- given this year to every boy in
the cottage which carries away the
honors for the camp .peridd. Events
which count for cottage honors are
athletics, aquatics, camp service and
general camp spirit.
Ribbons 'will be awarded at this
year's camp to every boy who wins
a, first, second or thrid place in the
camp track or aquatic meet,
Children's Hour.
- Between the dark and the day
light, when the. night has begun to
lower, comes a pause in the day s
occupation, that is. known as the
children's hour.
I hear in the chamber above me
the sound of the door opening and
a voice soft and sweet.
I see in the lamplight dear Alice
laughing.
I .will cle-se for my letter1 is get
ting long. Aletha Combs, West
Point, Neb.
A QUESTION.
T thought 'that foreign children
Lived far acroa tho lea
t'ntil I got a letter .
From a boy in Italy.
"Dear little foreign friend," It Mid,
Aa plainly aa could be!
Now I wander which la "foreign,'
That, other boy or ma?
Junior Red Croaa Kewa.
A Loyal Scout.
Dear Busy Bees: ' I am 10 years
old and in the fifth grade this year.
My brother is in the fifth grade, too.
and my little brother is in the sec
ond grade. My sister is a freshman
this year. We have a true Blue
Scouts here all the way from 13
down to nine, l am the treasurer
of the Scouts. Clair Corss is the
president and Clarence Binggins is
the secretary of the Scouts. Clar
ence McKec. Aged 10, Gregory,
S. D.
A black sheep is a biting beast.
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For the Live Boys
Graduation Exercises
To Be Held for Boys
Swimming School
Saturday night, May 21, the grad
uation exercises will be held in the
"Y" auditorium for the boys who
learn to swim in the "Y" free swim
ming school. Over 500 boys will be
present for the occasion. ,
The graduation exercises will be
in the form of a social, with games,
movies, and short talks, and will ap
peal strongly to the boys who have
finished the course in the swimming
school. ' ' :
A special five-reel feature picture
will be shown as the main enter
tainment feature of the evening for
the boys who will attend. . Every
boy who learned to 'swim w'ill be
given an invitation to attend the
final grand "blowout" on this eve
ning. . .
J. H. Beveridge, chairman of the
boys' work committee of the "Y,"
will be present to give a short tall:
to the graduates. . He will also
present the diplomas to those who
passed the prescribed tests. ' i .
A special membership is Being
offered to the swimming school boys,
good until June 1, 1922, for $7, and
scores of them are taking advantage
of it already. This includes locker,
towels, soap,' game and reading
room privileges, gym and swimming
classes, and all boys membership
privileges. . .
Boy Scout Notes
Twenty-two men were in Camp
Gifford last Saturday and Sunday,
taking work to complete their
Scoutmasters training course. Tues
day night at the Quickserv, 19 of
these, msn received their, diplomas
for completing the course. Father
McCormick of Creightoji universi
ty presented the diplomas.
Two new troops have been formed
in the last week. Troop 69 at Haw
thorne school has been formed, with
Brad Roberts as scoutmaster. The
troop committee was furnished by
.the South Side Commercial club.
A Puppy Makes Trouble for the
Chinaman.
In'fin- of the. hcr bnuse nnt far'
from the rose bush under which the brought it about.. .
Teenic Weenie village stood, lived 0nc Monday morning the puppy
a jog . . . came up to the leenie Weenie' vil-
The' dog's name was Becky Sharp' larg ?,nd "ot finding any of the lit
and the Tecnie Weenies were very Ie- about, for Monday is a
fond of her
Becky visited the 1eenie Weenies
quite often and many times she
helped the little folks in. various
ways.
One day Becky had puppies and
then trouble began, for one of the
puppies was a most mischievous lit
tle fellow and he gave the Teenie
Weenies a great deal of trouble.
He wasn't really a bad puppybtit
he was young, thoughtless, very play
ful. and inclined to be a bit rough.
One day he came waddling over
to the rose bush and almost knocked
the Lovers' bungalow off its founda
tion by rubbing his fat side against
the little house; in fact, he ripped
a length of water trough off, the
tiny roof. '
Another time he upset the fire en
gine while the Turk was cleaning the
little machine, and only laughed at
the Genereal when that dignified per-
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"I wish that dud would stav
away," growled the General after the
affair of the fire engine. "He's so
rough and I'm afraid he'll do a lot
of damage with those big1 clumsy
feet of his." - . ,
"Why don't you tell his . mother
to keep him home?.'' asked the old
Soldier.
"I don't like to do that," answered
the General. "For his mother is such
a nice rtog and 1 wouidnt hurt her
feelings for tbe world."
Troop 70 has been formed at Com
enius ,school Frtday night with 22
boys as a nucleus. Lad' V..Tcsar,
former captain in the United Sfates
arm, is scoutlaster for ' ' this - "new
outfit. . ! ;
Ralph Conner is the jnew scout
master of Troop 43, located at Lin
coln school.
Dundee, Columbian, v
Saunders School Boys
Enjoy "Y" Social
Two hundred boys from Dundee,
Saunders and Columbia schools
were the guests of the Boys' division
last evening at a big party in their
honor which has been ' planned for
a long time. .' -
Tht boys arrived at 7 o'clock and
all of them enjoyed a long swim in
the artesian water of jthe fine swim
ming pool. After that tljey felt ready
for anything that was to come. And
the next thing was movies, four reels
of them, with everything from seri
ous educational pictures to side-splitting
Harold Lloyd comedies.
After the movies, the boys were
given short talks by the boys' work
secretaries and then games of. various
sorts were enjoyed until it was time
for the boys to leave for home.
As they went out ice cream cones
were served them by a social com
mittee of "Y" boys. Last j winter
every Saturday night was occupied
by similar socials for grade boys,
but this year the Boys' division pro
gram has enlarged so much that they
could not be accommodated.
Next Saturday night the boys from
Windsor, Park and Yates schools
will be entertained at a similar so
cial. These socials are entirely free
of charge and every . boy in the
schools who has passed his 12th
birthday is invited. '
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However," the General was forced
to speak to the puppy's mother a
few days later and
this is what
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looked around for sornething to play
W'ith,
The Chinaman had just hung out
a walnut shellful of clothes to dry
on the line in front of the teapot,
when the pup happened by.
The tiny towels and shirts flapping
in the wind attracted the puppy's at
tention, and, catching the line in his
"8:e mouth he pulled two lead pen-
cil posts, which held the clothes line,
out of the ground at the hrst jerk.
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when the Policeman and the Cow-.
b?y happened along.
The two little fellows causht the
line and tried to null it awav from
tbe pup, but they might as well have
tried to lift a brick, for the puppy
gave a shake of Ins head and sent
them sprawling on the ground.
The Chinaman heard the noise and,
popping his head out of the laundry
door, he was filled with anger at the
sight of his clean clothes being
dragged oyer the dirty ground,
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! Swim First Week
1 At Local "Y"
Friday night this week this boys
of the "Y" Bird club will have their
last big hike, at which time they
arc planning to study all k;nd .of
birds.- The club will leave thc'"Y"
oil the Bellevue car line at '5. o'clock
Friday evening for places near
Child's Point, where they will spend,
the night. Here the boys1, w'ill" have
opportunity to study vfield, dc.p
wood and r.'ght birdi - h
It is expected that about, 75 boys
will have i heir blanket rolls, cook
k'ts and food ready for the hike
which promises to be the best of
tfie season. 'Nearly -all. the laie mi
V'rrnt birds wiil have Arrived and it
will be t!i? most' extensive oidy
this season " ' : , , ... .
J. Shailcr Arnold, assistant boys'
work secretary, wiio ii .leader of the
bird club, suggests' that every boy
who attends the hike will bring two
blankets, plenty of "grub" for 'two
meals and a note book. The en
tire time . on this hike will be spent
in locating birds and completing
lists of birds having been seen on
hikes this season. These lists will
be compared to determine' the num
ber of birds that have been identi
fied and seen this season.'
Bird Club to Take
Over Night Hike
, The first 'week o the Omaha Y;
M. CA, free swimming school was
most successful; over 250 boys being
taught to swim who could not navi
gate a single stroke a week ago,
These . boys learned in. an average
of three lessons each under the di
rection of leaders in charge of N.' J.
Weston, physical director.
' Classes were small, only 25 boys
being assigned to a class and thus
a great deal of individual attention
could be given each boy. Some boys
learned to swim the fifst lesson who
"'"Stop that, you nasty pup!" Me
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"Me just washie -clothes nice :and
clcanic and you make. dirty," and the
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poor Chinaman burst into tears.'
Seem the Chinaman's tears, the
puppy dropped the clothes line and
heceed the noor fellow's pardon. ...
"You ouchtie be ashamed at vour-
self," cried the Chinaman. "Me vcly
muchie mad. Me have to washie
clothes all over aglain."
"I'm sorry," said the puppy. "I
never thought about that and I'll
lick 'cm all clean."
"Nol" cried the Chinaman. "That
ivjakic muchie much dirtier. You
glo home. Me washie."
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could not even "dog paddle", when
they come to take their lesson.'
Next week there will be at least
250, more boys taught to swim in
the same manner. A new group will
start in on Monday and another
new group on Thursday so that the
school will keep the men at the "Y"
busy the whole week.
Boys who did' not learn io their
three lessons should report at the
boys' division at once for more as
signments, for. it is the earnest de
sire of the men in charge that every
boy in (Jmaha who -wants to, may
be -taught to swim during these two
weeks. It is a . boy's own fault if
he docs not learn with everything
furnished him free.
The First Steel Pen
Some 80 years ago Joseph Gillct
was a working jeweler in Birming
ham, England. One day he accident
ally spilt one of his fine steel tools
and, being suddenly required to sign
a receipt and, not finding a quill
handy, he used the split tool as a
substitute. This happy incident is
said to have led to the idea of mak
ing pens of metal. From the Ar
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The puppy saw he had made a
terrible mistake, and. dropping .his
short tail as low as he could, he
slunk off towards his home
"Something has got to be done
about that pup," puffed the General,
who came running up. "I'm going
right over and tell his mother.
That was what happened. The
General told the puppy's mother
and, according to the gossip under
the rose bush, the puppy received
f nrft ciffi'nfr from his mother when
she heard the General's story,
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Stories by
Little Folks
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Spring Time.
. Dear Busy Bees: I will send you
a little spring story.
One day- Roberta, came home from
school. She sat dow"h on the rock
flower bed and leaned back against!
the old elm tree, for she was tired.
The day had been very warm and
the lessons long.
Then she thought, "Soon this bed
will be full of flowers and the old
tree full of leaves and make fine
shade to play under."
Soon she heard little voices whis
pering to each other. "Say, 1 think
it is time to get up," they said.
"Hear Mr. Robin, Mr. Blue Jay and
Pee Wee talking together. Say, I
think the flowers should come up.
If they do not come up pretty soon
Miss Summer will, not come, and
Tack Frost will stay. Thn we will
have to go back south again." The
Pee Wee had stood watching little
Bleeding Heart peeping up by the
chimney, but when it got half way
up its leaves turned white with cold
and, she weni back.' The Pee Yee
sighed and said:
"Maybe we are too early." "I'll
bet you a piece of corn we are not
too early, said the Blue Bird. I
will settle the fight," said the . Robin.
"If Jenny Wren is in her house it is
not too cajly; if she is not in her
house we are too early." The tulips,
who had been listening; said, "It is
time to get up." So one of the biggest
said, "I am going up". "I,-too; I,
too; I, too, came little voices from
the flowers, and one after another
they popped their heads up. Soon
they were all up. In the meantime
the Robin had come back, "Oh,
friends, Miss Wren is not back."
"Oh, dear," said the Pee Wee, "we
will have to go back south. Come
now before it is too late." The tulips
were afraid and tried to get back
into the ground, but, alas, they
couldn't.
Soon an 'old woman came out.
She looked up at the sky. "Jack
Frost will be here tonight, I. am
sure, she said. At that the tulips
began to whisper. The old woman
looked around. "Goodness me," she
sighed, "the tulips' are up. Last
spring they came out too early and
were frozen." Then she hurried in
the house, filled a basket with flower
pots and came out and covered each
one over. How glad they -were!
They whispered and nodded in the
pots. Old North Wind came along
and tried' to blow the pots over.
Jack Frost was with him. The little
flowers laughed at them.
Just then the wind blew a rock
down on. Roberta's toe. She opened
her' eyes and found she had fallen
asleep and fallen off the flower bed
and a rock was on her toe. Robetta
Tracy, Aged 11, 1306 Park Aye., Fre
mont, Xcb.
(Honorable Mention.)
The Great Sacrifice.
Down, down, down, ' came the
softly falling snow. The large
flakes fell quietly on the little cot
tage on Lenox street in the small
sized village of Penderville. Its oc
cupants slept peaccfally in the early
dawn. There was Dr. and Mrs.
Yaness, Anita, Birdeen and Ruth.
"Girls, girls," came the cheery
voice of their mother, "you must
get up,- you expect to go to school
this morning." "Yes. mamma, we're
going ' to." How sleepy Birdeen's
voice sounded, but she crawled' out
of bed, the other girls following suit
and it was a happy trio which en
tered the dining room a few mo
ments later to find their parents al
ready seated at the breakfast table.
The ambition of - the Vanessc's
was to give their girls an education.
Birdeen, 18, and the oldest, was in
her first year university; Anita, 16,
who came next was a junior in High
school, and Ruth, the baby of the
family, 14, and in her first year
High school.
Dr. Vaness took great pride in
his daughters, especially Birdeen,
On this particular morning, how
ever, Birdeen was rather late and
when she ran down stairs she was
greatly disappointed to find her
father already gone.
In the evening Dr. Yane&s was ,
Why Does Milk Turn Sour?
The change that takes place m
milk when it turns sour is entirely
due to the growth of microbes in it.
If the milk is boiled and then sealed
up in something , it will not turn
sour in any weather nor in any
length of time, because all the mi
crobes in the milk, including thos
that turn it sour, have been kific
by the boiling. Much warmth and
electricity in the air to which milk
is exposed favor the growth of the
microbes in the milk. Microbes are
plants and we know that warmth and
electricity in the air favor the
growth of other plants, such as
wheat or potatoes.
The stuff in sour milk which gives
it its sour taste is an acid,- of course,
and it has the special name, which
everyone should certainly know, of
lactic acid, which simply means
milk acid. It is made by microbes
from the sugar in the milk, which
has the corresponding name of lac
tose. Lactic acid is not bad for us,
but good for us, and if good, clean
milk turns sour it is none the worse
for that, but in sonic ways and for
some people it is much better than
is milk as we usually drink it. Milk
that has turned sour is highly rec
ommended by many doctors for cur
ing certain diseases. Book of
Knowledge.
Play With Paper Dolla.
Dear Busy Bees: This is the first
time I have written to you. I will
tell you what I do with my spare ,
time. My chum and I play with
our paper dolls and make furniture
for their house. We have .furnished
a whole house. My .chum comes up
most every Saturday afternoon. We
have furnished, three bedrooms, a
dining room and a living room. I
believe I have written enough foi;
my first time. Yours truly, Lois
Bartholomew, Lebanon, Neb.
A basket justice - will do justice
rjght or wrong.
surprised to see his eldest daughter
enter the office just before closing
time. Why, daughter, how does
this happen?" he asked. "Well, you
see father, I didn't get to walk with
you this morning, so I thought I
would come over and walk home
with you this evening," was the
happy reply. Mr. Vaness smiled
approval at his daughter, but said
nothing. The snow was falling
once more, and on the way home
little was said between father and
daughter, but Birdeen knew well
that she bad pleased her father im
mensely. Things went along very happily
at the little cottage, until one day
came s the news that our - country
had entered the European war, and
eTerything was excitement n the
town of ' Peodervjlle. It was d's-r
cussed in the markets, it vtas dis
cussed' in the streets, it was dis
cussed in the noraes, it was dis
cussed everywhere, and was often
the topic of conversation at the
Vaness's fireside. Finally the ex
citement died down and the town
was quite itself again, excepting
that some of the loyal young men
had volunteered to enter the army.
Dr. Vaness said little these days,
went out on his calls as usual, and
walked with Birdeen in the morn
ings, but on tbe whole there seemed
to be a restlessness in his attitude,
"Well, my little family, I have been
doing a lot of thinking of late of
the poor wounded boys in France
and how I could help them and ease
their pain." -He stopped for a mo
ment and. a lump rose in the throat
of each of his listeners for they
well knew what was - coming next.
"And," he continued, "Don't you
think, that when I could help them
so much, I ought.to go?" I know
it will be hard to leave you all. It
will be hard for you to stay at home
without, me, it will mean a struggle
for money yet, duty calls. Think
of . the boys whose pain I could ease
tonight if I were thece, and I am
sure that you would think it best
for me to go. He stopped, reached
over and toon noid or nis wues
hand and held it tightly. There was
silence for some time, then Mrs.
Vaness gave the haud which held
her's a little, squeeze. "Yes," she
said, "you are right and we will not.
hinder you.
In the little Vaness circle at home
a &rreat change had taken place. In
stead of the three girls dressing for
school in the morning and Mrs. -Vaness
boing left" to her morning
work, only two' dressed for school
now and the mother was not there.
Birdeen had given up her university
work and was' working hard in a
dingy little office doing government
work, while Mrs. Vaness was in an
other tpwn working, and was only
home at ' infrequent times. Money
was very scarce anil it was a hard
struggle for Birdeen and her mother
to pay expenses- and, keep the other
girls in school. It was hardest for
Birdeen, for she had had to gie up
her one great hope of. going on
through ' university and getting a
higher education. In the summer
Ruth also worked, earning what she
could, and Ruth. who. had been the
petted baby of the family, was left
much to her own devices.
Then again came news. This time
glad news; the news that the armis
tice was signed, and some days later
came a cable from the doctor saying
that he would be home some time
during the following month.
One evening when the family cir
cle was again complete Dr. Vaness
said to Birdeen, "My dear daughter,
you are a brave gift, and,by giving J '
up your school have made a wondsr- ?
ful sacrifice for you- country. I
never dreamed you would have to
do that, although I knew it would be
hard for my little family' to make
ends meet; but now, my brave girlie,
you snan no oacic to school immedi- ,
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made up my miud that I will not go '
back to school, but will go on with f
my work and help you. I do not
feet that I could ever again Vavc vou r
to rarry on the burden f expense ;
alone. No, father dear, I will not
go hack to school." Marian i.
Marsh, Aged 12, Browuvillc, Neb, -
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