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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 24, 1921)
Z D THE BEE: OMAHA, SUNDAY, JULY 24, 1921. 0, SK1NNAY! HERE IS A STORY 'BOUT BUGS AND THINGS Think of a Big Museum Just for Children. What It Is Like By EYE WITNESS. Boys and girls: I want to tell you of something that will interest you as much as it did me. The point in telling you about it in your own way which Is the best way because it is the simplest and realest instead of writing a digni fied, tiresome article for our grown ups, is that you, after you have the facts before you, can interest the grownups in this tine thing much more readily than I can. You know well enough that though every one of you belongs to a grown up, it is even truer that most grown ups belong to you and would do al most anything in the worl', for you. That is part of the fun g' ownps get out of being your fithers and mothers. Once there was a boy that somc tinics would come tearing down the hill he lived at the top. of the hill and nty family at the bottom of it and lie would say, "My uncle has just sent us some more things from China and my mother says you can all come up to our house!" Then we would go, and more like ly than not we would stay all the ret of the day it was so inter esting. For we saw and Lewis' mother would let us touch gowns so heavy with silk and gold they would stand alone, and queer little ornaments of jade with faces on them that would make you laugh, and vases and fans, whereon those Chinese people had made the sky with one or two lines and the wide sea with one or two more, and images carved out of ivory and precious woods with kind of sad. thoughtful, tired faces on them, which made you wonder and may- dc me eyes would be inlays of jewels. Liberal and Sympathetic. Tom's mother said - some people called those things idols and the people that made them idolators, but she told us she liked to think of them as helps to prayer and worship and that the people that made them maybe did it so those figures would bring near to them the Unseen Power that puts us in this world "and arranged it for us. Mrs. Pilcher was always pjeasant about explain ing things that way. We all loved her. At the end of the afternoon she would give us cake and cambric tea. Well, that is just exactly the way it is at the children's museum on the edge of Bedford park in Brook lyn, N. Y. even to the cake except tht the house is 10 times bigger than Lewis, was. and that, instead of seeing wonderful things from China alone you have the whole wonderful world poured into your lap. You can touch tilings and work with them, and you can mount beau tiful butterflies and moths and beetles with your own hands, and there are young women and older women to tell you about everything and show you how to do everything with microscopes, and chemicals, and tools, and everything like that. No Verboten Signs Here. There are no "No Admittance" or "Don't Touch" signs anywhere, and the whole house and everything in it are yours for nothing. They give you treasures and ask in return only your interest. You can become a life member of this children's museum association for 10 cents, but you are just as welcome whether you are a member or not I saw a couple of fellows studying the birds and I asked them it they were members and they said no. So I fixed that up and pretty soon they came out of the secretary's room with membership buttons on their coats, but the only difference was that now they studied the birds harder than ever and sort of smiled w hen they looked around because, I think, the docents as the women tell you things are called kept smiling at them and said, "There are our newest members!" Sorter Stirs One's Heart It was kind of fanny and very homelike all that part. 1 If a fellow wanted to know some tlung special about a bird he had just noticed on his way through Bed ford park, or about a plant he was pressing, or about a moth he was mounting, or about the wireless tele graph mechanism they were teach ing him to use, all he had to do was to step into a big room on the sec ond floor of the house and Miss Draper would give him a book about it and help him to find the place he wanted in the book. t . Like all the women in the house, she was awfully pleasant and she laughed a lot She said a fellow that did not know exactly what he wanted came into see her the other day and said: "Miss Draper, have you got a book about my size?" She found it and he was very much obliged. Here's a Thorough Chap. She told me about a fellow named Carl Funaro that got so interested, in beetles that he started copying but the more than 200 pages of Hcn shaw's "List of Coleoptera of Amer ica North of Mexico" because that is a very rare book and very expen sive, but he wanted to have the facts in it right alongside him at home and when he was out collecting. So he started copyiug the one Miss Draper has but cannot lend out be cause it is so rare and she has only one copyct" . " She said that altogether the chil- Stories by Our Little Folks (Prize) Wise Elsie. Downstairs the big hall clock struck 7. "Only 7 o'clock," mur mured Elsie, drowsily. "Guess I'll go back to sleep. Hoi Hum!" But just then she caught a glimpse of a dainty white envelope lying on her dressing table. "Oh, a letter 1" she exclaimed, and was out of bed in an instant . ' She reached for the en velope. On the front her name was written in dainty script Curious, she tore open this missive. Inside she found an inscribed card: 7:00 Arise instantly and make necessary morning toilette. 7:30-8:00 Breakfast. 8:30-9:30 Help mother with morn- ing work, such as wiping dishes, making beds, etc. 9:30-12:00 Play hard. 12:00-12:30 Dinner. 12:30-1:00 Help with dishes. 1 :00-6:00 Do as you please. 6:00-6:30 Supper. 6:30-8:30 Spend evening in mak ing everybody around you happy. 8:30 Go to bed. (Signed.) AERIAL. "Aerial, Aerial ! Oh, she's the fairy queen, and this is a program for me to follow. Oh, what fun!" cried Elsie as she hastened to dress. That day everything came off right to the minute and in tasks which at other times she would have idled and grumbled through she now did eagerly and quickly. In the eve ning as Elsie and her mother sat on the porch she said: "Yesterday I didn't believe in fairy queens and that sort of thing, but I certainly do now' And mother only smiled. Lucilla Bauer, Aged 14, Alma, Neb. dren's museum has 8,000 books and that the children come to it at the rate of 250 to 500 and even 700 a day, but that when 700 come they have to stand up to read. Prefer Nature Studies. Miss Draper said the children ask for books about nature and biog raphy and history, but do not seem to care so much for stories, though she has plenty of stories; and the reason for that is, I think, that after you have seeen the wonderful things in the museum the birds and the raccoons, stuffed, to be sure, but seeming to be living and working just as they lived and worked in life and the hives of live bees actually making honey, . and the scenes in strange countries all built up and lighted like scenes in a theater then those things become more real to you than any store is, and it is thrill ing to read about them and to learn more about them. . Anyway, 200,000 Brooklyn chil dren feel that way. They come every year, and 30,000 a year come to the lectures on Columbus and Washington "and Lincoln and Long fellow and world war and wireless and bees and sd on in the motion picture room. Now that you know in a general vay what this children's treasure house is like, you may care to know how it works, amen r5i-v-" Dot Puzzle ! y -25 J : i4 lo WJx i i X is yf 2,7 ... fM) w Wyj 1 4. Ul You'll see me riding just for fun If you will trace to sev'nty-one. Complete tha picture by drawing and taking them numerically. (Honorable Mention) Snobs. Maxiue's father became very sick and the doctor said he needed a rest. So the Woods family retired to an old mansion in the suburbs of the city. The Woods were a very wealthy family and in their new lo cation most of the people were poor. Maxine decided to enter the public school. She wore pretty ginghams, while most of the other girls wore calico. The other girls seemed to think Maxine was above them. Maxine tried to make friends, but they snubbed her.. . . "Mv mother washed for them in the city and they got so snobbish and refused to pay . our prices that we ouit them, asserted Jane Walton. Maxine worked hard and soon was at the head of her class. This did not make the girls any more friendly toward her. One day she was so heart-broken and downcast that she sought refuge- in a small woods nearbv. She sat down on Iosr and was soon crying to herself. After a while she - heard footsteps and. looking up, saw Jane comm through the trees. She came up to where Maxine was and soon they were good friends. Jane found ou she was not stuck up and Maxine became freinds with all the other cirU and shared in their cood times. Maro-aret Yoder. Aeed 12, Elm Creek, Neb. Snow Fun. Dear Busv Bee: I enjoy reading your stories every Sunday. This is the first time l nave written to you. I am going to send a poem I made up called "Snow ban: Now high, now low, now fast, now slow, How white and smooth it lies: While banks are filling with the snow, . How hazy are the skies. The ground is covered like a sheet, Like sparkling diamon s, too; While children are fast asleep, While the sandman has much to do. The sun is coming behind a cloud, While davlieht is coming on; In the barn the rooster is cackling very loud Get up! The night is gone. The children are all a-sliouting Hurrah! Hurrah! for the snow. What fun we'll have, while far away thev have no sleighs. That's why we have a right to be eav. Nora Nelson, aire 12, box 465 Albion, Neb. the Pie. , One day a little girl and boy came into the garden-. The boy saw me, a large pumpkin. He. said: "This will make a fine Jack-o'-Lantern for me. His grandmother, who was standing near, said: "No. I think it will make a very nice pie for Thanksgiving day." So she let me grow until I was good and ripe and then a very nice old lady came and picked me and put 'me into a kettle to boil, then she took me out and made me into something, and set me in the middle of the table with lots of pretty leaves around me. Like Catching Measles. You will never have any posses sion worth more to you than your friends, and anybody can have friends. Friends are" folks who like you a lot, and the way to make folks like you a lot is for you to like folks It's catching, .like .measles. Just like folks,, and keep , at it, and the first thing you know they'll be liking you back again. Repeat the dose as needed and you'll find you'll have so many friends you won t know what to do with them all. American Boy. Una through thi dota, biglnnmg with ona EVEN TEENIE WEENIE TRUCKS HAVE TO BE PULLED, OUT OF MUD The two tiny trucks, which had been built by the Turk and Paddy Pinn, fairly flew over the road, and the .Teenie Weenies all enjoyed themselves as they rolled along. Paddy Pinn drove one of the trucks while the Turk steered the ether, and both of the little eneines purred beautifully in spite of the fact that they were heavily loaded with Teenie Weenies, tents, pots, kettles and all the other necessary things that campers find useful. The Teenie Weenies were on an auto tour, and the first day on the road they traveled 76 Teenie Weenie miles. They stopped near a small creek for the first night, and under the shrltrr nf a tiiio- filark-riprrv hush they pitched their tiny tents, built a fire for the cook, who put up his big iron kettle, and in a short time two beans Were boiling merrily. When the beans were done the lit tle folks formed in line and, passing by the cook, each Teenie Weenie was supplied with a slice of bean, a cnunk ot Dread, a cup or cocoa ana e . e 1 1 C I f a -J The little people sat on sticks about the fire and ate their supper, while the sleepy birds chirped in the bushes overhead. After the little folks had eaten they sat around the fire and told stories, sang songs and talked until a late hour.' One of the trucks was fixed up for the ladies, as they were afraid of ants and would not sleep in tents, but the little men all slept in tents, For the Live Boys Arnold on Job After Two Weeks at Geneva J. Shailer Arnold, assistant boys' work secretary of the Omaha Y, M. C. A. is on the job again after two weeks at the Y. M. C. A.'s sum mer school at Lake Geneva, Wis Arnold reports ' a wonderful time there and has come back with many new ideas for the work of next year. He will be at the boys division for the next two weeks while Mac Ohman is on his vacation in Chica go and then Arnold will spend two weeks at his home at Winheld, Kan. He will be back for good about August 22, ready for the big gest year in the history ot the boys Division. E. E. Micklewright, boys' work secretary of the "Y" is on his vaca tion spending time in Marshalltown, la., and at his home in Davenport. He is also visiting several boys' camps in Iowa to get new ideas for the "Y" camps next summer. - N. T. Weston, physical director, and Cecil Fisher, his assistant, are pending two weeks each at the Y, M. C. A. summer school at Estes Park, Colo. Carl Weigel, assistant physical director is in charge of the physical department during the ab sence of Weston and lusher. All the "Y" men will be back on the job about the middle of August, getting the machinery oiled up ready for the heavy fall and winter work which promises to beat all records thus far. A Novel Knot Board Presented by Troop 4 Trooo 4. under the direction of Kelly, recently Scoutmaster Tack came into prominence wnen tney presented a novel knot board to headquarters. The board is very ar tisticand complete, holding all the knots actually tied. The rope used a three-eiehths inch rope, the knots are attractively arranged on black cloth-covered board. The board was made by competi tion among the scouts in the troop, each scout striving to make the most correctly tied knots, Edward Brad except those who took turns guard ing the tiny camp. The little campers were up bright and early the next morning and after a delicrhtful breakfast of corn mush and milk they once more set out on their way. "I think we're going to have a storm," said the Old Soldier, who sat on the driver's seat with Paddy Pinn and the General. "Those clouds don't lock like clear weather to me." The Old Soldier was a mighty good weather prophet, and "when the clouds began to roll up in great DiacK masses the Uenerai ordered the trucks to stop under the shelter of an old dry goods box, which lay near the road. The little trucks had no sooner run under the box than the-rain began to . . J 1 l. 1 I I Vi i . afJr rlnwr , h v the half he water came down by the CUP,7? ., . t.j j t.. ..,.. ..,, 'u in u vvnen ine rain nau siuppeu, u.c UlLie jjiui. muivi iuuiv hichwav. and, as the road was cc .. "... -i'- 'ii-j .1 r 7 l'7u nd th7n Mo Kntr-jn w iIip maH w timv l r 111 f tht mZ w, fullv an Sich L Len Tn anmL nlares there were trreat ru!s" fnroSr'or twicrJhe8 trucks nearly stuck in the mud. "It's pretty hard going, that's what it is" said Paddy Pinn, who was driving the leading truck. "I think we'd better find a good camping ford, patrol leader of Flying Eagle patrol, won a prize of a solid silver apprentice, or figure eight knot for the best work on the board. Troop 4 is also planning another attractive phase of scout work iri the form of a signalling contest to see who is the most proficient in the art of signalling. Both semaphore and wig wag systems will be used. A pair of silk semaphore flags will be awarded the winner. Omaha Hi-Y Clubs to Hold Conference at Sheldon, Sept. ltoS The biggest and best Hi-Y camp that the Omaha Y. M. C. A. has ever conducted will be held at Camp Shel don at Columbus, Neb., from Sep tember 1 to 5, inclusive, under the di rection of E. E. Micklewright, boys' work secretary of the Omaha "Y." The camp will be held under the auspices of the three Omaha Hi-Y clubs in the three high schools and the presidents and other officers of these clubs are the promotion com mittee in charge of getting the en rollments. It is expected that over 60 of the leaders from these high schools will attend this camp, which is an invitation camp. Only boys re ceiving invitations from their Hi-Y clubs may attend. The principal speakers at the camp will be L. C. Oberlies of Lincoln, state chairman of the board of con trol; D wight N. Lewis of Des Moines, chairman of the Iowa state railway commission; J. H. Beveridge, superintendent of Omaha schools. Principals of the high schools are expected to attend the camp for a few days. N. J. Western, physical director of the Omaha "Y," will be camp physical director and George W. Campbell will be in charge of music. Special train accommodations will be furnished these boys by the Union Pacific railway and a most success ful camp is anticipated in every way. Invitations to attend the camp have gone out to the leaders in the high schools and other literature will soon follow. A bushel of March dust is worth a king's ransom, olace and stoD for the rest of the day." "All rieht." answered the General. "We'll stop at the first good looking camoine nlace we come to." It was a long time before the little folks found a good camping place, for the tiny truck stood in the mud as it was trying to cross a deep rut. The Teenie Weenies worked for a long time trying to get out, but every time thev tricd t0 et 0llt the wheels seemed s!nk deeKper int0 the sticky clav. " ff , . . .. dcr the wheels, they pulled, they snouiea. shouted, they suggested, and some of the little men put on their bathing su,ts and tried to pry the wheels out. "Couldn't we get a chicken to pull w out?" suggested the Dunce. "I'll 8 ba that hen we passed on the road a little whi,e , v, "Hello, strangers! In trouble?" asked a big squirrel as he jumped off a fence near the road and hopped over to the excited Teenie Weenies, "Yes, sir; we are," answered the of Omaha Swimming a Popular Sport for T Boys The 1,000 Omaha Y. M. C A. boys know the safest and cleanest place in the city to swim during the hot summer days from the number who use the pool every day. Many of them are at the boys' division door in the mornings an hour be fore the time for opening, anticipat ing their swim in the cool clear artesian water. Parents are enthusiastic about the "Y" swimming pool during the sum mer months, especially when the lure of the rivers and lakes is es pecially strong. They know that when their boys go to the "Y" the., are under the supervision of trained men at all times and that there is the minimum of danger from drown ing. " Hundreds of boys are usinir tht oool everv dav and arrancements were made at the beginning of thei summer, whereby every boy gets three swims every week. Anyone passing the "Y" during the boys' swimming time can easily know that the lads are having the time of their lives by the noise and lusty shout ing that emanates from the direction of the swimming pool. The three swims a week will con tinue until school starts when the boys will go back to their regular schedule of two gym periods and two swims per week. Why Do Rats Leave Fall ing Houses ? They sometimes do so because they are terrified by sound and movement preceding the fall. When foundations begin to subside the nests and burrows of the rats are disturbed. When a wall is about to collapse above, tremors and shocks would be communicated like sound to the bur rows and so create a panic exodus. It is fear of existing conditions, and not mysterious foreknowledge, that drives rats from falling houses. Children's Newspaper. A xalf's head will feast a hunter and his hounds. General, lifting his hat. "Could you be kind enough to give us a lift? We have been working here ior nearly four hours trying to get out of this mud." "Sure," said the squirrel. "Tie a rope to the front end of the truck, and I'll pull you out before you can say hippopotamus." In a few minutes the Policeman tied one end of a rope to the truck and carried the other end up the side of the rut where the squirrel stood. "Now just cet out of my way so T , ,-.. - , t -thn :, f i.rt. in' anybody down, and I'll pull this truck out in a jiffy, ' said the squir rel, taking the end of the rope in his mouth. Paddy Pinn started the engine, and the squirrel, bracing his feet, gave a mighty pull, and the truck "Jf Ut th,e hoIe After the squirrel had been given four peanuts for his work, the little trucks chugged along until they found a fair camping place, where they stopped for the night. FASHION'S BLUE BOOK If she is anything but Little Red Riding Hood it is not the fault of fashion. For fashion is as arbitrary about children's wearing this color as it is about adults, and some of the newest clothes in juvenile circles bear out this assertion. Above we show a little frock in the favorite combination of English satin and organdy which selects red for the frock material and white for the adorable little organdy ruffles that fill in the sleeves and give the desired side fullness. The frock is bound in white organdy, and a black and white flower is embroidered at the front of the waist. The favored line for small girls puts the long waist and the short skirt together, and often admits full nes sat the sides. Embroidery of both wool and silk is much used this summer and there is a wide use of filet and Irish lace. C. Lowe. A carrion kite will never make a good hawk, New Merit System To Be Used at Camp Gifford This Summer A very attractive and novel merit system has been established at Camp Gifford, which will be used during the camping periods this summer. The scouts will wear skull caps, and the recognition of their achievement will be worn on these caps. Diamonds, represent the highest standard in the respective virtues of a camper. For personal cleanliness, a white diamond will be awarded. A red diamond will be given for cheer fulness, a purple one for athletic ability, a green one for advance ment, a blue one for table manners, an orange one for swimming, a gold one for camp fire stunts and a black one for an unannounced point. What is this mysterious black dia mond going to represent? That is the question which every scout is asking. But leave that to the camp directors. They will tell when the time comes. The "Crocketts" will wear red and green caps, and the "Carsons" will wear red and white caps. A boy is entitled to wear a cap after attending camp for one week. A silver bar will be presented for every week spent at camp after the first one. A scout will be known by the cap he wears. Any one will be able to tell by glancing at the cap whether the boy is up to standard or not. Hansel and Grethel. Once upon a time there lived a poor wood cutter and wife and chil dren. The children's names were Hansel and Grethel. One night the iather lay thinking ot all his troubles. "I know what we will do," said the stepmother. "Early in the morning we'll take the children out into the thickest of the woods and leave them there." "Oh, no," cried the father. "I cannot do that with my children." "Oh, pshaw!" cried the wife, "what a fool. Then all four of us must die of hunger." - The children heard it. Grethel cried bitterly and Said to Hansel: "Now we shall surely die." But Hansel said: "Hush! Grethel, do not cry; I shall be able to help you." He waited till their parents were fast asleep, then he got up and dressed himself and slipped out. The moon shown brightly. Hansel picked up some pebbles and put them in his pocket and went back to Grethel and said: "Be cftmforted, dear, and sleep in peace." So saying, he went back to bed and slept. Next morn ing the mother came to the bed and "Get up, lazybones, go to the woods and gather wood. She gave each of them a piece of bread. Grethel took it in her apron. Soon they were on their way. Hansel kept looking back, at the house. His father said: "Hansel, what are you looking at? Take care and don't forget your legs." "Oh, father, I am looking at my white cat that wants to say goodby." The stepmother said: "Foolish boy; that is the sun shining -on the chimney." t When they arrived in the middle of the forest the father sad: "Come, children, build a fire so1. you won't get cold." When it was built the father said: "Lie down by the fire and rest while your mother and I go into the forest and cut wood." So the children sat down. Noon came on, their folks did not appear, so Hansel took his sister by the hand and led her further into the woods. They came to a house and knocked. An old woman answered the door. "Why, come in, dear children, what brings you here? Come and live with me. I will not hurt you." She gave them some food to eat; then gave them a nice bed to sleep in. The next morning she came to the bed and said, "Get up, lazybones, and cook your brother something good. .When he gets fat I will eat him." Grethel cried bitterly. The best food was cooked for Hansel, but poor Grethel had crabs' claws. She came every morning: to see how fat he was. One morning she said to Grethel, "Come now, I am going to cook your brother." Grethel cried bitterly. "Put your head in the even and see how hot it is, Grethel," said the woman. Grethel said, T don't know how." The woman showed her she stuck her head in and Grethel pushed her in and shut the door. Then she ran and let her brother out. They gath ered up all the jewelry she had and all she had to eat and ran to safety. Two Big T Men In City for Short Time Two of the Outstanding boys' work secretaries of the United States spent a little time in Omaha last Monday on their way to the Y. M. C. A.'s summer school at Estes park, Colo. E. E. Micklewright, boys' work secretary of the Omaha Y. M. C. A. met them at the train and visited with them during their short stay m Omaha. Arthur N. Cotton, international high school secretary of New York City was one of the visitors. He has been in Omaha manv times and is a great friend of the "Y" men here and also of the high school boys who know him. He has charge ot all the Hi-Y club work in the United States. F. H. Kochler, city boys work secretary of Minneapolis, was the other visitor, who was also on his way to Estes park. He is recog nized as one of the strongest leaders in Y. M. C. A. boys' work in this country and is also the author of several Bible study courses for boys which are used by the Omaha boys' division,