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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,
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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
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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
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half he water came down by the
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vvnen ine rain nau siuppeu, u.c
UlLie jjiui. muivi iuuiv
hichwav. and, as the road was cc
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Mo Kntr-jn w iIip maH w timv
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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. "
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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,
