THE BEE: OMAHA, SUNDAY, AUGUST 28, 1921.
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Stories by Our Little Folks
(Prize)
A Dog's Opinion of Cats.
Really, said Bruno, the dog,
"it's just my nature to hate cats,
and I can't imagine why people keep
them around. In my opinion they're
not doing anyone any good, except
catching a mouse once in a while;
but then, I can do that myself. Cats
cannot watch the house at night as
I can. 1 call them verv lazv things,
for all they do is sleep all day, eat
and prowl around nights. I consider
them as a nuisance," continued
Bruno. "I can do many clever
tricks, while cats can seldom do
anything of that sort, and therefore
1 consider myself quite important,"
bdasted the dog. "I can well remem
ber the time when I spied a hungry
looking cat prowling around the
barnyard hunting for something to
cat. Something told me I must
chase that cat, and I just couldn't
resist such a splendid opportunity.
You should have seen usl Such a
wild chase as we did have around
that barnyard I I nearly lost my
breath, but I wouldn't give up. Sad
to say, the cat ran up a tree and
left me below. My, but I wish I had
known how to climb, but all I could
do was to stand there and bark and
wag my tail. I soon grew tired of
that and had to give up. Yes, chas
ing cats is my favorite sport,'
Bruno said.
For all these reasons I come to
the conclusion that $ats are use
less, said Bruno with an air of im
portance. Lcta Thorne, Aged 15,
2302 Avenue B, Council Bluffs, la.
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(Honorable Mention.)
Vivian's Lesson,
Dear Busy Bees: This my first
letter to you. Although I am very
interested in the Busy Bee page I
have never taken part in it. I am 12
years old and I live in David City,
Neb. I am sending you a story that
1 wrcte and hope you will like it.
One day Vivian Ellis had two of
her little friends down to play. In
the midst of their play her grand
mother called her to the window
through which she handed her a box
of lemon drops. Vivian returned to
her play. She did not offer the
other girls any of her candy but in
stead went on playing and ate the
candy all herself.
You see they were playing house
and Vivian was the mother and the
other girls were the babies. So
Vivian ate the candy herself think
ing it was best not to give the
babies any. All the time her grand
mother was watching her and when
Vivian's mother returned she told
her all about it. They decided to
have Vivian's favorite pudding for
dinner that night, as they were hav
ing company. As Vivian came
through the kitchen she saw the
cook making it. She was beside
herself with delight. When it was
being passed at dinner Vivian could
hardly wait for it to get around to
her. She was sitting between her
mother and Knandmother, and in
stead of trivinsr her any her mother
merely said, "We're playing house
and you are the baby. It wouldn't
do to give babies sweet things. So
you mustn't have any. And she
passed it on to grandma. That night
Vivian learned a lesson and never
again was she as selfish as she had
been that day. When she went to
bed she cried herself to sleep after
having come to the conclusion that
her mother was right, and she was
happier for it. Elizabeth Hughes,
aged 12, David City, Neb.
Overdoing Something.
Mr. Foster called his two boys,
Jerry and John, to him.' "Boys," he
began, "this summer you two will
have to keep our big lawn mowed.
Jerry, you may keep the north half
clean and mowed while John will
keep the south side in good condi
tion. At the end of the summer I
will award a prize to the one I think
has done the best."
The work began, and John, who
was a little inclined to be forgetful,
mowed his but once a week and often
it was very hard to mow and some
times it gred a little too long to look
its best Jerry mowed his every
mormnz. He kept the grass so short
that it besran to die out He also
wasted much of his energy. Never
theless, his side always looked nice.
When the end of the summer came
once more their father called them
to him to award the prize.
"John," said Mr. Foster, "you
were neglectful and your side was
not always in best of shape. Neg
lectfulness is very bad, but overdo
ing a thing is much worse. Jerry
overdid his work. The-grass is dying
out and a great deal of his energy is
wasted. Remember that anything
can be overdone, even lawn mowing.
John, the prize is yours." Margaret
Voder, Aged 12, Elm Creek, Neb,
The Fairy In the, Organ.
In the attic at my grandma's,
Growing older every day,
Stands a big old-fashioned organ
That my mother used to playl
It has the sweetest tone and
Whene'er I strike a key
It sounds like some cne singing
The saddest song to me.
Grandma says 'tis a fairy.
That once did something wrong,
So they banished it from Fairyland,
That's why it sings that song.
She says its name is Helpful,
For that it used to be
When mother tried to practice
It kept her company.
I think I'd like to practice
Tiresome scales and runs,
If a fairy lived in our organ
And sang till I was done!
Helen Farkcr, Brownville, Neb.
Dear Busy Bees: One fine sum
mer day, a long, long time ago, an
old woman made a large round john
ny cake for dinner The old woman
put the johnny cake in the oven and
told her little boy to watch and see
that it didn't burn. For a long time
the little boy sat by the oven, and
watched the johnny cake. Then he
played for just a minute, and oh,
my! what do you think that johnny
cake did? It did the queerest thing
a johnny cake ever could do. It
rolled over and over, jumped out of
the oven and ran away. Yes, it did,
for the little boy saw it and he said
so.
"Mother! ' Mother!" he called.
"Come quick! The johnny cake is
running away."
"Stop, stop, johnny cake," called
the little boy. "I want you for my
dinner." But johnny cake didn't
stop. Then the old woman ran after
johnny cake, but she couldn't catch
him. "Father! Father!" called the
little boy. "Johnny cake is running
away. I can't catch him and mother
can't catch him. Come, come, father,
and catch johnny cake." Father came
but he couldn't etch johnny cake. He
ran faster and faster than you ever
saw a johnny cake run. He ran just
as fast as the wind. I wish you could
have seen johnny cake run. Milh-
cent Schwertler.
Conundrums.
When is the letter L like anarchy?
When it makes awful deeds lawful.
What flowers are best broken be
fore wearing? Lady's slippers.
Why is a bank of mow like a boat
helpless at sea? Because it is a
drift.
Why are the biographies of
queens ot great interest; iney
combine history with her story. ,
What age do we all dread? Dam
age.
What was the age of Essau? Fot-
tage.
Odd Names for Fish
The bass of the south is the red
fish; then we have the striped bass,
which has several vernacular names,
says the American Forestry Maga
zine. All of our sunfishes, of which
the common pumpkin seed or tobac
co box is an example, have all been
designated as various kinds pf
basses; and there is the brassy bass,
the calico bass, often confused witn
the crappie; the silver bass is an
other name for. the "moon-eye." '
Rules For the Bee Hive.
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pear in print.
Write plainly. Make your stones
short, not more than three hundred
words. '
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age at end of letters and stories.
Stories must be original. Do not
copy from other stories or anything
out of books.
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Peter Cooper's Thrift
Even as a boy Peter Cooper was
always inventing things. His first
invention was an arrangement for
pounding linen on wash day. This
he worked out to help his mother.
When his father, mother and eight
brothers and sisters needed shoes
he made them, and that, too, with
out any help In his autobiography
he tells how he did it.
"I remember one of the earliest
things I undertook, of my own ac
cord, was to make a pair of shoes.
For this purpose I first obtained an
old pair, and I took , them all apart
to see the structure, and then, pro
curing some leather, thread and
needles, and some suitable tools,
without further instruction I made
the last and a pair of shoes which
compared very well with the coun
try shoes then in vogue."
When Cooper was 17 years old
he went to New York City' to make
his fortune. Here he became an
apprentice to a coachmaker. He
was an apprentice for four years,
receiving $25 a year, besides board,
washing and minding. At the end
of four years he was an expert
coachmaker. All his life whatever
he did he did well.
He was always thrifty. Durjng
the first two years of his apprentice
ship, he not only bought his clothing
from the meager yearly pay of $25
but managed to save $20. His fel
low apprentices often laughed at him
because he would not go with them
evenings to have a good time. But
Peter was always looking ahead. He
spent his evenings in study or :n
extra work on coaches, for which he
was paid.
When he was 21 years old, he went
tc work in a woolen mill on Long
Island. Here he worked for three
years at $1.50 a day. While here he
invented a machine for shearing the
surface of woolen cloth. He made
$500 from this patent and gave all
of it to his father to help pay his
debts.
When Cooper was 33, he bought
a small glue tactory. inis provea
to be the foundation of his fortune.
He made such eood glue that for
50 years he practically had a mon
opoly of the nation's trade. Arthur
H. Chamberlain in The Thrift Maga
zine. Walter Irritated.
It is perhaps unnecessary to give
the name of the New England city
which is the residence of the lad
who fieures in this story. There
had been a visitor and to this lad
she said:
. "And so this is little Walter? My,
my! What a big boy you've grown
to be. I wouldn't have believed it
possible."
"Mother," said Walter when the
visitor had gone, "doesn't it pass
your comprehension how persons
in whom one would naturally ex
pect an ordinary degree ojf intelli
gence appear to believe, all history
and nature to the contrary, that the
children of their acquaintance will
always remain infants, and persist
in expressing surprise when they
observe the perfectly natural in
crease in one's stature?" Philadel
phia Public Ledger.
Little Alice and the Lame Bird.
Dear Busy Bees: I read your
stones and enjoy them very much.
One-afternoon as Alice was in the
meadow picking flowers she saw a
little robin lying on the ground. She
picked it up and found one of its
wincrs was broken so it could not fly-
Alice ran home with it and showed
it to her mother. Her mother said
she would get a cage for it. They
got one and put Songful, the bird's
name, in it. Songful sang to Alice
and it grew so tame it wouldn't try
to get out when Alice fed and
watered it. And they lived happily
together for a long time alter that.
Elva Case, Aged 11. Craig, Neb.
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link between the animal and vege
table kingdoms?
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Dog Wears Wooden Leg
"Brownie," an Irish terrier owned
by a woman resident of Atlantic
City, N. J., probably has the novel
distinction of being the first dog to
get about successfully with a
wooden leg. "Brownie," after an
automoDiie accident, had to have
one of his hind legs amputated. A
local veterinary, who was called in
to treat the pet, fashioned a wooden
leg to replace the missing one. The
dog has learned to use the wooden
leg with ease and attracts much at
tention when promenading with his
mistress along the famous board
walk. Illustrated World.
My Little Kitten.
Dear Busy Bees: I'm going to
join your story telling club. This
is my first story. The title is "My
Little Kitten."
I had a pretty white kitten. She
was six inches high and had a black
spot on one of her ears. I called her
Tiny, because she was so small.
Tiny would play pomp, pomp
null-awav. hide-and-KO-seek and
most all the games in which you run.
And she also would run behind one
of my friends and me when we
would run a race. I told you she
was white with a black spot on one
of her ears, and she also had one on
the tip of her tail. Tiny would hide
in the coal shed where there was but
a little coal. She did not get very
dirty, but once when father put
some coal in the shed, Tiny went in
the coal shed and she was all black
from the coal. When I saw her I
picked her up and shook her well.
Then I put on her a doll dress, a
cap, a pair of stockings, and a pair
of shoes. Then I was playing house
with her and she scratched me and
that made me angry, so I went and
threw her outside.
Then she ran into the barn and
laid on some rags on the hay.
After a little while I went to feed
my pony and when she saw me she
began to mew and rub against my
feet. I took her up and went to the
house and gave her a pretty pink
ribbon on which was a bell. She
was so glad that she pretended to
catch a mouse. After that she did
not scratch me or' anybody else.
She had thick fur in winter and
when spring came she would shed
her fur. When she hid on the
rags in the barn they were full of
hair. She would run up a tree or a
pole whenever a dog would chase
her.
And once when she was very old
and did not catch mice any more,
father shot her. And after I saw
her I began fo cry. Then I buried
her in the ground and planted flow
ers on her grave. One of my
friends helped me dig up a rose bush
out of the woods. After we got it
cug up we planted it on her grave,
Ruth Styskal, aged 10, Bee, -Neb.
The Quantity Sign.
When mother bought Laura and
Harriet a box of animal crackers, to
be eauallv divided. Laura said:
"I tell you what we'll do; we'll
choose letters.
"How is that?" asked Harriet.
"I'll choose some letters and you
choose some letters and then we'll
take the animals whose names begin
with those letters.
Quick as a flash Harriet exclaimed:
"I'll take L.
Suspicious. Laura inquired:
"Why are you so anxious for that"
letter?"
"Because," replied Harriet, "then
I'll get all the 'lphants." Youngs-
town Telegram.
To have willing feet.
A smite that is sweet.
A kind, pleasant word
For all that you meet
That's what it is to be helpful.
What's Doing at "Y" This Summer?
Many boys ask, "What's going on
at the "Y" this summer while the
secretaries are at camp or on their
vacations. There has been plenty to
do. Three gym classes and three
swims every week for every boy.
The playroom is open from 9 a. m.
to 9 p. m. every day except Sunday.
Many boys are spending the hot
summer days in the boys' division,
and say there is "no place like the
'Y' for summer."
Mr. Arnold announces that next
week there will be a nature study
club formed to meet several times
during the next few weeks to name,
identify and study the trees found in
the Omaha parks. This wwill be
open to any boy, whether a "Y"
member or not.
On Thursday evening from 7 to 9
the "Y" pool is reserved for
scout troops, Sunday school classes
and clubs who come with an adult
leader. These groups will be given
the privileges of the boys' division
during the evenings.' Arrangements
are to be made beforehand.
The "Y" members are working for
monograms, which are given to all
who secure one or more new mem
bers during the next few weeks.
Many boys have already won the
large cut-out felt monograms and
are wearing them . on their gym
shirts.
A Pound of Tea.
"What do you want?" asked the
merchant.
The woman replied: "A pound of
tea." y
"Green ' or black?" asked the
merchant.
"I think I'll take black." she said.
"It's for a funeral." Houston
Post
For the Live Boys
60 Leaders From Hi-Y
Clubs Leave for Camp
Sheldon Thursday
Thursday morning of this week 60
Omaha Hi-Y boys leave for Camp
Sheldon, at Columbus, Neb., where
they will be in camp for five days.
This conference is an annual event
for the leaders in the school life of
the various high schools to talk
over plans for the work of the Hi-Y
clubs for the coming year.
This year's conference marks the
largest of its kind for the Omaha
Hi-Y clubs ever held. Not only as
to the enrollment but also as to the
strong program that has been ar
ranged. E. E. Micklewright, boys' work
secretary of the Omaha Y. M. C. A.,
has devoted many days to securing
the best possible program for the
five days. He is glad to announce
that he has been able to secure ex
ceptional talent for the principal
speakers. Dwight N. Lewis of Des
Moines, state chairman of the Iowa
railway commission, and L. C. Ober
lies of Lincoln, chairman of the Ne
braska board of control, will be in
camp and deliver several addresses.
J. H. Beveridge, superintendent of
the Omaha schools and chairman of
the boys' work committee, will speak
at the Sunday morning service.
Athletic competition will feature in
the afternoons between the various
cottages. Norman J. Weston of the
physical department of the "Y. M. C.
A. will have charge of the athletics.
Tennis, base ball, volley ball and
mass games will be featured. Swim
ming has been made more attractive
by pumping sand from the swimming
place to make it much deeper, and
by fixing up diving facilities.
Each day at camp, one of the Hi-Y
presidents ' will be director of the
camping activities for the day. He
will act in an official capacity and
be responsible for the days' order.
The three presidents are very cap
able young fellows and leaders in
their school activities.
Boys' Division Notes
Mrs. Hiers, who is to be the new
mistress of the cafeteria, will also
be the hostess for the Bible club
suppers this coming season. She has
had many years of successful ex
Miss Guff Would Rather Go Swim
ming With Men Than
Crawfish.
AS the weather was extremely
hot the Teenie Weenies found
it most uncomfortable riding
in the tiny automobiles, so the Gen
eral ordered the little folks to go
into camp until the hot spell passed.
The Cowboy found a lovely camp
ing place under some bushes, and
in a short time the little men put
up the tents and made the place
most homelike.
There was a cool, clear stream of
water which ran under the bushes,
and on the bank of this stream the
little camp was made.
. The truck, which had been used
for the ladies of the party, was
parked near the creek, while the
Cook's tent was pitched nearby,
and the men put up their tents far
ther along the stream.
For 'several days the little women
washed their dresses and under
wear, which ladies always like to
have white and clean, and when that
work was done they spent their time
lying in the cool shade.
bay, girls! cried Sally Guff, run
ning up to several of the little women
who were sitting on the bank of the
creek. "The boys are going swim
ming, and I think it would be fun
if we went in, too."
' I m not going m where the men
go, cried Miss Outt, stiffly. 1 hey re
always splashing and trying to duck
us girls, and I'm not going in when
they are around.
Let s ask the General to keep the
boys away," suggested Joe Bone.
lhats a good idea, cried the
Lady of Fashion. "I'll speak to
him." And the little lady set off to
the General's tent, where she soon
made her wants known. .
perience managing eating houses,
and every one who already knows
her is assured that the Bible club
suppers this winter will be the finest
ever.
J. Shailer Arnold, who has been on
his vacation in the southern part of
Kansas for the past two weeks, is
back on the job after enjoying many
delightful outings on the creeks and
rivers.
Mac Ohman will be in charge of
the Boys' division while Mr. Mickle
wright and his assistant, Mr. Arnold,
will be at the Hi-Y conference at
Camp Sheldon, September 1 to 5.
At the close of the Open House
activities many repairs to the cue
roque tables, victrola and the read
ing room will be made to better ac
comodate the many boys who 'ike to
use these privileges.
Mac Ohman announces that the
K. of G. will soon begin activities.
The first meeting will be a big treat
ahd surprise for every member.
Bible Classes To
Have New Hostess
It will be with regret to every
Bible club boy of the past years
when he learns that Mrs. Baker will
not be at the Boys' division of the
"Y" this winter to serve dinners and
suppers to them.
Mrs. W. G- Baker has been serv
ing Bible club suppers for many
years and has always been a friend to
every boy who attends. Her tireless
effort to make the suppers the finest
possible has ever been appreciated by
the hungry boys. She says that noth
ing she does pleases her more than to
get up a supper for boys and then to
watch them enjoy their meal.
The Bible club suppers have al
ways had her personal supervision
and direction. At times when many
guests were in the cafeteria, cafe and
special suppers, Mrs. Baker would be
found in the Boys' division dining
room getting a good warm appetiz
ing meal served to as many as 200
boys.
Her effort to make the meals so
enjoyable has won for her admira
tion by every boy who has been to
the itible club dinners and suppers.
It is with great regret that all will
feel at losing her. Every boy of
the membership will wish her much
success in her new undertaking and
business for herself.
The General promised that the
girls would be left quite alone, and
the little ladies quickly got into their
tiny bathing suits.
Mrs. Lover dressed the twins in
their little suits and while the wom-
en splashed about in the cool water
the twins played in the fine sand
along the bank.
For some time the little ladies had
a wonderful time swimming about
in the clear water, and they would
have had lots more fun if something
dreadful had not happened.
Miss Guff, who was standing in
the water near the shore, felt a tug
at her skirts; and looking around
she saw that a crawfish had caught
her skirt in one of his big claws.
The little lady let out a great
howl tnd tried to pull away, but the
crawfish held the skirt in his pincers.
The rest of the little women set
up a loud shout for help, and pres
ently several of the Teenie Weenie
men came running to the place
of Omaha
Boys' Division Plans
Many Activities for
Fall; Vacation Ends
The summer vacations arc now
over and the whole force is on the
job every day getting ready for the
starting off of the big winter pro
gram. E. E. Micklewright, boys'
work secretary, and his assistants
have been in their offices making
plans and getting ready for the open
ing of the fall and winter programs.
It is planned to have a much larger
scope of activities than ever before
and at the same time making the
whole program mean more to the
membership.
With the promise of a much larger
membership the locker room has
been enlarged. Other repairs are
being made to more adequately ac
commodate the activities. The com
ing of Mrs. Hiers to the cafeteria as
sures the Bible clubs of having the
finest possible dinners served in the
most tasty manner.
The big open house to visitors is
to be more extensive than ever be
fore, and to reach more boys. Dur
ing the open house every boy in
Omaha over 12 years of age is in
vited to attend with his school, and
take part in the athletic competitions
in the gym, swimming in the pool,
and games in the social rooms.
The boys will be glad to know that
Mac Ohman has been secured again
this year to serve part time in the
boys' division.
Many Y' Lads Return
From Vacation for
Beginning of School
Many boys who have been away
for the summer are returning for the
beginning of school. Some boys have
been camping nearly all summer,
while others have been to summer
resorts, out on the farm and away
with relatives to smaller places. The
outing has done wonders to many of
them as they come in with ruddy
glow of health in their faces. The
sunburn and tan have made many
look like Indians.
Those who have been camping and
with all their might.
The policeman and the doctor
caught Miss Guff by the anus and
pave a great tug. There was a
mighty ripping and the little
woman's skirt parted at the waist,
while the doctor, the policeman and
Miss Guff sprawled in safety onto
the shore.
Poor Miss Guff made several
skirtless leaps, and disappeared into
the truck nearby, while the Teenie
Weenie men quickly killed the
crawfish.
That evening the cook served the
crawfish for supper, and the meat
from his big claws was delicious.
Everybody ate all he or she could
lold, but Guff would not touch a
bit.
"Why, I could no more eat that
monster than I could fly," cried the
little lady when a portion of the
meat was offered to her.
"Well, you came mighty near fly
ing when you dashed into the truck
at summer resorts where swimming
was a feature have come back with
the deepest tan and each boasting of
the new dives and records made in
the aquatic sports. Others report
wonderful fishing trips to lakes and
rivers where they caught many large
fish and had many exciting expe
riences in trying to land the big ones
that got away.
The men at the "Y" are anxious to
greet the ones who have been away
for the summer and hear their stories
and see the change that healthful
out-door life has brought. The re
turn of the vacationists is a sign
that the summer is nearly over and
that, shortly, glad wild days of sum
mer will be the school days with
many school activities.
Gym Schedule to Be
Changed at the "Y"
With the beginning of the school
year, next week, the gym classes
will change back to the winter
schedule. During the summer the
classes have been meeting in the
mornings but with the beginning of
school the hours nust necessarily
be changed. x
During the summer months it has
been more pleasant to take gym
work in the cool of the day. Also
the three gym days instead of two
was a feature for the summer. With
the beginning of school the classes
will be as follows:
Junior A Monday, 4 p. m., and
Thursday, 4:45 p. m.
Junior B Tuesday, 4 p. m., and
Saturday, 9 a. m.
Junior C Wednesday, 4 p. m.,
and Saturday, 9:45 a. m.
Junior D Thursday, 4 p. m.; and
Saturday, 10:30 p. m.
Gym Leaders Friday, 4 p. m.
Junior Employed A Tuesday,
6:30 p. m., and Friday, 6:30 p. m.
Junior Employed B Wednesday,
6:30 p. m., and Satuday, 6:30 p. m.
Intermediate Employed Monday
6:30 p. m., and Thursday, 6:30 p. m.
During the fall open house there
will be only swims for the regular
classes. However, it is urged that
the members come down with their
schools to the open house program
and boost the program in their
schools.
The many new members who have
come in during the summer should
ask for a winter schedule of classes
at the desk.
Teacher Willie, how old is the
United States?
Willie It was a Hun-dread and
won in 1918. Cartoons Magazine.
this afternoon," giggled the Dunce.
"That will do, Dunce," frowned
the General, and the jhjile on th
poor Dunce's face qvfklv disap
peared at the nasty look Muss Guff
threw at him.
Miss Guff, being rather stitt and
prim, heard little of the affair with
the crawfish, but the rest of the
Teenie Weenies laughed about it a
great deal when Miss Guff was not
about.
' It was some time before the Tee
nie Weenie ladies would go into the
water, but finally when they did
go, Miss Guff was quite con
tented to have some of the men
along.
"You never can tell when one of
those awful crawfish might be
around," said the little lady.
"So it's wise to have a few men
about?" suggested the Lady of
Fashion.
"Quite so," answered Miss Guff
stiffly.