Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 4, 1909, Page 24

| o BNA N. MEAD of Blair, Neb., was chosen queen of the Blue side for the next three months and Fred Sorry of Monarch, Wyo., was chosen for king of the Red side. Under the able leadership 'of Myrtie Jenwen, who has been queen of the Biue side, and Maurice Johnson, king of the Red side, for the winter, we have had the ¢losest possible contest botween the Busy Bees, as each'side has won | ' twolve prises during the last three months. The Red side would have won had ki ' Padline Coad, on the Red side. o' one little Busy Bee sent in a copled story about two weeks ago, to which the editor's attention was called by two or three of the Busy Bees, Bome of the Busy Bees are too little to know the meaning of the word “‘origisal,” 8o they shouid ask someone who I8 older to explain it tp them. All of the stories should be thought out or made up by the children themselves, &nd If they have any help, or should write some story that they have read some place elss, they should write that the story is not original. Prizes were awarded this week to Helen Johnson, on the Blue side, and to A Honorable mention wps given to Marjorie Thornton, on the Red side, Beveral new names have been added to the Postoard Exemange this week. of the Busy Bees may send cardé to any one whose name is on the Exchange, which mow includes: Long, Alnsworth, Neb. Mary Brown, 2122 Boulevard, Omaha. )y, Barast Neb. Eva Hendee, Dodge street, Omaha. g, Beaver Cliy, Neb. Witt, Bennington, Neb. ‘b, Benuington, Neb. h, Bennington, Neb. mike, Benson, ¢r, Berikelman, Neb. (box 12). Uentral City, Neb. exiey, b Do M Fort street, Omaha. Cass street; Omahs. Boulevard, Omaha. er Cotin, 36 Qoorgis avenue; Omalia Ada Morris, 3434 Franklin street, Omaha. Myrtle Jonsen, 2008 Izard street, Omaha, Gall Howard, 4722 Capitol avenue, Omaha, Helen Houck, 168 Lothrop street, Omaha. Eroerson Goodrich, 4010 Niof Mdutice Johnson, 1027 Locust Omaha. Laon Cagson, 11 North Fortieth, Omahs. Wiima Howard, 418 Ca Hilah 1210 8o ha. hI‘fl'llla Brown, 83 Finher, E frotan $186 Chichy. streot ubei Shelfelt, " 014 NOFUh Reventy-fifeh flteff'smflv and Its ,Wefit editiift Bl i i i £ I'd_hate to be an elephant, Or & poor, squealing pig, For one I8 always eaten up And the other is too big. 1'd_hate t With thi 1'a hate to be a monl ey queer A-hanging from & tree. be a ro-fl?‘ llon, hunters after me; ' The coid, sharp winds and the soft fittle snowflskes @oon vanish when they near the sweet voice of Miss @pring. The tress burst forth tiny brown buds which will scon be ledves, The half-open violet peeps through the delicate young gTass growing In the woods, which the children so0 love to pick as they amble through. it. The cool breesze blows the leaves of the palms and ferns which are put on the porches to get the rays of the warm sun. At last summer approaches and the Qaistes, sunflowers, roses and other flowers tun their emiling facés, coversd with dew, to the sun. The beautiful roses olimb over thy fencos and large buniches of them are on all the teachers' desks. i = L3 E?E “Come, Helen," sald her father; woing down town with me? “¥Wes, father.” ““Well, go and got ready. Now come and we will go. Helen you wait outside this store while I go in* While she was waiting en oid man came by. He dropped two nickels and Helen picked them up|and gave ome to him and put the other in her pocketbook, Then she wald to herself, I belleve papa will not be out for & long while, so I will go over to the drug store and get me a sods water with the/nickel the man dropped. While she wus drinking it her father came in and “ald to her: ""Where did you wet the money to buy Jour, sods with, Helen?” “are you waily colored. And wmore than that had happened. The cover of the book had suf: fered an accident. Once while dipping the brush into the giass of water Little Jack the giass and some of its contents I the fHlustrations had very crude way in three Then the tamily ack's stom- ach made & protest againat further work by the Finger tamily, insisting that it per- T'd hate to be a common toad That sits 'neath a toad-stool, I'd_hate to be a dray horse, T'd hate to be & tall giraffe, r & poor, unhappy mule. I'd hate a wolf to be, 14 hate to be & camel sfow g B B ATy T'9 Kate to be most anything That would myself A8stroy. And find I am quite satistiod be & little boy. thy wrote the invitations and gave thém to the girls. So on Tugsday ail the girls eame and had a very nice time at. Doro- thy's “April Fool' party. The Party . Woods, 8 Ye - By Lou r.;“_ N“.Afid“ Years, Btroms- Lucy was a Jittls girl. One day her mamma sald she might have & party, for her birthday wis In a few days. 8o she sat and wrote the Invitations to her little friends. Her Dbirthday was to be on ‘Wednesday. When Wednesday came at last her little friends arrived. Then they played gsmes till Lucy’s mamme took them into the house and they had a lunch. They said they had had the bost time. Lucy got many nice presents, among them waa & “I had it father,” sald Helen. locket and a doll, & wet of dishes snd Just then the old man came in and sald: gome doll beds. “That little girl gave me one of my nickels, ROV Dbut not the other. She hias taken the other ! to buy her a soda water Witk Grace and Hasel Then her father sent her home & . made BY Mary Langdon, Aged 1 Years. Gretna, her get a dollar she had saved and bring it There was once & girl, whose name was F0.5he yMr ob) Bl Grage. She had no father. She and ber What do you think was the father's 10 monc: nad to 4o the best they oould fo tention in asking Helen to glve up ber e o living, but they were happy. b ok Grace had a friend across the street, whose name was Hagel. She was kind and rieh. ’ —_— (Honorable Mention.) It was, Grace's birthdey A Midnight Mystery. i o b iy M g e L Bl Sl ¢ S them. When she came she had Blde. . One night { happenad to be in the school- All.” When she ops clock struck the Of shoes, stockings et s out” T did mo. thinking they would B7, Mary Brown. Aged 18 Vesrs. S keep quist, but they no S00mor Were Out ' vwe celobrate Christmas because it was than théy bumped at me and pushvd me ipe day Christ was born and Easter as the e o dn i Christ arose after His orucifixion. I day The books Bi¢ me with thelr pages, the gy i you some more about Christ and pena pricked me untfl I hegged for MerCy. pow tne first rainbow chme go be. Then they hegan to tell me how unkindly " guge God fiooded the lend water so D e e e Untll [ that everybody was drowned. When the " POm- ‘new world was born He promised the ised and then the charch slock struck 1 pev MUIC WS SO S8 BN aeain I was glad they had gome. Jukt then .4 orer that He would keep His prom- somehody celied me and I saw them anl oot OO FEHC O R et scamper to their places just hfor.ln'on.lmm and It the sun eame out right SN0 BI04 16 WG PN SRV away there would appesr in the northwest AnAyrllTool v across the eky, in the sbape of & bow all the colors which would show that He is Velma King, Aged 12 Years, 24 Fort ”/ Street, Omaha. Red Side. keeping His promise. These colors were aftenward called the rainbow, because it Dorothy wits & little girl, 10 years old, came out and lved in New York City, soon &y it stopped raining and beoa: they Ware in the shape of & The coming Tuesday was “April Fool's” bow. "l'!wwmxun-n.mmr‘ she thought to herself. “O, I know, If B ’-“" i 12 Y 790! mamma will only let me, T will have Mar- orthy et attet onmin et \de. guerite, Ruth and some of my other friends Red over, and, oh my, I will just have so much There was once a littie girl named fun.” Gertle. She was very poor, When her S0 that night Dorohy sald to her mother, mother dled Gertle and her father went “Mamma, you know Tuesday ls ‘April to live with her grandmother. But her Fool' day,, may I have a few girls over?” Erandmother, who was old, soon died and “What would you have for refresh- Gertie was left with her oruel fathor. ments?” sald her mother, “Let me think. He drank and sPent all the monsy he Oh, T know now, 1 have something *hat ™ads. On Christmas eve Gertie waa sent would be the best ‘April Fool' anyone could 0ut o beg. It was an awfully ogld nlght ever think of. Do you want to know 8nd Ger 1 not have any wi olothes what it is, miammat’ Yike other children. Gertle met any “Yen, lot's peo what it 15" rieh poo:h and asked ng t‘o'o some “Take pleces of cotton & little smalier MODEY. Dut they pushed het sway with than Buglish waingts, make woms choco- [CUSH WOrds Gertia Falt very aorry. fer if she would go home Without any money late, roll each plece of cotton in ft and ¢ #19 BONIC O GO FHEICAE S mMECHY let 1 get about as hdrd as chocolate ,o\. o in e shop windews, When somes creams. Pass those around and when the¥ 104y jerked her. Gertle was very fright. o5t the ootton any Aprlh. Peet.'” ened. It was her cruel father. He asked “We would have other things such &8 Lon if she had any money, Shé only had sandwiches abd frujt." 6 cents. He took It away from her and “We could play games, such as taking pushed her away. Gertle watched where a oracker, give each one a plece oxcept he went; b t into & saloon. Gertie the one Who comes in and We (ry them was very Sorry to see him go in & saloon. and If they try to it snateh It away She stayed out till the clock wstruck and say ‘April ¥ool. twelve. 8he was very tired and cold. “We could watch people go by and tell #he then Went and sat down bétwesa two them thelr shoes were untied and ©ob, bulldings and fell aslesp. Gertle dreamt #5 many things ke that.” that she saw her dear 8id 80 Dorothy’s mother consented and Doro- she took Gertie to heaven with her end the breadbox, which lifted him still higher, and found that he coutid just touch the row of jars and glasses with one mem- ber of the Finger Family., It was Mistress Fore Finger, who could reach and caress 4 glass of jelly, and after many moments of straining to lengthen his §rm Mistress Fore Finger sycceedod in passing ber slen- der little head around one side of the glass, thus drawing it forward. And when the Klass was just at the edge of the shelf Mistress Fore Finger gave it a pull, and down It come, passing Little Jack's head Uke o flash of lightaing, hitting Bl on the showlder and bobbing off to fall smash on the fcor. ( “OR, it broke!" moaned poer Little Jaek, “But 1 can find engugh of it in & lump \ to spread on some bread. And here's the bread box under me, I'll holp myeslf to & alice.” o saylog, Little Juck got off the bread box #6 that he might get iote it, and there be found twe big slices alrvady cul. Petty scen ihese slices of bread were ppread with jelly—all that Little Jack could gather up without getting with it broken pleces of glass, for he was very particular te avold any particles of glass, knowing that should he swallow one he might dle of it His mamms bad told bim Of the dangers “Sumthin’ to eat,”” Little Jack made bold upon to inform her. “Well, you must walt tjll I've dobe my Gake and dressed that chicken,” replied the queen of the kitchen and pentry. “No time to be fixin' stuftin' for small stoniicks between meals. Besides, iU's & bad habit." Little Jack understood the cook. snd knew there was no appeal after she had passed her verdict. So he marched away from the kitchen portal, going to the big dining room where he hoped to find & oracker on the table. But the table wes siready sot for dinner, and mot o much &3 & crumb remained on 4t. ldttle Jack's stomach gnawed, and he went 1 the pan- try, walking on tip-toe so thet the cook famlly becams rest- ached to get hold of one of the and & bottle of piokles, in obedience to the Finger 1o doubt Influenced climbed upon & snd then got her mothur, The next morsing the dead body of Gertle was found between the two bulldings. She is now up in heaven With her dear old grandma and mother, while her father has been sent to ihe peaitentiary. When Dick Played 8t. Patrick e T, IR Rad side, Onoe upon & time tlisre was & little boy named Dick. One Saturduy he heard of Bt. Patrick. So he thought he would play that he was St. Patriok. He put on & red robe and went to show his moth *,Oh, said his mother. dress in green.” “Why ™ asked Dick. “Because Bt. Patrick drove away snakes,” was his mother's reply, “All right,” sald Dick. Dick got some ¢loth, but it was not the color. Bo he got some green paper. This he fitted out to fit him, He got some string and dyed it green. His little brother pulled it around for him while he chased it, pre- tending It was & sneke, and he was St Patrick. After awhile he fell down and got & bump om his head and could not play any more. Gmd: Books Rose od 11 Years, Nebrask: o ive Nobs Red Shan, oo Qertrude's mother had bought her some books for Christmas and had hidden them on the shelf of & closet. One day about & week befors Christmas, Gertrude's little brgther was looking in & dark corner of & ¢loset, when he came upon the books, and wanting to do some mischief, took them down from the shelf, oatried them to enother rgom and hid them behind the cabinet. Gertrude's mother when looking for them found they were not on the shelf and after searching for some time gave them up for lost, and so had to buy some other present for Gertrude. Bome time afterwards, when the heavy “You must #he asked Milo about it, and she mado him tell her his whole story, even about his box home. And Mr. and Mra. Stranton adopted Milo. ahd ever after ,the amall ohild Dorothy, had & playmate. A Rainy Day, 1l Aged 7 Years, B ana, "Neb. Biue. Side. Lillian was invited to & party, but her mother sald that the wind wis blowing 50 hard that she could ot hold sn um- brella wp. “We will have a party here,” sald her mother. “But, mother, who shall we in- vite? “We ean invite the dolls dear. You cAn g0 and dreas the dolls, 4nd I will DUt on my party gown.” One of the dolis had a pink dress, and the othor & blue one. Ldlllan had & long skirt and her halr done up In & knot on the top of her head. Mother made some sandwiches all in little bits of pleces for the dolls, and Lilllan got out her.little table, After lutioh they played games. When Lillian went to bed, she sald, “Mother I think I had more fun here than I would have had if I went away. : A Ooon Hunt. Brwin Niek A 10 TYears, Ban- B oty Neb. Bl aids. 1 Dear Editor and Busy Bees: I will write my firgt story today. It was one bright day In Beptember, when I and two other boys went hunting for ocoon—we had no gun. One boy had an axe snd I had a pitchfork handle, and the other boy had A club. We hunted & long time and then Iay Gown to rest, when we hoard the dog barking. We ran to see what It was for and when we got to him there was nothing in sight but a bunch of grass. I took my pitchfork handie and turned the grase over, and a coon ran out and swam across & stream to the other side. We went across and found ft. It bit pne dog's lex and we sent him home. Then we ran the coon over the valley and into a pasture, then, it was out of the brush and we killed it, skinned it, and sold the hide. This Is of & true story. All eyes at onoe turned to Tommy, who having forgotten the michief he had done, ‘was looking as much astonished as any one. ‘Tommy expected to be punished by being put to bed or shut up In the closet. But his i 4 'i§5§§a g i E £11f ?é!ésfffii g 3 i ¥ i i § fef i = 8 3 jEREE g : § F %a i g! H i i it £f - k E5§ . §5i= gisf g ) $55s H Fheis . pony, took It up to the house, parlor. He asked to sse the mistress and the maid went in sesrch of her'In a min- ute the ledy stepped into the rdem, and and ‘when she saw the cbild ran forward with » #lad cry for the child was hers. Then of broken bits of glass. After the bread and jelly were eaten, Little Jack found that he had gotten his nice new suit all smesred with jelly, and that one of the members of the Finger family waé bleoding where it had been cut by the broken glass. Just as ke was wondering what to do about the muss on the floor and on his clothes the front door opened and some one en- tered. Them Little Juck's mother called out: “Where are you, sonny?” Little Jack did mot answer at onee, for he felt that ke had been Ibio mischief, and shame caused him to wish to puy off meet- did mot call out, but welted for his mother to enter the dining room, which she Ald pretty soon, calling to cook: “Where ls a Dai .wsn-fluh. Aged 12 Years, 1887 South -fifth Avenue, Omaha. Red Side. When the western part of the United States was still settled with Indians a party of white men went to California to search for gold. After many weeks of weary traveling they reached thelr destina- tion. Having good luck, in three months they started for hom: One day just after dark, as they oame in sight of an Indian camp, they heard cries as If someone was in pain. Drawing nearer, they saw an Indlan girl thed to & Post and an Indian man with a elub in his hand beating her. Mr. Brown rode up and told him to stop or he would shoot. Then getting of his horse he cut thé ccrds that bound the girl. The men then rode en and camped about half a mile away, The Indians held & council that night and decided to Kill the white men for stopping their chief from beating the girl. In the meantime the Indian girl, thinking the Indisne weére planning revenge, crept up to the tent where they wers When she found out the plans her fisart stopped beat- {fg, then running as fast as she could to the white men's eump she tol them of their danger and they got ready to Jeave a8 fast ay they could, as they could never fight the whole tribe of Indians. When they were ready to go the girl begged thera fo take her with them and said she was 1ot ‘an Indian, but had been stolen by the Indians when she was 3 years old, and her name was May Jane Brown. Mr. Brown clasped his daughter in his arms, They all wot safely away. Ena’s Birthday Present By Helen Macauley, Aged 12 Years, Kear- ney, Neb. Blue Bide. “Oh, dear, T'm tired of this rainy weather,” sald Ena Handel to Mrs. Hundel. “Well, dear, it does the trees and flow- ers good, but please run ‘and play for I have @ Meadache. Go to the nursery and lle down." The Handels were a vory wealthy family, Mr. Handel being a banker, and they lived 1in & very nico house in New York. It ‘was & miny day and Eba was so lonely. “I'm going to wes what day It is. Maybe— why It's my birthday," she said out loud, “and mamme forgot me. Oh,” she wall runping in the nurpery and throwing he Self on the bed, “mamma forgot me and T'm § years old."” During this time Mrs. Handel stole in the nureery-and heard her cries. “She thinks I've fergotten her birthday,” #he said to herself. “I'll give her a little surprise.” @he etole out of thé house to the barn. She brought out & dear little upstaire and into the nursery. There she tied it to the bedpost, then sat down te ses ‘what would happen. Bna had gone o sleep. Very soon Ena woke up. *Oh, mamm, mine? My own?" ““Yes, dear, it's your birthday present.” “I thought you had forgotten me, but you couldn’t, could you?" ehe said patting the pony. “Cause I'm your big girl now, Fm § years old," she said, “I know it dear,’ sa *¥ou'll soon be &5 big as L' The nest birthdey she got a Iittle cart Just right for the pony. Mrs. Handel. Then mamma and Littie Jagk went to the library to seé the plctures which had been painted In the books, and it is need- less to say that mamma saw several of the finest volumes of the Mbrary ruined. Leading Littls Jack to her own private room mamma sat down and talked to him. Half an hour after the confidential talk, = which mamma polnted out the fact that Little Jack had been the real influence bebind the bad conduct of the Pinger family, 1t was agreed that not only #hould the Finger family be punished, but that Master Stomach and Master Lit- tle Jack himeelf—all of him, feet, head, night, and tomorrow a task of writing the words ‘Bad Boy' 100 Finger family suffer,