Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 12, 1915, Page 15

THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 12, 1915 The Busy Bees OYS and girls who attend vaudeville performances and circuses have been fascinated, as well as entertained, by the seemingly impossible feats performed by animals of all kinds. The im- pression has been that performing animals are trained only by kindness, but Mrs. Mary F. Lovell, a national chairman of the Soclety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, has issued a statement declaring that the opposite is true. “The usual method of tralning animals to perform unusual tricks is cruel compulsion. Because it is afraid to refuse, is the reason the animal goes through the dreary round which pleases a thoughtless audience,” she writes. An article in Everybody's Magazine “On the Gentle Art of Training ‘Wild Beasts” absolutely refuted the notion said to be persistently fostered by showmen that performing animals are trained by kindness. “When a wild animal is to be broken, the first thing is to break its spirit, It is done with a club,” the article states. Apes and monkeys, it i¢ sald, may be tralned by kindness because they | are by mature imitative, but it is a work of time, even of years, to develop their full capabilities in this way, and the majority of these creatures have to be drilled into thelr work in the space of a few weeks. If they do not learn without the whip, force has to be used to make them efficient, ac- cording to animal trainers. . Viola Diedricksen of the Blue Side won the prize book this week. Doro- thy Johnson and Lueille John, both of the Red Side, won honorable mention Little Stories by Little Folk HE DELIGHTS IN WRITING FOR l THE BUSY BEE PAGE. One day I went out to play with my‘: big dog, named Shep, He will play al- { most any game you want him to. 8o i 1 thought 1 would play ‘hide-and-go- | seck” with him. 1 put him on the poreh | o) ) and then I ran away to hide, and after g 2 : 1 would hide 1 would call him and he g 3 would try and hunt me, When he would find me then I would go on the porch and. he would hide and when he was ready he would bark as loud as he could; that meant that he was ready, and when I would find him he would lay down on the porch again. We took turns about hiding. Shep llkes to play games like that. 1 think it is fun, and when I throw a rubber ball or & rock then he will run and cateh it-in his mouth. Then he will try and drop it out of his mouth and I will eatch it. Well, | 1 will leave some room for the other| little Busy Bees, too. I hope to see my It it §s In print, T will (Prize. Story.) Plays Games with Dog. viola Diedricksen, Marne, Ia. R. 1 ot “A:!d 10 Years. Rlue Bide. (Honorable Mention.) | I'm a little girl seven years old. to the Dundee school and am in the Socond B, This is the first story I ever made up. The name of it is '‘Mrs, Long- one brother, Omne of my sisters was queen . | of the Busy Bees, My brothéer has a live smiart for them. She | duck for a pet. Sometime I am going to to follow her. She |try to win a doll that you give away. I into a tree that was | go to Sunday schoel. For Christmas I way through. Pretty | want a baby doll, a little doll to sew for x and Bre'r Wolf gvew[and a doll bugsy. My slster was on the went away, and this 15 | Red Side, so I will be also. I will write often. Partners, By Helen Zepplin, Aged 11 Years, West E Point, Neb, Blue Side. ‘These partners wero two little crippled wed the white |and the other was Dannie. This corn is | Dannio had to have his back propped corn 48 tested {up with pillows when he sat up, but is first |Mackle could hobble about on his tches. ] One day thess two little boys were talking together when Mackie eald: “When I grow up I am golng to be a black and give you half of what I " Then he sald that Dannle could oandy stand, but Dannie sald he he couldn't even set up. i “You can sit on a chair viii 5 I FRE e E 5% 3 ] 4 g : f i s : i H th it i g3 ] g the bullding. So Mackle and got his crutehes. to breathe any more could help. Then he told ' to get an his back and hold tight. o carried him down stairs ple didn't know what was when they heard the clatter his crutches when Mackie and Dannie . Mackie was called a hero il i i cot not £ £ s i I 1 F i ! il g} i ;5 H il ] i i ; i i ? i E i ] i 2 — Attractive Doll. y ""’ufi..?fi'"‘fi"?u’.a“m .“ Years, ! produced 1 have a doll about three feet high. She averages about | has pretty light brown halr and light | at over §700,- | Llue eyes. 1 have named her Elisabeth. the most ex- | I have a niece about § months old, H of the coun- | dresses just about fit my doll. I got sy | -producing states | doll for my birthday, October 9. My | Tilinols and Yows. | mother bought it in Omaha. I am very proud of It of Queen Writes. 1 hope to see my story in print. Aged 7 Years, 214 Omaha. "'-'.!a‘.“‘% A Birthday Party. A 1 am 1n the second B grade of Columbia | > =% nl!\mn‘..im‘ Toun 'S name is Miss Gibbs. | I went to & birthday party. ‘We played At school we painted ! two games. They were “Tea Kettle" and turkeys. For Thasksgiving dinner we had | “Going to Jerusalem.” There were fif- | chicken, duck, sweet potatoes, cranberries teen toys and we made & lot' of nolse | and mince ple. I have two sisters and and had & lot of fun. We pulled from ks - H it } it i a H H 3 T i B £ -1 £§ B i hay. Before they could reach the build- ings the Indians, shooting & shower of ar- wa, the i : EE H : - i | i £33 331 i i / ziég -:} 55 i aefil | was the wife of Mr. F. R. Brown, «but they dld not have enough baskets, a basket and avery one got somehting very nice, and every one stayed for dinner, A Happy Thanksgiving. By Faye Rosalyn Hubbert, Azed Years, Oakland, Neb, Red Side Once there lived a poor widow, who had two children, Mary and George. George came in one day and said “Mother, dear, can't we have a turkey?" But his mother sald, “No,” for their father had gone to war the year before, and they had not seen nor heard from him since, so they supposed him to be dead. One day Mra. Brown went down- town and told the children to take good care of the house. When she came back she saw & man sitting there, dressed very richly. She called the children and asked them who it was. They sald they aidn‘t know, but he said he wasn't a beggar. She went in and asked him why he came there to such poor people. He sald he was looking for his family, wite and two children. Some neighbors had told him they had moved here. He asked her what her name was and she sald sho He looked astonished and sald that she was his wife. They all laughed, and Mr. Brown and Mary and George went down- town and got a big turkey. That night when Mrs. Brown had kissed the children €00d night, Mary sald it was going to be the, happlest Thanksgiying she had ever had, and I think so, too. Children Pick Berries. By Willlam Sudman, Ared 8 Years, Sar- ben, Neb, Blue S'de, John and 1da were going Into the woods after some berries to please their mother becauso she was sick. The father died when Tda was 1 year old and John wis 4 years old, about tsn years previous, When they got into the wo-ds they looked around for some’ berries, and when they found some they started to pick and got their buckets filled. There were & lot more berries left on the hushes an” they wanted to pick them all, It was about noon, and they thought they would eat their lunch. When they were going to eat they found a big bas- ket, and aftér they got throush cating they went and filled that basket. Then they started home, and when they #ot ‘home they went in the house ani showed thelr mother the berries that| they picked, Their mother was so very | pleased that In a few days she was as| well as ever. The two children were very glad to get | these berries to please their mother, and they sald they would go again next week. Visits Grandmother. By Allen Hosler, Awed 8 Years, York, Neb." Blue Side, Last summer my mother, two brothers and I went to visit grandma. We went through several towns before we got there, There was a big show in town while we were there snd we went to see the parade. This is my first story to the Busy Bees' page. I wish to join the Blue Side and to see my letter in print, The Pilgrims. By Albert Sudman, Axed 11 Years, N ben, Neb. Blue Side " -of The Pllgrims came to America in 1620, It took them sixty-five days to cross the | “VIRGINIA'® NOW LIVES WITH VIOLA MEYER- || Beantiful doll offered a week ago won by little girl living {| at 144 North Thirty-first street. \!( ’“\——-—' Viola 7leyer 2 find very much trouble. They saw land November 15 . The next day’ they got into the Cape harbor, and landing the following day, fell on their knees and thanked God for bringing them safe to America. They lived on the ship for about a velled to wade the water because it was too shallow for the ship to sail up to its banks. The Pllgrims soon sailed from Cape Cod to Plymouth., There they bullt the houses. The winter was very severe, ocean, They were in many storms. They Merry Jingle for the A. B, C.'s. L d Sadie Pittman, principal of Webster school, believes there is more in teaching than merely pouring a lot of information into the child and then letting it soak in. know the flowers, birds, trees and even the weeds by their names and forms, and they take a real interest in these works of nature. Teaching the alphabet at Webster school is accompanied by the following jingles, written by Miss Pittman: is for All-of-Us here in our school, We come to work hard, and keep every rule. is for Books which we handle with care, And keep nice and clean without soil or tear. for Orayon—its use is to write: But never on side-walks, for that's horrid, quite. D is for Desks, to keep our books in; $ We all try to keep them as neat as a pin. C is El‘l for Eraser, most useful, we F is for Faces—we keep them so G is H is I is J is K is L is M is N is 0 P'll Not a spot nor a speck on them ever is seen. for Girls—we're nicer than But then we don’'t mind it Ull V 's for Vacation—we're so glad ‘We'd all like to dance, and w* is for Yard, where we play at It we're rude in the yard, Z Bll He cleans off theblackboard as quick as a wink, For they holler and yell, and make lots of noise, for Hands—we scrub them each day, With soap and warm water, for that's the right way. for Ink—which we'll use bye and bye, If we be very careful,—I'm sure we'll all try. for Janitor—he keeps the floors clean. To track them with mud would be very mean. for Kids—that's what they call us. for Look—we must look hard all day, Hard at our work—there's no other way. for Marching, the step we must keep, Heads up, and backs straight, and not half asleep. for Now——that's the time we must do What we're told—not wait for a minute or two. ‘s for Obey—all good girls and boys, Do it quickly, and gladly without fuss or noise, for Play, and we all love it so, But we don't play in work time—we're too big, you know, is for Quick—that's the way we must work, Or some one will call us that ugly name, “Shirk.” R is for Reading—we're learning it fast, ‘We all try to hurry and not to be last, is for Singisg—to do it right well ‘We must sing very softly, and clear as a bell. is for 'Teacher, who teaches our class: She works very hard to make all of us pass. for Ugly—we mustn't be that; It we are, we'll be punished quicker than scat. for Whispering. Never do it in school, Because if you do, you're breaking & rule, 18 8o cross, we'll not have him at all; ‘We'll leave him clear out-—let him stand there and bawl, Here comes old %, the very last one— Too late to get in, so he's missed all the fun. for Boys—We're glad we're not girls, They play with doll-bables with loag yellow curls. Out of one hundred and fifty-three per- | sons Who landed on Cape Cod, fiity-three died, week, going back and forth, belng com- | Lamb For Playmate. By Lois Brown, 8 years, 1129 South Twen- ty-eighth street, Omaha. Red Side. There was a little girl, named Dorothy. One day she was out playing in her yard, when she saw a little lamb com- ing up to her use. She went In and asked her mother it she couldn't keep it. Her mother sald, tather.” It was Saturday, and her father was Just coming home, She sald to him, “May I have this Ill(lle lamb?* The boys and girls of her school “You ask your - Their Own Page X I “On Christmas Morning Send These” “If they don’t tickle my wife immensely I miss my guess, that’s all. And I'm mighty glad you showed me the economy of Electric Cooking Ap- pliances—my wife was always afraid to ask for them because she thought they caused a big electricity bill.” An Electric Breakfast Set makes an ideal Christmas gift for the home. These artistic utensils, Electric Grill, Toaster, and Percolator, prepare delightful breakfasts right at the table with slight effort and expense, Real Utility Gifts May Be Had at the Following } S}ores: American Electric Co., 520 8. 16th St., D-1481 Brandeis Stores, 16th and Douglas Sts., D-1614 Burgess-Granden Co., 1511 Howard St., T-681 Burgess-Nash Co., 16th and Harney Sts., D-137 Burkhart, Frank 0., 219 8. 19th St., D-78 Burns, Jos. M., & Co.,, 704 N. 24th 8t., So. 8ide, S0-890 Corr, James, Electric Co., 205 8. 19th 8t., D-4466 Durkin, Thomas, 2419 Cuming St., D-2519 Hayden Bros, Store, 16th and Dodge Sts., D-2600 Milton Rogers & Sons Co., 15615 Harney 8ts., D-124 Nebraska Cycle Co., 15th and Harney Sts., D-1662 Omaha Electrical Works, 1214 Harney St., D-1181 Orchard & Wilhelm Carpet Co., 414 8. 16th St., D-313 Rice-Pope Company, Inc,, 1907 Farnam St., D-2448 Sherwood, W, W, 215 8. 20th St., D-7633 Thew & Luhr, 110 N, 15th St., D-2275 - Williams, E. B,, 308 8. 18th St., T-1011 Wolfe Electric Co., 1810 Farnam St., T-1414 'Omaha Electric Light & Power Co. Geo. H. Harries, Pres. “BABY” We can’t think of any name but BABY for the doll we are go- ing to give away this week. It you girls want to see the prettiest, sweetest baby doll in all He sald, “You can have it unt!l some one clalms ft." She wps out playing one day with the lamb, and & man came and claimed it, Dorothy felt very badly about giving it up, but the man sald he would take it home to its mother. Visit to the Country. By Fern Peterson, Aged 9 Years, 1510 Eighteenth Street, Kearney, Neb. Red Side. This summer I visited my cousins in the country. We weht in a car and never got there till 9 o'clock. The next day we | made & house over the car In the shed. My cousins and 1 had a very mice time that day. We had six rooms in our house—two bedrooms, & kitchen, a dining hoom, front room and parlor. One day my cousins and my sister ran | away from me. They sald they were go- Ing to visit the neighbors, but they just went after the mail. We played we had an oil stove and my cousin was the ol | man. When he came around I bought of | him. I would like to have someone write to | me, if you plase. think, clean, boys, and so we'll not fuss. Go South. By Rudol C. Wesely, A ¥ Bm( Neb. u.nSdM One day as I.was flying through the woods, I stopped and sat on agbranch, and I heard some of my friends talk-| ing about golng south. So I went homa, and told my wife about it, and I asked her if it wouldn't be all right tu go south, because it Is getting cold. &4 | aid, “Yes." She asked me how should | we g0, I said with a flylng machije, S0 we went with some of our frisnds, |and we bad a joyful time. School Debate, 12, Cedar e. the world, just come down to The Bee office this week and see “BABY"—you'll be glad you came, just to look at her. [ Everything about her looks ‘“BABY;” her dress, shoes, hair, cheeks, mouth, everything is just dear, innocent, pink BABY. Wouldn't you llke to hold her in your arms just a wee moment? And think of it— she is going home with one of you next week, to be ALL YOUR OWN. How happy that little girl will be. Maybe, that little girl is You. “Baby” will be given Free to the little girl, under 10 years of age, that brings or malls us the largest number of doll's pictures cut omt of the Daily and Sunday Bee before 4 p. m. Batur. day, December 18, Her picture will be in The Bee every day this week. Cut them all out and ask your friends to save the pictures in their paper for you, too, Bee how many pictures of “BABY" you can get, and be sure to turn them in to The Bee office before 4 p. m, Saturday, December 18, B1f you don’t win this Dollie, perhaps you can get next week. Only one doll will be given to any one person. one By Mary B. Goldensteln, Aged 1t Years, Glenvil, N Red Side. We had a debate at school on Friday. It was, “Resolved, That a team of horses, is better than a Ford automo- bile.” The side of the horses won. They won by two points. The Ford's side had twenty-three points and the other side had twenty-five poluts. It was very interesting. The Eighth grade gave the debate. I am In the Seventh grade. Maybe our grade will give a debate soon, A New Dog, By Vanes land: Neb: “Blus Mo Orend My grandma has & new dog. His name is Jack. He is black and tan and very playful. : She has bad him about three weeks. This is my second letter to the Busy Bets, and hope to see my letter in print. when it comes, beat the big drums, recess; we'll be punished, 1 guess, YOU 'CAN SEE ‘“ BABY" AT THE BEE OFFICE, Have You Done Your Christmas Shopping, Busy Bees? You Can Do a Great Deal to Relieve the Rush by Making Purchases Now