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ery d dozens of little boys and girls on their e il o - e Busy Bees - - - [heir ge APETY frn: = R ; {Ees - : A: 2 ) od. When # ”TNL OF THE BRIGHT LITTLE|"/" ‘ 7- S /’ ¢ top! 1 Win Prizes in Horse 8how for Children ; s BUSY BEES i v e I'he oing not alone & ruse to gain your attention E S e o) Fossdly - ) little boys and gir t i¢ & watter of vital importance s ‘s o ,", £ the hous ,,,',,4 / ¥ way ¥ i 4 na - » r AN ew our kites to school meet with severs accider treet cars, automobiles and wag | ons. Sometimes they are not at fault, but quite often it in because they From Young Busy Bee. ‘ . y Ruth Burrows, Aged 4 Years, 04 are earsless when cromsing b wiree A Pt s P oy 1B oy 0l - Eyes to the left, then eyes 1o the right-—that the best rule to fo} ‘ Blue Hds > ftthe bird named Cherry, He w wher crossing the street e 4 el lo 2 4 -y . 4 ‘ 4 " # 15 years old We got him o Canala. want to do all in thelr power (o avold aceidents, are talking of organizing " but he = too old b sing the Bafety Boy Beouts, composed of all the older boys in the schoois who W, but W sust the same. ‘ 4 oul o wee j emselves 1o ansist younger Loys and girls to and from school . i 1 would 56 will pledge th wlve nger nd girls nd " h . nt. [ would like to be on the and ovgr cromsings whenever they meet then ¥ At Thess women have circulated the folowing rules among school ehildren = 2 and it would be most wise for Busy Bees Lo heed them | wing 1 " A Brief Story, Indeed. Nevey run in front of & moving vehicle f By Vance Willard, Aged # v_m- Grand 2 . o Island, Web., WHed M Don’t hook & ride on a w car oy sutomobile b = s vou & sty of Jee el ’ Don’t roller skate where there are enr tracks | 4 ’ five V. ow my story is begun, 1 will Don’t cross & track close 1o the back of & car | ! another of Jack and and his ! v ¢ nd now my sory i dons. 1 Dou't piay bsll or running games on sireets where there are car r my mory play (oot { ope My, Waste Tasket is not st home tracks or automobile traffic " ¢ L on’t Loweh loose wires he down in the siree 1 Don s e Wires REhEw B3 e 89 Has Shetland Pony. Don't cross rallroad tracks except at regular cromsing e hanna Paltz, Kesr Neb., R V. A wtory entitled “Lettors of lecommendation’ was recelved from Har : 7 Ar . 2 : 95 I ey ' netland pomy. 18 rishurg, Neb. Ko name appesred on the story or envelope, but perhaps | p L g or {6 Ve 18 Just ax well as the story would not he printed, sinece 1t was not origl Automobile Trip f pricsrsig I ean Jump on wie The editor of the Busy Bee page read the same story in & schoo) bock " y # ; wstly think he is the nice MANY YEArs &Ko ¢ pony out, We can n " e g g e e he I8 not broks In neins The prize book for the story contest on “The Return of the Birds” will f b g oy gl grent times togather be awarded next week z b PHOTO By BROGLUNS ank Morrison Toot of the Red Bide won the prize hook this week y . FmR Merriaos : i 4 t an aecide Joe Wearin Reads Btories Zach Week Katherine Lumpkin of the ed Hide, and Vidna Barrett of the Blue side . r Moysiug Krouting, Hastings, Neb,, Agsd won honorable mentio woing 6 od Wads a [ f wiory in the Busy Bes's - —- e e — end your stories every Mondays 2 ¥ s e [Z e ’ k of " the sixth 15 Asss and ke to x9 2 \ 4 Al " R to ne " enrs ol ¥ ! p are o Little Stories by Little Folk ; o ey ey s ssbong Yo o0 i i “ strest ey e P P oy hope my sory is in print (Prize Blory.) virde.” Than the pessant said, “You have | A . ot Thanks for Prize Book Interested in Birds » AL Lo Il birds, They ure not yours | ' n and " o hi't ) f Bith Trueman, Munising, Mich., Biue Al 1 wade the world and 1o Kiso made the P ot tar I » ' i for the book you 1 am s it 11w o | ¥ Tells of Yoy Terrier ’ e for my \etter 1o the b A 4 | The ¢ won the prize mma and pe ' ) Dog Saves Fisher part of the beok and e oy were | nd 1 COLIGTANCE /NG JEAN REGAN . le K v " other moring trying (o duejie ol One fine morning In June, inst niner p 4 16 '3 5 thay would bulld in this year whos | was returning | from & walk o natas 800 her brother ‘”" NG Asader s ' ' o were 10 e " ‘ 3 Spring my piaymates cume « naver bother | T eams up (o the place where my sister | Saster Jran 0 oF Fpme0 | " Fham. tw - n ‘ 2 4 Whan they got bk the " d d AL l»m’ D. them, but when the baby rokins hateh | was digging worms, She intended to xo| ™ “,,.,',‘ ot New York who won fira e :nw; “ b ers in the east | | P o8 wund here anitlad 2 —_ g o W . my papa Jifls me up Lo e them, The | (shing, she muid, and usked me 1o go | VF1%# for horsemanship at the Ch ané he alen many pnse W | Yinders and fencs posts, and sometimes » ’ ont time of all the year ie o den's Morse #h held at Durland's | various horse show A - ) # 1ok » thr eon PIAOLS & paps robin feeds them until they get | slong with her. 1 resdily eonsenisd, for In trees. They have bullt nests hers | gep o% i ‘ 2 n l‘",‘,'"”"“ i vig enough o fiy swey. nothing pleased e so well as Lo &0 fish every r #ince then, Tast vear some o W Yoos rte O e are L e I have & bird houss on the windmill | ing. Just as my seter had finished dig-| will fesl better any time of the day, |ning and lst the wirl get toot out. | of thelr eggn Aisappenred, | thought the 4n4 ¢ 2 the ossotnn that &' er were And some Rparrows make thelr homes | ging up woring wo started to go, Our dog || You €an ses #oms who 18 in need | Then it ran hom. nd w nto the enr hawks had koA them, but the J f P in It There are many kinds of birds | Bhep came running with us, so we a)l | of help and “The' It be bary ean whip & ehieken hawk becaiss the B "('::y - ""' ’f_ ""’7."" come around our place every spring. | three started to ko, 1 hud made & snall | borly desd, Just help som re 4o auiek and 1 hope they will comes 2 had flown away he other day 1 saw a wren and an | bost some thme before with which to sall | You might see un old lady ) 3 Makes a Bird House back thin ye 1 witl join the Wine side Tells of Canary , ¢ ck 1o spend A chess oriole, My mamma reads the Busy Bee's In, Then after Witle white of salling dropped & package and not pAek | py Bmanus! Thoma % e rent | MECRURS e, 1 hope to see Wy | [} 'z ne and wrens sories Lo me and 1 enjoy them very | wo renched the place snd started to I up, b we sho was b ned with Omaha, Ted #id n g A M “, § i’ ow come back to be our very best much, 1 hope you have room for my | spread our Nnes, After sbout minute | something else, Htep vp and t up | 1 am s Hitle boy, only no It i ¢ e 1 was on . 4 ‘ itle story in next Bunday's Bumy Hee | of walting m P or her and think, “One more good Beed Hitle, be 1 aary y 4 wri study hours we children play, 2 story in nex nday’'s Buwy Be f walting my sister had o Wte, Bhe then | for her and think " Kool deed | go Jittle, hecnun 10 o Moves Here from New York . : o the break il the closs of day’ (Ll #sood up In the bost, but she lost her | Pt down for me In the Tleave hook will #oon be §. That is Apr for R A Ay 0L ove o kenpox " w night is nigh - balancs and fet] dlong Into the water, |1 have often done that and ¢ time 1| got to say | want 1o J ake Rty ICN. e ey elved n . W was out, 1 w iz fieidy and birds goAbys (Honoratvle Mention.) But having our dog slong, he Jumped | K0 on iny way with a lghter hesrt. | have made a nice bird house and | Blue #ids Sparrow Troubles, in and got her out of the water, After | Wouldn't you Wke to try it it. § hope you are il we I would Wke 1o join the ok 4 By Kdna Burrett, Aged 9 Yeuys, Ehlens- | Dor recoyery we started home, When we | You may have a schoolm whom you the Plue side. | sm from New York burg, Wish, Mue Hide kot home we told our father and mother |44 not Wke. Just try and give her & Surprise Party for Ten tin n very mhes eltysto Vve in. 1 now 1 don't like boys, They are the plagne | about our adventuse of the duy smile. #he may appreciate it and would By Lueille Burke, Varwe lve in Kearney, Neb., and Mke i 100, - of my life, The other day | flew out on | you have enough courage 1o smile right | B7 Tl B R iae 1 7684 many: stories or-the gapers, It By A X, SEELDON, the sirest to plek up my breakiast, when, | in the facs of one of your ir a 1 thought 1 would f n makes me think | would itke to writ ¥ { the & ’ 1 3 ! , ho wr . m 1A% w think 1 wo y . By of the withor, (engine was close upon the fittle one, whizs, & stons went within an inoh of my | o .f"""‘ of 'heAn"d" y quaintances? Just try At It may not |, v i paper wee it | 100, ™ hapters from the | rhepe time to Jo Mo sprang gy . e e o rRATe romhy ged 13 Years, o bt yot It may Wi ladness 1o 1 y A B 140 A "ne so y lead, Up tnto the tres I flew and 1 sat Suthariand, Neb, Wi Mde " 'k; ','K y" : L Hladness it will be next week, If §t will 1 wi 5 o ¥ f the ot and while in the afr, Chvo (romiNoy (NI (he hoy Who had | “Well lere we dre at lest to the tana- |7 07 hle heas IR 1 t of Match was ou Girls Pell on Ice canght Gladys in bis arme, and they thrown the stone was out of sght; then | ing place In our own country a5, ell urr'l ,,.uu you will all ta Sanshos’s Sk P thought we | By Laons ey, Wahoo, 8o, Aued 0 A Raflroad Fireman's Jump rotiea togethe the high embank- ! mw’m,-n to the ground to (inish ent- | sain Mrs, Robin Hedbrenst in a happy | % Piece of advice would make ] e he . de vl g ot o, | ment Vhat fo ed 18 1014 by Mrs, Ing. Whaen I had just about finished sat-|toms of yvoles Oh ot sabd- the ¥ ati, 1o nd Sunday Jessie Gile y g p ot A E soon as the children started I haard my mother ealling me. 1 tiew Lo | father bird, “and,” he continued, “home | The Disappointed Squirrel Muthilda, ¢ rvey uy a | her sister, ¥ nd ont 0 2D SIS R A fe fhool, § began to 4o the morning's hor and told her of my troubles, The |y petter than any other place to me,” | 1 #ie Voswnr, Aged 12 Years, It V. place, Bo she Al plsying | Wo were_going down & oy s e 2o & work in the houss, Just a6 1 was wash hoy's mother scolded him and he prom ‘ They had been coming from the south {- N4 Neb, Blus #ide we came In Guet called r ame to n sk place on t - ’ iy jo i g -y € ! Adishes, | heard the train and ised never (o throw At another Witle Vrd. | (or o wagk or more, no they wers all| Frisk was & little squirrel, e was | prise party, surprise party,” Then we took |1 felt my feet coming . b @ v et o engine gave m sirangs scream, | The little girls feed me crumbs and | (red and gind to reach thelr own | chubby and gray. he had s big, bushy | A thought #, and my hesrt gave ‘v"v-lr things good to est. 1 ike them Yery | country onee more. Alwo they were very | tafl and little black eyes # 4 big Jump. 1 started out, and Just as wel happy to think they wers b Whers do you wupposs Prisk lved? Ly W4 N ’ the train stopped h h hey were home ag h ' : % »oppe T . e ploased 10 g0 0 read e | "My, and Mre. Rovin hment tney | O yon, 1 3 i 1ees of eourne. 1ne | JLOW Wflt]ng X ])@Y’tb )o s Busy Boew' page. This In my first Istier | woulq give u large feant or more of a | hollow tres was i & plees of woods in : pass 1o the page and 1 hope It escapes Mr. | purty for the whole kin m 9 ple I p or th gdom of birde, |8 City park . le gave Mr, Jux a Basket and 1 see it in print 156 ‘Jouperntions ware mende bedasss | The little ehildren and kind ot gopt ’I‘he”. W()rk _ . Continued from : oarary, B sadenie [ took from two to three duys to et wo | men wi ama {0 the park used to i Page One ¥ { Hadys gave him s handsome diamond (Honorable Mention,) oy dbgy By Ty o 4 Bov g T 2 : | d Ny o ment out and so much feed mbs an y to wear with the wateh, and Robin Red Breast | food prepured. Untit at 1ast Mr, Bushy | he found that the fren and kind | counsel for the def t Joe A Amelin o gen hitd Ays received a ring with s blue By Katharine Lumpkin, Aged 15 010 [ Tall wan called to do it. This was his| @4 gentlemen really | 4 him and and from wh " . oo of ¢ te figure o re from the man who saved her p Miekory, Bi., Omahi ’ r‘""‘"‘" namer Lo was a squirrel of the forests, | WOuldn't harm him for anything. Frisk | fession Th ’ wns by the state d o8 the pilot a8 the h, Robin Redhresst, T saw you fly (rom |y 4ia the desd kindly and ha surely | Pecsme very tame, [lo would take the | yion, K. M. Landh Y 0% eno scaueinted Witk the. slenetires Tt that where you make your nest?|had & long whils to do 1t In, two days | CTUmbs and peanuts right out of their | yensation at the time. One would { Josl and Amelia $ull, that 1 ‘ Wiy, yes, that 18 what T guessed or more. hands Sat abted & demondtisi " piited signatures wers t genuine, & o Oh, Robin Redbresst, you are so gay,| At 148t &ll was ready and the biras | Homotimes he would even Jump upon | u..eiapiiity of their cor " it promecnt) Al canvassed And yau are always in the jolilest play. | hesan (o come, First here, Mr. and Mes, | the chll 8. #he e and rut | axperts would get “x - f witnesses w And T heard you say in yolr own wAY | Robin, the eousin Mr, Robin. Then | D (il In thelr fa nd how that sht & " you ‘ware the Buny Hee's Vird cams Mr. Bachelor Owl and Miss 014 |44 It real aan't g poygrig This is one of the poeme T wrote while [y o0 oo, 0 : ¢ ”e L " 1 reputa ! ' f ' . 1o o ) wo were quarantined, Bven i we could | (S0 I I LLEE eves wile OBeM | e 8 squl nar Al W ' @ m(DW / nos ge o ’: e aw on ." the # ""l’“ thing, Then came Mr. and Mrs, Jnck One day a m nut ik %, , 4 - 3 robing Ju ‘vlm ."m 1 ,'y‘.w ,\ '\ b mprog W g o gt 1 g x| throw e park w Y g 5 t " ’ ' b " ¢ " ¥ mornin, vl sang in one of the nelgh . sde & $ions ' . i o :,Y... L . ,\:- all 1‘1'»‘4.m;. you ever did hear, It was m‘.. hin Ary [ meth ." 1 ; Valeska surait, America’s self-Made ( r n lue J The ere cryin, n L i . " 0 I " r . o U " ‘ 4 Now that we are out we can ses mora |,y "' TV Ue day They wer s 2vak: | gown from e : oA s i his oy, |y S alitens § Beanty - Actress, Glives Many (G one am making arden no o 4 MosYe they Wanted' every y oy “n,n ™ ‘vml i ,b:l! ..‘ n K ”v ': Y: L one to know they were coming and they | MAN' nat 0 t ' e _ ’ s, whe . Her Seerets for the Attain. e By Benn B A ha |Ware a0 happy that they had to sing |PAS And ran ba ) . efor : : at time, appeared ( t of Burpussing Beauty § ure. iy Boos can be glad you | " ay the maliman t had ened Z ) . o8 them 3 ¢ ware not searlet faver vl . Wiat Pris i ¥t (o coms was Trother Bparron " k n W U » and fack f ) and wife, Mr. and Mra. Crow came *hed 1o p car " e 1 ; e b ¥ A Birthday Surprise nest with @ister and Beother Orlote, | 8rd. 114 thought ) to j A o In ( " Oda Gottach Aged Om " The In e Mr. and w. Canary R e neh, L Sl s . " " " f Blue Hid I ands and thousands of ather {. Jut when ned ne ne 3 o could make come true hat would it re 50 many of them. Last 1o come wag | S0 § "o . f . e anked Ttupert, while Hess stood st g bl who §ave A long apesch v disappointed that ) 1 sttt v kitehen r With her ¢ oY | which lasted four hotvs and longer, until . lekly & r [ f " paper ght, Exeltement was In the alr § hn gaand't two little squirrel teare ' . J nd the fenst began A ne in f f wonder, for father had sald thare was! Every hin con fortify th b t ¢ . PR Pind out something nice (hat mother anyens would deelre fastured s ' L . L& S By Miss \ th und wo'll see what we oan do to L. Shik hed fa odieifesi et ; N « . [ - ; Valeska Surpring hor u L . e 5 Her Day of Misfortune . . o " v s Pull pint St ~ 2 What would 1 wia ot Afier the 4 Salas' ot ! pal 1 LR A fed a0 f 1 ’ - taking two beautiful cranberry turnovers " " thet returned we | 1 am A litle giv 1 [ s - . J from the stove “I'd wish for & fing boy helr vesting place, Not long sfter miles to g0 1o wob ' " tandard . b & | f and & dear lttle girl w world eat these A n Vg ¥ th the sy S r 5 . tarts for supper, and I I Varh af huilding | Miss Clennie | y v s : r . /) o 0w, mother Lorrig Hosn g ! he sgas and ¥ o habiss 1o | with he e M L ' Well, Iat mo ses,”’ sald Wt | Ing Do " hey ¥ noaway [ got ¢ of . ' ' f i 1t eould hoa long whi friend was " 4 ik 1'd like » ride 1) rode & Heher \ ] " el " ' " y : Cares for Birds 10t 48 of the reine and i Wt ran Ness B ¥ 6. My friend had walk b THN . . 1] o father. He be Mo ] N phiendart Ayed nalia . . | o W ) night on the way hom ) \ . B0 18 the Klishe ’ wday, My wan spring, and 1[I0 the lag but f "le WAL Very m " alad tha ring | anoas 1 fall thraug ‘ v ; Hugged s e \ eon . SR SIS L MAmImA was 1o | LA o ) ' . o0 )1 we nelghbar' s N 4 L Be Xind to Birds . aly » o A atook o By Marie Thow . Meadow " " and MU " e " ) Oual v ood . b P Dear ehiidre il ¢ y i alivond | " . ' "e (3 Onea upen & 1Hne I6ng & e ko 't Avoids Oetting Hurt fed ) ) . ’ ' \ A DOAr PesaRit & " i Sl Sied W Josgptine Vried WM ol 0 A $ : was N and g R 1 - . e | e sl 1} ' the Thi the » | . iy 1 . { . never spoke & har . Last sus I fed the bleds e T™he Nes \ 1 \ ") ' . M . svor (vl . " SO0 RS Just Itke b N ¢ M Phey we SOIME B ek vy Munda ¥ pert . | Hved & el mer b " \ ’ ) \ N e ek pon & U ' A 8 ' : . » . AlWAKS spoke p ’ ‘ I w the ¥ shind 15 & she 1ok & | ! » g | he hated wan Birds, Mo sad avarite ' ' in 3 ? A A of ANt il Kinds of bid \ vol v ne o s 3 2 o’ N the pour pedss Help Bomebody Today \ INe pasr birds - \ Then bl son ) W ) e ' )