Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 11, 1916, Page 28

6—C | " The Busy Bees. LD GLORY" is going to be the center of attention on Wednesday. Flag day will witness a remarkable patriotic demonstratioo in Omaha this year, in which many of the Busy Bees will take part, | since it has been arranged that the school children will be massed along the line of march for the parade, singing pafriotic songs and giving the salute to the flag. People of all races and creeds wil 1 rise as one person on this day to do PLAY FESTIVAL AT THE MASON SCHOOL—Little tots put on most interesting stunts for mothers and for the older children. Top photo shows Miss Graham’s pupils as “Thirsty Flowers” and the lower picture shows some of Miss Edling’s pupils in “The Pansy Family.” honor to the Stars and Stripes—the emblem of the freedom this country | proclaims. Not only the freedom which means personal liberty, but freedom | | from the horrors of the European war Are we not indeed fortunate ones us give thanks, is a point to be emphasized. to be born in this giorious land? Let How you observed Flag day and what your sentiments are with regard | i L to it would be an excellent topic for Busy Bee letters just now. Vera Dernier of Elmwood, Neb., has another idea for Busy Bee stories. . “When I read the prize story on me an idea,” writes Vera. “Wouldn't b cach one name his story “Who Is He?" describing a bird? | . . birds that are not so common. E "Busy Bees.” ‘How about it, boys and May 28, named “Who Is He?" it gave it be nice to have a contest and have We could get I think that would be a great benefit to the girls? Florence Browitt 'of the Red side wins the prize book this week. Honor- able mention was won by Lillian Pokorny of the Red side and Miriam Mosher of the Blue side, who sent in (Prize Story.) Our Squirrels. By Florence Browitt, Aged 11 Years, 1821 Fifth Avenue, Kearney, Neb. Red Side. There are some squirrels in_our yard. One day I watched them. ‘They d run, jump and stand on their hind feet. Mother Squirrel has four children. I named them Peter, Patty, Johnny and Jimmy Squirrel. One time last fall Mrs, Squirrel went after nuts, and 1 fillyed that she said to her chiidren, “Now, all of you stay in the house.” Then she went. They | all meant to mind their mother but Peter said he was going after nuts, The children said he shouldn't, but he went anyway. After awhile he came to a nut tree, He spied his | mother and tried to keep out of her ~sight,. Mother Bquirrel soon started 3 home. Peter was scared. He | hurried home and got there just be- - fore his mother. I When she came in she looked at him, He hunfl his head. Mother Squirrel said to him, “Peter, didn’t you g0 out of the house:” Peter answered, Ye— es!” “Why did you do it?” a8 the next question she asked him, looked up at her. She repeated . her question. Then he said, with tears - in his eyes, “I—I—wanted to get a le lots of nuts for myself.” other looked at himeand he began to cry. She said he couldn’t go out nul play that day. The rest went and ad a :ood time. Peter decided he'd do as his mother said the next time. 1 (Honorable Mention.) Lapland. By Lillian Pokorny, Aged 12 Years, Clarkson, Neb, Red Side. * Lapland, {ou know, is in the north- ern part of Russia, and the people especially neat letters, VALENTINE BUSY BEE WHO IS VISITING IN OMAHA- - 4 y / REMORANOY 4 . ro the mother fastens the cradle to her bagk when she travels azy little people who don’t like Diciczie s Criazp thete dress in furs and skins all the 0 110 swiftly over the snow, they wear big snow shoes. - These are ~ strapped on the feet, and a Lapland u&o) skims along faster than any of 3 can skate, _ But think of it—they never tasted a each or a strawberry in their life. In their cold ome.onlyrl few small trees _ and brushes grow, There are no fruits or vegetables, and the only food is the flesh of the reindeer and fish. | The houses are round huts with a - hole at the top to let the smoke out. A Laplander’s fortune is in his rein- , and his only business is the care them. A little Lapland baby lies in a cradle made of wood hollowed ou: and filled with white of the author The from the H by A heldon, from NEBRASKA AS A TERRITORY ~ (Continugd from Last Week.) Money was what was needed, every- iy said. They thought if only they ‘had money to start things, to hire nén, to buy goods, to let the world ¢ how good the country was, D would come rushing in, the ds would be settled, towns be ckly built and all would easily get ch together. There were such splen- d sites for towns and cities, at the | of crossings upon the hiinouri, creeks and rivers came to- , and on the beautiful slopes ‘the woodland and prairie met. ny of these were staked off'into fown lots. Each one's dream was a little more certain to him than his meighbor's dream. 1 M oa’? was needed. There was very n.of it in Nebraska for the set- (] mfl raised almost nothing to /Each man grew a little patch “garden and grain, killed a little ne and swapped the little surplus his. neighbors. § to #‘h Money—When the scond legislature met in 1856 some " the men who wished to mrke hings fo faster said: “Pass a law i et us join together in a com- will 1 i her i _pany and start.a bank. - Let the bank jsue bank notes. Everyone can use notes for money and we will rich together.” So Ahe legis- E made such a law. Only a few ve men, among them J. Sterling ton and Dr, George L. Miller, op- 3 . sed it " The Good Times—Five men could start a bank. They did not need t in any mm‘n the beginning. one prom| 10 pay money at tain future time. Then the bank T ds of dollars of bea . bank notes. were d by each bank and loaned to ‘wished to borrow. This which the banks prom- . e soon had s kind of money. Every- ¥ to buy. Town lots The Great Pa: "|lasted a little over i#zhoofl should go to Lapland, for there, if a boy knows his A, B, C's, he is thought very learned. This is all I can remember about Lapland. (Honorable Mention.) * . Story of a Rose. By Miriam Mosher, Aged 11 Yeats, 2959 Farnam Street, Omaha. Blue Side. I am a rose and am [oin_f to tell you the story of my life. The first thing I remhember distinctly was when my mistress came out in her, flower arden and remarked, “This is the argest bud in the garden.” She meant m¢, and I was very happy. I saw my friends and neighbors. were, beautiful big r and I hoped I would be so by when I was b A few r my wish was granted. I one freely bought with it, and those who sold things for a high price at once sought to buy other things. So the market was always lively, hose good times a year.. Then anic of 1857. “All over the west banks broke and closed their doors. People who Had. beau- tiful, bright bank notes . could buy nothing with them.* People who thought they were rich, found that they had nothing, Those in debt, found that they could not pay their debts, for no one would take the bank notes, There was great distress and poverty and suffering for a number ears. 'he Wild Cat Days—Then the peo- ple ceased to dream of getting rich in a few months and began to plow came the great up their town sites, plant crops and live in a quiet and modest way ac- cording to their means. {The years 1856 and. 1857 are called to- this time the “Wild Cat Days” of Nebraska because the bank notes used were known as wild cat money. * The Effort to Move the Capital to Salt Creek—While the wild cat bank note fever was high, the third Ne- braska legislature met-on January 5, 1857, It is noted for two acts, It assed a bill to remove the capital rom Omaha to Douglas, in Lancaster county, by a vote of nine to four in the council, and twenty-three to twelve in the house. Douglas was & ‘“paper town’ somewhere near Salt reek, no on¢ knew just where, as no one lived there, As Governor Izard vetoed thé bill, Douglas ‘never started to grow and no one kndws to this day where the ocapital would be if it had been moved from Owmaha in 1857. The fegislature of 1857 also repealed the criminal code, that part of the law which provides for pun- ishment of those who commit crimes: It was said this was done to keep a certain man, a muderer, from being punished, The law was restored at the next session. The War Between North and South Platte—The fourth legislature .which met in Omaha, December 8, 1857; is known as that of the “Florence Se- cession.” The war between the North Platte and South Platte sections had become fierce and bitter. There.were twice as ‘many settlers in the South Platte country as in the North. - A majority of both houses of the legis- lature were from the South Platte. The North Platte by Governor lzard’s had | veto had been able to hold the capi- tal at Omaha. The South Platte was deterimned to take it across the river. A bill for that purpose was intro- duced. A fist fight on the floor fol- | | | e Thinty ¥lowsrs” (First A)—Elinor Connell, Madeline Lennon, Ruth Heaston, Emma Aleccls, Dorothy Compton, Teresa Al- caro, Cecll Fletoher, Pauline Mancuso (hold- Ing sprinkling can). “The Pansy Wamily” (Second A)—Esther Romsted, Samusl Handles, Cecll Fletcher, Phylls Tilley, Isabells Gerber, Carmella Morace, Rosle Orlando, Frank Rossl, Frank Perry, Bamuel Rizutto (dog). Mothers brought their infants to the outdoor play festival held at the | Mason school Friday afternoon. The janitors and some of the older boys moved the piano into the yard and arranged every seat they could find for the comfort of visitors. The audi- ence was arranged around the play- ground, Leoto Homes of the kinder- garten department played a march and nearly 600 children marched out of the school and gave a series of evolutions on the campus, after which they seated themselves on newspa- q_ers around the edge of the crowd. he prograny was interesting to all, There were several playlets, in which the ‘youngsters acquitted themselves in splendid manner, o il Isabelle Graham’s Eirst A children |p presented “The Thirsty Flowers,” in costume, Under the direction of TiE_OLIAI TA SUNDAY @ ] Emma C. Edling of the Second A room a group gave “The Pansy Fam- won considerable )" which ause. Dumbbell ; and flag drills elicited further approbation. A grou of older girls gave a pretty Scotc e —— was a big open rose enjoying the fresh air and warm sunshine. That afternoon the gardener picked a bou- quet of flowers and he picked me. I had. always wanted to be picked and, of course, I was very much excited. My excitement soon rcalmed fas I found myself being carried up a big brick building. “What are they going to _do with us?” I asked of my com- rades. None of them knew, 8o I had’ to wait patiently like the rest. How Jo!an Cured, Glee Gardner, 2605 North Sixty-sec- ond Street, Benson, Neb., Blue Side. Joy wi little, ti\in, pale girl. One word describes her; she was an in- yalid, There was nothing particularly wrong with her and yet there was everything. The doctors had long e o By A. E. Sheldon L] L] lowed between members from Omaha and members from the South Platte. The next day, {lnulry 8, 1858, a ma- iorky of both house and council ad- ourned to the town of Florence, six miles above Omaha. There they met and passed laws, while the other members' met in Omaha. Among e.acts passed-at Florence was one providing for the removal of the capi- tal .to Neapolis. This was another aper town gn the south bank of the latte, néar where Cedar Bluffs, Saun- ) ders county, is now located, Governor Richardson Comes to Ne- braska—Nebraska’s third governor, illiam A. Richardson, democrat, of Illinois, arrived at Omdha January ! 12, 1858, in the midst of the Floernce secedsion, He refused to recognize the members at Florence or to sign the laws passed there, because that was not the capital. So both the Florénce and the Omaha legislatures went home, at the end of forty days, with nothing done. Soon after this Secretary of State Cuming died and I Sterthg Morton, leader of the South Plutte. section, was appointed b{ Président Buchanan to fill the place. e The Early Colonies—In these ter- ritorial days, settlement by colonies began; These were groups of people with some common on(f sometimes | that of the same neighborhood in an | older state, sometimes that of a { common language o1 religion. Usually { the first comers in these colonies wrote back for others and the colony | spread, so that the county where they | seftled became known as the home of a certain class of people. In this way Germans settled in Hall, Cuming and Otoe counties . in 1857, both French and. Germans in Richardson county, and an Irish colony in Dako}l county in. 1856, . he Republican Party—In the year 1858, party politics appeared in Ne- braska: At first all the settlers were | democrats because ‘they came from { States. where that party was strong. When the Nebraska-Kansas bill was passed in 1854, the new republican g}lfly was born. But although the ebraska-Kansas bill was the cause of the birth of the republican party there were at first no republicans in -Nebraska. The democratic part in the north and the south was sz g into two camps on the subject of slavery, The southern camp said, “A man has the right to take and hold his slaves anywhere in the union,” The northern camp said, “Let the people in each state decide whether that state shall have slaves or not” The republican party said, “No more slave territory anywhere” ’ tow s bulky package: seeds. since given her up as. incural was listless and lif eless, But one day there cam | Joy eagerly opened it and found it to be some bulbs and In one corner, tucied away, was a little note from her Aunt Mary m——— ble., She | e a big thought Joy. rich enough to keep us all.” So what else could she do but have herself wheeled out and watch the dance number. There were songs and | other numbers, A feature of the occasion was the babigs brought by mothers. The pro- iram was supervised by Principal fartha W. Christiancy. saying she hoped Joy would plant these and profit by them. “What on earth can she mean,” “I am sure father is Their Own Page | gardener plant them. Day after day she went out to look at her garden. | Finally the color began to come in | her cheeks and she felt stronger. | Then one day she was out alone {in the garden when she saw some- thing red moving with the wind. She called for her maid to come and wheel | her to it, but no answer. Then she | put one foot on the ground, then the | other. Finally she stood up and | wallfed. When the maid returned she found Joy walking among her plants ;;:\_lf\d flowers for the first time in her { life. thanks and told her that she had profited by the plarits. School Builds Wren Houses. By Ruth Meredith, Aged 11 Years, Wolbach, Neb. Blue Side. . I have never seen a letter from here but would like to see this one, if it doesn’t find the waste basket. 1 would like to join the Blue side, as that is my favorite color. I don't think I can write all the time as I have to practice my music. to build bird houses and she would give a prize for the two best ones. Esther Hansen and Arthur_ Larson got the prizes, which were 50 cents each., The one I think’was best was cov- ered with bark, had four rooms, and was waterproof, I thought 1 would put mine up in a little tree in the garden and hope the wrens will find it. If this does not find the waste basket I will write again and tell about our little dog. All Are Promoted. | By Darline Swanson, Aged 9 Years, Forty-eighth and W Streets, South. Side, Omaha, Neb. Red Side. I thought I would write to your page again, for 1 have been reading your stories every Sunday. T will tell you about our school. It ! was out two weeks ago this Friday coming. On Thursday afternoon we children saw the program that we had and in the evening our mammas and pa{_fls saw it 5 hen on Friday we went after our report cards. My two brothers and my sister and I all passed, My oldest brother went in seventh B, my young- st brother in the sixth B, my sister in fourth A, and I in the fifth B, She is only 8 years old, I am 9 years old and will be 10 in August. I ayways love to go to school. My teacher’s name was Miss McCarthy. Which Loved Her Best, By Vera Deles Dernier, Aged 12 That night Joy wrote her aunt her | Our teacher, Miss Foster, told us | all were glad when she went to play. / | The last was a girl Bf about 8. As | she was kissed she said, “I love you, lmolher," but the way she showed her love was to get the broom and sweep the floor and then rock the baby to sleep. | “I love you, mother,” | Again they all said, Three little children Going to bed. Now how do You think that Mother guessed Which of them Really loved her best? | Walter’s Lesson. By Nettie Easter, Aged 12, Shelton, Neb. Red Side. Tommy and Walter werejout play- Iing. when their mother called them mn. | “The grocery man just came and brought some aPplcs," she said, “and you may each have one.” ;. She held out two apples, one big and rosy, and the other little and green. Walter was the biggest and very selfish, so he grabbed the big apple and went out doors with it, and Tom- |my had to take the little one, and, | he looked very sad. But when he | tasted it he found it very good But, out in the yard, Walter started | to eat his apple and bit into a worm | hole, and went into the house and | showed it to his mother, and she said it was to teaclf him a lesson | Visits in Utah. By Alice Collister, Aged 9 Years. Council Bluffs. Red Side. 1 thought I would write to you | about our trip to Utah. I have some cousins out there. I went to see them. We saw lots of mountains on the way out there. We went to the la- goon while we were there, and we saw some bears in a large cave. We went to see the lake out there. I hope to see my letter in print. . I have a cousin out in Utah, his name is Georgie. He is about 5 years old. This is the first time I have written. Busy Bee Letter. By Thelma Debs Dernier, Aged 7 Years, Elmwood, Neb. Blue Side. I was very glad to hear that Mr. Wastebasket had the tonsilitis when my short story came last week. It always gives me courage to see my letter in print. Next time I will write a longer story. Good-bye. —_— The Birds. Marvel Berney, Aged 9., Walbach, Neb. Blue Side. Years, Elmwood, Neb, Blue Side. It was a beautiful day in spring. The atmosphere was full of perfume Three children stood by their mother waiting for a kiss. The first, a boy whose name was John, was the first to be kissed. As his /mother kissed him, he said, “I love you, mother,” but the way he showed his love was by putting on his hat and running away to swing, letting his mother bring in all the wood. The next was a girl, his twin sister. As she was kissed, she said, “I love you so much, mother. I love you bet- ter than tongue can tell.” Then she I think all children like birds. I like all birds but the sparrow and bluejay. Sometimes you see the robin at a tree and you think it is eating charries, but it is eating worms. If my story is in print, I will write again. Enjoys Prize Book. Mildred Byrne, 2530 Chicago St., Omaha. Blue Side. I received the “Lance of Kanana” yesterday and enjoyed the reading of it very much, X The receiving of the prize was a compliment to me, as this was my first trial of the sort. I thank you téased and pouted half the day, until The A. O. U. W. What This Reliable Insurance Will Cost You Per Month Following is a table showing the monthly cost of insurance in the A. 0, U. W, to its members. The rates are low, but adequate. ) Policy of $1,000 per month Age 18 t0 24 .00 26 to 29., 30 to 34 b4 to 39 40 to 44. . There is an A. 0. U. W. lodge in your vicinity ready to wel>ome you as & member. 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