Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 9, 1916, Page 12

4—B The Busy Bees i themselves very much, do they? Some of them sit on the front porch, ¢ I am told, and swap riddles and puzzles. Wouldn't it be lots of fun if we could all play that we are sitting on one large porch and asking riddles? I can almost hear someone I exclaim, “Do you give up? Do you give up?” | Let's play the game! The Busy Bee page shall be our gathering place and we will swap riddles and puzzles by means of letters to this page. To lend additional interest in this puzzle match, the children's page editor is contemplating offering a special prize either to the boy or girl who sends | in the\most original puzzles or the one who guesses the most answers. On with the riddles! Little Stories by Little Folk (Prize_Story.) True to Her Name. By Glee Gardner, Aged 12 Years, 2605 North Sixty-second Street, Ben- son, Neb, Blue Side. “Oh dear, what shall I do all these long summer days?” I said and I sighed again and again. “What, noth- ing to do?” said my grandfather, coming around the corner. “Why don't You make a garden.” “A gar- den,” I echoed in wonderment. “Yes, - I will dig the ground up and you can 2 sfl some seeds and plant them,” That why I made a garden, Grandfather dug up a space thirteen by twenty- one feet. divided this intd two equal parts and put a fence around _each part, In one part I planted . yegetables—a bed of radishes, onions, 3 row of parsley, carrots, beet “All right, mother, T will stay.” four rows of sweet corn. Many a| Helen was thinking that if she was time has our dinner table and some| left alone she could dress up and put poor folks been furnished with fresh|on her mother’s glasses. vegetables. - Vining up the fene were| Helen knew it was wrong to do the peas, which were certainly worth | this without asking her mother first, while. But now comes the best part| byt she felt cross all day, and wanted of my story, for on the other side of | to do something naughty. my vegetable patch was my flower| So when her mother went away she en. On the fence climbed sweet| put on her mother's good dress, , columbine and cypre Io‘{,"' h‘é ll’l;'i glnl:es and went out i, n the yard, where she saw the neigh- _ buttons and marig - b : S etuniad hinke Tiny bor children, three boys and a girl, nd daisie: whose name was Sally. very heart of summer when the flow-| " The boys’ names were Frank, James : :n were gaily blooming, so was my|and Harold. eart. I took bouquets of beautiful “Harold and Frank were naught flowers to the sick people in hospitals, | {,oys, but Sally and James were good. some of whom 1 had never seen. Also| * Ag so0n as Harold and Frank saw _some traveled to the homes of the| Hejen they began to chase her and shut-ins.” I even sold some to get| Helen began to run. She let her moth- r""w with which to pay my ""h“": er's hat fall into a mud puddle, and ues. * After all my garden afforded | o5 ghe stumbled over a rock and fell the greatest pleasure of my life. I|per mother's glasses fell off and _ hope to have one next year. Don't|proke. you wish you could too? Helen was so frightened she did e not know what to do, so she went | blackbird. Every day I keep a watch to see how many different birds there are. Well, goodbye Busy Bees. Helen Disobeys Mother. By Louise Cushing, Age 11, Gordon, Neb. Blue Side. One day Helen was playing with her doll. She soon got tired and laid the doll down, then she went to her mother and said: “Mother, may I play with your new glasses?” “I'm afraid not, dear; you might break them.” Helen ran off and soon her mother called her and said: “Helen, will you stay here until I come back fromvdown town? I have some shopping to do.” , | and a.bed of (‘fi:nmble Mention.) back home very tired. "he Fourth of July. Her mother was looking for her - By Maxine leuter, Streator, Ill.|when she saw he daughter coming ‘ lue Side, up the walk all mud che didn't know . School is out about a month be- ~ fore the Fourth of July. One day Ft June 25, 1915, ‘the children of what to do. \ She took Helen into the house, changed her clothes and asked her what was the matter, Helen told what happened, and her mother said: “Why, Helen, didn’t I tell you you could not play with my glasses?” “Ye-e-es, and I'm sorry—" “You must go up to your bedroom and stay until the supper bell rings.” Helen ran upstairs sobbing and ha, Neb., got together in one of e churches with one of the teach- ‘ers as their leader. They planned . to have a parade on the Fourth of i }:l . The bod{: would dress up as . American soldiers and the girls .a * Red Cross nurses. When the Fourth of July came the same children met - at the flclh'”‘ih-vmd :h‘; ‘.‘:: :“E!‘.‘;: cryin% and .I:w nelvderhdid anythigl ¢ they were ready rt. ther t t t &hu le’d, marching with one of the :‘;:'m i v b »er o ¢ gk Each one American Indian Cave Spring. 1 By Elsie Tews, Aged 13 Years, Pine- bluffs, Wyo. Blue Side, - The Indian cave spring is i sec- tion 33, township 12, range 56, in the northeastern part of Colorado: The cave is formed by a big rock which is about eight feet wide now, but at one time must have been at least as wide again, sixteen feet long, and about six feet high on the average, It is lo- cated in a narrow draw which begins at the cave. In one corner of the cave is a |rrin; of pure cold water which runs fi i bout her size a&:boyll 8 flag. Some of the bo; flutes, some cornets, etc. As all the people | on their porches fanning themselves, | as it was Such a hot day, the children rehed by. The grandmothers heard iem coming and said: “My, what a 1 1 wonder what is ‘o‘ng on?” children soon marched h all the main streets of e aha, such as Farnam, Harney, f nth and others. In the Omaha _Bee there were two columns about the children’s parade. The children felt quite proud of this because they knew that The Omaha Bee is one of the most widely known papers in the United States. (Hxnorq);le Mention.) Evelyn Houghton, Aged 14 Years, 3212 Cuming Street, Omaha. ue Side. One some friends and I went a fishing trip to a place named ort Rosencrans, in California, a dis- tance of ten miles. We also took a large basket of lunch with us. We mfe.d on a boat called “Virginia." It k us one hour to get there. We ed at 10 o'clock and began to fish, tty soon we caught a skelpion and gome other figh, Scine other people pflfllt a devill fish, a terrible looking |} creature with twelve legs and two 4 feelers, It was all red. After awhile _ we ate our lunch. ‘After lunch we k some pictures. While my brother was fishing he threw his line and the look caught on his watch chain and he said, “Oh, there goes my watch.” e, pulled in his line and the watch was still on, but it would never run in. The steamer came and took us a ride to the last bell Luoy n the :an, a distance of ten miles. I ask- 8 the entertainer why they called bell buoys and he said if they bell girls they would be carried At 5 O'clock we landed home a very enjoyable day. Tena Bloom. Aged 12 Years, Ashland, Neb. Blue Side. r school let out May 19, but ad our picnic May 1 'e went to the fisheries that day had our picnic, we had lots of ifty yards and is then ab- sorbed in the ground. The ceilin rock of the cave has been decorate by Indians in timelduone by with ani- mals and birds and hunting scenes. The spring is quite a picnic and outin; place and in the rock the initials an: names of hundreds of campers and pleasure seekers bear everlasting tes- timony of their visit. - Sparrows Build Nest. By Marie Cooper, Wallace, Neb. / lue Side. 1'was pleased to see my letter in print and so will write again, One day as Mr. and Mts. Sparrow were flying around Iooking for a place to build a home Mr. Sparrow ‘spied a place in a barn that would make a nice home. He told Mrs. Sparrow about it and she thought it would make a nice nest, too. So they began at once to build their home. X Mr. Sparrow helgtd Mrs. Sparrow make a nest. They gathered up L Ly i | (By special permission of the author The Bee will publish chapters from the History of Nebraska, by A. B. Bheldon, from week to week.) NEBRASKA AS A STATE (Continued from Last Sunday) Governor Robert W. Fufnas—In 1872 Robert W. Furnas, republican, of Brownville was elected governor. He served two years, years of hard times and distress, and then returned to his farm and orchard at Brownville, there to become a leader in Nebraska agriculture during the forty vears of his lifg which followed. The Hard Times of 1873—Many lardships and discouragements were met by the newcomers, There were prairie fires, grasshoppers, drouths and Indian raids. Then hard times, d|called the panic of 1873, came to the whole country. Nearly all the Ne- braskans were afrmers. The prices of everything the farmer had to sell went down very low, so low that it . |would hardly pay to haul to market. sorry, but when As railroads were very few and far d S between most of the Nebraska farm- neh w e :e:'zehehr::l ?:":“;r;: ers had to haul their produce a lon " started about 8 o'clock and ere about 11. bowe rode in a L there were t twenty-two . Ty about twenty: ‘When we got there we |, dinner. We had sandwjches , cookies, fl:e. pickles, pie and T T'S PRETTY warm these days and Busy Bees don’t feel like exerting Glee Gardner of the Blue side won the prize book this week. Maxine | Teuter and Evelyn Houghton, also of the Blue side, won honorable mention. | fHE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 9, 1916. straws and feathers and soon they had anice nest. In a few days there were four little speckled eggs in it. One time as Mr. Sparrow came home with some bugs and worms for Mrs. Spar- row he found four little open mouths awaiting his arrival, . Mr. and Mrs. Sparrow kept bring- ing their children worfns to eat until finally Mr. Sparrow asked Mrs. Sparrow if they had not better teach their children to fly. She thought so, t00. The children learned fast and soon they grew up and flew away. And the next year the children built their nests in the same barn. Prize Book Interesting. By Luella Gibson, Aged l! Years, Dodge, Neb. Blue Side. I thank you very much for the prize book that I received not long ago. It is very interesting. The name of it is “Legends of Old Honolulu," 0 I will now tell you about my gar- en. ) One evening papg plowed and har- rowed the garden' spot, and as mamma’s health is poor, he said my sister and I would have to plant the garden and also take care of it. One afternoon when we came home from school, mamma had gone for a car ride. So we girls started planting our gardens. 1 have my garden and my sister has hers. In about a week my garden came up. I keep it very clean and I water it every evening. My fenure leaves are now twelve inches long and nine inches wide after it has been cut twice. . I’am using my fourth-planting of radishes. I also have lots of the little “English breakfast radishes.” My onions are three inches around. The beans have little beans set on them. My peas are large enough to use. My cabbages have little heads started. The tomatoes are one foot tall. Some of them are in bloom, and my sweet corn is thirteen inches high. My sister has a nice garden, but she is much older than I am. Different Kinds of Nests. By Agnes Nielson, Aged 12 Years, R. F. lg No. 3, Box 14, Fremont, Neb. Red Side, 1 am goin; to write and tell you about the different kinds of birds’ nests. I have four doves, two barn swallows and two wrens. The doves made their nest in a tree down by the creek. They made their nest of straw and dry weeds. They have oung ones. Two of them can soon {ly. The barn swallows made their, nest in our barn, of mud and sticks. They have no young ones yet. The wren made their nest of sticks and feathers in our mail box. Thei sing very sweetly. If you get to tal with them I am sure they would tell you of the mail carrier. Sometimes when I go to get the mail he has put the paper over their nest and_they can't get in, They laid six eggs, but they have younT ones now. One of the eggs laoks like a sparrow’s egg, but has not hatched yet. This is all. Good-bye. My Experienece in Gardening. By Helen Ballou, Aged 11 Years, 1421 K Street, Columbus, Neb. Blue Side. I am in the school gardening qon- test. My garden is eight feet b; fourteen. In the spring I planted rad- ishes, onions, beets, beans and let- tuce, Later [ planted tomatoes. All those who were in the contest plant- er them. 1 have sold radishes, onions, lettuce and beets from my garden, We make an account of all we sell, all the work we do and all we buy for the garden. In the spring my brother spaded it and I raked it and planted the seed. The supervisor comes around and sees how the gardens are. Next fall prizes will be given for the best gar- dens. I will be in the Seventh grade next year, ~ Boy Volunteer. By Kenneth Ayers, Aged 8 years, Hebron, Neb. Red Side. I see in the Busy Bee page that ou need a few boys in your ranks. am a boy 8 years old. I want to join the Red Side. This is my first etter. 1 am Roing to try to win a prize. I don't care what it is. 3 Enjoys Automobile. By Elsie Strodtman, Aged 10 Years, Belvidere, Neb. Blue Side. .One day papa and mamma went to Hebron, bought a car and did not tell'us. We knew that papa said one day he was going to get asked a if he got one, distance, some of them fifty to 1 miles, to reach a market at a railroad town. Wheat sold as low as 40 cent: & bushel, corn as low as 8 cents, eg; 5 icents a dozen, butter 8 cents e pound. For several years the set- - about all tlers burned twisted hay and corn for t in m’t’ fuel. Some grew discouraged and hard, There |moved back east, but others stayed, , and straw-|worked harder, saved, and kept their e there are |homes. § the cat- | Governor Silas Garber—In the four 3 black- tor five years following 1870, pioneers ole, wood |pushed out and settled the Repub red winged fi:an valley region in the southwest- b, [pound, cattle and hogs 2 cents alfa “No", we all felt very Stories of Nebraska History : : ern part of the state. Prominent| among these pioneers was Silas Gar- ber, republican, of Red Cloud, who was elected governor in 1874 and re- elected in 1876. During his term the present state constitution was adopted and the Jarger part of the Indians re- moved from the state, The Removal of Sioux, Pawnee and Ponca Indians—In 1876 war with the Sioux Indians broke out on the Ne- braska border. The chief cause of this war was the rush of white men into the Black Hills, the Indian coun- try, for gold. The roads most traveled to the Black Hills led from the Union Pacific_railroad across northwestern Nebraska, crossing the North Platte at Camp Clark bridge. Thousands of eople traveled these roads and had requent fights with the Sioux In- dians, who claimed all the country north of the Platte. When peace was made, the Sioux ceded all their land in western Nebraska and removed to South Dakota. The Pawnee and Pon- ca tribes were removed to Oklahoma in 1875 and 1877, and thus nearly all of northern Nebraska was opened for settlers. The Grange in Nebraska—During these hard times the farmers’ move- ment took form in Nebraska. Too many middlemen, too little money, too high railroad rates and unfair taxes were among the complaints of the rmers. secret societies meeting in the coun- try school houses, they discussed the evila of the times and plans to re- wnove them. Osen meetings to which all were invited were held. There was ceep and earnest debate on hard prub- lems. ' Women algo took part in fl'neu, t meetings and in them the foun ;)f. ¢future farmers’ movements ai In the granges, which were lfound homes in Howard and Valley counties, French settlements made in Richardson, Nemaha, Ante- According to a traditional custom of the Hohenzollern house William, eldest son of Crow Frederick William and heir presump- tive, was enrolled in the army on July 4, his tenth birthday. He pointed a lieuteant of the Fir infantry. The prince, like h Kaiser's Grandson Officer in German Navy Their Own Page PRINCE IAM OF PRUSSIA : grandfather, Emp’eror William I, who became a lieutenant in 1807, begins his military career in the midst of a great war, Prince William also was given an honorary command with the Second Guard Iv.andwehr regiment. His mother was the Grand Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, , Prince n Prince was ap- st Guard is great- e e ————— day he brought it out and we all were very. glad. I like it fine, and the rest do too, but I was very glad it Papa has eleven good is a Maxwell, work horses, but the Maxw them all. joy print. walk, My smallest My Experience in Gardening. By Belle Robinson, Aged 1 Box 294, Tekamah, Neb. Blue Side. 1 planted a garden this year. 0% two kinds—a flower garden was and a vegetable garden. In tl garden planted asters, nots. Papa fixed a fence around some ground for me and I planted my seeds, which all grew fine. and wateréd them whenever needed it. In my vegetable garden T radishes, lettuce, turnips, peas, beans, corn, potatoes and onions. I dug fittle planted my seeds. They all grew fine. The were very good and the lett tender, 1 watered and hoed my which is very good. I wish some of the Busy Bees could see it. Stop Thief. By Bertha Siegel, Aged 13 Years, 1930 South 20th. Omaha, Neb. Red Side. Mrs. Moner had been apple pies. It was a tireso: but the children liked them. she was done and setting them on the pantry window, went in away the dishes. Then she bered aomething and went rlntry again. Sh eft over from which she to make a.pie later on. She put it in one pie pan and covered it up with another one and put it on the shelf with the pies. Along came Mr. Hungry He saw the pies and went yard. He was just about the biggest one, when he footstep, and taking the one that was But Mrs. Mowner had seen him and taking nearest to him he ran. a yardstick, she ran out “stop thiefl' ‘stop theifl’ But, the thief or tramp ran loFdid she. The Good Templars, Red Clubs and Cmngen—’l'he ance movement also became this time and spread through a sc- cret society, the Good Templars. for a_number of years and was aided by Red Ribbon clubs grew rapidl, and by the Crusaders, women who prayed and sang loons and on the sidewalks to induce people to stop drinking. There was intense feeling for sgainst both the grangers and ire eifect of the debates held by them during the temperance agitators. hard times was apparent after years. Irish, German, Swede, Bohemian, Russian, Danish, Polish and I'rench Colonies—In this period from 1870 to 1880 many colonies of settlers came to the state. Irish colonies s Holt counl{ in 1874 and county in 18 Madison, Stanton and Thay: ties in 1867-1870. The Swedes set- tled in Polk and Saunders about 1870 and in Phelps and Burt Bohemians counties about 1880, founded colonies in Knox, Saunders = and Hamilton counties. Danis ish, Bohemian and Polish lope and other counties. these nationalities added a new ele- | PMCHR ment to Nebraska life, making our | Shingling. population more varied and mg, Each has done well its ; building up a great state. (Continued Next Sunday.) 1 did not like to live on a farm before we had a car, now I en- it. I hope to see my letter in brother verbenas, sweet peas, fever few and touch-me- ditches with my hoe and e had some dough By A. E. Sheldon 77. Germans settled in d Saline counties about 11870, Russian Germans began to set- tle Jefferson county about 1874 and extended their settlements into Cla; thought he'd rest. So he turned the corner and sat down. But, Mrs. Mowner was upon him, she grabbed the pan, but saw it was not the pie ell beats|but the flour! She started to laugh with her and she’'d give him some lunch. Mr, Hungry Tramp went with her and got the best dinner he’'d had for months and some pie too. So Mr. Hungry Tramp won, but he wasn't hungry any more that day for he’d had a big dinner. . SRR Tommy’s Escape. By Earl Miller, Aged 12 Years, Bruns- wick, Neb. Blue Side. One day Tommy ran away with his gun and thought he'd hunt a bear in the forest, so_he loaded his gun and walked half a mile till he came to the forest. He walked up to a bear’s den and waited till a bear came out and he got tired waiting, so he got some sticks and leaves, set them afire and the smoke went itno the bear's hole. Soon he heard a low grow! and saw a bear's head appear. He did not have his gun loaded, so he walked uj can 1 Years, The he flower I hoed they planted radishes uce very to the bear and shouted, “Come on if you want to fight,” and he hit the bear on the nose and the-bear rushed at the boy, and Tommy ran to a tree, but could not climb it. Just as Tommy got ready to run the bear was close to him. The next instant and the bear had Tommy around the waist to squeeze the life out of him, when, “bang,” a gun reported and the bear loosened his hold on Tommy and fell 'to the ground. Then two hunters appeared and took Tommy home and garden, baking me task, Finally ' Tommy got a whipping from his father and promised never to run to clear | away again. remem- into the Pony Eats Sugar. By Agnes Hoschar, Aged 10 Years, La Platte, Neb. Red Side. 1 have three ponies, but only two of them are mine. The one that doesn’t belong to me will get up on a chair and eat sygar out of your hand. Do you give buttons out? The other big one will not eat sugar, but she will eat dry bread and apples. She is blind and has a little colt. Can I write a little about the birds? I put a bird house up and some birds have built a nest in it. Once papa was over in the lot. « He saw some little birds in a nest had fallen down. This will be all for this time. intended Tramp. into the to take heard a yelling, 'policefi' on and Likes Prize Book. By Noreen McCoy, Aged 10 Years, Papillion, Neb. Blue Side. I received my book with great joy. It certain'v was a fine book. I am reading it now, but I haven't read Ribbon very much in it yet. I am a very a‘&:“‘s";; great person .after books. I like to read very much, and I had just about finished my other book. Raises Ducks, By Ernestein Henry, Aged 10 Years, 1t bands of| ™ MPekamah, Neb. Red Side. in order| My sister lives seven miles out in the country and one day when papa went out there she gave him nine duck eggs. He went Monday, May 1, and I st the eggs Wednesday, May 3. On Tuesday, four weeks later I was surprised to find five ducks out, I ran to the house to tell mamma about them. That nightthere were eight ducks. Itold mamma and she brought them in the house, hen and all. The next day one of them got wound up in the hen's feathers and before we could get it loose it died. I have seven now; they will be a month old Tuesday, June 27. Five are black and two are yellow. They are awfully cute. 1 am raising chickens too. I helped mamma to plant the garden and take care of it, so she gave me a part of it. hope to win a prize some day. ,{' Tige Climbs Roof. h, Swed- | gy Verda Siekkotter, Aged 10 Years, colonies Gretna, Neb. Blue Side. We have a little black dog and his name is Tige. This sEring my two brothers ‘and my father were building 'a hay shed and they were One of my brothers helped Tige up. The nextiday they were all up on the shied, Tige got lone- some and climbed up all by himself and got on top. Ever since that he climbs up a ladder. and the througi ettled Greelay er coun- counties Colfax, were Each of interest- part in and told the tramp to come home | What MWomen Are Doing in the World George A. Custer Woman's Relief corps will hold its regular meeting Tuesday afternoon at Memorial hall, in the court house On Monday Mrs. Blanche Young en tertains the Custer Trio club at her home, 723 North Twenty-second street. ] The Scottish Rite Women's club will hold a family pienic at Elmwood park Thursday, with a picnic supper at 6:30 o'clock. s The Sermo club will give a picnic Tuesday at the cottage of Mrs. G. T, Lindlay, at Carter lake. Vesta Chapter Kensington, Order Eastern Star, meets Thursday at -the home of Mrs. F. L. Dodder, 2218 Burt street. T. C. Webster will lead the prayer meeting of the Business Women's council Tuesday at the court house. Luncheon will be served by the King's Daughters of the First United Presbyterian church between the hours of 11 and 2. General Lawton auxiliary to Camp Lee Forby, United States War Vet- erans, will hold an ice cream social at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fero, 2753 Burt street, Wednesday evening. Spanish and civil war veter- ans and the relief corps have been in- vited to attend. The Society of American Widows will hold its weekly meetings at 206 Crounse block, opposite the postoi- fice, Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock, and Thursday evening at 7:30. The B. L. S. club of Benson gave a card party and social at St. Ber- nard hall Thursday afternoon. Prizes were won by Mrs. J. J. Anderson, Mrs. Harry Knudsen and Mrs. A. Frost of Omaha. The “Beautifying Benson” contest inaugurated by the Benson Woman's club some time in April closes this week. Planting gardens, improving back yards or vacant lots has been the rincipal work and the club members ecel that a great deal of good has been done. The second lot of pic- tures will be_taken this week and submitted to judges for decision. West Ambler Social Activities Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Smith left Monday for Bertrand, Neb., on a visit to Mrs. Furman, the aged mother of Mrs. Smith, David Johnson leaves Sunday for a lri{;I to Cheyenne. r. and Mrs. W. A, Webber had as their dinner guests Tuesday Mrs. Webber's brothen, George Stanley, and family; Mrs. I. A. Miller and Messrs. L. Johnson of South Da- kota and George Johnson of Lincoln. Mr. Edward Dawson and wife of Grand Island have been the guests of Miss Marie Carlsen and mother the last week. ; Miss Mary Anderson of West Side left Monday to spend the. summer with her aunt in Minnesota. Rev. O. Myers and wife went to Murray, Ia, Monday to spend the P | Fourth with Mr. Myers’ parents. The homes of Louis Krummerer on South Fifty-fourth street and D. V. Renner, South Forty-sixth street, were both brightened Wednesday by the advent of little daughters. F. A. Holbrook has been spending the week with his family here. e will return to Colorado Monday. John Anda of Twenty-ninth and Castelar street was married Wednes- day to Miss Anna Bernhardt, young- est daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. Bernhardt, Fortieth and Francis. Af- ter a wedding trip to Denver they will be at home at the above address, where a new home has been built by the bride’s father. Mrs. Oscar Morresson of western Nebraska has been the guest of form- er West Side neighbors this week. Mrs. Carl Neilsen entertained the all-day meeting of the Ladies’ Aid society at her .home Thursday. Mrs. Martin Johnson gave a dinner Wednesday for Mr. and Mrs. Will Johnson and Misses Ilene McCleary and Madeline Dorsey of Des Moines. Mrs. R. L. Gustorfsen arrived this week from Holdrege, Neb,, to spend the summer with Mrs. Carl Neilson. Miss Gurtha Long came home Sun- day evening from a week's visit at Cedar Creek. Mrs. R. G. Sutton gave a kensing- ton Friday afternoon to the new of- ficers of the Royal Neighbors. The guests were: Mesdames E. Groman, J. Wisler, Will Johnson, E. A. Winn, F. Dunn, George Cole, A. Gretchel, F. Cockayne, T. E. Kern, W. L. Gil- more, J. Cole and Miss Lydia Wisler. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jensen enter- tained at their new home ‘in Ecker- man for Mrs. Jensen's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mertin Johnsen, Mrs. E. Boyer and family and Mra. and Mrs. Will Johnsen of West Side. Miss Marguerite Thompson came| home from the Fremont Normal to spend the Fourth with her parents. Mrs. S. E. Weston was surprised by her neighbors Wednesday. They escorted her to Miller park for a picnic. The West Side Women's Christian Temperance union will hold their an- nual picnic at Elmwood park next Thursday. Mt. and Mrs. E. G. Grover enter- tained at dinner Tuesday at their home in Eckerman for Mr. and Mss. J. Fulmer, Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Clag- get and Mrs. Earl Stevens. Mrs. Frank Cockayne and daughter Bertha went to Glenwood, Ia, Tues- day on a visit to her niece, Mrs. J Bostock. Mrs. Cockayne returned Thursday. Miss Bertha will spen the summer there. W. R. Akrahanssen and wife ate spending the week-end with her brother, David Johnson, and wife ip West End. Miss Martha Garman entertained the following young women at a birthday party at her home on Forty- eighth and Pierce streets Thursday Misses Martha Smith, Hallie Zorn, Violet King, Rose McDermott, Marial Tullis, Alice Hawkinson, Mildred and Helen Anderson, Madaline Young, Tillie and Elizabeth Hodobler anc ! Edith and Guida Jepson. Wanted—Some Want Ads in ex- change for lots of answers. Phon¢ The Bee. :30 o'clock at’ Florence | Social Items i Mr. and Mrs. W. 1i. Thomas and izmily left Friday for Canada, where ihey will visit relatives and friends or a few weeks. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Jo3\V. Ma- one, July 4, twin hoys Mrs. Arthur Lewis of Omaha was the guest of Mr. and Mrs, J. €. Ren- inger at a lunchieon given sday «vening. Miss Babe Miniun feft Sunday for Sremont to visit with friends until .fter the Fourth. P. J. Thies of Ogallala spent the lfourth in Florence visiting friends. Mr. and Mrs. J. €. Reninger and family were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Kindred at a dinner party Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Olmsted enter- ained a party of sixteen at a picnic dinner on the Fourth, Mrs. Harry Brown of St. Joseph, Mo., arrived Sunday to spend sev- cral days as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Miniun, Mrs. Siestra of St. Joseph, Mo, is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Willis Avery. 0. L. Blackmond left Wednesday for Kansas City to spend several reeks on business matters. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Jacobberger were the guests at luncheon of Mr. ond Mrs. O. L. Blackmond Sunday. Russel Routt and Joseph Sheilberg «f Fremont spent Sunday in Florence visiting old friends. Mrs. W. H. Thotnas and family <pent the Fourth at Lyons, Neb., with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. J. IL Price enter- tuned at a picnie party on the Yourth when their guests were Mr. znd Mrs. R. H. Golding and family. Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Johnson, whot noved to a farm in Colorado about -wo years ago, have sald out and will ‘eturn to Florence to make their aome. Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Wallace and family of Freeport, Ill., are the guests 5f Mrs. Wallace's mother, Mrs. J. F. Tracy, for a few days, Miss Pearl Gamble of Omaha has seen spending the week as the guest >f Miss Bernice Parks. Miss Lura Holzman left Saturday right for Kansas City to vieit with ! ner mother for a few days. French Musicals i To Take Place of i German in Italy (Correspondence of Tho Assoclated Press.) Paris, June 1.—An arrangement has just been concluded between: M. Gheusi, director of the Opera Gomique and one of the leading Italian pub- lishers, and the directors of the Scala theater in Milan, the Cosanzi theater n Rome and the Colon of Euenos Aires, whereby French musicai pro- ductions are to take the place hitherto allotted to German and Austrian pro- ductions. This will apply to the French operctte and also to French librettists, who will be couimissioned to write the texts for varisus Italiau works. In this way it is hoped thu‘ the neglected French ouperette w.. { come into its own again and oust the Viennese productions, which have, practically held supreme coutral for several years. By a reciprocal arrangement, the Opera Comique will produce Italian works even more profusely than here- | tofore, and it is expected that many [talian composers, who so far have been little heard of outside of their >wn country, will be revealed to the Parisian public. From a *financial oint of view, the fact that:South Anierica has adhered to the arrange- nent, bodes well for French compos- ers and librettists. Bicycles Now the Fad in London (Corresponderce of The Associated Press.) London, June 25.—The war has -aused a distinct revival of cyciing in England. More hicycles are to be seen than at any time in the past twenty years. This cheapest of all sports is to a large extent taking the place of motor cars which are zradually being given up for reasons of economy. Women find that the “ashion of short, wide skirts and high yoots is ideal for cycling. No sooner did the govertment's :ampaign against the use of motor- cars for pleasure begin to bear fruit han all tie veteran cyclists arranged 1 merry rally on 2 road leading out f London that was popular with hem in years gone by. For one da; the historic road was almost like it was in the golden days. Wheel be- 1ind wheel, the machines came pur- ring down the last hill, and the wvil- lagers stood by their gates, as they stood every fine Sunday afternoon twenty years ago, to watch and iden- tify by familiar names the men who once were kings of the road. Machine to Enable The 1§I¢ixld to Read (Correspondence of The Assoclated Press.) Vienna, June 25.~Dr. Max Herz, a | Vienna scientist, has invented a sort ' of combination of talking machine and telegraph which will enable the blind to read with far greater ease than the present cumbersome Brailie books. The principle of the new device lies in the conveying of Morse or other telegraphic signs to the blind through the sense af hearing. On the >ma- chine are placed small rcco;‘fll, each 5 which may contain a whdle story, . written out in code. To produce these records a further instrument composed of two' Mors¢ keys and electric sounders is required, the soun- ders being connccted with a needle which cuts into the prepared wax record. The records consist only of |long and short sounds and they can be sold at extraordinarily low prices. | It is proposed through this medium |to issue a daily ‘newspaper the blind. Out Goes tha Pet Monkey. Battery C's guest of hon 5 billed for ejectlon in the interest of ¥ I, Lorenzo, n weagened littls monkey, o4 to know he was going away, He came out of his ! polo ponies now hauling art{iluney, “Come on here and get yomir grub” sald John Matz. “We're going 17 érum pou out of camp tomorrow because twn 3. D. says you're unsanitary.” And when Lorenzo goes ths woat mascot of the First cavalry and cal that adopted Dattery B move out Alge by direction o (he sanitary corps.—Chicago Hernld, cage and went over to Arizohe. one of the * ud