Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 30, 1916, Page 20

he Busy Bees =+~ = < Their Own Page -} ONSERVATION" is a word that Busy Bees hear their elders utter f a great deal now-adays, Sometimes it is conservation of life they are talking about, or conservation of trees, flowers, birds, animals and forests. ! Let us consider.conservation of trees today. { All the Busy Bees love trees for the shade they give and the! | © beauty they add to the scenery. Boys and girls play in their shade and little | H birds find homes within their leafy branches. | j Many writers have compared children to trees. If children are sickly '+ and poorly nourished they will grow into a very poor kind of man or woman, = and 1t is just the same with trees. Today, there are “nurseries” and “doctors” "’1 for trees just as there are for i s, and the same watchful care is bestowed | on trees by the nnure-lovin‘ g who plant them, just as loving parents | | | guard their children, | X Are there any trees needing attention in your yard? Perhaps you can - persuade father to call in an expert to diagnose its iliness and effect a cure. Walter Wiese of the Red side won the prize book this week. Elsie Tews and Marie Cooper, both of the Blue side, won honorable mention. The' special prize book for puzzles submitted during the last month is awarded | Francis Tomjack of the Red side. 1 Little Stories by Little Folk (Prize Story.) My Life as a Duck. By Walter Wiese, Aged 13 Ycars,‘ Bennington, Neb. Red Side. .1 am a large white Pekin duck, now 12 fiears old. I can scarcely remember '\ when I was little, but what I re- | mmeber I will tell to you. || One morning two fittle brothers and }5"’] crept out of the shell, We felt chilly, '\ s0 we were glad to crawl under an § old hen which we regarded as our 1| mother. * The next, a girl came and put us ' in her apron and took the hen and | put us in a large box. t We stayed in this box for a few “days, when the same girl came again and put us out, ~ We followed the hen everywhere £! she went till we came to 8 pond. We |1 thought we would like to take a swim, | 80 we went into the water. . The hen tried to coax us out by ying “You will drown,” but we paid attention to her till a dreadful ing peeped out of the water, We 1l tried to scramble to the shore as ickly as we could, but one of my thers was not qufck enough. The dreadful thing opened its mouth and took a hold of my brother's leg. He d and cried and the hen flew at t and bit it, but it was all in vain, sank to the bottom, dragging the k after him ) ~ We never saw m{hbrother again and | we never went to the pond again, for had taught us a les: After/that we always stayed as far from the pond as we.could. | : “’! grew and grew till we were as as we are now, for we both live 1 have had two broods of ducks Iready, but not one of those ducks gone into the water, for I have kept them away from it. 1t mkg will close my story now, for I have hn‘:d n|1‘y mistress say she going to butcher me. % mioShy. Busy Bees. | [Honorable Mention.) Frofitier Sk-w. ws, Aged 13 Years, utts, Wyo. Blue Side. rwin Bros, frontier show and con- held at Pinebluffs, the home own of Irwin Bros., on July 7 and 8. Fhe show had 200 real cowboys and, ywairls, 100 Sioux Indians, 100 buck- horses and 100 long-horned steers, es other features. At 10 o'clock was a big parade ‘through the and at 1 p. m, show com- nced with a quadrille on horse- by cowboys and cowgirls. The act w fine exhibit by per ing ho Cowgirls and cow- rode bucking horses and after t some of the cowboys rodé or to ride steers turned loose out e cattle chute, most of them be- bucked Then the cowboys ed and tied steers turned loose and they rode after steefs as they turned loose, grabbed their and threw the steers, | ‘cowboy showed exceptional in handling whips and a couple cowboys showed their skill in y roping. There were several se races open to everybody,/which quite exciting, and an. Indian race less exciting; also a cow- ’ relay horse race that was sure- one. The last act, an at- of the Indians on an emigrant - which ended in the burning, wagon, when the cowboys ar- d on the scene and rescued the | ) — i S = It is a ball of red, but now it changes; it is gold, yet more of an orange; as it climbs higher in the heavens it! changes color yet again; it is now a| silver ball. The earth lies white un- der its shimmering rays. Hardly a sound breaks the beauiiful quiet. Now a dog howls, now quiet reigns again. In the garden the fountain plays; its soft splashing seems to be part of this beautiful night. The sweet, deli- cate perfume of the flowers reaches us, borne by a slight breeze. The big town clock booms eleven times; its harsh sound seems to in- crease in volume at every stroke. It scems the echo will never die away and the peaceful solitude is broken, but again it is silent; now we hear a baby cry and a mother’s soft lullaby, ~ For half an hour we sit in silence ‘and it begins to grow chilly, so we must go in. ‘The next morning there is no trace of the lovely night; there is a drizzling rain; we are told it began to storm about 1 o'clock. We do’not see how it.could be. But such is nature. o i it Child Hunts Star. By lone Jewell, Aged 10 Years, Cres- cent, Ia. Blue Side. “I wish I had a star to play with,” said a little child one evening. He was sitting on the doorstep and look- ing up at the sky. “I wish I had a little star,” he said. He was not yet 4 years old. The sun had gone down and many stars were in the sky. The child looked at them, He seemed to hear each little star saying, “Don't you wish you had me? Don't you wish you had me?” “Yes, I do wish I had one of them,” he said. “See that little red star over there? Itis not very high, I think. I will run and get it. I will knock it down before it gets any higher.” The child got up and ran out. No one saw him but his dog, Don. He ran down the road looking at the red star as he went. “There it is,” he said. “I'll knock it down and take it home to mother.” Soon the sky began to row dark. A black cloud was com- nfi us. One b, behind the cloud. The child began to cry: "Oh, red star, where are you?” He could not see which way to go. The cloud hid all the sky. The rain began to fall, - “Mother! Mother!” cried’ the child. Then he heard some one near him. He held out his hand. It was good old Don. The dog had been with him all the time. “Oh, Don, Don, take me back to mother,” he cried. Don knew what the little boy meant, He stood very still, The child put his arms around the good old dog's neck. He got upon his back. “Now, Don, take me home to mother,” he said. “Run home fast.” It was raining when they got to thit house. 'Both boy and dog were wet, “Oh, my dear child, where have you been?” cried his mother, “I have been trying to get a star for you," said the child, . 1 made this story up. Pine- Industrious Little Girl.: By Marie Speckman, Aged 14, Ash- land, Neb. Blue Side. Once there was two little girls who lived in a village with their mother, Their father was dead, so the mother had to work for other people to make a living. The girls' names were Dora and ay. She had to ora was a nice girl, was an invalid, so she would {(Honorable Mention) do the housework. Ma; Goes to Show. sew aeue and clothes for her moth- 4 er_and sister. b ! uf“‘ cgfir' m:”‘““" Neb. ne day the girls were very sorr{ ; 2 in the when their mother came home ill. One time last summer I saw 'L‘ She was sick a long time, so she ! t there was: going d:° ¢ 8| could not work. ,‘z, m‘fih;: mm d"":e ly‘.id he d‘flr‘:& Jllllehl (:hg moéhe[\)') mlt her A ughters about it and Dora, being d & if “the weather was | 2" o fittle girl, started off to So,.mm day came that morn- ; loudy, but about Bl el S we went to the show. ! .&Il about c%opx that y had. e was Cupid. He black and He wore a lit- harness. fastened to that he wore two big hearts, one hb.“.?l‘he'hwn were white in. "hearts there was a pink up numbers, tell work, bidding ‘her sister and mother good-bye. As :Kc was walking along she saw a white house. She hurried toward it, and when s! reached the house she knocked | No one came to the door, and again she tried, but there was no answer. She opened the door and walked in, and oh! What did she see but twelve little beds, unmade; twelve little chairs scattered all over the room,: and twelve little dirty plates on the ble Dora was soon busy washing shes, making the beds and sweep- ing the floor. i i ’nu then the little gold miners came. home, found their room all cleaned. Lora toid the miners that she was looking for work. The miners told her that she was welcome to stay with them ill their maid came back from her vacation. One day as Dora was sweeping under the carpet she found twelve shining dollars. The miners told her that it was for her. The next day Dora went ‘home happy. . ‘A Fable’s Experience. % ,B%MM Byrme, Aged 14 Years, 100 oee 'Iii;tle boy ride upid very much. ‘pulled another b%y'l h?l'n;. Thi “boy cry. After Cupid was they. sold pictures Y “two_little sorrel C { ter tartar. They m ;'l the ‘e I hant irink to the other ani- mmml very much and -k TN Chicago Street, Omaha, Neb. = Blue Side. ' ‘When Father Nature was young, many thoiulnth of ‘;e“m e was yS ex| rimendnfi with different ties of plants. His purpose was | that' would most benefit in teaching them a valuable Now, (;ne day he found an odd look- plant growing in 8 secluded % 5 and plated it jo'hiy u-:’-life. where it grew an hed, many bulbs starting from "As Father Nature was s thrifty soul, one the .stars went |- Stories of Nebraska History : : : Omaha's Twing Who Are Busy Bees ® he decided to market his offering; so he fitted up a booth—the booth-of- foolishness—and sold to every pass- erby, a bulb. hrow there was a peculiarity about this plant, the bulb was never quite of the same size; the flower never quite of the same eolor; nor did it ever have quite the same smell to the but- terfly that was always seeking happi- ness. 1 Sometimes the flower was large, sometimes small. \ Sometimes the smell was rank, sometimes sweet. . Each purchaser of a bulb, paid for it dearly, because that which grew out of the bulb was the plant-of-ex- perience, which taught the purchaser to stay away from the booth-of-fool- ulhne and the butterfly that was alwa, ys secking happiness; and taught them to follow some useful pursuit that would benefit the world and man- kind. Now let us take heed from those who have already purchased the plant- of-experience and stay away from the booth-of-foolishness, and the one who is likely to lead you to the booth— the butterfly that is always seeking happiness. The Woodpecker. By Edith Keni\;on, 3222 Cuming Street, Omaha, Blue Side. The woodpecker is counted as one of the prettiest birds. It is about an inch larger than the robin, Ifs head is crimson and its wings and tail are Iona Florine is also a white spot on its wing, Many of them are found in Manitoba and Central America. Their main food consists of cherries, apples, corn beetles and grubs. They do not bu!lt{ their own nests, but have others build it for them, The bluebird is alike in this respect. The woodpecker has from four to six glon{ white eggs. Their enemy is the blacksnake, They can be known anywhere by their song, which is more like a rattle. It goes something like this “Ker-r-ruck, ker- -r,ruck, ker-r-ruck.” Some More Riddles. By Marie Mahlendorf, Age 11, Anoka, Neb. Blue Side. Why is B like fire? Answer: Be-| cause it makes water boil. What is black, white, and re(a)d all over? Answer: A newspaper. Why do the little birds in & nest agree? Answer: For fear of falling out. What question is it that must answer yes? Answer: What does y-e-s spell. Why is a washer woman like Sat- urday? Answer: Because she brings in the clothes (close) of the week. If a bear went in a dry goods store what would he need? Answer: Muz- zlin' (muslin). When the clock strikes thirteen what time is it? Answer: Time for it to be fixed. - black. Its breast is white and there pecial permission of the Author, The il print chapters from the His- tory of Nebraska, by A. E. Sheldon, from week to week.) NEBRASKA AS A STATE. Conitinued from Last Sundsy) . The Pine Ridge Indian War—The last Indian troubles on the Nebraska border came during the dry decade of hard times. The Sioux Indians, who once roamed over all western Nebraska as their hunting ground, had given up that country to the whites and were settled in South Da- kota along the northern border of Nebraska, The buffalo and nearly all of the other game had been killed. The oldtime Indians had nothing to do. The’Foun{Imen grew up in idle- | ness, he United States tried to | teach them farming and stock-raising, but only a very few were willing to | be taught. The dry season of %890 burned up the little patches of corn and garden which the gndians planted. They gathered in the shade along the | little streams and listened to the old | geople'q stories of the time when the | ioux lived a free, open life, hunting | buffalo and fighting their enemiesf | and the white men were far away. An | Indian came from the Rocky moun- | tains telhnsI the Sioux that the great | spirit had heard their troubles, that the white men were about to be driven back and the buffalo, deer and ante- lope would return and cover the plains. The Whost Dance—The Indians be- gan to dahce the ghost dance, going without food for two or three.days, then steaming themselves in little huts by pouring water upon hot stones, then coming out to dance in great companies. As they danced, they saw visions of wonderful good things coming to them. These ghost dances were kept up by the Sioux during the summer and fall of 1890. Battle of Wounded Knee—On De- cember 28, 1890, a rlrty of about 400 Sioux under Chiet Big Foot were halted on their march to Pine Ridge by the Seventh cavalry. The next morning Colonel Forsyth started to take away their guns when someone fired a shot and in a moment the battle was on. Thirty-two soldiers and 156 Indians were killed, many of the latter being women and children. This is called the battle of Wounded Knee and took place a short distance from the Nebraska line in SouthDa- kota, The United States hurried sev- eral thousand soldiers to the scene and the Nebraska militia was called out to guard our northern border. After several other skirmishes dur- ms the winter, the Indians came in and surrendered and thus ended what is probably the last Indian war in the history of the United States. Governor Lorenzo Crounse—Lo- renzo Crounse, republican, of Fort Calhoun, was elected governor in 1892, and declined to be a candidate for re-election. During his term many banks failed and some of the state money was lost in them. There was an impeachment trial of three state officers for misuse of state money. Over $1,000,000 of public mon- ey from the sale of school lands was supposed to be in the state treasury and Governor Crounse made efforts d|bring interest for support of the ) schools of the state. mor Silas A. Holcomb; State Money Stolen—In 1894 Silas Gove: School to_have it invested where it would | B; If a man met a crying pig what A. Holcomb, populist, of Broken Bow, was elected governor and re-elected in 1896. Populist or people’s independ- ent was the name given to the party which grew out of the farmers’ move- ment. During his term the struggle over the use of the school mon of the state went on, In the end it was found that over $500,000 of the school money had been lost or stolen, some of it in broken banks and some by state officers. J. S. Bartley, state treasurer, was tried, convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary for twenty years for his part in this loss. Mr. Bartley always asserted that the money was lost or stolen by others. The State School Lands—When Nebraska became a state, the United States gave to it, for public schools, the sections of land in every township numbered 16 and 36, in all about 3,000,000 acres. The state of Ne- braska pledged the United States that it would never lose any of this land or the price of it when sold. The rent from the land and the interest from the money received for it was to be paid every year to the districts for the support of public schools. little over 1,000,000 acres of this land has been sold. Part of the money has been lost or stolen and never rep! laced. In 1897 an act of the legislature for- bade further sale of this land. The state has now about 1,800,000 acres of school land which cannot be sold and which is rising in value every year. The rental from this land and the in- terest on the $8,000,000, which remains of the money the state has received from the land sold, goes every year to ay the teachers in Nebraska schools. Vo other state in the union has larger prospects for the future support of its schools than has Nebraska. Chang® in the Political Parties; Free Silver—In these years there were many changes in politics. A part of the democratic party tended to unite with the new people’s independent party, or populists, while another part of tge democrats was inclined to aid the republican party in order to pre- vent the triumph of the new move- ment. In both the republican and democratic parties there was a divi- sion at this time. The immediate cause of the division was the question whether or not the free coinage of silver dollars at the ratio of sixteen grains of silver to one of old should be carried on by the United States mint. There were a number of other questions involved in the struggle, but free silver, as it was called, be- came the war cry in a nation-wide contest. In this conflict Nebraska was suddenly called to play the lead- ing part. . b o g an ebraska Nawniulg.zr ;«’nt—ln June, 189, democratic national convention at g‘:icn o declared for free silver and named William J. Bryan of Nebraska as its candidate for president. The opulist national convention at St Y.ouin in July also nominated Mr. Bryan. The republican national con- vention: declared against free silver and nominated William McKinley of Ohio for president. Free silver 're- publicans g{{fl it}hm paétoydlnd also minated Mr. Bryan. 3:niocratn bolted and oprond Mr. an. The campaign of 1896 followed was the most exciting in the United States for many years. It was the first time a candidate for presi- dent had ever been named by one of A|to this war. v(oulld he call it? Answer: Pork, you pine Why is Ireland the richest of all countries? Answer: Because its capi- tal is Dublin, Why is a defeated army like wool? Answer: Because it is worsted. Why is grass like a mouse? . An- swer: Because the,cattle eat it €cat'll eat it.) When it an unbound book like a lady in bed? Answer: When it is in sheets. Why is a dog’s tail like the heart of a tree? Answer: Because it is the farthest from the bark. Flour of England, fruit of Spain, met together in a shower of rain; put in a bag tied with a string; tell me this riddle and I'll give you a ring. An- swer: Plum pudding. When a boy falls in the creek what |is the first thing he does? Answer: He get wet first. Why is there no such thing as a whole day? Answer: Because each day begins by breaking. _ Why does opening a letter resemble a strange way of entering a room? Answer: Because it is breaking through the sealing. Has Flower Gardens. . By Dorothy Neilsen, Aged 11 Years, 2923 Lake Street, Omaha, Neb. Blue Side. My two brothers and I have a ;ard’en together and it is growing Jjust fine. We water it every night, and weed it, and hoe it, and we try to keep it in_nice shape, S We have planted all flowers in it and the names of the flowers are: Pansies, pholx, nasturtiums, four o'clocks, verbenas, snapdragons, pinks and cosmos. Then we have another garden with some other flowers in, and they are canna, asters, violets, sweet alyssum, tiger lilies, wild snapdragons and bachelor buttons. Papa has a big garden, too. Well I guess I will close for this time. Day of Visitors. By Viola Diedricksen, Aged 10 Years, Marne, Ia, R. 1. Blue Side. One day Alice was playing in their back yard, when her mother- called her to come and wipe dishés and sweep. Alice said, “I hate to do that; you always make me work.” “Well,” said her mother, “I want you to help me because auntie and Helen are coming for dinner, and you know after Helen comes you will want to play with her.” So Alice hurried to get done with the work before auntie and Helen arrives. Alice had her mother call up Mable Brown over the telephone. In a little bit the door bell rang, so Mrs. Petersen told Alice Lto go to the door to see who it was. Alice thought it was her aunt and Helen, but to her surprise it was her grandmother, who had come to visit them for the afternoon. “Why, hello,” said Alice in a bright and happy tone, “come in, grandma and stay a while. By A. E. Sheldon the great pacties from a state west of the Mississippi river. In Nebras- ka the contest was fierce and close. Never before were so many political meetings held here and never before were so many of the greatest politi- cal speakers of the country heard in this state. At the election in No- vember Nebraska gave a majority of about 13,000 for Mr. Bryan for presi- dent and elected the entire populist- democrat state ticket, including a ma- iority of both houses of the legisla- ture. Since this memorable campaign Nebraska has had a large place and leadership in national politics. Governor William A. Poynter—In 1898 William A. Poynter, populist, of Boone county, was elected governor. The Trans-Mississippi exposition was held at Omaha during his term. It was the first great exposition held in this region and it brought to Nebras- ka exhibits and visitors from all parts of the world. Nebraska in the Spanish War—In 1898 the United States went to war with Spain in order to make Cuba free. Nebraska sent three regiments The First Nebraska sailed to the Philippine islands and was gone more than a year. Colonel Stotsenberg, its commander, was killed in battle, Many Nebraskans remained in the Phi!irpines or have }! since gone there to hélp maintain our flag in those islands. The Second Nebraska regiment, under Colonel C. J. Bills, was sent to the great camp at Chattanooga, Tenn, and became part of the army in reserve until the war ended. The Third Nebraska regi- ment, under Colonel William J. Bryan, was sent to Florida and after- wards crossed to Havana. The Republican Party Returns to Power; Governor Charles H. Diet- rich—From 189 until 1900 the Ne- braska state elections were carried each year by a fusion of populists, demofrats and silver repulicans. Dis- putes arose among these parties and the republicans, makm? a great ef- fort in the campaign of 1900, carried the state by a small majority, electing Charles Hy Dietrich of Hastings as governor. Governor Dietrich re- mained in that office only about four months. When the legislature, which was elected with him, met in January, 1901, there followed a fierce and bit- ter struggle over the election of two United %ntes senators, The repub- licans had a majority in the legisla- ture, but could not agree. After an all winter's fight all the candidates withdrew and Governor Dietrich with J. H. Millard of Omaha were chosen senators. Governor Ezra P. Savage—Licuten- ant Governor Ezra P. Savage of Sar- gent became governor on the resig- nation of Governor Dietrich. He held office one year and eight months. During his term he pardoned former State Treasurer Bartley from the pen- itentiary. Feeling in the republican arty was so strong against him that '()}ovemor Savage could not be re- nominated. Forestry—Two large forest reserves in western Nebraska were set .apart by the United States government in 1901. These have since been used as experiment fields for growing trees, mostly evergreens. It is hoped through them to of covering western Nebraska with groves and forests. (Continued Next Sunday) ind the best means |, Take off your hat and coat. I will tell mamma you are here,” said Alice. Alice went out in the kitchen and said to her mother: “Oh, mamma, I bgh you can,;t guess wh?Iil here.” “Oh,” said ‘her, mol “I suppose, auntie ani‘f M h, no, ng" said Alice, Jimping. and" ‘dowtl. “Grandma has come to visit us.” “She has?” said her mother. “I must go and visit with hér until dinner time,” said Mrs. Petersen to herself, so she went in, and so did Alice. ~“There goes the door bell,” said Mrs. Peter- sen. “Go and answer it, Alice.” “All right” So Alice went and opened the door. There was auntie and Helen Christiansen. “Take off your coats and caps,” said Mrs, Petersen. “Come on,” said Alice to Helen. “Mamma, may_Alice and I go upstairs and play?” “Yes,” said her mother. So the two girls went and played up- stairs with their dolls. Tge girls locked the door. so nobody could get into the room where they were play- ing. The door bell rang downstairs and there was Mable Brown. “Come in and take off your coat and cap, and if you want to you can go upstairs where the girls are.” So she went up. Alice and Helen thought they heard something coming, so they said, “Let us be real quiet and that person won’t know we are in here.” But Mable knew they must be in that room, because they weren’t in any of the other rooms, so she knocked on the door and there stood Mable. “Why, hello, Mable,” | said Alice; “let us go out outside and play, because I haven’t three dolls to play with.” So they played outside the rest of the day. Robin Family Destroyed. By Edyth Olsen,, Aged 10 Years, Hartington, Neb. Red Side. This spring a robin and her mate came to our place and built their nest in one of our trees. There were sev- eral rains in the spring and ever: time it rained there was a small stream in front of our place. One time there was a bad storm. The wind blew and it rained hard. The wind blew the nest into the stream’ and drowned the three little ones. The robin and her mate stayed here a little while and then went away. This is my first story and I hope to see it in print, More Riddles. By Violet Stanley, Cozad, Neb. Aged 12 Years. Blue Side. I am sending in some riddles for all of you to try and guess: What is the difference between a sentence and a lion? What is that which is often taken to the table,-frequently cut, but never eaten? What has four fingers and a thumb, but is neither flesh, fish nor bone? I am going to try and answer the riddles Florence Seward sent in, cor- rectly: First is a sea; second, an egg, know if these are correct. Had Many Firecrackers. By Wilber Tebbens, Aged 9 Years, Ashland, Neb. Ked Side. I have just received my prize about a week ago and have nearly read it through. 1 want to tell you about my Fourth of July. Early in the morning I got up and shot off some star salutes and penny firecrackers, and about 9 o'clock it began to rain 1and I shot some S-cent firecrackers while it was raining. By night it quit raining and I had some red fire, sky rockets and some Roman candles and sparklers. Our Fourth of July. By Florence Seward, Aged 10 Years, 1908 Corby Street, Omaha. Blue Side. I am telling you of what we did on the Fourth of July. A friend invited us to Carter lake. We went in an auto. When we got there I went all around. At night we saw fireworks, moving pictures and dancing; then we had supper. For supper we had salad, all sorts of sandwiches, sweet- ened lemon juice, lemonade, choco- late cake, sponge cake and fancy cookies. Well, T guess I'll close. Proud of Prize Books. By Glee Gardner, Aged 12 Years, 2605 North Sixty-second Street, Benson, Neb. I must write my many thanks for the book which you sent me, because after reading it through I find that it is the kind that is-my favorite, and always will be. The name, “Child and Country,” alone makes one anx- ious to read into the ‘depths of it. This is the second prize I have won and I am very proud of both. Children Pick Flowers. By Thelma Deler Dernier, Age 7, Elmwood, Neb. Blue Side. Three little children went out in the field to pick flowers one day. And one little girl got tired. They had a good dog and they went half way home with them. And the dog took the little girl on home. The other two went back till they got tired and they went to the house. New Busy Bee. By Hildred Wiig, Aged 12 Years Sutherland, Neb. Red Side. I received the stories and en them very much. I want to join the Red side because red is my favorite color. I wish very much to see my letter in print. I will try to write often to you. Prize Book Helps. By Edith Weir, 3412 Dodge Street, Omaha, Neb. Blue Si I received my book last Friday, on my twelfth birthday. I have read some in it. It has been a great help to my grandmother in fixing her flow- ers. I thank you very much. Answers to Riddles. By Vera Lundberg, Aged 12 Years, Wlkefiefd eb. The answers to Florence Sward's riddles are ocean, egg and moon, This is the first time I have written and would like to join the Blue side. Disobedient Mary. By Myrtle Andersen, Aged 10, 3606 Hascall Street, Omaha,, Neb, Blue Side. Once there was a little girl whose name was Mary. She was very selifsh. Her mother was old and very cross and poor. Her father was very seldom at and Mrs. Petersen opened the door! and third, the moon. Please let me |V ome. He was a fisherman. He was often gone for weeks at a time, leav- | ing May and her mother alone. | The time went very slow for May, | and in this way the time passed. It was the day before the Fourth of July. It was a dreary day. May was sitting in the big armchair when she heard a voice calling from the hall- way. ; . May ran t. where the voice came. It was her mother, standing in the doorway of her room. i “May,” said her mother, “you can not have any_fireworks on the Fourth, you will get hurt. “May stamped i;er foot and mumbled, "Yau will never let me have any fun,” she said. May walked out of the room thumping her feet. She took her cloak, ran over to Alice’s house to play. On the way over she found a nicficl. She hurried to the store and bought two packages of firecrackers. Tgen she went home and hid them. On the following day she took the firecrackers and shot some of them off. As she was shooting them off, one of them fell on her dress before she could throw it. May’s dress caught. on fire and she was burned very badly. She was in the hospital a cou- le of weeks and she never disobeyed fler mother again. Animal Alphabet. By Mabel Clark, Aged 13 Years, 3008 Poppleton Ave., Omaha, Neb. Blue Side. A stands for animals, Some of which we fear. B stands for buffalo, Which roam far and near. C stands for camel, With two humps on his back. D stands for deer, Who starts at the gun’s crack. E stands for elephant, Who carries many a load. F stands for frog, Sometimes called a toad. G stands for goat, With long, shaggy hair. H stands for horse, Sometimes a pretty mare. I stands for ibis, With a long bill, J stands for jay, With its cry so shrill. K stands for kangaroo, With legs short and long. L stands for lark, With its pretty song. M stands for monkey, With a long tail. N stands for nightingale, Who sings without fail. O stands for owl, With its eyes so round. P stands for pigeon, Who in Italy is found. Q stands for queen, The ruler of the bees. R stands for rabbit, Who hides among the trees. S stands for stork, Who has two small wings. T stands for tarantula, A spider that stings. U stands for umber, With its tall crest. stands for vulture, Who never stops to rest. W stands for whale, With its long, back bone. X stands for something Of which nothing is known. Y stands for yak, Whose hair is white and black. Z stands for zebra, With stripes on his back. An Alphabet of Flowers. By Florence Browitt, Aged 11 Years, 1821 Fifth Avenue, Kearney, Neb. Red Side. A s for aster, Which grows very tall B is for buttercup, Which s very small. C is for carnation, o Which is red and white. Dis for dalsy, Which is quite light. B is for Easter llly, ‘Which comes once a year. F is for forget-me-not, which is very dear. G is for goidenrod, Which is so slender. H is for hollyhock, ‘Which {s so tender. I fs for irls, Which is so fair. J s for Johnny-jump-up, Which grows everywhere. K {s for Kochla, That is pretty near to sink. L s for larkspurs, Which are red, white and pink. M is fof morning glory, Which is so small. N is for nasturtium, That blooms in the fall . O is for oxalls, That I do not know. P is for pansy, 7 That is red and just so. Q Is for queen’s nightcap, Which is ready for bed. R 18 for rose, Which is so red. 8 s for snowball, Which 1s,s0 white. T is for touch-me-not, Which 1s so light. | W_is tor umbrella plant, That looks like an umbrella. V is for verbena, That looks like a'girl named Ella. W s for wandering Jew, That wanders llke you. X is for X's, That's all through. Y is_for yarrow, I know_not what it ia. Z is for szinnia, A Dbeautiful plant it fs. - How to Get Breakfast. By Esther Page, Age 10, Harrisburg, Neb. Red Side. “Said the first little chick with a queer little squirm, ‘I wish I could find a fat little worm.” Said the next little chick with a shrill little squeal, ‘I wish I cquld find some nice yellow meal. Said the third little chick with a small . sigh of grief, ‘I wish I could find a little green eaf.’ ‘See here!” called the hen, from the green garden patch, ‘If you want any breakfast, just come here and scratch!’” Road to Sallie’s House. By Stella Rogert, Aged 11, Herman, Neb. Blue Side. The road to Sallle's house went up, But the road to mine went down, And Sallle’s hair was like the sun, ‘Where mine was merely brown. And she was older far than I, Or nigh six months and a day, But these things made no difference When Sallle came to play. I think the morninga all were spring, And the sand plle was of gold, ‘The birds all sang like anything, Nothing was sad or old, When Sallie's feet came down ths road And far—oh, far—away-— I heard the silver of her shout, “Hurrah! I've come to play.” The years Have gone so fast, my dear, I don’t know how to play, And sand is only sand, my dear, Yet if you showed the way. 1t through the years your voice rang out, I'd \never more be old; We'd bulld palaces from sand of pu.est ®old. w2, ‘l.os Vs