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Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-24

store In Chicago. While there, one day we
met a colored student and his wife but
they were not quite as dark as some of the
Omaha oolored people.
We see children here every morning going
to school The Swedish people want their
children to be we'll educated and. by law,
every child has to be sent TO school at the
age of five years. We have not started
school yet because papa and mamma AVE
been undecided about staying here on
account Of the strike that is still hanging
on. You can see men going on the streets
everywhere doing nothing and II seems a
pity because they are not able to support
their families.
I must tell you about the beautiful palace
in which the king and queen live. II con-
talns eight hundred rooms and is located
on the edge OF the harbor. It Is considered
one of the finest buildings OF Europe, but II
looks to me like a rather lonesome place.
I suppose I am not used to seeing such
large grand rooms Of state.
Another thing here that Is worth seeing
is the church where all the royal people are
buried. called Riddarholms kurkan, It was
built by King Magnus Birgersson in the
year 1910. II has not been used for gospel
service since the year 1907, only on certain
oha ANN s0eN ~ hNAAb at SCR
vices. 1 saw the coffin OF Charles XII.
Gustaf Adolphus and many others, but
where the crowd gathered the most was
at the vault where King Oscar was peace
fully laid at rest, 1907.
You can stin see the beautiful and
costly ribbons that were attached TO
the flowers and wreaths that were sent
from different countries; but. obi this is
too lonesome a place for me, ! wanted 10
get out among the living, so on we went
to the exposition. which changed our mind
to a different spirit.
The exposition was a great success, II
was called the white city and looked
something like the one Omaha had in the
year 1898, according to my papa's state.
ment. 1t was visited by between seven
and eight thousand people a day.
If we decide to go back to American VIC
might go by the way OF Berlin, Germany
and Paris, France. and If we do I will
write you a letter from these places. Hon.
ing you are all well and happy as I am
Ever yours A BUSY BEE.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-24
by Helen Davis.

but as to carrying OFF the gate-or The
wash house or the laundry pump-well,
those things are Of no consequence, YOU
know" And the jolly old man laughted.
A few minutes before s o'clock LilIy's
and Tommy's parents left the house, going
to attend the lecture. Grandpapa went
upstairs to his room. saying good night
to the little ones, who were putting away
their toys, which they had made believe
to pla with for an hour after supper.
Good night, ~grandpapa," called out
Tommy. Hope you sleep WELL"
Yes, good might, grandpapa." said Lilly.
Hope you'll have pleasant Dreams"
Then she and Tommy ~niekere as grand
papa said: yes. III be in bed and asleep
before a lamb could wag his tail ten times.
So. good night, little tads."
Then the children heard %grandpapa shut
his door upstairs. and knew the old man
would soon be in bed. After ten minutes
had passed 0he time seemed like ten hours
to the impatient children) Tommy and Lilly
stole softly upstairs. They tip-toed past
g~randpapa's door. fearing to rouse him
should they maxi n noise. On to Tom
my's room they went, and there pulled
from hiding a huge tlck-tack that they had
made that afternoon with the hell
Of the cook whom they had
taken into their confidence. They
also drew from under a big tin pan
a bundle OF straw, an old pair Of riding
boots belonging to their father, and SUM-
dry other traps" as designated BY
Tommy. NOW we're ready whispered
Tommy. And out they went and down ths
hall to grandpapa's door. They listened
intentlH but could not hear a sound es.
Gaping from the chamber where the olS
man slept. He's asleep" whispered
Tommy.
Then they hurriedly fixed the tick-taol
on the door. carrying the end Of the ionl
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-24
What I Saw in Stockholm.

BY Ingrid Sandwalb. Aged 9 Years. Barn
aTpsgatan, No. ~, Jonkoping, Sweden.
Blue Side.
1 thank you for not throwing my last
letter in the waste basket. 1 felt quite proud
OF your asking me and my sister to write
again. I told you in my last letter 1 would
e you a line when we came to Stock
holm. l felt sure that some OF my friends
wished that they could come and see this
beautiful city. There are lots of children
here and a great many little boys and girls
that are very poor. but OIL how polite
they are, The boys take their cap off as
quick, and the girls, they bend their knees
q little and courtesy. a sign of respect. NV
sister and I and little brother had to
learn these things when we came to swe-
den. 1 tell you my little brother. who is
4 years old, can make the incest little bow
you can imagine. But 1 was going to tell
you some thing about Stockholm. I saw
so many things I don't know what to tell
you, but I asked mamma ana she said she
thought one of the prettiest places there
was was the little palace, called 'Rosen-
dali" a memory from Charles XIV. who
was beloved by the people and lived there.
Oscar often visited there, too, Two OF his
sons have built their homes there. Prince
Carl and Prince Eugen nave built a beau
tiful home on Va~ldemarudda, by the salt
sea. II is here where the great sanatorium
is. where they give the Swedish massage
and baths.
There are large hotels here, uiit In the
American style. The Hotel Regina, where
we stayed. was a grand place. You ought
to have seen the little elevator boy,
dressed in uniform, and whenever he let
off his passengers he stepped aside and
tipped his cap. Wasn't he a very polite
little feilowR While here in Sweden 1 have
grown 80 big and fat. Mamma says my
cheeks are just like two big red apples.
may send you our picture pretty soon.
Mamma got us the national costume from
Dalarne, Sweden. and w will have our
pictures taken In them.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-24
(Honorable Mention.)
The Reward.

BY Ruth d.. Guyer, Aged IL Years; Fort
Crook, Neb. Blue Side.
"oh, don't, please don't, boys" said Eva
Ferr. But the boys paid no heed and kept
on tormenting a poor little bird with yell
low body and bright blue wings, with two
red spots at the throat.
Eva finally went and picked the little
bird up and oaressing It, turned her foot
steps to a little u~EDalnted house where she
and her mother lived. 1t was poor and
untidy looking outside. but neat as wax
on the inside.
"oh, mother, look what I've got" said
Eva entering the house.
At the sight of the poor little bird the
mothers ayes filled with tears.
rs he hurt badly7" asked Eva
"Ah, yes.'' replied her mother. HE has
broken a leg and is 30 frightened that with
out proper doctoring, j fear he may die"
oh, mother" exclaimed Eva, and she
nestled the poor little bird closer in her
hands.
Run and get q box, directed her mother
taking ths bird, and I'LL Il with cotton, then
wen put the little bird In f.
With careful doctoring little Jocko, as
Eva had named him, grew to a fat happy
bird and they 10th grew to love him. But
Eva ana her mother grew poorer and
poorer, but one night her mother picked
up a paper ana read aloud; Wanted
Specimens OF birds"
At her monther's advice Eva took Joeko
the next day, with a few tears, and a
the bell OF a beautiful mansion, from
whence the sound of many many, chirups
came.
Jocko acted wild at these sounds, but
before he could escape the door opened and
a glad cry like this: "Ah!" came from q
delighted man. he had been looking for
that specimen for eighteen years. For q
reward he had Eva and her mother come
and live with him ana at Eva's request
he allowed her to battle the birds every
day, so that now Eva and her mother live
In wealth and nave beautiful clothes and
last, but not least. perfect happiness for
Eva's mother has married Mr.. George Ell
worth. for that was the name Of thelT
benefactor.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-24

- III the morning OF hhllOWe' en-
Tommy called Lilly into the back hall to
whisper something to her. You would
fancy from the way his eyes shone that ne
had some mischief in mind. And after he
had whispered a few minutes TO Lilly her
eyes began to dance as merrily as his own,
so that was proof that some mischief was
brewing.
And this is what he said TO Lilly. and
also her answer;
T~ommy-say, sister. it's Halloween to-
day-I mean tonight. I heard the grocery
boy and the butcher boy talking about Il
when they came this morning. And they
are going to play some tricks on their
bosses. Suppose we play some tricks on
somebody
Lilly-oh, wouldn't that be fun, Tommy
Yes. let's play some tricks on somebody.
But We haven't any bosses, so who could
we choose insteadP
Tommy-Why, we Jay grandpapa. He's
always In his room at night, ana after he
has gone 10 bed wen play our pranks on
him. Papa and mamma go out OF even
ings so much that we'd never get a chance
70 play tricks on them. Let's take grand
papa.
Lilly-oh, yes, let's play soiae Jokes on
grandpapa. He'll think 1t such fln.
Then the two little sehemers. Tommy and
Lilly. returned to the living room. where
grandpapa sat reading the daily paper.
He doesn't suspect a thing" whispered
Lilly He doesn't even know it's Hal.
lowe'en- But Wen wake him up. won't
weg'
Yes, wen put a tick-tack on his door
ana pile up lots and lots Of traps against
It, so when he opens the door to see II 3
ghost "A fhara rnaEfpg ~. -. - -
stuff viii tumble into his room. Won't h,
wonder. thoughr' And Tommy laughed
softly so that grandpapa couldn't hear.
That evening at the supper table romm,
and Lilly cast significant slances at eacl
other across the table. They had beer
planning all that afternoon for the even
Ing And at last IL had arrived. The,
were so impatient for bedtime to com
that they had no appetite for supper.
Tommy and Lilly, your mamma ana
are going TO attend a lecture this even
ing said papa. And as this IA Hal
lowe'en there will be a lot OF unusual nois
and confusion in the streets; so don
either OF you put your head out OF door
AFTER We have gone. There will be man
bad boys at large who win be THROWN
dried beans and hard pebbles at the win
dows, and you might get some OF thel
missiles in your faces. So remain indoor,
and so TO bed promptly at s o'clock" The
turning to grandfather he added: 'FatheI
] hope you'n keep an eye on the children
Also. keep an ear for those mlschief-mal
ers Pm the outside, and II they get t.
troublesome please phone TO the police
come and chase them away. Last yes
they did a lot OF damage about the barn.
''Oh. young fellows will be young fe
lows" smiled g~randpapa. we mustn
forget our wi boyhood, Sam OF eOurs
I don't propose TO allow the mlschiefmal
srs to tear the house down over our head
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-24
A Visit in Stockholm.

BY sigrid sandwal, Aged Y Tears, Barn
arpsgatan No, AZ. Jonkoping, Sweden.
Red Side.
Faithful to my promise I win write you
a letter from Stockholm. AS you have
heard II Is a beautiful city and has a popu-
ation Of about $4,000 Here, as well as
any American city We meet people Of all
nationalites.
Stockholm Is entirely surrounded by
water and has many beautiful Islands.
we could see boats moving everywhere
and il seems as IL the people was enioying
themselves taking pleasure trips TO ths
different Islands coming back in the even
ing TO the beautifully illuminated city
We have seen a good many five and
six-story structures with dormer windows
There are also q great many large stores
there is especially one. called Nordiska
kompanieb. which In appearance looks vera
much lk the Marshal Field dry good
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-24

he had a little garden all her own, filled
with the daintiest flowers. One bright
morning in June, she ran out to sprinkle
them, and as she passed, the rose nodded
to her, the butteroups smiled at her, and
the pretty little violet waved its leaves to
her, She spent the whole morning tend
ing her flowers. and in the afternoon
seated herself in the hammock with a de-
lightful fairy tale. The breeze blew her
hair about her fair face, and II was not
long before she had passed into slumber-
land. She dreamed that she was standing
before q pond. so clear hat she could
see the stones in tho bottom. A mist
formed around the pond and when It
cleared away a fairy stood before her.
The fairy touched her face with her
wand, and 1t changed into the white petals
Of the lily. Her long golden hair changed
into the green leaves and stems, and her
eyes became the center Of the lily. The
fairy then waved the wand again, and
Lois, or the lily, was driven away in a
little coach to be rowne the queen Of the
flowers.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-24
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Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-24
An Extraordinary Tea Party.

BY Frances Johnson. aged IA years, sSs
North Twenty-fifth Avenue. Omaha,
Neb. Blue side.
It Yves now late in the autumn Of 177s,
King George had taken his tax off OF
everything except tea,
Bat each and every Yankee said "Nayl
None Of you unjust taxation without
representation"
One day, many years ago. when our ma
ton was but a child IN strength and size.
It took a notion las many folks do) to
give a great tea party. And a very wise
notion It proved to be- for not TO display
fine linens. "show Off new s~ilverware, or
gossip and chat. for which reason. un-
fortunately, some tea parties are given. did
It act as hostess. This tea party proved to
be so extraordinarily large that the great
Boston bay served as the teapot. and even
more extraordinary was the fact that the
tea was mixed with salt water. King
George, a very severe ruler, a finally
taken Off every one OF his unjust taxes
except the one on tea. To take the tax
from this the obstinate ruler stubbornly
refused to do. for he wanted TO show the
colonists that he could force them TO pay
taxes. The New Englanders did not OBJ
ject to paying a few extra cents on the
tea, providing they might have some say
in the management OF the government
Thus the coIonists resolved that no tea be
landed at Boston harbor.
shortly after this decision they spied one
Sabbath morning the Dartmouth. laden
with hundreds OF pounds Of taxed tea OF
eourse every patriotic person became
aroused. The next day a meeting wal held
az the old South Meeting House. Among
the most enthusiastic speakers were Johr
Hancock, Samuel Adams and DE-. Warren
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-24
Poor. But Happy

BY Gertrude Isabel Miller, Aged s Years,
121 West Twenty-second Street,
Kearney. Neb. Red Side.
A long time ago there lived q man who
had two children. One was a boy and the
other q girl. They were poor and had a
stepmother. Once their father was going
away and their stepmother gave them some
bad money. TIL children had never seen
real money. So they started off. They
slept In an alley and ate a scent meal.
And when they went to pay for It the man
that ave them their meal put them out of
the store.
Then they went home again. The step
mother was playing with a new dog that
she had found. Finally the s,epmother
died and they lived happily ever after.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-24

string to the. darkest corner Of the hall,
from which point hey would work the
annoying little nolsemaker. Then they
piled the traps tin pan and all. against
the door, so that they would tumble into
the room as soon as the door was opened.
When done they crypt to the corner Of
the hall and began pulling on the tick
tack string, so that It made q little.
quick humping noise on the door. Their
eyes were dancing merrily as they waited
to hear grandpapa come to the door,
calling out: Who there bothering
about my door,"
But in vain they waited and waited.
Then of a sudden the front hall door
opened and someone ak boldly up the
stairs. The children sank to the floor In
fright. Who but a wicked house-breaker
would dare to come into the house at
that time Of night and in that fashion,
Just as Lilly was about to scream. and
Tommy 20 lend his voice to hers, the tall,
lark form OF a man appeared on the
landing above the stairs and turned 30 that
the children could see his face. 1t was
grandpapa- And g~randpapa saw the chill
dren crouching there, just as they recog-
nized him. Then he beheld the traps
n the tick-tack at the door and under
stood. "Ah. it's a shame" he cried, COM
ing to Tommy and Lilly. "A shame that
/ DIDN'T go right 10 bed instead going out
to remove the new gate from the hinges
SO that the little Halloween mischief-mak
ers oannot get hold Of It. l hid II In the
kitchen. But while taking care Of the gate
1 spoiled my little tads' first Halloween
frolio. But never mind. Wen Just stay In
hiding till papa and momma return; ther
we'll play the jokes on them. You shan
be entirely disappointed my dears," and
~grandpapa entered into the Halloween
spirit with the youngsters, and together
they played some funny pranks on pap'
and mamma an hour later.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-24

What was 70 be done with the teal But
they cage to no conclusion. Soon two
more ships sailed proudly into the bay,
namely the Eleanor aud Beaver. on De
cember 16 the c~olonists again assembled
and the same men made their speeches
burn with enthusiasm. Finally SON one
asked IL tea wouldn't mix with salt water.
At this, they nearly raised the roof with
their loud applause, Then samuel Adams
arose and said. can do no more TO
save the country" Suddenly, such a
hideous warwhoop arose that all the sub
jects Of old King Philip ouldn have
made a more hldeous sound. They ran
down to Grlffin's wharf and with busy
tomahawks had. before 9 p. m, thrown
$40 chests into the bay. Swift riders car
ried the glad ddtngs everywhere and
church bells SCENE TO peal gladder and
louder than ever before,
mol Ne'er has mingled such a draught-
In palace, hall or arbor,
AS freemen brewed and tyrants quaffed
That night I'm Boston harbor,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-24
Forgivness.
By Aleda Bennett, Aged II Years. Elgil
Neb. Blue Side.

BY Alsda Bennett. Aged u Years. Elgin.
Neb. Blue Side.
1t was a school day and Harry Harpers
had whispered, and then blamed Anna
Wellings, a poor little girl.
Anna was punished for what she did not
DO. Miss LATHE was a very kind teacher
and would not have punished Anna had
she knewn she did not do IL.
That noon Miss Little read q story about
being good and II doing anything you are
sorry for, to ask forgiveness. Harry
thought about what he had done, and at
last resolved to tell Miss Little. He stayed
in at recess and asked forgiveness for his
behavior. ma was there also, and he
asked her pardon. After that Harry al
ways told the truth.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-24

Juanita Innes, 2769 Fort street, Omaha.
Jack Coad, SuS Farnam street, Omaha.
Lillian Writ, ass Cass street, Omaha.
Meyer Cohn, S4s Georgia avenue. Omaha.
Ada Morris, 1924 Franklin street, Omaha.
Myrtle Jensen, 1903 lizard street, Omaha.
Gail Howard, 4722 Capitol avenue Omaha.
Helen HOuck, 1925 Lothrop street, Omaha,
Emerson Goodrich, 1910 Nicholas, Omaha.
Maurice Johnson, 1927 Locust, ST., Omaha.
Leon Carson, ll24 North Fortieth, Omaha.
Gretchen Eastman, 1856 South Thirty
eighth street, Omaha.
Pauline Coad, S71S Farnam street, Omaha.
Wilma Howard 1873 Capitol avenue, Omaha.
Hilah Fisher, 1910 South Eleventh, Omaha.
Mildred Jensen, 2707 Leaveuworth, Omaha.
Edna Heden, 2IS9 Chicago street, Omaha.
Mabel sheifelt, 4sl4 North Twenty-firth
street, Omaha.
Walter Johnson. s4O5 North Twentieth
Emma Carruthers. s2I North Twenty-fifth
street, Omaha.
Leonora Denison. The Albion, Tenth and
Pacific streets. Omaha. .
Mae Hammond, O'Neill. Neb.
Madge l.. Daniels, Ord, Neb.
lola Beddeo, Orleans. Neb.
Agnes Orleans, Neb.
Marie Fleming, osceola. Neb.
Lolita Woods, Pawnee City, Neb.
Earl Perkins. Reddington, Neb.
Edna EMS, Stanton, Neb.
Lena Petersen. 221l Locust St., q. Omaha.
Ina Carney, Sutton. Clay county, Nebraska.
Clara Miller, Utica, Neb.
Mildred F. Jones, North Loup, Neb.
NAAA1 IA " ANOs NGb
Leo Beckord, Waco, Neb.
Mae Grunke, West Point, Neb.
Elsie Stastny, WILDER, Neb.
Frederick Ware. wlnside, Neb.
Pauline Parks, York, Neb.
Edna Behling, York, Neh.
Mary Frederick, York, Neb.
Carrie b. Bartlett, Fontanells, Ia.
Irene Reynolds, Little Sioux, la.
Ethel Mulholland, Box u, Malvern, Ia.
Eleanor Mellor, Malvern, Ia.
Kathryne Mellor, Malvern, Ia.
Ruth Robertson, Manila, la.
Mildred Robertson, Manila, Ia.
Margaret b. Witherow, Thurman, Ia.
Bertha McEvoy, r +. D. 3, Box rs Mis-
Adiena Sorry, Monarch, wyo. Box 81.
Fred Sorry, Monarch, Wyo.
John Barron, Monarch, Wyo.
Edith Amend, Sheridan, Wyo.
Pauline Squire, Grand, Okl.
Fred Shelley, 20 Troup street, Kansas
City. Kan.
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company. Attioa, Ind.
Aleda Bennett, Elgin, Neb.
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North Platte, Neb.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-24
True Friendship.

BY Rena N. Mead, Ex-Quoen. Aged 70
Years, Blair, Neb. Blue side.
True friends are like diamonds.
Precious but rare:
False ones like autumn leaves,
Found everywhere.
Mother always said that was true
moaned Dovey one morning as she was get
ting ready for school. surely she does
not think l said that"
Dewey had lost her T.. est friend and
through no fault of hers, either. In times
past she and Esther had been as true to
each other as friends could be.
An exhibit had been given by a man who
wanted to help some who might have a
talent for drawing. Esther had won and
so she went to the city to study. Some way
1t got out that Dewey said she copied her
drawing. Here the bonds were broken and
Esther went to the city without so much as
bidding Dovey goodbye.
While Dewey was in her room thinking
OF Esther, her mother handed her a letter.
1t was directed to her in Esther's hthd-
writing and from that city too.
Her fingers trembled as she broke the
seal. Much to her surprise, IT contained
another letter, addressed TO Esther, 1t ran
like this:
Dear Esther:
'Dovey did not sey tina about you. 1t
was Jane. She told me all about It, but was
so ashamed she couldn't tell you.
Your dear friend,
Louise"
oh, mamma, come here!" she cried"
Her mother came and Dovey told her the
story. Mamma" she said, Il am going
to Esther this day. My letter was from
Louise and she said Jane told that. Louise
mailed 1t to Esther and Esther thought it
was from me, and didn't open It, but mailed
1t back again. Her mother was surprised
but said nothing and Dovey started for the
city.
Imagine Esther's surprise when she went
down the stairs Of the hotel to find Dovey
waiting for her. A cloud passed across
her fair face, but raised after she had
read the letter. And to think / should
have accused you Of saying that" was
all she could say.