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Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-14
Naughty Lena

a love Of a frock, and it fitted to perfeo-
ton.
Lena looked DIT the clock. 1t was half
past l. How foolish for her to undress
now, for It would not be very long till
time to start to the party. Why should
not she remain dressed and save the time
and trouble of doing it all over again.
Yes, that was the best plan. She would
keep on her new frock, even keep on her
hat and gloves. So decided, Lena sat
down beside the window and watched
the passersby. Pretty soon she saw Mabel
Adams coming down the pavement. oh,
she must, just must, call Mabel in to show
her her pretty new frock. But at the
corner above Lena's house Mabel turned
into a side street, and in vain did Lena
call to her; she did not hear and was soon
lost to Lena's view.
I'm just run after her. for she can't be
far down the street" said Lena TO herself.
So she hurried downstairs and out of doors,
and on to the corner. She could see Mabel
a block away and ran In pursuit Of her.
Mabel, Mabel, walt for mel" she called.
Mabel heard her and waited. "See my new
frock?" she said. all out OF breath from
running. Isn't It lovely?"
Perfectly lovely, Lena" admitted Mabel
Il shall have to wear my old froek, for
mamma did not get my new one done IN
time for the party, But I don't mind"
"Oh. ia hate to wear an old frock, e
such a swell party" said Lena. You know
it's to be a very grand affair. Ices, fruit
cake and all sorts of things. And there
are to be thirty guests"
Yes, it's nice to nave a new frock FOL
the party" admitted Mabel. But since
haven't one I shall go in my old one and
try TO have Just as good a time as though
1 were in a new frock. But your frock il
lovely, and / know every one will admir-,
It. Where are you going now?"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-14
NV Fun.

BY Mldren Hosford, Ased 10 Years, Ogden,
Ia. I.cd side.
/ had such a nice time this fall in the
woods. 1t Is lots OF fun to AXE your lunch
and stay an Gay long. We went several
u-iss aLd ,a-.s n..!o with lots of hickory
NUS and WalnuIs We heard the birds
singing and saw the squirrels running
through the leaves upon the ground. The
leaves were so bright and pretty before the
frost came and spoiled them all. School
has begun and 1 can't take my luncheon
and go nutting any more this year But
when the wind is blowing In the winter
time, I can think about the avs we took
our luncheon and went to the woods.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-14

7 7 ALLOWEEN has gone; now the next holiday will be Thanksgiving,
which will. be a longer and more important holiday for the children.
Before that time would it not be a good thing for son of the Busy
Bees to write some Thanksgiving stories, either of the present time
or the origin of this popular holiday?
Some Of the Busy Bees say that they do not know what to write about and
that they will send in stories as oon as they car think of something to write
about Most of the children have a pet dog OF kitten, or their little friends
very good fairy storiesi these ire very popular with the little readers anu the
Busy Beesca show much originality in this kind Of a story.
The Busy Bees write that they enjoy seeing the pictures Of the little writ
ersf for the page, so if any Of the Busy Bees have pictures and will send them
in we will be glad to print them and will return the pictures. One picture
has been printed each week for some time and the editor hopes that the chill
dren wlc continue to end pictures as they add interest to the Chndrens page.
Prizes were awarded this week to jeanette Miller of airmont Neb, o.
the Red se and to Hldaguard Wendell Of Auburn, Neb, also Of the Red
side Honorable mention raj given to Vera Dickover of Atkinson, o the
Red side.
Two Busy Bees sent in stories this week written IN both sides Of the
paper. One of the little writer's who forgot about the rules as a little girl
who has recently won two prizes. These letters were not thrown in the waste
basket but neither we're they awarded prizes.
Any of the Busy Bees my send cards to anyone whose name is On the
Postcard Exchange, which now includes:
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-14
How Fairy Wings Went to the
Ball

By Phyllis Corbett, Aged 10 Years, Sidney,
Neb. Red Side.
Fairy Wings was a little fairy who
lived on the border OF fairyland. He was
not invited TO the balls and dances be-
cause ne was very ugly and was not liked
by the other fairies.
One bright day he was sitting on a toad
stool by his little house. weeping bitterly
when he felt a gentle hGnd on his
shoulder. He turned and saw a beautiful
fairy standing beside him, who said.
why are you crying, Fairy wings?"
Because I am 30 ugly" sobbed Fairy
Wings, "and 1 cannot go to the queens
BALI
'bIsVeE mind." said the fairy. 7 have
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-14

to liven his steps!'
- ooh, see his nice new coat"
a@k8A "And his shave! Guess he
NEaAAb never saw a razor!'
Such were the rude cries of four boys,
Harry, Jim, Gus and Charlie, as they spied
a poorly clad old man passing the school
house from which they had Just issued. 1t
was 4 O'Clock and the school children were
free from study for the rest OF the day.
Say let's run him down." said one of
the boys. Yes, let's make him do a bit Of
travelling" said another. And they took
to their heels, chasing after the old man
who lodged the clods of dirt his young
tormentors were throwing after him,
But the four we're too much for the old
man, and he paused and looked back at
them, trying in his feeble voice to beg
them to desist. It am an honest man, but
III and out of work" he said. II am trying
TO get to the hospital, my children. !
have done you no harm. so please do not
annoy me in this way"
But the boys heard little of what the
old man said, and kept on tossing clods and
sticks at him. The old fellow hurried on
as fast as he could go, but his tormentors
kept at his heels, crying out: Hello, old
tramp! How long have you been out Of
the workhouse? Say, who's your tailor?
Who's your barber2'
Then derisive laughter would fall. on the
poor old mans ears. Pretty soon, too
much overcoms to Withstand the taunts
and missiles longer, the old man sank down
on an e~mbankment There were no resi-
dences nearby and the boys could tantalize
their victim without Interference from
some outraged citizen who might behold
them from a window or porch. Even the
one policeman who patroled that part Of
the town was absent from duty, and the
old sufferer was at the mercy of the four
boys.
When he sank upon the embankment-
which reached about two feet above the
si~dewalk-the boys surrounded him They
had supposed that the old man was a
tramp, and to be a tramp meant TO be
a criminal, an outcast. So they took il
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-14
RULES FOR YOUNG WRITERS

i. write plainly on 1 OF the
paper only n number the pages.
q. Use Pen and liza, not pencil
q. Short And pointed articles Will
be g1von preferences. DO not use over
$50 words.
4. Original stories or letters only
will be used.
D. Write your name, age and Id
dress az the top Of ths hrst page
FIRST ana second prizes Of books
viii be given for h best two con
trtbutionB 10 this page q week.
Address All communications 70
OWUapRENiB DERART1IENT,
Omaha nee.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-14

ate him all up and he cried and "Oh,
boys sighed the mother, ARE you telling
this story OF am T." You is promptly
came from James, so mother proceeded
again. 80 his mother sent him to bed
without his supper" This time little Ellen
asked, sent who?" why, she sent
Robert, OF course rejoiucd mother. oh,
l don't want her to send Wobert to bed"
sighed Ellen.
This was too much; so, mother picking
up her work, said: Now, dgars, run along
and play, mother is busy"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-14

Juanita Innes. 27G9 Fort street, Omaha.
Jack Coad, 3TS Farnam street, Omaha.
Lillian Writ, Ass Cass street, Omaha.
Meyer Cohn, SAC Georgia avenue, Omaha.
Ada Morris, 3424 Franklin street, Omaha.
Myrtle Jensen, 2909 lizard street, Omaha.
Gail Howard APP Capitol avenue, Omaha.
Helen Houck, 1926 Lothrop street, Omaha.
Emerson Goodrich, 1910 Nicholas, Omaha.
Maurice Johnson, 1927 Locust, St, Omaha.
Leon Carson, I24 North Fortieth, Omaha.
Gretchen Eastman, 1856 South Thirty
eighth street, Omaha.
Pauline Coad, S71S Farnain street, Omaha.
Wilma Howard, 1923 Capitol avenue, Omaha.
Hilah Fisher, 1910 South Eleventh, Omaha.
Mildred Jensen, HU Leavenworth, Omaha.
Edna Heden, 27S9 Chicago street, Omaha.
Mabel Sheifelt, 4sl4 North Twenty-fitth
walter johnson, s4O5 North Twentieth
street, Omaha.
Emma Carruthors. s211 North Twenty-fitth
street, Omaha.
LeonoTa D%enison, The Albion, Tenth and
Pacific streets, Omaha.
Mae Hammond, O'Nelll. Neb.
Madge L. Daniels Ord, Neb.
lola Beddeo, Orleans, Neb.
Agn Richmond, Orleans, Neb.
Marie Fleming, Osceola, Neb.
E EorI P MS8ds' R PSThee city N. Se0'
Edna Ennis, stanton, Neb.
Lena Petersen. 2211 Locust St., E. Omaha.
Ina Carney, Sutton. Clay county, Nebraska.
Clara Miller, Utica, Neb.
Mildred T. Jones, North Loup. Neb.
Alta Wilken, Waco. Neb.
Leo Beckord, waco, Neb.
Mae Grunke, West Point, Neb.
Elsie Stastny, WILDER, Neb.
Frederick Ware, Winside, Neb.
Pauline Parks, York, Neb.
Edna Behllng, York, Neh.
Mary Frederick, York, Neb.
Carrie b. Bartlett, Fontanelle, Ia.
Irene Reynolds, Little Sioux, la.
Ethel Mulholland, Box u, Malvern, Ia.
Eleanor Mellor, Malvern, Ia.
Kathryne Mellor, Malvern, Ia
Ruth Robertson, Manila, Ia.
Mildred Robertson, Manila, Ia.
Margaret b. Witherow, Thurman, Ia.
Bertha McEvoy, r. +. d. s. Box Is, Mis-
souri, Valley, la,
Adlena Sorry, Monarch, Wyo. Box so.
Fred Sorry, Monarch, Wyo.
John Barron, Monarch, Wyo.
Edith Amend, Sheridan, Wyo.
Pauline Squire, Grand, Okl.
Fred Shelley, $50 Troup street, Kansas
City, Kan.
Henry L. Workinger, care Sterling Remedy
company, Attica, Ind.
Aleda Bennett, Elgin, Neb.
William Davis, 21 West Third street,
North Platte, Neb.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-14

Pearl Barron, Monarch, Wyo.
Jean DE Long, AinswoTtn, Neb.
Irene Mccoy, BarnstOn, Neb.
Lillian Merwin, Beaver CITY, Neb.
Mabel Witt. Bennington, .Neb.
Anna Gottsch, Bennington, Neb.
Minnie Gottsch, Bennington, Neb.
Agnes Damnke. Benson, lJeb.
Marie Gallagher, Benkelman, Neb. (boX l2.
Ida May, Central City, Neb.
Vera Cheney, Creighton, Neb.
Louis Hahn, David city, Neb.
f;hea Freidell, Dorchester, Neb.
Eunice Bode, Falls City, EeO.
Ethel Reed, Fremont, Neb.
Hulda Lundburg, Fremont, Neb.
Marion Caps, Gibson, Nep.
Marguerite Bartholomew, ~Gothenburg, Neb.
Lydia Roth, 605 West Koenig street, Grand
ella Voss, In West Charles street, Grand
Island, Neb.
Irene Costello, lis West Eighth street,
Grand Island, Neb:
Grand Island, Neb.
Pauline Schultz, AZ West Fourth street,
M SFdna i Murphy EeS Sss East Ninth street.
Grand Island. Neb.
Hugh Rutt, Leshara, Neb.
Hester L. Rutt, Leshara, Neb.
Alice Temple, Lexington, Neb.
Ruth Temple, Lexington, Neb.
Anna Nelson, Lexington, Neb.
Edythe Kreitz, Lexington, Neb.
Marjorie Temple, Lexington, Neb.
Alice G~rassmeyer, 1876 q. ST., Lincoln, Neb.
Marian Hamilton, 2029 L. St. Lincoln, Neb.
Elsie Hamilton, 2oS L ST.. Lincoln, Neb.
Irene Disher, 1850 l. street. Lincoln, Neb.
Hughie Disher, 1880 L street, Lincoln, Neb.
Charlotte Boggs, 26 South Fifteenth street,
Lincoln, Neb.
Helen johnson. ss4 South Seventeenth
street, Lincoln, Neb.
Louise Stiles, Lyons, Neb.
Estelle Mcdonald, Lyons, Neb.
Milton, Seller, Nebraska City, Neb.
Harry Crawford, Nebraska City, Neb.
Harvey Crawford, Nebraska City, Neb.
Lucille HaEen, Norfolk, Neb.
Helen Reynolds, Norfolk, Neb.
Letha Larkin, So. Sixth St., Norfolk, Neb
Emma Marquardt, Fifth street and Madi-
son avenue, Norfolk. Neb.
Genevieve NJ. Jones, North Loup, Neb.
Orrin Fisher, 1910 s.. Eleventh St, Omaha.
Mildred Erickson. 27O9 Howard St, Omaha
Oscar Erickson, 2709 Howard ST., Omaha
Louise Raabe. 26O9 North Nineteenth ave.
nue., Omaha,
Frances johnson. sss North Twenty-fittf
avenue, Omaha.
Marguerite Johnson 9S3 North Twenty,
fifth avenue, Omaha. 81
Emile Brown, 2322 Boulevard, Omaha.
Helen Goodrich, 1910 Nicholas St., Omaha
Mary Brown, 1922 Boulevard, Omaha.
Eva Hendee, 44O2 Dodge street Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-14

EIGH-HO! See the old tramp"
yep, let's give him something
to liven his steps!'
"Oh, see his nice new coat"
And his shave! Guess he
never saw a raZor!"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-14

was invited to attend the
birthday party OF her little
friend, Oracle. The party was
to take place at 4 o'clock on
Saturday afternoon, and was
to be the greatest party OF it's
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-14

(First Prize.)
How the Leaves Went to Rest.
BY Jeanette Miller, Aged p Years, Fair
mont. Neb. Red side.
Out in the midst Of a great forest, in
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-14

Any of the Busy Bees may send cards to anyone whose name
Postcard Exchange, which now includes:
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-28

WASHINGTON.-When Theodore
w Roosevelt retires from the presi-
dental office, on March 4 next, he will
have made a record for numerous cab
met appointments. The last cabinet
meeting he pEesides over will be COM
posed almost solely of comparatively
new men. There will be but one man,
Secretary Wilson, who attended the
first cabinet meeting that Roosevelt
held in the autumn of 1901. There
will be only one other. Secretary of
the Treasury CortelyOu who was at
the cabinet table in March, 1905, when
Mr.. Roosevelt entered upon his pres
ent term.
In the seven and half years of his
tenure, Mr.. Roosevelt will have had
29 different cabinet officers. but not
as many different men, for Mr.. Root
has served under him first as secre-
tary of war and then as secretary of
state. Mr.. Cortelyou has had three
cabinet positions under Roosevelt
commerce and labor, post office and
treasury. Attorney General Bona
parte first came into the cabinet as
secretary of the navy.
No other president has made so
many changes There have been six
secretaries of the navy since Mr..
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-28
Katherine Ellzins to Become a Nurse

ilrmed that report, and ever since
Washington has been wondering what
he young woman would do. it being
assumed that her affections had been
as deeply wounded as her royal spit
or's by the breaking Of the engage
ment
1t is now learned that Miss Elkins'
attitude toward society for the next
six months at least, and perhaps
longer, will be more serious than was
anticipated.
Arrangements have been made by
Miss Elkins to begin the serious work
Of study in the homeopathic general
hospital in Washington.
The course which Miss EIkins will
have to follow, under the rules of hos.
pital training, viii include attendance
at all lectures, clinics and operations
She will have to spend certain mum
Der Of hours each day in various
wards observing the treatment of ps
TENTS and fitting herself to take tenn
peratures, dress wounds. apply band
ages and do all which a nurse n4ust
perform for the sick.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-28

A GOOD deal of amusement was ere
"A ated at the hearing of the com
mittee on ways and means the other
day, when newspaper article was
brought to the attention of the COM
mittee, stating that the WAYS ana
means committee, which is now en-
gagged in the task of framing a bill to
protect American industries. had pur-
chased toweling bearing the mark.
Made in Great Britain The clip
ping was passed along to the commit
teemen, and finally one of them sent
this word down to a member of the
press.
when the session is over turn up
the chair upon which you are sitting
and read the mark" This was done
and it was revealed that the chair was
Made in Vienna"
Further inquiry disclosed that the
gypsum upon the walls of the commit
tee room was imported from Canada.
that the carpets on the floor came
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-28
ONE HANDBAG, TWO MEN.
And Two Vacations That OverIapped
The Answer Found to Be Easy.

$50 many seemingly impossible
things there are that are really easily
possible" said Mr.. Slimmintower, If
you only know how and you are dis
posed to take a cheerful view
Now, for instance, you might not
naturally think that one travelling bag
would do fer two men, friends
though they might be, if they both
wanted to u.s. it at the same time.
You'd think tuat one or the other
would simply have to take the bag and
the other do without it, wouldn't you
Why, certainly But now see how in
such circumstances two young men
managed 50 that each had the bag.
These Two young men, living to-
gether and not yet grown rich, had,
however, Sc far progressed in their
accommodations that they had acquired
this one handbag between them. They
expected 10 go on their vacation to-
gether, and what did they want of
more than one bag? 1t would do cas-
ily for both. And then came the
bOmbShell
When the vacation schedules in the
two places where the two worked had
been made up the young men, each to
have two weeks, found that one of
them would have to start a week
ahead of the other. And that was a
bombshell to throw into the camp.
How about the bag? Which one of
them should have the bag? But in
two minutes the bombshell dwindled
into a hand grenade and then into a
firecracker and then to nothing at all.
Why, Tim, said jim, who was
going to start first. I'm take the
bag and when | get there III Just
empty it and send it back to you by
express
And that's what Jim did; and so
when Tim started out on his vacation
he had the bag. And then when Tim
got there he emptied the bag, and at
the end of the week, which was the
end of his two weeks, jim took the
bag again and brought it home with
him and emptied it again and once
more sent it to Tim And so, Though
they We're both away at the same
time they had but one bag between
them, yet each had bag all to him
self"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-28
Sets New Record for Cabinet Members

Roosevelt entered the White House
Long. Morton, Moody, BOnaparte. Met
calf and Newberry; and five postmas
tiers general-Smith, Payne. Wynne
COrtelyOu and Meyer. There have
been two secretaries of state-Hay
and Root. The recent announcement
that Secretary Root is to resign as
soon as he is elected to the senate
from New York and that Assistant
Secretary of State Robert Bacon OF
New York and Boston will succeed
him assures three secretaries of state
during President Roosevelts time
Mr.. Roosevelt has also had three sec
retaries Of the treasury, three secre.
taries of war, three attorneys general
three secretaries of commerce and two
secretaries of the interior
Grover Cleveland. the only other
president since Grants time who has
served two terms, had but % cabinet
officers. They were in two admins.
trations, separated by a four-year pc.
riCd. In each of his administrations
most of the men who came into office
with him remained at his cabinet
table till the close of the four years
for which the president had been
elected. But one of the changes in
Mr.. Roosevelt's cabinets has been on
account Of death, and that was in the
state department.
When Mr.. Bacon becomes secretar
of state three of the nine members of
the last Roosevelt cabinet will be
men who were favorites at tennis and
have been counted as members of the
tennis cabinet.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-28
Amusing Stories on Tariff Revisers

from Brussels, and that the wood
work of the imposing throne" upon
which the committeeman sit at hear
inSs, was brought over from Italy.
In fact said a Democrat, The only
article of domestic production around
the committee room these days is the
hot air supplied by the witnesses who
appear before us"
All of this recalled to Democratic
members of the committee a ludicrous
incident that occurred during the con
sideration of the Dingley bill in the
house, II years ago. Nelson w. Ding
ley of Maine was in charge of the tar
III measure a that time. He was
speaking to the theme, we should
encourage American industries"
Mr., Dingley was followed on the
floor by Jerry Simpson of Kansas.
whose nimble wit and comic stories
are part of the traditions OF the
house. Mr.. Dingley wore high hat.
and invariably brought it into the
house with him, laying it on the chair
adjoining the one he occupied.
The gentleman should practice
what he preaches,' shouted Mr.. Simp-
son, moving toward the unsuspecting
Mr. Dingley. Picking up Mr.. Ding
Iey's headsear, Simpson continued:
Il find label in the gentleman's hat
reading thus: Made in London g."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-28
To Embark Again on Matrimonial Sea

This is Mr.. Gibson's second venture
on the sea of matrimony In 1900 he
married Miss Minna Field, daughter
OF Henry Field of Chicago and niece
of Marshall Field, the merchant dry
goods prince. Their wedding eight
years ago was the result of a 70
nance dating from their meeting in
school, but the marriage turned out
unhappily and two years ago Gibson
and his first wife were divorced
Shortly aiterward she married AIger-
non Burnaby, member of the British
smart set" and they are living in
LicesJershire.
After his divorce Preston Gibson
took mp his residence permanently in
Washington and at once became pop
ular in The set which comprises some
Of the best known beaux and bellies of
the capital. Besides being we'll
known author Of Kentucky stories.
Gibson has dramatic talents. and took
a prominent part in social theatIicals.
But it was as an athlete and lover of
open air sports that Miss Jarvis came
to know him. and their love of athlet-
les soon ripened into the romance
which was announced recently.
The debut of Miss Jarvis last win
ter was regarded as one of the smart
est events of the season
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-28

hands. didn't resist. She felt n
pulse an then she says: All his
feYer's worse, too. Wen have to strap
him to the bed so he can't get up an
roam around tn house, or he'll never
recover.
My heart was beatin' some, an that
accounted for my pulse bein' so
high.
She next smoOths down me pillow,
an then she tries to pull tn covers
away from my head. But that weren't
no use. 1 hung on an finally she
gives it up, takes tn candle an goes
back ter bed
Just like exPectin' ten years, an get
tin only two. l breathed steady
again an started little laugh at how
easy it all was
TIL laugh died in infancy, fer just
then l heard a wabbly step down tn
hall, an l knew tn sick man was re-
turnin'
Believe me, l did some tall thinkin
in them few seconds, an some tall
movin', too Jerkin' off tn sheets.
tied one around tn bedbost an tn
end of that to tn other. Then, just
as tn steps was comm through tn
nurses room l heard her jump up an
say: What! Out of bed again, so
soon. Dear, dear, what shall l do
with him?' l t'rows up tn window an
dives out, shinnin' me way down de
sides with tn help of them sheets tied
together.
I'd made good me getaway, an
was chuckln' ter meself when l drops
to tn ground. | sneaks round to tn
front of tn house, still laughin', an
starts to hike up tn front walk, when
tn moon comes out from under a
cloud an I catches a glisten on tn
side Of tn front door,
We'll, me heart just done double
iipfop an landed wrong side up on
tn tip of me tongue. There, DO,
right there, tackled on the house, was
this sign
Brady paused in frying the steak,
and, moistening a stubby pencil
looked at me with awful eyes and
printed the following sign on the kitch-
Ell table: