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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-20
Hcnorahls Mention.l
Feeds Little Birds.

Ry Helen Abraham Aged II Years,
Schuyler. Neb. Blue Side.
This winter I am feeding the little snow
birds and another little bird. Its name Is
Deo-wee. put the crumbs on the porch
for the snow birds. There are about twen-
fy-five OF them now. Every morning the
little birds come and walt for their break
fast on the porch. After they sc; their
crumbs they fly away and come back in
she evensng 20 get some moro crumhs.
For che other little bird I have 10 carry
the crumbs In q little basket into the
orchard ana hang II on little apple
tree where Il stays try 70 make Il
come closer 70 the house by hanging the
basket Of crumbs closer 20 the house. but
Il would not come to eat the crumbs so l
have 70 hang It on the same tree every
day This IL the second winter the little
pee-weo IL spending here with us. Almos,
every morning when the sun comes up
hear the little bird whistle in the trees
but am not feeding the little birds nov
because went TO town TO stay with ms
grandmother. so to school and am IL
tha seventh grade. like 70 90 10 school
30 every day and have TO walk ali
kloalEA I will 50 homo after school
closed IN June.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-20
Surprise Teacher.

BY Edith Kenyon, s22s Cunning Street.
Omaha Neb. Blue Side.
We had a surprise on our teacher,
Christmas the boys surprised her by CIV
ms her a pencil sharpener and we girls
surprised her by giving her a fern. III
tell you how It happened. While we
were all In school our teacher was tell
ing us something; then we heard knock,
Our teacher went to the door and soon
brought in a great big package. She
opened il and stiil she did not know from
whom II was. At last some one ia the
class said; There Is card in there. I"
She looked and found out from whom It
was
She thanked us very much and then
we had 60 so In our next rooms because
Il was passing day.
A few days ago my sister and ! were
over 10 friends house. We happened
TO be talking about Russia (for that was
where we were born) and our trip across
the. ocean. We did not notice the time
fly. but kept on talking. Our friends
mother thought that II would be very
nice to write in the,paper and tell about
IT, Perhaps l might think the Busy
Bees would be interested to know about
Russia before the war, So many little
things have happened that IL I would
stop TO think I would have quite ls
Of stories to tell about.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-20
Helen Hunde

Thirteen-year-o Helen Kunde, in the
graduating class of the Edward Rose
water school. has written a song dedi-
Gated TO the school and sung to the tune
OF Maryland" Helen Is a bright stu
dent and is unsteady inclined. She leads
the class in singing and plays the plano
very nicely The Rosewater school song
is sung quite frequently In the class
rooms. as well as on the school grounds.
by Helens little friends. The song IL as
follows:
Old school days. dear school days.
We can ne'er forget you,
Old memories with love renew
The happy days we spent with you.
To teachers dear and friends SO near
our hearts are always with you.
Our feet have passed Ger many track
or Rosewater School,
The halls resound with laughter gay
As on we wend our merry way.
Oh = Rosewater, dear RosewateP
With loving looks we pass you
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-20
To Be Thankful.

BY Evelyn Kuhry, Aged 10 Years. Schuy-
Ter. Neb. Blue Side.
/ am sure every Busy Bee should stop
and think OF how happy they are to be
able to run about and play. watch tho
happy little squirrels as they run up and
down the trees and the little birds flut-
tering to and fro all contented with their
own simple life. Soon the snow will melt
and every once and awhile we Will have
a little shower and then we can study
our geography lesson by watching where
the little streams so in ana out, forming
little islands and peninsulas, also rivers.
lakes and bays Then q little later on
We viii find some spring surprises. What
do you think they are Busy Beesf Violets
and other pretty flowers
Oh, how much we have 70 be thankful
for in this good old world Of ours.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-20
CHonorabie MentiOn.)
Friends Of Birds.

Nv Bessie Beroun. AGED Is Years, Box
17l Schuyler. Neh. Blue Side.
One stormy day Il was 20 cold we
couldn't 90 to school Oh. how sorroy
vast The day was so long for my
brother and me. Ny brother. Lunilr
didn't know what 20 do. He then sat at
the window. He saw the poor sparrows
chipping and hopping around in front OF
our porch. 'Isooki'' exclaimed my
brother. at those poor brides. 1 should
think their feet ought to be cold. feel
like making them a good. warm house"
lie soon die so. when he had Finished,
he gnve e TO mamma and she put Il on
our garden post Soon the poor brides
found Il. They all started to examine It.
After several hours they were bringing
an soft feathers hay. and threw out
some hair. They took It and carried Il
away.
We had a canary also. but he soon died.
After his death ne left all OF his prop
erty. what I call it-four boxes Of bird
seed. Every morning Lumir feeds thenr.
They arc 10 tame they Fly on our shout
ders and we can pet them. They eat out
Of cur hands. This year they came again.
but they had 70 fly away, for our cat n
90 nnisohievoua. She climbs up the post
and keeps sticking her paws In and
ncares away tho birds. Papa saw this,
90 he nailed some tin all over the sAse
house. % the cat can't climb up any
knnrs and tho birds are here again.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-20
legend of Valentine.

nv walter johnson. Aged u Years. 270
Sprague Street. Omaha. Red Side
Long. long ago there lived in Rome a
very good man named Valentine. fie read
and studied the Bible and then he told
the people about the Bible. Many OF those
people did not know how TO read and
write and loved TO hear the stories that
Valentine told
Now in those early days many people
did not believe In God. and the Roman
Emperor claudlus was very angry when
he found the people preachins the truth.
30 he put these Christians In prison, and
Valentine helped them and continued
his work in spite of the emperor. Then
Claudius put the good Valentine into
prison. But there In his dungeon Valen-
tine preached 20 his guard. the man was
converted. went home TO his family ana
told them the Bible story so that they al
Joined the church.
When the wicked ruler heard this he
commanded that the good Valentine De
beaten and beheaded. 80 this good man
gave, up his life because he believed In
God, and they called him saint Nalen-
tine" and they said; I'VE win always re-
member the day that he died. February
Il. by doing deeds OF love I'm his name
Now at this time Il was the custom In
Rome TO celebrate In the month OF Feb
ruary the Lupercalia. or feast In honor
Of the heather gods The names OF YOUNG
maidens were put into box and tbs
young men each drew the name OF q
maiden who was TO be his sweetheart
The pastors OF the early Christian
church ala not like the custom. ana q
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-20

in place CT women's names they put me
name OF a saint into the box and the
young people were to honor and initiate
the saints whose names they drew from
the box. and they chose Saint Valentine
So the day became for the people to go
and prayed to God and do good deeds as
Saint Valentine.
After while they did not celebrate this
time as a church day. In that part Of
the land spring comes early, and when
the flowers began to bloom and the birds
began to choose their mates ana the
young men chose their maidens and they
their love tokens upon the February IA
They did not have postmen in those days.
so their love messages were sent by car
rier pigeons.
Now on our messages we see pictures Of
flowers. of mating doves and also ths
little pagan god Of lovo. Cupid. But we
call these love messages Valentines,
and the day Saint Valentines day."
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-20
Bows Have Outing.

BY Janice Shrimpton. Aged II Years,
rAinsworth, Neb. Blue Side.
Ono bright sunny afternoon. James or
Jim. as he was familiar called. yelled
over tho fence to the neighbor boy,
Frank, Come on let's go to the creek
ana fish,"
alright" called Frank az he ran
nearer 20 whore Jim was standing, to
talk over the affair.
what time shall we startr' he asked.
why we ought to start right away
n We expect TO get much fishing done.
Mother has some buns and pickles fixed
that we can eat II we get hungry. Now
run right homo and get your fishing ma
terial ready right away. and we will
start replied Jim.
Both boys ran toward their homes and
soon returned, Frank with his fishing
material and Jim with the basket Of
lunch and his fishing tackle. 3
They followed the railroad track I'M
I'LL they reached the place where Jim
wished 20 turn and go toward the place
where he thought fishing was best. And
he said, -Come oni this Is the way"
That's not the best place TO fish," re-
piled Frank. -come and 20 further up
the tracic.s
II am going this way and no other .
said Jim.
'swen I am going further up the
track" replied Frank.
They both started off the way they
wished to go, both going very slow and
feeling rather angry.
Frank had not gone very far up the
track until he saw a rabbit go under
pile Of crossties lying by tho track.
He shouted out at the top Of his voice,
"come quick. Jim. rabbit In the cross
tieA
Jim came running as fast as he could
and shouted as he came nearer. Get
twister on him"
At the sound Of that yell there came g
dog by the name OF Tige. who belonged
TO Mr. Smith. a farmer, who lived close
by. Both boys whistied and the dos
came faster and faster.
watch him on the south side" shouted
Frank.
.sWatch him on the III. there h
goesi sio him. Tige." yelled Jim.
'~Yli vii Yliii" shouted both boys a
| the dog chased the rabbit to dens'
wood. where Il disappeared from view.
Tlge soon returned with no rabbit. look
ing very disappointed. The boys looieS
1 likewise.
Since Tige had given up the chase N
started home with his tail between M
legs and his head dropping
The boys then Journeyed toward IN
creek where they caught enough speekle
trout to I'LL their baskets. Then oein
exhausted and hungry they seated them
selves on the messy bank beneath IN
spreading chestnut tree and ate the lunc
Jim'a mother had prepared for them
When the sun was sinking In the Yves
and the little birds had gone TO rest tw
weary little boys with trout baskets an
stomachs we'll filled journeyed home
J ward feeling that they had spent
profitable and happy afternoon
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-20
Little Stories by Little Folk
prize Story
Liberty Bell Bird Club.
Hall County. Route No Doni-

Hall County, Route No ? Doni-
phan. Neb. Red Side.
I'VE IN the country, eight miles west
Donfphan.
There arc lots of seathered friends now
hooking for food have Joined the Lib
erty Bell Bird club. i wish all school
teachers would have their schools join
tha BIRD club. / so three-duarters OF a
mile to school. have gone every day
this year and never been tardy.
My teachers name Is Miss Veima
Edmondson. We have a small school.
only twelve
The Liberty BAL Bird club says. PRO
tect our feathered friends"
We have q meeting every month.
wrote a story fer the last meeting about
birds ] write my story here;
Once when we made our garden there
were two red birds which came into the
garden. They had fallen out of the nest
and were hungry. took them up where
mamma was planting seeds she said.
take them IN the house and feed them
so4ne.- They were nearly starved.
I thought / would see II I could find
their nests, I went in the grove, and
there on the ground ! found a tree blown
against another. The one had knocked
the mast down and there lay an old bird
and nest guess the nest had blown
down and did not kill the little ones. ]
put the birds in a box and kept them
behind the stove that night. The next
morning ! took them 70 the garden and
they stayed in the garden awhile. built
q box in our granary. and the sparrows
ran them away. and the ether day saw
ono In the box.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-20
Don'ts for Auto Owners.

From the manager OF the automobile
theft department of one of the large in
surancs companies the following
''G-pts" to automobile owners were oh
taiL ed:
Dent leave your auto unprotected on
the street Automobiles have been taken
from before office buildings two min
utes after owners had left them. Ask
the private watchman at the door OF the
building before which you stop, 20 keep
his eye on your car.
Don't leave your car unlocked, even
for q short time. Every automobile that
lacks an attachment for locking the
mechanism should be provided with one
pOn't leave your car on an incline
where. ~ reieasllls tiae sizes, ~ can
Locked cars LEFT in such a situation have
frequently been stolen.-New York
Times.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-20
What Am II

BY FreIda woIter. Aged II Years,
ohiows. Neb. Blue Side.
was once a running brook. Then the
sun took me up into the sky. There I
stayed for several days and floated IN the
clouds.
One cold DAY changed into crystals.
Then fell to the earth. There met
many other friends Ny friends and
made a very high drift. The boys began
to shout ''Hurrah. now we will have
some FUN
negro woman. out a-washing, said,
Now my clothes will not get dry; they
will Just freeze stiff"
thought was going to light in the
same brook from which I came. but the
wind blew me in the yard of Jack and
Mary.
Then boy came ont 20 scoop the snow
off the walk. but he missed me.
The next day fine young woman
came out to go to town. but she said the
walk was too slippery. The boy went
out 20 sweep off the walk. but this time
no swept me off.
One day five boys came out 10 play
with me and my friends. They made us
into nice round ball They threw us at
one another. We caused one boy to have
black eye and made him cry. They
could not break us, but one boy threw
me and broke. They did the same thing
over the next time But one day the sun
shone very bright ard changed into
water and had the same adventures over
again.
Now. n you little Busy Bees cannot
guess what am will tell you. / am
"a snowflake"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-20
Linooln,s RoYhood DAVIS.

BY Leo Hem. Aged 10 Years. CEDAR
Rapids, Neb. Blue Side.
Have you ever seen log house7 II 90
you will like 70 hear about the ono Of
which / shall tell you. shall also tell
you about a little boy who was born In
a log house. II was built near little
stream where there was q spring Of clear
water. The lads father cut the trees
down ana hewed the logs for the cabin
There was but one room. In one end OF
thu room was a large fireplace OF stones
and clay. The large chimney was made
of clay, flat stones and fiat sticks. The
bottom of the chimney was very broad
and tapered on the top. A hole cut In the
wall was the only window. In winter
skin or a piece OF coarse home-spun cloth
was hung over 1t to keep out the cold.
skins took the place of wooden door,
too. There was no floor. There was no
ceiling overhead. People in the house
could look up and see the light through
the cracks In the roof. The bed was very
comfortable In winter time. 1t was made
OF furs of wild animals laid on poles. A
number OF these furs were used and the
bed was soft and warm. Patched quilts
of coarse cloth made by the mother were
also used as covering. The table was a
homemade one. The dishes were few In
number and cost little. They were made
OF pewter or tin or wood. In this little
cabin with it's crude furnishings was born
baby boy. His birthday comes on Feb
ruary -. Do you know who It isg Yes
little Abraham Lincoln was born Feoro-
airy l2. 1919 He was strong and hardy
and when a small child he played around
the cabin and often went into the woods
with his sister Sarah. His sister was two
years older than he and she took him 70
the woods when he was quite small. Thers
they would sit and watch the birds and
squirrels Abraham's mother and father
both loved the woods. The mother could
shoot almost as well as the father. She
sometimes killed bear or deer. bu
she did this only when they were in neet
OF food. She could spin and weave ant
often made coarse cloth for their clothing
/ am going TO write another story aoou
him and the civil war.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-20

could not 80. tried hard ali day 10
set well so I could so. I took my medi-
elmo Just on time and did everything
mamma told me too. but l felt worse In
the evening. 30 / had to stay at home.
But my little brother told me all about
II. First there was grand march led
by the leader OF tho Boy Scouts. Then
Charlie Chaplin. Then some OF the boys
dressed In tights and lots OF clowns
dressed up in all sorts Of funny things.
The boys all went through their exercises.
One walked on a slack wire and per-
formed on q bar One clown was dressed
up like a doctor and he operated on an
other one who had the govt and took a
whole ear OF corn cut OF his foot. Then
tho very smallest boy. only s years old.
jumped through two iron hoops. He was
the cutest and best OF all. Tho boys made
over 800. will close now and hope Mr..
Vast Paper Basket won't get me.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-20
Sparrow Likes winter spOrts.

Sparrow Likes Winter Sports.
BY Margaret Crosby, Aged Is Years,
Sutherland. Neb. Blue Side.
almost dread TO nee winter come,
for We poor little fuzzy, sparrows have
to hunt our food and live in cold houses.
Sometimes we have TO roost IN old hay
stacks and barns. II IL very hard some
times for us to get anything to eat. but
1: by chance a bit Of grain or crumbs
might be scattered. wo eat IL gladly and
wish we could store some OF It away.
Sometimes on my long trips for food
I almost wish I was q girl or boy In
stead OF q sparrow when see the girls
and boys having such fun on the ice
with their skates. ice boats, sleds and
slSiis-end what fun they are havingl
Then as I fly on I stop TO watch them
ooasting on the hills with their sleds,
toboggans and skis, and still the fun
they are having here. Then as fly on
toward where I think there might be
food see children playing fox and
geese In the snow, and hide-and-seek.
and black sheep. ana sliding on the Ice
in yard. stop and think when all
these children go home they go to warm
oozy homes and plenty OF food to eat; and
have no food to eat and cold house
to go to and no place 10 sleep.
One day as was on trip for food I
saw a narrow winding path going up a
long hill. 1t was very long and crooked.
It was q path Just like a mountain trail
and was well patted down with the snow.
And. oh dear the fun sliding or coasting
down I'll o dear o dear, If only was a
girl or boy so I could have such winter
sports a. they do
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-20
Stories of Nebraska History

game wa fast gOtpG me Indians had
not yet learned how 20 farm a. the white
men did Idleness ami it's bad result
were seen IN the tribe. There was little
to make tiSs happy for q bright girl
fresh from study In sn eastern school
One day Bright Eyes found out that
there was a law which said that any In
dian qualified to teach school should
have the preference in schools on the
reservation. She at once set out TO get
leave to teach school near her home.
After great obstacles had been overcome.
she began teaching in a little cabin at
$40 a month. This gave her a chance to
help the people Of her tribe in many ways
toward better way of living. She was
very busy In this work when Standing
Bear and the Ponca Indians who had
escaped from oklahoma came to the
Omaha tribe for help in 1873.
Bright Eyes at once became the cham
pion of the poor Poncas. She wrote to
the newspapers the story of their wrongs.
She visited Omaha in their behalf. White
thus engaged she became acquainted with
Mr.. T. H. Tibbles, an editorial writer on
the Omaha Herald, and later. in 1882, be-
came his wife. The next year she was
asked by people interested in the Indians
to go east and tell the story of Nebraska
Indians and their needs. For the next
five years, accompanied by her husband
and Chief Standing Bear. she spoke To
great audiences in the eastern states ana
in Europe. Everywhere the people were
charmed with her presence and interested
in her story. The poet Longfellow asked
to meet her and when he saw her said.
This is Minnehaha." Leading men took
up the cause of the Indian ana their
rights were better protected.
At the end OF her years of lecturing
Bright Eyes returned to Nebraska. Her
summers usually were spent on the
Omaha reservation among her own peo-
pie. During the remainder of the year
she lived In Omaha or Lincoln, where
Mr.. Tibbies was engaged in editorial
work. She wrote much herself and had
the most constant interest in the progress
OF the omahas and other tribes OF In
dams. During the last Sioux war in
1890 she was at Pine Ridge. She died
May g. 1908, at her own home on the
Omaha reservation in sight of the beauti-
full Logan river and the hills where her
people had hunted in the early days
leaving the memory OF q good and true
life spent In making all life which she
touched brighter and better.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-20
Bright Eyes.

BRIGHT Eyes was an Omaha Indian
girl, who became widely known through
her efforts TO help her people She was
born at Bellevue in 1854, the daughter OF
Joseph and Mary LaF1esche. and united
in her person the blood OF the indian.
the French and the American settlers OF
Nebraska Her father was chief OF
the Omaha tribe. the son of a French
man and a Ponca Indian woman Her
mother was daughter OF Nicomi, an In
dian woman Of the Iowey tribe. and Dr.
John Gale, q surgeon OF tho United
States army.
When Bright Eyes was born she was
named Yosette or susette by her parents
1t was not until years later she received
her second name Her fathers Indian
name was Esta-ma1a or Iron Eyes"
Some one who knew this looked at the
daughter and said. Tier name should be
Bright Eyes, or in Omaha language,
Instha Theamba-" 80 she came to be
known by the name OF bright Eyes
and to sign It to her writings.
Bright Eyes grew up on the Omaha
Indian reservation with the other Indian
children. She spoke nothing but the
Omaha language until she was 8 years
old. Then she went to the mission school
on the reservation. She learned English
faster than any other child in the school
and was soon able to read and write
Every one loved her because she was 90
bright and cheerful and winning In her
ways. When she was Is she was asked
what she wished for a Christmas present
and replied, a good education This was
told to the president Of a woman's semi
nary at Elizabeth. N. J. Very SCOT
Bright Eyes was invited to attend school
there, and became at once one OF the best
students, beloved by her teachers and by
the young white women who were hei
schoolmates. At the end Of four yeart
she graduated and came back 20 The
Omaha reservation
The Omaha Indians wore very poor
Grasshoppers came and ate their crops
Part OF the tribe lived in the old IndiaI
way and kept up the old Indian Gus
toms. There were no pleasant room
and beautiful books and pictures and edu
Gated girl companions as there were a
the school at Elizabeth, N. J. The Will
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-20
The Story Of America.
BY Wayne Ballah. Aged IS Years, ca
bridge. Neb. Red Side.

BY Wayne Ballah. Aged IS Years. Cam
bridge, Neb. Red Side.
Christopher Columbus lived In Genoa.
Italy. He would 80 with the men to the
wharf and watch ships come ana 50. He
liked TO hear the sailors tell stories OF
the sea- He would say, Il am going TO
be sailor"
There we're a few people who thought
the earth was round. Christopher was
one OF them He thought by sailing
around the ,world he would come 70 India,
He knew there were rich spices and stones
here and IN southern Asia. He went 70
the king ana queen OF Italy TO ask for
ships They said. mo" He then went
10 the king and queen OF Spain and told
his story. the king said. No. ths
queen said. Il VIII ssi an my Jewels and