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Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-15
The Surprise,
By Evelyn Luce, Aged l2,;470S North
Thirtieth Street, Omaha.


Thirtieth Street, Omaha.
Cred Side.)
John and Paul did not think they
would have a very merry Christmas
as they would not get to see their
grandpa and grandma. They had not
seen them for three years as they
lived way out on ranch.
This year they were going to visit
Uncle Robert and Aunt Helen. When
they reached their destination Uncle
Robert and Aunt Helen, Uncle Paul
and Aunt Lucy, Uncle John and Aunt
Betty, and Prudy, Betty, Grace and
Horace were all out on the porch to
meet them. AT last Christmas eve
came and when everyone was ready
to go to bed Betty exclaimed Where
shall we hang our stockings"
1--WE won't hang up any stockings
tonight, as we have other plans for
this Christmas"
The next day the children all went
out to play in the snow.
When half-past seven came Aunt
Helen decided it was dark enough to
open the big folding doors.
There stood huge Christmas tree,
with almost hundred shining can
dies.
ooh, my! What big tree. And
just look at the candles on the tree.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-15

swimming. We stayed in for about
an hour and a half then we got some
dry clothes on and had our supper.
After supper we hunted ripe walnuts
and strawberries. After we had
played some games we came. home
We were very tired but we had a
good time. l hope we can go again
next year
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-15
Childhood

: What If God had not put chill
dren on earth.
But only grown up men and
women!
Though men were kinder, wo-
men lovelier.
And all fair things--the flowers,
birds and butterflies
Were twice as fair--but still
there were no children.
No tramp of little feet In play,
No shout Of joyous laughter,
No nesting heads against our
breast,
No twining arms around our
neck.
No dancing eyes, nor tender
o! then, dear heart, this world
would be
A place too weary
Far too dreary
To live in--you and me!
Charlotte Conkright Kinney
in the Mothers Magazine.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-15
Helps Red Cross.

By Fern Olson. Aged 7, Funk. Neb.
Blue Side.
Dear Busy Bees: May was a good
girl. She wanted to help the Red
Cross. She told her father that She
wanted a pig, so he gave her one And
when it was big she sold it for $40.
She bought Liberty bonds. This will
be all for this time.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-15
BUSY BEES i'm WAR THINE
A Prayer

Lord, let me live like a regular
man,
With regular friends and true!
Let me play the game on reg
ular plan
And let it be that way all
through;
Let me win or lose with a reg
ular smile
And never be known to whine,
For this is a regular fellows"
style
And l want to make it mine.
Oh, give me a regular chance
in life,
The same as the rest, I pray!
And give me regular girl for
wife,
To help me along the way;
Let us know the lot of humanity,
Its regular woes and joys.
) And raise a regular family
Of regular girls and boys!
) Let me live to a regular good
old age,
With regular snow white hair,
Having done my labor and
earned my wage,
) And played my game for fair.
An 50 at last when the people
scan
) My face on it's peaceful bier,
They'll say, well, he was a reg
uiar man."
; And drop regular tear.
Sunshine Bulletin.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-15
loans Bravery"

By Roberta Christensen. Aged 7, 1885
North Main Street.
Joan was a poor little French girl.
She lived between the Franch and
American firing lines, Her father had
gone to war and been killed by the
Huns, and her mother had been killed
by shell FIRE. so Joan lived alone One
day some Germans came to her house,
SO she told them to come in and sit
down. She talked TO them and the
German officer let her play with his
gun. After a while she told them that
she would go and get some food.
Pretty soon she came back bringing
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-15
LADY CORN

Lady Corn with stately mien
Wears a mantle ribbed with green;
Her evening gown of pearly hue
Is often trimmed with drops of dew
Corn-fower Children lift her skirt
Above the little hills of dirt.
Her silken tresses every morn
They comb and brush for Lady Corn
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-15
How lack Found His Sister.

By Evelyn Edlund. Aged II, Axtell,
Neb. Blue Side.
Dear Busy Bees; One time there
was an American boy named Jack.
His mother and fsther were rich. He
had a sister named Margaret. Jack
was IA and Margaret was II. When
the war broke out between Germany
and France he wanted to help France,
but he was too young. When he was
IS he enlisted and went 10 fight for
France. When the United States de-
clared war with Germany Margaret
went as a Red Cross nurse. She was
a nut Sc, so did not have to be trained.
One day Margaret was taking care OF
boy and when she was writing home
for him she found that he was her
brother. They were very glad to see
each other.
would like to have some Of, the
Busy Bees write to me. | will gladly
write back ! hope Mr.. Wastepaper
basket is full Goodby
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-15
Rules for Young Writers
l. Write plainly and number

. /. Write plainly and number
the pages.
2. Use pen and ink. not pencil
. 3. Short and pointed articles
will be given preference. Dc
. not use over $50 words.
: 4. Original stories or letters
only will be used.
. S. Write your name, age and
. address at the top Of the first
page.
. A prize book will be given
. each week for the best contribu-
ton.
. Address all communications
to Children's Department, Oma.
. ha Bee, Omaha, Neb.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-15
AalafA cMyzz ,v,,,,,, IT.

Heyn, who Is in the navy, and the
other is Chester E. Heyn, who is now
over in France fighting for us, so the
little sister at home is doing her bit
too. If any one of you would like one
of these hats for your dolly just cal
Harvey 1899 and Charlotte will be
glad to sell you one and you will be
helping the Red Cross, too.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-15

dashed madly away. The chariot
smashed against high wall Of sugar
and broke into many pieces, the sugar
people, as we'll as Twinkle and Club
bins, being thrown out and scattered
in all directions.
The little girl was not at all hurt,
nor was Chubbins, who landed on top
the wall and had to climb down again.
But the king had broken one of the
points off his crown, and sat upon
the ground gazing sorrowfully at his
wrecked chariot. And Lord Cloy,
the frosted man, had smashed one Of
his feet, and everybody could now
see that underneath the frosting was a
material very like marshmallow-a
discovery that was sure to condemn
him as unfit for the society of the
solid sugar-loaf aristocracy of the
country.
But perhaps the most serious acct
dent Of all had befallen Princess
Sakareen,. whose leftleg had broken
short off at the knee. Twinkle ran
up to her as soon as she could and
found the Princess smiling happily
and gazing at the part of the broken
leg which she had picked up.
See here. Twinkle" she cried; "its
as solid as the king himself! I'm not
hollow at all. 1t was only my
imagination
I'm glad OF that" answered
Twinkle; but what will you do with
broken Leg
"Oh, that's easily mended." said the
Princess. All | must do is to put q
little syrup on the broken parts, and
stick them together, and then sit ii
the breeze until it hardens. I'll be al
right in an hour from now"
1t pleased Twinkle to hear this, fol
she liked the pretty sugar princess.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-15

some American soldiers with her, so
she made the Germans hold up their
hands and she shot two and captured
two, so that's the way she got her war
medal, and she was made a United
States Red Cross nurse. Goodby,
Busy Bees.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-15
l.s1,'!Iu1-IGIl

Little Miss Charlotte Heyn is real
milliner as we'll as a patriot, for she
has spent her vacation making dolls
hats. These cunning bonnets Char
lotte will sell and the price is from
10 to rs cents, and all the money will
be given to the Red Cross. You see,
Charlotte has two big brothers who
are serving Uncle Sam. One is Hugo
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-15

Miss Helen wainwright, of New
York, juvenile aquatic star, easily
captured the 10O-yard championship
swim for girls under IL years of age,
held at the Red Cross meet at Belmar
N. J. Miss wainwright also competed
in the fancy diving contest and her
work against some Of the best divers
of the country was the feature attrac-
ton of the meet.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-15
Birthday Party.

Little Master Raymond Young was
4 years old Wednesday and II OF his
little friends were invited to a real
patriotic birthday party. The children
played games during the afternoon
and then they had the incest birth
day supper. The table was so pretty
with tiny little flags and each child
had a little patriotic favor, red,
white and blue caps and little SOL
diers.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-15

and | were tired, but we had had
real nice time. Title especially, for
she had never been there before.
am 10 years old and will enter
high school this fall. ~
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-15
~ HILDREN Dear: know you
have all heard stories of the little
~ Relgian children, who live away

aCTOSS tlt sea anu WHO arc IHdlly OF
them hungry and cold, Some OF these
ny tots have no mothers or fathers,
or their fathers have been killed in
he great war and often their moth
ers have died from lack Of food
ana care. SO these poor children are
left alone and we are going to try and
care for them. On Saturday you will
see young women on the streets sell.
ing little punches of forget-me-nots
and all the money which they are
given will 60 to feed and clothe these
Belgian babies. Don't you think that
each of you could give few pennies
to help these children?
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-15
Junior Red Cross Pledge.

II pledge myself to courage, to
purity, to self-sacriice, to service-to
the end that I may help my country,
to strengthen her vigor as nation y
Several little girls, among them
Jean Borglum and Margaret Shotwell
dressed as Red Cross nurses the other
evening and went from house to
house asking for money for the Sal
walton Army. The little girls looked
so pretty in their long white wells that
none could refuse them and the
money which they brought in will
buy many nice hot doughnut for
our boys in the trenches.
must tell you of two little girls,
who both have the same first name,
Neucy Garotin and Neucy Catanio,
who sold $6.2s worth of Council Of
Defense buttons not long ago. These
little maids worked like true Busy
Bees and they were proud of their
shining dollars.
y With the ringing of the school bell
we are again reminded of our allie
glance to the Junior Red Cross. Per-
haps your teachers will have some
Red Cross work for you and then I
am sure that all of you will want to
give some little plays and other al
fairs for the Red Cross. Perhaps
some time you would like to carry out
the program below and perhaps your
teacher will let you have one some
afternoon, for this was meant for q
class in school.
. Flag Salute. ....................B by School
II pledge allegiance to my flag and to
the republic for which it stands. One
nation indivisible. with liberty and
justice for ALL"
Battle Hymn of the Republic" BY Sshool
Paper, "Story of the Red Cross A Pupil
Talk, What the Junior Red Cross Is: ...
cover There. Observation-Disclosures BY School
Paper. Fighting with Nickels and
Dimes ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Pupil
Paper, What Did this Summer to Help
Win the War" ...................A Pupil
"The Red. White and Blue. BY School
Winning the War .........~.aa
Our Picnic.
By Dorothy Young. Aged 10, Her
shey, Neb,
Last week on our Sunday school
picnic we went out to Birch Wood
creek. We played games, then we had
our dinner. After dinner we went in
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-15
Children in War Times.

Little Miss Margaret Anderson en-
tertained number of her little friends
at the matinee dance Saturday after
noon at Seymour Lake club, the fol-
lowing little children being present:
Little Misses Little Misses
Margaret Anderson, Helen Knapp,
81 Mary Alice Rogers, Eleanor Knapp,
Janice Smith, Mildred Ridgeway,
Merlyp Phillips. Hazel Glover.
Masters Masters
John Rogers, George Miller.
Robert Whitmors. VIII Mccarthy.
Richard Whitmore, Harold Satterlee.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-15

tain was anything but pure sugar
unless the inside of the frosted man
proved to be of a different material.
By and by they reached a pretty
villa, where they all left the carriage
and followed the sugar king into the
sugar house. Refreshments had been
ordered in advance, over the sugar
telephone, so that the dining table
was already laid and all they had to
do was to sit in the pretty sugar
ssSaaisSs and be waited upon by maple
PENDANTS.
s Axere sandwiches and salads
ssA and many other sugar
;5;;|I|Ss at, served on sugar plates;
idren found that some
with wintergreen and
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-15

CHAPTER VIII.
After the Runaway.
Nos, The king came up to them. say
ing: II hope you are not injured"
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-15

81 pledge, myself to courage, to
purity, to self-sacrifce, to service-to
the end that I may help my country,
to strengthen her vigor as nation"
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-05-31
CALOMEL DYNAM|TES
A SLUGGISH LIVER
Crashes into sour bile, making
you sick and you lose
Q days work.

Caiomsi salivatesi It's mercury.
Calomel acts like dynamite on . slug.
gish liver. When calomel comes into
contact with sour bile II crashes into.
n causing crarnping and nausea.
II you feel bilious. headachy, consti-
gated and al knocked out Just 90 to
your druggist and get Q so cent bottle
Of Dodson's Liver Tone which In .
harmless vegetable substitute for dan
gerous caiomsl. Take . spoonful and II
b doesn't start your liver and stright
en- you up better and quicker than
aasty calomsl and without making yos
sick. you Just 90 back and get your
monW.
~ you take calomel today you1i b
sick and naussated tomorrow; besides.
n nay saiivsts Jon. while II you take
Do4sooS Liver Tone you win wake
- feeling great full Of ambition anA
rsAky ~ work o. play. It's harmless.
yisasazs ID ssfs b Eivs 10 childrsns
- kks 4
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-05-31
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES
WILL YOU WORK FOR THE WAR?

If letter came to your town from
one of your boys now fighting in France,
appealing personally to the town to do
a certain thing easily within your power,
and assuring you the army may be IN
able to win unless you do this-if that
call came. you'd shut up shop and every
man, woman, and child would be work.
ing on that job. whatever it might be.
If American fails to produce food
that appeal, literally, will come to
every community in the Nation. II
your county is not sure of Its food pro.
duction, that sppeal'is applicable right
now. To be sure of food production
means to have sufficient farm labor
supply; and to have a sufficient farsl
labor supply means that town people
must work on farms In the county for .
few days at q time. or longer periods Il
necessary. during the rush seasons o.
cultivation and harvest.
There is a Nationwide farm labo
shortage, caused principally by large
numbers of farm workers being at
tracted to industrial centers by higi
wages. In every county and com
munity the emergency farm labor need
must be supplied locally-by town vol
unteers, high school boys, BY forcini
all idlers to go to work, by applying I
agriculture the effort used in non-esser
tial work that does not lhelp win tn
war.
Will you work TO help win the war?
Selected.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-05-31
The Red Cross AT Oakland.

In the campaign for the Red Cross
fund last week Oakland and district
number eight raised So, $4,000 On :
quota of $500. 900. Our people went
to work IN earnest to raise this money.
We bad three teams in the field, team
number one. ]. N. Clay and ]. F.
Tomlin, team No. 2W. 7. Cartwright
and C. P. Hudson, team No. 8 Rev.
Suggs and T. NJ. Ross; These teams
were assisted at times by B. H. Tharp.
c. w. Irwin and R. G. McFsdden.
They commenced work Monday and
worked the entire week. making house
to house canvass.
During the time we had Capt. G. I
Fitizhugb. Hon. Joaeph Newberger
and Rev. Griggs who msde splendid
addresses for Us.
Our eOlOred population gave over
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-05-31

Word comining from Memphis
phis bears the information that liquor
vendors in that city and vicinity are
more open and active than they have
been for many months. This is no
surprise since the recent changes In
the control Of affairs there. Certainly
the drink has been more plentiful here
recently. Last Saturday three offenders
where brOught'into the Recorders court.
their goods cOnfseated and it was all
of the same brand and all in half pint
sealed packages. Every lover Of law
and order in this part Of the state
needs to be vigilsnt and open in his
effort TO suppress this traffic. One
vendor here was arrested as vagrant
recently On city warrant and when
given three days to 20 to work be left
tom nd hss net been seen here since.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-05-31

There have been recently released
from the schools of Fsyette county at
least estimate thousand boys whose
work might be made Of enormous. value
If they were put to doing things most
needed in way of labor. Hundreds of
men have gone from the county to the
army and it becomes a duty of the
boys to put themselves into places
made vacant by these departures for
the front and to help produce food
upon which our fighting men, our
allies and our non-belligerants are
to be fed. Right here in Somervllle are
manv boys idle on the streets while
the Nation is crying for workmen, and
there is much that these boys can do.
The boy Is as patriotic as any Of US
but they have not been shown the i'm
perative need of their labor at the
present time and the older heads must
show them. General Crowder says
that EVERY body must work or fight.
And we should 90 to IL, men, women.
boys and girls all can find useful work
IL we just keep our eyes open.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-05-31

The announcement was made last
Sunday by Director of all the railroads,
Mr.. McAdoo, that an advance of alb
out 100000. 900 per anrum is made in
the wages Of railroad employees, and
the increase is effective from January
l, 1918. And we who receive freight
over the roads and ride on their trains
will have to pay the $500, 100000
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-05-31
BEAUTY HINTS
FOR YOUR HAIR
How to Prevent it From
Growing Gray.

There is no occasion for you to look
unattractive or premsturely old be-
cause of gray, streaked with gray,
white .or faded: hair. Don't llet this
condition with its looks rob you Of your
youthful beauty and the wonderful op-
portunities which life offers. No mat
ter how gray, your hair might be. "La-
Creole" Hair Dressing will revive the
color glands of nature-promote a
healthy copdition of the hair and scalp
and cause all Of your gray or faded hair
to be come evenly dark. soft. lustrious
and beautiful. This preparation is not
a dye, but an Ielegant toilet requisite
which is easy applied by simply COM
bling or brushes through the hair.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-05-31

Several alfalfa growers here are
cutting their second crop of hay for
the present season and it Is said to be
q good one, A yield Of two and half
or three tons Of hay per acre for the
April and May cuttings together is not
an uncommon yield and it will likely
give three more cuttings before frost.
And alfalfa hay was selling in Mem.
last week at $42 per ton.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-05-31
DANGER IN DELAY
Kidney Diseases Are Too Danerous
for SomerviIle to Neglect

ASA SCAACh ~ ANSHs~t
The great danger of kidney troubles
is that they SO often get firm hold
before the sufferer recognizes them.
Health will be gradually undermined.
Backache, headache, nervousness, lame
ness, soreness, lumbago, urinary trou-
bles. dropsy, gravel and Bright's dis
ease often follow in merciless success
ion. Don't neglect your kidneys, Help
the kidneys with Doaa's Kidney Pills,
which are Of strongly recommended
right here in this locality.
D. r. Staley, engineer. |. C. R. R.,
2S9 W. Main ST., Jackson, Tenn,
says: II was having lot of trouble
with my back and couldn't get ar.
ound for several days. | knew the
complaint was brought on by cold anC
exposure which every railroad man il
subject to, together with the constan
joltiug, that is mighty hard on the kid
neys. The action Of my kidneys wa
irregular and was obliged to get u
often at night to pass the kidney secre
tions, began taking Doan's Kidne!
Pills and four boxes rid me of my trou
ble."
| Price 6Oc, at all dealers. Don't Gin
ply ask for q kidney remedy-ge
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same ths
Mr.. Staley had. Foster-Milburn CT
Mfgrs.. Bufflo,a N. Y. adv
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-05-31

The Texas Wonder cures kidney and
bladder troubles, dissolves gravel,
cures diabetes, weak and lame backs,
rheumatism. and all Irregularities of
the kidneys and bladder In both men
and wamen. Regulstesbladder trouble
in children, II not sold by your drug
gist will be sent BY mail on receipt Of
81 co. One small bottle Is two months
treatment and seldom fails to pecfeet .
cure. Send fos Tennessee testimonials.
DR.. E. W. Hall. 1926 Oliver street. St.
Louis. Mo-. Send for Tennessee testi-
monials. Sold b. druggits. II
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-05-31
A PROCLAMATION
[Continued from page IL

notified of the place or places designate
for registration, and every Local Boar
having jurisdiction in State or Terri
tory. the area of which is divided int
divisions for the administration Of tn
act approved May IS, 1917, will
promotly cause the clerks of the town
ship within its division to be notified o
the place or places. designated for regis
tratiCn.
And / do call upon every mayor
county clerk, or township clerk receiv
ing such notification to have a list o
said places of registration posted, ant
do charge him with the duty of having
all persons making inquiry informed o.
of the place or places at which they
may register.
ANY person who, on account of sick.
ness, will be unable to be present him.
self for registration may apply on OF
before the day Of registration at the
Office Of any Local Board for instruc
ton as to how he may register by az
ent.
ANY person who expects to be absent
on the day designated for registration
from the jurisdiction Of the board in
which he permantely resides may regis.
ter by mail, but his registration card
must reach the Local Board having
jurisdiction Of the area wherein he
permanently resides by the day herein
named for registration. ANY such
persons should apply as soon as practi-
cable at the Office Of Local Board for
instructions as to how he may register
by mail.
Any person who has no permanent
residence must register at the place
degisnsted :for registration by the
Local Board having jurisdiction Of the
area wherein he may be on the day here
in named for registration.
ANY persons who. on accountI Of alb
sence at sea, or on account of absence
without the territorial limits of the
United States, may be unable to CON-
ply with the regulations pertaining to
shall, within five days after
reaching the first United States port,
register with his proper Losol Board or
as provided in the regulations for other
absentees:
In WITNESS WHEREOF, / have here
unto set my hand and caused the seal
Of the United States to be affixed
Done in the District Of Columbia this
twentieth day of May in the year Of our
Lord one thousand nine hundred and
eighteen and of the independence Of the
United States of America, the one
hundred and forty-second.
[sEALl WOODROW WILSON.
By the President:
ROBERT LANSING. Secretary Of State
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-05-31

81, 900 90 for the cause. The following
colored men gave valuable assistance
in work Amoung their people, Rev. T.
H. Nichols, M. V. Umble, A. 7.
johnson, L. ]. Mebane, Riley, Walton,
Richard Austin, Lee Castles, Chas.
Owens, Ed Person, and John Henry
Williams.
We are glad to report that our coloe.
ed population has shown q patriotic
spirit ever since our county has been al