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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-13

The Picnic.
THE Princess Elaine, cousin of
the-little willfuI princess, had
- come to make a visit, and a
grand picnic was to be given in her
honor. She lived in a large city,
where, except for the beautiful parks
and Fairgrounds, there was little OPP
portunity of seeing the country. So
the picnic had been planned to give
her the delight of being out in the
open, where the blue sky was end
less, as we'll as the green pasture
lands, and where groves of oak trees
offered as cool and beautiful re-
treat as any Gothic palace.
The head chef of the castle had
superintendent the packing of the
great hampers with the utmost care.
There were delicious broiied chick
ems and big red Holsters, cold tongue
and ham; crisp salads and sliced
vegetables; curiously nodded con-
fections from the pastry kitchen,
hakey crusted pies of all kinds. Then
there were fruits heaped upon bas-
kets of carved ice and, in fact, every
thing that was good to eat was to
be enjoyed at the feast under the
trees.
1t was glorious morning. The
sun had burned away every cloud
that had hung rosy about his ris-
ing and the great gray tanks of
the rocky hill on which stood the
castle glared yin a pale scorch I'M
der the sky. Here and there adown
the steep incline the little brook
flashed out in a clear, intense dazzle
as it leaped out from the dark riffs
on its way to the meadow.
No one at the castle, however, no.
ticed all these beauties OF nature
they were too busy getting ready
for the picnic. Except, perhaps, the
Prince Rupert. He had stood for
some time gazing down from his
window at the rocks and the trees
which sparkled under the rays of
the early sun. Perhaps lie was
wondering which of his two lovely
cousins he loved the most, At
length, however, he descended to
the, dining hall, where the royal
breakfast awaited the household.
The meal was of short duration as
far as the two little prineesses were
concerned, for they were too excit-
cd to eat, and, moreover, was it rt.t
foolish to bother with an ordinary
breakfast when the hampers held
all that one could desire iii the
way of food' Therefore. they were
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-13
BY David Cory


the monkey took hold of her wrist
to feel her pulse.
Speak to me-" cried Rupert. Then
the little wilful princess opened her
eyes and cried, Where am II"
Seeing that she was not injured,
but only wet, the king commanded
that she retire to the tent and await
dry set of clothes, which he would
instantly send her. But, no, the
little willful princess would not hear
of it. Il shall ride to the castle at
once" she replied, "and change my
clothes And, without further
words, she ran as fast as her wet
garments would permit to the tent
and, quickly getting into her riding
habit, mounted her horse and rode
away, The monkey did not follow,
for he seemed to know that she
wished her handsome cousin to be
her escort, which turned out to be
the case. And as they rode, side by
side, he was the first to speak.
"Methought you were drowned,
sweet cousin" he said in a low
voice, you were so still and white"
The little willful princess grew
very rosy as her eyes met his, al
though she hesitatcd pot in her
reply:
"Methought as 7 felt the ground
give way beneath my feet that may
hap you would be too engrossed to
hear my feeble cry" At which the
prince blushed also.
When she reached the castle much
concern was shown by her French
maid over her misfortune and the
fact that the picnic was spoiled for
her by the mishap. But the little
willful princess said nothing; she
only smiled as she tripped down the
stairway, after putting on her most
becoming gown, to meet Prince
Rupert.
Let us have a little picnic BY
ourselves" she said, as they seated
themselves on rustic bench in the,
rose garden.
And when the king and queen re-
turned with the Princess Elaine and
the/pet monkey later in the day,
they found their daughter laughing
most happily.
"Nerily," said the king, as he as
cended the stairs to his room. she
Is developing most lovely dispo-
sition. To think that she could have
missed all the fun and still be
happy"
Which only goes to show that
kings can read a woman's heart no
better than ordinary SSvs
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-13
A GREEDY LITTLE MOUSE.

Once upon time, dear, a greedy
little mouse
Lived in the middle of an apple tart
house.
He nibbled out a window, and he
nibbled out door,
And he bit a pretty pattern in the
crusty yellow floor.
What jolly wee house
For a mouse.
Once when he was hungry he ate
the window-sill,
The door jamb and the Intel, and
he was hungry still;
So then the mouse nibbled the
juicy apple wall,
And the Criss-Cross rattered ceiling,
till it wasn't there at all.
| wish | had house
Like mouse.
The mousie looked about him and
gave frightened start,
For, oh! Where had it vanished, his
house of apple tart?
But now he always feels at home,
though wandering far and
wide.
For he takes his house around with
him, although he boards out
side.
Would you eat up your house
Like the mouse?
-Abbie FarwelI Brown
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-13
The Little W7illfwl Princess -

globe OIL each side of his head. As
he turns his head to look about him
and, in moving, he draws himself
out of his old suit of armor, and
from two neat little cases at its
sides come two pairs of wings, fold
ed up like fans and put away here
to be ready for use when the right
time should come. Carefully he un-
folds them and spreads them out
in the warm air. With every move
ment he is escaping from his armor.
Drawing from their sheaths his
legs, finer and longer and far more
beautifully made and colored than
the old, he trembles all over, and a
slender body, that was packed away
like spyglass, is slowly drawn out.
one part after another, until at last
the dark coat Of mail bangles
empty from the water plant.
why, he looks like beautiful
knight that has taken off his
armor," cried the little princess.
Instead OF the ugly bug, cllnglng
to the stem was dragon fly, his
delicate, gauzy wings trembling in
the breeze, as il about to transport
the long slender body across the
sparkling waters.
There he goes" said the monkey,
"but | don't believe he will bother
to stop for a dance with the water
spiders now. It's not always the
really interesting people who dance"
The little princess looked at the
monkey. We'll, who would expect
an old bore like that black bug to
turn into dragon fly, any more
than one would expect handsome
prince to change into a love-sick
swain:" and she glanced across the
lake to where Prince Rupert was
walking with her cousin Elaine.
"Methinks he is acting" replied
the monkey, with a wise little wink.
At which the little willful princess
blushed ever so little. Let us join
them" he continued, "else they may
think you wish to avoid them" At
this the little princess gave "hel-
loa" and started to run toward them
around the edge of tho lake, As
she neared them she slipped from
the bank and. with a frightened
scream, fell into the watee,. In an
instant Prince Rupert plunged over
the bank and lifted her from the
water, as it was very shallow at
that point. Tenderly carrying her
in his arms, he laid her down on the
grass, at the same time leaning over
and imploring her to open her eyes.
She cannot be dead" he cried as
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-13
THE MOON BABY.

There once lived good fisher
man. He was not a land-man, but
sky-man. He was a great big
cloud of the night sky, and his net
was the starry dipper. One night
this blue fisherman travelled far
Their than usual in his sky-home.
Once he picked up a bright, silver
star and used it as his spyglass.
He sighed restlessly, poor thing.
Il wonder if there will ever come
anything new" he grumblcd. for he
was wearying of seeing stars and
the moon.
Through the bright star he had
an unusually clear glimpse of the
milky way. About to throw down
his spyglass the fisherman saw
something tumble rockety, rock
down the white moon path. 1t was
golden something unlike the
moon, and so the cloud-man became
more than interested. In fact very
excited. For he had never seen
anything that rivaled its brilliancy.
Il must investigate" he said
aloud. And thus it was that he
sailed into the dipper and was con-
veyed to the milky way.
What was that? A sweet little
tinklc tinkle reached the hsherman's
ears. He hurried along the path and
stopped beside a golden path and
stopped beside a golden cradle, In
it lay lovely little baby, white as
the moon, as golden and blue as a
summer dawn. White skin, blue eyes
and sunny curls All this seemed to
fascinate the big cloudman. But
he had to go, for the sun would soon
rise. The next evening the dipper
piloted the interested cloud-man
onto the milky way. What sur
prise and joy it was to him when
he found that in his absence the
moon baby" had become a beauti-
full tall princess, who soon became
the fsherman's bride!
CORA STEVENS. !
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-13
Travels of the Nuts

Mrs. Wild Nut was grandmother
10 two little children who were first
cousins. One was named WALNUT
and the other was named Hickory
Nut and both Nuts lived on tall
trees that grew side by side in the
woods. Both these little Nut girls
had brothers also, but the boys, like
most boys. cared nothing about
playing with the girls, so WALNUT
end Hickory-Nut were daily play
mates,
One day in late September, Wal
Nut sighed: Dear me, | wish we
did not always have to live on this
tree. Wouldn't you just love to see
the world, Hickory"
"Oh, yes, but there's not much
use in wishing it. l suppose we
will always live and die in this tree"
replied Hickory.
Just then a squirrel hoped along
the branch and spied the WALNUT
frowning. He gave one squint and
then jumped away hurriedly as he
said to himself: Those Nuts are
not quite ripe yet, but I will watch
out for the time when they fall"
Dear me! Did you see that awful
robber, Hickory?" cried WALNUT,
a2hast
Yes, but he ran away, so | guess
we need not worry about him." re-
turned Hickory, as she glanced over
her shoulder.
Il think l should die if I was
stolen from home and kept in
dark hole under the roots where
Squirrel keeps his stores" con-
tinued Walnut
Il just wouldn't stay there! I'd
get out some way, even if | had to
coax a nasty worm to crawl inside
my shell so the Squirrel would toss
me out of his house" Dragged
Hickory-Nut.
Then came an evening in early
October when the sun sank earlier
than the previous week, and the
cold wind made the Nut children
SILVER uncomfortably The grand
mother tried to cover the little Nuts
up with the leaves of the trees, but
still the cold grew more intense.
"Dearies, fear Jack Frost will
sneak around tonight and touch
anyone who is not we'll protected.
Keep the leaf covers on until the
sun calls you to rise in the morn
ing" advised grandmother.
But WALNUT found the covers
too binding so she kicked off the
heavy one just as Jack peeped in
under the bough. He slyly took out
his scissors and snip went the
stitches that held together Wal
Nuts fine dress. The robe cracked
open and poor WALNUT shuddered
with cold, for she was unprotected
now.
Jack Frost laughed merrily, but
Walnut tried to shrink back into
ler old coat in vain. He waited a
,ew moments, and then clipped the
stem that held WALNUT safely at
1ome. Down she fell onto the grass
below. The fall shook her so that
Ter clothes fell off and there she
vas in her pretty inside she'll.
Jack then sprang over to the
Hickory tree and shipped off many
If the little boys, but he did not
tut open their clothes as he had
lone to WALNUT. He merely
nipped a little seam on each she'll
nd then cut the stems. Down they
ell beside Walnut. Last came
Iickory-Nut, the little girl. She
ighed as she fell, but she felt sure
hey would all now travel to the
Il
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-13
Fourth Liberty Loan.

By Verna May, Aged Is. Grafton
United States is now engaged in
a great war. Again the government
comes to the people with the re-
quest that they lend their money,
and lend it upon a more liberal
scale than ever before. The money
that is held back now will be oil
little use or value if the war is not
won and the selfish masters OF Ger
many are permitted to dictate what
America may and may not do.
No person in public should rise
and sing the beautiful words OF
America" if they do not love their
country enough to help in this great
drive of the Fourth Liberty loan.
Has it ever occurred to you that one
more bond bought with little addi-
tional effort may save the life OF the
boy from the next door?
Uncle Sans Liberty chest needs
filing again. We have the cash to
fiji it as many times as he lifts the
lid There are only two horns to
this dilemma; you are either pa
triot or a traitor. The men on the
firing line and on the ships have
turned from business and home and
they stand ready to give their lives
and shield with their bodies us who
remain at home. We arc unworthy
to be thus protected if we do not do
our utmost to help them. Our boys
have gone over to clean up the Hun
and 1t is up to us>to supply them
with whatever they need to get the
kaiser. 1t takes money to do tins.
There is nothing too good for our
brave defenders.
The expenditures OF the govern
ment for the preceding year are
estimated at $4,000, 100000, a sum
which battles the imagination to con-
ceive. What vast amount must come
one-third from taxes and two-thlrds
from loans. The success OF the /.
Fourth loan. like those that pre-
coded, is therefore necessary. We
must work with the highest speed,
as if the war was to end in SIX
months. We must prepare in every
direction, as if it was to last Tor
years. Speed and preparation are
both expensive. We can not win
without money and therefore these
loans are vital and the country
should rally in all its strength and
subscribe and ovcrsubscribe tn
Fourth loan
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-13

thu next installment, just like the
Busy Bees. When he was in The
Bee office he had fine time see
ing how a newspaper is made, and
he found the linotype machines and
the big presses so fascinating he
could hardly tear himself away from
them. Francis travels about the
country a great deal, but always is
accompanied by his pretty mother,
who takes very good care of him,
Just as Omaha mothers do of their
little bows.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-13
OUR FLAG

The part of our flag that is blue
Stands for all that is noble and true.
The part Of our flag that is red
Stands for the bravery of living aud
dead.
The part OF our flag that is white
Stands as the emblem OF purity's
light.
And the starr in our flag, so bright,
Stand for goodness in the worlds
dark night.
Thus our flag hasa meaning for all,
Let's give it Z place in Fame's great
hall
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-13
prize Letter.
Making Money for Junior Red
Cross.

By Alice Wallerstedt, Aged II,
Coleridge, Ncb.
| am going to write to the Busy
Bees for the first time; | am going
had.
On Junior Red Cross day every
school in our country was to have
something to raise money for the
Junior Red Cross. SO we had a
program consisting of recitations
and patriotic songs. After the pro-
gram we had an auction. Every
family donated something, such as
canned fruits, cakes and pickles, etc.
After the program we took in $2l,
which we will use to buy materials.
l have a brother and a cousin in
the navy and an uncle and three
cousins in the army. l have $3.50
in baby bonds and four thrift
stamps. | hope these will help lit.
tie toward winning the war.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-13

We all have various ways OF rails
ing money to win the war, but Ed
ward Schiller has found the most
original way of all. Edward has a
real rabbit farm, for at one time he
had 50 gray and white bunnies, but
now he has but two, and | must tell
you what has become of the 9TH
ers. This patriotic boy gave two
OF his pets to the Red Cross and two
to the Salvation Army to be sold for
their war fund, and with the money
from the others Edward bought war
savings stamps. OF course, he
couldn't bear to part with all his rab-
bits, so Edward will keep two for
pets.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-13

! VIII tle wal sooHer' Everybody
should saws food and Aour' to send
TO our boys over there. The chill
dren should not buy much candy, but
buy war savings stamps and thrift
stamps with their pennies. Since
coal IS scarce, we should not buy
more than we need. Do not buy
any new clothes or coats this year,
but wear your old ones il you pos
sibly can. Don't buy much Zoe
cream or chewing gum. And In thess
times we should sing patriotic sonss
and give patriotic pledges. Stand
when the national hymns are sung.
Every stamp or bond Of Liberty You
buy helps tho Sammies lick the Hun
and every one you don't buy helps
the Hun lick the Sammies. Wear
star for every one of your friends
that go to war. or that have already
gone. Unpatriotism is not allowed
in America or any country that is
in the United States or in its favor.
DO your bit wherever you can.
Our Picnic.
By Alma Trerichs, Aged 9 Years,
Talmage, Neb. Blue Side.
1t was held the 18th of May, Ave
years ago, in Mr.. Neeman's grove.
1t was stormy day.
Ny brother took US down In the
car. We had bought the car the, day
before the picnic. Our folks came
over in the carriage and took us
along home.
We alto our dinner h the woods
and played hide and 60 seek. wolf,
base ball, Wash gton and jump the
rope. 3
When we reached home II juat
started to rain, 80 we could not 70
outside. We all said We were glad
we were home.
l hope Mr.. Wastepaper Basket
has gone to war. Il
A Former Busy Bee.
By Glee Gardner, Aged IS, 1881
North Sixty-sixth Street, Omaha,
Neb. Blue Side.
Dear Busy Bees. We'll, Welt II
seems good to b writing to my
Bee friends again. It's been = long
time since I have written to the
page, but I always read the letters
every Sunday. They certainly are
interesting. just By reading the
Busy Bee page ono can see how
patriotic young Americans are. Ny
goodnessl They are just trimming
over with ali kinds of ways to help
Uncle Sam win the war. I suppose
all Of you are going to school regu-
larry. Play like you ase a soldier
and the better you got your lessons
the better soldier you will be. Sup
posing you get 100 In arithmetic.
Why, you would almost be . gen
erall Weren't all the parades and
the carnival simply wonderful i
shows that we can have a little fun
even if the kaiser does scold\ and
fret Along comes the old Spanish
Flu and gives US vacation. Oh,
we'll, we will have to go to school
longer in the spring. | sold flowers
for the Belgian babies and It
seemed as if everyone was just ~
willing to give money as anything.
Well, it is getting late. 50 ! must
close, but remember that l shall all
ways cherish my Busy Bee friends.
Prize Book.
Dear Editor: I received my prize
book a long time ago. The name OF
it is 1.-TWO Children In Old Paris.
| read it all through and liked It
very much. I thank the editor very
much for the beautiful book 4 re- 3
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-13
Little Helping Hand.

By Elma May Crane, Aged 9, North
Platte, Neb.
Once when little Helping Hand
was out playing She heard a noise.
1t sounded like many feet She ran
into her grandmother and said she
heard a noise. Her grandmother
we'll knew who it was. She packed
her few belongings and went to
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-13
Little Stories by Little Folks

tort few miles away. She wanted
Helping Hand to come with her but
she said;
No, + will stay here. My brother
is in the army and ! want to meet
him for he is going to have a fur
lough." The grandmother said, no,
they would leave note for him to
come to camp. But little Helping
Hand sighed and told them to go
on.
The grandmother didn't want to
go but Helping Hand insisted, 80
she said goodbye and went on
toward the camp. Helping Hand
was all by herself now, but what
could she do but waltz Pretty soon
she saw 4 lot Of Huns, they told her
to surrender but she would not;
then they said they wanted some
thing to eat. She said there was
nothing in the house. Just then
some. Americans came and they had
a battle right in front of the house.
Soon the Americans had them just
about gone. Helping Hand thanked
them and gave them her ring for a
remembrance.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-13
Win the War!

By Sarah Hanson, Aged 10, Bellevue,
Neb.
We should help the Red Cross
knit for the soldiers. And we should
help the children of Belgium by
sending them clothes to wear and
food to eat. Every man should go
to the army and help the soldiers to
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-13

The government finds it necessary
once more to borrow money from
the people Of the United States in
order to put more men in the trench
es. The goal of the Fourth Liberty
loan is $4,000, 900, 900, twice as much
as the Third Liberty loan. All per-
sons will buy bonds or tell why not.
The expense Of the men in the new
draft age will be enormous. There
fore, the government needs great
amount of money for the expense of
these men.-John Rika, South Side
High school.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-13
Ch;ldren's Festivals.

Now that Our country is at war
the Fourth of July is one Of our
happiest holidays, for we all love to
show our patriotism. and Christmas
is indeed the day OF days for the chill
drcn of our land. But wouldn't you
love to live in japan. the land OF
cherry blossoms, for the Japanese
people |sct aside two days. May 5,
which is boys day, and March ),
which is girls day.
First, | will tell you about Girls
day, for this is the very happiest day
for all the little Japanese maids in
the land in every Japanese home,
from the most luxurious to the most
humble, feast is prepared. On this
day all the dolls of the family are
brought out and arranged on the
tiny altar. On the highest step are
the two who represent the emperor
and the empress, and the others are
arranged below them.
You must not think that these arc
the dolls that little Miss Japan
plays with every day, for these are
the toys which are carefully kept in
boxes from one years end to the
other. Many times the dolls are
hundreds of years old. and this Gus
tom has lived for nine centuries in
this beautiful country.
But, now | must tell you of the
Boys day. From every house where
there is son beautiful kite in the
shape of FISH is flown. Such shout
ing with glee as can be heard when
all the children run out to see their
kites. 1t is like a universal birth
day party and every Japanese lad |
looks forward to this great day IN
the early spring.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-13

never have been crossed. They did
their best, and we should do ours
Gertrude Sutphen, aged -, Saunders
school; Miss Vaughan, teacher.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-13
Busy Bees in War 7 inne
n HlLDREN, Dear:
This vacation was quite a

illLP EN-, DCdt
l This vacation was quite a
surprise, wasn't it? While
we all love vacations and surprises,
too, we are not feeling so very hap
by a Yer all. Even though the warm
sunshine beckons you, you will not
want TO play all the time, and so
have thought OF fine way to spend
some Of the idle hours. know that
you all love animals and that many
OF you have pets of your own and
! will give you a prize for the best
animal story or letter that you
send. Write on one side OF the
paper, using pen and ink. and send
in your stories before Wednesday,
October %. Address the envelopes
care OF the Busy Bee Editor. The
prize story and a number OF the
good ones will be printed, so shar-
pen your wits and see which one Of
you can write the best one. Re-
member the date. Wednesday. Octo-
Der 3, and begin your stories right
iWayl
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-13

Dear Editor: I received my prize
book long time ago. The name OF
it is 1.-TWO Children In Old Paris"
I read it all through and liked il
very much. I thank the editor very
much for the beautiful book 4 re-
ceived.-Helen Abraham, Schuyler
Neb., Route 3.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-13

Our government asks us for
fourth loan, $4,000, 100000 10 Use 40.
the cause of Liberty. Cnc strife
ment doesn't seem right, DO your
bit" IL Pershing's men merely id
their bit the Hindenburg line would