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Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-09
Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-F Fairyland
By LAURA BANCROFT

h The birds looked at him curiously,
land one or two futtered their wings
lin timid and nervous way; but none
IIof them, little or big, thought best to
make any reply.
II WELL" said Jim Crow. grufly,
whats the matter with you fellows?
Haven't you got tongnesi You seemed
TO talk fast enough a minute ago"
1 Excuse me-" replied a bullhnch, In
/ ! dignifed voice; I'VE haven't the
honor of your acquaintance. You are
4 stranger"
my names Jim Crow" he an
Swered, "and | won't be stranger
lPng, because I'm goinglto live here"
They all looked. grave at this
speech, and little thrush hoped
ffom one branch to another. and re-
marked:
1--WE haven't any crows here at all.
| IA you want to find your own folks
YOU must go to some other place"
TWhat do | care about my own
folks?' asked Jim, with laugh that
mhde the, little thrush shudder. II
prefer to live alone"
Haven't you mater" asked =
robin, speaking in very polite tone
fNo; and don't want any" said
Jim Grow. I'm going TO live all by
myself. There's plenty Of room in
this forest, ! guess"
1Certainlyn replied THE bullhnch.
There is plenty OF room for you
hehe II you behave yourself and obey
the lays"
I WHO'S going to make me?' he
asked, angrily.
Amy decent person, even il he's a
CROW, is bound to respect the law"
answered the bullfnch. calmly.
Jim Grow was little ashamed, for
he didn't wish to acknowledge he
want decent. So he said:
What are your laws"
THE same as those in all other for
est3. You must respect the nests and
the property Of all other birds, and
not interfere with them when they're
hunting for food. And you must warn
yoqr fellow birds whenever there Is
danger. and assist them to protect
their young from prowling beasts.
If kou obey these laws, and do not
ste}l from or Interfere with your
neiEhbors, you have right to nest
in bur forest"
4 To be 'quite frank with you,
though" said the robin, I'VE prefer
yodr room to your company."
'iI'm going to stay" said the crow.
II guess I'm as good as the rest Of
yob; so YOU fellows just mind your
own business and I'll mind mine"
With these words he left them, and
wien he had mounted to position
aHove the trees he saw that one tall,
slim pine was higher than ali the rest,
add that at its very to- was q big
deserted nest a
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-09
Berniee's Repentance.

By Ruby Mason, Aged IL, Upland,
Dear Busy Bees: May ! join your
happy circle? ! will make all the
honey ] cap.
"Oh, papa" cried Bernice, excit.
cdly, running into. the library, may
! go to the picnic tomorrow"
Her father slowly shook his head.
mo. DEAR" he said. THAT lake is
very dangerous; am sure someone
will fall into ii; stay at home and help
Uncle Sam and me"
The next day Bernice was asked
by the girls if she was going.
"Of course" she said, thinking to
disobey her father, for her mother
was dead.
The girls started out bright and
early, arrived there in safety and
pitched their tents. After dinner was
over they went down to the lake to
wade in the water. They had been
in there for several minutes, when
Bernice, who was in the, deepest
water, fell.
"Ifelpl Help" she cried.
A man who was passing by swan
to her and caught her in his arms as
she went down again. She was taken
home unconscious. She went to the
library in few hours and throwing
her arms around her fathers neck,
said:
II will never disobcy you again.
father, dear And she went to bed
a much sadder but wiser girl.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-09
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DlzEz GROW
Copyright, 1911. The Reilly a sritson Co.
Jim Crow Becomes Pet.

~ NE day, when Twinkle's father
was in the corn field, he sho,
his gun at flock of crows thai
were busy digging up, with their long
bills, the kernels Of corn he had
planted. But Twinkle's father didn't
aim straight, for the birds screamed
at the bang of the gun and quickly
few away-all except one young
crow that fluttercd its wings, but
couldn't rise into the air, and SO began
to run along the ground in an effort to
escape.
The man chased the young crow,
and caught it; aud then he found that
one of the little lead bullets had
broken the right wing, although the
bird seemed not 10 Be hurt in any
other way.
1t struggled hard and dStried to peck
the hands that. held it; but it was too
young to hurt any one, so Twinkle's
father decided he would carry it home
Is his little girl.
Here's a pet for you, Twinkle" he
said, as he came into the house. 1T
can't fly, because its wing is broken;
but don't let it get too near your
eyes, or it may peck at them. It's
very wild and fierce, you know"
Twinkle was delighted with her
pet, and at once got her mother to
bandage, the broken wing, so that h
would heal quickly.
The crow had jet black feathers,
but there was pretty purplish and
violet gloss, or sheen, on its back and
wings, and its eyes were bright and
had knowing look in them. They
were hazel-brown in color, and the
bird had queer way of turning his
head on one side to'look at Twinkle
with his fright eye, and then twisting
IL the other side that he might see
her with his left eye. She often
wondered if she looked the same to
both eyes, or if each one made her
seem different.
She named her pet "Jim Crow
because papa said that ali crews were
called Jim, although he never could
find out the reason. But the name
seemed to fit her pet as we'll IS any.
so Twinkle never bothered about the
reason.
Having no cage to keep him in,
and fearing he would run away, the
girl tied a strong cord around one of
! lin Crows legs, and the other end OF
the cord size fastened to the round
Of a chafr--or to the table leg-when
~
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-09

Little Miss Donna Newman left grand
mother and will spend down the hore
little girl can build sand castles all day long Donna has Of little
friends who will miss her sadly while she
little people for last really party paper
and striped ice they all had lovely
the picture standing the porch of Donna home before
We will tell who they for perhaps
ALL On the bottom reading from left right Mary Hitler Mil
ton Newman Donna Newman Josephine Newman Mildred Smiley
second Charles Evans Richard Hle Sidney Smith Margaret
Wilson, Joseph Barker and standing the
Erickson Eleanor McEwan Charles Petrie
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-09

they we're in the house. The crow
would run all around, as far as til,
string would let him 60; but he
couldn't get away. And when they
went out Of doors Twinkle held the
end OF the cord in her hand, as one
leads q dog, and Jim Grow would
run along in front of her. and then
stop and wait. And when she came
near he'd run on again, screaming,
"Cawl Caw!" at the top of his shrili
little voice.
lie soon came TO- know that he be-
llonged to Twinkle, and would often
he in her lap orr perch upon her
shoulder. And wheuever she entered
the room where he was he would say,
Caw-cawr to her, in pleading
tones, until she picked him up or
took some notice of him.
1t was wonderful how quickly a
bird that had always lived wild and
tree seemed to become tame and gen.
tie. Twinkle's father said that was
because he was so young. and be-
cause his broken wing kept him
from flying in the air and rejoining
his fellows. But Jim Grow wasn't
as tame as he seemed, and he had q
very wicked and ungrateful disposi-
ton. as you will presently learn.
For a few weeks, however, he was
as nice a pet as any little girl could
wish for. He got into mischief oe-
casionally, and caused mamma some
annoyance when lie waded into 4
pan of milk or jumped upon the din
ner table and ate up papa's pumpkin
pie before Twinkle could stop him.
But all pets are more or less trouble,
at times, so Jim Crow escaped with
. few severe seedlings from mamma,
which never seemed to worry him in
the least or make him bit unhappy.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-09
CHAPTER III.
Jim Crow Finds a New Home.

I'll not try to tell you of all tn
awful things this bad crow did dur
ing the next few days, on his loni
journey toward the south.
Twinkle almost cried when sh,
found her pet gone; and she reall,
did cry when she saw the poor nlur
dered chickens. But mamma said sh,
was very glad to have Jim Crow rur
away, and papa scowled angrily snt
declared he was sorry he had no
killed the cruel bird when he shot al
il in the cSrn field. y,
In the meantime the runaway crow
few through the country, and when
he was hungry he would stop at q
farm house and rob hens nest and
eat the eggs. 1t was his knowledge
Of farm houses that made him SC
bold; but the farmers shot at the
thieving bird once or twice, and this
| frightened Jim Crow so badly that he
decided to keep away from the farms
and find a living ia some less dan
gerous way.
And one day he came to a fine for
est, where there were big and little
trees of all kinds, with several streams
of water running though the woods.
Here" said Jim Crow, II will make
my home; for surely this Is the finest
place | am ever likely to find"
There were plenty OF birds in this
forest, for Jim could hear them sing
ing and twittering among the trees;
and their nests hung suspended from
branches, or nestled in fork made
by two limbs, in almost every direc-
tion he might look. And the birds
we're of many kinds, too: robins,
thrushes, bullhnches, mocking-birds,
wren, yellowtails and skylarks. Even
tiny humming birds futtercd around
the wild flowers that grew in the
glades; and in the waters of the
brooks waded long-legged herons,
while kinghshers sat upon overhang-
ing branches and waited patiently to
seize any careless fish that might
swim too near them.
4 Jim Crow decided this must be a
real paradise for birds, because it
was far away from the houses Of men.
So he made up his mind TO get ac-
quainted with the inhabitants Of the
forest as soon as possible, and let
them know who he was, and that he
must be treated with proper respect.
In big fir tree, whose branches
reached nearly to the ground, he saw
a large gathering of the birds, who
sat chattering and gossiping pleas
antly together. So he few down and
joined them.
Good morning, folks" he said; and
his voice sounded to them like a
harsh crosk, because it had become
much deeper in tone since he had
grown TO his full size.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-09
In the Bee Hive
nEAR BUSY BEEs:> Hurrah, hu

TEAR BUSY BEEs:> Hurrah, hur-
- rah, now we can play! School
is over this week and all Busy Bees
are welcoming a long vacation. This
year more children are going to stay
1t home than ever before; yes they are
going to stay right in Omaha and
spend their vacation money on thrift
stamps and Liberty bonds. A vaca-
ton is an easy thing to sacrifice for
our soldiers and this is a. time when
every one big and little wants to do
the best they can for (he boys in khaki
who are going to win this war.
Many Red Cross clubs are being
formed and the Boy Scouts E.e pian-
ming lots Of extra drills and the Camp
Fire girls and Young Mems Christian
association girls are going to have
camps where first aid work will be
taught. So even if there is no school
it will be busy summer for us all.
! hope you will all have happy
time either at work or play. With
love,
MARGARET.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-09
"Cherry.Croft House Party.

Mcrchon Welch was host to doz-
en- Of his friends for the week end,
and jollier house party never was
planned. Friday night everybody
danced and Saturday morning they all
went for a hike and fished in the Lit
tie Pappio and then had lunch on the
porch and Saturday afternoon they
played basket ball and tennis and
croquct and had roast wienies in the
orchard for supper and then Mr.. Welch
took everybody home. Little Ger
trude WEIGH, Merchon's sister, had
a good time with her brothers friends
and the Red Cross dogs tagged
along every place and wagged their
tails at the departing guests. Nobody
wanted to go home and they voted it
the bestN kind of house party. The
guests were Emma Biglow, Portia
Biglow, Billy Clark, Gertrude Gleason,
Wilma Kenney, Page Christy, Joseph
Morris, Gordon Lurkart, Jack Gar
vey, and Margaret Shotwell.
eWe Are Seven"
Miss Hazel Ipdike has a class Of
seven boys at the ST. Mary's Congre-
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-09
Let Us Have More Fountains

Drinking fountains for human
beings and animals are among the
greatest and humancst OF public
utilities. He who establishes or main
ltains such a fountain, either upon city
street or country roadside, is large
hearted benefactor. Water, according
ito Our Dumb Animals, is the first
heed OF every animal during the dusty,
blood-heating days OF summer. Fail
ure to supply It is in many instances
criminal negligence.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-09

after school ! started again. Many
people exclaimed: "Why, the very
idea! You are not strong enough
for such work. Why, il would break
my back to do such strenuous work."
l soon succeeded. however, in telling
them / was used to it, and they doubt
fully agreed to let me try.
They were very astonished at aee-
ing the snow 60 so easily and would
give me Is cents to rs cents.
My father made me little snow
Shovel, and things were even more
easy. When spring Tina came. /
ran to the store, helpSR people dust
and clean and various other duties.
But the way to success Is not Al
ways by the primrose path, and had
many refusals by people. Some
would say. children annoy me, and i
can do my work without having to
be helped" Others made similar re.
marks, and many times / felt like
giving up entirely. Then / would
think of our Samniies who have to
endure worse hardships than these
trihes. Them would feel ashamed cf
myself and would set to work bravely
again,
Fortune seemed to be by me when
| tried, for in a week ] had eight
stamps. In two weeks / had my
book filled and these I exchange f0rE
a war savings stamp. l have started
another book that has five stamps on
it.
We will lick the old kaiser il every
one does this. And for Americas
sake, and your freedom, boys and
girls, buy war savings stamps!
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-09
(Prize.)
Cooking,

BY Edith lone Johnson, aged L
Fremont, Neb.
Have you ever known of time
In all your whole life
When cooking was a problem
And such an awful strife,
When you want to bake a cake
You can't even have the sugar
And when you want some bread
You stop to think Of Hoover.
But we must forget 1t,
Then smile and do our best,
Cause we've got to whip the kaiser
And you all know the rest.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-09
The Rabbits Home.
By Agnes D. Schultz, Aged Is Yes
Menla La

By Agnes D. Schultz, Aged Is Years,
Nicola, Ia.
One day my brother was going to
the field. He told me ] could 20
along, and that he would show me
something.
I went along and when we got to
the field he told me to 60 and zee
the rabbits. I, not knowing what he
meant, asked him, where are the
rabbits" He took me over there
and to my-surprise there were three
little baby rabbits. Beside their home
waHheir mother lying dead. ! asked
my brother, who had killed her. He
said he did not know. ! picked ths
baby rabbits up and carried them
home. My sister was at school that
day, and when she came home told
her what / had. She would not be-
lievc me, so ! took her to the rabbits,
\ She then helped me make a nice
comfortable home for them. They
were very lonesome without their
mother. Two Of them died a week
after they lived in their new home.
We were sorry, because we had them
for pets and>we buried them in the
garden under some flowers. We had
one left and we named him "Fluffy.
He was so cute that when bad
weather came we put him in . box
in the house. He lived over Z year
and then he died. We felt lonesome
without him.
We buried him under lilac bush
and put board will, the name writ.
ten, Fluffy"
Well, | hope to see my letter In
print this time. 1t wasn't In the first
time. May ! join the Junior ciubf
/ hope Mr., Wastebasket is out walk
ing with his friend, so my letter can
be printed.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-09
Last Day Of School.
By Marian Talcott. Aged 10 Yearl
Red Side. McClelland. Ia.

By Marian Talcott. Aged 10 Years
Red Side, McClelland. Ia.
Friday was the last day of school,
We had a picnic in the woodE We
went at 10 o'clock. At first we thought
it was going to rain. but we went.
WeQlave ~ children in our school.
We had lots to eat. The boys stood
around and watched us.
We played wood tag and dare base.
After that the boys got some water
and we made lemonade. After we
mad eaten our ice cream the teacher
gave us gum, tl,ereit looked like rain
and they all went home but tho
teacher, three girls and all the boys.
We had a good time. About 5
o'clock we made some more lemonade,I
ate, the rest Of the ice cream and
cake. Then four of us played ball
with walnut we found. After while
it was raining so bad we thought We
had better come home, so we did.
I think we all enjoyed the time. !
am sure ! did. Goodby, Busy Bees,
won't you write to me?
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-09
(Honorable Mention.)
lust a Minute.

By Ruth Lang. Age II, Plainview
Neb. Blue Side. -
Once upon time there was lit
tie boy named John. John was always
saying, "jdst minutep If any one
told him to do something it was al
ways "just a minute!" He grew up
and his parents tried their best to
break him OF it, but could not; they
knew something would happen.
Atlast John was old enough to be-
come an officer in the army, so he
went to a training camp. About e
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-09
The War Song OF Sixpence.
BY Dorothy Harris, Aged Is. Box 1911,

BY Dorothy Harris, Aged Is. Box lol,
Villisca, Ia
Dear Sir: This is the first tins
that have ever written. / am send
ing poem:
Sing song of sixpence-
A pocket fun of rye
Give the soldiers all your whe4
To make theS kaiser die.
And when this war is over,
And the kaiser's reign is past,
Our Sammics will return
And take up Their interrupted tasks
Liberty and Justice will reign ones
more;
The peace doves wings will Auttes.
No meatless days will we. have to
keep,
And we'll have white bread and
butter.
A thrilling story IT will be;
The Sammies can tell their folks,
Sitting around the fire at eve
OF how they got the kaiser 5 60
/ hope to see this in prink
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-09
Lawn Supper.
Spring Song

First you get a snowstorn,
Then you get = freeze,
With all the little icicles
Hanging from sthe trees.
Then thaw Is started,
Then you get flood.
Sing song Of springtime--
Then you get the mud.
Don't forget your rubbers,
Coats and overshoes,
As you trip along your way
Through the slush and ooze.
How the sylvan zephyrs
Stir the lazy blood
Sing q song Of springtime
While plodding through She mud!
--Washington Star.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-09
CHAPTER II.
lin Crow Runs Away.

At last Jim got so>tame that Twin
kle took the cord off his leg and let
him 60 free, wherever he pleased. So
he wandered all over the house and
out into the yard, where he chased
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-09
:: Little Stories by Our Little Folks

to Treetop. II is very pleasant here.
When ! was moving a cat caught me
and broke my wing. A little girl
nursed me. A man wanted a robin
very bad for his sick child. He
boaght me tor $50. The little girl
bought third Liberty bond. | was
glad that she could buy one. II makes
me feel as if ! am helping 70 win this
war.
After the child got welt It let me
go. Then ! finished my journey and
received your letter. ! thought i
would answer it. live in snug
nest now, where no one can harm
me or touch my nest. Your loving
friend. MRS. ROBIN.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-09
Letter from Mrs. Robin.
By Mary Jane Green, Aged 9, Ewing

By Mary Jane Green, Aged 9, Ewing,
Neb. Blue Side
Robinville, Cottonwood Top-Dcar
Mrs. Bobolink: thought would
write to you and tell you how to make
good nest.
This is the way l made mine and
like it very much:
Three billfulls Of moss, 10 horsetail
hairs, l6 twigs, not very large; bill
fulls of cotton for nest lining, s bill
fulls Of sleeps >wool 10 pieces Of
thread.
And this you will find makes good
nest to raise children in, it keeps
them SO warm and cosy. Your friend,
MRS. ROBIN.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-09
zz5zzzszz zzz5zzzszz BUSY BEE SOCIETY -

yNoTE-Busy Bees will please
send their society items to Mar
garet Shotwell, Busy Bee So
ciety Editor, care Bee Office
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-09

Here is one Of Omaha's youngest
patriots to be photographed in the
Red Cross nurse costume. She is lit
tie Georgia Verna Virgins. Maybe
when she grows up she will want to
be Red Cross nurse-Uncle Sam is
calling for so many of them.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-09
First Letter.
By Frances Jones, Aged II Years,
Hyannis, Neb.

Dy FTdIIts JuHes, ABeu II fedrs,
Hyannis, Neb.
Dear Busy Bees: ! thought ! would
write to you and tell about my sis
ters and brothers and our pets. We
have two ponies--one is sorrel named
Babe and one bay named King. Every
summer mamma let's me take care Of
all the chickens, which I like to do.
Ny brother, Boyd, and ] have two
hound dogs. They are both black.
Boyd's dog is named Mig and mine is
Darkie. Next year / will bel in the
sixth year. As my letter is getting
long I will close and | wish some
of the Busy 3ces would write to me.
/ wish to join the Blue Side.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-09
Earning Money for Thrift Stamps.

Dy T1UTGIIIc OcWdTU, NBcu II cdI5'
1884 Victor Avenue, Omaha, Neb.
Well, Busy Bees, ] have not been
writing for long time. so ] have
started again. ] am going to tell you
how | earned money to buy thrift
stamps. l hope / will win prize.
When the drive to buy thrift stamps
and war savings stamps came on, l
thought | would like to do something
for my country, so thought would
start earning money. As u was un-
accustomed to doing this, ] made but
10 cents by cleaning the snow from
lady friends sidewalk the first day.
But | did not despair. The next day
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-09
Rules for Young Writers

1. Write pisinly ON ono size Of the I
paper only and number the pagss.
.. Use pen and ink, not pencil.
3. Short and pointed articles win be
given preference. Dof not use over
ESQ words.
4. Original stories or letters only
will be useG.
.. Write your name, are and ad-
dress at the top Of the first page.
: A prize book will be given each
week for the best contribution.
Address all communication -
ebiIdren's Department, Omaha Bee,
Omaha, Neb.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-09
Mrs. Robin,

By Julia Prazak, Aged 10 Years,
Clarkson. Neb,
Dear Busy Bees: This is my first
letter. I wish to join the Blue Side.
l am sending you this bird letter.
Treetop, Cottonwood, May 20, 1918
Dear Mrs. Humming Bird: I re-
ceived your letter not very long ago.
] hope you enjoyed your trip from
Oaktree to Pinetree. | do not live
in the same place any more. | moved
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-09
Gathering Mushrooms
By Vance Willard, Aged 10A Graz
Island. Neb. Blue Side.

BY Vance Willard, Aged 1UH Grand
Island. Neb. Blue Side.
1t rained last night, so this morn
ing my mother, brother and my
aunt and uncle and myself went out
to look for mushrooms. II was kind
of chilly, so we went in our buck Vic
toria. The first place we went we
only found about IL. So we went
some other places. The second pace
we went we got about two dozen.
The lady we got them from said that
they were her sous, but she let us
gather them. When we came home
Ishelped fix them, then we ate them.
They were surely good. u hope we
get some more soon.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-09

gational church a,.l last Saturday
they had wiene roast al E!mwoot
park. The boys had jolly time ant
sang "One, Two, Three, Four, Five
Six, Seven, All Good Children Go tc
Heaven" The members of the>clas:
are Stanfeld Johnson, Kenneth Car.
Der, Fred~Higginson, George Turpin
George Carlberg, Billy Butts and Les.
ter Oswood.
Lawn Supper.
Junior Nash entertained IA of his
friends at lawn supper followed by
a movie party at the Rialto last Sat
urday night. His guests were:
Misses Misses
Virginia Carlisle. Eleanor Kountze
Virginia Pearce. Charlotte Smith.
Dorothy Davidson. Emma Nash.
Eleanor Scott.
Masters Masters
Austin Sturdevant. Nelson Updike
Richard Young. George Dausherty,
William Poppleton. Gordon Smith,
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-09
Received Prize.

Dear Editot; ] thank you very
much for the book you sent me as
"a prize. The book is very interesting
and | enjoy reading it.
7 will try and write another story
soon. Esther Ostcrgard.