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E THOUSAND
 TROOPS HOME.
 FROM FRONT
Many Tales of Daring Told by the Doughboys Re turning Home From Over There.

New York, Dec. 13.-Buffeted by high seas which carried away q deck house and wrenched four-inch gun from It's mounting, the American transport DeKalb, arrived here today from France with approximately l.. 15O soldiers, sailors and marines, nearly 400 of whom had been wound- ed in action. She was preceded into port by the mail boat Oregonian, carrying solitary doughboy, Ser geant l1lahd A. Kaufman. of the second division headquarters troops. who brought home the favorite char ger of his commander, 'Majort1eneral Omar Bundy.
 Both vessels were given the warm est greetings, being mat at quaran- tine by the mayors official commit tee ci welcome and escorted to the docks amid the footing of harbor whistles. New York, however, is pre- pairing an even noisier celebration next Sunday when the Levianthian, the giant transport formerly the Va terland, will bring home 5000 sailors who haave seen active duty on Am- erican craft in foreign waters This will be the largest number of veter- ans to arrive here in one contingent.
 It took the Dekalt eleven days to make the trip, and according to her commander, Captain E. Fl. Dodd, U. g. N, it was the toughest crossing he had ever made. For four days and half, he said, the navigator hardly knew what coruse he was run- ming, for during that period, the sun, moon and stars were obscured. Six members of the crew, flung iron, their feet were injured. Although the wounded at times had to be tied to their hunks, they made the voyage without mishap.
 With the Dekalb came more tales of American valor. Perhaps the story with most action was that told by Private John H. Marks, of the Ybtn company of marines, sixth division. who halls from Thornton. Ark.
 Describing the fierce fighting al SOissons, Marks said that when on July 10th, the sixth division was or dered forward to reinforce the fifth, his company had to cross Q wheat field in broad daylight, hammered by German artillery and faced with in- numerable machine gun nests.
 Down went our men, one after another" he said. We had started at daybreak, tut 1t was dusk when we reached a stream Et which we were to stop. The Germans had a line on that place, but under cover of darkness We dug ourselves in, fir- ing only when we saw spurts of German fire"
 Marks said the worst firing began when only five of his comrades were left and that ''it was useless for us to keep on fighting against such odds unless we could secure a machine gun He said that two of them therefore, had crawled into No Mans Land, and came back with three guns which had beer: cast aiide by the Germans.
 Although slightly gassed,, hc ralli- ed when the Germans attacked again and crawled about, handing to his comrades rifles and ammunition talk en from dead and wouned Americans. Then, he said, when dartTeak cams and we could hardly stand another ten minutes of it, a detachment of French troops came to our rescue"
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ter stated and soseqdently asked MT. eHarst to have it modified. As a re- suit Japanese names were changed to Mexican names, said Captain Lester and "Mexicans were made the williams although these Mexicans still wore Japanese uniforms"
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THIS MAN IS NEW U. 5. <" SOLICITOR GENERAL

Named to suc- ceed John w, Davis as Unit ed States sOlic- itOr general, MT. King is Ii k e ] y to be C o n fl r m e d by the Senate. He is an Atlan- ta, Ga., lawyer of legal and po- litical prOml- hence. Davis is now U n 1 t e d States ambaS- sadOr to Rrt- tain.
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.N~~~~~N~~~"N-~~@~ V v v
 by the British army earlier in the tournament the surprise of the meet ing was the defeat of Jimmy Wilde, the English bantamweight champion by Pal Moore of Memphis, fighting with the American navy. Wilde IS
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in the semi-finals.
 The result of the Pal Moou. !, my Wilde contest has aronsaa Uole-J Jim discussion and efforts hvaSed havo much gun gun to match Moore with the been rl be- fish bantamweight champioun,' u,'e Eng contest of fifteen rounds ''" MI m manager, MT. Smith who ;s ir hoores { delphia, hassbeen commun;c,taar c fit rhlla- and nothing definite can be ba,ea doe with he is heard from. 'e 0ohe until
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Exactly.

The reason why more of us aren't notable may be seen by separating tha' word between the third and fourth let ters.-Boston Transcript.
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Da''y Thought.
 Curb the high spirit in +hn for gentle ways are best-H',nrea oreast
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-06
prize Story
Peace Has Vanished.

~oSS AAoS oitAoiGos
By Floyd A. Smith, Aged IS, 1Ol
West Second Street, Red Oak,
Ia. Blue Side.
Old Satan and his slaves were
dwelling in the heart of Germany.
One day old Satan said to one of
his slaves: Don't you think we
are getting rather crowded in
here?"
The slave, tired and hungry. re-
piled: "Have patience, old Satan;
some day there will only be few of
your slaves left. 1t was only yes
terday that 100 of our slaves sailed
away to the land of peace and liber-
ty. They have left this land of
slavery forever. That land of liber-
ty is America. Old Satan, it is the
land of my dreams"
With this Satan fell into mad
spell and gathered up his forces
and started out for Belgium (as he
wished to gain more land. so he
could become more powerful
ruler. On his way he met beat
tiful woman called Humanity.
Satan asked her where she lived.
She replied in the hearts of civil
ICED men, and then she said, Turn
back, old man." With this Satan
became very angry. He then forced
a bullet to her heart. Then his
army passed on victorious. They
had left Humanity to bleed and
diei
Across the fields of Belgium they
went, burning fields of grain, burn
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-06
line Little wv llNIWA L PRINCESS = BY David Cory

she not felt so guilty, remembering
how she had again disobeyed her
fond parents. Perhaps Houdain
knew the rabbit was a pet of the
dwarf's; perhaps he felt he was not
ar ordinary sort of a bunny, as in
deed, he was not; for whoever heard
Of bunnies springing from thistle
down? Mayhap the rabbit still had
the appearance of ball of thistle
down, to him-Who knows. At any
rate, one of these reasons must be
taken as the explanation of the big
hounds friendly attitude towards
the white rabbit
The little willful princess rid her
face of the dust, tucked away the
tangled curls of her hair, and turn
ed again to the mirror with smile
that showed her small white teeth
and printed many dimple deep in
her rosy cheeks and chin.
81 left my vanity box at the cas-
tie" explained the princess, some
what abashed as she turned from
the mirror, not having as yet, on &C
count of her youth, had many &C.
casions to powder her small nose.
Thou art pretty one" said the
dwarf, "but fair of face maketh not
a heart of grace. That which we
would have often turns to no ac-
count" and with these words he
turned and pointed to the spot
where but lately sat the white rab-
bit. Instead. there chung to an over
hanging twig, a small round bali of
thistle-down, which swayed to and
fro in the wind.
Thou hadst no right, child to
disobey thy parents. That which
thou sought has turned to naught"
Even as he spoke the wind lifted
the feathery ball from its resting
place and bore it down the path
wav Of the forest.
The little princess stood toying
with the ear of the great hound,
uncertain what to say, but knowing
in her honest little heart, that the
rebuke she had at that moment re-
ceived was we'll deserved. Only the
red in her cheeks showed that she
resented the dwarf's words. With a
courtesy. she replied:
"Methinks I have but rightly de-
served your reproaeh," she an
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swered, "but twas no ordinary
temptation that led me into this
forest. One does not see, every
day, thistle down change into the
form of rabbits" Saying which, she
turned with naughty air and walked
swiftly homeward. Houdain
trotted quietly by her side. while
the little breeze that had early in
the afternoon whispered so tempt
ingly in her ear to come into the
forest, now said nothing at all.
Mayhap it felt sorry for the little
princess, for presently it brought
the echo of laugh, at which the
princess halted and stood still list
ening. Houdain shifted the air with
his great nostrils. The sound of
hoofbeats came clearer and clearer,
and presently Prince Rupert and
the monkey came riding into view.
At sight of the little princess they
Immediately dismounted and kissed
her hand.
what brings you here alone,
cousin?" asked Rupert, still hold
ing his cousins small hand, tits
hazardous indeed for you to be
alone?" But the princess did not
answer. She was gazing intently at
a little bunch of thistle down that
rested on the lapel of her cousins
coat, Indeed on looking at it closer
she saw that it was fastened Sc
curely with thorn.
what fair fay presented you this
boutonniere, Cousin?" asked the
princess, with a low laugh. "Wast
thou, too, hunting rabbits?"
Indeed, yes" answered her
cousin. "But my eyes must have
played me false, or else the rabbit
was most agile, for when / ran up
to take it, after it fell over with
my shot, I found nothing but this
bali of thistle down. But the little
princess still remained silent.
"But why the curiosity? Does it
not make a fair appearance"
"Yes," she answered, will you give
it to me?" And Prince Rupert
gladly loosened the thorn and
handed it to his fair cousin, think
ing never for an instant that she
wanted it for any reason except
that he had worn it.
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side. Looking up, she perceived the
Dwarf King right before her, hold
ing square mirror, over which
peered his keen, twinkling eyes
and grizzled head circled with the
ring of gold.
Look here, childp and he
tapped the frame of the mirror.
The princess looked and beheld
therein her own figure, her skirt
torn and soiled, her pretty straw
bonnet bruised and askew over an
ear, her face covered with dust,
through which The tears made lit
tie crooked paths.
"Oh, dearr' exclaimed the prin-
cess, rising from her STOPPING posi-
ton, as of course it was necessary
for her to lean over very much in
order to look into the mirror which
the little man held as high as he
could reach, What fright I ami"
So shocked was she at her ap-
pearance, that she forgot to be
amazed at the sudden appafition OF
the dwarf, to say nothing of the
fact that she had without question
or surprise followed his command
and gazed into the little mirror.
Yet one thing made a deeper i'm
preston on her even than that of
her appearance. and that was the
willful expression which she saw
even beneath the CRIME and dust 1t
was this sudden realization of what
this meant that sent a little pain to
her heart. Had she forgotten the
lesson she had learned more than
year ago. when she had looked into
the magic shield of the strange
knight. Had she, indeed? The tears
began to flow afresh, as she turned
a miserable little face to the dwarf.
There, therep he said, take
heart, my child, take heart Wash
thy face and gather grace. There
is the spring that sings amidst the
grasses yonder. See, close &c the
great stone cross"
As she walked over to the spring.
Houdain pressed his great cool nose
against her hand, as il to offer her
sympathy. And the white rabbit
never moved as she and the great
hound passed close to him, strange
as it might have seemed to her had
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-06

These little helpers of Uncle Sam
are modified for real service. Even
though all outdoors beckons these
little maids to come and play
nothing interferes with their meet
ings when they knit industriousiy
for our boys. Aren't their paper knit
ting bags pretty? The little girl with
her knitting in the front row is Our
Busy Bee poetess who has time to
write lovely verses even though she
is so busy. l have already told you
of the warm blanket these girls
made last year and now work has
been begun on another one. Beauti-
full scrap books filled with gay pic
lures will delight some sick soldier
and / am sure he will be very CRATE
full to these little daughters of
America when he holds one of the
books they have made in his hand,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-06
YER since the day in the forest
X, when Prince Rupert had been

-VER since the day in the forest
n, when Prince Rupert had been
wounded by the robber, or
ders had been given by the King
that hereafter, if the little princess
wished to go into the forest, she
must have an escort. This, oil
course, was rather trying to her
small highness, whose self-will
brooked no authority whatever. 1t
seemed at times as if she could
hardly restrain her desire to rush
of and wander deep into the silent
shadows that seemed to beckon her.
The very wind in passing seemed
TO say, Come, let us 60, you and
|, into the forest" Finally, one
bright afternoon while her cousin
and the monkey were off hunting,
the little willful princess made up
her mind that she would go just
little way into the woods. As she
passed the lowly cottage OF Michael,
the gardener, the great hound Hou-
dain came out to greet her, and, as
il divining that she might need him,
followed her across the meadow
and into the forest. The little brook
that had been her guide the first
time she had visited the old peasant
sparkled and gurgled at her feet,
and speckled trout darted to cover
as the hound waded in and COM
menced tapping up the water. Over
head in the leafy boughs the
naughty little breeze that had whis-
pered to her earlier in the day again
called softly: "Come, let us go to-
gether, you and I. into the forest"
The little w;llful princess paused,
debating with her conscience as to
whether she should disobey her par
ents, and while thus wondering as
to what she would do, little ball
of thistledown, which had been
blown toward her on the wind.
caught on her skirt. Still uncertain.
she picked it off her gown and turn
ed il over and over in her hand and
picked it to pieces, then brushed it
off. when, oh wonderful! il imme-
diately changed into a white ribbit.
with the softest fur and the longest
ears that ever were.
20 Bunnyp cried the princess. de-
lighted. and she stepped forward to
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smooth the lovely creature with her
hand.
She had scarcely touched it when
i, gave little hop, and sat down
again, just out of chr reach.
Bunny, Bunnyl poor BunnyF'
cried the princess, coaxingly, creep
ing after it, so anxious was she to
catch this little white, four-legged
beauty. 81 won't hurt you, poor,
poor Bunnyw
But the rabbit watched her with
its mild, timid eyes, and gave two
leaps, as light as a feather. and as
noiseless. and sat down again. The
little willful princess crept up, still
coaxing and promising not to hurt
it; and when she come quite near,
she spread out both hands, gave a
spring, but caught a whole handful
of grass right where the pretty crea-
ture had sat that very instant. 1t
was gone, and looking over the
brook. she saw it hopping away into
the forest, in the most graceful man
ner, but not half as fast as a girl
could run. So the little willful
princess resolved to chase it, and
jumping over the brook, hurried
after it, and came up to it just as it
paused on little grassy hummoek.
She grasped eagerly with both
hands. and caught another big tuft
of grass between them; but away
went the rabbit over a fallen log,
across the large. open sunny space,
making wonderful leaps, so long
and light and high that sometimes
it seemed to sail on the air on
wings.
The little princess ran after it,
wild with excitement. Now it
slipped through her fingers just as
she bounced upon it. thinking she
had finally caught it. Now it darted
to one side behind a stone. avoid
ing being captured just in the nick
of time. AT last it squatted down
against stump. Almost CRYING,
she was so vexed and tired and far
from home. she came up to where
he sat. Bunny did not stir. but
only winked a little, and pricked
up its pretty ears.
Now. III have your cried the
princess VIXEN. loi She beard a
short sharp laugh close at her
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-06
TOTTY'S WOOLLY LAMB.

Where'd my woolly coat come
from, mother" asked Tot Bailey,
one day soon after the coat came
home from the store.
"Why dearie, we bought il in the
store" answered mother, without
looking up from her book.
~ don't mean that; | mean when
il wasn't a coat at adjust wool"
"Oh, the wool came from 4 sheep,
and I suppose the lambs wool in
your coat must have been sheared
from lamb" replied Mrs. Bailey.
smiling at Totty.
well. then, JUS want to see
that lamb and thank him. Cause
my coat is the incest one you ever
seed"
Soon after that, Tot went out in
an automobile with her aunty.
While going along a country road,
Tot shouted out for them to stop
the car.
Hes the one. know'd him in
a minute Let me out quiek-be-
fore he gets gone" cried Totty anx-
iously.
Uncle stopped the machine and
Totty got out followed by Aunty.
Her chubby little legs went as fast
as they could back toward a field
that was enclosed by a stone wall.
"Aunty, that's him-the one that's
shiverin' cause he let me have his
wool; let's take him home for the
winter, he can have my warm bread
and milk" suggested Tot. as she
pointed a fat finger at a dear little
lamb that stood near by bleating
for his mother who had strayed
to the opposite side OF the field.
Aunty thought the little lamb
would run If Totty called him. But
she knew Totty felt so grateful to
him for her coat that she Just want
ed to love him for it, so when Uncle
came up and heard about the lambs
rresent to Totty he lifted her over
the wall so she could pat the lamb
And little woolly lamb came right
no to Totty to sniff at her coat. !,
He wasn't one mite afraid. for didn't
he recognize Tottv's love for him3
Totty stopped down and gave the
lamb a good hug and Whispered
something in his ear, then ran back
to her uncle and aunt.
Now what do YOU suppose she
whispered in the lambs carr
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-06
Two Boy Scouts

They're the backbone of citizens now in the making,
The muscle, the heart and the brain.
For boys of today the OF tomorrow,
And It's from the present the future must borrow
To build up its ne'er ending chain.
For they are the hope Of all great nation;
They stand for its future its strength and foundation
And also for you and for me.
So here's to Boy Scouts, the men of tomorrow.
Who'll drive from this world its surcease of sorrow
And make it home of the free.
Byron and Chesley stand resolute steady,
And with all their comrades they hold themselves ready
And when ali our boys with the Scouts stand united
When standards flying and camphres are lighted,
Their spirit will reach round the world.
The boys of today have great undertaking;
DAVID RICHIE.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-06
JAMES lam,

Matilda made a pot of Jam.
She put it on the shelf,
I know Matilda put it there,
! saw her my own selfl
James saw her. too-the jam is
gonei
I'm mentioning no names,
But have strong suspicious that
The jam turned into James.
Elizabeth Gordon, in St. Nicho-
jss
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-06
THE CHINESE BOY.
Observation-Disclosures.

When the Chinese boy is old
enough he grows a queue. This
event in the boys life is as i'm
portant as our American boys first
long trousers, and he feels that now
he is no longer a child but a man.
The queue has many uses. In
many of the games played by
Chinese boys the queue figures as
an important factor. In geometry
it is used to strike an arc. or draw
a circle. The laborer spreads a
towel over his head. wraps his
queue around it, and makes him
self hat. Cart drivers whip their
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-06
AN INDIAN HINT.

II It is not unduly cold an Indian
will light large fire and warm the
earth, then rake away the Goals and
lie down and pull his blanket over
him. says Boys Life, the Boy
Scouts magazine.
In cold weather he heats a large
stone or boulder, covers it lightly
with earth and curls himself around
it. He never wraps himself in the
blanket, but uses it exclusively for
covering to keep the heat in.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-06
SELF-SATISFIED THIMBLE.

There was trouble in the Work
Box.
A storm was blowing fasti
The Thimble rose upon her feet
And spoke her mind at last.
~You're a set OF good-for- nothings!
Your tasks you always shirkl
You loiter in the Work Box
While go out and worki
@You, Pincushion, are Sinking;
You do not earn your keepl
You, Cotton Reels. are always
just tumbling off to sleepi
"You. Scissors, give a snip or two,
Then sink in sweet reposel
And you, Tape Measure, just curl
up
That. everybody knowsl
q, only, am of service,
For to my work ! stickl
You constantly can hear me
AT my study, Click, click, clickr
Just then the Mistress entered,
She brought new machinel
Such wonderful invention
The Box Folk ne'er had seen!
But the Scissors soon were needed,
The Tape had work to do,
The Pincushion was wanted,
The Cotton Reels were, too
The Thimble gazed in terror
How had il come about
That she, of all the Box Folk,
Could now be done without
The moral of this fable
Is plain as plain can bel
IT you think you're all-important,
Well, just you wait and seei
Yorkshire Post.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-06

mules and beggars brighten away
dogs with their queues.
When a Chinese parent takes his
son for a walk he does not hold his
hand but takes hold OF the queue.
When little boys want TO play horse
they use their queues for reins.
What can little Chinese boys do
in these days without the queue, be.
cause the mandate was issued to
cut off all pigtails and China is q
nation of strict laws and their en-
forremert
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-06
Fourth Liberty Loan.

BY Wilhelmina Auchmuty, II years.
Omaha Nebraska.
Have you bought a bond of the
Fourth Liberty loan? II is no sac
rifice to give our money. The only
ones who are sacrificing are our
boys "over there" Unless this war
is won everything we possess is<
Germany's. Buy bonds and savtr
America from the destruction of the
Huns
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-06
LITTLE MAIDS FROM SCHOOL.

Three little maids from school are
we, .t
We're all as happy as can be,
Because we knew our lessons we'll
There's not word that we can't
spell.
We're perfect scholars. as you see.
Three little maids from school are
s-pittsburgh Press
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-06
Our Uncle Sam.

"Why do they eaii the United
States Uncle Sam?" asked curious
little boy the other day. This is what
his mother told him. Many years
ago there was man named Samuel
Wilson. This man was major and
was army quartermaster, which
means that he had charge Of all
food supplies. When things came
in to the station marked ~. S.
Army" the boys all said. "Here
il something for Uncle Sans army
and after a while everyone was
calling the United States Uncle
Sam, just as they do now.