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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-23


ivy %" Di,ly ola.ulns oosiuc the
luis thusNta anu paying nh .ue
e..l, ehne. =, i,iu .,
Ny, Wouidnt that young man be
hHhusoHe y ne weren't SO SAD look
,hs soopea feheiope, gazing
through her tears at the dolefui
niuslclah; -.
iss' put us aW1ul the way NJ
mas, us al cry Wept fesgy,
,a ne ~ JUST rulh1hg Slllys perlectly
WVsS, sulshlhy alspnsilioh, ana
40 seenFa' Tor Blilys usually
pflsht ana cneefIui race hAd turned
~ sour as that OF the SAD mu-
s'eaaH. N
we must get Biiiy out Of thai
beloFe ne IL beyond all help,' de-
Giareu Fesay. she walked up TO the
door and@called TO Billy, but he only
shooK ms head impatiently at her
ana Went on with his playing. II
was plain that he was 80 deeply un-
ner the spell of the sad, sad violin
mat ne no longer cared TO get out
IRON under it..
Pehelope added her entreaties to
those OF Peggy, and the birds and
ahlmais joined III begging Billy to
come back to them, but Billy only
looked more sour and his playing
became sadder than ever.
Know now TO stop him. whis-
pefeq Rpiio, the monkey, and with
that ne crept around to window
near winch Billy and the young man
were standing as they played.
80 do ], growled Johnny Bull
Fhat sad musician Ia my meat"
Al that moment Billy paused in
his playing while. the young man
turned the music Quick as scat,
hoiia,. the monkey leaped through
the WINDOW and grabbed Biily's vio-
of the voune n,,,aioia,, sn,,,, he
yS"tiS HFbsiNtdH, AMdy bD
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-23
Hoover's Puzzle,

A pastry chef who was practic
ing the Hoover pie cut, which re
quifes that the regulation pie be cut
into ? narts, rather than six as in
pre-wa, times, discovered a pretty
problem in pie geometry, we'll
worthy of our attention:
Intp-how many pieces of various
sizes Gan circular pie be diyidcd
by six straight cuts OF a knife
The depth Of the pie does not fig
ure in the demonstrations 1t is a
simple matter of dividing the circle
into TIE greatest possible number
Of sections by drawing across it SIX
straight lines.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-23
not at all likeNthe croaks Of your

not at all like the croaks of your
cousins
At this remark the Tree-Frog OPP
cncd lis big mouth wide and laugh
ed bo..steriously: No. his song
is not very pretty, admit but It
is the best he can do. Why this
is the pest home | ever had. have
lived here for months and + will
never ask for better. one. You
see | meso small that this big tree
IS a regular palace. 1t means home,
shelter and food for me. There are
sunny rooms here where the flies
and ,eet.es come. Over under
meath ,onder branch, are dark quiet
rooms, where ants, plant lice, and
boards of crickets and beetles are
found. The dark rooms are cool
aud moist on the hottest summer
day, so | never have to suffer from
the heat, or the suns direct rays,
Excuse me, stranger, but ! see a
caterpillar"
AMI with the remark, the Tree
Frog gave a leap into the air. turned
half summersault III his quest,
and in few minutes was back again
on the limb, gulping down big,
lat caterpillar.
"Tfnt's the best acrobatic stunt
ever saw, but supposing you
missed the branch. Aren't you
afraid"
"There is no danger of that re-
piled the Tree Frog, between gulps
of his delicious find. Il ain sure to
touch some twig or leaf with one Of
my four sets Of sticky toes, so slip
ping is impossible"
s The Moonbeam was intensely in
terested in her little friend and for
got to notice her light grow DINNER.
Looking to the east, she saw the
haze lifting-the haze which fore
tells the rising sull--and in the west
she saw her family slipping slowly
l>out of sight.
She lifted her arms wide apart
and called to Mother Moon to wait
for her.
"Goodby. little Tree Frog. I will
see you again when ] return to
earth"
And little Moonbcam rose quietly
ton the Grant breeze of false morn
ing that goes just before the rising
Sun, and was seen in the arms of
Mother and Father Moon once
more. sailing away to the land east
of the Sun, where she had many
friends among the little Oriental
children and beings of the Eastern
| NIGHT
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-23
Irish Saints Loved
Animals.

Dr., Douglas Hyde recently deliv-
I, cred series Of lcctures--the Mar
garet Stokes lectures--ir the Alex
andra college, Dublin, dealing with
medieval Irish lore. He told anes
dotes about the Irish saints and then,
love of birds and beasts, lie traced
the love OF animals by people in diff
ferent periods and in different coun-
tries. Even the Irish pagans have
their pet animals.
He took the three Irish saints,
St Patrick, st. Brigid and ST. Col
umcille, and spoke OF their affection
for their pet animals. St, Patrieks
kindness to the 'fawn was we'll
authenticated, and the fawn returned
the love OF his master. T
st Brigid had her pet dog, a Most
faithful animal. She also loved
birds, and the birds, especially
domestic fowls. loved her in re-
msrkable manner.
The crane was St Columcille's,
pet. although his love for all dumb
animals surpassed that Of the other
saints. 1t was recorded in the life
of the saint that dumb animals. too.
were in love with him, especially
birds, and that some of the latter
followed him from Ireland to the
island of Iona. There was, in proof
Of the love Of animals for the saint,
the story of how the horse wept OH
the bosom of the saint the night be-
fore be died.
Dr.. Hyde mentioned large num-
Der of other saints. Irish and Latin,
about whom he told stoties, showing
their love for animals, making spec
ial reference to St. Kelvin, St. Com
sail, st. Molina, St. Moling. who had
made friends Of wolves, foxes, par
tridgcs and hcrons.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-23
(Prize,)
Tommy's Dream.

BY Lena seefus. Age. 49,. Waterloo, Neb.
Tommy" called his father one
sunny morning, II will be gone in
the hay field all day and ! want you
to hoe all the weeds out of the sweet
corn. 1t will only take few hours
il you keep right at it."
ats too hot to hoe" ported Tom,
"and ! hate to hoe corur X
"You must do it," said his father,
"The corn will be choked it you
don't"
But Tom was still poutipg when
he began to hoe. He was very care
less and left lots of weeds and hoed
off lots OF corn.
When he had hoed about a half
an hour he sat down under shady
tree and said to himself: I'll stay
here and make ma believe I'm hoe
ing and she WON'T come down here
and they will think ! hoed It."
He was about to close his eyes
when he heard some one sobbing;
he looked about to see where the
sound came from. AS he glanced
at the corn he had been hoeing, it
seemed to be field of living bod
les. In the place Of the corn stood
tiny, feeble women and children,
while the weeds took the shape Of
snakes, which seemed to be chok-
ing the helpless women and chill
dren. As he glanced at the corn he
had hoed, large weed he had LETT
grinned at him, saying: This boy
is our friend See, he has helped
us by letting us live and by muir
dering these corn people," and he
pointed his long bony finger at a
cornstalk that Tom had hoed off
1t was mother, bruised and dying,
while the sprouts, as her children,
wept bitterly, and the other corn
stalks wrung their hands and cried,
Some one save us from this MUIR
derer; he is worse than the snakes"
II am not murderer" criedsTom
Il didn't know or I'd have helped"
and he ran forward to pick up the
fallen corn, but was held back by
hundreds of long, bloody hands Of
the snakes. y
AS their fingers closed about his
throat, he opened his eyes; the corn
was just as he had lift il,
why, have been dreaming" he
cried, and ran to pull the weeds from
the corn. II was dreaming, but I've
learned a lesson and no one will
ever have to tell me to hoe weeds
again"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-23
Moonbean Letters on Way
Home to Chat With a
Queer Tree Frog
By MARGARET McsHANE.
tElshth story nf the Mighty

A s THE Moonbcam was hurry
~ ing over the garden on her
way home TO the, Moon she was
interrupted again, She meant to
rush home this time but was him
dered jdst as the little boys and girls
often are on their way home from
school, She stood peering curious
~ into the sleeping faces Of the
flowers that had 50 attracted her
when first she came to earth, and
as she gazed, sound came out of
the woods nearby that caused her
to look DIP and listen.
Completely fascinated, she quite
forgot for the time being that she
was on her way home. -
5 Turning quickly from the flower
bed, she pricked up her ears to
harken to the sounds.
She was sure 1t was one of the
voices of the Night but she did not
remember of ever having heard it
before. 1t sounded something like
the purring of cat, only a little
louder, aud it had the charm of
contentment about it that made her
think of the Fairy people she loved
so much. The song continued for
two or three seconds at a time and
then ended abruptly.
Quickly she followed the path in
the direction of the sound. II took
her to the Cedar copse that licsbe-
hind the spreading branches Of the
Night Blooming Cereus. Here,
she stopped at the entrance of the
thick copse while she tried to To-
cate the exact spot the voice came
from. She found that it came from
the heart Of the dense wood. Moon
beam hurried on
Darling in and out among the
close growing trees she bumped
right into the object of her search.
AT a point where large tree
branch joins its trunk. there sat
something III a stately manner on
the branch. 1t was splafKand green
and about two inches long, with fin
gers that clasped a short stub which
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-23

jutted out from the side of the limb.
1t was both dignihed and comical
in appearance and as it trilled out
these shrill notes, the whole body
shook like an aspen leaf on nearby
tree of the wood. Its throat ex-
tended into a large sac, the size Of
it decreasing between each two
trills, and when the song was over,
the sac collapsed, and, 10 and be-
hold! there was wrinkled old
throat on young Tree Frog
Moonbeam sat staring in surprise.
What are you doing here in the
trees. ] thought you always lived
In the ponds"
well, who do you think am.
stranger. a Frog!-A pond, why I
never lived in a pond in my life.
You must be thinking of my cou-
sins the Frogs"
well. : guess | am. have just
been visiting with them over at the
pond. | heard your song and
started to investigate, who you were,
and Il must say ] am surprised to
hear such a song coming from your
throat, and to see you SO at home
in the trees. Your song is pretty;
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-23
Picture Sums.

Here we see how addition and
subtraction may be applied to pic
lures.
Write down the names of the lit
lie pictures-then add and subtract
the words as indicated by the signs,
The upper panel produces the
Christian names Of a great Anleri-
can patriot. The lower panel pro-
duees Ejs surname.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-23
An Intelligent Bow.

BY Guy Gallup, age 10. Lyons, Neb.
Lawrence was little boy 10 years
of age when his father. who owned
large mansion, died and left ali his
property to Lawrence's cousin
Frank. leaving Lawrence a beggar.
Lawrence was a good poet, as he
wrote poems of all kinds, and so
worked his way through school and
college. At the age Of 20 he, with
the help of others. set up little bus
mess by which as time went on he
became very wealthy, while his cou-
sin Frank spent all his money and
even had to sell the mansion to OBJ
tain money enough to live on. Frank
became at last poor, desolate beg
gar, while Lawrence with his many
friends was surrounded with wealth
and happiness.
! would like to see this letter in
print.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-23
Little Dog Jack

Here is the collar of little dog Jack,
But its winsome owner will not come back.
He wandered off on winter day f@r
TO find a land where little dogs play
We miss him. as over the house we 20,
With his eager pattering to and fro.
He sits no more at the window high
To watch the people as they pass by.
o little dog Jack, you have gone away;
| wonder much where your small feet
stray;
You have taken our fondest thoughts With
you,
And half the heart of your mistress, too.
Our Dumb Anmale.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-23
Charlie Chaplin Puzzle.

Chari;s. Chaplin handed the bank
cashier u. S. bank note and said:
"Please break this into small
time change. Give me some ones,
twice as many Is; five times as
many ys. as Isl 10 times as many
los as SIS Rnd the balance in 20s.'
Nov. what is the smallest y. S,
hank ,ote that Charlie could have
furnished to pay for that change?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-23

if there was any way to remedy
matters.
Come she said to the others
I'VE wilIrescue Billy Belgium, and
then we will stop that sad, sad vio-
lin if we have to sick Johnny Bull
on the player"
That's the right idea" promptly
srowled Johnny Bull. Just let me
get my teeth set in that sad young
man and he will be lot sadder
than he is right now"
Peggy ran on ahead and Penelope
and the birds and animals followed.
When they came to the shack of the
young musician, Billy was already
inside, and they could hear his violin
swelling the strain of the sad. sad
violin. Peeking within the door.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-23
A Puzzling Blowout.

Our guests Travelled 200 miles.
They Lad gone so miles before the
blowout, and travelled the remaining
150 miles at 3-5 the former speed.
They could have gone s. l-3 miles
at full speed in the same time that
it required to go 50 miles at SIS
speed. Thus they would have saved
33 1-3 miles. If, at the same time,
hey saved 40 minutes, then So 1-3
divided into 40 gives is minutes
as their time per mile going at full
speed.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-23
Family History,

LEnfant Terrible was relating
some family history. Said he:
Five wears ago sister was five
times as old as Fido; now she is
only three times as old, What is
the age Of fide?"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-23
CHAPTER Ill.
ROllO to the Rescue.

A S BILLY'S violin joined in the
~ wall OF theSsad, sad violin, the
animals howled with woe and the
birds screeched and shrieked
"There. see what you have done"
hooted Judge Owl at Peggy, as if
she were to blame, when it had been
his own idea that Billy try to turn
the Sad player into glad player.
I"Oh, what in the world will we do
now?" sobbed Penelope. Peggy was
sobbing, too, She just couldn't help
it, the music WAS so very, very sad,
But Peggy wasn't going to stay sad
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-23
Collars and Cuffs.

A poetical Chinaman's sign reads
8 collars, cuffs there be,
IN cents we charge you 80; I
J collars and E cuffs to do,
The charge is onlyf32.
The work is good and up to date,
So figure out in cents the rate.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-23
A Shopping Puzzle.

\ johnny paid Tor Three balls aud
4 top Is many pennies as Harry
paid for II marbles. Peter paid for
one of the balls and eight OF the
marble, the same amount that
Johnny paid for his top. Then
Johnny traded back his top for its
value ~ marbles. How many mar
I,ieS W2s the toD worth,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-23

Louis cut of a piece, weighed it,
and remarked, 1T weighs i0c over"
Then give me half of it, and the
remainder of the money will buy
Sc worth OF pickles." said Mrs.
Simpkias
How much did she expend on the
bologna
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-23

no water.s The sick mother needed
water, so the girl Uune), took the
rusty dipper and started out. Soon
she came to some rocks that
led into a brook. The rocks cut her
feet but she thought of her sicS
mother. A fairy told her to Cd
there and get some water. After she
got it, she stepped so carefully so
as not to spill one drop. When she
was going down the road there lay
rabbit dying from thirst. She
dropped few drops OF water upon
its tongue and the dipper turned to
gold, When she came home and
was going TO give her mother the
water, she told the nurse to drink
first. When the mother put the dip
per to her lips, a shadow fell across
The floor and there stood the same
fairy. The mother gave her the
water and she drank it all up and
the dipper was changed to
diamonds. | wish some Busy Bees
would write to me. Bye bye, from
Busy Bee.
Tiny.
BY Lyle Trap, Age s, Brunins. Neb. !,
Once upon time there was a
little dog. Her name was Tiny. She
lived at Traps. She killed lots of
mice and rats, She was a nice lit
tie dog. Her grandmother's name
was Flossy. She loved children and
so did Tiny. She liked to play with
them because they didn't hurt her.
Ungrateful Bob.
BY Ruth John. Aged 8 Years, Elmwood,
This is my first story. One night
when boy, whose name was John,
came into the house he brought a
little lamb. 1t was cold and frozen.
His mother gave it some milk to
drink. They left it by stove all
night. Johns mother slept in the
room that the lamb was in. In the
night she heard a voice say, MA,
ma" 1t was the lamb.
In the morning the lamb was
little better. They left it in the
house, and it soon got all right, John
called the lamb Bob. The oct lamb
was kept in the house. 1t stole
some fruit from the pantry twice:
One day traveller came to the
house. When he was ready to go
away he reached for twig of tree,
andsthe lamb came and butted him
over. Johns father picked the
Traveller up. After he had gone,
John turned the lamb out of the
house into the field with the other
sheen.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-23
DREAMLAND.
ADVENTURE
THE MAGIC VIOLIN"
By DADDY

GAIL Birdland Is made sorrowfui by
the sad music OF young yieiinist.
Billy Sseeks to make the sad player q
glad player, but himself comes under the
spell of the waiiing violin This happens
just at a time when Penelope escapes
for a brief happy hour before marrying
an old rich MANI
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-23
Buying for Boarders.

Mrs, Siinp-
kins counted
out the correct
a m O u mt O t
money a Il d
said to delica-
lessen Louis
Give NE a
pound and a
half of bo-
| o g II . fof
b oard ers."
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-23
FOX and Geese Puzzle.

The positions of tho FOXES and
geese nay I've reversed by the fol
lowing moves:
Fox 5 to Z; goose to 9: fox 4 to
|; goose 4 to 7; fox 2 to 5; goose 7
TO 4; fox to 7; goose 8 to 2; fox J
to q! uorsc , In I
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-23
Buying a Cow.

pdla PSF
for a. COW, !
sold $l2 worth
Of milk before
parting with
Bossy for 500,
That I o o k S
profitable. but
i'll balancing
accounts dis
covered that |
had lost all
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-23
Stories by Our Little Folks

races, horse races and heard music
on every corner. We went through
the halls then went to the race
tracks, saw It he fireworks which
were grand, strolled around awhile
then went to bed in a tent on the
fair grounds. There was so much
noise we could not. sleep. 1t began
to rain in the night and continued
all the next day, so wcrdid not get
to see/fmuch. Took the train home
in the evening, tired but well pleased
with the trip.
A Dangerous Storm.
Melieda Hosft. Ago -, Ulysses, Neb.
Dear Busy Bees This is my first
letter to you. sure do enjoy your
letters. ! want to tell you about
when the lightning struck our
house and haystack. We were eat
ing our dinner when we heard q
loud crash and roar of thunder
which frightened us all The fire
shot out of the telephone and burn
ed all the trimming off of the shelf
near by. We children all ran out
side. But papa told us to come in.
1t struck five telephone posts and
cracked them all to pieces. i.
After awhile the clouds rolled by.
Then papa and my uncle Ekkehart
and brother Rowland went to make
hay. 1t wasn't very long time be-
fore we saw dark clouds, again. So
mamma sent, me 70 tell papa to
come home. Papa sent me for some
canvas to put over the stack. / got
the canvas and he put it on and
sent. me for some more. | took the
pony and went home and got some
more. Then ] went home. When
] got home all the horses were in
the corn. | got them home and
they turned around and went back.
was going to get them but sharp
flash of lightning came and scared
the pony.
SO | went home. Papa was COM
ing down from the stack when the
lightning knocked him down on the
stacker. They left the horses go
and walked hons. ! do not think
any one likes lightning, do you!
Our pony is about five feet high.
He is brown and white. He is a
very gentle horse. His name is
Buster. l. have two sisters, Viola
and Marcella, and two brothers,
William and Rowland. This is a
true story, andsI hope to see it in
print. Goodby.
The Diamond Dipper.
By Elba Carlstrom, Age 10, Weston, Neb
Dear Busy Bees; This is the sec
ond time l have written and hope to
see this in print. am going to
write a story about the diamond
dipper
Once there was a girl whose name
was June, who lived with her pa
rents. Her folks were very poor
people and her mother was sick in
bed. II was very hot and there was
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-23
cl,;r,ese Cut.Up Puzzle.

Can Won cut this Chinese swan
unto the "a pieces and arrange them
into aaetl,er grouping which will
presenl t!se picture of a Stork flying
with a baby.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-23

amour; equal to one-half of her
cost price. plus one-fourth Of the
cost Of keeping her. How much
in dollars and cents did lose in
bucking the milk trusta
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-23
Honorable Mention.)
The Swallows,

BY Harrizt Dickerson, Age 1e. Ames Neb
Dear Busy Bees: One day ] heard
a chilping noise out of doors, and
on looking out of the window ]
saw four young swallows sitting
on one Of the telephone wires. The
mother and father were flying
around not Tar away, catching bugs
for them.
When the young ones saw one OF
the older birds coming toward them
they would ruffIe up their wings and
ehirp, The old swallow would give
one OF them the bug or insect il
had caught,
Ate, watching them awhile | no.
ticed that each one had to wait
until its turn came. Once in a
while the parents would sit dawn
by the Young ones to rest
We PIT some ripe cherries on a
box ulldef the window and, went
away. When the mother >and
father saw thenl, they gave them
ITO the,r Young ones, A few days
later We saw the father swallow
sitting Or the same wire and sing
ing - II he were happy. They had
reddish orange breast, but the
rest OF their body was black, The
father swallows tail had one long
feather on each side, but the mother
and her young ones did not
hore / will see mine in print
Well ! must close for this time
Goodhy Busy Bees
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-23

He invested his $l00=-in nine
chickens, 50 ducks and five turkeys,
which at selling prices melted him
a profit OF $2l,9S,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-23
puzzlinp Variety

Three of the embossed cards, IS
two-coiored ones AMI two of the
black print sort.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-23
A State Fair Visitor.

Addie Storrs, Age ;, Edgar, Neb.
Dear Busy Bees: This is my first
letter to the Busy Bees. | am going
to tell you about my trip to Lin
coin to the state fair. We left
Edgar at 10 O'Clock in the morning
and got to Lincoln at | p. m.
We took taxi to the fair grounds.
Ihefe we found papa busy in
the poultry house. We ate din
e:- ana began &c take in the sights
which were grand. Saw auto
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-23
Alice's Kitten

By Lillian Nielsen, 1Wolbaeh, Neb
Dear Busy Bees My story is
about little girl namedI Alice and
her kitten, Alice said I'd her kittie
one da Speak for this" But be-
tore We get any further | will tell
YOU HI " she got the kittie.
One lay Alice was coming home
from school and she met slender
dirty, white pussy. She thought to
berself that she should not let il
starye, she picked the kitten up and
brought il home, She gave it a
nice, warm barb and some milk to
drink, While the kitten was drink
ing the milk she made it nice
warm bed and fixed the kitten in Il
and huddled il down in the nice
warm he'd,
The kitten soon began to love her
and one day she said, Speak fer
this and the kitten stood up and
said, "Mee-ow, mee-ow,"
The little girl loved the kittie
the Busy Bees about the kittie.
awful much. She is now writing to