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Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-16
Child Rulers of the World

for the little boy ruler, and the only
acceptable one at hand was a prin-
cess of Spain. So on September %.
i6i2, when Louis was but II, he
was formally engaged.
When Louis was is it was de-
eided that the time had come for
his marriage, so the little princess
set out from Spain TO met her fu-
ture husband. Boylike, Louis was
curious to see>what his bride-to-be
looked like, so he rode away from
the palace and hid near the house
where the princess expected to stop
for rest. When she was told the king
was present she. too, was eager to
see him. And the meeting seemed
to be mutually satisfactory.
Even though the king was mar
ried, his mother continued to rule
the nation, and she ID turn was
governed by her favorite courtiers.
One Of these, Contini. was made
marshal Of France, but the people
hated him intensely as he was not
French. and he was shot by a NUM-
Der of the guard. Later when
Louis really took the reins of gov.
eminent into his hands he had Car
dinal Richelieu as his adviser and
minister.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-16
(Honofable Mention.)
Ned and His Donkey.
n Loulse Iohnson &C d. Mehd. NeIn

BY Louise Johnson Age IL, Mead, Neh
Mr.. Brown lived on a farm close
10 a large forest. He had one
whose name was Ned. Ned hac
donkey, which was his only pia
mate. Mr. Brown, being crippled
and unable to walk, Ned would give
him a ride on his donkey every nice
sunshiny day.
One day Ned brought his father
over 70 the neighbors' place 10 visit
Ned had to do work at home so he
did not stay and visit, but he started
home again. On his way he met
three women. They told Ned that
they would buy the donkey for SIS.
Ned thought this would be a bar
gain and so he promised them that
as soon as he had brought his "a
Their home from the neighbours place
he would sell the donkey to them.
Ned brought his father home and
then he stole of to the woods with
out telling his father anything. Aft
err Ned sold his donkey and received
in return SIS he went home. He hap
Eily told his father that he had sold
his donkey for 49, His father said,
You have been greatly cheated, but
] hope this has taught you a lesson
not to do anything without your ia
ther's consent FIRST" Ned felt very
sorry but he made up his mind new
er to do anything without his ia
Tiers consent and he did not.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-16
Loufs NE XTT1.

Louis the XIII was born in the
palace at Fontainebleau in Septem-
Der, 1901. From the day the prince
was born his kind old doctor, Jean
Heroard, kept a diary in which he
noted every detail of the babes life
So we now have a complete record
of the childhood days of this
prince.
When he was about 8 years old
he was told he had to begin study
in deep earnest, SO he was properly
clothed as befitted future king of
France and sent away to school
lii 1910 the king declared war on
Spain, and Il was decided to make
his queen, Marie de Medici. the
regent during his absence. Shortly
after this grand affair the king
felt III and Thought it best to see bis
doctor. AS he had not been in the
air that day, he said he would drive
TO the house instead Of calling his
physician to him. 1t was on this
short journey that the king was
stabbed and killed.
And so it was that little Louis
came to the throne, with his mother
as queen regent The next impor-
tant matter of state was find wife
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-16
THE LIFE BOATS STORY.

Oh. I am a lifeboat, staunch and old.
And ] have been through wet, dry,
warm and cold
On the Tuscania's deck indeed |
saved
Many a lad from watery grave.
As our sailor lads piled me to and
fro,
From the ship Tuscania to the barge
below,
Many a heart raised a feeble cry,
As louder and louder it surged on
high.
We are lads of freedom and of free
dom's land;
If die we must, it will be united and
IN one band.
But many a heart was laid below.
When tyrant's hand struck that
fatal blow.
Though l am but a poor liIeboat,
The story | told it will not 7Hoat
Like the worthless. idle winds Of
March,
Nor like the oceans cold waves
harsh.
They will sink down deeply INTO the
hearts.
OF my fellow countrymen that
march
With measured tread to- show
That we can avenge that terrible
blow.
East Third ST
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-16
Wishing
BY William AlIingham.

BY William AlIingham.
Ring.tingl I wish were a Primrose.
bright yellow Primrose, blowing in the
spring!
The stopping bough above me,
The wandering bee 10 love me.
The fern and moss to creep across
And the elm tree for our king.
Nay. stayl l wish / we're an elm tree
A great lofty elm tree, with green leaves
gayi
The winds would set them dancing,
The sun and rioonshins glanee IN,
The birds would house among the bodEhs.
And sweetly singl
oh. Mol wish / we're Robin.
A Robin Of d little wren, everywhere 70
go:
Through forest, field or garden,
And ask no leave or pardon,
Till winter comes with fey thumbs
To ruffle up our wing.
Wen, tell! Where should / fly TO,
Where go to sleep in the dark wood or
dell?
Before day was over,
Home comes the rover,
For mothers kiss-sweeter this
Than any other thingl
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-16
Andy in Animal Land
TLONIERE
! STO0So 0Ho7O

had already decided to ride that goat
or diel But you lost your chance 10
advise me when told you bout Pa
joining the Masons. Jimmy Tucker
said they always initiated them by
making them ride a goat. So tried
Mrs. Maloney's goat, as you see,"
said Andy remihiseentiy.
Z seel" barked SHIPPER, 'but 50
does your Ma see. And your Pa
says he will have TO pay damages
to Mrs. Maloney for damaging her
goat when you tried to ride It across
the lot. That's why l sit here con-
doing with you."
"But can tell you one thinS you
don't see, SHIPPER. You may be kind
hearted because you see me all
patched up after my becoming a
Freemason, but you are not very
clever if the head. You're only a
dog" As Andy spoke he turned his
eyes sinkward where stood q pan
piled full of clean dishes.
SHIPPER saw the satisfied look creeb
into his masters eyes so he, too,
turned his eyes to behold what had
so pleased Andy. Then his canine
wits grasped the situation. Andy
had escaped the dreaded task of
washing dishes because his hands
were bandaged and plastefed.
Just then Phoebe, the cat, who
had been soundly sleeping on the
floor, lifted an eyelid. She had
heard a suspicious gnawing Under
the sink. In another second the
hum-drum of life was over. Rat,
cat, dog, boy, scuttle, pail. gun, pans
etc. were mixed up in a wild chase.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-16
Stories by Our Little Folks
prize
leans New Years Gift.

y
By Elsie Bowman. Ass IS, Tekanish, Neb
Jean was a little s-year-old girl.
When the awful war broke out her
father enlisted. She was proud Of
her soldier father and was delighted
wnen he came home on furioughs,
He advanced higher in Office until
he became captain. Then Jean called
him "her captain"
But a day came when her cap
tain must 60 over seas to enter
real war He came to ser her before
he left for France. He kissed
her goodby and told her to be
brave girl while he was gone. He
then got on a troop train and Jean
waved goodby to him. He sent
many letters to her and she read
them eagerly
One day as they were having a
I big drive ''over there" Jeans father
was wounded and lost in No Mans
Land
After an awful day he was found
and taken to the hospital, where he
suffered greatly. He was still in the
hospital when the "armistice" was
signed.
Then in December a letter came
telling Jeans mother her husband
was coming home. He would be
there for New Years, but Jean did
not know this and iohged for him.
Christmas went by but no father
came.
On New Years morning a knock
was heard on Jeans bedroom door.
She ran TO the door and there stood
cher captain" He caught her in his
arms and told her he had come home
again.
Jean is very happy and saws,
Fathers the best New Years gift
! ever had"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-16
A Trip to Manawa.

By Bernice Stamp, Age 10, Marine, Ia.
Dear Busy Bees: This is my first
letter to the Busy Bee page. One day
last summer we drove TO Lake Man
ava. 1t is about so miles, when we
got there we ate lunch. After our
lunch us girls took a ride on the
merry-go-round and a little train.
Then we had ride ON a boat-that
took US across to the beach. The
boat we rode on went back. We
waited until the other boat came
back, then we took that boat back.
After a while we had another ride
on the merry-go-round. We had a
ride ON the figure eight. After that
we watched the people dance, then
we went home. We had a fine time.
I hope to see my letter in print.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-16
The Little Willful Princess
By DAVID CORY.

there were great many koboldS
and fairies He was a poor man,
but very cheerful, and always sing
ing, but sometimes he would wish
to have a little more money, so that
he need not have 10 work so hard
1T was in the beautiful summer
time. with all the flowers In bloom,
when suddenly. as he was following
his sheep, he saw a wonderful blue
flower, blue as the sky. the like OF
which he had never seen before in
all his life. He stopped down and
looked at il for some moments. As
he gently broke the stem, a wonder.
full thing happened. A door IN the
mountainside slowly opened, dis
closing a passage leading into the
earth. Although he had been over
the ground many. many times be-
fore, yet had he never seen this
door, and it took him some time be-
fore he could pluck up enough eouF-
age to enter After walking in for
some distance he found himself in
a large hall full of chests OF gold
and diamonds. Sitting In a chair
beside a large table in the middle
Of the hall was an old. old kobold.
with long, white beard. The poor
shepherd was very much frightened
at first, but the kobold said in Q
friendly voice, Take what you want
and don't forget the bestp
I'm a few minutes the shepherd
had filled his pckets with the gold
and diamonds and was about to
leave when the kobold said again,
Don't forget the bestP Whefeupon
the shepherd, looking around and
picking out the biggest diamonds he
could find, filled his cap 10 the bfim
with them. He was about leaving
the hall when again the kobold cried
cut, Don't forget the hestP But The
shepherd could carry no more, and,
moreover, he was anxious to get
home with his precious load, 90 he
did not wait Just as he reached
the doorway he heard again the
voice Of the little old kobold saying.
Don't forget the bestP
"But, alasi when he once more
found himself out on the pasture the
door had disappeared, and instead
of gold and Jewels ia his pockets
ard hat, there was nothing but with
cred leaves. He was again q poor
shepherd, and all because he had
fcrg )tten the best. and, little prin-
cess, do you know what was the
best? Why, it was the skyblue
flower which he had left on the
l;obold's table. The lsey-flower.
which when found opens the door
to treasures. II the shepherd had
only kept it, the gold and the dia-
monds would not have changed into
dry leaves, and the door would al.
ways have remained open to him.
Every day after that the poor
shepherd spent all his time looking
for the flower. He neglected his
sheep and HE work, not knowing
that only by him who faithfully per-
forms his duties each day will the
key-flower be found.
"Little princess" said the monkey,
coming closer to her, this blue key
flower is opportunity, and II only
comes to those who do faithfully
what is set before them. 1t doesn't
matter whether It be lessons or
blowing, or printing Of tending
sheep"
"Let us hurry back to the castle"
said the princess with catch In her
voice, "msyhap my goYerness is still
in the garden awaiting me.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-16
RULES FOR YOUNG
WRITERS.

l.. Write plainly; number pages.
2. Use pen and ink, not p il.
3. Short and pointed articles
will be given preference. Do not
use over $50 words.
4. Original stories or letters
emily will be used.
S. Write your name, age and
address at the top of first page,
6. A prize book will be given
each week for best contribution.
Address ChiIdren's Depart
ment. Omaha Bee. Omaha Neb.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-16

BY Eleanor Gait. Age 10. silver city. Ia.
Once upon a time there was a lit
tie girl named Katherine. She lived
with her papa and mama in Chicago
She was 7 years old. She had a
good many dolls and she loved them
dearly. One day she went down
town with her mother. In one win
dow she saw a little doll with long
black curls. She said to her mother
"Oh, mama, won't you please buy
her for me? | love her SO dearly"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-16
The Bees, Nest.
b Henry H. Rath1en, Age IL. darriso
Ntb.

b Henry H. Rath1en, Age IL. Garrison
NIB.
Il IS about two years ago that
We robbed humble bees nest. We
were painting our house. my brother
called me to come quick and help
him rob the bees nest. One of the
painters told me to take a Jug and
put il by the nest, with water in il,
about three-fourth's full.
We put the jug down by the nest
as ! was setting It down one of
the bees came after me. ran away
in the corn field, it soon lost me
and went back to its nest.
The bees went in the Jug as fast
as they could. When they were
about all in the jug, l took a stick
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-16
STONY "a BetsY.

BY Elizabeth MARI. Age 9. Fremont. Neb
Dear Busy Bees: l wish to join
your bee hive, | have written several
times, but have not seen my letter
in print. / am sending you a story
of little girl whose name is Betsy.
Betsy was out playing one day when
she saw a big dog. He came right
up to her, and put up his paw to
shake hands. Then she knew whose
dog it was and who was coming. 1t
was her Uncle Charles.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-16

BY Rohoody Krov, Aged Nine, Able, Neb.
Dear Busy Bees: This Is the FIRST
letter / have written you.
| am going to school every day. !
am in the fifth grade. | have one
brother and he is II years old. He
is in my class, too. My sister is
7 years old and is In the second
grade. We have one teacher in our
1itaie- school. Her name Is Miss
Clara Stora.
| think my letter is getting long.
SO | must close, with joy to all.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-16

and hit down on those that were not
in and they came after me. ran
away, but the bees could fly faster
than ! could run. One stung me
en- the cheek and one on my neck.
| was barefooted, and it was on AN
alfalfa patch, and couldn't run fast
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-16

If every little rain drop should say,
II will not fall.
| will not be the first TO drop" we'd
have no rain at all.
And all the grass within the fields
would wither and would die,
If every little rain drop should stay
up in the sky.
If al the pretty littie flowers that
spring up here and there
Should say. "I'll not 60 up alone.
while all the ground is bare.
Wen wait till others have gone up"
You see, there would not be
A single pretty blossom to bloom
for you and me.
II every little snowflake should say,
"I'll not go down,
! will not be the first to fall. while
all the earth Is brown.
III wait Until the earth is white and
then III gently fali."
Oh, foolish snowflake, we'd have no
snow at all.
If every little twinkling start refused
to give its light,
And the big round moon refused to
shine, how dark would be the
night
Now, listen, little children, who
read these lines today.
Come close and 1 will whisper, now
listen what I say:
If every little child should say,
through all the livelong day,
Il will not be the first to cry at les
sons, or at play.
But III try to be the first to smile"
why darlings, don't you see.
II none would cry and all should
smile, what a happy day
'twould be.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-16

"Bow-wowp barked Sniper as
Andy sat down before the kitchen
stove.
We'll, what # l did make a dent
in this hum-drum life? l notice you
sat safe distance and laughedw
scorned Andy, comprehending only
too~well what Andy meant by his
bark.
Wow wow!" replied SHIPPER, As
If to say Now Andyl You know /
was not laughing, but only advising
you to keep away from that goat"
Maybe you did, Snipe, when /
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-16

Her mother said she would buy it,
although she had so many dolls. So
they went into the store and bought
her. Then they went home, the lit
tie mother and her child. They al
was loved each other and were very
happy.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-16

well, Jimmy, did you stand at
the head Of your class todayf" asked
the father at the supper table.
"No, sir, but l was next TO the
head"
THAT'S nice. How many are
there in your eiassg"
1.-TWO. SIT"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-16

Nov, Tommy" said his mother.
take this medicine. It's sweet as
sugar"
4 don't want to be selfish,
mamma" said the littIe chap. who
had lost his faith in medicine, but
didn't wish to disobey, give it to
baby"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-16

pasteboard. Then she took a strip
OF yellow tissue paper, two inches
wide and long enough to 60 ali
around the red heart and ffinged it
She glued the fringed tissue paper
around the fed heart. She took q
picture Of Dan Cupid glued 1t on the
heart and wrote underneath OF il
these words.
Dear little Dan Cupid this stormy
weather,
Has fastened your heart and my
heart close together"
First Letter.
BY Tracy Walker, Age 10. North Platte,
Neb
Dear Busy Bees: This is my first
letter. am going to try and write
a story. Once there was a little girl
named Kathryn. She was very
naughty and was impertinent 10 her
mother One day when she was
working she said: Il am going OUT
of-doors."
NO, you must do your work first"
But she went out-of-doors just the
same. She began to take a walk.
pretty soon she came to the woods.
It began to get dark; she did not
know the way home. She screamed
but no one came. Pretty soon her
father came and found her and she
said she would never be naughty
again.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-16
Catching a Coyote.

Catching a Coyote.
BY Shirley MeClaln, Age .. Edgemont, 8. D.
One day my father and my brother
and l went up on the fat and set
some traps to catch some coyotes.
The next morning there was a
coyote in the trap. So my father
and my brother and | went up to the
horse block and my father killed
the coyote and dragged it home with
rope.
How Jean Made a Valentine.
BY Evelyn Wilkinson, Age II. Shenandoah.
Iowa.
Jean is little girl 8 years old.
When her mother told her that St.
Valentines day was not far away,
she made a valentine like this. She
cut a large heart out of some red
The Ely miner., 1919-01-24
ALIENS PAID
INCOME TAX.
LOCAL EMPLOYERS TAKE TAX
FROM THOSE WHO DO NOT
WANT TO BECOME
CITIZENS.

Collection of two per cent of the
gross earnings of aliens for the year
1918 as ordered by the United States
Internal Revenue department was
made by the local mining companies
last week in the pay checks of all
such aliens who refused to sign the
government information blank show
ing their intent to remain in this
country and become citizens.
The collection is made by the
government as an income tax and was
only levied upon those aliens who
through their unwillingness to sign
statements to the effect that they in
tended to make this country their
home showed that they were main
tanning residence here only for the
money they could get out of the
country.
The order authorizing the collect
ion to be made was a sweeping one
effecting all corporations and large
employers of labor and failure on
the part of corporations to make the
collection as directed invoked pen
The Ely miner., 1919-01-24

The National Highway Conference
which is meeting in Kansas City this
week has mapped out a program for
the establishment of the Wilson"
Highway as a trunk highway from
Ely to Ell Paso, Texas. The confer
ence is in favor of the establishment
of this road and it is expected that
steps toward that end will be author
lied at this meeting.
Leading citizens of Itasca and st.
Louis counties have met to discuss
the general plans for the paving of
the wonderland Traip between
Duluth and Grand Forks. This is
the highway for the "linking up" of
which a meeting was held at Grand
Rapids in May 1917. The state
highway department. is considering
Trail No. 8 and also Trail No. 35.
Trail No. 35 is the road laid out for
Improvement to connect this section
with the main trunk line and is from
Aitkin to Ely. To the latter part of
the program the conference devoted
their attention.
The conference also received
The Ely miner., 1919-01-24
ISN'T 1T THE TRUTH?

Not new but true. The following
has been printed so many times that
the name of the author has been lost
to the memory of man: There was
an old geezer, he had a lot of sense,
He started up in business on dollar
eighty cents. The dollar for stock
and the eighty cents for an ad
brought him three lovely dollars in a
day by dad. Well, he bought goods
and little more space, and he
played that system with smile on
his face. The customers focked to
his two-by-four and soon he had to
rustic for regular store. Up on the
square where the people pass, he
gobbled up a corner that was all
plate glass. He fixed up the window
with the best he had and told them
about it in half page ad. He soon
had 'em coming, and he never quit,
and he didn't cut down his ads one
jit. And he's kept things humming
in the town ever since, and everybody
calls him the merchant prince. Some
say it's luck but that's all bunk, why,
he was doing business when times
were punk.
The Ely miner., 1919-01-24
PLAYING WITH THE BABY.

The rule that parents should not
play with the baby may seem hard,
but it is without doubt safe one.
A young, delicate, or nervous baby
especially needs rest and quiet, and
however robust the child, much Of
the play that is indulged in is more
or less harmful. 1t is a great pleas
ure to hear the baby laugh and crow
in apparent delight, but often the
means used to produce the laughter,
such as tickling, punching, or tossing,
makes him irritable and restless. 1t
is regrettable fact that the few min
utes of play that the father has
when he gets home at night, which is
often almost the only time he has
with the child, may result in nervous
disturbance of the baby and upset
his regular habits.
The mother should not kiss the
baby directly in the mouth, nor per-
NIT others to do so, as infections of
various kinds are spread in this way.
She needs also to be cautioned about
rocking the baby, jumping him up
and down on her knee, tossing him,
shaking his bed or carriage, and in
general, keeping him in constant mo-
ton. All these things disturb the
baby's nerves and make him more and
more dependent upon these atten-
tions. But this is not to say that the
baby should be left alone too COM
pletely. All babies need "mothering," !"
and should have plenty of it. When
the young baby is awake he should
frequently be taken up and held in
the mothers arms, in variety OF
positions, so that no one set of mus
cles may become overtired. An older
child should be taught to sit on the
floor or in his pen or crib during a
part of his waking hours, or he will
be very likely to make great demands
upon the mothers strength. No one
who has not tried it realizes how
much nervous energy can be con-
sumed in ''minding" baby who car
creep or walk about, and must be
lcontinually watched and diverted, and
the mother who is taking the baby
through this period of his life viii
need to conserve all her strength
and not waste it in useless forms Of
activity.
| MRS. w. E. TREZONA,
/ Chairman
The Ely miner., 1919-01-24
ATTENDED MEETING.

Attorney A. J. Thomas and J. A.
Rothman returned Saturday from
Grand Rapids where they had attend
ed the meeting of the Northern Min
nesota Development Association as
delegates from the Ely Commercial
Club. They report an excellent
meeting and one which will be of
much benefit to the state. They
listened to several good talks vitality
affecting this section of the state and
saw potato exhibit and contest, the
best ever held. Editor Andrews of
Cloverland in Michigan made an ad-
dress on sheep raising in the Lake
Superior country which showed what
can be accomplished in this line.