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Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-12
For the Live Boys of Omaha
Six Factory Trips
During Vacation

As part of the Christmas holiday
program, the boys division has ar
ranged six big factory trips which
will be conducted every other morn
ing for the two weeks of vacation
Last year there were four trips on
the schedule and l,100 boys attended
making over $50 on each trip. This
year with the greatly increased men,
bcrship of the Boys "Y" the number
Of boys on the trips will be increased
materially.
The trips are known as "see
Omaha" trips and the industries to
be visited are Union Pacific shops
and McKeen Motor Car company
ften Biscuit company, American
Smelling and Refining company
Peterson-Pegau bakery, M. E. Smith
company and Armour Packing com.
pany.
The trips will be conducted OIL
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
mornings starting December &c
and ending December 81. The boys
will leave the "Y" at 9:15 each
morning with one leader in charge
of each group of 20 boys. The fac
tories will provide guides for the
trips which will make them more in
teresting.
Boys must be "Y" members to
take part in these special activities
and many boys are joining the boys
division now so>that they can be in
cluded in these special affairs. The
factories cooperating say that these
are the biggest trips of their kind
ever conducted in Omaha and every
industry is strongly in favor of this
work for the bows Of the city.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-12
Many Good Times
Promised ''Y" Boys
At Christmas Time

A letter giving all the particulars
about the "Y's" big Christmas pro-
gram for its members has been put
into the mail and every "Y" lad
will know in a few days just what
is in store for him for two weeks
when school closes on December II.
The boys division believes that theso
two weeks of vacation are the time
when the boys need the most activi-
ties to take up their time, and for
this reason they have arranged tho
biggest and best program ever put
on by the local association.
Each boy will have card which
will give him the program of events
for each day during the two weeks.
He can hang the card up in his room
and consult it every day to find out
the things that are going to be hap
pening at the\ "Y"' that day.
Game tournaments every other
morning, six big factory trips, free
moving pictures every afternoon
with complete new show each day,
and special work in the gymnasium
and swimming pool will help mako
UP the big program for the "Y" lads.
E. E. Mickelwrigkt, boys work
secretary, and ]. S. Arnold, assistant
boys work secretary, are in charge
of the program and promise the
boys the finest time they have ever
had during the coming two weeks.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-12
Game Tournaments
To Be Held at "Y"

As part of the Christmas vacation
program of the Boys Division, there
will be tournaments i'll ping pong,
cue rogue, checkers and chess. Last
year the interest in these games was
at high pitch and over 800 boys
took part in the vacation tourna-
ments. N-
These tournaments will be played
off on Tuesday and Thursday
mornings during the two weeks
starting December 20. Boys in or
der to play must sign up at the
Boys Division office not later than
9 p. m., Saturday night, December
18, and must be present on time at
the. hour assigned to their tourna-
ment.
A sterling silver Y. NJ. c. A. belt
will be given to the boys who win
first place in each tournament; a
felt sweater monogram to the boys
winning second places; and leather
card cases to the boys winning third
Jhonors in each event
J. S. Arnold, assistant boys work
secretary, is in charge OF the tourna-
ments and predicts a larger number
of boys taking part than last year
with much greater volume OF in
terest. He advises all boys who
desire to play in the tournaments to
register at their earliest convenience.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-12
Cheer Leaders to
Create Pep" Named
By Younger ''Y" Lads

The Saturday noon Bible classes
have three live and energetic cheer
leaders. Charles Dox. Tom Bowie,
and Ernest Weymuller are the
pep dispensers for the younger Y
boys and have been creating much
enthusiasm for coming events witt,
their new and effective yells. Aside
from being cheer leaders these boys
are active leaders in other activ-
tiles. I ST. e..
Tom Bowie attends Miller Park
school where he has many friends
among the students and teachers.
Everyone has confidence i'll Tom
and recognize i'll him leadership
ability. f.
Charles box has won himself a
good name in the Dundee school
where he is leader in the school
athletics and booster for all the
school activities. His pleasing man
ner has made him popular with
many who know him.
Ernest Weymuller goes to Lake
school, He is not only an efficient
leader in athletics but in his school
work as >well. In the gym class
he stands at the head with the high
est number of honor credits. The
boys have all found him sympa-
thetic friend and always willing to
help the fellows who may not have
had as much training as himself.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-12
Eating Fast.

"Ah, Constance, ! envy YOU your
complexion. And look at mine!
Never clear, always with little pin-
pies here and there. I've tried every
thing, but nothing seems to succeed.
What is it that gives you such a
healthy skin?"
"a very good habit, Julia. Just
the contrary to the one that spoils
What do. you mean?"
II eat slowly, while you eat too
fast. You see, your food not being
enough chewed gives too much work
t6 the stomach and therefore the skin
has to take up part of the task OF
clearing the blood. Pimples are the
natural result. Eat slowly and soon
your skin will clear"
why, I never knew that the skin
had any work to do in digestion and
clarifying the blood! l always
thought OF it as just skinp'
CEORGETTE BEURET.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-12
What Are the Sounds We
Hear in a Shell?

The sounds we hear in the sea
she'll are really air waves or sounds
made by air waves, because all
sounds are produced by air waves
The reason you can hear these
sounds in sea she'll is because the
shell is so constructed that it forms
natural sounding box. The wooden
part Of a guitar, either cr/violin is
sounding box. They have the fac
ulty of picking up the sounds and
making them stronger. We call
them "resonators," because they
make sounds resound. The construc-
ton of a sea she'll makes ar almost
perfect resonator. A perfect res
onator will pick up sounds which
the human ear cannot hear at all and
magnify them so that if you hold a
resonator to the ear you can hear
sounds you could not otherwise hear.
Ear trumpets for the deaf are built
upon this principle.
Sometimes when you. with your
ear alone. think something is abso-
lutely quiet, you can pick up sea
she'll and hear sounds in it. But the
sea she'll will magnify any sound that
reaches it.
1t would be possible. of course,
to take a sea she'll to place where
it would be absolutely quiet and
then there would be no sounds.
There are such places, but very
few OF them. A room can be built
which is absolutely soundproof.--
Book of Wonders.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-12
TlUO Prominent Men
To Speak for Hi-Y

With two of the biggest speakers
of the year on the schedule for this
week. South and Central Hi-Y clubs
will hold their last meetings before
the Christmas vacation on Tuesday
and Friday nights. respectively.
DIR. Frank G. Smith of the First
Congregational church will address
the members of the South club at
their disner at the Y. NJ. c. A. Tues
day evening. A special orchestra
will furnish music throughout the
dinner. A special menu has been
planned.
On Friday night Bishop Shayler
will speak to the Us members of
the Central Hi-Y club atftheir din
ner. Special musical Numbers will
also feature the program. Bishop
Shayler is an outstanding speaker
to high school boys and there will
be record crowd to hear him on
this occasion.
There will be no more Bible
study club meetings of any of the
'Y" groups until school starts again
on January 5. There are over $50
different boys in the Bible Study
clubs conducted by the Boys di-
vision and over 500 attended the
meetings last week
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-12
Coup fire
Girls
The Wit-n-WdH,tiR
Calnp Fire Group Poem

Eleven little girls from school leave,
Over to the home of Riva Ziev.
A meeting of the wit-a-wdntin they
hold. <.l
But the twelfth little girl was home
with cold.
"For the twelfth little girl book
we'll buy
The girls and leader all did cry,
The president presided, the minutes
were read.
Dues were collected and the meeting
went ahead.
Florence Lewis would be member
made them a call.
And was then admitted by the good
will of all.
Their head bands they beaded
And talk did prolong,
Till the meeting adjourned
With laughter and song.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-12
Junior "Y" Leaders
Elect NeU Officers

Last Friday the leaders of both
afternoon and night junior gym
classes elected officers for the COM
ing year. They are as follows: Wal
lace Marrow, president; Merle Han
ma, vice president, and Richard Ku-
charo, secretary-treasurer.
c. Karl Weigle and J. O. He'd
berry, directors for the leaders work,
say they feel that with officers OF
this type the winters work will be
successful These boys have be-
longed to the "Y" since their twelfth
year, and have always taken advan-
tage of the "all-around character.
building program"
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-12
(Honorabie Mention.)
Silly Tom.

Once upon time there was lit
tie boy named Tom. Toms parents
were very rich. Tom grew very
proud of his fathers riches, but be-
gan to think being rich was better
than being good. One day he
kicked Rover, but was afraid to do
it again, because the dog, growled
One afternoon poor boy passed
by swinging a pail of blackberries
and asked Tom for drink of water
Tom said, "He would set the dogs
on him if he did not go away" The
boy walked op<and soon filled his
pail of blackberries. Tom thought
he would get some blackberries, too
He saw some nice ones just over
ditch. He gave a big leap for the
ditch and, instead Of going over it
came down in the middle of it.
He called for help. but was long
way from home. Tom began to
think he would have to spend the
night in the ditch. Looking up he
saw the boy be had driven from the
gate. Il will give you dollar
said Tom. "if you will help me out
of the ditch II don't want your
dollar. ! | only want you to have nice
manners" said the boy.
After Tom was drawn from the
ditch he thanked the boy and went
home. The next time the boy passed
bv, Tom brought him i'll and showed
him his pets and gave him a ride on
his pony. The poor boy said You
have nice manners now" Yes,
said Tom, Il found then, in the
ditch. ";-Golda Notter, Aged II, 4z9e
Patrick Avenue, Omaha, Neb.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-12
F'lamingoes Saved From
Extinction

H. f. Grant, colonial governor OF
the Bahamas, has recently an
nounced that as the result of an
American expedition to one of the
remote and seldom visited islands
of the group, the flamingo, known
as one of the worlds most beautiful
birds, will receive complete protec-
ton. The expedition sent out by
the Miami Aquarium association
and accompanied by Louis A.
Fuertes, the nature artist and bird
expert, discovered that large col
ony of the hamingoes was being
rapidly killed off by sponge fisher
men who used them for food. Dr.
Frank M. Chapman, an American
naturalist who visited the island in
1901, estimated that there were then
about 10000 of the gorgeous red and
black birds, but their number has
now been reduced by fully two
thirds-Nationa Humane Review.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-12

every boy and girl in the world"
said the> kind hearted little Lady of
Fashion as she scraped one of the
tiny candy pans which had been set
out ON the back porch to cool.
Christmas is the time when folks
ought to be doing something nice
for each other
Tilly litter, the English sparrow,
who sat on bush near by, listened
to the Lady of Fashion with all her
ears, and as the little lady turned to
enter the Teenie Vicente kitchen the
sparrow hoped onto the ground
near the porch.
II say!' cried the sparrow. IL
quite agree with you. / like to do
things for folks, but poor sparrow
can't do much"
"Why, Tilliew exclaimed the Lady
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-12
Scouts to Be Guests
OF Rotary Club Men

One hundred Boy Scouts of Oma-
ha, repie esenting every troop in the
city, will be the guests of the Omaha
Rotary club at noon December q.
The scouts will be entertained
at dinner. A special program has
been arranged for them by Harry
Abbott, chairman of the Rotary
club entertainment committee.
Two of the leading scouts in each
troop will be chosen to partake in
this kind reception. Each Rotary
club member will take. one scout,
and act as his guest for the dinner.
The purpose of this meeting is to
create good fellowship among the
boys and the leading business and
professional men of the CITY.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-12
Scout Executives Meet

A conference of the soout-execu-
tives of the Eighth Scout district
will be held at the Fontenelle hotel,
December E, for the purpose of Or
ganizing a district advisory COM
mittee. Walter w. Head will con-
duct this conference as the chair
man.
About IS scout executives from
the states Of Iowa, Missouri, Kansas,
Nebraska, Wyoming and Colorado
are expected to attend this confer
ence.
The greatest problem which con-
fronts this body is the extension OF
the scout organization in the small
town of the district. Some definite
measure will be taken to help this
condition. -l
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-12

The medical term that describes
this condition of turning or whirl-
ing is vertigo, which means in SIM
pie language TO tNrn." There are
two kinds of dizziness-one where
the objects about us seem to be
Turning round and round and the
other where the person who is dizzy
seems to himself to be turning round
and round.
One cause ot~tflis is due to the
fact that when you are dizzy the
eyes are not in complete control of
the brain and the eyes, moving in
dependently of each other, look in
different directions and produce this
turning effect on the brain, since
each eye then sendsNa JjGerent inn
preston in the brainDfnstantly.
The principal cause of the sense
of dizziness is, however, the little
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-12
What Makes Things VIII irl
Round When | Am Dizzy

organ which gives US our power to
balance and which is located near
the ears. Sometimes this organ be-
comes diseased and people affected
in this way are almost continually
dizzy. Whenever this organ of bal
ance is disturbed we lose our idea of
occurs.
1t is easy to make yourself dizzy.
All you do is to turn round a few
times in the same direction and
stop. In doing this you disturb the
little organ of balance and things
begin to turn, apparently, before
your eyes. If you turn the other
way you right matters again, or #
you just stand still matters will
right themselves. There is no greSt
harm in making yourself dizzy and
very little fVn.-The Book of Won
ders
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-12
Bubble Making

If you are housed on some holi-
day when the rain falls or the snow
pelts against the window pane. one
OF the jolliest indoor pleasures |
know is that of bubble making. Of
course you can blow ordinary soap
bubbles with a common clay pipe
and basin OF soap suds, but if you
wish to make a great success of it,
this is one way to go about it.
First of all for the suds. Into a
pint OF soft water sift four-fifths of
an ounce Of CASTLE soap powder and
let it dissolve; tken add one-third
OF pint of pure glycerine, mix well
and let it stand till the bubbles dis
appear. This mixture can be kept
i'll a quart bottle and used on several
days. 1t should make bubbles capa-
BILE of lasting from six to 10 minutes.
An ordinary clay pipe will blow sat
isfactory bubbles, but if you want
really fine ones, try making cornu-
Copia or two to use instead\o of the
pipe. Roll sheet of heavy paper
into horn about 10 inches long,
with two-inch opening and quar-
ter-inch ,mouthpieee. Glue the shape
firmly and let it dry thoroughly
before using
Now you are ready for some bub-
BILE tricks. To blow a bubble over
some object, lay the object, say a
flower, on a large plate. Wet the
rim of the plate slightly, place your
funnel above the plate, blow bub-
BILE evenly. lift the cornucopia, then
still blowing turn the funnel quickly
at all angle and release it upward.
A few experiments will show you
just what is meant and the trick is
soon learned.
One or more bubbles inside a
larger one are not difficult to
achieve when you know how. Blow
a large bubble on wet dinner plate.
Dip a lemonade straw i'll the pre-
pared suds; carefully insert one end
of the straw in the large bubble and
blow second one inside of the
first. A third bubble may be in
troduced in the same way, once you
acquire the knack.
You know the nursery rhyme
about the lady who had rings on
her fingers, bells on her toes" If
you wish. you may make bubbles on
your fingers to rival that lady's
jewelry, in their, sparkle at least.
Dip YOUR hand carefully in the suds,
and using the lemonade straw for a
pipe blow five bubbles. one on each
finger tip. 1t is very pretty trick.
To test the lasting qualities Of your
spheres, dip some large. bright col
ored flower-a dahlia or. chrysan-
themum into the suds. Place your
cornucopia above it and blow a
large bubble. Set it aside and see
how long it will last. If it is cold
day, put II outdoors for a few min
utes. and if the thermometer is down
to freezing, you may watch your
product change into frozen bubble
almost befoxe your eyes.-Christian
Science Monitor. ..
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-12

The Teenie Weehies were too tired
and cold to wait and see the little
boy find his skates, but lilly litter
was sitting on tree near by and
she saw it all. I
my dearsw cried the sparrow as
she sat on the toe of the shoe house
telling the Teenie Neenies how
much joy their gift had brought to
the little boy. 1T would ave done
your carts good to see that little
fellow when e saw those skates on
the door step. He just let out one
yell and e gathered the skates up
and ran into the house with 'em. l
flew up on the window sill and there
the little chap sat before the stove,
huggin' those skates to his breast
and cryin' and laughin' at the same
time. is face sort of looked like
the flowers when they ave the dew
and the sunshine in 'em in the early
morning"
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-12

clothes line right near the door. and
! heard the little boy ask is father
if e could ave a pair of ice skates
for Christmas. The little boys
father told him that they couldn't
afford them, and the look of disap-
pointment on the child's face nearly
broke my cart"
"Me know where skates!' cried
Zipp, who had been listening to the
birds story. "Me know where we
can get skates. Skates much too
little for boy who owns them. He
gottie new pair, and we can get old
skates and give to poor little boy.
You'd be doin' cap of good if
you could get those skates over to
the little boy" cried Tillie.
All the Teenie Weenies were
greatly excited about getting the
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-12

salt, vinegar, Mustard, pepper
'chants the belle OF the skipping rope.
And in literal response 10 her
metronome appears a frock made up
of condiments.
For the salt there is the frock it.
self-a cunning little one Oh white
silk jersey. The pepper is the black
silk embroidery which you see riixeli
with mustard coiored embroidery.
And as for vinegar-well, that alone
has not obeyed the incarnation. But
even without that the dress is sea-
soned quite to the taste, @
The skirt is plated front and back.
And, by the way, white silk jersey is
accomplishing some of the most
charming models for the afternoon
party dress of the lady from E to II.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-12
The Wind.

Cold, bleak and brisk north wind
Flying all the time;
Not a minute Of the day is wasted,
You never leave thing behind.
Is it always you, cold north wind,
Blowing all the cold this way?
Why not let the sunshine
Take your place some day
You just wait till spring time,
The south wind will have you beat
There will be no more cold and ice
Falling in thick white sheet.
Margaret Ahrendsen, Age II
Millard, Neb. So
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-12
Whats an out runner?" asked the

Whats an out runner" asked the
Ounce.
why, an out runner is piece of
board attached to the skate, which
runs along the ground on each side
of the skate runner, and keeps the
skate from falling over on its side"
answered the Old Soldier.
The Teenie Wcenies hurried back
to the shoe house where they set to
work making the runners so the
skates could be moved.
The little fellows cut two long
runners out of an old ruler, and col
lecting several pieces of wire, pull
leys and ropes they sent out to move
the Skates.
First, the skates had to be pulled
ont of the wood house where they
lay, and this took a great deal of
pulling and lifting, but after several
hours of hard work the task was
finally accomplished.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-12
Boys Spend Holiday
At "Y" Game Room,

Friday. the day after Thanksgiving,
the boys division Omaha Y. NJ.
c. "A. planned a special program for
the members so they would have in
teresting aud worth while activities
during their vacation.
Many boys brought their lunch
and spent the entire day playing the
many games, reading the latest mag
azines and playing the victrola. In
the afternoon educational and enter
tanning movies were shown to a
large group OF boys.
Every boy was given special
swim in the afternoon. The water is
kept at summer temperature and as
many boys 60 swimming in the win
ter as any other season.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-12
Why Can You Blow Out
a Candle?

When you light candle it burns
because the lighted wick heats the
wax sufficiently to turn it into
gases. As long as the wax contin-
ues hot enough to melt and turn to
gas the csedle will burn until all
burned up; but if there is a break in
the continuous process OF changing
the wax to gas, the light will go out.
Now, when you blow at thc lighted
candle you blow the gases which
feed the fame away from the lighted
wick, and this makes a break in the
continuous flow of gas from the wax
to taper, and the light goes ouk-
Book Of, Wonders,
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-12

what I Judged a kind-hearted little
girl. Although | could not UNDER
stand her language, | guessed by the
look on her face that she took pity
on me. She asked her father if she
could keep me, and he said, "Yes,
Alice, you may If he is not too much
trouble" So Allie kept me, and has
given me a good, home ever since
She is now 10 years~old and she was
e when |, came.-Fioyd Bennett,
Aged 10, Station I, South Side, Oma-
ha, Neh
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-12
Stories by
Little Folks
. (Prize.)
Stray Bob.

Dear Busy Bees: | will tell you
about stray dog, His name was
Bob. | was a downtrodden cur, as
the boys called me. They threw
stones at me and drove away.
80 ! thought it would be best to
wander away, and | thought per.
haps should in time find a lew
and kind master. / wandered and
wandered away until ] came to what
| thought a suitable home. | went
inside of the Sard and saw there
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-12

The runners were next fixed to
mA0 ths skates with ths wire. and
in little time the Teenie Weenies
started the heavy skate sliding over
the soft snow.
Several Of the littlemen pulled a
long rope, which was fastened to the
front end of the skate, while the rest
pushed.
1t was slow work, for the skate
was mighty heavy, but just before
dark ON Christmas eve the little
Chaps brought the skate to the box
car where the little boy lived.
The little fellows spent almost the
whole night in bringing up the other
skate; in fact, it was just getting
light on Christmas morning when
they pulled the skates up OH the
step before the box car door.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-12
H2&I6e1i!3;''&|!@l;sdieS q Is *

skates for the poor little boy. and
several of the little people went over
to the house where the skates were
to see what could be done.
The skates were in good condition,
and except for little rust they were
almost as good-as new ones.
1T will be an awful job to move
them," said the General. They
must weigh nearly fifty Teenie
Vicente TONS"
1T won't be so bard to move the
skates, said the Old Soldier. I'VE
can rig up some out runners and
move the skate on its own runner" 4"