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THE OREGON! SUNDAY JOURNAU. PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 20, 1908.
R1TEKS AND SKETCHES
By Florence I. Garjlde, Woodstock,
- Eighth A...
Joe's Christmas Surprise
By SarahFrancib, Mount Tabor, Sixth
i Jo walked up' the rickety old steps
' ef a small brown cottage which had for
many, years .lost Its color.; ' He was
discouraged,, sick, and faint As he
opened. the door he-asked1 In as cheer
ful a voice as he cduld possibly make,
','Well, mother, do you feel better?"
fl think' It Is about . my turn to ask
J'ou that," said his mother, Smiling
?"W&re Bess?" asked Joe; Vis she
asleep?" "Tea," she answered. "I'm
aratd she doesn't feel very well." "Her
cheeks are flushed and she has awak
ened several times crying."
"Oh, well, don't worry about her.
mother, she'll be all right. You have
enough to keep your mind busy with
out borrowing trouble." Joe's little sis
ter Bess had been a cripple all her
life and was often attacked by these
Spells of sickness.
.-Mrs. Philips, Joe's mother, took In
washing-. ironing, and sewing..
' They lived, alone, three In. the family,
Mr.. Philips, Joe's father, having died,
leaving the family .very small amount
Of money.. - r. .
Joe worked for Mr. Martin., the owner
of their cottage, as an. office boy.- ?
"My. but don't I wish .that I could get
that doll carriage with the. larse brown
eyed doll In It for Bess on Christmas?
remarked Joe. "Every time we go past
(he store Bess says In her timid little
voice. "Don't you- wish we were rich like
Mr. Martin, Joe. so I could have that
pretty doll and carriage?
"Yes. f know. Joe, but It's all we can
do to get enoutrh to eat and clothe us
Bow. And timt makes me thinit Mr.
Martin toll me yestirilay If we didn't
nurry up nun ry our rem nil wuuui
put us out." "Well. I sometimes can't
help from wishing he was put out of
me eartn, remarKea joe angrny. .
'The night before Christmas, wheti
other people were passing along the
streets smiling and nodding at each
other. Joe was heavy; hearted, for he
had . not one present 'for hlo mother
andBess.
As, he r.assd the store he looked at
ine pretiv 0011 una carriage ne naa ao
long wanted for Bess. He wascarrj'ing
business note from Mr. Martin to Mr.
Jones, a friend of his.
' On the way back Joe looked In the
store an noticed a amall llaht flashing
around the. room. , He walked up the
steps ' so. that he could get a better
view and saw two black figures before
the office desk flashing the bright light
over Mr, Martin's business papers.
h Joe. knowing whatf this . meant, 'ran
-as fast as he could to the ; large white
mansion in which Mr.v Martin lived. It
was-late and Mr. Martin was angry at
Jos for disturbing him. ' '
, "What Is It you want now?" he asked
harply. " ' ' V
"Mr. Martin." said Joe, excitedly,
"there s re two strange men In the store
and they are looking at all of your
business papers",
Mr. Martin and Joe reached the store
In about five minutes and when thev
arrived Jo pointed out to him the black
figures which were now, with their
Hands full, ready to go. - - ..
o Mr. Slover. a policeman, happened to
pass . as they reached the store, v and
Mr. Martin related to "him "what was
er Mr. Slover had heard their
atory he phoned to, the chief of police,
who brought with , him - a number of
policemen, and you can Imagine the
unpleasant surprise of - the burglars
when, on coming out.- they were hand
cuffed ami taken - away. k"
Mr. Martin felt grateful toward Joe
and raised his salary.. Ha alio gava
them free rent and a much nicer home,
i .The robbers had robbed other places
and the oersoh who found them was to
have a $500 reward.
. Beas received her doll and carriage
and almost cried with Joy and sur
prise. Mrs. Philips received, many
beautiful presents. ' ....! -
So this is the storv of the pleasant
Christmas, the Philips family , enjoyed.
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, Children's Remarks. ;
Two little children Of nearly the "same
Height wera visiting school . with ; an
ower sister, "Are they twins?" asked
the teacher. . . ,
i. . "Yes ma'am they are,' was the reply.
"How old are they?" was then ashed.
,VMOne Is five and the other Is three,"
added th child.
. "Whlch do' they raise the moat of
In Georgia, white people or negroes?'
asked a fourth grade boy In a geography
Class. ' ::
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" A little lad in the first grade in talk.
Ing about a larger brother said to the
teacher, "I've got a . brother than Isn't
afraid of anything, he , wouldn't . be
afraid of even you?'
,
'-. After a ' poor reader 'li the ; second
grade had read his lesson well his
neighbor said. "That's the best he ever
read In his life." ' .
When asked what kind of " boat the
Pilgrims came in, a primary lad an
swered, ''They came In & torpedo boat.'
Tn a composition about a monkey, was
this i sentence: "Ths monkey. In the cage
jumped from one yer to another." T-er
waa - wira to the fourth grade boy.
'VA bov was asked t? insert the phraip.
inclosed in brackets. In the proper pla-e
In the following sentence: "The old man
i. as a chair to sell (with : a carved
bak.'-:- Ha replied: "The ' old 'man
with a carved back has a chair to aell."
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A child writing the names of the ani
mals raised in France wrote. "The ani
mals raised in France are silkworms."
Originality Ih spellirtg Is illustrate!
by a c wa I I for, -r squall, the pupil
spelling according to als Idea of the
phonic method. ' . -- -'
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East ' SiJe Hili ' School
By Edward C Garcia. .
; Oa Friday, December IS, tha Eukrl(n-
eona. held a special Christmas program
in tha assembly halt The entertain
ment proved unusually short, but every
feature merited praise. Henry Fowler
unraveled a large ball ef merriment
when he pathetically recited a ludicrous
tale concerning tha remarkable adven
tures of a butcher's pig. The tale was
characteristically short. Tha end of th
tall was taken by Stands Mills as a
cue to make bis smiling appearance.
For ths enlightenment of those who
may not know it, the name of L. Stands
Mills suggests to tha knowing mind of
the east side pupil a grand conglomera
tion ,pf wit, genius and fun. On this
present occasion the popular member
sang a serious Interpretation of "The
Dungeon . Keeper." A persistent ap
plause broke forth when the singer con
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augmented to a climax, and, of a sudden,
a chorus of worshipping Euks bawled
In loud concert. J'Dat'a Music to M."
Now to the unacquainted listener the
sentence mignt mean a tnunoerous dec
laration of aonreclatlon. But tn the
knowing ones or the audience the words
recauea ine song nit or tne recent Eu
krlneon mUistrel success, and were
merely utteyed as ,an extemporaneous
request that L. Stande repeat hia gilt
edged cooii solo. The request was final
ly granted. "Enough Said." 1 Stande
Mills, the royal press sgent for the
crowned heads of Europe have their
watchful. eye on vou. TMward and Al
fonso would gladly shake your hand.
John F. Carroll, editor of the Evening
Telegram, now appeared before the so.
ciety, addressing the members on char-
"A Welcome Christmas Visitor"
By Isabelle Steele, Woodstock,
; Eighth A. s - '
acter and life In general. Everv word
of the speaker's advice and philosophy
proved, worthy af thought, and will
doubtless be long remembered and care
fully followed by not a few o his 11s-
; The closing feature of the afternoon
was a- mandolin solo by Raymond Sin
gleton. The youth soon showed hi
musical anility aim trie audience soon
showed Its-musical aDDrec'.atitin. for th
obliging Raymond was forced to respond
to numerous recalls. , Thus the program
ended.-'-'---' . ,
Sell wood School Musical Recital.
At Ellers recital hall the following
program was given Tuesdav:
Jacky Frost.. First grade children
OJIbway Lullaby. . .Fifth grade children
Oh Ma Baby
....... .r ourm and f irth grade girls.
Piano solo... , Alice Gohlltn
The Wind song. ... .Fourth grade pupils
'I nree ureen Bonnets. ..... . .. . . ;..
A .. Third lr4H irl
The Tinkers' chorus from Robin Hood
. -v Sixth and Seventh grade bovs
Piano solo. .Miss Holum
A Funny Story... .. .Third grade pupils
Chorus. . . Fourth grade pupils
Vocal solo and chorus, "Face to Facev
. ..V ...Joe Robson and chorus
Lovely. Lake Geneva
................ .Third grade pupils
Cornet solo Chester McNeill
Dusting and Sweeping.
...Second grade girls
"The Best Moment of 4he Year" By
' .''. 3 '-"-' Seventh
SHAVER, WOODSTOCK AND
; Tke Story oi Belle
By Clara riusmnn, Woodstock, 'Fifth A.
Once there was a dog by the name
of Belle. She lived In an old -barn be
hind the store. (She- had a -neat with
six little puppies In It. She lived by
the school. There was no lanltor ' at
school. so the door, was left . open,
the dog went, in and took a pail of
lunch. The teachers and children
thought -It was a boy from school or
'A Cold -Day' By, Carroll SJolln,
' ' Mount Tabor, FlrBt. B.
a 'tramp. "One day a lady was. sitting
bv the window sewing. She knew about
the-things that happened at school. Rh
saw the dog with a pall. It was sotified
to the school and th teacher sent a
boy to tell the man that owned her and
he climbed to where she had
her nest and found 22 lunch palls, the
man whipped her but I don't think she
knew What she was whipped tor.
Unusual Accomplishment tqr Girls.
" By Ruby t-lmmer, Mount Tabor,
Ninth A.
Not many years ago it was consid
ered almost a disgrace for a boy to
milk a cow and boys who did were often
teased and called "Milkmaid." Now
there are comparatively few girls who
can milk a cow.
Few girls in towns or cities have a
chance to learn how to milk, but more
frirla who do have a chance would learn
t they knew the good It would do them
In developing the muHcles of their arms
and In overcoming their fear of that
gentle horned creature that some girls
are inclined to call "he."
Some girls who have thin slablike
arms would be surprised if they knew
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how much more shapely and beautiful
their arms would become if they would
milk a cow a few times every week.
Of course tha muscles of the forearm
become very sore at first, but this soon
wears orr, ana it is very convenient
to. have ' the grip which is aoquired
tn this way.
It is Very amusing to see ome city
girls when they Bee a cow. They fairly
shake In their, shoes and tremblingly
ask If you think there la any danger
of "him coming toward them or using
those horns that iook so danserou
But when these girls overcome , their
desire io run ana oecome acquainiea
with bossv tney rind ner very rnendiy.
especially if they have some nice apples
or a nanorui or saic.
Bessie B. Summers, Woodstocjt,
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- By Mildred Clemens.
Friday afternoon Principal T T. Da
Vis called together the students of the
high school in the large' assembly hall,
for the i purpose of accustoming the
pupils to their proper places in the
nail, also to speak to them of the rare
treat in store for them Wednesday af
ternoon, when Professor Leotsakaa of
Greece will lecture. '
Mr. Davis first mentioned the two
benefit funds being asked for in all
the schools and consequently -In . the
high schoolnamely, the Salvation Ar
my, and the Red Cross stamps. Then
Mr. Davis called Dr. McKlnlay, of the
faculty to the platform to have him
briefly explain the meaning of the lec
ture that will be given before the achool
next Wednesday. Professor Leotsakas is
a noted scholar and lecturer, lie Is a
graduate of the University, of Athena,
Greece, He has delivered his leetures
before all the big colleges of this coun
try, such as Vassar, Wellesley, ; Tale,
Harvard, Princeton and so forth. - He
talks on both the ancient and 'modern
Greece,- He will give particular atten
tion to the Olymnic games and sports
of the Greeks, both as they were in
ancient times and how. they are in mod
ern times, -v.. ? ;": .;-,! ,
. The lecture Is to be given under the
auspices of the Athletic association and
all the proceeds will be handled by them
after. Professor leotsakas Is paid. Al
though attendance at the lecture Is pure
ly voluntary, still it is hoped and ex
pected that Interest and loyaltsm to
the school will call out a large percent
age of the students.
The new series of programs on "Col
onial Life" are proving to be very In
teresting, indeed, to the Adelphlans and
their visitors.
. The special topic for Friday was. "The
first fJew Englanders at Plymouth."
Emma Muck told very graphically of
a ''Trip through the land of the Pil
grims. As we' sat and listened one
could Imagine themselves visiting the
old historical landmarks. Mildred Clem
ens, gave the events leading up to and
the compact drawn up in the Mayflower
by the rngrlm fathers before their land
ing at Plymouth, in 1620. One seldom
thinks of colonial life without remem
bering ' a few of the brave men who
were so prominent tn that day. One of
these Is Miles Standtsh.' With him is
connected the charming poem by Liong
fellow, called "The Courtship of Miles
Standlsb." Adolf Una told in a simple,
pleasing way the story of Miles Stand
lsh and. Priscllla . 1
An interesting debate then followed.
"Resolved. That colonisation is the best
remedy for city poverty." The sffirm
ative speakers were Glenn McCorkle and
Helena Pearson. The negative support
ers were Horace Miller and Maud Buck
ner. The negative won tbe debate and
thus the program ended.
The Adelphlans were pleased to have
with them on Friday, one of their for
mer members, Pauline Pease, who is
now in the East Side high school. Miss
Pease when called, on gave a very in
tereating description of the beautiful
new high school she now attends. -
Three new members. Bertha Young.
Esther Olson and Luke Rader, were in
itiated Into the Adelphlans on Friday.
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Scene" By Lola Sleight, Mount Tabor, Seventh A.
The Tologelons adjourned their pro.
gram to attend the Phllolexlans, on
Friday.
Tha. Ptillrm ntrlilnA lh,m In
royal way with, the following Interest
ing program: Cecil Miller gave a talk
on "How to prepare a debate." A talk
both Interesting and Instructive. Then
the debate, "Resolved, That the women
of the. united States should have the
right of suffrage." followed. Misses
Keren Davis and Lela Shlnaberger sup
ported the affirmative. Misses Kather
Ine Tyler and Addle Bowie, tha negative.
The affirmative won. This concluded
the program for the day.
Christmas Stories.
"The bells on Christmas Day
Their old familiar carols play
And wild and sweet
The words reDeat
Of Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men."
Alcott. L. M. Christmas dream.
(brothers. 8. ,McC Miss Muf fat's
Christmas party;
jjicKena, 1 naries. vjnrisimas dooks.
Christmas carol.
Gladden, Washington, Santa CSaua
on a. lark. '
Hale, E. E. Christmas eve and Christ
mas day. . i
Howells. W. D. Christmas every day.
Hyde. M. C. Christmas at Tappan
Sea.
JeWett. 8. O. Bettv Leicester's
Christmas.
Miller, O. T. Kristy's queer Christ
mas. .-..'":.
r Page, T. N. Captured Santa Claus.
Santa Claus' partner. s -
'St. Nicholas Christmaa book.
' Smith. N. A. Story of Christmas.
(In Wlggln, K. D.. story hour. n. 101-
06.)
Wlggin.
D, Birds' Christmas
carol. -
Amusements
Beard. Llna and A. B. Amusements
and games for the Christmas holidays.
tin tnsur American gin s - nanay door.
p. S17-845.) .
White. Mary. Christmas parties. In
her book of games, p. 17J-174.) - r
White. Mary ana s. December A
Christmas party. (In their book Of chil
dren's parties, p.. 6-1 & ) . .. ,
Letter.
Bv foulse Cox. Woodstock. Vlfth A.
: Woodstock. Or.. Dec. 8. 1908 Dear
Helen We are going to have such a
nice time Christmas that I would like
to have you come over and enjoy jour
self with us.
we are going to nave turkey, rake.
pies and lots of nice things. There is
kolnir to be a great many children here.
Papa will play some .music for us. We
are going to sit on the bear rug before
the library fire, and as there Is just
rooni for one more we want you to be
that one. Be sure and come. Your
chum. , SUSIE.
MOUNT TABOR
. Tke American
By Emma Fleet, Woodstock, Eighth "A",
..We had sailed. Into the harbor of a
small, town one morning and were off
duty, .The mats and I went for a walk
out to the country. We .. saw some
thing that looked like a, threshing ma
ChineF At the sound of our approach a
small black head Was thrust out of one
of the holes In the aide. I asked If any
body lived In there and In . answer to
my question a little negro boy came out
of. the machine. He said he lived there
because it was made in America. We
asked him ' who his mother was and he
"A Pretty Decorative Panel" By
Edwin PeierBon, Shaver, Ninth A.
said, "Some old nigger woman, I guess,
but my dad was an American."
My mate asked Pat. for that waa his
name, if he wanted to go on our ship
and go to America. The little fellow
was greatly pleased and said he would
go with us.
We started on the return trip to
America the next morning. One day I
heard the captain shouting and (wear
ing. I asked what the matter was. -He
told me to call Pat and see. I called
Pat, and as he came to me I saw that
his face was covered with the cap
tain's cold cream. 1 asked him why
he had put it on. He said. "I wanted
to see If my face would be as white
as yours, my dad waa an American."
That settled the captain.
One day something got the matter
with a. large smokestack.. A large loop
had to.be put over it to keep it from
falling. The captain asked all the men
to fix It, but none of them wanted to,
for It was very dangerous work.
Then Pat stepped out in front and
said he would fix It. The captain pro
tested and aald it was work for men,
but Pat was firm and at last the cap
tain consented to let him go. He
warned him to be careful and not let
the loop slip Over his body. Pat waa at
the top of the smokestack just ready
to put the loop over when the ship
gave a lurch. and the loop slipped down
over. Pat's f rait little body. The next
moment his body fell to the floor of
the ship with a thud. His little breast
was crushed and broken. Pat's eyes
wandered around until they lit on the
stars and stripes. A sailor ran and
brought It before Pat's eyes. "My dad
wns an AmerlcAn" he MAtd. nnA thn h.
fell into the long sleep of death.- The I
sailors gently wound the flag- around
him.
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" Swing-a-Peg.
By Erwln Barendrlck, Shaver,
Seventh B. w
This game Is. played with hoops cut
out of stiff pasteboard, a' pole one and
one half feet long, a wire two and one
fourth feet long and a block of wood
one halt inoti . thick,, two Inches' wide
and three inches long. Two holes are
made ; one half - Inch from each end
with an inch nail and a hole ' is also
made through the center of the . pole.
The wire is then run through the hols
In the pole and bent so that the twd
ends of the wijee-ara stlcktng- ln . the
holes In the block of wood. The bottom
end of 'the pole should not touch the
bloclcr and It should be able to swing
freely on the wire. -.There may be any
number of players. ; - ;
The pole Is then placed'Hit a distance
agreed upon by the players. The first
player then takes all the hoops and en
deavors to throw them over the pole,
which Is set swinging by a player.
Each hoon that- is tht-own over the
pole while It la swinging - counta 10
points, and the. player who first sue-
Seeds In getting this number wins-the
ame. , . ,- . . .
This game is very - interestlng-end
stimulates quick and decisive action of
hand nd eye.
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History
By Nettle Depenning, Shaver, '
Eighth "A".
In XiOS King James of England
granted the land from Cape Fear to the
mouth , of the Potomac river to a com
pany -composed of London merchants
called the Lqndon company. ' This land
was between the parallels of 14 and 38
degrees. i ; ; ' '
At the same time he granted the land
between the parallels of '41 and 45 de
grees to the Plymouth company. These
two companlea - formed the Virginia
company. ';.'
In 1A09 the land from 200 miles south
and 200 miles north of old Point Com
fort, and west and northwest from "sea
to sea," was granted to the Virginia
company. The immigration to Virginia
had become so large that more land was
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needed; therefore the king granted them
this better charter.
The Plymouth company had failed to
make a settlement in the territory
granted them, ao they lost their legal
right to the charter. In 1630 members
of the Plymouth company secured a
new charter. This new charter gave
them the right to the land between the
parallels of 40 and 48 degrees north
latitude and westward to the South
seas, which is now the Pacific ocean.
In 1628 some of the leading Puritans
purchased from the Plymouth company
a large tract of land in Massachusetts,
lying between the Charles and Merrl
mac rivers, extending from tbe Atlan
tis to the Pacific ocean. In 1629 the
king granted the men this charter,
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Over Night at Garibalda. ,
By AVlHiam A. Groat,1 Mount Tabor,
Fourth B.
On Tillamook bay there Is a little
town called Garibalda. ' We stayed over
night there las summur.
We got off the ship and a boy gave
me a ride behind him on his pony. Papa,
a friend of his and I took a walk up the
beach. I took off my shoes and stock
ings and went in wading. Pretty soon
a great big;-' wave came In. It scared
me so that I would not go in for quite a
Up the beach we found a great, big
whale. It was dead. Ws also saw an
old ship wreck which had only One mast
sticking up out of the sand. , Pretty
soon we went back. Then we ate our
supper and went to bed.
In the morning when we wok up we
were stuck fast In the mud,-because tbe
tide was so low, That morning a boy
and I took a walk up the beach. We
found a poisonous fish. , Its throat was
cut open. Its color was green. The bojr
found a- little crab. Then I found one.
After that he found a great big one. We
tried to give (it to lots of .people, but
they would not take it. So we had to
throw it away.
The tide had come up by that time,
so we sailed away over Tillamook bar.
"Vircinia Charter"
FAIRY TALE
' By HUE
Pupil Puts 'Moral of Kind
ness Into Imaginary
Incident.
By Stewart Pratt, Mount Tabor, Eighth
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Ones upon - a time there was a poor
widow who had two sons. The elder
was proud and would not work, while
the younger tried to help his mother all
he could. They owned a small farm
on which they lived. , ,
One day the , kind of that country
had been stolen and that anyone who
could find It and bring it back to him
would receive (half of it as a rewsrd.
As soon as the two sons heard this
they were, both very anxious to go tn
search of the ldst .treasure, The
younger son begged his mother to let
him go. but she told him his brother,
being older, should have the preference.
So on the following day the elder son,
whose name was Hans, took money
and food and started.
After he had gone a few mites he met
a little child who was crying- and who
begged for food. But Hans- thrust her
aside, saying, "I haven't time," and left
the child crying by the roadside.
After he had gone a few miles farther
the road seemed to grow narrower and
kept going up a steep hillside. It waa
not very long before he was walking
on a narrow path on one side of which
waa a high wall and on the other a deep
canyon. After awhile it began to grow
dark and Hans., could hardly see his
way along the narrow path, but he
kept on,-thinking the road would grow
wider. But Instead of growing wider
it grew narrower until at last with a
cry he stumbled and fell down the
steep mountain side, being dashed to
pieces on the rocks below. -
His brother Frans, not hearingany
thlng of-him, kept begging his mother
to let him go. until finally, she con
sented. He also met- the child, but
Instead of passing' her, took some food
out of the basket which he carried,
and gave It to her. . After the child had
finished eating, she said: "I am going
to repay you for your kindness.' So
saying, she .turned and beckoned Frans
to follow, led him by a narrow path
to an open space surrounding a king's
castle. They reached the Iron gates of
the castle and aa soon ss she touched
them they swung open.
The .moment the ragged little child
stepped over the threshold she became a
beautiful princess dressed In rich robes
and with shining jewels in her hair.
The princess then led the astonished
Frans Into the presence of her father,
who was king of the. castle.
"While I was coming through the
woods some wicked elves changed me
into a poor, ragged child, and I wan
dered along until this young man kind
ly helped me. Grant him any favor in
your power."
"What will it be," asked the king.
"I am In search of the? lost treasure
of my king. If you can tell me where It
is you will do me great service." ,
The king summoned one of his ser
vants, who had great magic power, say
ing. "Go to the caves of the elves,
where you will find the treasure
and bring It here before' the morning
breaks."-
Thus Frans recovered the lost foi
tune, gaining the favor of his king and
the hand of the beautiful princess In
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What Would Be Nice for Christmas?
By James Holfty Woodstock, .
I would like to have it snowing so
that I would have to come to school
in a sled. I would like to have a party
and invite all of the children in my
class, especially the girls. We could
have a nice time playing gamea and
telling conundrums. And I would like
to give each one a nice present. If It
snowed I could have very much fun
going sleigh riding every day and
throwing snow balls and getting my
face washed In the snow. If It snowed
It would be better to be in the countrv
because in the city there are so many
people and they would tramp on tha
enees- and the cement sidewalk. In the
country there are not so many penDle
and there are no cement sldewalka The
roads would be the only place It would
be tramped on and. there it would not
be bad.
Some poor children will not have any
Christmas st all. It will be the same
as ever on ,that day. Those are the
peoDle who ought to have a 'nice time.
If Mr. Rockefeller would give some
of his money to those poor people thev
would have a nice time for Christmas.'
'T-'' ' Skating.'
By. Adrla Fletcher. Mount Tabor,
It was in December. ; The snow hsd
been falling all night and the, ground
waa white. The pond had froaen over
and It was a fine morning to go skating.
I stsrted out early in the mominr
wtth my skates on my shoulder. As I
turned the corner I saw my chum and
her sister with their skates on their
shoulders. ' I called for them- to wait,
and they did.
"My, but it is- cold, she said.
"We will get warm when wa begin te
skate," I answered. - -
"Let s hurry, then, .said Ruth, her
sister. - : - - .
when we got to the pond there wera
many other girls and boys already there.
Some had their sleds and were coasting
down the hill and out across the pond,
i Ruth had brought her sled, and so she
and I were going to coast We got up
tne nut and came oown, out when, we
hit the ice It broke, and we went In.
"Bring a pole quick," I screamed. - ,
"Here Is one," John answered.
We both got out and did not get hurt.
only a god cold bath. We had to g
home and change our clothes, but ws
didn't mind that
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