The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-06-23

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the school librarian Tuesday after
noon, between two and five. Let us
have lot going into this work. and
doing so well as to win all the guns,
fish poles and books offered.
TOPICS FOR NORTHWESTERN JUNIORS ONLY.
July S-sTHE MOST DISTASTE-
Full TASK. WHYT
It is a very unusual person who
never finds himself compelled to do
what he does not like to do. Child
rem complain, perhaps, more than
grown-ups about such things, and it
does not make the task any easier
for them to be assured that they will
have to do even more .sdistasteful
things when they get older. Some
times these distasteful tasks are gen
u,nely funny to other people,, be-
cause they are 50 unusual, or be.
cause the reasons why they are so
pleasant are unique. This Is another
topic that the Juniors cannot get
away from, because they all have du-s
ties, and some of them are bound to
be more or less distasteful. The pa
pers must be handed the librarian
not later than S p. NJ, Tuesday, June
9th. ~",
They must be strictly original,
written in ink on one side only of the
paper, not more than 800 words in
length, marked with the number of
words, and signed with the grade,
school, name and address of the writ
or, together with the prize preferred.
HER FIRST BAKING..
(Honorable Mention-June 17).
In days when 1 have worked real
hard l always felt happier than when
1 spent the day idly. Once last win
ter when my mother was sick and
could get no one to do our house,
work, stayed at home and kept
house. I got up early in the morn
ing before anyone else was awake
and swept, duetsd and cleaned. Il
got The breakfast and afterwards
washed the dishes. i +:
Mama was going to bake bread
that day, but as she Was sick, of
course she could not, and 80 1 was
going to try to do it. I had never
baked bread before, but mama
said that succeeded very nicely, and
papa praised the dinner that I had
cooked. 1 worked hard that after
noon, too, and when night came I
was very tired, but l have seldom
felt as happy and light-hearted be-
fore as I did that evening, thinking
that I had accomplished something
and proved useful
9TH grade. Freda Sjoholm.
have never done very much sew
ing except for my. doll. T. have
stitched some for mama on the ma
chine. But now I do not care much
for my dolls, although I have enough
to keep me sewing almost all of the
year round. I remember one piece
that I made. 1t was small quilt.
I sewed the blocks together, 90 that
by the time I was nearly through,
the quilt was in two pieces or in
halves. My next step was to sew
these two pieces together. I went to
work and had this. almost done,
when, to my surprise, I found I had
one piece right side up and the other
wrong side up. I was 8 little disgust
ed. However, I ripped it apart and
got it right, and you may be assured
that I looked out and never made
any more mistakes like that.
7th grade. Maud Runyon.
One morning I went up to towr
and bought frying pan. Mams
was not at home, 30 at noon I wa:
was going to try my luck frying
some eggs in it for dinner.
| rubbed it and washed it, and
land then broke some eggs in il
When they were done l tasted o
Them to see how they tasted. 4 die
not eat much for they tasted like
paint, and / gave them to the chick
ems, and was glad to fry some NOR
eggs in the old frying pan. 4: .:s.~>* =
One evening when I was about fiv'
years of age it seemed as if ther,
was nothing TO do. I sat down b,
the table and thinking that I woult
like to crochet I asked my sister 70
q crochet hook. She gave it to m
and I got at work at some hrowi
carpet warp. I crocheted for :nearl,
half any hour and then stoppe,
to see what it looked like. I exam
ined it closely and then found ou
that it would exactly flt my doll,
put some strings in it and was gla,
that had done something usefu
that day for it was Of great use t
my doll. ~ ~.ss:s'',e'
7th grade. Hulda Wass.