The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-09
. WIS PAGE MADE FOR AND BY r 2. c. Q MEMBERS.
NEW IDEAS FOR
OUR CLUB MEMBERS

Il pfar Children OF the Club:
IA The editor Is always glad at n sug-
g restior, and refers club members With
Y much Measure to the one contained
5this week IN Louise kennedys iotter.
a BY all means have the query anu ati-
sswer column"
Send hi n column OF queries at once
md tho member who succeeds In giving
8 the best answers to these queries VIII
8 receive II special prizes Let us Try
h to make the query and answer column
a new and attractive feature OF tho
( cliildren's page. \,
XIII XIII let it be understood. however, that 1t
IA 10 be made UP of queries and answers
only, not puzzles and their solutions, for
{ tho editor does not desire. in adopting
Il MISS Eennedy's idea, to confuse 1t With
the puzzle department which Is already
i: established. and fulfilling Its purpose Ia
{. fine manner.
subjects where Information may be de-
sired, and where a mutual interchange
$of wits may be for the profit and adj
vantage OF members and readers No one
pcrscfl may propose a query and then
write out the answer. questions must
4 he proposed on the one hand and an
severed on the other. Any member send
Z ing contribution III the shape OF a
query, must also send an answer writ
ten on a separate slip Of paper.
X Next Sunday tho first chapter OF a
story. condensed from George Eliots'
S.'Silas Marner'' will appear on the chill
sdrcn's page In tho editorial column.
twelve critical questions, duly number
I'd. Will follow the story and the child
who sends In tho best answer to these
questions will receive a prize. This fea-
{ Etiiye is introduced on tho page especial
! ~, Tor the benefit OF children who do not
draw or paint. and who often do not
have time for writing stories or letters.
"a space In the children's page VIII
hereafter DO given UP to what is now
4 called Nature Study. Contributions are
flowers, their coloring. their beauty and
shcir manner aof growth. Pictures Illus
1rativc Of such articles will be consid-
cred very timely. both photographs and
81 pen .and-ink drawings Short sketches In
relation to window gardening or out-of-
5 door gardening done by country girls ana
boys; stories OF bird hunting, possum
hunting. and coon hunting; stories OF
apple harvesting and corn shucking, the
d editor will be glad to have them one
Il ana all and as many drawings with them
81 as may be sent. $3 ft
Don't forget that September 10Th was
sNlichaelmas day, or the feast Of Saint
Al Michael II you look into Virginia colo
alial history you will find that twas q
R8Nery important dhte Will tAe ga y 90. -@
tiers Of this State for rents we're COL
5lected and the years accounts were
II usually settled by; the Virginia planters
hen In Europe, on the Continent, the
practice stills holds good and the festi-
Val seems 10 stand opposite Easter IN
Lie annual balance Of business. s
IL III, Vow look into this matter a little and
II see what you can write about It that
" will benefit yourself and others. You all
* 1,nnu. s,,,.,roorer that Halloween falls on
n october 3lst for boys and girls love
apples and nuts. and all the good old
y games which Halloween inaugnrates. So
sthc child, who sends in the best Halo
wcen story with pictures, or Without
them, Will receive a prize The comes
E1ants for this prize mus: have their
! contributions In by october 10Th.