Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-21

1t required few minutes of explanation
before all could grasp fully the details OF this
novel essay contest, but after that score OF
writers scrubbed away. At the end OF twenty
lected. Only the best four were read. The one
receiving the prize read as follows
1.-The Times in The World of House
hold Gossip were disjointed that morning.
The Star boarder was undecided What.
and the Table Talk drifted idly from prob
lens of Country Life to The World
Work in the city. The Designer of
women's fashion plates looked up grumpily at
the Sun streaming through the window,
of character picked up his Morning Journal,
only to lay it down to scribble out Tele
gram for immediate transmission. The
Youths Companion who sat at the foot OF
the table, glanced at The Mercury IN the
thermometer and shouted out his intention
of taking a days Outing by Forest and
Stream The Housewife was interested
in The Kitchen, and scarcely noticed The
Woman's Home Companion by her side
until The Voice of Our Boys and Girls
march of Current Literature and Science
in The World To-day coming up for dis
cussion, several good Tales and Short
Stories were told; but The Morning News
that attracted most attention referred to
The Medical Record of one who had been
practising in Town and Country without
license"
This essay mentioned thirty-three different
periodicals, and was unanimously voted a
great success.
the head, "it could be improved l was at one
meeting where sixty periodicals were mentioned
in an essay of less than two hundred words.
However, we must close the entertain
ment now with just one more novelty, She
added. I've shown you my ingenuity and
You have shown me yours Now we'll listen to
that of stranger. Here is a rime, for which
l claim no originality, which may end the
meeting. You must fill in the blanks with the
names of popular books SO they will rlme with
the preceding word of each line.
The unfinished poem read as follows:
1.-The charming heroine, my friends,
Was known as ---
She lived when Indians were power,
And in those times past, quaint and olden
She fell in love with ---
Then, while her friends began to marvel,
A rival came, named ---
Each rival did his keen sword draw,
And needed not ---
They slew each other, alas! and then
She married man named -
The merry bells rung in the Steeple,
And loudly cheered ---
The two rode away on double bike,
This was poser for most of the girls Some
guessed the third and fourth books correctly,
but beyond this progress was slow. Helen,
meanwhile, looked over the scores of the first
game, and announced the names of the
winners. Then seeing the troubles of those
who vainly trying to spell words to rhine
with the unfinished lines, she read off the
complete poem:
THE charming heroine my friends,
Was known as Alice of Old Vincennes.'
She lived when Indians were a power,
And not When Knighthood Was in Flower
And in those times past, quaint and olden,
She fell in love with Eben Holden.
Then, while her friends began to marvel,
rival came, named Richard Carvel.'
Each rival did his keen sword draw,
And needed not The Reign of Law
They slew each other alas and then
She married a man named 'Crittenden.'
The merry bells rung in the steeple,
And loudly cheered The Voice of the People
The two rode away on double bike,
And lived in Stringtown on the Pike"