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The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-28
UNCLE JACK'S
PRIZE WINNERS

The following six children won the
pretty picture prizes offered for the
best general work in the various con-
tests of last Saturday:
Mildred G.. Ainsw0rth. aged II, Az
South Belmont avenue, Newark, n. j.
Ethel sitter, aged IL, 81 Boston
street, Newark, N. }.
Josephine Lukan, aged IL, 121 Ferry
street, Newark, N. j.
Harry Huberman, aged 13, 260 Llv-
instOn street, Newark, N. j.
Nathan Soshinsky, aged IL, 94 Chari-
ton street, Newark, n. }.
Frank Madden, aged 10, 3OS Ann
street, HARRISON, n. j.
JuinbIed Word Puzzle.
Mary Ziegier, aged II, ~ South
Fourteenth street, Newark, N. j., was
awarded a box of paints. and Harry T..
JacObus, ngcd s, 10 AbbottsfOrd Hvc-
nue., Newark, N. j.. also won a box OF
paints for finding the right answer to
the jumbled word puzzle.
City Rebus Problem.
A good o was awarded today to
Trina Kunzc, aged D, 737 Summer ave-
nue., Newark, N. j., for the best answer
to the city rebus contest. Max Itiseiik,
aged IL, 40 Sixteenth venue, Newark,
N. j.. was awarded the book prize i'll
this contest.
Christmas Tree Contest.
The prize of a handsome book for
the best answer to the Christmas tree
puzzle published last Saturday received
from a girl was won by Nettie Boden-
SNChIhs HSCu Us S&o NeutFdl aNCHHc, new
ark, N. }. The boy who sent In the
best answer and who received the prize
of a good book was Michael Ettinger,
aged 10, 112 Ferry street. Newark, N. j.
Roll of Honor.
The following children answered one
or more of last Saturdays puzzles corr
rectly, and are entitled TO n great deal of
credit for their c%leverness;
John jacob. Harry Huberman, Nathan
soshinsky, Frank Madden, -Nettie Boden-
stein, Isabelle Barber, May Cochran,
Trina Kunze, Max Riscelik, Nellie Ham
lon, Nathan kaInpf, Abe M. Jacobs. Mary
Jennie Clark, Mildred G. Ainsworth,
Benjamin Greenstein. Michael Ettinger,
Lillian G. Clark, Harold Banks, Rose
Engeman, Clarence 9. %Stephans, Harry
Daniel, Ferdinand Welebir, Dorothy
Allcock, Joe Kenney, Freddie Bischof,
Sadie Kurtz, Charles Filing. Hugh
Sweeney, Rosaline Stone, Frieda Kunze.
rick Simmons, Mary Hartigan, Lillian
May Gregor, Laura Edith Hammacher,
Richard Schleeh, May Reilly, francis Bar
low Bradley, Lenox Smith. Thelma Judd,
Brick, Myron Schwartz, Mildred Stone,
Ida Burns, William Saul, Thomas Gray,
Leo j. Colgan, Paul Schnell, May O'keefe.
Victoria Ulbrich, Katherine Condor, Ed
win Nelson Ferry, Elsie Meyer. Belle Nc
Afee, Lottie Barratt, Edythe S. Walker,
Sheldon Odell, Bernhard DOVE, Thomas
Johnson. Carl Doerfel Edward Condor.
Matthew McGuinness, Rose Halpin. Sophie
Herbst, Clarence Adlon, Raymond Dough-
erty, Gertrude Breckenridge, Mary Sam
mon, Bertha Hollander, Charles Flynn,
Frank Heilos, Charles d. Benz, DeForest
Lott, Mary HGuck. Mamie Johnson, Mary
NJ. Leland, Gustav REM, Bertha Reiboldt,
Thomas Twist, Anna Lindoerfer, Amy
Cradduek, Josephine Speier, Ruth Wells,
George Smeraldo, John padalino, Mabel
3. higgins, Henry Schmitt, Michael Speier.
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THE JOKE SANTA PLAYED

It was the day before Christmas and
everything about the house proclaimed
the fact. The sweetest smells were issu-
Ing from the kitchen, packages were be-
ing delivered every few minutes with loud
ringings of the doorbell. Every one was
in a state of the greatest excitement and
eXpeetancy-except Puck. Puck was de-
cldedly miserable because christmas IS
not good for doggies," his mother had told
him before he had left the kennels to be-
come the pet Of Daisy Manson. Puck had
never been treated as he had been the
last few days. Nobody a any time for
him, He was driven from one room to
another just as If he had not been a
thoroughbred, imported from England, and
costing man. pounds-not dollars.
When Daisy had gone out that morning,
instead OF taking her dog she had said:
~ can't take you today, old fellow. III
have too many packages to m~ana9eSyou.
Puck went to the kitchen, led tlhre, no
doubt. by the seductive smells.
Get out of here. said Bridget, and she
actually fiourished a broom at him. h
INSULT IT nearly broke Puck's aristocratlc
heart. you'll be scalded to DEATH
Bridget went on, 'or what is worse. you'll
he tripping me over. I've no time to loo
out for Q with all the Christmas cook
ing to attend to, and the party tonight"
Puck walked out of the kitchen up into
the piayroom. This room WAS In the most
beautiful order, Daisy herself having ar
ranged the shelves, making room, she said,
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UNCLE JACKS
SATURDAY. TALK

My Dear Children:
Hail to 19OSl And a happy, happy New
Year to you all, 1t is a time to put aside
all the failures. the shortcomings and the
disappointments of the past year and to
turn over an entirely clean, new leaf for
the next twelvemonth. And remember
that it is better not to make any good
resolutions at all than to make them sim
ply 10 be broken after a day or a week
has passed.
We should welcome the New Year with
wide-open arms and endeavor to make
each one of its $50 days (and the extra one
for leap year added, too a day to which
we can point out some good deed done OF
thoughtful kindness accomplished.
One OF the best resolutions you could
possibly make would be to say; Il Will
try at all times TO do my duty, obey my
parents and teachers and be kind and
helpful TO my friends and playmates." II
you keep this resolution / am sure you
will be happier and more contented than
you ever were before.
Write to me and tell me of your plans
and prospects for the New Year. am
always interested in what you are doing
or striving to accomplish. and | am very
willing to help you all | can. Once again,
a happy New Year! Yours truly.
UNCLE JACK.
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A NEW MONTHLY
CONTEST UNDER WAY

We began a special and attractiye four
weeks solving Quincy With New Puz-
zles No 246." A prize of 81 will be given
to the puzzler sending In the most correct
answers 10 the problems presented dur
ing this period. Three prizes of fifty cents
each will also be awarded, one for a Sc
lected complete list of answers and two
for selected incomplete lirts from the solv-
ers who have sent in Ewe during each
week of The competition. In case of a tie
the winners will be determined by lot.
Weekly prizes will also be given as fol-
lows: Twenty-Five cents for a selected cor
rect list of received to the puz-
zles In each issue: twenty-five cents Tor a
selected incomplete list, and twenty-five
cents for a selected original contribution.
Words must be defined according to
Standard Dictionary. All other reference
books used must be properly tagged.
Obsolete words are marked (Obs.),
variant spellings (Var.), compound words
are shown by ~, and words out of die
tlonary order by go.
Communications should be accompanied
by full name and address and mailed to
Puzzle Editor, EVENING STAR. New
ark, N. j." in time to reach this office be-
fore noon of the second Thursday after
each issue. Answers will appear in two
weeks.
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IMPORTANT RULES

The children writing to this depart
ment or answering the puzzles Will
please carefully observe the seven rules
which we print below for their guild
Hnce. No prizes will be awarded unless
these rules are followed
Rule No. 1-Writo legibly n dis
tinctly.
Rule No. 2--Sign your full name and
address to all communications.
Rule No. 3--State your nge.
Rule No. 4-Thei answers to today's
puzzles must reach this Office by We'd
nesday night. Solutions and prize via
ners VIII appear In next saturdays
paper.
Rule No. E-Uniess you use a postal
card in sending your answers be sure
to place a two cent stamp on the en-
velope to avoid delay at the postofnce.
Rule No. 6-No boy or girl over Is
years OF age will be allowed to COM
pete in the various contests except
those conducted by Abel EN-.
Rule No. Address You lett FRS to
Uncle Jack. EVENING STAR, Newark,
NJ j.
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for all the new toys which never failed to
come 10 her on Christmas. He crawled
under the canopy which adorned the bed
of Frances, the last doll to arrive from
Paris, and ii is to be feared that Puck
was in a very bad humor. 1t was dark
and warm and quiet, three things which
often help to send people, as well as dogs
TO the land of dreams. Puck realized that
he was growing drowsy. and the last thing
his eyes rested upon before sinking into
slumber was a large book cut in the shape
of Santa Claus and colored to represent
him as well. The book contained the
story beginning TWAS the night before
Christmas" and Puck heard Daisy read
that story only last night. What was his
surprise TO see that book s%traighten itself
until it stood before him in a perfectly
upright position. It looked like a soldier
on parade. but OF course 1t was not Il
soldier, only Santa Claus, the very being
from whom he was trying to escape. Santa
Claus deliberately began talking TO him.
Puck, l do not like to see you show
such an ugly spirit this day before Christ
mas, Christmas is my day, you know.
and like every living thing to be. happy
are Jealous because your mistress has
turned her attention from you to me. Pret-
~ shabby of you, don't you think, when
you have her thoughts all the year. while
I get them but a few days? If you want
TO get any fun out of Christmas, quit
expecting a Merry Christmas for, your
self. Try to give 1t to someone else,'' went
on Santa Claus.
Mr.. Santa Claus" said Prick, looking
offended, II would be glad to do something
TO this end, but you win have TO tell me
how. Nobody will allow me to help in
any way. All / can do is to keep out OF
the way until your day is over. Every
dog is said to have his day, but his day
is evidently not Christmas day"
Nonsense replied Sants. you are all
wrong. The festival is in my honor, true
enough, but that does not shut out other
people from helping. Do you suppose
could make Christmas such Il success If
thousands, yes millions, of people did not
help me to do so? If you would like to
lend me a hand-eXcuse me, I should have
said a paw, although L really shall need
your four ~paws-listen to my plan"
Puck was wide awake and polite enough
to crawl out from beneath the bed and give
his entire attention to his visitor.
You know Daisy is to have a party to-
night for all her girl and boy friends.
There is to he a splendid tree with presents
on it for them Ill, and I have let nothing
stand in the way of making that tree tie
handsomest I ever trimmed. l had planned
to make my appearance myself to wish
the boys and girls a Merry Christmas, but
so many orders nave come in at tile last
mlnute that I simply cannot take the time
II you would like you can take my place.
You will be a sort of clown Santa Claus,
but never mind about that. Children
would rather SEQ q clown any day than Il
regular actor. l always use the materials
/ find at hand, so Il you will allow me I
shall look around and see what l can lind
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NEM YEARS. EVE

/ near the sacred bells OF Yule,
Bewildered with the song they sing;
The Old Year dies, the New is born,
The king is dead. Long live the kingl
Death to the evils of the times,
The public Islander md the sneers,
The spendthr!ft's waste, the p~auper's
want,
The unwept crimes, the ~squandered tears.
Death to the mustered power of gold
holds our markets in its might,
Heaps untold riches on a few
And leaves for all the rest a mite.
Death to the civic discomfort,
The shapcless form of anarchy,
That barriers life to purchase peace
And FORCES shackles TO be free.
Death to the maudlin modes of life
That makes our social ties "A name,
The home a drawing room and life
'Twixt sham aud show an idle game.
Death to the spirit Of d~istrust,
The critic scott. the sceptic mind,
The grievances that cynics feign,
The fancied wrongs, the faults we find.
Death to the thousand ills that cling
To yesterday and disappear;
Birth to the golden dream OF hope
Tomorrow and another year.
They're sad tonight, the bells of Yule,
The Old Year dies ike every thing
They're glad tonight the New Year comes,
The king is dead. Long live the kingl
William F. Mccormack in New York
Herald,
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BLDE.ETES' NEW YEAR

Little Miss Blue-Eyes shook her head
At nurses call. Come. time for bed!'
''Oh. no, oh, no indeed! not yeti
I'm 'stonished at you! you forget
That l and all my family
Must watch the Old Year out, you see,
And l must be the first to say
10 all, "A Happy New Years Day."
ooh. bless your little heart, my dear!'
Said nurse, "the New Year won't be here
Till midnight hour: your curly head
Must long ere then be snug in bed"
But Blue-Eyes answered, mo. no. no!
Please, nursie. do not make me sol
/ mean to keep awake, and hear
The bells that ring in the New Year"
when the nurse came back to peep,
A minute later, sound asleep
Was little Blue-Eyes on the floor;
And still she slept while nursie bore
Her softly to the pretty bed
Which waited FOR the curly head.
And the New Year was bright with sun
Ere little Blue-Eyes' sleep was done.
Philadelphia Ledger.
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in Miss Daisy's play room. Good, the very
thing. Wen make q hit" And he looked
toward the waste basket, where he saw a
false face of Santa Claus with its long
white beard, aud the remains OF a gluepOt
warranted TO mend or stick anything. Here
Santa Claus bent to the ears OF Puck and
told him his plan as a secret. You know,
santa loves secrets beyond everything else.
The secret seemed to meet with Puck's ap-
proval, for he wagsed his tail and wriggled
his body just as he did when Daisy fed
Il hit of his favoritc candy.
IT grew dark very early, for a snow
storm was on the way. Sounds of arriving
visitors came to Puck's ears as the bell
pealed again and again. His absence was
not noticed in the general excitement as
beautifully dressed girls came into the adj
joining room to remove their wraps, while
shouts OF laughter and Merry Christmases
noated up to Puck in his retreat beneath
the dolls bed. The voice of Daisy's father
at last sounded. and as this was the cue
Santa had given him to appear, Puck
crawled out. approached the waste basket,
knocked 1t over, rubbed his face in the
the Santa Claus false fac lying con-
veniently near. In a minute the queer
Puck-SaMta Claus ran down the stairs and
into the room. arousing shrieks Of laugh
ter as one boy screamed; why, it's Santa
Claus"
mo. it is not" shouted another. Ibid
YOU ever see a Santa Claus with four legs?
It's a dog. that is what it is"
ITS my Puck" said Daisy, taking the
queer specimen in her arms, but how in
the world did he ever get himself up in
this clever fashion,"
Puck was not telling. His part was
played and played we'll. He created more
fun for the children than anything that had
preceded his entrance.
That night, when all the guests had gone.
Santa dropped in for a minute to hear
how his joke had passed Off.
How do you like being Santa Claus" he
asked.
spm not stuck on IL - renlied puclx
oh" answered Santa. looking at the re-
mains of the glue pot. II thought you
were decidedly stuck on it.''-Andy s. War
ner, in Washington Star.
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ToDAY'S PRIZE OFFERS

Very pretty books will be awarded to
the girl and boy who send in the best
answer to the city rebus problem.
Handsome story books gill he given TO
the girl and boy who serI In the best an
swers 10 the illustrated proverb contest.
Uncle lack will also award pretty paint
boxes to the girl and boy who can first
find the correct answer to the hidden
word puzzle.
In addition to these prizes Uncle Jack
Will give 4 pretty set of four pictures,
representing Spring. Summer, Autumn and
Winter, to three boys and three girls who
answer all three of the puzzles correctly.
10 todny's puzzles md list
Saturday afternoon.
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THE NEW YEAR
OF THE G0SLINGS

There were once three little yellow and
white gos!ings who had no mother. On
New Years Day they went out walking,
and met an old gray goose.
Good morning and a happy New Year."
said the goose. Where arc you going this
fine morning? %
I'VE are hunting for a home said the
5hree little yellow and white goslinss,
"and we don't know where to go"
Come with me-" said the gray goose.
| have o nice home in a barrel up by the
Darn, and no little g0slings to put in 1t.
Come with me, and | will be your
mother
The three little yellow goslings bobbed
their heads and looked so pleased that the
old goose wanted to kiss them, only She
didn't know how.
So they started off for her barrel, aud
the three little ~goslings waddled after.
But there was an old fox watching them
from behind a tree.
"Ha, hs," said the fox to himself. at
see three little yellow and white goosey-
gosliRgs. I think ono will make me a
spicy New Years meal"
He crept softly through the grass, when
the old goose turned and Mr.. Fox ran off
Tomorrow 1 will eat two instead,'' he
muttered.
Next day he visited the brook in III
hope' of catching his prey. and sure
enough there were the cute little goslings
Tia, haH' chuckled the fox. II spy
three little morsels for my breakfast" Sc
he Jumped into the brook, int the sooseys
ducked their heads.
Dear knows what the fox would lave
next had not the big goose come to
the rescue.
She jumped at the fex, Tapped her wings
in his face. She splashed water in MS
eyes and shricl<ed at the top Of her voice,
booi away with youi away with
you"
This so frightened the fox that he ran
away and never came back TO worry the
little hlffs, who lived a happy, long life
with the big gray goose in the barrel.
Mother Goose called them her New
Years present." and SO they were.-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
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NOTES AND COMMENT

subscriptions to this coIunn are So
Iicited from all puzzlers. for terms
The standing Of the soIvers in the month
~ contes. just begun is as follows (num-
Der r Of problems published 100:
TRYoN, li 10 MULLINS, 10; SHAM
ROCK, 10; AFTER ALL, 10; o. N. Il.
ONE; 10; ANNADEE, 10; UUsEER, 10;
Ess Ell. 8; Flora. 8: f. Aitchell. Q; Ted,
3 Musieus Q; Dew, 8; Jimmie, 8; May b..
8; WiIheimina. z; Grace Note. 2: WOOD
Bee, ]; ]. Scream. 1; Bah, 1; Juno, 1;
lark Ea,a Il Reylos, i; None Hit, !; cinder
EI on Il Isn Ira 7. B ~ E,t !; Total ts % ro..orn
Puz5lers' League will meet in forty-ninth
semi-annual convention. Every person in
Terested 10 puzzle affairs should send
Vernon street, P%ittsburg, Pa.
PRIMROSE writes: The way you con-
duct ysEr department is about on the lines
or Mystic Argosy, and l believe much
good Is done for p~uzzledom in this way;
more than Is usually apparent"
UuSEER Is back home again and SAYS
ne is glad of II. He writes: II am sorry
mat PRIMROSE is going to quit his
series, as they were all good. Hope he will
be on the job soon again.
MuSICUS writes: MAY B. certainly
has. shown herself to be quite a poetess
by her well-formed mutation, No. 2.459."
THE GOPHER recently purchased n
new Typewriter and used II Immediately to
send In some answers to Newark Puszler.
itops ne DuyS one every week II the same
result is attained.
We cannot locate the list mentioned by
ANNADEE in her letter of the 18th inst.
There is much joy in the home of WILL
]. AM and GEM. A son and heir to the
House Of Morningstern arrived on DecenE
Der 1.
1t looks as though THE POSER win n
the unanimous choice of the 20. p IT,
'Ventiol for president.
no idle jest.
A Happy New Year to all
Special Prize Oner.
"A COPY. Of REX FORD'S Kew to
FuzSledom' IL offered for the first
dlamond on tchHwytchan. Work should
reaeh the editor before JanuarY
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ONLY Al PICTURE BOOK

When Uncle Bob came home from town,
this Is the book he brought
/ s'pose I ought to like It'll really spose
/ ought,
It's fun Of lovely pictures of animals and
birds.
They're bright and gayly colored, but
there aren't any words
And so I said GIN sure I hope it wasn't
impolite),
Uncle. they've left the stories out, this
book is not MADE right"
And uncle only laughed, and said: why,
you can't read, my dcari'
But / know Cat and DOG" and even
those words aren't herei
Carolyn Wells in st. Nicholas.
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CHRISTMAS ISLAND

81 spent last Christmas on Christmas
Island" said a globe trotter. I'm the
morning l bathed in the sea and in the
afternoon. dressed in white flannel, |
plaved tennis.
christmas Island is in the Indian Ocean.
1t is always summer there. The Their
mometer never falls below 20, and neve
rises above 90 in the shade. There's all
ways a cool, pule wind from the southeast.
Fresh fruit and flowers and vegetables are
as plentiful in January as in July.
This little paradise is nine miles long
by about nifty people. Some day a fine
white hotel Will spring up on It and It
will become an all-the-year-round pleas
ure resort. philadelphia Bulletin.
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Answers received from the following
children were not counted today when the
prizes were awarded, as the rules govern
ing the varions contests were not followed.
Try to be more careful in future:
John jacob, Nellie Hanjon, Nathan
Kampf, Abe M. Jacobs, Edwin Nelson
Ferby, Frank Heilos, Mary M. Leland,
Gustav REM, George Smeraldo.
Victoria Ulbrich-Uncle Jack thanks you
very much indeed for your beautiful
Christmas card and all the nice wishes
that accompanied IT..
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NEW YEARS. TOYS

oh, dear! oh, dear! What have we hereg
My Noah's Ark 1t is, | know it,
a great big ball, and a horn 80 small!
il?
A wooden horse as big as an OK,
Proud as a prince sits P~unchinelloi
And Jack, who has jumped right out Of his
box.
oh, dear me, He's an ugly fellow!
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HON TO GET YOUR PRIZES

Uncle Jack will mail to each prize win
ner a postal card notifying them to call
at the business office of the EVENING
STAR for their prize. Bring the card
with you when yoii call, n the prize will
be given to you IN exchange for 1t. Please
write Uncle Jack acknowledging receipt
Of your prizes and how you like them.
Uncle Jack will be glad to publish the
picture OF any prize-winner who cares to
send him a photograph.