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New-York tribune., 1908-11-29
LAST wEEK's PRIZE WINNERS.

Menu PUzzle.-The Thanksgiving goodies that
Willie and his sister found the "BfIl OF Fare"
were cranberry sauce, plum pudding. mnce pie,
turkey. pumpkin pie, celery, ice cream and cake
The neatest and best three answers were contrib
uted by Yvonne Weidnan. eleven years old, No. Zss
Gator avenue. Jersey City, who wishes "A TIP
Around the World in Postcards; Marjorie Bales
tier seventeen years old. Sugar Bush Farm, Brat
tleboro. VI, "A Trip Around the World IN Post
cards" and Wardweu johnson. eleven years old,
No. 50 Oak street, Port Chester, n. Z, sterling
silver Tribune badge
Things 10 Think About-The two prize winners
and their prizes IN this contest Katharine
Whitney. thirteen years old No. Montgomery
street, Mddletown. n Y, an embroidery set, and
Ruth Biede-bick, nine years old No 132 Ogden
avenue Jersey City. "A Trip Around the World
II Postcards"
Hidden Word -'"Thanksgivtng' the
word hidden in this puzzle. ard the three prize
winners and their prizes Frank A Maurer,
fourteen years old, No 1907 linton avenue, New
York City. interesting book; Aida Blinck, four
teen years old. No. 20 Oak street, Jersey City. "A
Trip Around the World IN Postcards" and Mary
Sand fourteen years old, No. 1913 Lexington ave
nue. New York City, a Trip Around thu World in
Postcards"
Our Letter Box.-See letters BY prize winners.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-29
BIRDS OF WINTER.

Mabel Osgood Wright, in "Btrd-Lore, tells
people who live IN the country how TO manage If
they want feathered guests about their places IN
the winter There should be a heap OF brush or
cornstaIks somewhere IN the grounds she says.
and for people who live CEDAR woods II IS
good plan 10 cut half dozen small trees and
is southern exposure A loose thatch OF corn
stalks or hernlock boughs over pile Of logs is al
most sure 10 bring winter wrens and any number
Of other birds as permanent dodgers The little
things Ike to squat down and huddIe together in
cold weather and thatch is comfortable 10 their
little feet.
Tree boxes and trays for holding bird food
should be perforated at the bottom so the
moisture will ooze through. instead Of freezing in
the tray. The meals quite chilly enough with
out icing them. And the diet should be varied.
for, while seeds supposed 10 be the proper
things for birds they appreciate a change very
much. Some meat scraps, ground up in the meat
chopper and mixed with the cracked corn and dog
biscuit are good 10 put on cold days and after
a storm. And the birds ike freshly boiled potatoes
and rce-but without salt. They prefer food with
out seasoning.
and it should always be put out, matter how
cold the weather. For there IS always at least
an hour in the day when the birds can drink
Every schoolhouse ought to have a feeding box
for the smaller birds II, and the children
should be taught TO put in an supply Of food
on Friday. Otherwise Sunday viii be a sorry day
for the birds that depend on that table-a fast
day, instead OF a feast day, as it ought to be.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-29

kiss G-acs Pitnnzn, Of Passa-c, y. J. VINO 4ec1-
tures OF domestic finance before schools and col
ieg=z had a. interesting experience the other Gay
vheo she lectured before = fashionable school Iof
yoGng women She happened 10 have just oeeh
r-Aong something about the army, and noticed t21
the sAlsry OF Heuteuants IS s1-oOo 30 When shs
stood = before her audienos she announced thet
Ehe would explain 70 them bag system OF aonaiss-
ts-zar tncnzas of e. SOC. which wa1 tns sais-y @
aszsszazs Z ths United 5cAtss army. srIa1AA IN
rsczk tie rocrz which becA-ns a1rnosi CD1f.
ons En ras1f down = rront az cH lsc1nrar n~0
a rerT roey fzce but e5d not sook 81 al nAPps'
Rin P1tzaa divided Up tie tacoma showed "hA'
soch family would have 70 have and WHAT Ll41
Kings would She could sAo" oh4g --'
uoath 1Or service and that. she showed "ouio &c
cure OlIy one pitifGl greenhor IN the Aicileh inc
lecrrrer's scheme allowed only s. IS week iof
tood and she showed what could De got lot ma
sao1nt A young housekeeper. she salo' eo-u
hardly De expected 70 her family for less liA
sA week but experienced hofsekeepeF eoo-o
Go Il .o- g
As Tie lecturer continued the girl down IN front
noEso sad more sober. That evening she
ssea upon the lecturer and explained The case u
ans Cheerful SMILES OF thai afternoon 0nS WEE
.ss4s6-zs al ksr scnooluaetes we're Av2re-to
.ak &Ak sxesoss1 - s<ssxx km ~ ssa0 a&
New-York tribune., 1908-11-29

ally with your neighbors- The whole scale % re
depends more on rent than anything else The
pense for food place ar 2S per cent OF the tncomes
this fer a family or two adults ard children
II requires very close management q keep 70 that
percentage with present prices of food A few
years ago II was considerably easier Personal
penses covering clothing and the services OF doc
tors lawyers dentists ard on. place az IS
per cent OF the income. Incidental expenses a.
per cent operating expenses the same. and wages
AZ 81 per cent This item covers domestic services
and laundry bills
II any one OF these items Is costing family
more than the percentage I have allowed cor n
the family vii suffer ether point They
are SPENDING TOO much point and getting
less than they ought AZ other These ps--
eentages cannot bo kept 20 fl any month but
the years total should be found cal into tAsss
proportions. Of course Z servant - kept tnsrs
Is great saving. only n wages. but y ers<k-
age and waste. No family should spend no-s tnaa
81 per cent OF SIS income or service
FI hnd that great numbers q people a-e lfvirx
beyond their income Women come 70 ms-sou1s-
times gray haired women old enough 20 % NJ
mother-and ask 70 BE told how % i've within thex
incomes Sometimes they tell me that they havs
never known what II was not 10 be pressed eor
money. that the!- whole married lives bad been
spent under the strain OF knowing that they wers
nothing IOr such people 90 40 except 20 adopt a
simpler scale OF living Last year ] Questioned
Sixty-sevvu grOSers and butchers after Christmas
as 10 tne way n Wnicn people paid their Thanks
giving and Christmas bills Without ore sxceprioa
they told that II very hard Sor people 70
catch up: that often they paid those extra blus IA
holiday would almost around axL1a h@3nrn
the holiday dinner * TeA< A<0 was ss@2 -
New-York tribune., 1908-11-29
A COUNTRY FAIR.
Nyack, n.

Dear Editor: Every spring the freshman, SOP no.
and junior classes at our school give an en-
tertainnent OF some sort TO the departing seniors
and there is always much gcod-natured rivalry
among the different classes as 10 which shall give
sophomore class was faced by a difficult problem:
there seemed nothing left TO give. There had been
plsyE minstrel shows and dances innumera5le;
what should have? And then came a bright
idea-a country fair! Just the thing!
It was given on the second docr Of our large
school building one bright afternoon late in May.
AS each girl entered the fair grounds she was
given q small leather gpOckethook. containing 80
cents n tin nickels and dimes. The halls we're
prettfIy decorated with the senior class colors,
green and gold. and everywhere were hung such
signs as Right this way 10 the peanut standr'
Have your fortune told Only 10 cents etc. On
the floor where the fair was held were number
OF pretty booths where ice cream cake, popcorn.
lemonade and peanuts could be bought for the tin
money and there were also small tents where one
could have ones picture taken or fortune told
There was an orchestra so that those who wished
limited to School Days and one Of ths Merry
Widow" waltzes that made all the run. Any
one who has ever been 10 an entertainment where
there were three hundred girls and two three
Jolly teachers will know how much fun We had as
we stuffed" danced and talked, and we were all
more than sorry when go came and the music
stopped. Don't you think II was a good idea? We
did. Your interested reader.
RUTH TINGLEY aged t5).
No 2O12 Linden avenue, Baltimore.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-29

m 10 the female side OF the family alone. pre-
sumo the boys in such q family would pay their
gambling bills and let their tailor wait But T ind
everywhere appalling ignorance on the whole
subject of domestic finance Women do not know
how 20 order their lives the basis OF the income
they have-how TO get the most OUT Of itaand not
tive beyond IL Nobody teaches children OF young
peopIe domestic finance. a great many girls
learning domestic scicnce-how 10 cook and do
housework. But that is not domestic finance They
do not know how much they ought to pay for rent
on A given income how much ought to 90 for
clothes and how much for food Men DO not know
any more about II than women
II believe boys as well girls should De taught
domestic finance. They should learn while they
boys what kind of q house be q given
ths schools believe that instruction the proper
use of money should begin in the kindergarten.
Tnsy tell the children there rttls stories % birds
and bees and flowers. Children don't have very
much to do with birds and bees and flowers. espe-
ciaIly city children: but they all have pennies TO
spend At ten years ! think parents should begin
10 make children q regular allowance. and should
require children buy certain necessary things
out OF this allowance Il might lie certain school
supplies or certain small articles Of clothing. ike
handkerchiefs or hair ribbons might he their
laundry bills That would teach them 10 be little
careful about their clothes. Whatever Is chosen.
the child should be made 10 go without il II lie
spends his allowance without purchasing IL. He
begin from that moment to get an idea Of tho
value OF money.
Children IN wen-to-do families have good deal
OF money spent on them That money could be
made TO develop their characters Instead Of buy
tAs a bog q bicycle outright would have Shs
New-York tribune., 1908-11-29
a WORTHY DOG.

Dear Little Men and Little Women, I want 20
tell you about my dog Jack bought him for =
when he was one year old During the last year
I have driven him TO harness. in the summer
time I hitch him to my wagon and go to the store
and get the groceries for my mother. Whenever
I am about TO hitch him up he jumps right in
his place in the shafts and is ready. 1t happened
one wintry day that I was on my way home from
the store. when Jack another dog. He went
so fast that I could not cling to the sleigh, and
rolled of into the snow. After picking W my
groceries and starting homeward I could see him
in the distance going home. When 7 came 10 the
house 7 found Jack waiting for Hoping that
7 have interested you. I remain, your constant
reader LESTER STEWART (aged 19.
Tyckahoe N Y, P 0. Box 1SL
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Ignorance of Don1eSffc Finance
Few Women Know Order Their Lives on Basis OF he
Incomes Saws a Teacher

che uss graduated in the following June But now
she wes frightened She t1d not know whether she
would marry him or not
.s=he had actually said Miss Pttman mad no
idea Of what Il meant 70 live on 1850 a year she
Was planning TO keep three servants she NAG no
tsea that three servants could noe be kept on shs
suu and her mother was allowing Der 10 marry
.bis man with no conception Of what II meant 10
i,x. on hts .slsry Talk about g weak fos foodi
5~v~utx dollars q week would not have sud1cso Tor
tk.t r4si She would net have known rio roast
from q fresh han II was not me KtTFn 12nf1 II
was the vuy she had been brought up AZ soof Is
che hard my lecture she understood tne srAHe OF
the case and she came to ask me II ther7 WEE pO
school where she could learn these things
TEACHING THE VALUE OF MONEY
At another fashionable boarding school where
was called last winter I encountered glTl IL Iie
Office crying. After she had gone out lh4ulIeu
about her and found she was cressiIAAei. "i'
had done 800 worth OF work for one OF the s'iIs "
the school and could set her money she came
ask the girl II could not have something Oh
account she had sickness in her family Inc
girl tossed her head and said. Because you nav"
had the iIupudence 70 dun shall not pay you
cent The DAY before the girl had paic 40 IoT
ftle Cog and s. for roses.
-cx aSHrs& II KNIT fz4r saA<es tbs kAse nss&SAos
New-York tribune., 1908-11-29

+.+5ar give him a weekly allowance large enough
10 Der-,lt him to buy the bicycle in a reasonable
,fra and tell him he could the wheel soon
as he had saved the money for IL The moral tnfiu-
ence Of DENYING himself small things in order Je
save FOR the bicycle would be very great. One great
+r,rbla with both wives and children is that they
have no allowance. They never have any fixed sum
- regulate their expenditure by. 7 ind ii COM
parativeIv easy 10 talk personal finance to wage
earners who have fixed income to girls in
boarding schools who usually have fixed allow
arca but 7 find very few women and children in
the homes have a fixed allowance and rnethodical
expenditure cannot be learned without fixed
sum to base it
TT has been shown by investigators that the
money sense develops in children. especially in
hovs at fifteen II Is then they begin 10 want TO
20 20 work 10 want money OF their own and 70
think ahcut saving At fifteen I think every boy
and g4rI should have & allowance that would
cover all their expenses except food and shelter.
They need not necessarily handle all the cash, be-
cause they might not have the judgment TO buy al
their clothing, but they should be taught to keep
E regular account Of every cent expended on them
They should know exactly what II costs 70 keep
them. and as fast possible they should expend
the actual cash There is many girl OF eighteen
who has never bought herself a dress Her mother
has always done = for her. Boys and girls from
fifteen on should keep household accounts. They
should know what it costs the house. TO
buy the food what the incidental expenses average
a month what be got out Of a given income
In the way OF life and comfort The household
expenditures be made a great means OF educa-
tion but this Ia hardly likely when ths mother
herself keeps any household accounts and does
New-York tribune., 1908-11-29
Hos0 TO tUfr, q Prize.

Contest No. CCheckerboard Puzzle).-Choice Of
a sterling silver Tribune badge. interesting
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Trip Around the World in Postcards an enbroi-
derry set. leather cardcase, imitation ivory
paper knife or leather pencil pocket for the neat
est and best three answers.
Contest No. Things to Think About).-Choice
Of q box OF water color paints. a sterling silver
Tribune badge, embroidery set. interesting
book pretty collar pin. a novelty belt pin,- q
leather cardcase leather pencil pocket for the
neatest and best two solutions
Contest No Drawing Entitled .eFriendshfp'O.-
Choice OF pretty collar pin. box OF water color
paints. sterling silver Tribune badge inter
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case, a Trip Around the World IN Postcards -
New-York tribune., 1908-11-29
BOB AND BILLY.

Dear Little Men and Little Women: Bob an1
Billy were two little guinea pigs Bob was as
white as a SNOWFALL and Billy was black as the
ace Of spades. l built little house for them to
play H. and once in great while would let them
play on the lawn and chase each other about.
Each morning would feed them some carrots or
lettuce When I tapped on the side Of the house
they would come running cut from under a little
stack Of straw ana scratch upon the side of tie
house TO be fed.
It was on one Of these days that was going out
TO feed them as usual, when I saw Bob lying on
the floor. dead Billy was lying over in the lar
end Of pile of straw with his head stuck into 1t
far he could get 1t. I buried Bob, and not
long afterward I sent Billy 10 Prospect Park TO De
cared for Hoping this will interest you, am,
yours respectfully,
HAROLD FRAZEE (aged ID
No. 4e1 10th street, Brooklyn.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-29
MY MOUSE SPIDER.

Dear Little Men and Little Women: I thought
you would like hear about my little mouse named
Spider I got him from boy when he moved
away. After I got him 7 bought a trap with a
wheel IN. Every day give him some cheese and
bread After he IS through he jumps the wheel
and takes spin to get his exercise After school
I always hurry home and take him out Of the trap
and let him play about He IS tame that do
not fear let him out. He is very scared Of d
stranger. When he sees one he hides IN his nest
till he IS gone. He gets on my shoulder and jumps
all over. He was very sick once, and I thought he
was going TO die. but he lived. Hoping this VIII
interest you, I remain your constant reader,
ROBERT GOMERSALI4 (aged -.
Nyack N z
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an imitation ivory PAGER knife q bsAxhsr pz1c2
pocket ror the neatest and best o-1z7as draw
tngs- These drawings must 5s n black Ink
white paper.
Contest No. 4 COur Letter B1z)-A prize C z
will be given FOR every letter printed under raas
heading. The letter may contain incidents n Jour
life anecdotes Of pets novel school experiences
things IN travel These stories u.zlsr b orig
nal and musr Be written On ons s.es % Ia pa1zx
only.
Be &c stats your aga
Re sure give your choice oS pr+sez.
Be sure 70 give your name and a6dr-s4
Contest closes On December Ars n corsf6-
cred in awarding prizes Address your Letters zn4
answers 10 Little Men and Little women Tns
Nev-Tork Tribune. New York
New-York tribune., 1908-11-29
IN THE AUSTRIAN TYRoL.

Dear Little Men and Little Women: For the last
two years my mother and ! have been in Europe,
and last summer We stayed IN the Austrian Tyrol
for a few months.
We had rooms in a peasants cottage AZ the edge
OF the little village. The family were simple peo-
pie but everything was spotlessiy clean myself
went around in a peasants costume
one incident, think, would interest you. 1t
: flower carnival which took place On the En-
peror's birthday. There was carriage after car
rage decorated with paper or real flowers There
were also hay wagons and bicycles. The summer
New-York tribune., 1908-11-29
MARcUERTTEs.

Two cups OF powdered sugar. whites OF TWO ezzS
Oue-half cupful OF chopped English EaInurs cocoa
nut raisins may be used Beat The whites til
stiff. add sugar and and put saIrfass- Bake
slowly IN & mOderate oven
Boil cupcuI OF sugar and ons-haIc cupr1I %
water TIL It threads Gradually pour On whites or
two eggs beaten sctr- Add TWO tablesooonruIs OF
cocoanut or one-hsIf cupfuI OF chopped ra.saus or
marshnallows. Brown sugar uzay Be used instead
OF white. JESSIE SMELL aged ID
No Campbell avenue. Schenectady. N z
Prize Around the world IN Posrcards-
New-York tribune., 1908-11-29
TOM. THE FANTAIL,

Dear Little Men and Little Women: though'
perhaps you would like to hear about my 1antan
pigeon named Tom. He is a beautfu! bird he Is
white with black wings and tail. He IS sc prouu
of himself that he often tumbles backward Wneh
he walks around the lawn back OF our mousse
have taught him eat from my hand and slt OF
my shoulder. He comes TO my window every morn
ing for hempseed I have twenty other pigeons anu
the boys of our neighborhoOd have formed i ci-O
called the Hancock Pigeon Club, OF which ! am the
president Hoping to see tEis letter in print re-
main yours truly GEORGE Lang aged 80.
No 119I Hancock street, Brooklyn.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-29
HONOR LIST,

: Bertha c Amend; ?. Katherine r. Bohlen; g.
Anna Boyd: I Janet ". Campbell; ., Florence H.
Clarkson; s. James Clark; T. William Carpenter;
& Catherine Campbell; g. Ruth Davies; 70, Lillian
Dribben: l. Margaret Does; z, John II. Ford; 3.
Beardsley Foster; Il, Margaret Freeman; Is Louise
Criswold: IS, Frances Holden; It. Raymond Jen-
uinEs: s. Lena Kupferer: IS, A Korminsky; 20,
Emerson 3. Lambert: q Dorothy LUts; q Grace
I.,uenhaupt; q Dorothy Lee; "a Nora Lynch. o.
Margaret Martin: o. Bessie Marchant; q, Rowland
Mitchell: IS Myles Morgan; 2s Oliver McI-areu; 30
Joseph McCOoeyi 81, Agnes Nolte; 3, Bessie NJ.
Newman: g. Eleanor Parker; 81, Charles Robbins:
% Faust Rupp: SO. Beatrice Schwartz; 81. Dorothy
Z. Sprowers g. Winitred Stewart; 80. Frank
Sweeney. 80 Margaret Singer: Al, CSwendoyn Stan
ton: a Ruth z. sInythe; 43, John Thompson; ~
Helen L s. Trevor; 4h Arthur Cde; 46. Grace Van
Houten; 4. Roberta Williamson; As, John r Wag
ner. g. George Walton, 30. Rose II. Weston.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-29
SEA FOAM CANDY.

Two pounds Of sugar Grown. cup and
half OF water Boil for at least twenty minutes.
Before taking from the stove add teaspoOnful
OF vanilla tablespoonful Of vinegar. Have one
pound OF nuts cracked and sheIled also the whites
OF four eggs beaten well Don't put the eggs or
nuts in until the syrup is taken from the stove.
Beat well until ready TO drop. Less eggs and nuts
New-York tribune., 1908-11-29
poUBLE RIppLEMEREE.

DOUBLE RIDDLEMEREE.
Our hrsts are in Boston. but never in MaiHs;
Our seconds IN Europe. but never in Spain:
Our thirds in Denmark. but never in Ornsk;
Cur fourths are in Sweden, but never in Tornsk;
Our ffths are in yesterday, never in row.
Great heroes are we. you all mus allow.
You've read OF our deeds the page where you see
This very remarkable riddlemeree
WORD SQUARE.
1 A great master OF music
2. A continued pain.
3. a very intimate friend
New-York tribune., 1908-11-29

not know what she spends for the various necesst-
ties Of life in the course q a year.
APPoRTIoNiNG THE INCOME.
II find that not even college women have any
idea in the majority OF cases. what proportion OF
an income should De expended for the various
things I spent ten years working out my per
centazes partly from experience in my own home
partly from statistics collected by the government
ard various organizatio Eighty per cent must
20 for the physical life. % per cent for the in
teIlectual Under intellectual place religion, edu-
cation and investment This is supposed 70 be for
a family which sends the childISH the public
schools The division OF this one-ftth OF the In
come among religion. education and investment
would differ according 10 the individual As a mat
ter OF fact the average expenditure OF an Anneri-
can family for religious purposes IS only
per cent Of the income. BY investment 7 mean
savings They should not be less than IA per cent
os the income. 7 make definite allowances for
arnusemeuts They would come under either 'sdu-
cation or personal expenses
Rent IN my classification place at = Per cent
OF the income. That IS an average for the whole
country. In the city il has 10 be higher and city
prices for rent and fuel prevail 70 a distance OF
nfty miles from the large cities Outside or that
radius prices drop suddenly. AT NiddietoWn y. Y,
which is sixty miles from New York City. milk Is
four cents quart. and In such places you can get
big comfortable house with plenty OF ground.
for 500 year The wages OF the servants are also
three times higher within the 5o-nile radius.
Heat should be per cent OF the income, light
Ia The more rent you pay generally speaking.
the more your heat and light viii be II you pay
higher rent for locality instead OF space extra
psnss viii come in clothing and keeping Up sensE-