Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-27

My Dear Nieces and Nephews:
N There are so many things about
AL which L want to tell you that 1t
is hard to know where to begin. In
just one week now the new Herald
Junior will make it's appearance, en-
closed in your Sunday morning Herald.
I hope it will find welcome in the
homes where the girls and boys are.
and that a great many of them Will
write and tell me how they like it..
Remember, boys and girls, the paper
is yours. 1t wants to print the things
you like to read and as many of them
as possible written by some of the
members of my big family Of nephews
and nieces.
You may come to The Herald junior
with all your troubles and doubts, and
If we can we will straighten things
out for you.
There will be two prize contests ev-
cry week, one a letter writing contest
and one the limerick contest. Full in
formation about these appears at the
end of this letter.
1 hope to hear from ever so many
of you in both these contests, and
when you have time to write about
some other subject which interests you
very much, will be glad to read your
letter and print it IL it seems of gen.
eral interest to the readers of The
Lerald Junior.
There will be place for puzzles OF
riddles which l hope many of my
readers will contribute, and 1 shall
devote some space every week to arti-
cles about household pets. Surely a
great many boys and girls will want
to write and tell me all about some
of their dear friends among the ami
mails. Send photographs of your pets
whenever you can. If they are taken
with you in the picture, so much the
better.
1 want to hear from the boys and
girls who know how to make things
Most boys have built or invented some
useful or amusing toy or machine in
the vacation just finished, and would
like to hear about some of these and
have some drawings or photographs
to show the other fellows just how to
make them and how they look when
completed
You will see in The Herald Junior
soon q very nice letter from a little
girl who has been on long ocean voy-
age. I am sure many of the boys and
girls who will read this paper have
Travelled in foreign countries. 1 want
to hear from them. If some Of them
were born in China or South America
or Japan or Russia or any other coun-
try than ours we will all be glad to
hear from them about their old home
or their trip to America
Many of the girls will tell me of
something they have been sewing or of
fair or bazaar which they have
helped arrange. Girls like to have
some. charity to which they contribute
and they will know of many ways to
raise money for this purpose which
they can tell about for the help of
other girls clubs or societies.
Every boy and girl who reads this
paper or who contributes to it is in
cluded in the list of Aunt Laurie's
nephews and nieces. want to become
acquainted with a great many of you
as soon as possible. My office in The
Herald building is easy to find, and
/ shall be glad to receive calls from
any of the Juniors whenever they can
come and talk to me for a few minutes.
Now I know that boys and girls like
to make a little money as well as any
one else, so am sure that my an
nouncement about prizes will interest
you very much.
Until further notice I will give away
each week four dollars in prizes as fol-
lows: One dollar to the city boy or
girl who submits the best letter upon
the subject announced for the prize
Contest: one dollar to the out-of town
boy or girl who submits the best letter
from any place outside the city limits
of Los Angeles upon the subject an
nounced.
I will give a handsome book to the
Los Angeles winner of the limerick
contest and a similar prize to the out
of-town winner in the same. contest.
Besides that will give one dollar
each to one boy and one girl pupil in
the public schools of Los Angeles. The
winner of this may be any one of the
several thousand boys and girls who
attend the schools of the city, and no
one will know who wins the prize until
The Herald Junior appears next Sum
day morning So watch this depart
ment carefully and see if you can iden-