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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-09-19
LAST WEEKS PRIZE WINNERS

Puzzle-The nestest and longest three lists
OF words were sent by Dorothy e willard AGED
Twelve years. OF No. Al Catherine street. Newport
X l. who wishes rolled sold bracelet Miss
Dorothys list OF twenty-eight words is printed
ntloW and originally contained thirty-threa eOrisl:
hatheI!ne q Cuyler, aged eleven years. PuFdy sta
Son' Westchester County. n. Y, who requests a
ased thirteen years. OF No. 4is McDOnOugh street
ITO bIoohlyn, VINO chooses an interesting book. The
last TWO lists originally contained thirty-two and
reduced 20 twenty-five words
Blades tof grass), bottom (of girls SKIRT brace
lei DOCK bodice ball, bow Con dress) band (aroune
hecKl' BOW con head). brow (of gir). brow (of hil
oroW cor boyl. bush, barrel. board. bars, bug bow
Ton fencel box, bottle. bolt. brick, bone boy boots
buttons, breaches, body bat
Ihings TO Ihlnk About-The two prize winners
ana thelr prizes In this contest are Ezra Read
Goodridge AGED nine years, on NO ~ RedTorS
street. Stamford, Conn.,. an interesting book and
Jessie Mackintosn. aged fourteen years OF No
tiS Northampton street. Heiyoke. Mass. sterling
our Letter Box.-see istters NV nriza uvsnn.,s
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-09-19

Anybody thinks OF a pageant as an undertaking.
And yet the most charming psseants ever saw
absolutely spontaneous. unprecedented.
EFT on the coast Of Brittany, last summer
A band OF young people who had been reading
Greek mythology took possession Of golden
beach. a little green island off the coast. and
in their young enthusiasm gave scenes In pantO-
mime. I'm the sunny afternoons. from the ancient
stories. Now 1t would be young Eros bringing
down victims sith his bow and arrow. Now il
would be PrOmetheus hurting rocks. or Perseus
rescuIng Andromeda from dreadful dragon. The
costumes were the simpiest-a bathing costume.
towel artistcslly dFaped. strap around the head,
with a knot OF wild flowers nodding behind one ear.
But the effect was delightful don't know whether
Il was the beauty and ardor OF ths young actors
or the picturesquensss OF the beach. with its
lying rocks suppose II was the combination
But anyhow. no pageants could be prettier.''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-09-19
HER PET SN6IlS.

Dear Little Men and Little Women. Although
read the letters in the Letter Box eyer s;,,,
day. have never seen one about snaiIs. and so
thought would write about them
While In the country this summer / found a
great many forest snalls Of all sizes in a pile OF
rochs' ana brought five Of them home with me-
Now they live in a large wooden box in which ie a
tnlcS layer OF dirt and moss. Two large fat
stones one on Top OF The other, help TO make me
snallery more like their natural home ana =
TaiTer OF water sunk in one corner completes it,
, mthAe canHIleS and goldfish, snails need very
niue attenucp. As all they require Is an annie or
so,Ie leaves q Lettuce for food each day Even il
nesiected fCr Few days. they will not get siCk
Snails glide about more in damp than In dry
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-09-19

Out this neither Ulysses nor his men knew. The
city. which they in a hurry 70 see seemed de-
seE'eu There was no sign of man or woman AZ
last they a maiden
. 4eI US. datnsel.' cried Ulysses. who 5v-ella in
this city and If they viii be good 10 strangers.
AS she's girl. I'll go on cried Jean. throw
ing down her knitting
Jack too much taken abacl ~ s,o,,. -,
Jeans words poured out
she took him by the hand and lei IT. ,,,-
P"'aee' n woman taller than the maiden and
she lowered above Ulysses. called aloud A man
came rushing from inner room at her cry He
seized'-
He'" said Jack, breaking in That's all about
GIRL and I'll go He killed one % the two
men who had come up with Ulysses-for the others
were sun ia the boats-Rnd began to eat him
ulysses and the other did not walt They
rushed 10 the wall and spranE into the boat
4"eu Aniiphas for that was the name OF Nh.
e"hhioai kins called to his people. They rushed
ioT'h and began 10 throw huge pieces Of rock into
the harboT. Ulysses and his men rowed fast hut
"t ali the boats that had come into the harbor
only one got out. the one I'm which Ulysses and
few Of his gallant sailors were rowing with All
their might.
Ulysses looked back as they ESCAPED from, IN.
haFbor. There the waters appeared more stormy
IMAM the sea without for the rocks thrown by the
e2nnibals had made great waves and tie deaa
bodies Of the sailors were tossing on those waves
ulysses dared not stay 70 pity; all had 10 row
away as fast they could"
And tomorrow said Jean. ITS my FIRST turn
IN tho adventures Of Ulysses. It's all about a
woman"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-09-19

FAR away in the heart OF the forest lies a dark
swamp. Through It lively little brook sings as
II tumbles and races. II you should happen 10 be
"'ii"eriHs on the left bank Of this brook. about
the unie The whippOOrwil begins his evening
song you might be so fortunate as to see a sharp
cav holding ball Of clay. suddenly thrust up
through the soft mud. OF course you will stoop
down and peer about to see what it means Here
!. comes again. with another clay pellet See the
cav places IL carefully beside the first one and
then you discover that there is a whole CIRCLE .,
them forming the upper edge Of a smooth. round
ouIToW reading down into the bank. This is Mr.
Crayfishs home and he is now topping IL or viii,
chinney' not for the smoke to escape by, but to
le' N ',e iFesh air as he is firm believer in good
VeluIaton- Ball by ball the chimney grows and
as the first streak OF dawn appears in the eastern
say MI. Crayhsh presses down the last circle OF
oricks. surveys his work. with satisfied air and
Tetires for a well earned rest
MARGARET W. LEIGHTON.
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cgfber1 Mars Pays VS. @ Visff

People who study the stars are all dreadfllly
busy these days trying 10 find if there are any
peop.e living the planet Mars. Every fifteen
yefcs Mars makes a visit and its next call IS
che on September 81 Then Il viii be only 81 OaD On
yn;les away, which is mere trife among stars and
planets.
since the planet made its last cali we have
learned great many things. We have better tela-
,scopes and We have better ways OF taking pboto-
graphs We have wireless telegraphy. too and If
has been said that II the Nartians are irving tn
send us wireless messages there is no reason why
We should not be able 10 receive them So We
ought 10 mere from this visit of our celestial
nelghb0r than We have ever known before and As
II has been coming nearer TO us astronomers an
over the world have had their telescopes fixed upon
The planet
OF course. one expects TO see the Alartians
r1ut We may things that viii tell US whether
there are any Martians or not. on the other
planets astronomers think there can't be any life
but Mars is so nearly enough like the earth in
some ways il might be possible for people To live
there II hasn't a very pleasant climate but people
manage 70 pot up with unpleasant climates on the
earth Il hasn't very much atmosphere-less than
orr highest mountain tops-but stil the Narttans
might be able get on with that amount Of air
II has very little water too. But the Nartians
might be able manage with less water than We
do In fact that Is the special talent OF the Mar
.lans II there are any Martians they are experts
in the art OF irrigation and are a great deal
eeverer than we are in every way. They can't
spend any time lighting and quarrelling. as we do
They can't have any wars international disputes
for If they stupid as that Mother Nature
would Just sweep them OF the face OF their little
ulanet which is much smaller than ours II they
want 10 60 on living they simply have 20 put their
heads together 10 save their water, and they must
have found this out ages ago.
II is supposed that Mars had oceans. gust as we
have but they al dried up long ago. and II there
is any water left ii comes from the melting OF the
snow al the poles During the Marian winter
white caps form over each POLE and during the
summer they disappear almost entirely. These caps
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-09-19
HONOR LIST.

!. Gertrude ATbeiter; 2. Merwin Ashley g. Ken
meth J. Browne: 4. Eleanor Carter BacOt g. Will
tam E. Bennett; 9. Eugenie Cronk: T. Catherine
Collins s, Sarah X. Colweii; g. Willie Doran; 10.
Constance r. Dibble; II. Rosslind Dunkin; IT,
Amelia Dobson; ls. James Ftnney; H. Joseph Fra
SER 10. Katherine GOodridge; 16 Margaret Hunter
II. Edna Huntington; rs. Dorothy S. Hlckok 10
Minnie JoeiorslSy; 20. Julia Nlimpke: FL Ida T.
Layton p, Mildred e. Linsey; 23 Thornton Mer-
ritt' q. Harriet +. Morgan: 20. Mildred NJ Mitch
ell 20 Elizabeth Massonneau; e. Catharina
Mackenzie 2s. Josephine Mcqueen: 40 Russell
McAuley 80. Anna McGarry 81. Marian Mcqueen;
49, Ralph Newbrsnd; ss. Mary Olvey "a. Beulah
Pack; 30, Elizabeth c. Perry: &c. Jennie Parker; ;
81. Elizabeth II. Rugen IS. Hda Rau; 80, Lewis
r. Sims; 40 Julla StOrr: Al, CathaTine Elmendorf
Shove; ~, Ambia II. Harris a. Constance Sauer:
a. Ida NJ. Terhune; as. Edith T. Voorhees,; 46
Olivia Weir: A. Ethel whitehOuse: as, Roberta
Williamson; ~. Raymond Ward; 90. julia r.
Waterbury.
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have charge accounts at all kinds of shops and
apart from this unless she has money in her own
right, the allowance made her is less than she had
before her marriage. so to keep up appearances
and not be considered gutter by her set she
runs into debt and lays the foundation for real
nervous prostratiOn by the worries she assumes
with the owing OF money.
The wife OF the man with an uncertain salary is
another victim OF circumstances after a season
at some fashionable resort and this type OF woman
plays her game OF chance with all the adrotness OF
gambler, and gets all that each trick Is worth
OUT or every situation. Because "Jack' is generous
when he has money. she trusts 10 a lucky turn in
ms AFFAIRS, and will borrow from willing
friends 10 tide over some time when fortune has
not smiled upon him and he has voiced objections
against her going the pace with such vim. She
Always excuses herself TO any prudent relative
who may admonish by saying that IL is better for
Jaek's standing among his acquaintenances 20
nave her seen everywhere that she can possibly
60 and never does IL dawn upon her that she Is
losing the respect OF those very people, who know
10 a Il" what is happening 20 Jack" for in these
days OF financial ups and downs Wall Street Is like
an open book, and every man IS marked Another
year will invariably Jack ana his wife in
very hard luck. and no matter what economies no
may practice she will float along with the tide and
run up bilis in the same bland manner as before
adversely
Where there children the situation is even
more difficult, because the ambitious mother wishes
10 make place for her dauahter socially. and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-09-19
IN THE COUNTRY.

Dear Little Men and Little Women: You may Ike
10 read OF my first stay In the country We have
boys guild In church. and we all went car,-
ing recently.
The first night could not sleep. The noises were
SO strange 20 me. the singing of the whfpnoorU,Iz
and hummins Insects. The cows had bells on their
were ringing up their fares ~ s'-9 NO"S
We, We used 70 take long walks, and sometimes we
would get rae home to the camp on a coal
wagon or on the back Of a Carriage The farmers
We're very nice; they often let us ride with them
~ gas me 10 run around, climb trees with no one
70 chase you. / gained eight pounds How nice
IL must be 10 live In the country all the fiDeI /
constant reader, 49, AO~i
JAMES H. CAMPBELL. (aged I'D.
NO sos Amsterdam avenue New York
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-09-19
A ROOSTER MOTHER.

Dear Little Men and Little Women: Last spring
our little bantam hen sat on her eggs. taking very
good care OF them One day each OF the little
chicks broke its shell. They were all so cute Just
hKe pans OF down Two or three days later
SAD thing happened-a strange black cat killed the
mother. We all felt very sorry and tbougb+ .bo
S gnsd would die die That night fed them and
went out 20 see how they were and To nv snre
prise saw the little bantam rooster striding along
WIN the little chicks following him He fed them
ahd aept TEEN warm under his wings He learnt 10
elucH lor them just Ike hen. on the whole he
sooh NeTS s0o6 care OF them; now they are healthy
roostsfs shc hens. Hoping that this little story
may interest you. am. sincerely yours
r-,.,o-..o. ~ DOROTHEA COLE
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-09-19
Our Letter Box

Weatner so occasionally wet the stones ara dirt,
n n ,tnelr bcx. / like 20 watch nv pets a. wiz
tbT nOFns stretched out 20 their greatest length
ss 1Sy 70 IN search Of something to eat. A snail
this - " SNNp0'o u
idahy people do not Ike snails because Of their
put think that they are very interest,"
Hs, as so much can be learned about them Nv
Eltss GDseTVation- Hoping that you will like this
NJ 81 deII5ln - EMMA SEIPP (aged 'I5).
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-09-19

failures among those men struggling TO get on in
the world In an honest way. for such causes are,
more than is known. the why men OF the
fashionable set go under" for no apparent reason
Until this tendency TO spend lust a little more
and pay up later" Is checked much unhappiness
will continue to be chroncled the AFTERMATH OF
~ a summer campaign.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-09-19

heading. The letter may contain incidents in your
lie, anecdotes % pets. novel school experiences
things seen IN travel or made-up stories These
stories must be original and must be written on
one side Of the paper only. Letters entitled to the
prize Of 81 are often crowded lack OF space
IN the week they are received. but II such is the
BE sure 10 state your age.
BE sure 10 give your choice Of prizes
he sure 10 give your name and address
Contest closes on September q. Age is considered
IN awarding prizes. Address your letters and am
swers TO Little Men and Little Women The New
York Tribune New York.
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that daughter must be sent wherever good times
beckon and be dressed all the other girls
What "A blessing TO all society would be few
women In each set 0or one would be lost alone)
who would agree that pleasures were 20 be adapted
to the most modest purse strings in their circle!
Such women would save many a colony from
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-09-19

Dear Editor: ] received the check for 81 this
morning, and am very grateful to you for send
ing IT, have tried four times for a prize and this
IS the nrht time have won. / am going to buy a
little camera and when get IL I will illustrate one
or my letters with It. Thankfully yours,
- - /. GOLDRAM.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-09-19
CEiARADE.


My nrst's shallow vessel that Is useful TO the
cook.
My second is a little wife who once lived in a
book
Charles Dickens wrote the story ana she wasn't
very wise,
Although she had a dimpled chin and the very
brightest eyes.
My whoie's . Grecian maiden whom the gods sent
down Co earth.
They gave TO her a box that held al things or
greatest worth.
But when the lid was lifted all the good things
few away
Except just one which men have kept up to the
present day
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-09-19
CROSS DIAMOND.

CROSS DIAMOND
The centraIs reading down or across. will spell
the name OF a subject that many little men and
women study at school and which nearly every
one will be interested in until tho HudsOn-FultOn
celebration Is over.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-09-19
Things TO Think Abouf

l. In Hudson but not in Fulton
2 a hole made in the ground
3 The father Of King David. the sweet singer
Of Israel
a. "A narrative Of past events.
.. A form Of literary composition.
s. A form Ct the verb to be.
{. In rhyme but not in reason.
ANSWERS TO PUZZLES.
DOUBLE ACROSTIC.
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CROSS DIAMOND.
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Tribune. II in a hurry for pattern. send extra
2-eent stamp and we will mail by letter postage In
sealed envelope.
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10 81 IN figures & % letters Ng tn names o. the obect
have % tansTo. car answer ~ ~ ~ ' wa
apaE SaE -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-09-19

ut is generally taken for granted that a pageant
70 be successful must be very elaborate and ex-
pensive," said returned globe trotter Most OF
the pageants have seen were carefully planned
and costume9 aud got up with no end Of EFFORT.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-09-19

Girls don't seem to have any influence on boys
manners nowadays. and In my time they had so
much" said the white haired matron In troubled
tone. ut seems to ne that boys are making mod
ern manners the girls follow them in everything.
Why. my youngest granddaughter, who Is just
fifteen. borrows her boy cousins necttes calls
him chum and boasts that her baseball score Is
better than hls. Fancy girls baseball team
with each other.
when 1 was a young girl boy I knew
would have dreamed OF coming into my presence
whlstling. with 'Hullo Polly!' All, met boys
were deferentiai in those days, because girls were
girls and not imitation boys. Perhaps the new
way is heaps more fun for girls my grand
daughter says. but it seems strange TO an old
fashioned woman"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-09-19

the hostess's plans come first a guests cOnsid-
Grafton In some country houses any neighbor-
hood calling is out Of the question. for list OF
events for the entire visit is In each guests room.
and this she must observe to the letter II shs
would be invited again.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-20
CHOICE WHEAT SHORTAGE
BOOSTS PRICE OF FLOUR
Scarcity of Best Grade of Cereal
Disturbs the MiIIers

Flour millers and members of the
grain trade are facing a serious situa-
tion in the shortage of choice milling
wheat, and bakers and housewives also
have good cause to be perturbed in the
upward tendency in prices for these
commodities.
For the second time in less than two
months the millers have been obliged
to boost the price OF -four 20 cents a
barrel, owing to the growing scarcity
as much as s2.o5 Genital in the local
grain pit.
The latest advance occurred Tuesday
when the millers notified the trade that
the best brands of flour would cost
$3.50 barrel instead of $6.40, the figure
previously charged. This move was
naturally followed by an increase in
the cost to consumers and q minimum
price of $1.75 for so pound sacks was
established by retail tradesmen.
The visible supply of wheat in Oregon
and Washington. which states have
been the chief sources of supply for
local millers, has been reduced to far
below the normal by the heavy inroads
made into stocks in the warehouses and
in the hands of growers. Heavy ship
ments have recently been made to
Mexico which country has recently re-
moved the import duty on the grain and
thereby stimulated the shipping move
ment in that direction, with the result
that consignments that would have
come here under normal conditions have
been diverted to the south.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-20

Mortimer Smith was gowned in span
gled net and black satin.
Mrs. Roy Somers was pretty Fritizi
Schef.
Miss Alice Hager was an imposing
figure of America.
Miss Jennie Crocker had one of the
effective spangled costumes.
Mrs. Thomas Eastland was in span
gled silver over pink satin.
Miss Elsie Clifford was a Folly in
red.
Mrs. Sylvanus Farnham was a rose
with pink petals and green bodice
Miss Helene Irwin was one of the
prettiest of the girls in white and gold.
Miss Kathleen de Young and Mrs
George T. Cameron were Pierrettes
and Miss Martha Calhoun wore a pink
satin costume.
Mrs. James Follis was a scarlet
Folly.
Mrs. Phebe Hearst was gowned as
Louis XVI lady in velvet with emer-
aid ornaments.
Miss Marian Angellotti wore a pink
satin gown and Mrs. Thomas Breeze
wore Chinese costume.
Mrs. Henry Clarence Breeder wore a
gown of green and gold over white
satin.
Miss Lucy King was a lavender
Folly.
Mrs, Charles E. Green wore a silver
and green gown in satin directoire.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-20
BANK CLEARINGS
MAKE BIG GAINS
Despite Holiday, Business of the
Week Was Remarkable

The bank clearings reported for the
financial week ending at noon Thursday
are for only five days. last Friday hav-
ing been holiday, and consequently no
basis of comparison with the records of
a year ago is obtainable. AS shown by
the California promotion committee in
its weekly statement, San Francisco's S
clcarings, despite the holiday, were
about a million and a half dollars over
the clearings of the week before. being
s33, ,134, ,549.2S; for the 1908 correspond
ing, regular six day week the banks
cleared $32, ,408. .S70.79. Los Angeles
banks cleared S11,5S8, ,060.42. a slight in
crease over last week and gain over
a year ago. when the record was So
1897. Oakland shows a gain over
last year, the respective figures being
S1.593,792.41 and S1,361, ,175.30. San Jose
reported clearings of s346,539.9S against
S455, ,072. so, for the full week in 1908
In Stockton the clearings We're $435,-
020.39; a year ago they were S3S4.2S2.13.
Last year the Sacramento clearings for
the week totalled S701, ,2S7.15, while for
the week just ended the total was
STAT, ,955.6S. Fresno's clearings for the
week were s456,264S5. Clearings to-
tailed SS05, 5,S25.69 in San Diego, against
$3.50 ,617.54 a year ago. The total for
the state was S49.10S.00S.70 for the
week