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New-York tribune., 1909-05-23
mAsAlNaIoN,s HEADQUARTERS.

Dear Little Men and Little Women: WIZ Hy 10
give a description OF Washingtons Headquarters
Al Newburg as I saw it last summer. The mousse
and grounds are situated the top or the steep
hin which slopes down to the Hudson IL Is IN 'he
cantre Of a fair sized park IN which are sca''efeu
seats for the public use and old cannon Hos' "a
them relics OF the Revolution In front OF 'he
house pointing toward the river. is modern piVot
e,,n taken unless I am mistaken. IN the war Win
Spain. O.. u.
The interior OF the building is almost as II was
3, the dsys OF Washington. Entering the buiidihs
On the side away from the river one sees an oio'
dts,,sed stairway leading 10 the second story. On
the right is the small room Of the superintendent
in which are the registering book ana many cHii07
and souvenirs which are for sale.
In the next room are many relics OF Colohla
+,,nes old china etc In OF the cases IS me
boot sole Of the American Giant 80 C@Iieu 00~N
I IN me southeast room rows OF trerch guns
h,,tIg slonT the walls, many old SWORDS hhu
he[-Snste the great HessIan boot and seVer4 AIlnS
~ the great chain which stretched across l, !
Hudson TO prevent the British Meet from a90'ii''s
the river. a.. ,,t.cbar and a small
-oaTn on the north side OF the building, IN WHICH
aTe personal possessions of Washing ton. l., -, =
east OF house, nearer tLe
rron,er ~ Victory a massive square pull1!Ie oi
to"S IN which are a bronze statue OF 1tueIa 1L a.
TUsbippton and winding stairs leading 10 q seCoio
Trindovrs from which beautiful view OF INC
w. nd the Highlands be seen Yours uuiyy; Iiy;
soLI am go HOWARD DEMARESI CaSsu ~.
Poolar avenue, Hackensack, n ).
New-York tribune., 1909-05-23
A VISIT TO FARMLAND.

Dear Little Men and Little Women: One cold
and shivery day mother and I took a steamer from
New York and started for the Bermuda Islands
After q rough trip. lasting nearly three days we
reached Hamilton. the capital OF Bermuda ana
what a change-from winter 10 summer feIt
Ike Alice IN Wonderland. Lilies, roses beautfuI
tropical plants everywhere. birds singing IN the
trees The water surrounding the Islands ls a
beautiful blue. and very clear.
one day we took a trip to Somerset another one
or the Islands As We stepped out OF the boat
lady started TO get into another near by, but IN
soroe manner fell into the water They managed
n pet her into the boat. In few minutes she ex-
claimed Where is my umbrella" We all looked
down into the water. and there II Lay on the DOL
tom twenty feet below. SO you can imagine no"
clear The water IS. The houses are all oulIt OF d
coral stone which IS the formation OF the lslahu-
They dig down only a little way, when they come
10 this stone. Then the men saw X into oIochs
and II Is ready to be made into houses the rUo-
ber plants that we take much care or grow 70
he large trees there The largest rubber tree IN
the world grows there Another day We went odt
N the coral reefs We looked through glass Dol
tom boxes INTO another fairyland under the water
little coral caves with fishes daTting in and out'
beat,tiful purple sea fans and little plants OF dif-
fe-ent colors There many varieties OF hsh'
hut the most beautiful the angel FISH II Is quite
nat and IS blue green and gold am eleven
wears old and II l live to be an old lady ! shsI'
never forget my trip to Bermuda.
ETHEL PROVOST (aged I'D.
No IL Hanover street. bridgeport. Conn
New-York tribune., 1909-05-23

No doubt the Little Men and Women think they
know the difference between q plant and an animal
and certainly II would # nothing could De
simpler Do not animals run about. while plants
are fast rooted in the ground? That Is true OF
most plantg and animals. OF most Of those that
We ordinarily see, but it IS by no means true OF
all ot them. and wneu We come 10 know a great
deal about plants and animals shall find that 10
tell the difference between plant and an animal
Is one OF the greatest puzzles Of botany
There are many animals that always stay rooted
10 one spot ike the sponges the sea anemone,
which can only 60 travelling Il il gets on the roof
Of q hermit crabs house Many Of these animals
look more ike flowers or graceful little trees than
many plants do. Again there are plants that are
lively any animal and much Ike animals
IN appearance. A great many water plants swim
about just Ike animals and look just like animals
The tiny diatoms (di-a-torusD which exist IN i'm
nense numbers where there IS water, not only
move like animals. but have a most beautiful two
Waived shell. and they not green but brown be
cause the brown coloring matter hides the plant
sresn.
little plant called protococcus Cpro-to-k6k-us).
which helps 10 make the green scum on stagnant
water is 50 lively that Il used to be thought an
animal, but botanists quite sure that it is
plant L lashes the water so rapidly with its
cla-the little hairs with which Il IS fringed-that
We only the motion when It begins to
slow down Plants Ike this, OF course, never
see unless We are looking for them with micro
scope. but even the ordinary plants around US in
spite Of being rooted in the ground are constantly
II motion. When people lead very dull and in
active life sometimes say that they are vegetaJ-
Ing but il isn't very good word, because plants
really don't vegetate unless they are parasites
Human beings aren't half energtic as plants
The roots and the leaves work very hard, as we
have seen The flowers, too, have their cares and
their worries and every part Of the plant is in con-
slant motion but this motion is slow that our
see ca
root Is constantly moving around in circle or Ell
npse They nod the hotanists tell US, TO every
point q the compass in turn, and as TO NOD Is
nutare In Latin. they say that the plant nutates'
OF, as Darwin put it, clrcumnutates-nods around
As soon the plant awakes from its sleep IN the
seed il uegins this strange circular movement The
rsdicle Il pushes downward to the centre OF the
earth does not push straight down, but moves
around in circle. so far the surrounding eartn
vii let it, just If Il locking for the sort
est sol. The little stem in pushing upward opes
The sane thing as though It. toe, wanted 10 md
the easiest way 10 do its work. and after 1t gets
above ground it still goes on moving in circle ana
never leaves off as long as it lives.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-23
ON TO THE ROAST.

Now wen go fishing" announced the feminine
grand Handicapped and it's beginning to
sprinkle ought TO get good many bites, if the
theory Of our Izaak WaItons counts for anything"
One OF the bus drivers who overheard the
mark wondered if he and his watchful comrades
would receive d single bite for not whin
of the odor of the first course did they have. The
women had doubt OF what in store for
themselves. The hospitality of Mrs. E s. Wheeler.
whose husband is varnish manufacturer, is
byword
The handlcaps changed somewhat, thirty
"Goes!' were shouted by the starter and the merry
sixty off the second lap Some of the
pedestrians got thirsty. The clouds proved ac-
commodating. 1t rained. Handkerchiefs signalling
&C. Q. D.'s' brought up the buses.
The drivers hurried along from group to group,
and all who aWeary or afraid of the rain
scrambled into the vehicles Two Of the women
forming the vanguard near Mrs Wheel
er's when the omnibuses overlook them that they
scorned to ride. Each with skirt defty gathered
In one hand, while the other arm was swinging
took long, quick strides and made the shelter OF
Mrs Wheeler's porch ahead of the first woman
who bolted of a bus and raced between rain
drops I'D the front walk Il never was SO hungry
New-York tribune., 1909-05-23

, the First Baptist Church. Thereby they refuted
+bs charge of the Rev. c. B. Mitchell. who sue
ceeded Bishop Quayle as pastor OF the "eai'iy
and fashionable ST. Jamess Methodist EpiscoPai
Church that Chicago's rich folk are not chuiS
poers Some had nackintoshes and gooshes' Oul
others we're fortified with only ordinary street
wraps.
That woman is not so lacking in foresignt as
some Of the enemies of equal suffrage would have
II appear was evident before the clock struck Iol
twelve hours Half q dozen omnibuses were driven
-, +o tho church door The feminine grand
handicapper OF the Marathon explained that 'he
vehicles would follow the procession ana PICK up
anv whose strength failed before the finish OF a
lap or the entire party in case the CLOUDS pu's',
Just then the blackness overhead was rlVeh anu
a sunbeam shot down on the church steps Thls
was taken q a good omen. so the pedestrians
v,ere sent away by the official starter In pairs
IT'S heel-and-toe contest she said and
von're 10 walk to Mrs. Luces just as quickly as
you can There's extra cup Of boullioh await
ing the victor.
The official timer made careful record OF the
exact instant that each pair of walkers starteu'
There was another timer at the home of Mrs F.
A. Luce. No 3O6 Maple avenue to note the time
of arrival at the end OF the first lap.
The cement sidewalk was dry the sixty women
sIded along between two rows of big maple oees
on the way from the church Mrs. Luce's There
were a good many laggards before the house was
reached but ali got there foot. and without re-
olirinE the services Of a physician. When the
timers compared notes and made computations II
was discovered that fifteen OF the party had COW
cred the distance in the same time. ip2snuco as
Mrs Luce had prepared oily ..112as-E@ I2s' -
New-York tribune., 1909-05-23
Chimney |s0eeps of Paris

In that delightful story by Charles Kingsley,
THE Water Babies Tom. the hero, was Chin
ney sweep before he was turned into water baby.
Probab some Of the Little Men and Little Won
en- who have read the book have wondered why
We never any chimney sweeps; if chimney
sweeps were ever real; II Toms being chimney
sweep wasn't Just part of the fairy tale anyhow
But it was not Little. sooty. black faced CHM
ney sweeps ike Tom very common in big
cities like London and Paris once upon a time.
and the reason they are rarely seen now is that
chimneys are quite differently built. with the in
PRODUCTION Of pipes and other odern contrtvances,
and it would be impossible for even the ieanest
boy to climb UP the length of one
In Paris there still a few small chimney
sweeps to be seen, and their duty is to sweep
out bakers chimneys and ovens. These little fei-
lows come up from Savoy every winter, accom-
panied by their masters, men who take most Of
their earnings and work them hard enough. you
may be II you should 60 TO Paris some
winter. you would very likely hear on a frosty
morning the musical cry;
90! Ool Ramoneur du haut en- bas"'-which
means Sweeper from top to bottom"
And if you looked out Of the window. you would
see sooty little boy, with his brush over his
shoulder and his casque-the cap he uses TO pro-
tect his hair from soot-on his head He carries,
too. bag in which TO collect the SCOT His mas
ter, who goes with him his rounds. has routed
him out of bed good and early, at O'Clock or be
fore
BY and by baker, hearing the cry of the
'sweepet, beCkcnS TO MIN, and ne ana MS MAS
ter go into the bakers shop. The master takes
the boy on his shoulders and totes him TO the
mouth of the oven chimney
shout when you reach the top he warns him
Scraper hand. the boy climbs away, using his
feet his knees and his elbows. In a few minutes
ne passes the second story, the third. the fourth
and fifth and presently emerges from the top Of
the chimney. Then he draws a deep breath and
shouts:
10000, sweep
Then, turning, he descends. scrapIng of what
SCOT is left as he goes. with mis- little scraper. He
gets a good deal on his clothes and his face too
so that If it were for his bright eyes twin
king out Of his sooty face his mother wouldn't
know him.
Arrived at the bottom the small sweep gathers up
the SCOT there In his sack, puts it over his shou-
der and starts in search Of another chimney For
sweeping a chimney the master. who doesn't do II,
is paid q little more than franc \ franc IS not
ot1Ite 20 cents American money OF this franc
the boy sweep gets few sous, which are the
French pennies Yet so frugal IS the little Savoyard
that when he returns 10 Savoy in the spring he
: carries with him quite a nest egg. In Savoy he
minds the goats and breahes the fresh air and eats
the scanty fare-fOr they are very poor, these Sa-
! voyards-tlu fall comes. and then back TO his old
master in Paris and his chimney work BY the time
| he is too big TO sweep chimneys he has saved up
New-York tribune., 1909-05-23
CLIMBING MOUNT RIeI.

Dear Little Men and Little Women l want 70
tell YOU OF an experience had in Switzerland II
was around Easter time in the year 19o5 when
ve vera at Iucerne. One day mother told my
brother sister and myself that would climb
Mount Rigi OF course, we're all delighted. nnd
We started at o'clock IN the morning. 1t was not
n very hard climb up the first part or the noun
tain but pretty soon we came to Where 'here Vas
sroy, and from there II began to grow harder
At last we reached as high we could go be
cause the snow became SO deep that II shut OUT
After getting luncheon we sIToled around 10
a place where we could get GOOD view, OF n tle
gcenery We saw several mountains. including the
JunRfrau and no less than eight lakes. 1t We :
We reached our hotel in time for supper at 8
0'cIoCk after passing n very enjoyable day Your
friend. JOHN kEICHAM 'sseu i-''
New-York tribune., 1909-05-23

IN my Iife" said one woman. when Mrs Wheel
er's cook and maid served the course of FISH and
the entree.
1t only a shower. BY the time the entree
was finished and some Of the women had prtnped
their hair a bit all in the party were ready for
the third lap The next half-mile included sew
eraI crosSwalks In consequence II was muddy
going. A few of the women rode all the way, but
the majority cung TO the heel and toe Mrs
James S Agar, wife of a packer, served them
with salads and roast lamb
From the home Of Mrs. Agar at No 269
Thatcher avenue the entire party walked 10 the
Middleton homestead. Mrs Middletons servant
served ice cream, and after the women had ex-
changed experiences they marched away TO Mrs
J. s. Simpsons No. H2 North ScOville avenue
for the coffee and cheese. II rained again on that
lap but with the inner man, or rather inner
woman, braced with a generous carving OF Mrs
Agar's leg o. lamb and mint sauce. nobody cared
Timers and Handicapped and starter were forgot
ten Thev straggled along In pairs and groups.
now running now walking, all the time laughing
and talking till they got to Mrs simpsons door
Although every said she had eaten enough
already each of the sixty slipped the coffee and
munched the cheese and crackers and kept up
constant conversation. The clothing of some was
wet and bedraggled. but all we're happy when
they started home at SO o'clock. At that mo-
rnent the feminine grand handicappsr announced
that they had travelled twenty-four blocks, three
New-York tribune., 1909-05-23
0be Hcff,0ffy Of Plants

There IS a great difference in the amount OF cli
,,-,,r,tarirg that plants Sometimes the circle
or ellipse is very small, and sometimes it Is large
The stems and tendriIs OF climbing plants have 10
make very wide sweeps. because they are l"oAiHe
Co. something 10 climb on. Some plants. too seem
.. ,,, aroIt inst for the fun OF Il, Ike boys ana
girls. The leaves OF the moving plant which grows
IN Bengal. and which we sometimes keep IN green
houses keep up q continual dance for no reason
at all so far We can see except NiS' 'e'
enjoy II.
1Tanz- other wonderful things might be told ABOUT
fbe movements Of plants. It is quite plain that
tbfne is not an animal because it can move ! ne
scientific definition the difference between d
plant and animal is that the plant can IAN NJ a.
go g,rsc,1,, from the earth water and air, while
tba animal has TO have its food prepared by the
riant But even this rule appears to have It's eN-
centions. and the only thing for Us who don't kno"
very much about plants and animals 10 90 lS 10 '
other people tell US which is which
New-York tribune., 1909-05-23
LAST WEEKS PRIZE WINNERS

Missing Word Puzzle-The missing words in this
puzzle were foot. mouth. nose 0SnOVs). leg. hand.
head. eye, neck. arm The three prize winners
and their prizes are Margaret Miller. eleven years
old DUmont, N J.. interesting book; Jean g.
Hume, eleven years old. Bovfna- n Y. tntsr-
esting book: Thomas Hymes. twelve years old. No.
156 West 9sth street, New York City. a box OF
water color paints
and their prizes in this contest are Frank Q.
Hehne, eleven years old, Chester. Orange County.
y. Y. a sterling silver Tribune badge: Lyman H.
Cunningham. twelve years old. No 100 East SSth
street. New York City. sterling silver Tribuns
badge.
Our Letter Box--see letters BY prize winners
New-York tribune., 1909-05-23
CHICAG0'S LATEST,
MARATHON MEALS
COURSES IRE SERVED BE-
TWEEN SPRTNTS.
Luncheon Giuen the Same Way
Cocktail at One House, BOuitIOn
at Neat and SO On.

eve-coursc luncheon with a haIf-rnile speed
&c endurance walking match between each course
eoo q dianer served along similar lines every
course being eaten at different home, are Chi
cSecs latest remedies for the boredom of formalty
lns luncheon Marathon takes the place Of the pink
tes Il starts at noon ana lasts until D. The
os'her Marathon begins at o'clock and is finished
al midnight II is therefore possible for a
testAnt In the intermittent afternoon event TO
uhue en, il ne be still hungry after six hours OF
eanng. ana enjoy the good things OF fifteen sepa-
rate lsreers at a single meal OF twelve hours
oU1stlon. This plan. however. is not recommended
os TIE rspturous votaries of the innovation. be-
S4use II brings the cocktail Of the dinner into too
&S'e cosnnEEioa w.sh tie ice cream ps the lunch
New-York tribune., 1909-05-23
HONOR LIST.

/ Villa D. Alexander. 2, May Axmer ), Juia
Baesler: t. Irene Bannon; ., Adair Black; 8. Edgar
Bachle; T. Howard Corcoran s. Ada r. Case; s
Loretta De Coursey: TO- Mary s. Denslow; II,
Maebelle Deery; r. Ruth Forstrom: 13. Anna Field
man; H. Donald Fletcher; Is. Sarah Golsenberg; l6
Herbert Gavey: Il. Pansy n. Hertford IS. Ruth
Eunice NJ Johnson: % Nettie Handel: %. Louise
Kingsley; "a Louis Kurtz; % Elsie Lord IS. Ethel
Lyons; q. Grace T. Miller; 2S Julia Muller; %.
Caroline Moorehead so Milton A. Moore; 81. Anna
Murray; 80. Fred Mann SO. Veronica O'Brien; 81
Mildred Oats: 80, Arthur Puenskey; SO, Harold
Post; 81. Arthur Rothfeder; 3S Walter c. Roberts,
39 Gertrude L. Reimer; 70. Harris Rockefeller; Il,
Frances B. Small: ~. Henrietta Tate 43, Margaret
Rucker: a. Helen Wakelee; 45 Beatrice Whyte; 10
Rose Watson: Il, Cornelia Z. Wright: As. Helen
Winans. 40. Alice Young: So Alexander Zeissig
New-York tribune., 1909-05-23
LITTLE MOTHERS, CLUB.

Dear Little Men and Little Women: am going
to tell you about a club which I belonged. II
called Little Mothers Club" We organized
1t for the sake of helping very poor woman who
had q lot Of children. I. being president had TO
conduct most Of the business. From time TO time
we gave plays Cau the members taking parD IN a
public hall. and We cleared so. We met once
a week at the houses of the different members On
arriving al the house first called the ron. we
next considered tho business. then refreshments Is
were served and after that We played games ana
did many different thirgs. our colors were red ana
white and we had gold pins with the initials
l. NJ c. them. When some member proposed
another girls name and would say she wished her
10 belong would vote and II three OF more per
sons voted against her she could not become
member: otherwise she could We had many gooC
times and I sorry when l moved from the
town in which It was. Hoping tc see this In print
T. NJ TAYLOR (aged 1D.
No 22l Pine street. Freeport. y Y
New-York tribune., 1909-05-23
FOREST CRAFTSMEN.

Mime Wasp: Artistic Pottery" IS sign yoo
may read as you traverse some woodland oypatn'
and possibly you may be so fortunate as TO ses
this clever lady at work Look. there on that wild
rose spray are three OF her clay jugs set out to
dry. How graceful they are. each with its small
recurved neck She considers them more orna-
mental when not entirely smooth, so she has
dabbed on an extra bit OF clay here and there. to
break the symmetry.
Do you know that in each jar the potter has
carefully placed an egg. surrounded by a half
dozen small spiders. in warm storage Each spider
has been stung just enough TO paralyzs him. but
not to kill him. So. you see. when the -wasplet'
bursts his egg shell he Will find himself IN sea
OF fresh spider meat which IS dear to his palate
as ice cream IS to yours
MARGARET W LEIGHTON.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-23
HosO TO Win q Prize

heading The letter may contain incidents IN your
life anecdotes Of pets novel school experiences
tbinss 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 out for lack of space
in the week they are received But If such Is the
case they always appear the page later.
Be sure to state your age
BE sure to give your choice OF prizes
Be sure to give your name and address
Contest closes on May %. Age is considered IN
awarding prizes. Address your letters and answers
to Little Men and Little Women The Ne"-iorA
Tribune New York.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-23

Contest No CAfissing Word Puzzle).-Choice Of
box Of water color paints, sterling silver Trib-
,1ne badge an interesting book an imitation ivory
paper knife pair of pretty cuff or collar pins or
pearl bead necklace for the neatest and best
three answers.
Contest No CThings to Think About)--Choice
of an interesting book. a sterling silver Tribune
la 1ee a pearl bead necklace, a box of water color
paints pair of pretty cuff or collar pins, or an
Imitation ivory paper knife for the neatest and
best two solutions.
Contest No. 5 COur Letter BOx).-A prize Of 81
will be given for every letter printed under this
New-York tribune., 1909-05-23
ADVICE PUZZLE.

ADVICE PUZZLE
Here is some advice for little folks from the Wise
Man Of the Kingdom of Puzzledom. II is rather
hard 20 read because of the words are spelled
so strangely since he has taken the trouble TO
send IL SO iar of all the readers Of the Chill
dren's Page will try to find what it is he wishes
10 say to them.
NJ darling child. II you y,
You will not strain your sun-bright l.
The stranger cat you viii not I,
You'll ne modest a hive of b B.
You'll visit lands beyond the {,
And, when you live at your . Q;
When hungry you'll remember p p.
When thirsty, drink the finest L
DIAMOND.
/ In working and IN playing
. What the sun will DO TO our faces whenever he
has a chance.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-23

Dear Editor I writing rather taroy thahks
1 +be Interesting book I received from you 1
"a .,,acted : rather ordinary book OF fiction, and
US greatly pleased at kind Of book received
Possibly YOU Will think this strange, for nearly
.verv bov or girl lives a public library at
which it Is possible TO procure the current novels
But the books which it is incest TO own are those
-tt,, ara classical or almost So books of travel,
If natural history and few Of ones favorte
authors think may say that most Of my books
are of this character, and the book you sent me
was one I was glad add TO my library Yours
truly, MAfSd[Ai'1
~ 9S Elm, street WaIlingford, Conn.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-23
a BLUEJAY.

Dear Little Men and Little Women 1 thought II
would interest you 20 hear about buejay that
found. II was in winter and quite lot Of Zee and
snow was on the ground The poor birds beak was
stuck 10 the ice. He almost dead when found
him. I brought him In the house and my brother
got box and We IT the radiator with him
IN It.
We thought he would die. but soon he was 50
lively mamma had TO put Stats on the box SO ne
could not get out. When came home from school
at noon let him go. We went out on the rooI
took of the Stats and let him hy away he seemed
10 be glad to go, but he came 10 our house every
day Yours sincerely, --z-.- -,
RUTH JOHNSON (aged ID
No ag7 Church street, NaugatUck. Conn