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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-28
Makes TalIIess Kite

Dear Aunt Laurie:
To make a kite, first get some Stats.
Cut them as think as you think Is best.
Cut the sticks in whatever shape you
want the kite. Have them exactly
even from one end to the other. Do
not join the sticks together with nail,
for 1t Is likely to break the sticks in
two. Then join the string to the end
of each stick.
Fasten 1t tight, so 1t will not slip
down. When that Is finished you are
ready to put the paper on. Take any
kind of thin paper so when you fly
1t 1t viii not be so heavy. Lay sheet
of paper on the floor then take the
frame of the kite and put 1t on top of
the paper. Cut around the frame, leav-
ing about half an inch to fold over the
string. Put paste or glue on the half
inch margin and fold 1t over the string.
Now you are ready for the belly band.
The belly band of a tailless kite should
be joined where the two sticks cross
and at the bottom of the perpendicular
stick Put 1t so 1t will touch the end
of the horizontal stick and put the
string where it touches the horizontal
stick Then the kite is ready to fly.
LOYOLA WEISS.
6z7 College street; CASTELAR, street
school, class A6.
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care REQUIRED IN eulIdIna

Dear Aunt Laurie:
To make a kite you must have Stats,
shakes or rattan for the frame. Then
you put the string around to keep the
frame together. Cut the tissue or ma
terial that you are going to use in the
shape of the frame. Allow half inch
margin to turn it over the string. Lay
the paper on the floor and lay the
frame on top of it. Put glue or paste
on the half inch margin and turn 1t
over the string.
If you put the paper too much on one
side it will dodge and fall to the
ground and maybe break. You can use
tissue, silk, paper cambria or cheese
cloth.
You paste the paper over the string,
and if you are going to have a tail,
put it on. In tailless kite the belly
band should be Joined where the two
sticks cross and at the bottom of the
perpendicular stick.
ESTELLA ORSATTI,
625 Castelar, street, Castelar, Street
school, age IL, grade A6.
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Wants Box Kite

Dear Aunt Laurie:
One day when the wind was blowing
quite hard l thought would make a
kite
In our back yard there was a bamboo
tree. / got some pieces of bamboo for
my kite. 1 was going to make a star
kite l got the frame made, then I
had to go to the store for some tissue
paper.
got red, white and blue. When
got my kite made I had my brother
hold 1t up; then l started to run with
1t. and the wind took 1t up till we could
see only little speck In the sky.
About the only kind of kite that I
have not made is a box kite. / have
not been close enough to see how one is
made, and would like to know IL any
OF the Herald Juniors know how to
make box kite.
LESTER REBBECK.
Palms, Machado school, grade Z: age
IL years.
1 hope some of the Juniors will tell
Lester how to build box kite.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-28
Kites Must Balance

Dear Aunt Laurie:
You must have two sticks. You have
to wind string around the sticks. IL
you drive nails in the sticks 1t will
split the wood.
You put string around the frame.
Lay the paper on the floor and put the
kite over it and cut around, leaving
a margin so you can paste 1t around
the string.
You put a bellyband on the perpen-
dicular stick. Put it at both ends and
balance it right, or you will have to
put a tail on it.
SETH A. SMITH.
1O41 Horton street. Age 10 years. Cas-
telar school, grade A6
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-28
Making a Kite
Dear Aunt Laurie:

Dear Aunt Laurie:
To make q kite we must first have
Stats or shakes. Then we must make a
frame and wind strong Irvine around
to hold it together. 1t would probably
break the kite to take nails to hold it
together.
To cover the kite we can have tissue
paper, cheesecloth, silk and paper cam
brio. If you pay 10 cents for ball of
Irvine, then we are sure to have 1t good
and strong. To put the paper on we
must have good paste. Then lay your
paper on the floor and put your frame
on top of 1t. You must leave about a
half an inch so as to lap it over the
string.
To fly 1t we must have a rather
strong wind. If the kite Is too light 1t
needs a tail. To fly kite you must
hold 1t tightly. If you don't you will
have no kite.
RUBY JORDAN.
CASTELAR, street school, grade BIG.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-28
Exciting Time with Kites

Dear Aunt Laurie:
1 made kite out of purple tissue
paper and put yellow eyes and mouth
on 1t. 1t took spells. 1t flew for
while and then it would not fly. 1t
would dart. My friend Sadie Watson
and / made two more then, but neither
would fly We would run with them
and see them fall and catch in the
weeds.
My brother can make good kites and
they will fly. He made one for me and
I took 1t UP on hill near by and
flew it. 1t got caught as was pulling
it in and it tore.
Kite flying is very exciting aid like
to see the little girls and boys have fun
flying them. HATTIE MCCLURE.
2640 Ganahl street. Cornwall street
school, grade B7. Age IL:
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have done this get it straight from the
kite and tie loop on the string. Then
tie the string on the small loop and
then you are all done.
When you are through flying the kite
leave about a foot of string on. If you
leave much more string on 1t gets tam
gled. If you do not leave enough you
cannot tie your string on without MAX
ing a large knot up near the kite. Then
the kite does not go UP well.
EARL BOOKER.
CASTELAR, street school. Grade BIG.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-28
A Visit to Grandma

Dear Aunt Laurie:
I will tell you about my visit to San
Diego.
My grandma lives there, and twice
year l go and visit her. From San
Diego we go to Coronado on the boat.
Then we go to Tent CITY, 1t is nice to
listen to the music and go in bathing.
We go back to San Diego and eat our
supper and go to ged. This all hap
pened on q Saturday. Then we got
our good sleep that night. The next
morning it was Sunday. We ate our
breakfast and got ready to go to Ia
Jolla. We got our lunch ready.
ALICE CRUTCHFIELD.
917* East Seventh street, Ninth street
school, Al.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-28
A Patched Kite
Dear Aunt Laurie:

Dear Aunt Laurie:
want to tell you about my kite. I
make my own kites. My kite has a
hole in 1t and put a patch on it.
I make three sticks first Then I
take sticks and cross them and wind
the string around the middle of them.
1 then cut a piece of paper to fit it.
Then 1 paste the paper on the string.
Mamma gives me some flour; then
put some water in it; that makes the
paste.
JOHN HUBERT RICHSON.
Santa Monica; age s; grade 2B, Sixth
street school.
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Strings May Tangle

Dear Aunt Laurie:
To make kite you must have paste,
string, shakes and tissue paper. To
make tail you take two shakes and
take the best bending shake to put
across at the top. Then get it even and
tie it. Then put the bellyband on. Then
take a piece of string and tie 1t where
you have tied the first two shakes on.
Fasten the other end of the string on
the bottom of the kite, and when you
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-28
Fancy coIors for Kites
Dear Aunt Laurie:

Dear Aunt Laurie:
When went to town 1 went to my
cousins, and he had kite and he flew
it. 1 know how to make kite. lam
going to make a kite, little one, and
a box kite. They are not hard to make.
I have lots of kites. Tissue paper is
better for kite, because it is light.
They look pretty when they have diff
ferent colors of tissue paper. The bird
kites are pretty. but I like the home
made kites just as well. 1 am going to
make kite and sail 1t over the lake.
CHARLIE DALLMAN.
La Habra school. r. r. d. No. 3,
Fullerton.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-28
JUNIORS APPRECIATE
THE HERALD PRIZES

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Todays mail brought me the draft
for the prize money ($D. Accept
many. many thanks. I can't tell you
how I appreciate it. Again thank you.
REGINALD HILL.
Dear Aunt Laurie:
want to thank you very much for
the splendid book you gave me for
first prize in unfinished story contest.
Am reading it now and like 1t very
much. Your NIECE
MAUDE EDWARDS.
3027 West Tenth street; age IL; hfth
grade, Hobart school.
Dear Aunt Laurie:
1 have Just finished reading the book
I received as prize for my limerick.
The name of it is "Peter Pumpkin in
Wonderland" just think the pictures
in it are fine, and the story was very
interesting. My family and myself
thought the coloring of the pictures
fine. Your niece,
Hollywood.
Dear Aunt Laurie:
1 received a book from you for writ
ing III Tic llIleTlCk COiltCSIb anu "oiie
to thank you for it. 1t is very nice
hook. / have not had time to read 1t
thoroughly. The book is called the
Minute Boys of South Carolina" by
James Otis. / have never read any of
his writings before, but / appreciate
the book very much. Yours truly,
JAMES MACKEL.
1882 South Flower street.
nv, naar Aunt T.o,1ria
I thank you very much for the
check, which I received last Saturday.
I was so happy when I saw my pic
ture had taken the prize. This week
r am sending you "The Young Gar
dener." I hope you will like it. am
going to join the ST. Nicholas league,
but have not received my badge yet.
Thanking you again, remain, yours
sincerely. FLORENCE e. STROM.
4424 Stanford avenue.
Dear Aunt Laurie:
1 feel quite ashamed to think I have
not written to thank you for the pleas
ure / had in seeing peter Pam"
off, and since then my grandpa was
badly hurt by an automobile, and some
how everything went out of my mind.
I enjoyed the play so much that wish
I could see it again. would like to
fly like Peter and Wendy and the 9TH
ers did. Grandpa is much better now,
and hope will be all right again soon.
I am going to the country tomorrow
for few days. / will thank you again
and close. Your Herald nephew,
SHERRARD S. NOTION.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-28
Kites for Presents

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Once had a kite, and I was going
to my father, and let go of it, and 1
tried to get it and I couldn't.
Then my father got it for me, and 1
let my brother have it, and he let go
of it, and it went up in the sky and
we couldn't find it.
And when 1 went down to Long
Beach boy had a kite, and he let go
of It, and he was sorry He thought
that he couldn't get it. And his father
got him another kite, and he was glad.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-28
Wind Destroys Kites

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Last week was at Ocean Park. MY
friend and thought we would like to
enter into the sport of flying kites, so
we bought two scent ones and then
the fun started.
The wind was so strong that we
could not fly them. When they did go
it blew them all to pieces.
So we gave up in despair.
HAROLD FITZPATRICK.
926 East Fifty-first street.
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Los ANGELES SUNDAY HERALD-JUNIoR SECTION

might. He got the rock over the
string. When he was pulling the
string down 1t broke. He ran after
the kite. He caught the string in q
lady's back yard. He got stick and
wound the string on it. The girl said:
'Thank you, ever so much" and she
went home. MILFORD KEITH.
Twenty eighth street school. Age 10
years. 413 East Twenty-eighth street.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-28

Dear Aunt Laurie:

Dear Aunt Laurie:
/ gave a girl kite. She was flying
1t Saturday afternoon. She let go Of
the string and 1t caught in tree. l
threw a rock with a string tied to 1t. /
got it out of the tree. When was pull
ing the kite string the string broke In
two. 1t caught on the wires. The girl
began to cry. tried to get 1t down,
but / could not throw as high as the
wires, so called a big boy. His name
was Ray. He took my string and
tied rock to it. He threw all Of his
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-28

AT last one day one of the bigger
ROSTERS turned on him, then the other
also, and they drove him in that cor
ner. too.
He was treated SO badly that we had
to take him out. He was not put back
until the two others were killed.
This is true.
DOUGLAS MONTGOMERY.
Age IL, grade 6, Sawtelle city school.
box 49,
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-28
l WONDER

I wonder why a Teller has TO wash his hands
and face.
They always dirty up again in just the washed
off place.
And when Teller skps his ears they say he
has no pride.
No one but NAV twists up my ears and looks
around inside.
And when I wonder why she does, she says
ITO find the dirt
If It's as hard to as that, to leave it in
can't hurt.
DUDLEY A. BRAGDEN.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-28

on the roof while my sister ran. And
1t always fell down. Then tore 1t up
And I made me big kite, and 1t
stayed up in the air. And then l was
on plowed ground, and my shoes were
full of mud because 1t was rainy. And
never flew my kite after that.
KENNETH HINTON.
La Habra school, grade 4. Fullerton,
r. +. ID. No. 3.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-28
New Junior

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Are we allowed to send in any poems
or stories to be published in The Her
aid Junior besides the ones you give US
to write from? Your niece,
LYDIA ANDERSON.
4305 Michigan avenue.
Eyes, any original composition will be
welcome and published when space per-
mits.l
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-28
Has No Kites

Dear Aunt Laurie:
I am sending you the completed lin
erick, but cannot try in the writer's
contest because 1 know nothing at all
about kites. LOIS WAGNER,
Ell Centre.
You will surely know about them
after reading this copy of the Junior,
Lois.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-28
A QuarreIsome Rantom

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Once we had some bantams. There
were three ROSTERS; one little one and
two bigger ones. When the big ones
wanted to eat the little one would not
let them; he drove them into the COR
ner and made them stay there. He
acted like Napoleon.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-28
Exercise Is Beneficial

Dear Aunt Laurie:
am going to tell you about my
kites. / have two kites. One is a
tailless kite, the other Is a box kite.
They both fly good. have two balls of
string. let it all out.
A neighbor boy has two kites. The
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-28

other day when one was coming down
1t fell into q tree.
My sister has a bird kite, too. ]
think kite flying is the best exercise.
WILBUR HOLCOM.
Downey.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-28

His uncle got him kite, and then
he gave one of the kites to his brother.
FREDDIE WARNE.
La Habra school, grade 8, age TO-.
Fullerton, r. r. d. No. 8.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-28
q n q q O [ \

oPoSsUM TO THE BEAR
Go way back and take a back seat,
CO way back and sit down,
Every dog has his day, they say;
My turn comes for renown.
BEAR TO THE OPOSSUM
To go way back and take back seat
1 will not much regret,
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-07-29

and cost per pupil has been s22 against
$50 last year. OF the $50, 900 appropriate
ed for transportation, Orange county re-
ceives the largest amount, f3, 1908, and
Windsor county second, receiving $3,-
110.12. The number of school children
has increased about 400 since last year,
but the total number of children enumer-
ated is about 1000 less than last year,
due largely to the negligence of clerks
and school boards and school districts
who have failed to make q house to house
canvass.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lamphere of Mil
ton were arrested last week Tuesday on
the peculiar charge Of having attempted
to abduct their small children from the
Home for Destitute Children in Burling-
ton. The children, a baby girl 10
mouths old and boy OF four years, were
placed in the institution about three
weeks before by the town Of Milton,
rather than commit them to the poor
farm, they having been previously
abandoned to relatives by the Lsmpheres.
Upon learning Of the disposition of the
little ones, the parents went to Burling
ton and Mrs. Lamphere visited the
Home, requesting that she be given the
custody of her boy and girl. This was
denied her and in the momentary absence
OF the matron, she snatched the infant
from its cradle and calling to the boy to
follow her, dashed up the bed OF Potash
brook, which skirts the Home grounds,
and fed into the woods, where her hus-
band was waiting TOR her. After brisk
chase, the party we're overtsken and ar
rested and the children were returned to
the Home. Mrs. Lamphere confessed it
I har intention - he rhflIran
/ In the woods until dark and then take a
night train for Milton.
/ A party Of four young men who gradu-
sted from the Brooklyn, n. Y, high
school last June and who are putting in a
rather strenuous course of physical prepa-
ration for entrance TO college this fall,
were in Barre last week Wednesday.
These young men walked from Portland,
Me-, and continued to Burlington and
I thence through Lake Champlain to Can
ada. They left New York four weeks
ago, going by boat to New Bedford, then
by trolley to Boston and boat to Port
land. From Portland their real work be
gan. Each Was equipped with a pack
basket and his share of the camp outfit
and they struck out. They are camping
wherever night overtakes them, having
a silk tent which is large enough for all.
They stopped several days in the White
mountains and climbed each important
peek OF the Presidential range, including
Mount Washington. They spent two
and one-half weeks coming from Port
land and expected to be another week
reaching Lske Champlain, as they viii
ascend some CT the principal peaks Of tn,
Green mountains on their way. The
party is composed Of George Pesrsall, K
o. Bondwitz, Marshall Stewart and WsrC
b Renfew.
Peter Erickson of Proctor and Mis-
Selma Anderson of Cleveland, o., VIII,
: was visiting relatives in Proctor, wer
drowned in Lake Dunmore Saturday aft
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-07-29
Rowdyism Cost Money.

For participating in a bossterous
Fourth Of July celebration in the town OF
Putney, about ten miles from Brattle-
boro, four boys, John Patterson, james
Grimes, Benjamin Farnsworth and Dali
ton Howard, were arrested last week
Monday, charged with breach OF the
peace. The boys are from II to 81 years
OF age. Warrants we're also issued for
two other young men for participating in
the same affair, but being warned OF the
officers approach they disappeared.
Sunday. July 4, the six boys visited the
home OF Benjamin Shackford on the New
Hampshire shore OF the Connecticut river
and obtained large quantity Of liquor.
This they carried back to Putnev, where
il was consumed, and then they made
night hideous they broke into the Put
ney Congregational church, rang the
church bell, tore plsstering from the wall
and placed an empty quart whiskey bot
tie on the pulpit. They rolled q spacious
summer house from the estate OF Mrs. A.
A. Langly over a high bank into the
4 highway, efiectually blocking all traffic.
I Not content with this, they tore down
the fence around the home OF Charles
( Knight, despite the vigorous protests %
knight and his SOD, Who were powerless
to stop the rowdyism.
They were tried before Judge f. W.
Gibson of the Brattleboro municipal
court in Putney and all pleaded guilty to
breach Of the peace. Patterson was
fined $40 and costs Of Sl7.04, and Grimes,
Farnsworth and Howard were each fined
I IS and costs of 1904. States Attorney
Charles II. Williams OF Bellows Falls con
Quoted the prosecution. The boys were
not represented by counsel
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-07-29

ernoon. A party of "a young people
went from Proctor to Lake Dunmore
early in the day for q picnic. After
luncheon, four Of the young people, in
Guiding Miss Anderson and Mr.. Erick-
son, started out for q hoatride. They
had not been out long, but were at q
point some distance from the shore, when
a squau came up Unexpectedly. In the
briefest possible time the lake was Gov
cred with whitecaps and the occupants OF
the boat we're seen to be in difficulty. II
overturned suddenly and the four were
thrown into the water. There were sew
eral other boats along shore and by
means Of these the rest OF the party..man-
aged to save two Of the capsized, bus
Erickson and Miss Anderson went down
for the last time before they could be
reached. The bodies sank in over 100
feet of water and were not recovered until
Sunday afternoon. They were taken to
the undertaking rooms at Proctor.
Erickson was the son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Eric Erickson of Proctor and be had re-
Gently been employed ss a marble polish
er by the Vermont Marble company.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-07-29

Constipation causes headache, nausea,
dizziness, languor, heart palpitation.
Drastic physics grippe, sicken, weaken the
bowels and don't cure. Doan's Rsgulets
act gently and cure constipation. 25
cents. Ask your druggist.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-03
What Is Popular Education3

There is a great discussion on popu.
lar education going on just now. The
question at issNe seems TO be whether
education is process TO develop the
growing mind or one 10 hammer in
youthful brains n curriculum passing
the sardine system Of packing. To
the lay nand the question is a simple
one, but TO the educational expert the
lay attitude is "A rank mixture OF igno-
rance, Philistinism and heresy. To
the expert mind the only simple thing
I'm the question is the lay duty In the
matter-to pay the frelght-Baltimor
American
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-03
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
Nat Goodwin Is fifty-two.

Nat Goodwin is fifty-two.
Major Mearns and Professor Lor-
ing will ascend Mt. Kenia.
Ambassador Reid arrived from Eu-
rope to rest at his Adirondack camp.
General Booth was operated upon
IN London for septic poisoning OF the
eye.
Theodore Roosevelt. hunting In
Kenya Province, killed bull ele-
phant.
Frederick Townsend Martin gave a
harvest festival TO children at Combe
Abbey, London.
ID. o. Mills decided TO celebrate his
eighty-fourth birthday at his camp In
the Adirondacks.
G.. w. Patten said he found Euro
pean grain merchants keeping anx-
ious watch on the market.
Judge Elbert II. Gary credits Pres
and fairer spirit among Americas
business men.
General Rush G. Hawkins, return
ing from a trip abroad. said that all
England was affected by fear of war
with Germany.
J. NJ. Barrie, the novelist. on the
occasion OF the bestowal OF honors on
the Kings birthday refused an offer
OF knighthood.
Judge Richardson. OF the Massa-
chusetts Superior Court, said In Bos-
ton that the divorce court was an In
stitution OF civilization.
Senor Frederick Stires, OF Hayti.
said he visited the United States to
buy a ship TO add TO that country's
navy. but hadn't found the right one.
Alexander Millar, confidential man
OF y. II. Hartman, declared on his
arrival from Europe that Mr.. Harri-
man is not seriously Ill, but needs
only rest at home.