Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-28
CLUB IDEAS

take at least one week away from
my work and pay back all the de-
lightful welcoming visits which have
been made to me. Hosts of the boys
and girls have taken time from study.
play or some other occupation to come
into my office this past week and tell
me they were glad to have me at home
again.
None of them can know what a help
these visits have been nor how deeply
1 appreciate all their good wishes and
the many kind thoughts which
prompted the delightful personal notes
of good cheer which followed me away
to my quiet resting place in the Santa
Rosa mountains.
1t is the greatest delight to me to
know that through a spirit of affection
or of courtesy the boys and girls of
Los Angeles attend to my wishes and
write frequent notes. Some of these
are to each other, many are to me.
Either way, the result is good, for
anything which encourages the free
expression of thought is of benefit to
the boys and girls now growing up and
will prove more and more of a salts
faction as the years go on.
l have several new schemes of which
will speak at length next week. One
of these concerns the issuing of a
Herald Junior pennant made in the
same fashion as are the school pen
nants. While that matter is pending
l would like some informal sugges-
tions as to cOlors for the Herald
Junior. If we are to have pennant
We must have some colors.
There is already one Herald Junior
club formed among the pupils of a
local public school. Next weeks paper
will contain the story of the forma-
tion of this club, names of officers and
a picture of the members. With that
scheme outlined shall hope 4Nat many
other schools will follow and 1 shall
be able to offer some suggestions in
the way of work and rewards which
will interest you all L am sure.
The new topic seems early, l sup
pose. Christmas is still so far away.
But already the strings of Christmas
tree tinsel in the shop windows and
punches of holly at the street corners
hardly make us believe that it will
soon be time for the visit of good old
Santa Claus. The sunshine of the
days and the balmy evenings have a
tendency, too, to make us think that
the calendar must have gone wrong
this once, but all these signs are true
enough and before we know it we will
hear the sounds of jingling sleigh bells
and the trample of the tiny hoofs of
the reindeers upon the roof, the stock
ings will be hung and expectant little
folk will waken with the first glimpse
of dawn eager to know whether Santa
has been here.
There are many children in all this
big United States where Santa will not
go, however, and am sure that if the
boys and girls of Juniordoni could
have their say they would suggest
some way of having him visit all these
poor little ones. For that reason
suggest that you each imagine your
selves taking a trip with the good old
Christmas Saint and help him to de.
eide upon the places to go and the
places TO forget. There is a good
chance here to show some imagination,
some sympathy, some sentimentality,
and a good deal of good common sense,
and l hope that a great many young
writer's will make the effort. The
prize will go to the writer who makes
some serious attempt to point out a
practical, helpful way of distributing
the Christmas gifts to those who most
need and deserve them.
With love for you all,
AUNT LAURIE.