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New-York tribune., 1909-05-30

the MISUNDERSTANDING men and women, who
haven't time or strength when they come home at
night properly to cook for themselves. but who
need good food more than anybody else almost.
Please emphasize that-that what I want TO do
Is provide nourishing, hOmecooked food for peo-
pie who work. she says. 1t IS growing late. and
Noortje has time to talk. Margaret. her small
assistants serious faced child OF the neighbor-
hood. who takes immense pride IN her duties and
in the mutt and "woryzers' on her little brown
head-is gathering up the last Of the dishes The
diners gone, and Noortje has time to talk
She tails Of her life in ArnheTn. the Dutch town;
Of the three years she spent in a school OF do
restio art and science there This school she let.
still young girl. with her diploma as dietician
and another testifying that she had taken the
laundry with credit. Soon she began TO
think OF America
HOLLAND is beautiful" she says. but 1t is
srnaII.' The wanderlust was IN her veins inherit
ed perhaps from a seagoing father and she want
ed TO get away from conservative Holland anu
have room grow in. But her father objected
Travel was nothing to u.s." she said MY
father was long a sea captain. and TO go from one
country to another was nothing to him; he didn't
give a hang for It: and coIonists-we formerly
lived in Java-are accustomed to change But for
a girl TO go alone to America-that was little TOO
much for my father
..Tf Won were to go and be unhappy he said
should never forgive myself the responsibility
But I said to him. Cannot woman OF twenty
four be unhappy her own responsibility And
7 asksd him: rs it great thing to so TO
country where there is perfect social equality be-
tween aI-where there is no caste? For that Is
what thought OF America-then Wen. my fatner
,s a democrat and that appealed to him.
r-ba rnshot was that Noortje to America.
r1Jb.n she saw the Goddess Of Liberty in the Bay
she cried-not that she is sentimental. but she
cried 10 think that here she was at last in a land
| where there were no foolish differences of rank
For my idea of America. she said. was idiotic.
cbud;sb nerfectly absurd Many people in Europe
who have not been here think the same-that the
man or woman who works with the hands is just
as honored as anybody. that social differences do
not exist. They think 1t just as they think many
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30

There isn't much dirt and there isn't much color
for East Side street. There are plenty of chill
eren. and there are tenements everywhere on
one side Is a great block Of model tenements, Whch
house hundreds upon hundreds Of mechanics, wage
earning women and social workers. II IS the Last
Side. but It isn't Of that teeming, many tongued'
dirty but picturesque East Side that abounds III
eceer foreign eating places. Hungarian RESTAURANTS
and Chinese cafes Consequently the quaint niue re-
sort behind The quaint little sign which says 'The
Dutch Oven" and which swings from low WOOD
en- door opposite the aforesaid model tenemeils'
strikes refreshing note; it's something new ana
foreign and individual in neighborhood that Is
clean and comfortable but doesn't go much peyoho
eeicatessen shops and Italian fruit stands III the
way Of local color.
A few years age girl was growing up in Hoi-
isnd-a round faced girl, whose friends caHed ne
Aoortje' but in spite OF her round face ana heF
pet name she was a girl who had thoughts Ihey
were long thoughts reaching out into America ana
INTO the future OF the working people, Ihe oiaiii
behind the round face was practical one le'iiiz-
iEg the yalue and importance Of good food. Ihat
Is how The Dutch oven happens to be A queer
little piece Of Holland 1t is. with the Ne" "oIIu
srassd on it. Generally there is quite sprlnKlinS
of the New World on the outer steps, In the snap
OF sprsUlng babes If IL is toward O'Clock In
the afternoon the time when East siders SIT out
10 take the air YOU squeeze past two or tlree
faothsrs step over a baby or two. and lift your
skirts 10 avoid disturbing the jackstraws OF a
couple OF small girls who make way Tor you
politely, but look you with appealing eyes as Il
TO beg yoI not TO walk into the game they maven
uEne TO move.
Inside the han YOU lift the primitive latch Of the
ooor ct the side and there is The Dutch Oven
You know at once IL is Dutch. because IL Is so
clean The tables and chairs are OF unpainteo
seoas white from q recent sorubblng. Inc p1Ae
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30

JUS about two hundred years ago there lived IN
Plympton Earl England, little boy VIII" USED 10
spend all his spare time and some Of the time thaI
grown persons thought might have been better en-
rloved in making sketches. The family seems to
have had taste for making pictures. for the lt1le
bows tvo sisters used TO sketch. too and when JeE
couldn't fnd any better materials they would ORA"
on the walls of q whiteWashed passage with burnt
stick The little girls made the best sketches ana
they used to laugh at their brothers. pictures and
cali him -.heiozyn. because they thought HIM SO
awkward The boy also made sketches on the backs
OF his Latin exercises al school, and one day the
schoolmaster who also the boy iaineI, ne
Rev. Samuel Reynolds. found one Of the pictures
and wrote above it: Done by Joshua out Of pure
idleness."
All this must have hurt Joshua's feelings but =
didn't cure him OF the habit OF making sketches.
He copied all the prints he could find IN his fathers
books. and when he was eight years old he had the
good fortune 70 discover a book on perspective.
From this he learned much that he was able TO
make picture OF the Plympton school so good that
his father said il was wonderful" Encouraged at
last by little praise Joshua went drawing. stil
without any teaching except what lie could get from
books One Of these was treatise on painting, and
from Il probably he GOT his first ideas that sub
3ect He began 10 paint in oils when he was thir-
teen years old and his first attempt portrait
Of clergyman VINO was living as q tutor in the
family Of a noheran OF the neighborhood
When he was seventeen The family evidently de-
cded that the only thing 20 do with Joshua was to
let him become painter. So he was ''aDprenticed"
10 the most fashionable portrait painter Of the
Gay, Thomas HJdson. But Hudson did rot know
nearly E-uch about painting the people Of his
time supposed, and there was not much that he
could teach Joshua Reynolds; so Joshua left him
before his time had expired and went back 10 the
country 10 paint portraits for q living After a
while two OF his married sisters lent him money
enough 70 90 TO italy. and when he returned he
painted in such extraordinary way that his old
artist friends We're sure he would never amount TO
anything. Reynolds said Hudson, you don't
paint as well when you left England and
All Reynolds said another. this viii never do
Why, you don't paint IN the least Ike Sir Godfrey
kneer?' But Joshua didn't want to paint ike
Sir Godfrey KnelIer or the other English portrait
painters Of the time. All their pictures. he said
looked like so many sigupost paintings They
made people look as II they were sitting for their
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
HONOR LIST.

Ruth Buck; p Lillian Bridges; j. Anna barre'''
4 Carrie Bergen; 9. Mary Z Billiard, .. Joill -
= -, Con,,. & George Corson; 9. Katharine @.
&C. 10 Werner Clapp; Il, John Chamberlain
p Katharine Dana; IS. Helena Diemer' a. ChaIle7
q Davis; 15 John Dunn; l6. Ramona b. DurSee
! Elizabeth Deale; IS, Jennie Drumnlohu' -
Marion De Laney; 20. Harold EasaI' a. -, o.
,,-. 90 xKIuiarn p Goulard; %. Joseph Hall; "A,
I,r+b5ngton Hunter; %, Molly Hart; 26. Frederick
{. Hubert; q. Howard Johnson; 49, Eleanor keLley'
Co 1Ta+ta lambert; 80 wentworth c. Maynard;
y Alice NJ McKenney; S2 Julie McDonald' 90
Grace E. MCGUIRE 81. Beth Pepper o. Ne ~ u1 ~
- &c carrie Robinson; 81. Reuben Schwartz;
&c Emma. p. skinner: S9 Dorothy Scudder; 90 Ce-
ella sullivan; A. Grace L. schmitt a, Josephine
scbaefer: 49, Barbara A sunehour; 4i' MARJORIE
PERI TAYLOR; 45, Ethel r. Van Steenberghi 46' Jo-
-..-al,or. 40 Richard A WHEREBY; 90, Bertha
Wilson.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
No. 1874 Madison avenue.
The HIGH SCHOOL OF COMMERCE.

Dear Little Men and Little Women: 1 would Ike
to tell you about the High School Of Commerce
the school to which I GO This school Is situated
at 65th street, between Broadway and Tenth ave-
nue. Only boys attend this school.
In the basement there is a swimming pool and
a gymnasium The first floor contains several
classrooms an auditorium, seating 1900 boys, and
the principals office. The other four stories are
made up Of classrooms and laboratories.
There many boy organizations IN com
merce." Literary societies, chemistry and camera
clubs and others Seventy teachers make up the
faculty.
on Friday afternoons there are interesting as
semblieq and often prominent men speak. Some
times plays and debates given TO interest the
students. ,-,-
BOYS who wish to get good business training
should by all means go to the High School OF
Commerce. Your sincere friend, -
RALPH COOPER (aged 49,
Care OF Joseph Cooper, No. is West 18th street.
New York City.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
STORY OF A GRAY SQUIRREL

Dear Little Men and Little Women: Ny brother
Oliver has a pet gray squirrel. which he took out
of G nest when it was very little. It's eyes were
not yet open. oliver took the squirrel home and
put it in a box with soft rags. He fed 1t
warm milk with a teaspoon. He would take 1t to
bed with him. and in the night he would have TO
get UP and feed It more warm milk When II
wanted milk It would squeal When the squirrel
grew larger Oliver made a cage for it. We feed
IL all kinds of nuts. and now 1t is SO tame that
we bring It in the house and it will drink the
out of doors and IL would not go away, but once
It ran away and was gone two months. One day
a man was passing through a park, when our
squirrel jumped his shoulders. The man was
very much surprised. but took 1t home and put
It in a cage. The man heard that had lost a
squirrel and brought It to oliver. We have al
ways been afraid to let il out since then; 1t is
more than years old now, and is just as
happy be.
MAX 7. CARRUTH (aged ID.
No 12s North Washington street. Tarrytown'
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
At the Sign of The Dufcb O0e1
"Noore" Young Woman with Ideas ProVioes "orNeFS
with Wholesome Food for Little Honey

eoor &c freshly scrubbed, the walls painted a
cool soft blue. long dull-yellow curtains sway
in the broeze from the open windows. There are
a few bits of Dutch pottery about. and on the
r7ante, A row of pictures, showing the dlfterens
headdresses Dutch women wear Ana there .iS
Noortie herseIf-round faced and whoIesone-cOoh'
waitress rlarketer and manager of The Dutch
60, waiting on the customers. her thick brown
III hidden under n lace mutt Ccap). with the
ro,,s brass woryzers (ear-covers) harng on either
side.
7 is an interesting crowd that NooTtte is serv-
,nq with fried liver and onions, baked potatoes
salad accompanied with anchovies on dehclous
kind OF fried bread; "griesmeel pudding ana
coffee Around one table quartet of young
,.oroen bachelor girls the model tenements
onposite voIubIy discussing woman suffrage labor
unions and how to get both furniture and space
:; +teIr tvyo-room fats. One is an officer In q
,z,on,an's lapor organization, a newspaper iree
7a,ca and social secretary for a business firm
a,otl,er a girl with big black eyes and the flesh
nearly worn off her by her intensity works In a
factor,, dsvtimes and spends her evenings speak
inc al suffrage meetings, labor meetings any 'iis
49, means one of the causes dear to her heart
60 ,a etropg ideas on everything, this girl It
-. &C ,,,,nntes before you learn that she left
-, ,t,rtabIe home in a New England town because
81, ,,r friends kept interfering with what want
= - 40 and that one-piece gowns with no corset
-, +ray, are the only artistic things to wear
IT, ,-isavis Is a quiet little girl VINO teaches
school and opposite her Is Dahlsh slri WIN NJ
- ,,es who is rashly giving up good job
- ,,,d he spoiled by the old folks" Good
10 - - have these girls; each puts
s' that the Dane gravey calls "a manly por-
a. a,otber table is a group of nurses in uniform
e, ,be hr hospital nearby who have got one
of them says ';awtully tired OF the training scn00l
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
LAST WEEKS PRIZE WINNERS.

Missing Word Puzzle-Birch. fur O1r), beach
Cbeech). pine and maple were the missing words III
this puzzle The neatest and best three answers
came from Margaret Boand. fifteen years old, No
Erwin Park Montclair N J., who wishes ster-
ling silver Tribune badge; Helen Morrison thirteen
years old Sea Girt, y. J.. pair II pretty cum OF
collar pins; Eugene Halght. thirteen years old. No
2O4 West 1SSd street New York City, sterling sill
yer Tribune badge.
Things to Talk AbOut-The two prize winners and
their prizes In this contest Joseph V. Blake,
twelve years old West Anderson street, Hacken-
sack. n. J.. box OF water color paints, and John
Draper twelve years old. New Milford. Conn, an
interesting book
Our Letter Box-See letters by prize winners
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
HosU TO Win a Prize
,ete. without charge or consideration

heading The letter may contain incidents in your
life anecdotes of pets, novel school experiences.
things seen in travel 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 received. But II 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 June 4 Age IS considered in
awarding prizes Address your letters and answers
to Little Men and Little Women. The New-York
Tribune New York.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30

Perhaps the young readers of The New-York
Tribune would like to hear about my pet lizards.
Many of you I suppose will say, ugh! lizards;
how do hate them" But you couldn't help liking
mine because they are so smart. l found them
two years ago in the woods that surround Schroon
Lake. They were wild, but endeavored to tame
them, and I think I have succeeded very well.
They eat little pieces of meat. flies and mosquitoes
out of my hand; and whenever any one goes near
their cage they all flock to side in the hope Of
getting fed. I have tried to make their cage look
like the country they left by putting moss In the
bottom OF IT, planting small fern In the centre
and placing at one end a dish filed with clear,
cold water with few stones and rocks in It. 1t
looks just like a miniature forest, and am sure
the lizards are inst as happy If they were
back at Schroon you know that now
fbey are always sure of a square meal
MARION RICHARDS (aged 15).
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30

Of them. tha; you pick up money in the streets
in America I didn't want to pick up money, but
wanted to work and be respected I reco.iect how
surprised I was when the manager OF a yuoran's
exchange through which I sought work raised
her eyebrows on hearing say that would taxa
a place general servant IN fsmily.
- DO you really mean that you would b s,ssr-
want in a family she asked.
Surely 1 said. Why nOt?'
oh. very well.' she said. If you can take such
a position
Two or three such positions NoortJs took snd
much hard work and loneliness was her portion
The work she did not mind; what she did mind
was finding out that caste existed IN America tust
as in Europe. Bit by BIT this knowledge came 70
her. She relates one conversation she had with
old lady who was suffering nervous break
down.
TT is no wonder this old lady said. that
am i'll. 1 have had great shock My son married
a head waitress
.I did not understand. said: Why should hs
not marry a head waitress7' She looked at me
Would you like your brother in Holland to marry
a head waitress?
..Ah. but that Is Holland. This is America
said"
Friends people from Holland who have lived
long in America assured Noortjs that shs had
better give I'D her dream Of being a household
servant In America. After that she acted as man
aeer OF the food department IN the summer homs
~ a settlement house. and then was matron In
a probation home for girls. where she worked hard
al day and part OF the night at the rate Of
cents an hour. Between times there would os
dreary DAYS Of looking for a job" All this tins
it was being borne in upon her that restsurans
conditions In New York very poor.
There are plenty Of Italian restaurants she
said where YOU can get a hvs-course dinner for
not much money. but the food is so complScatsd'
YOU eat great many little things. but somehow
soon after you leave the table you are asaAn
hungry. They use condiments TO conceal the tact
that the food isn't good
To have A place of her where she coaio Do
h.- ov, mistress and furnish good food for work
ing people grew to Be Eoort5es dream Ao@ -
dream 6as come Uua --
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30

Contest No. (Nhats Wrong? Puzzle).-Cholce ol
a sterling silver Tribune badge. a box or water
color paints. an interesting book, a pearl bead
necklace pair of pretty cuff or collar pins or an
imitation ivory paper knife for the neatest ana
best three answers.
Contest No. 2 CThngs TO Think About)~Cholce
of an interesting book, box Of water color paints
sterling silver Tribune badge. an imitation ivory
paper knife, a pearl bead necklace OF pair OIL
pretty cuff collar pins for the neatest ana pest
two solutions.
Contest No 3 (Our Letter Box).-A prize OF 81
Will be given for every letter printed under this
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
REVERSIBLE WORDS.

The first word defined in each number. when
spelled backward viii give the second.
/ One of the necessities OF the laundry-a little
word much used adverb, proposition or con-
junction -.
OF certain wild grasses that grow in wet places
3. A division in hospital-to practise the art OF
delineatiOn.
4 The kingdom to which any natural object must
belong II 1t is neither vegetable nor mineraI-the
blade or expanded portion OF leaf
8. A prickly seed vesse-to polish by friction
g. The fourth part of an acre-an entrance.
Z. To make thread from short nbres oy uFdW-
ing them out and twisting them tOgether-pinches
: A kind OF nose that is not generally considered
heautiful-srnali cakes raised and sweetened
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30

fare" md come to Noortje TO be fed. Over at a
corner table sit a young workman and his wife.
the woman with fat baby on her knee she
weighed down by the of the baby, the nus
band tells neighbor, and it's change for her
to come to The Dutch Oven Thirty cents dinner
is not bad. At another table is a curly haired
man who has como over from the West Side, lured
by curiosity. and who speedily gets talking about
social reforms with a mechanic next him. The
mechanic, on his part, relates how his wife Is
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
~NooRrJg" AND LITTLE MISS DUTCH OVEN

away. and how he burned up nearly every pot
and pan in the house trying to get his own din
ners. till to his relief he discovered The Dutch
Oven.
People from a distance come there-people IN
automobiles, to buy Noortje's delicious home-oaked
bread her famous "raisin bread" her Dutch
mystery cookies which taste like nuts. ana all
sorts OF nice things, the recipe OF which Is her
secret. These wealthier patrons are all right but
the peopls Noorie wants to reach are those OF
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30

Dear Editor: I received the check for and
thank you very much for it. That was the first
dollar ever earned I put it In the bank. and
saving all the money I get. My papa and two
sisters are dead. and there only mamma and
I left have been I'll and had trouble with my
eyes. so I could not study or write very well.
Thanking you again for the check. remain your
little friend. EDNA ST GEORGE
No IS Pequannock street. Bridgeport. Conn.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
LETTERS OF THANKS.

Dear Editor: received the book and water
coors. l delighted with them. and think they
are well worth working for. anxious to get
the badge and in,end to try hard for il. Yours
respectfully ARTHUR JOHNSTON
No. sos Ninth avenue. Long Island City. y. Y.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
Oar Letter Box

in a voyage, SO when a real fire there would
be confusion.
I myself hoped there would be another one be
fore we landed for days in md-ocean are rather
tedious and diversion Of any kind is welcome
Hoping this will interest you, 1 am. yours truly,
KATHARINE GOOLD (sged 13).
Cnr1fh SIunr Albany.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30

Dear Editor: I wish thank you for the check
received for my story It is the first money prize
ever won. and .am very proud o. 4 Sincerely
Middle Hope, y. Y.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30

Dear Editor: want TO thank you very much for
your beautiful sterling silver Tribune badge I
think was very well rewarded for solving your
pszze maze. I hope to obtain another prize soon.
Your little reader VIRGINIA REID.
No. Il Grove street.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30

Dear Editor: "RoI and His Friends" which I
received a prize for a drawing. came about a
week ago Il Is a beautiful little book and I have
enjoyed ii very much MARGARET CHAPLIN.
No 1O11 James street. Syracuse. ". Z
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
MISSING RHYMES.

I seemed a harmless little --
But grew with much amazing g.
That soon there stood sturdy
IN a corner OF the garden.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30

ADVICE PUZZLE
My darling child, II you are wise,
You will not strain your suubrizf1t eyes.
The stranger cat you will not tease,
You'll ne'er mOlest a hive OF bees,
You'll visit lands beyond the seas,
And when you can. live at your ease;
When hungry you'll remember peas
When thirsty, drink the finest teas
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
POSTCARD EXCHANGE.

Dear Editor: VIII you please enter my name on
the postcard exchange. as 1 shall be GLAD 10 ex-
HELEN CAMP.
No. 256 Putnam street. Hartford, Conn.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
Things to Think About
ANSWERS TO PUZZLES

9. To assembie-to produce sbundzntly.
10. A gentle blow-a boys nickname
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
nv PET LIZARDS.

58 South Swan street. Alba
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-07
SAN PEDRO SHIPPING

SAN PEDRO. Aug 6.--The steamer Santa
Rosa arrived tonight from San Francisco
via Santa Barbara and Redondo with pas
sengers and freight. She VIII clear tomor-
row for san Diego, returning Sunday.
Steamer william II. Murphy, Capt, Corn
ing, arriving three days from Eureka. VIII
discharge $4,000 feet of lumber for the Pa
cnc Coast Lumber company
steamer Grace Dollar completed discharge
of a lumber cargo and cleared for Hueneme
where she will load general cargo for san
Francisco
Steamer Clnremont has arrived from
Grays Harbor via san Francisco with mixed
cargo Of ties and lumber for the southern
Pacific. Part of cargo is consigned to
wholesalers at San Diego.
Schooner Louise finished dscharging 45o.-
600 feet of lumber for the Kerckhof- Gunner
company and sailed today in ballast for
Umpqua river to reload.
Steamer Casco finished discharging 100000
feet of lumber and cleared for Columbia
river to reload.
After discharging part cargo OF lumber
here the steamer Wellesley cleared for Re
dondo with remainder
Steamer Hanaei arrived from San Fran
cisco with freight and passengers. She Will
clear on return trip tomorrow.
Departures include Yellowstone for Ho-
quiam. Claemont for San Diego, and Harold
Dollar for Grays Harbor.