Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-11
Honorable Mention)

set the table for supper While she
u looked over the stockings. So they
went skipping downstairs. After a
while they heard their mother coming
downstairs. They both ran to see who
got the prize. She said that Mary got
the prize for the best darning.
Then the mother said: II think that
Jessie may go to grandma's and help
her this vacation. and Mary, you may
go and write your request" So Mary
went upstairs to write her request.
This is what she wrote
'Dear Mother-I would like to go to
Aunt Helen's and see Cousin Marie. II
you will let me go think they will be
glad to see me. That is all 1 ask of
you. Your loving daughter.
"MARY SMITH
Then Mary gave 1t to her mother to
read. After her mother had read 1t
she said that she would ask her father,
and her father said Eyes, so the next
day Mary went to her Aunt Helen's
and Jessie went to grandma's.
After the girls came back they said
that they had had n very nice time.
and Mary's mother asked how Jessie
got along with grandma, and Jessie
said that she had a nice time. because
grandma had her Aunt Ella and her
cousin Lulu come out to stay while
she was there.
KATHERINE LUCID.
10 years.. La Habra school, grade 4.
Fullerton, Cal, r. #. ID. 8.
Their mother gazed meditatively at
the two piles of stockings, six pairs
in one pile and three pairs in the other.
After picking up and examining each
one, she said. II think that Jessies
stockings are the most neatly done,
although Mary's are nicely mended.
award the prize to jessie"
ooh, thank you, mother" cried Jes-
sic, throwing her arms about her
mothers neck, "I'1l have my letter
ready by supper time" Meanwhile,
Mary, | am sorry to say, was looking
rather sulky and went out of the room,
banging the door after her.
Jessie sat down at the desk and
wrote the following: ~
Dear Mother: l am going to ask a
great big favor of you. May Mary
and 4 invite four girls to stay with
us during Easter vacation and may
we have an egg rolling saturday be-
fore Easter lovingly, JESSIE. =.
After supper mother told both girls
to come into her room. After they
were comfortably seated she said,
Jessie dear, 1 said that you could only
ask one thing. but as / intended to-
give you an Easter party anyway 1t
is all right Girlies. l have decided to
let you have house party during the
vacation.
There, there, dears. don't hug me to
pieces" she demonstrated, disentang-
ling herself from two pairs of bear
hugging arms.
"Oh. mother. it's almost too good to
be true" sighed Jessie, happily, Whom
shall be invite, Mary?"
BERTHA wARDELL.
BS grade, Sentous street school; age
II years; 1909 Rich street.
Jessie won the prize. She did the
best darning. Mary said that she
would stay at home.
She did not want to try to milk the
cows and let the hens out and break
the eggs.
1 don't want to be put to bed all the
day. l would rather stay at home and
more fun at home than be in bed all
day. Jessie would rather go to her
grandma's.
DALLMAN LUCID.
Third grade. La Habra school. Full
lerton, Cal, r. F. d. No. 8.
We'll. Mary" said her mother the
next day. how did you get along in
your English composition today?"
''Oh. I don't know" Mary answered.
Miss Jones hasn't corrected our
papers yet. but here is a copy of what
I handed in"
This is what her~mother read on the
paper Mary gave her:
about a million days ago, in a
town million miles away, about one
thousandth~of a million children were
having fine time at a party. Such a
party only occurred about one time in
a million times. They were having
their party on lawn of about a mill
lion blades of grass, and were trying
to eat about million sandwiches.
"The little girl who was giving the
party had told the children about a
million funny stories and conundrums,
when her uncle came and promised to
give the one who bounced a ball the
greatest number of times a million
dollars.
"The children all thought a million
dollars a large amount of money, Of
course. and all tried to win the money.
zone girl bounced the ball q million
times and won the prize.
when she got through about a mill
IfCx. n 30 L.. L. II