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New-York tribune., 1909-02-21

= .ss lffra-- Of Harvard University is book
- no one ia the world except perhaps a few
F-.1,vfsts can read but IL tells quite plainly TO
-a who cares 10 listen a very beautiful story,
q 80 Of love and self-sacrihce such as has
-, been equalled IN the history Of mankind.
= hool, IS an Indian Bible and the story hap
- ike the fairy story that read last week,
- England which was a most unexpected
- for Il 10 happen, too, Just as 1t was for the
.siry story
The Puritans. like most Of the early settlers OF
~, country. were very cruel 10 the Indians. They
"a not seem 10 understand that the children Of
=. forest were human like themselves. They
80 Of them somewhat as we would think OF
s,re-aus Wild beasts, and so the history Of those
- aavs is stained with blood on almost every
= But among she early settlers OF Massachu-
- was clergyman named John Eliot who did
=, see why the white men and the red men should
=. be frothers. He believed that the Indians were
- 5es,sadants Of the Lost Ten Tribes Of Israel.
- he lonced 10 raise them from the state Of deg
-,sa1ien and misery into which they had fallen.
:, he learned their language and went and
--ssrhed in rheir wigEams. lie invited them TO
s,s bu,7se and gave them gifts and food He played
vzh the children and always carried presents for
~ rsie folk when he went among them. He
,-zve1sd long distances through the forest 10 see
,is indian brothers and endured great dangers and
hsrsslips Sometimes the chiefs threatened TO take
tis life il he second time 10 their villages,
t-s ne answered ! fear not all the sachems in
.be country. 7 shan 80 IN my work. and do
,ou touca me II SOU dare" And he did 90 on.
rrt7 al last the Indians came TO love him and
-ers-e him as a father. They came 10 him for ad-
rre In all their difficulties, and would have risked
,hsir lives ta defend aim.
AIr Eliot not only told the Indians about the re-
gren of Che white men and converted many of them
70 Christianity. hut he also taught them the arts
sf ririliza-.or he explained TO them how much
ssstr of Trey would be If they would form per
naneut settlements and cultivate the ground in
stead q wandering from place 20 place and living
Or fsh and game They took his advice. and
fu1nd that it good for in the first settlement
thzI they formed are told that the poorest wig
pa,as were as good as those Of the sacherns in
cshsr places
Aftsr while other missionaries came 10 work
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Little Chinese MuSfcfonS

was quite demolished. and the children had u
leave the burning city Long. weary miles they
trudged on their little legs 10 the ferries Wnere
they crossed to Berkeley. the place where they
still live But If the trip these eight children
are making now in charge OF their teacher. Miss
Davis. turns out what grown people call "a hnan-
cial success" the Home VIII be rebuilt IN san
Francisco, and the little ones will go back there
live.
1t is very interesting TO hear them sing a1c 20
see them too Maud La the eldest girl-Jusr
thirteen-plays the piano. while the other girls
sing and Lum Wong beats time He stands up
very straight. bows profoundly. and waves his
hands at his little choir. and away they 90. sing
ing sometimes in Chinese and sometimes in Eng
Iish. When they sing the Chinese songs they
have the Chinese flag displayed. and when they
sing American songs out comes the American
flag When they are going TO sing Ny Country
,ris of Thee" Lum Wong always says with dig
ritv Audience. please rise Once he made q
mistake and got the people to their feet ne1ore
the singers were ready to begin But Lum Wong
is never embarrassed He just faced about and
said suavely, Audience. please sit down
When the children visited the White House ths
President and Mrs Roosevelt gave them very
cordial welcome, and presented each OF them with
/ a photograph Of the White House They visited
Mr. Straus, Secretary OF the Departments OK CON-
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HOs0 TO GgIfr1 q Prize

Contest No ! fP7overb Pnzze).-Choice Of a ster-
lrE silver Tribune badge. q box Of water color
paints. interesting book, an embroidery set, =
les.her carEcase, A Trip Around The World In
Postcards" or a paper knife for the neatest and
bsst three answers
Contest 10. = tTkings 70 Think About)-Choice OF
sn interesting book. sterling silver Tribune badge.
"A Trip Aroand the World in Postcards a box
q water color paints paper knife, leather card
case o. 81 embroidery for the neatest and best
two sClutl0us
Contest 10. ; observation-disclosures the following
Mother Cpase rhyme Some Little Nice:
some Hffie mice sat IN & barn 10 spin:
Pussy came BY. and popped her head IN
shall 7 cone in and CGt your threads on
~Qh no. kind sir You would snap our heads Oh
For The neatesI and best two original illustrations
a ths above rhyme we offer the choice OF box Of
water color paints interesting book. a sterling
silver Tribune badge. embroidery set, A Trip
s-uund the World ia Postcards" paper knife or
leather cardcase. These drawings must be In
bsck Irz On white paper
Cortesr Nc. ! NOur Letter Box).-A prize Of 81 VIII
b. rlFen for every letter printed under this head
iur The letter may contain incidents In your me-
snecsotes Of pets. novel school experiences or
ths5Ex sen in travel These stories must be orig
issl and must be written one side Of the paper
New-York tribune., 1909-02-21

s+ Delhi N Y has q pale rose boudolr' IN WIZ WIZ
rrieeless art treasures in silver vases ana liH
ore scattered freely on low, white WICKER a.
or in splendid cabinets. and precious DTS OF 80
+ian glass as mirrors and ornaments auolH '-
u,aus guest room at Chaffee Lodge, Walch Is
treated In palest violet, with white and SILVER mas
the adjoining boudoir to correspond
Mrs. Albert Ganatin. Miss Hackstaf, re1olcec
., 8 blue boudoir and Mrs. Goelet Gallatin. As
Miss Post favored white. with pastel hanglnBs'
Mrs Beverly Duer. who was Miss Sophia Pool. mas
c,ung 70 blue as her favorite shade. In her girl
hood home she had most attractive nest, with
white enamel furniture and blue rugs and hang
trgs which are copied IN her town house as
nearly as possible, mahogany furniture replacing
the enaraeIIed wood. however.
Pink in different shades is in Mrs. Harry
Mortgomerys city home from garret to cellar. nd
pink only so the interior OF the house is Ike
the heart OF a rose. Her boudor blooms in palest
rose a delight to eyes of all fortunate enough
to be hidden there.
Mrs J. Fischer Banks. who was Miss Aida Oddie,
chose blue OF the robins egg shade and Miss
Helen shelton her best friend, took pink Mrs
Eben Wright who was the third OF this trio
selected fascinating pale primrose and. with
antique mahogany. odd bits Of Dutch silver, ger
man favors by the hundreds and pictures galore
from photographs of friends TO family portraits
contrfved an unusually interesting room for COM
fort and pleasure. Palest gray. with silver, Shs
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country. although California has many wonderiui
houses where their comfort is realized to such an
extent that every bedroom has such an ADJUNCT
Mrs Hearst in her celebrated country house tnere'
has for her boudoir larger than is ordinarily
used and commanding magnificent view Of noun
tains and river The furnishings also out Of the
ordina=y for no particular epoch or style has been
aimed at and Colonial and mission the latter genu-
inc and from the old missions in the state) sta11
side by side with cool-looking wicker All invite %
comfort. and with book-strewn tables and huss
OF fragrant flowers the place is truly maven
Of rest Throughout the South the boudoir Is
necessity. for the warm climate makes a midday
siesta q part of each day surely as the sun
shine And this could not be INDUCED in in the
sleeping room which has 10 be closed after "dohs
up to keep it in the proper state OF eoolness IoF
the hours Of dressing for dinner.
The colCnists from France and England unoouoI-
edly brought the boudoir with them and developed
it to the best OF their ability in the New World for
the homes they had left behind them. in many in
stances were luxurious for those times. and were
Nd where the Huguenots took refuge in the times
Of religious persecution in France, many lovely
manor houses erected by men who had re-
nounced their titles, and in their new homes was
found every possible contrivance for the grathea-
ton Of their gentle-born wives, that the exile
might not prove altogether heartbreaking. Thus
Maryland adapted the boudoir idea. and with these
New-York tribune., 1909-02-21

President Roosevelt recently had visit from
eight Of the Quaintest little musicians who ever
travelled over this broad land Their names are
Maud Iai Grace and Lydia Woo. Ida Alice Pearl
and Ruby Tsang. May Shen and Lum Wong. AS
YOU may guess they Chinese-little Chinese
children from San Francisco, journey1nS about,
singing and playing for people, trying to raise
money TO help rebuild their Home-the Mission
Home for Chinese Girls-which was destroyed in
the great earthquake that made SO many San
Franciscans homeless.
They have visited New York. too these small
musicians. Lum Wong, by the way, is a boy
the one boy in the Mission Home. Lum Wong
who IS nine years old new found himself fatherless
and naotherless and homeless when he wasn't much
more than a baby, and having a determined dis
position he set out to repair the deficiency He
trotted I'D one street and down another and by and
by stopping TO rest peek through fence,
he saw several little Chinese girls playing in a
pleasant yard outside big house
That is the place for me- said Lum Wong 10
himself He didn't have the courage TO go In
that day but day after day he came back and
peeked through the fence-goodness only knows
ho1v he lived meantime-and at last he grew brave
enough to ring the door bell.
..Oh dear me-" said the matron, when she saw
him. I'VE can't let you in. This is home for
girls It's too bad but you must run away
With true Chinese politeness Lum Wong smiled
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haugngs in old rose and white, was chosen for the
pet room of young Mrs. Abbott. and Mrs. Edwin
Main Post has white. with vines of roses. in her
upstairs writing room. which corresponds to the
boudoir OF an unIiterary woman. Mrs. Stuyvesant
FTsh's boudoir at her country place Fernclif, at
Garrison 's-ou-the- Hudson is floral bower. old
fashioned flowers being the design the wall
covering Mrs Charles Astor Bristed. in her Lenox
home also has howered walls in her boudolr. and
the chintz coverings match; luxurious simplicity
can best describe her morning room. for all the
ornaments though entirely in harmony. have been
picked I'D in out-of-the-way parts OF the world,
principally in Italy. and have great value apart
from their beauty Miss Rosamond Dixey's den
is prolific in trophies in the hunt, the
tennis court and in other outdoor sports. Mrs S.
Van R. Cruger, in her Long Island home. had an
ideal boudoir in ivory white and gold, with white
fur rugs on the floor and artistically framed mir
rors in the panels the walls and Mrs Richard
Peabody has one equally fascinating in
French colorngs palest pink blue and other pastel
tints blending beautifully with the creamy wood
work watercolors Of French artists hang the
walls. and Louis XIV furniture. even 10 the writ
ing desk with spindlng gilt legs, all brought
from the other side of the water In the old Ruth
erfurd house, only short distance away. the small
boudoir that adjoins each is papered to CORE
spond TO the room it belongs TO- and quaint howered
designs have been adhered to.
In ths Southern and Eastern states more homes
are built with boudcrs than in any other part OF the
New-York tribune., 1909-02-21
LAST WEEKS PRIZE WINNERS.

Advertising Puzzle-The proverb in this puzzle
was "A Stitch IN Time Saves Nine" The three
prize winners and their prizes are katherine Van
Ingen aged eight years. No. SO East 56th street
New York CITY, sterling silver Tribune oadse,
Ne1colno Wiley aged eleven years. No. Prospect
street Putnam Conn, box OF water color paints;
Hector C. Mckenzie, aged fourteen years Collins
avenue Troy, n. Y, "A Trip Around the WorId
in Postcards
Things To Think AboUt.-The two prize winners
and their prizes in this contest arc Frances Fen
wick aged eleven years No. 672 Crotona Park
South. The Bronx. sterling silver Tribune badge
simon Dombrow. aged fifteen years. No 3 Mese-
role street Brooklyn, sterling silver Tribune
badge
Drawing Entitled "A Blizzard.'-See iHustrauohs
on this page.
our Letter Box.-see letters by prize winners.
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coIor Scben,es and Decorations Adopted by Women OF
ya.rth-IndividuaI Taste and Not Fashion Rules

Oriental bits Of bric-a-brac and quantity carved
ivories formed part Of the decorations ana 'he
hostess reveued as well in charmingly embroidered
ksrnonos for her tea parties that were the envy OF
sI
Frances Archbold who married Frederick Wolcoit
and died on her wedding journey in Japan 1eFheo
her nar+ og the attic into bower of daintiness
with friIiy drapezies. white and gold eHshle4leo
furniture and palest azure walls. All kinds OF
prettv Dresden ware china and lovely water colors
g; .,,y+sblA framing carried out the color scheme,
and with tea one instis sctvely expected wee cakes
In heart shape iced in white or pink
Anne Archbold's was Influenced by her ad-
r,irafion for things costly and odd from India's
coral strand In the middle of theaarge floor space
was a huge bed diyan, raised on dsis OF inlaid
wood from the Far East Tiger rugs were tnro"n
on fl as q covering. and others were strewn m
the floor There were brasses from Benares. silky
rugs and porteres Of Persian weaving. things from
Bombay and Calcutta, each with history and
all combining TO give the place semi-barbarous
beauty.
Mrs Edwin Bernon Sheldon. in Chaffes Lodge.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-21
OUR CANARY BIRD DICK.

Dear Little Men and Little Women.
Perhaps you would like TO hear about DICK. tns
cute little canary bird we have He Is very light
yeIlows with a few black feathers Whenever some
one comes into the room he sings and sings until
the person says: How Go you dO?' to him Then
he stops He is tame that We allow him to ny
all around the house. He likes the mahogany tabls
in the parlo- best
One day last week I walking through tbs
hall with pitcher Of water Dick saw me, new
,1o to the pitcher, sat the rim and then flew IN
and took bath, which surprised me very mtichs
because he will not take his bath unless It Is II
the frying pan
Dick loves to play with spool OF thread. which
he untwists until he has enough in his mouth and
then he will fly to his cage II he sees any one
eating something, he flies his shoulder and Win
his head cooked on side sings until he gets
something TO eat The other day while my friends
and were in the dining room he heW from one
shoulder to the other flew 10 the table 70 eau
the crumbs. Hoping this viii interest you all
HIIDEGARDE GRISCH (aged ID
No 622 Hudson street. Hoboken, " J.
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fashionables and those OF Baltimore and Phiiadel-
phia this particular room came to be the shrine
for the choicest bits furniture In the house Ons
particularly beautiful dressing table owned by q
member Of the De Grasse family a lifting top.
with compartments beneath for the cosmetics and
mirror swung between graceful tapeEing posts.
In Canada. and in Toronto especially. the English
Canadians adhere to every tradition ot their fore
bears, and the woman without her boudoir quite
outside the world OF fashion IN the estimation OF
her friends. IN every OF the superb houses OF
the wealthy the suite, with bou6oir
and bath. and. oddly enough. the staId English
taste instead OF compelling Sheraton. ChippendaIs
or Hepplewhite furnishings. has oIoSsoned into
one for gilt framed mirrors and gold legged chairs
OF fragile aspect that the hangings are the IN
evitable Ponpedou- silks pink blue Liberty
fabrics that accompany modern French artfazs-
In New York the bedrooms OF the women OF ths
society set almost without exception furnished
in mahogany old Venetian carved pieces. Mar
queterfe is also IN high favor. and the wonder -
where many antiques found One woman
with position and millions recently horrined a
group of OF her set VINO were eagerly dis
cussing some antique finds by announcing that
she intended having her room done over. and had
ordered some reproductions OF the antiques shs
liked best. In consequences she did not expect to
pay bills for constant repairs rotten Old wood
In course OF time. she sweetIy added my pur-
chases win be antique. and yours will have czzzua-
bled 10 dust al the rate they are EHlz<
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There Is probably 70 room TO which 1ns "O14. -1
e wealth. whether naatron ~ maid gives 80 NC
ss1ecton or one which reflects her inoiVloua4lly 70
sasA E degree as her bo1doiT
! 1ae married woman has built IN her gOF-
feoax,y appointed house in ths country ana extra
hsss eeadeae1s are PIT IN IN plenty 20 s~o40ee ee
csz-aotions ss tise household In her town mouse
NON as remote as possible from nurseries aho
eher liTng rooms is chosen. and strict oroefs are
even against tha occupant being disturbed Tor any
eal reasons q vital import TO TINS oosey sPO1 :
'eE intimate friends have access at tea houT' Aho,
a-rsFed n Partisan confection-yclept Tea gown
The Eossess HEtsns 70 and retails gossip over shell
s<s eGps with aromatic Russian tea ana lemon
'saezng thu air
The three daughters cf John D. Archbold-Mary.
Anne and Frznces-hzd the attic Of their fathers
.sacioDs mansion assigned TO them as girls, and
-e aens- that each evolved were as dissiTniiar
- could be. Miss Mary Archbold-now Mrs Van
Sesen-had fer boudoir lone IA soft gray sandal
.'eo, with oun blue green and red scarcely of
S-es Dink blended ir the hanginEs. @An manner of
New-York tribune., 1909-02-21
BRUCE.

Dear Little Men and Little Women: am going
TO tell you true and Interesting story about my
pet He was large ST. Bernard dog, and called
him Bruce. In the summer lived at the sea
Shore and went in bathing every day. Bruce loved
the water. and always went with US. One day
papa, sister and went IN bathing Papa told sister
that hs was going TO swim TO the raft. and 70 be
careful and not let me go far in the water, as
I only five years old then. Bruce and were
playing in the water near the beach, while sister
was picking up shells. managed to get on Bruce s
back and hold on while he swan away with me to
the raft. where lot of people were, papa among
them He very much surprised and fright
ened when he first saw me, and did not seem TO be
as proud OF Bruce was, for ne wouldn't let
me go back with Bruce, but took himself.
Hoping you will feel the as do in regard
to Bruce, I your little friend,
MARGARET TAYLOR (aged 1919.
Pima street, Freeport, Long Island
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and obeved but he wasn't downed by any means
Aaain and again he returned. until at last the
rnatron said:
"Wen. well. Lum Wong come into the Home and
be taken care Of"
speedily Ium Wong grew to be the pride OF the
Home He showed a great love for music anu " as as
5ta,,a, 80 ,iald the baton for the girls when they
sang He took the position very seriously once
when the children took part in an entertainment
in San Francisco where most Of the music was
furnished by a band OF trained musicians, i-uIi
1E-or- walked m to the old bandmaster. bowed
very low and said:
You beat time very we'll
The tall bandmaster's eyes danced. but he wasn't
to be outdone in politeness. Graveiy he returned
the bow.
$50 do you" he said
When the earthquake came the mission house
New-York tribune., 1909-02-21
HONOR LIST.

/ Marjory Bell; ., Nathalie w. Boardman: s.
Robert Biener: 4. Mary Cawey; ). A. B. Campbell;
6. s Crassovr: l. Florence Cullen; s. Ward Cheney
Q Florence Case; TO- Edna Dickinson; II. Helen
Diezemann: i2 Kenneth Davies; 13, Josephine
DICKENS. Il Albro Dana; l5 Marjorie Fowler; 16.
Ada B. Field; II. Beatrice Gay; Is. Helen B. CID
bons; i9 Myra l.. Hampson; %. Ethel r. Hine: T.
Gladys Henshaw; % Elliott Jenkins; % Irene NJ
Kaiser; "a Elizabeth Leonard; % Leo Levy; 20
lanes B. Niabon jr.: 81. Sydney Markham; 2S
PbiIip Mindel ir: 2s Oswald Meyer; 80. Julie Nc
Donald; 81 E. Preston; 3D. Daniel Pattison: 81
Johanna Potter; "a, Alfred Poor; 35. Raymond r.
Pardee: SO. Henry Roenne; 81, Helen SengeI; Ss
William Stern: 80. W Vaudeville Strait, Jr' 4V
Elizabeth E Sutton Al. Mildred Snyder; 42. Helen
SCHUYLER: 49, Leon Seward; A, Beatrice Schwartz
IS, Alvina R Zimmerman; 46 Vida A Tamyn; A.
George Thompson 4S. Ralph Weston; 4s. Stephen
Warner; 50, Helen J. Young.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-21
OUR BOYS CLUB.

Dear Little Men and Little Women.
thought you might like to hear OF boys
club, which few of organized in September
We named it the Exalted knights Of Galahad
Circle. We have a ritual based the legends of
that period. and the requirements for membership
that boy Shall be Of good moral standing,
Intelligent, thirteen years OF age and mem
ber Of the Young Mems Christian Association
We meet Thursday evenings, having obtained
the use OF a vacant Soom at the Young Mems
Christian Association, and after the routine busi-
ness we have what we call special orders, consist
ing of spreads game tournaments debates, etc,
around our large round table" After receiving
several applications for membership we set aside
special night limitations. and certainly do
have fun. We have now twenty-five active mem
bers and sixteen honorary ones Our mentors are
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uaerce and Labor under whose direction MISS
Davfs works in California looking out for and
taxing care Of little Chinese girls who are brought
10 this country and fall into harm Lum Wong
was so pleased with his visit to Washington that
now he calls himself Lum Washington wong
And when some one asked him how ne voted ne
said:
when I was in Nebraska voted for Bryan
But now I vote for Taft, because President Rocse-
welt does"
They are having a fine time. the members OF
this little concert troupe, but still they won't %
sorry TO go back TO San Francisco, where, under
the care Of the WOmau's Home Missionary Society
of the Methodist Episcopal Church. they are being
brought up 70 be useful. happy women and men
or. no. must say happy women and happy
man" since Lum Washington Wong Is the only
boy allowed
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the secretary and a director OF tbs Young Mems
Christian Association and my father.
New Years night gave a big minstrel snow
in the Young Mems Christian Association audiro-
rum and cleared enough to refurntsh our room
splendidIy which we have entirely for our own
use now We were so successful that were IN
vited by the 1st Separate Company c N G., 20
repeat it at the I'd Regiment aTmory. We accepted
and the boys are furnishing their jokes since
am crippled devote my attention 70 the financial
and prompting end of the affair Our plans azs
completed for long camping trip during ths sum
rner months. Yours sincerely.
AVERY HAGAN Caged 10
No s. whalley avenue. New Haven. Conn
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Then add two -, and you will see
The title this great hero won
BY glorious deeds that he had done
ANSWERS TO PUZZLES.
ANAGRAMS.
/ st. Valentine.
2 Sunday. February fourteen.
CROSS DIAMOND.
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only Letters entitled to the prize of s. are often
crowded out for lack Of space in the week they are
received. But II such is the case they always ap-
pear 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 February %. Age is considered
in awarding prizes. Address your letters and an
svers to Little Men and Little Women, The New
York Tribune. New York
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I hope, my little friends, that you
VIII not cry out; at isn't true!2
Because it really is, and l
VIII now proceed to tell you why.
This tall Giraffe, as YOU can see,
Once started very mod-est-iy.
But, making up his mind to rise,
He soon increased his former size,
New-York tribune., 1909-02-21

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