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Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-18

CGnH, MOTHER. is this a
picture of you when you
were in a flay?" asked
Rosabel, as she was looking over
number of old photographs.
"See this one" she continued,
holding up photograph showing
a sweet-faced girl wearing high
gold crown and holding scepter
in one hand while beautiful robes
of velvet and ermine gave truly
royal air to the graceful girl.
mo, it is not a picture of me-
said Mrs. Haskell, but the sight
of it reminds me that have suffi-
cient of that ermine put away in
camphor bags to make hand
some muff and collar for you,
and perhaps l may let you have
it made up to wear next winter"
"But, mother, | want the er-
mine, of course, but most of all |
want to hear the story about this
picture. Tell me who the girl
was? Was she a really truly
queen or some beautiful princess
who travelled in disguise and sent
you this picture after she re-
turned to her throne?"
Mrs. Haskell was finishing
some important writing, so she
gave little attention to Rosabel
for a few minutes.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-18

they were very much pleased with their
success, for when they counted the pro-
ceeds there was $3.50.
They went over to the old woman's
house and took the money with them
and gave 1t to her. She was very
much pleased and thanked them again
and again.
In the afternoon their mother took
their pictures, and that was how l
came to get the picture.
What a lovely story" cried Rosabel.
land it was a real little play after all.
You may have the picture to hang up
in your room If you like"
This pleased Rosabel very much, and
she went to put it in her room.
LENA TRITCH.
Age II years. Lompoc, Cal
One day Lucille, who was a very
poor girl, was out working. when she
was seen ly a prince whose home was
in a far-off country.
This prince was surprised to see such
a beautiful girl working so hard and in
such ragged clothes.
The prince stopped his horse and
bowed when he saw Lucille.
Lucille surprised the prince again
by bowling in such a pretty way. He
asked her what her name was and
where she lived. When she had told
him she asked where she had learned
to bow so nicely.
Lucille then said, MY right name is
Princess Lucille, and l was turned
from my home because l would not
marry the man my father wanted me
to. l have wandered around and gone
to every place l thought 1 could get
help, but received nothing but cruelty.
as they thought l was beggar. l
have been sick and would have starved
but for one kind old lady. have coma
and been in the condition you see me
for two years.
Then the prince said, "Come with me
and l will take care of you"
Princess Lucille went home with the
prince and married him soon after
"And," continued Mrs Haskell, "this
picture was sent to your great-grand-
mother by the princess, as she was
the kind old lady" HELEN MACE.
r. F. d. No. l. box 305, East Long
Beach; grade AS, Carroll Park school.
Mother stopped writing, and. taking
her little girl in her lap. told the story
as follows:
This is your Aunt Kate, who died
three years before you were born. She
was a very dear girl. This is her pic
at a neighbor's house and a prize was
given to the one who could dress to
most nearly represent queen or king.
Kate took the prize, and this is her
picture as she looked that night
"Oh, mother!" cried Rosabel "Where
is her dress?"
ut is in that iron-bound trunk in the
attic. If you want to see it you may
look in papa's desk and get that quaint
key and 1 will show it to you"
Rosabel soon stood in the attic while
mother unpacked the crown, the dress
and furs.
Rosabel thought 1t was wonderful.
She looked at it for long time and
then, with tear in her eye, turned
away. She went down stairs and hung
the picture up in her room, where she
would stand and gaze at it,
After Rosabel was grown to be a
woman she had the picture framed.
LEOTA TURNER.
East Whittier school, Whittier Age
13. Grade g.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-18
The Girl with the Eyn1ir1e Robe and Grown of Royalty
Prize Story

nj RS. HASKELL told this story:
va when l was about IL, 1 stayed
AA with a very dear old aunt who
lived in France. My aunt was very
rich and lived in a chateau about a
mile from any other house. The grounds
surrounding the chateau were laid out
in terraces. At some distance from
the house was a small grove in the
center of which was a fountain.
loved to wander through all the
grounds, but this was my favorite
spot.
"One afternoon 1 wandered to this
place. Suddenly, was aware of soft
seobbing. l turned, but could see no
one. l walked on, but had strange,
frightened feeling and decided to go
back to the chateau. AS 1 turned
happened to look toward the other side
of the fountain. There 1 saw a girl
of about my own age. Her clothes
were ragged and she was crying.
AT first 1 decided to go to her and
ask her what the matter was, but 1
changed my mind when 1 saw a fierce
looking dog by her side who came to-
ward me growing.
THE girl looked up. startled, and
said in a beautiful voice, Prince,
Prince, come here
I will not let him hurt you, she
said, turning to me.
/ saw that she was a beautiful girl
She had dainty features and a grace
full figure.
What is the matter, and why were
you crying here?" 1 asked. Then she
told me the story of her life. Some
parts were so sad 1 could not keep
from crying. But the story is too long
to tell you, Rosabel, so l will just tell
you the principal part.
Her mother died when She was very
young. After her mothers death her
father had left the beautiful home in
England and had come to live in
France. Two months ago her father
had been called to England and left
Beatrice and his house in charge of
his housekeeper, whom he had sup
posed to be an honest woman. After
he had gone this woman told Beatrice
her father wanted them to go to Paris.
AS soon as they left the train the wo-
man disappeared and Beatrice was left
without money or friends. She had
wandered to our chateau and had not
had anything to eat for nearly two
days. She had slept in a hammock in
the grove the night before.
l took her Immediately to the chateau
to tell my aunt about her, but to my
surprise as soon as my aunt saw her
she took her in her arms and kissed
her. Beatrice de Ford was my cousin
My aunt wrote to Beatrice's father and
he came to the chateau to spend sew
eral months. The rest of my visit
was spent very happily and in a way
I was sorry when 1 had to return to
America.
This picture was taken of Beatrice
after she married prince and became
a princess. She was not a princess
when she was lost, but look at the
picture and tell me if you do not think
she has been placed in her rightful
position. VELORA PELTIER.
Seventh grade, Montecito. Age 13.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-18
Beginning of Story Completed by Juniors

Mother, l do hope you mean
to tell me the story, and please
do not tell me that this is merely
a picture of you when you were
in some play at Vassar. / hope it
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-18
Son, MOTHER. is this a
picture of you when you

taken prisoner. She was confined in
castle with one of her faithful maids
One night a page threw a stone in the
window when Mary went to it. The
page told her to tie her bedclothes to-
gether and let it through the window
The queen did as she was hidden, and
the page tied a disguise on the end and
told Queen Mary to pull. A little while
later she went to the window and she
was disguised completely. The page
told her to hurry and slide down the
rope. Just as she let herself out a
tramping of feet was heard. Queen
Mary's faithful maid looked around
the room for something to bar the
door with, but she looked in vain.
With a spring she reached the door and
put her arm instead of bar. Queen
Mary escaped, but the poor maids
arm was shattered"
'Is that ALL? interrupted Rosabel.
mo, child" said her mother. Poor
Queen Mary was captured and SEN
fenced to be beheaded. The execu-
toner fell on his knees and begged
Mary to forgive him. She did, aud
with sad heart he raised the huge
ak and"
"oh. don't tell any more" sobbed
Rosabel. FRANK HOWELL.
455 Third street.
Mildred, Helen and Flossie sat out
under the old apple tree in the ham
mock. They wanted to help a poor old
crippled woman that lived a short dis
tance away and were planning ways
and means.
"Oh! 1 know" exclaimed Helen,
Frightening up. I'VE can have a show
and have kings, queens and princesses." +"
But where would we have it?" said
Flossie. They wouldn't come in the
barn"
I'VE might ask mamma if we couldn't
have the parlor. Yes, and the folding
doors will be for the curtains"
That night three little girls went to
bed very happy.
They were soon sound asleep, and it
seemed as if they had just got to sleep
when they felt some one shaking them.
Come, dears, it Is o'clock and papa
has gone to his office already"
1T isn't morning yet, is it?" said
Flossie sleepily.
I'VE will go to town and get the
materials for the costumes" said
mother.
II think this would be pretty crown
for the queen" said Helen, taking up
gold band and surveying it.
yes, we will get it for her." said
their mother.
iiC NOoNulllGS were SOOll lileiuC anu
the pieces all learned perfectly.
When the costumes were done they
all dressed up and recited their pieces.
The queens costume was of a dark
blue velvet with the crown of the same.
And Flossie made very pretty queen,
indeed
The king was frankie Warner, and
he had a dark red coat with a bright
sword at his side, and he sat upon a
throne which was made by the girls
father, and it was decorated by Mrs.
Carter
The tableau was to be the next night,
and Mr.. Carter printed a sign and hung
it on the front gate. 1t read
THE LAND OF WONDERS
TONIGHT. JULY Is, 1909
AT THE CARTER RESIDENCE
Admission-Adults 15c. Children 1Oc
;...s.......-... ............... ..s....,-...,..;
He also printed some bills which little
frankie put in each yard.
The next night the house was packed
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Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-18

is real romance, something
about mysteries, or disguises, or
perhaps a lost princess who is
suddenly recovered and placed in
her rightful position"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-18
(Honorable Mention)

E(VTIRY we'll" said Rosabel's mother,
when she had finished her writ
ing. "Once, long ago, a lady
heard a ring at her front door bell.
She rushed to the door and opened it,
and what do you think she saw"
"I'm sure. can't guess, SO please
go on" said Rosabel.
"a basket containing beautiful
child in the finest of clothes!
Good graciousi' exclaimed the good
lady to herself, Now what shall I
do?"
"She ran out and looked up and
down the street but could see nothing
"T will take the poor little dear
into my house and tend to her until
some one comes, she said.
mo one came after the child. so the
lady adopted the child and called her
Doris. Doris grew to love her parents
as she called them, very much.
"One day when Doris was IA years
old a beautiful coach passed her
home. At the sight of her the driver
stopped, and approaching, jumped out.
He asked her her name and other
questions, but she knew little of her
self
He made an excuse to go into the
house. The lady answered MS ques-
tons, and he said Doris was his long
lost sister, who was tolen when he
was a wee baby"
"Oh, dear!" sighed Rosabel, what
happened after that?"
"She was restored to her rightful po-
sition and lived happily ever after"
Il am so glad it was a romance"
said Rosabel. ANNA EBERLE.
DoWney, DOwney school; eighth
grade; age 18 years
THAT picture" said Mrs. Haskell,
sis of a real queen. Her name is
Queen Mary of Scots"
'The teacher said she had a very
mean old sister," put in Rosabel.
"The picture is photographed from
famous painting" went on her mother,
not needing the interruption. "Well.
her sister turned against her and Mary
picked up a few soldiers to fight for
her But she was defeated badly In
the first battle and she herself was
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-18


THE LAND OF WONDERS
TONIGHT, JULY Is, 1909
AT THE CARTER RESIDENCE
Admission-Adults 15c. Children 10c
:...s.......,... .......,.....,..i
He also printed some bills which little
frankie put in each yard.
The next night the house was packed
full. The play went off splendidly and
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-25
4 BI4s.a~en irhAman.

1t is said to be a popularity of the
Island of Montserrat that the negroes
speak with a rich Irish brogue. This
phenomenon is explained by the fact
that IN the seventeenth century the col
ony was peop.ed almost Ell rely by the
Irish. In ''The Cradle of the Deep"
Sir Frederick Treves gives the follow
ing incident illustrative of the care
with which this dialect has been pre-
served. 1t is quoted from Ober.
An Irishman fresh from Donegal ar
riyes at M0ntserrat and leaning over
the steamers rail, addresses himself
in the following terms to a coal-black
negro who has come alongside with
provisions
Say, Cuffee, phwat's the chance for
a lad ashore?''
Good. yer honor, if we're not afraid
of wurruk. But me names not Cuffee,
an, phase We, it's Pat Mulvaney."
'Mulvaney? And do We name to say
we're Oirish?"
"Oi do
THE saints defend us, An how long
have yer been out here?"
"A matter of tin year or So
Tin year, An yez black as me hat !!
Save me soul, l took ycl for a nay
CUR"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-25
Really n COmplim ent

Aaron Bancroft. the father of the
historian, was a Massachusetts clergy
man who revolted against the Calvinism
OF the day. The young minister found
himself held at arms length by the sur
rounding clergy. In The Life and
Letters of George Bancroft NJ. A.
Dew. Howe quotes the following item
from the old minister's Memoranda" :
An honest but not very intelligent
farmer of my parish, some ten years.
ago, accosted me in this manner:
well, Mr.. Bancroft what do Won
think the people of the old parish say
of you now?"
l answered, Il hope something very
good"
They say, If we find fault with
him he does not mind it at all and if
we praise him he does not mind it. but
keeps steadily on his own way; we
therefore have concluded that it is best
to let him alone"
The farmer mentioned the fact as a
subject of laughter, but | thought, and
still think that. taking the declaration
in its bearings, it was the prettiest
compliment | have received through my
whole life.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-25

but are being worn almost as much as
ever.
With some Of the soft coIors in use
this winter the combinations of cloth
and gauze are passing beautiful.
Charming for women with fresh
faces and fair skins are the new anne
thyst hats, which have just come into
the mode
Button finishes down the outside of
the long, tight sleeves are one OF the
newest reliefs from the usually unbe-
coming line.
The spangled net sleeves are most be,
coming to any woman whose arms are
well shaped, and the sleeves are made
without lining
incidentally, some of the new mink
and sable muffs look like a whole fur
family, for the foundation is simply
covered with heads and tails.
Euttonholes are indeed a feature in
themselves this year; in their anxiety
to prove themselves genuine they posi-
tively yawn in ones face.
In many of the seasons styles the
effect of the back of the gown is more
effect of the back of the gown is more
elaborate than the front, the empire
line aeccntuating the fact.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-25
Things You Ought to Know.

The primary object of cultivating
crops is to keep the soil in good con-
ditioD, but If it were not for the
weeds lots of farmers would neglect
this important work. Sometimes our
blessings come in disguise.
Expecting the hens to turn out
many and good eggs without shells
and grit is just like asking the miller
to grind good grist without sharp
stones. Keep the mill wheels Of your
hens gizzards freshly sharpened.
Many a man who boasts that he
is self-made would be a pretty poor
job if it had not been for the shap-
ing his wife gave him.
The soil is the most humanizing
thing in the world.
No man or woman who really has a
passion for the soil can ever go very
far wrong.
The silo is the sure signboard of
prosperity.
Nature does not easily give up her
secrets, but when we discover them
she unerringly produces the results
we seek.
The amount digested and not the
amount eaten gives the horse strength.
Among the little things profitable
but neglected on the farm is the
Shetland pony He grows into money
almost as rapidly as pig.
Neither autos nor flying machines
will ever entirely displace the horse.
There is only one horseless city in
the world-Venice, whose streets are
canals--and that 10 In decay.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-25

supplemental food. when fed to hogs
gave: First the most rapid gains, and.
second. the most economical gains. but
took second place to tankage as an
efficient ration. A ration of grain with
tankage as supplemental food came
second in rate of gain, but first, in
efficiency OF ration. Because of the
high cost of the tankage, it makes an
expensive ration when fed in the pro-
portions given in these tests. Roots as
a supplemental food also make a valu-
able addition TO the ration, coming next
Glover or alfalfa fed as hogs will eat
Il, together with grain ration, i'm
proves materially the rapidity of the
gain and the economy of the feeding
In these tests the hogs fed grain
alone, made economic gains, but the
lowest daily gains and on the average
the most expensive gains were made on
such d ration. Hogs fed a half grain
ration ON clover and alfalfa pasture
made. in proportion to the grain fed,
much faster gains and more economic
gains than those fed a full grain ration.
The central thought in these tests is
that some supplemental food is neces-
sary in feeding a grain ration to hogs
if the most rapid and economic gains
are to be had. For conditions in Mon
tana the value of the supplemental
food is: First, skim milk; second,
roots; third, tankage fourth, pasture ;
fifth, clover and alfalfa.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-25
Prince Pierre's Bninf

Wit illumines one of the dueEng
stories in Monsieur Ronzier- Dorciere's
recent book, Sur lie Pre-"
Prince Pierre Bonaparte, and a
French gentleman, Monsieur de la Va
lette, fought with pistols.
Monsieur de In Valette fired first and
missed. The prince fired, hit De la Va
wound him, owing to a five-franc piece
in his waistcoat pocket, against which
the bullet was fattened.
Sir" said Prince Bonaparte to his
adversary, holding out his hand, "let us
make friends, and allow me to con-
graduate you on the foresight with
which you have invested your money"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-25
The Great American Woman.

A French literary woman and So
biologist studying the big cities of
America tells us that our civilization
will be the best the world has ever
seen, because of the influence of the
American woman on our educational
system and our club life.
1t is always pleasant to hear nice
can man is more easily and surely fiat
tered by praise of his wife and daugh
tiers than by any other method. Of
course, we know that the American
woman is the finest of her sex, but
it is not every day that her European
sister will admit it.
The European man has always
known her superiority, and the num-
Der of American wives in European
homes is proof of his good judgment.
On the other hand, it is an encourag-
ing sign of growing appreciation of
the American man that a real, titled
ariStocrat from the old world has
found the man of her heart in Balti-
more.
Who knows but one of these days
we shall have princesses and duchesses
and all that sort of thing in our best
society, keeping up the drawing room
while the plain American husband pro
duces the shekels to do the keeping?
A vast amount of American money has
gone to Europe with American brides,
and it is no more than fair that a
foreign title or two should come to
this country to even up.
Earls and dukes bolster up their
family fortunes with American wives
and money, so why shouldn't European
ladies of title take husbands from our
great American nobility to maintain
them in dignity suitable to their rank?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-25
One Woman,x Home Garden.

The West Philadelphia woman who
was the envy of her neighbors last
summer by virtue of her vegetable gar
den in her small back yard, which kept
her table well supplied for month,
has again stepped into the limelight.
This clever woman has succeeded in
raising several kinds of vegetables in
flower pots and boxes of earth inside
her house.
Already she has raised several stalks
of asparagus from roots, and her fam
lily is enjoying the luxury of green Is
paragus, while their friends and neigh
bors are eating canned goods. Radish-
es, too, have grown indoors for this
amateur trucker, and now, made ambi-
tious by her successes, this woman is
going to plant some lima beans and
peas.
The care of her indoor vegetable
garden is not wearing, for the West
Philadelphia woman, to gain time, has
simply cut down her usual list Of pot
ted plants and devoted her time to more
practical growing things.-Philadelph
Record.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-25
Early Vegetables.

The right time to SOW seeds in the
hotbed depends largely on the loca-
ton, the kind of plants and the way
in which the plants are to be handled
Sowing the seed too early is very apt
to cause a loss.
A successful tomato grower says he
economies hOt-bed space and labor
by growing his early plants, ready for
the field, right where the seed is
sown, 500 plants to the sash. He usu-
ally sows his seed about the middle
of March, and the plants set in the
and about the 10th of July the first
fruits are sent into market, selling at
from 10 to Is cents per berry basket,
retail; or from $3.50 to 50 per bushe
crate, wholesale.
He sows the seed in drills eight
inches apart, or five rows to the SASH
using a liberal amount of seed. When
well started the plants are thinned to
about 100 per row. The bed is care
fully ventilated without severe drafts
with straw mats.
For the first three or four weeks
the growth is very rapid; as the
weather becomes milder the plants
are more and more exposed to the
open air, and as the time for trans
planting draws near water is with
held, so that on sunny afternoons the
plants have quite a wilted look. But
the result is fine lot of plants, meas
uring from eight inches to 9 foot in
height, with hard, woody stems, bios
som buds showing, and tough leaves
that will withstand a light frost,
should one come.
In setting these plants in the field,
they are laid in shallow burrows, tops
away from the prevailing winds;
little soil is drawn over the roots,
foot pressed on the spot, while the
rest of the stem is covered, all but
three or four inches of the top, which
is turned upward. The footprint is
which later is covered to prevent
evaporation. Thus treated they scarce
~ droop and soon the whole stem,
underground, is covered with rootlets,
resulting in a vigorous growth.
Nothing, however, would be gained
by bedding or sowing sweet potatoes,
eggplant or even peppers, before the
LIST Of April. Neither is anything
gained by planting these in the open
ground much before June.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-25
Who Supports the Wifef

Rev. Anna Howard Shaw and Mrs.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman had a debate
the other day in New York, the ques-
ton being. do husbands support their
wives?" Rev. Anna Shaw said that
they do not, but that in this semi
civilized country in thirty-eight of the
States the title to the children rests,
not in the mother but in the father.
Women cannot legally possess their
own children nor own their clothes.
The more work a woman does the less
her husband gives her. Mrs. Gilman
sait that if a stenographer earning
$50 a week married an invalid and he
stayed home and did the work while
she made the money, people would say
she supported him, and logically the
wife doing the same thing was sup
ported. The audience, however, voted
in favor of the proposition of DR..
Shaw