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New-York tribune., 1909-02-07

These crisp. snowy days. when all the world Ius
wrapped itself in a white MANTLE sparkling with
diamonds. the Boy is full Of questions about the
feathery hosts Of the air that dance and futter and
make much fun for boys and girls.
Father told Boy story last night I'm response to
his eager questions. when we were gathered about
the warm fire-a story about the oldest snow in
the world g snow that puzzled every one for a
long time to know what II could be-
You know who Robert Peary Is. Boy, don't
you?' said Father. Now, while we SIT here snug
and warm by the fire. he IS fighting the ice and
way up north. trying &c. .fnG the place we call
the North Pole. One morning when he looked out
over the snow fields and ice fields in that bleak
country he saw at little distance whole patches
Of red snow-snow blood red. He called the OF
science he has with him. You know, Boy, they
always take man of science along when they 90
II. the Far North. This looked and said: Yes.
that is a wonderful and unusual thing to see, red
gnow-blood red. We must get some and preserve
1t and send it back to our scientific friends for this
is a great opportunity to show them something
wonderful" So. Boy. the man of science went tnd
got small glass plates and gathered up some Of
the red snow and put little on each glass plate.
He mounted about twenty slides in that way, and
here is one of them in my hand"
But Father" said Boy. the snow can't be there
It would melt. All I see is a red splash on
that piece Of glass. and that isn't snow, Is it?"
No" said Father Now. listen, Boy. That red
splash you see is A collection of little plants that
grow on the snow. They very. very little
plants, and they very, very red When
great many of these plants grow on snow field
1t makes it look though blood had been sprinkled
on the white blanket, or that, in some mys-
terous way, bloody had fallen out Of the
sky One plant alone could not be seen with the
naked eye; It takes hundreds and hundreds OF
them together to make red snow. Under the micro
ncope however. you can see that, though IL is so
New-York tribune., 1909-02-07
Our Letter Box

US. In the centre OF the pond was "Dsngsr~
sign. and the surrounding ice thin that it
had already been broken through There were
ropes fastened several yards around this spot.
venting any from going II As
passing this spot, but some distance 20 the side
OF It. gale OF wind came along and blew ny muR
out Of my hand into the broken Ice
There 1 stood. not knowing what to do, and
neither nor my friends would attempt to go
IT. for fear OF falling through the broken fee. As
was standing IN this predicament suddenly felt
something brush past my feet and toward the cen
tre Of the pond, where my rnun lay To my sur
prise I recognized Gypse. running lightly over the
cracked ice. He picked up my mu1 ran back
again unharned, and laid Il my feet
OF course he did not realize the danger but
have never forgotten that good turn 70 this DAY.
LILLIAN LEVIN aged ID.
No. 30 East 12Oth street. New York City.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-07
VISIT TO A CAVE.

Dear Little Men and Little Women: want 20
tell you about the great Mammoth Cave IN Ed
mondson County, KY. which I saw two years ago
while staying in Louisville for The summer
When heard that going to take two
days trip TO see the cave had no idea that Il
would be as nonstroUs and as marvellous as Il
was. II is said to be less than 80 miles long
counting all its chambers and passages. and SC Il
was impossible for TO see the entire pIacs In
two days
The entrance OF the cave IS irregular and funnel
shaped. with very steep walls. Inside are tnnu-
merable wonderful galleries, avenues, chambers
dones, grottos and chasms, besides many rivers
lakes and cataracts. Ths walls floors and ceilings
OF limestone rock, are in the shape Of pulpitS or
gans. chairs and massive columns some Of the
last hanging down from the ceiling and others pro
Jecttng upward from the floor the whole thing re-
sembling some great fairyland wrought IN dull
white marble
One OF the most beautiful chambers in the Ereat
cave IS Cleveland's Cabinet, which IS two miles
long. spanned at height Of about ten feet BY .
great arch. tncrusted by formations IN different
cOlors and numerous fantastic shapes
I have not endeavored 70 relate all the wonderful
things saw but hope this viii interest YOU
HELEN r HENRY aged lSl
No. SIP East 1s5th street. New York City.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-07
LAST WEEK s PRIZE wTNERs.

word Puzzle After taking out al Implications
90 words not connected with the picture, we ind
-t aea-es- and longest three lists, each containing
'r'@en words. We're sent by The contributors given
-Ft1~5 Marion c0e, age twelve years No 35 Ma
= stree hea--v. X J. wishes a Trip Around
= Word 81 Postcards" Her list originally con-
.z--ec tV-s-rT-e.sht words and IS printed below
'=cs-se ~ .-s ncat-ess- The other hTo prize Win
Nsis ana -l-lr prizes are Dorothy WillyoUng. age
,"s-'e years. 40 North Fulton avenue Mount
IeTnon N- ~ embroidery set, and Madeline
5h'erz axe Twelve years. 10. l27 East 90th street.
=" YORK C-t- "A Trip Around The WoIld in
f'slc@ros These lists contained originally TWEEN
s-Sk and ft-y-eiEht words respectively
New-York tribune., 1909-02-07
SMOKING our THE BEES.

Dear Little Men and Little Women: am going
20 tell you about a very interesting incident that
happened while I in California last winter
As YOU all know, there are great many beautiful
flowers there, ard because of this the bees are
moro numerous than in the East.
On Easter morning the whole family had pre-
pared to go to church. I was out the lawn
ming noise. I looked all around but could see
nothing AS the humming increased l located the
sound as coming from above I looked up ana
saU the sky darkened by great swarm OF Dees'
7 Immediately ran into the house. as 1 know "hat
It Is 20 be stung by of these creatures caleo
nv grandfather, and together we went out OF tlo
back door and walked around toward the front OF
the house, yet keeping some distance from H. we
soon discovered that the bees were settling IN one
of the chimneys of the house. Ny grandfather
didn't enjoy the prospect of having these new
neighbors so off ne went in search Of the ouulI
with which he intended to smoke them out AIler
A short time he came back with a large hat on
his head and a net veil covering the hat and his
face This was to prevent the bees from sttngns
him In one of his heavily glOved hands ne car
rie6 q Tin can arrangeuent with which TO smoke
them out He lighted 1t and thrust II up the chlIl-
ney. and soon the fireplace filed With the
baaa whose wings had been singed Some of them
wore era wiling out into the room and on the rugs
So many had fallen down into the fireplace, not
having been able fly. that we were pretty sute
that they were all out of the chimney. Grandpa
carried out into vacant lot three dustpans full OF
tho bees that could not fly There he LEFT thenl-
After this was done the few Of us who had re-
NAMED tidy during the excitement went to church
2 trife belated while the others sta!e eu al ll00
TO clean uD the
HopIrg this will interest you, / remain your
faithful reader, MARION r. HALL taged a.
No 81 Pearl street, New Haven.
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Psysanne Soup.
Halibut "Au Plat"
Calls Head en- Fortus.
Roast Loin OF Beef BruxeIlois
Cold Squab. Victoria Salad.
Apple Charlotte
Camemlert Cheese. Fruits.

Paysanne Soup-Use one carrot one turnip. half
a cabbage and two potatoes, cut into small pieces
one leek and half a sliced onion Melt in sauce
pan OF butter. put in the leek an1 onions
simmer and stir few minutes add the other
vegetables and pour in two quarts Of water, or
better. of good white stock with little salt and
pepper Boil rapidly FOR one hour. Add more
seasoning If req Tired. finish with little piece Of
fresh butter and serve with some thin slices OF
bread.
Halihut ''Au Plat"-JIse a haIibut any other
fiat fish suitable for four persons. Make cut all
along the bone the black side. season and butter
nicely Ley the black side on q well buttsrsd dish
New-York tribune., 1909-02-07

which they travel and spend freely they go
With these facts in mind the way American
women distribute their bank notes checks does
not rash reckless As yet, the money
they spend in card playing does not in the case
Of many foreigners, equal their dressmakers bills,
and they nearly always give largely to charity.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-07
KING CALCULUS AT STEVENS INSTITUTE.

Dear Little Men and Little Women: Al present
I am staving with my friend i'll Hoooken- This Is
the first time I have written for The Tribune In
fact I never read 1t before, but L like II so nuch
that will ask my to take it from now on
At the beginning of last June 1 spent week IN
TIoboken. Ny friend lives a block from stevens
Institute OF Technology. Every year the sopho-
r1ores Of Stevens make dummy and dress him up
He Is called King Calculus, and he is supposed
10 bring bad luck 10 the students during the year
The sophomores then dress in very funny costumes
A stand is built and King Calculus is convicted,
tried and hanged. One student is the judge, then
there is the jury and the witnesses They give such
amusing testimonies, After King Colculus IS
hanged the band begins To play and the students
line I'D and march through Hoboken with posters
on which carcatures and knocks on the teach
ers are painted They proceed up TO the campus.
which Is opposite my friends house, and build a
fire and then, amid cheering, singing and a lot
more hiIarity they poor King Calculus The
students look forward to this with a great deal of
pleasure. and I all Hoboken does, too
Hl,ping this Will interest you.
YOLANDE ATWATER (aged 15y
No 622 Hudson street, HobOken-
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little and their extravagances are in their jewels
acts and whims. II they wish fete, Aiaddins
lamp IS rubbed and their pleasures do not take In
the public. although regally planned and carried
out. The Austrian dress beautifully and
expensively. entertain on most extensive and
lavish scale and play for high stakes. besides
New-York tribune., 1909-02-07

3. To exist
s In water but not in clouds.
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GYPSIE.

Dear Little Men and Little Women: While spend
ing the winter in the country. a few years ago. I
became acquainted with a neighbor's dog-a fox
terrier named Gypsie.
One day some Of my girl friends and l went
skating on pond. We took Gypse along with
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A CLEVER CAT.

Dear Little Men and Little Women. There Is q
dear little Maltese kitten owned By cns OF ny
neighhors- II is q very clever cat and has been
taught many tricks. One OF its tricks Is running
after bone and bringing It back IN its mouth
just dog would Another trick IS hands up
which / am other cat has been taught 70
do This is what It is: II you take It up in your
and say. Hands up II puts its little paws
high above its head, and keeps them thsrs until
you say. Down I think that very clever
don't you? There many cute things that
it does. but It would take too long TO tell them
l Will stop now. Your constant reader.
HELEN NJ HENDERSON aged ID
No. l9 McDonough street Brooklyn
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Edna Thornton: So Leslie Taylor.
Dear Editor: I thank you very mch FOR the lovely
postals which I received for a prize. I think they
are all very pretty. without exception. and many
thanks for them. Your reader, MOLLY HART
BOX 115. Rye. \. Y.
Dear Editor: I received your prize Of a leather
card case and was very much pleased with IT.
Wishing you a year Of prosperity and happiness
remain. yours gratefully,
CHARLES +. DRISCOLL.
No rs West 137th street, New York.
Dear Editor: 1 received your check for 81 FOL
writing the story, entitled kitty" Thanking you
very much I remain. your constant reader.
OLIVE WEED.
NJ II Hamilton avenue South Norwalk, Conn.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-07

Dear Editor: I received your book on Christmas
Day and had forgotten TO thank you until 1ow.
The book very interesting. and I was well
pleased with II. The name Of It was Southern
Soldier Stories I thirteen years OF age and
a constant reader Of The Tribune, paying special
attention the Little Men and Little Wornea's
page. in which I am greatly interested. Thanking
you again for the book. 1 remain. your faithful
reader JOE z. UHIA
N5. 15 Jennings street. Corning. n 7
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CROSS DIAMOND.

The centrals reading down or across. VIII spel!
+ba 1a,oe Of a man who was born In poverty and
obscuritv but who proved himself TO be true
born king of men.
In land. but not in sea
, An evergreen tree.
g A part of a pound 49,, =,
heard.
s Land bordering the sea.
6 The whole.
: In land but not in sea.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-07
TRIANGLE.

one Of A learned body OF men. also called law
yers who were copyists, and at the same time IN
terpreters of the Mosaic law
. large bird that has very long neck ana
long legs
Water falling from the clouds
! 4 house Of entertainment for travellers
New-York tribune., 1909-02-07
PRIZE LIST

PRIZE LIST
Strap stills. store steps, stick. stump, stool
stocking, staple, strand, stone, stem staye, stalk
MARION COE.
10 s. Maple street Kearny. \. J.
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more: II. Pearl G. Seymour; IS. Edward Todd. 49,
Edna Thornton: 50, Leslie Taylor.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-07

Things 10 Think About-The two prize winners
and their prizes in this contest Constance Ger
rodette, age ten years, No 1851 East nth street
FgatbJsh. Brooklyn. ~ Trip Around the World in
Postcards and William p HarTing. aged twelve
wears 2. O. Box No. % Permont \. y, - Trip
Around the World in Postcards
Drawing Entitled Two Dogs and a Bone."-See
Illustrations by prize winners
Our Letter Box-For prize winners see letters
this page
New-York tribune., 1909-02-07
Obfngs to Think About

8. To exist.
S In water but not in clouds
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-05-08
Gotham News Letter 80.

New York, May s.-New York's
population disagree on nearly every
topic or situation that may be present
ed in the flight of time, but on one
subject they are united. The admire,
and at some periods almost worship,
the firemen Of tt city. They are
certainly a splendid lot of men. ready
at any moment to answer call. and
stopping at nothing to get there"
Only recently one arrived at the scene
Of the blaze with his face covered
with lather. The call caught him in
the act of shaving. but the razor was
dropped, and in the wagon he jumped
with his face Iathered, pulling on his
coat as he was whirled along, but not
thinking Of the interrupted shave until
the boys made fun of him for his in
complete toilet Nearly every day
presents some such incident. When
the fireman agets there" he rushes
for every point OF danger. searches
for persons in peril, risks his life. and
in many cases lose 1t, while perform
ing seemingly impossible feats in saw
ing human lives Real heroism Is q
feature of nearly feature of every
fire Of consequence and the papers of
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-05-08

Mary's Lamb comes to the Fargo
operahouse next Friday evening.
For Mary's Lamb, Mr.. Carle mas
adapted and naturaIized French
farce, Madam Mangodin. This farce
is known to the English speaking
world as Mrs. Ponderbury's Past
The central character is Leander
Lamb, the hen-pecked husband of the
shrewish Mary Miranda Lamb Lean
der has been held under close scrutiny
for a score of years, while everyone
venerates Mary Miranda as the person.
ification Of all that is good and noble.
Leander, however, has the desire to
wax frivolous and when he sees a very
beautiful actress who has bought the
estate next to his, he is seized with
great infatuation. He maneuvers to
meet her in the studio Of an artist
friend, but the shrewish wife inter-
rupts this meeting and Leander has to
resort to a pretense Of sleep walking
to escape After that Leander is kept
in hot water on account of his pur-
suit of the actress, and there is about
to be a grand mixup in the Lamb
household when an unexpected visitor
tells a story that gives Leander the up
per hand and the play ends In a
manner to give joy to all hem -peclSed
husbands.
Mr.. earle naturally has the part of
Leander Lamb, and it is easily his
greatest characterization. He has
steadily added lines and jokes to the
part, and now II is a continuous delight
to watch him ais Leander Lamb He
again has the support Of d splendid
company Julia Ralph appearing as the
termagant and Cecilia Rhoda as the
charming actress. Other principals
Include Violet Seaton, Rita Stanwood,
Nina Davis. Winifred Giirains, Syl-
vain Langlois.. Harry Montgomery,
George Bognes and Abbott Adams.
IShn chorus, as In every one Of the
Carie musical plays, is big, agile, very
prettyAand graceful. There are whole
~.yies Of cowgirls, Dssah girls. ath-
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-05-08

the next day are fihod with pictures
of their carrying women AMI children
down ladders, of them taking them
from windows by chains OF human
hands, of wonderful leaps that bring
rescue, of. in fact, anything and every
thing that can be done to save life.
Throughout 1t all the fireman, at the
tap Of the bell, seems to become almost
a semi-god. goes ont an ewploye Of
the city, comes back an uncrowned
hero. and yet a modest one, content
II no mention is made. No wonder that
New York loves her firemen, with
human faults and frailties perhaps,
but taken as whole the best body
of men in the world.
Another body of men, more numer-
GUS and more constantly under the
observation Of the public, is the police
force. Compelled to meet all classes,
to mingle with all classes OF citizens.
to brush against humanity in all pos
sible ways, the police strike differing
opinions, not only of their own actions,
but of the beneficiencs Of the laws they
ere called upon TO enforce, the police
are blamed by many. and i'm some
5sses justly. In SONS cases brutality
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-05-08

letic girls, society girls, society girls.
grisettes, and models. and their gowns
are many varied and picturesque.
One of the excellent features is a SER
les of shadowgraph pictures. for which
some of the most shapely chorus girls
in fleshings pose.
The music of Mary's Lamb is alone
enough to carry the piece to success.
Some of the most popular songs in
clude. Betsy's the Belle of the Bath
ers, My Madagascar Maid, If No. Met
No. 2. / Idolize Ida, The Modest Little
Model and Love is Elusive.
Imagine a banquet scene, weight
guests seated about the tables sing
ing songs and waiting the arrival of
their Toastmaster, who has been cap
tured by the freshmen. Then all of a
sudden see them jump up, wave their
napkins, cheer and yell, at the arrival
of Bill Morgan with the Toastmaster.
This scene is to be a reality in the
Toastmaster, the play to be given by
the senior class of the Fargo high
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-05-08

o'clock. An excellent programme has
been arranged, composed of vocal and
instrumental numbers.
The graduates recital will be given
by Miss Sylvia Fortin, who will be
the third graduate this year from the
piano department. Miss Fortin will
play a very difficult program of nine
numbers and will be assisted by Miss
Marguerite l.. Beard soprano, of the
conservatory faculty.
The chorus under the instruction of
Miss Ada Cane, of the faculty, Is COM
posed of about fifty little students who
are doing excellent work which will
be displayed in a commercial recital
for the young students some time be-
fore school closes.
The chorus members rehearsing for
Elijah are becoming very enthusiastic
as 1t grows toward the rendition date,
May "a. There was very large at
tendance at the regular rehearsal
Tuesday evening.
The May Music Festival, May "a
and 25, is the general topic of con-
versation among the conservatory stu
dents and public of the state general
ly, and all anticipate a rare treat
in the three great musical events of
the festival--the matinee Monday af-
ternoon, May "a, by the orchestra and
soIoists-the rendition of Elijah by the
chorus and orchestra on Monday eve-
n1nS- and the great baritone, David
Bispham with his pianist, Harold Os-
born Smith, on Tuesday evening, May
25.
The conservatory summer school
will have a strong faculty this year
In addition to some of the regular
teachers Mrs. Raymond Osborn oi
New York city has been engaged for
the summer as teacher of voice Mrs
Osborn is well known in New York
where she has appeared in recitals
and musical events to great extent
The conservatory is very fortunate
in securing such a high class teacher
for the vocal department this sum
mer Miss Marguerite Beard. one OF
the regular voice teachers of the fac
ulty. will go east for the summer
The public school music department
will be made special feature of this
summer.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-05-08
FARGO COLLEGENEWS

The vesper service of last Sunday
was one of the most enjoyable of the
year. The attendance was unusually
good, and the music by the girls glee
club was, as usual excellent. Presi-
dent Vittum delivered a forceful and
sympathetic address, taking as his
theme the text Who Shall Roll Away
the Stone? From this text several
beautiful lessons were drawn, strong
to inspire hope in face of seemingly
insurmountable difficulties and conf
dence and trust in the great all-ruling
power.
The Althician society gave their
regular programme Monday evening.
The parts were we'll rendered and
showed that our society of the pre-
paratory department is doing good
work.
Miss Sather of the preparatory de-
partment has taken a room at the
dormitory.
The glee club concert last Monday
evening was a success in every sense
of the word. A large and enthusiastic
audience gathered in the gymnasium
and the programme from beginning to
end was thoroughly appreciated. The
college is proud of the Clee club and
the splendid opening record 1t has
made, and confidently looks forward
to it's continued advancement. To its
founder, j. f. Walleser, to Mr.. and
Mrs. A. j. Stephens, VINO have so gem
erously given of their talent, time and
ability, developed by years of study
and professional training, and to the
boys themselves for their cheerful and
hearty cooperation, the college is
grateful and appreciative.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-05-08
Fargo operanouse.

"A Jolly Tramp melodramatic
comedy drama replete with striking
situations and startling sensations. is
underlined at the Fargo operahouse for
Monday night The piece is from the
pen Of the author of A Poor Relation,
and Peaceful Valley. two plays that
have made Sol Smith Russell famous,
In 1t Mr.. Kidder portrays an American
tramp, not as repulsive, ever-to- be-
summed outcast but as man who
through misfortune was compelled to
wander upon the face of the earth,
but whose heart, well knowing his own
distress, still bleeds for others woes
and who offers even his own life to
help right the wrongs of others even
more unfortunate than he. The locale
of this drama is laid in rural New Eng
land, and the motive is greed for gold,
a greed with which even a husband is
sometimes overpowered, and for which
he terribly wrongs his life's partner.