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Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-27
CONTEST FOR YOUNG ARTISTS

Boys and girls public school age all invited compete
for prize be given for the best pen and ink drawing
which must be strictly original
Topic: "A Glimpse of My Nearest Playground" This may
be lot park public playground the of the
orchard baseball ground the pasture anything in fact
wherein boys girls congregae themselves The land
scape effect be of first consideration although figures may be
introduced desired Pictures be A inches wide by 81
inches deep and be received this Office later than
Thursday, July l, for publication July H.
Topic: Some Pets Enjoy" Pictures to be A inches
wide by inches deep and include figures
with appropriate background All work for this contest
be received this office later than Thursday July g.
for publication July 18.
All work submitted for this contest must be drawn in jet
black drawing ink smooth white Bristol board 1t be
original and entirely the work of the boy girl who submits it.
Pictures for this be accompanied by name adj
dress and grade of school (if any) of the artist
No drawings will be returned
Address all drawings Aunt Laurie Sunday Herald Junior
The Herald. Los Angeles, Cal
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-27

Marian Dunbar and Mamie Patton.
The blacks are used with good effect
and the designs were good, although
rather similar, but the girls both made
their lettering too small when the an
nouncement distinctly stated that the
words Junior Roll of Honor were to be
the most important part of the design.
Another time they will be more sue
cessful, and their work is deserving OF
encouragement.
Bernadette Heerdink 212S Estrella
avenue Polytechnic high, grade B9, had
excellently designed lettering, but failed
to use her black ink in a manner to
make the work most effective. Her IN
cidental design was scarcely appropri-
ate either.
Margaret r. Bennett, 1401 Ell Molino
street, Sixteenth street school, submit
ted design which would be appropri-
ate if it were to be used only on the
Sunday of July Fourth.
Others who deserve mention for some
particular point in their work are Bes-
sic Wooden. r. F. d. No. /, Redondo
Beach, Grant school, Candace Brown,
Riverside, 1876 West Tenth street; Ar
thur Mobiles, 824 East Twenty-seventh
street, Twenty eighth street school,
grade AT; Charles Wheelock, 1895 Lem
on street, Riverside-failed to get suf-
ficiently strong effects of black and
white in his picture, a criticism which
applies to Muriel Fredericks picture
from Grant school, Riverside.
other contributors who show fair
degree of ability in designing and exc
cution are Frank Tom Howell Ass
Third street, Boyd street school, Roy
Wise, 1856 North Chicago street. Corn
well street school; William j. Macken-
zie 942 Ramona avenue; Irene Tanner,
PSI East Thirtieth street, Thirtieth
street school, Grade AS; Anna Brede-
hoft, 412 South Avenue 20; Aline Rage,
$40 South Avenue 10; Dorothy Jeanne
Bell, 453 West Fourth street, Long
Beach; Frank PollSinghorn, 120 West
Date street, Riverside; Norbert r. Net
tleship, 1923 West Sixth street, Santa
Monica, grade B7; Doris d. Knox,
Ventura, Mound street school, grade 8;
Dorothy Allen, 873 Cedar street; Flos-
sic German, COS Sycamore street. Santa
Ana, First street school, grade BS; Mel
lie G. Cooley, Upland, grade Z; Martin
Pollock, 3031 Minnesota street, Gates
street school; Guy Wooden, Redondo
Beach, r. F. d. No. 1.
There were three unsigned pictures.
one of which displayed some ability,
but as there was no signature no credit
can be given. The picture showed two
birds each bearing the end of banner
high up over the mountains.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-27
LONESOME LITTLE CHICK
DISCOVERS A COMP PANI0N

: NUSTARD was the only chicken
about the cottage grounds, and
~ know he must have been lonely
many times by his sad peep! peep!
peep!'
No doubt it seemed strange to him
that when he "peeped peepedH so
many times in the grass nobody would
''peep!" to him.
1t was well enough at night when he
was sound asleep in a basket, in his
mistress room. but to be turned out
doors, all day alone, was, sometimes,
almost more than poor Custard thought
he could bear.
He had been called Custard because
when he came to his mistress day
old he was just about the color of
cup custard
AS he grew older, however, and be-
gan to get his pin-feathers, he looked
very much as if he were going to be
snowy white, and that was just what
his mistress wanted.
Custard wasn't caring anything
about his color. however. He was only
thinking how much he wanted COM
pany He became tired at last peep
ing around in the grass for COM
panions OF his own kind, and concluded
anything would do for companion il
he could only find it, so he started out
in pursuit.
The first he found was hoptoad.
He looked at it with first one eye and
then with the other, had notion to
give it a peck to see what it was made
of; but no, that wouldn't do If he
wanted it for companion, and so he
said "Peepl peep! peep!" which
meant, very likely "Mr. Hoptoad.
won't you come and live with me?
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-27
MANY JUNIORS DESIGN
EXCELLENT HEADINGS

nj EARLY every Junior had an in
v spiration concerning the proper
4 design for the summer Roll of
Honor. The pictures came pouring in
to the Junior office and there has never
been a subject in which the work of all
the contestants was of such good quail
ity.
There was a veritable flood of de-
signs, almost any one of which would
have been excellent a few weeks ago,
any many of which are so very good
now that selection of the prize winner
and those for reproduction was exceed
ingly difficult.
Tire prize picture today is by mem-
Der of the Junior artists band, who is
scarcely known to us at all. She has
sent in only few pictures previous to
this, and none revealed the originality
which is so distinguishing a feature of
the present work.
There were several other pictures this
week which were so good that they
would certainly have been used but for
lack of space Among those we're the
contributions of Mary Biscfls 775 East
Seventeenth street, San Pedro street
school, grade AS; and Irwin Haines,
2515 South Main street, Thirtieth street
school, grade B7.
Other artists whose work was of ex-
ceedingly good quality are Mabel Wing,
1543 Council street, Union avenue
school; Ralph Robinson. 5332 Towne
avenue, Main street school, grade AS;
Georgia Mcdonald, 1880 Ingraham
street, grade BS, Cambria street school;
Martin Eichhorn, 642 Gladys avenue,
Ninth street school, grade A8, and Har-
old Staff, 3131 Baldwin street.
Two very promising pictures were re-
ceived from Riverside, Grant school, by
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-27
ANNA NJ pgLREN, VERNON AVENUE SCHOOL GRADE 81

Well hunt for bugs together by day,
and maybe you can sleep in my basket
by night" But the hoptoad never
answered a word, only backed himself
down in the dirt until only his eyes
showed, which meant, very likely:
mo, no; my bed in the soil is good
enough for me. 1 don't associate with
chicks"
Then Custard next found turtle
waddling along in such funny fashion
that the little chick was attracted at
once. This fellow carried his house
around With him everywhere, drawing
in his head and feet every time he was
disturbed.
HE is more hardy" said CuAard to
himself, and then aloud: please, Mr.
Turtle. won't you live with me? Cheapl
cheap! cheap!"
But the turtle only answered by wad-
ding away as fast as he could go, and
down into pond of water, where poor
little Custard could not follow.
The next thing he met was a large
butterfly "Oh, how beautiful! he ex-
claimed to himself. "If l could have
such lovely companion as that
would be perfectly happy and he called
out: "Sweetl sweet pretty! pretty
butterfly! Won't you stop to play with
me? I'm so lonely with none of my
kind anywhere around"
II will" said the butterfly "if YOU
can keep up with me-" But poor little
Custard couldn't, for his wings were
just sprouting. and he could scarcely
see them at all.
After that he met beetles and bugs
of every description, but they were so
homely compared to the butterfly that
he did not want them.
The sun was growing red in the west
lie knew that meant going-home time
and so he sadly turned in that >direc-
tion, when, oh joy! there came some-
thing forward to meet him, something
that looked strangely like himself only
it was dressed in black instead OF
white.
Sweet! sweet! sweet!' he murmured,
running forward to meet it, and, oh
joy the little thing came forth to meet
him with the same happy Sweet
sweet! SWEET
They met. Touched their beaks to-
gether, and then sat down, cuddled up
close together, and that is how their
mistress found them when she took
them in for the night, and she said:
Poor Whiteyi You were so lonesome
weren't you?" and Poor Blackyl you
are glad to get with Whitley, aren't
you? You'll neither ever be lonely
more" And, sure enough, those chicks
were the closest kind of chums ever
after Where you saw one you were
always sure to see the other.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-27
THE NEW BABY

They say he has
His grandpa's head;
He has his grandma's chin;
He has the blue eyes
OF his dad,
His mothers pretty skin.
IL all OF this be true. alacki
1t is beyond belief
How all the family dote upon
This wicked little thief
-Harper's Bazar.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-27
MY KITTY

I have little kitten at home,
Her fur is soft as silk
She is very fond of me
Because l feed her milk
bessie BLOOM
Age 10 years. B4 Temple street school, ssl N.
Bonnie Brae street.
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NOTICE.

her as lonely, cryin for "mamma,s
and it seemed as though my heart
would break with the grief Of 1t. But
when this poem came to me, and
thought of my little girl as being mads
welcome in the new home. when / res
membered the dear promlse-which
took on a beautiful new significance
He shall give his angels charge cons
corning thee" a light shone for me
which has never dimmed. My friend
quoted also the fifth verse of tho.
eighth chapter of Zachariah: And tho
streets Of the city shall be full of boys
and girls, playing In the streets there's
Of" and closing my eyes, pictured
my little daughter, ha-ny in her play
with the children OF otker mothers
and wished ! might share with those
mothers somwhat of the consolation
that had come to me.
Ottumwa, Ia. Louise's GRANDMOTHER
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Dear Juniors: The Christmas sea-
son is again with us and our fir
thought, should be how many can We
make happy this year, and how. Well,
one OF the ways is to join the Christ
mas Stocking club. Now we can hear
the new Juniors ask, What is the
Christmas Stocking club?''
Well, the Christmas Stocking CLUB
is little, society started. by the
Courier Juniors three years ago, its
purpose to make little children happy
at Christmas time, little children who
have no parents to care for them, or
whose parents are sick.
You know that If we want to give
presents on Christmas, and do not
want our friends to know from whom
the gifts come, Santa Claus will de-
liver them for us, if we ask him. Well,
this year Santa Claus did not wait for
us to write to him, but he sent the fol
lowing letter, asking the Courier
Juniors to help him again as they have
done for the past three years:
"Dear Editor: Not receiving you.
usual letter asking me to distribute
the gifts of the Christmas Stocking
club. through the charitable institu'
lions Of Ottumwa, | decided to write
! to you and ask for the Juniors help
this year again. Your Juniors arc
such good hearted little boys and
girls that l am sure they will help
| again. However, l would like to heal
from you at once, saying they viii
| do so.
81 hope you will publish the Santa
Claus letters to me this year. ASH
Postmaster Nimocks for all the letters
addressed to Santa Claus. He has
little son and he will want all the lit
tie children to have a happy Christ
mas. | find the SAINT Claus letters IL
the Junior a great help when making
my selections Of gifts. With love L
all the Juniors.
Santa Claus.
AS soon as we received this lettel
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RALPH WRITES TO SANTA.

Dear Santa:
Will write you few lines, to let
you know what want for Christmas.
want a little wagon and stocking
full Of candy and nuts. This is the
first time l have written to Santa
go to school every day My
teachers name is Martha Larmer. MY
home Is in Abingdon, Ia. | go to Sun
day school every Sunday The school
house and church is in sight of my
home and when it is cold and bad do
not havesto stay at home, because it is
not very far to go.
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Age L..
4 COMBINATION LETTER.

Dear Editor and Santa.
This is my first letter to the Junior
7 thought | would write and tell Santa
Claus what ! want for Christmas.
want a pair of nittens, pair OF over
shoes, a story book and some candy,
too.
| am little girl Ia years old and do
all the housework for mamma when
she works. We live three miles from
Ottumwa. 1 go to Dahlonega school
and walk one mile. My teachers name
is Mr.. John Spickman. l like him very
much. | like to read the Junior page,
it is so full of nice letters. Mamma
works for Surf & Co. My papa is IS
years old. He is sick nearly all the
time.
For pets l have a dog and one little
guinea pig. My dogs name is Shep.
have one sister at home and one
married. Their names are Lottie and
Annie / have four brothers. Their
names are, Dewey. Walter Harry and
Ray. Yours truly,
Ruby l.. King.
Rural No. l.
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NoRMA's FIRST LETTER.

Dear Editor
AS have never written to the Jun
ior will now write. live five miles
southeast Of Charlton and go to the
Salem school, My teachers name is
Nancy Bigham. | like her very much
There are twentysix pupils in our
school.
] have three sisters and two broth
ers. My oldest sister Is married and
has three children, and my Oldest
brother was married April 25.
l like to read the Junior letters.
For pets | have one black hen and
one pony. It's name is Squirrel.
AS my letter is getting long | will
close for this time
Norma Scott. age IL.
r. F. d. No. 8. Box is.
Charlton Iowa
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to travel to Cherry, H., where there
are lot Of little boys and girls that
won't get anything If you don't go
there, because their papas and broth
ers were killed and they won't have
any Christmas presents If you don't
take them some; and then don't for
get the Juniors, as they all will be
waiting for you. So good bye, dear old
Santa, and don't forget the day, the
25th OF December.
Forest Weber, age 8.
1905 East Main ST.,
Ottumwa, Iowa.
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GRACE REMINDS SANTA.

Dear Santa:
1t is showing this morning, and l
hope you will get to come to my home
the 25th Of this month. I hope it isn't
too bad night SO you cannot come.
have five brothers and I haven't sis
tiers, but I wish | had a little sister
baby to play with when l am at home.
My youngest brother, the baby is past
five years and his name is Donald
Macy Miller, but we call him Teddy
for short, and he is almost too large
to be called Teddy. | go to school al
most every day. My studies are, read
ing, history, arithmetic, writing,
language, geography and spelling.
hope you get my letter and l see 1t in
print.
Grace Miller. age II,
R. f. D. No. {, Abba, Iowa.
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ALICE WANTS A CUP AND SAUCER

Dear Santa:
If am worthy of a present from you
| would like to have cup and saucer
il you please then l shall give it to
our sick brother We ali love him so,
we like to give him things We think
will please him, and as it. is almost
Christmas | want to get all | can for
him.
Alice Elizabeth Cox. age .,
OttumWa, Iowa.
(Please send your street num-
ber.-Editor)
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we sent the following message to
Santa:
"The Courier Junior will again help
you Call Christmas Eve afternoon.
Courier Juniors.
Santa does not always give useful
presents, such as stockings and nit
tens Now the Juniors who want TO
join the Christmas Stocking club need
not confine their gifts to stockings OF
mittens, anything that you wish TO
will be acceptable, just SO it is given
in that beautiful Christmas spirit,
which the little child Jesus, whose
birthday we will celebrate December
% wants us to have.
Here is what you will have TO do to
become members of the Christmas
Stocking club:
Each Junior gets one pair of nice
warm stockings, fills one with toy
candy, etc. also puts the other stock
ing in and sends or brings it to the
Office of the Courier Junior. On
Christmas eve Santa Claus takes the
stockings and the other gifts to the
Open Door Rescue Mission, the Saliva
ton Army, the Orphans Home and to
the Volunteers. The Juniors living at
q distance can send us the stockings
empty and the Courier Junior will put
goodies into them.
| We hope all the Juniors. their
mammas, papas, brothers. sisters.
grandparents and all their friends will
become interested in the Christmas
Stocking club We hope that all the
Juniors who have won prizes during
the past year as well as previous to
that time. will belong to the Christ,
mas Stocking club. If they do we will
feel that the Juniors have appreciated
their prizes.
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For pets have three pigeons, one cat
and dog. His name is Tippy. l have
no brothers or sisters. My papa Is a
blacksmith and my grandma lives IL
the country. went out to her house
and had big time gathering hickory
nuts.
Well Santa, hope you won'- forget
me, SO good-by Santa.
Ralph Caldwell, age s,
Abingdon. Iowa
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RAYMOND MEANT This FOR SAN
Ia CLAUS.

Dear Editor
/ wonder if the Juniors would be il
terested in knowing what I want for
Christmas I would like pair of
skates, a sled, some good game and a
small musical instrument Or good
book. always like to get a good story
book.
I attend Reveal school where we
have about twenty-five pupils enrolled.
My studies are arithmetic, grammar,
geography. physiology and spelling.
Your friend,
Raymond Wilson, age II.
Rural Route No. s.
Ottumwa, Iowa.
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NORMA ALWAYS BELONGS TO
CHRISTMAS STOCKING CLUB.

Dear Editor
I received. that cute Thanksgiving
post card you sent me and it was very
much appreciated by me and it was so
appropriate for the day. Thanksgiving
day I certainly had fine time. We
had good dinner ct home and there
was a basketball game at the Eldon
high school grounds in the afternoon,
Eldon H. S. against Brighton H s.,
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Dear Santa:
thought l would write you lew
lines to let YOU know what 1 want for
CHRISTMAS. / would like to have a sled
and a nice story book. / also want you
to remember all the children and
bring them nice things.
we scholars are talking of taking up
a collection and getting our teacher
Christmas present, but we are all un
decided what to get for him. We would
like for you and all the juniors 10
write q, letter and have published let
ting me know what to get for him.
Hannah Clark,
Lucas, Iowa,
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Rural No. |.
Ottumwa, Iowa
FOREST REMINDS SANTA OF
CHERRY CHILDREN.
Dear Santa Claus

Dear SANTA CIauS.-
| thought l had better write and tell
you what would like for you to bring
me Christmas. | thought you might
have lot or orders to fill, SO send
mine in early. | would like to have a
pair of runners for the coaster I have
and pair of Indian gloves. / would
like to have you bring my brother Law
renee some toys to play with and q
real live white dog with long hair, and
don't forget mamma and papa and
grandma and I hope you will be able
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WANTS TO HELP FIX TREE.

Dear Santa:
thought would write a letter and
tell you what | wanted for Christmas
I would like to have some nice books.
and some nice oranges and candy. but
what would like most of all is to help
make a Christmas tree, and I would
like to join the Christmas Stocking
club. am going to try to get my
teacher to have Christmas tree at
the school house. | would rather give
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the former team winning the game.
It was fine game, and then to think
our own high school won.
am going to belong to the Christ
mas Stocking club this year and !
hope every Junior will belong. This
makes the third year for the Christ
mas Stocking club and am glad to
say that have belonged each year.
I am your friend,
Norma Daniels, age TO-
Eldon, Iowa.
P. o. Box No. 223.
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MARGARET's WANTS.
Dear Santa:

Dear Santa:
I will tell you what want you 10
bring me for Christmas. | want you
TO bring me pair of fur topped slip
pers. q leather doll buggy, candy and
nuts, and sled.
Margaret Miller, age 8,
311 S. Richards street, Ottumwa.
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MlNNiE's STOCKING HANGS ON
DOOR.

Dear Santa:
I thought I would write you letter
to let you know what | want for
Christmas want doll and buggy.
and candy, apples. You will find my
stocking hanging on the door. Please
don't forget my little brother and sis
ter. | want to Join the Christmas
Stocking club.
Minnie Adcock. age 8,
r. F. d. No. 1, Box "a, Chillicothe
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THE CHRISTMAS STORIES.

We also want the Juniors to write
some splendid stories on one of the
following subjects:
AN AMERICAN CHRISTMAS.
A CHRISTMAS IN SWEDEN.
CHRISTMAS IN A NORWEGIAN
HOME.
CHRISTMAS IN IRELAND.
AN ENGLISH CHRISTMAS.
. CHRISTMAS IN RUSSIA.
A HoLLANDER's CHRISTMAS.
CHRISTMAS IN GERMANY.
ITALY's OBS VANCE OF
CHRISTMAS.
CHRISTMAS IN MY TOWN.
WHY WE OBSERVE CHRISTMAS.
We will not limit your work this
time, but your stories must be in the
Courier office by December 20. The
stories will be published Thursday,
December %, i'll the Daily Junior and
Saturday, December %, in the Tri-
Weekly Junior.
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TERESA DOES NOT WANT TOO
MUCH.

Dear Santa:
do not want TO ask too much from
you, as there are lots of little poor
children that want presents too.
want a pair of skates, some candy and
nuts. set of furs, and pair Of fur
topped slippers. If get any of these
I will be very thankful to you, old
Santa Claus.
Teresa Miller, age II,
3l1 S. Richards street, Ottumwa.
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GRACE WANTS A SET OF FuRs.

Dear Santa and Juniors:
This ts my first letter have writ
ten to the Junior. have one sister
and one brother. For pets | have
three chickens and a cat. would
like a set of furs for Xmas. My papa
takes the Courier.
Grace Arnold, age 8,
r. F. d. No. s, Ottumwa, Ia.
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MAKES AN INDIRECT APPEAL TO
SANTA.

Dear Editor:
/ want Canta Claus 10 bring me a
big doll with blue eyes and light hair.
I want him to bring me some books,
such as "Alice Through the Looking
Glass and What She Found There"
Little Men," Little Women"
Riley's Child Rhymes" ! want some
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Dear Santa Claus
I want to tell you what want for
Xmas.
| want desk, a set Of dishes, seven
colored pencils, some nuts and a doll.
That is all want for Xmas. live on
Rural Route 5. Be sure and not for.
get me.
Your little friend,
Margaret Mast.
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BERTHA WILL HANG STOCKING
UP.

Dear Santa:
hope you will not forget me Christ
mas, as l VIII hang up my stockings
up early and go to bed on Christmas
Eve will write and tell you what
want. l want doll, leggons, ribbons.
mittens and q locket and chain. Dear
Santa hope you will not forget me
and bring these things IN your sled.
Bertha Benson, age IL,
r. r. 70. No. 2. Abba, Iowa.