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Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-13

NHE Wooden Soldier and the
China Doll were going to be
married, and since the
Wooden Soldier was a captain,
the wedding was to be quite a
grand one!
All the dolls were in a furry
getting ready. The Japanee was
to be maid of honor, and the little
Chinaman was to be best man.
Weddings do not happen very
often in that quiet Nursery
Town, so everybody felt very
excited and talked and gossiped
a great deal. Some said they
wondered if such a cold-hearted
person as the China Doll could
really love anybody-even a
handsome Wooden Soldier. But
perhaps, after all, the China
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-13
PERSONAL CHATS WITH
THE HERALD JUNIORS
Dear Aunt Laurie:

Dear Aunt Laurie:
I hardly dare give any suggestions
for topics, as l cannot come up to
yours l think the other Juniors will
probably think so, too.
One topic | think would be nice:
"Some Parades That I Have Seen" It
could be any parade, of any kind. Tell
why you liked it, if you did; and if
not, why, or give a good description
of it.
Another one: what I Risked to See
the Airships." You may tell what
you risked in missing school or some
thing which happened on the way
over to the field. Maybe some gave up
hope of getting something they want
ed very much, or some such thing by
going.
May the person whose topic is used
write on it, Aunt Laurie?
Lovingly,
HELEN G.. MACE.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-13

always so. ! wish knew more
about him:
Michael was still pnzzling
over this when their mamma
tucked them snugly into bed, and
he had not been lying there very
long, when suddenly right before
him danced Will himself, gleam-
ing with as bright, as green, as
iinpish a flame as ever he did, in
the marshes or woodland.
Follow me. follow me, follow me
seemed to come quivering upon
the air in tinkling tones.
Michael needed no second in
vitation, but slipped on his warm
bathrobc and slippers and fol-
lowed VIII out of the window
and over. the treetOps to the
moorland beyond. He seemed to
float along with great ease and
found the experience altogether
delightful VIII did not speak
again, until Whiff he opened the
door of hillock or mound and
they found themselves in 49,.
Continue this story, relating the fur
ther experiences of Michael and of his
sister Norah. who had also listened to
the tales of the VIII o the Wisp. The
adventures of this pair of children led
on by the misty, mischievous green
flame should offer big opportunity for
some splendid stories.
one prize, a handsome book, will be
given for the best story, or the winner
may choose the alternate prize instead.
Write from $50 to POO words on one
side of the paper, leaving margin at
the top and side of each page. Address
the letters neatly to Aunt Laurie, Los
Angeles Herald, Los Angeles, Cal, and
be sure that it reaches this Office not
later than Thursday, February "A, for
publication March 6.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-13

Doll had a warm heart beneath
her cold skin. At least the Jap
anec thought so, and the Jap
anec was her best chum, so [
think he ought to have known,
don't you?
Alas war is very cruel-even
war in a Nursery Town, and
when, suddenly, only two days
before the day fixed for the we'd
ding, war was declared between
the Wooden Soldiers and the Tin
Soldiers, everybody felt some
how as if sad and dreadful things
would surely happen.
The Wooden Soldier said
goodby to his China Sweetheart
for a good captain must al
ways go to battle when war
breaks out. 1t was morning
when he marched away.
All day the battle between the
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-13
Long Beach.

Thank you for the suggestion,
Helen. l took the topic about the
parade. you see. Yes, you certainly
may write upon the topic, and l hope
that you win a prize. Thank you for
your many kind personal remarks.
Your small brothers funny remarks
deserve publication. If you will write
them again on one side of the paper
only ] shall be glad to use them some
time.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-13

Dear Aunt Laurie:
l am going to suggest some topics
which / think would be very nice to
write about First, | think Riding
Horseback" would be very nice topic
to write about as l am sure most all
the Juniors have had the experience
of trying it. All tell of one time or an
other when they have had a good time
riding horseback
"A Day at the Beach is also a good
topic to write about, as MOST all can
think of some day that they have spent
at the beach and will take pleasure in
describing the many things they saw
and did.
There are also many other topics
which | think would be nice. but these
two I think are especially nice topics
to write about. l am sending in a let
ter on the topic, "An Interesting Place
Near My Home" and hope you will
like it, Yours lovingly,
MABEL ANDREWS.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-13

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Pertaining to the topic: "Original
Design for Valentine" can l draw
picture in the way of a cartoon? If
so it will be to my advantage, be-
cause that is what / am best at
Yours truly, MILTON BASHAM.
Inglewood Grammar school, grade 6.
[Cartoons occasionally receive favor
able mention in this department, but
other things being equal | prefer to
give attention to the straight drawing
work. Your picture is good, and upon
some occasions | have given a prize
to a cartoon, but | much prefer a
more conventional form of drawing,
for the present at least.]
Dear Aunt Laurie:
| was very pleased when l opened the
paper last week and saw that my story
received honorable mention for it is
my third honorable mention. l will in
close copy of EACH
The prize that l get will be birth
day present, for today is my fourteenth
birthday. GLADYS GERVAIS.
Anaheim school, eighth grade. Age
IA years.
Dear Aunt Laurie:
AS L have been going to school l have
not had much time to write to you. |
have been reading The Herald Junior
and have thought about organizing a
club in Long Beach,
l think can get enough to belong to
it, but some of the girls want to know
what the object of the club is, So will
you please tell me all about it.
Yours affectionately
MAMIE FELDMAN.
Long Beach high school, grade 1Oh,
Long Beach.
The club whose members receive the
most prizes will be given a prize at
the close of the school year. You and
your friends. will find that doing this
Herald Junior work will receive a.
great deal of benefit.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-07
fine PROGRAM
At LOMO THEATRE
Opening Today At This Handsome
Play House VIII Be Marked BY
Extra Good Features.

Much interest is being taken in the
opening of the Lomo Theatre today,
as this is Hattiesburg's newest play
house and is the handsomest moving
picture establishment in the state.
Naturally the proprietors have taken
especial pains to have high-class
program for the opening day, but
this same effort will pravail at all
times. In addition to an abundance
of good music the following pictures
will be displayed:
Take Me Out to The Ball Game y
Our friend Blink, is a baseball bug,
who finds he will have time to visit
the ball park in the afternoon and
from that moment until noon is in an
excited fever, refusing to talk any
thing but baseball to the business
men who call on him.
Blink hurries home at noon and
between bites tells his wife, Fanny
of the ball game and she, too, decides
to go, taking with her their bull-pup
Jack.
After many difficulties they reach
the ball park and after the excitement
of buying tickets Blink grabs hold OF
the arm of a fat colored nanny
and doesn't discover his mistake un
til inside. However, he locates Fan
ny and they hurry to the bleachers.
The game is an exciting one, bu'
not for Fanny, who falls asleep on the
fat mans shoulder next to her; the
pup becomes excited at a shady de
cision by the umpire and makes
things interesting for that worth.
The home team wins which make
Blink so happy he forgets Fanny ant
arrives home before he thinks of hi
missing spouse. Fanny continue
sleeping until the last one in tn
park and is finally wakened by tn
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-07

to Syracuse, where he attended the
meeting of the National Association
of Fire Chiefs, and out Of more than
five hundred active chiefs, in addition
to many retired chiefs, Potter of Hat
tiesburg was one of the men chosen
to make a speech. He talked on the
subject of wood as a Combustible
Substance" and coming as he did
from the piney woods section, his
words were given careful attention.
When he had finished others rose and
agreed heartily with what he had
said.
After leaving Syracuse, Chief Pot
ter went to New York City, where he
spent four days inspecting the fire de-
partment of the big city, and here he
gained other valuable knowledge.
Thence he came back to Hattiesburg
with renewed energy and enthusiasm
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-07

instance associated himself directly
with the fire departments He says
the result of his trip is that he now
knows exactly what is needed here
to increase the efficiency of the Hat
tiesburg stations, and further than
that. when he gets the improved ma
chinery he will know what to do with
1t.
|, Cincinnati was the first city visited,
and Chief Potter declares that of all
the cities he has ever visited, this
one has the best fire department.
Here he was the guest of Chief Archi-
bald. one of the foremost fire fighters
of the country, and he was quartered
in station No. 1, the most centrally
located station in the city. Chief
Potter not only watched carefully the
work of this department, but himself
took part in all the fires that happen
ed. several of which were large ones.
From Cincinnati Chief Potter went
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-07

working people purpose to have a
voice not only in the affairs of our
government, but in the industrial az
fairs of our people.
"All these decisions we have mad
handed down to us are the devices
of men so far removed from the great
hubbub of life, from the great move
ment of the masses that they do not
understand. | cannot accuse any
man on the bench of having evil mo-
tives, but as for the men occupying
positions in the great judiciary of our
country, the higher up they are the
further they are removed from the
people,"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-07
men old At IS
One Million Bald Heads Who Thought
pandruff Wasn't Dangerous.

In the United States and Canada
today there are nearly million men
who at IS can be put in the baldhead
class.
When these men had thick vigorous
hair dandruff made its appearance.
That was the time to attack the
enemy of mankind-the persistent
little devil called a dandruff microbe,
or germ that burrows deep down into
the hair root and saps it of the vitali-
ty that is SO essential to the hair.
Young men or any man, for that
matter, beware of the dandruff germ;
It is not theory, but an actual condi-
ton that confronts you. That dan
druff is caused by germ, is proven
beyond question. That this germ de-
stroys the hair root is today matter
of common knowledge.
The Owl Drug Store has the remedy
that kills the dandruff germs. They
guarantee it to eradicate dandruff,
stop falling hair and itching scalp in
two weeks or money back. 1t is call
ed PARISIAN SAGE, and can be OBJ
tanned at druggists in every town in
America-ask the Owl Drug Store for
It. The girl with the Auburn hair is
on every bottle of Partisan Sage.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-07
DR.. Lowry Speaks.

DR.. w. L. Lowry was then called
for and spoke in highly entertaining
and humorous vein. Several times
he would lead his hearers to where
they believed he was going to declare
himself in favor of Hattiesburg, but
he turned it off each time in clever
way. "And now, gentlemen" he
said, after having looked over the
situation carefully and having con-
sidered the advantages and disadvan-
tages of each town, l feel that l can
come forth frankly and candidly and
say that have made up my mind to
vote for-the best town.
Prof. Geo. G.. Hurst, principal OF
the University Training School at Ok
ford, though not a member of the
Board of Trustees, was present and
was called on for a talk. Prof. Hurst
is a splendid orator who
chooses his words well and
has graceful delivery. He
declared that he loved both Hatties
burg and Laurel but that he was more
vitality interested in the school from a
standpoint of education, for he be-
lieved he could realize in a measure
what it will mean for the state. II
is an institution which has been bad
ly needed for a long time, he said
and he expressed his interest In Its
success, and promised to do anything
in his power for it wherever 1t Is 10
Gated.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-07
COURTS ARE RAPED
BY SAMUEL GOMPERS
IN LABOR DAY TALK

Kansas City, Mo-, Sept. 7.-Speak-
ing to a crowd of laboring men at a
park here Monday, Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation
of Labor, attacked the courts of the
country as being far removed from
the people and opposed to labor.
After touching on the case wherein
himself, John Mitchell and Frank
Morrison received jail sentences and
other cases where fines were assessed
against laboring men, Mr.. Gompers
said:
at is all done in the hope of crush
ing the spirit of labor. These auto
Gratis find there is moral awakening
among the working people of our
country. They find that we know our
rights and are determined to assert
them. Not more right than that pos
sessed by any other citizen, but an
equal right under the sun, under the
constitution and before our God. The
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-07
HAD SON Sent To
JAIL IN ORDER TO
CHECkMA7E CUPID

New Orleans, Sept. Cupid may
defeat the locksmith; but the jail
house-never. That Is the way that
Michael J. Spansel, well known city
employe, living at 2422 Jackson ave,
nue., figured it out, and acting on the
first impulse he had his son, Harry
Spansel given prison sentence Tues
day to prevent tie boys marriage.
Harry is Is years old, and a better
looking young fellow has seldom fig
ured in the First Recorders Court.
He loves a young damsel Of his neigh
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-07
Mr.. Fant's Response.

Mr.. ]. C. FAINT, of Meridian, re-
sponded in behalf of the trustees,
stating that they appreciated fully
the excellent reception accorded them
in this city, and that he, for one, as
well as all the rest of those who came,
were delightfully."- surprised at the
town and the surrounding country.
Mr.. FAINT had not been here for a
number of years and he could hardly
believe his eyes when he beheld it as
it stands today. But, he said, he had
come here for the sole purpose OF
viewing the town as probable loca-
ton for the normal, and that while
he had enjoyed his visit for the pleas
ure there was in it, he kept upmost
in his mind the State Normal He
realized what the school will mean
to the state and the responsibility
placed in his hands as one of the
trustees. and added, that if after view
ing the situation thoroughly he should
decide that this was the best town
for the school he would cast his bal
lot for Hattiesburg with great pleas
ure.
Mr.. FAINT was followed by Prof. p
H. Saunders, of Laurel, who made
an excellent speech under trying cir
cumstances. Mr. Saunders avoided
the subject as far as possible, for |
was generally understood that HI
favors his home town, but the teno
of his talk showed that there is no
the semblance of ill feeling over TN
matter on his part.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-07

than the method which has been en-
ployed for years Of determining the
relative merits of pitchers by the per-
centage of games they win. A pitcher
who will rank close to the top with a
championship team behind him max
ing plenty of runs for him would
most likely be found near the bottom
of the list If his lot were cast with a
tail end team. He might be almost
as effective against opposing batsmen
in one team as another, but the Of
fetal records would not show that
fact. The old system might have
hung on Indefinitely, however, If the
practice of changing pitchers had not
been carried to such extremes as
managers have carried it in recent
years. Officials of both major leagues
now are collaborating to devise new
system of recording the work Of a
pitcher during a championship seas
on. In the new order of things the
total number of innings a man pitch
es during the year will cut promi-
nent figure, because the pitcher who
is in shape and ready to work hardest
and oftenest is bound to be the most
valuable man on his teams staff. The
actual ranking of pitchers next year
undoubtedly will be made upon some
basis to be determined by taking into
account the number of batsmen who
face a pitcher in season, the mum
Der of men whom he retires, and the
number who reach first base against
him.-Utica IN. " Globe.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-07
Chief A. F. POTTER
AT Home AGAIN
Tells of His Experience With Fire De-
partments in Cincinnati, Syracuse
and New York.

Chief A. F. Potter, of the Hatties
burg Fire Department, who has been
away on a three-week's tour for the
purpose of inspecting the big fire de-
partments of the East with view to
increasing the efficiency of the local
department, returned home last week,
and is greatly pleased with the treat
ment he received by all the depart
ments he visited and also with the in
formation he received Chief Potter
visited the cities of Cincinnati, syia-
cuse and New York. City, and in each
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-07
IHE HATTIESBURG NEWS
borhood, whose name Harry very
properly refuses to give.

borhood whose name Harry very
properly refuses to give.
The marriage was to take place
Tuesday. The elder Mr.. Spansel made
serious objections. He said his son
was too young. Harry did not see
where age had anything to do with
a young fellow getting married, SO he
announced with true American indie
pendence that he would have the nup-
tial knot tied despite the paternal OBJ
lection.
Determined to prevent the match the
elder Mr.. Spansel locked his sons
clothing up Monday night. Remem-
bering the old adage concerning love
and the locksmith, however, the father
was not willing to take chance Tues
day. He thought of better plan. He
decided to have his boy arrested and
to have him sentenced to spend few
days behind the bars to reflect.
Judge Fogerty, being good friend
of the spansels, agreed to help the
project along. When Spansel ap-
peared before the judge in his private
office fine of s25 or 80 days was i'm
posed. That, however, is considered
only a technical proceeding. Young
Spansel will hardly be held more than
few days at most. If at the end OF
that time he has changed his plans
concerning matrimony he will be
turned out,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-07
ANNUAL convention
ICONNECTICUT DEMOCRATS
NV Union Associated Press.l

New Haven, Conn, Sept. 7.-Demo-
Gratis of the Nutmeg state assembled
in New Haven today to nominate can
didates and adopt a platform Inc
convention will continue throughout
tomorrow and will probably be marx
ed by lively contests, since the Demo
Gratis are more hopeful of success IN
the November election than they
have been in many years. The Re-
publican party, in this state as in
many others, is divided between regu-
lars and progressives, and in this fact
the Democratic leaders find reasons
for the hope that is in them.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-07
LERCY TAILOR SHOP
DESTROYED BY FIRE

The Leroy Tailor Shop, next door
to The News office, was almost de-
stroyed by fire last night. The fire
was burning rapidly before it was dis
covered by an employee of the water
works, who turned in the alarm. Mr..
Leroy was sleeping soundly and did
not awaken until the fire department
was upon the scene. The building
was almost totally destroyed and all
the clothes and fixtures In the shop
were burned. The contents OF the
building were insured.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-07
MOTHER And Three
Children DROWN


Cincinnati. Sept. While return
ing from a picnic in a rowboat, Mrs.
w. ]. Diemal and her three daughters,
Marie, aged s. Ethel, aged 8, and a
baby, aged one year, were drowned in
the Licking river about two miles
fro mitts mouth Monday night.
The husband and father, w. ]. Die
NAL, with his two sons, and the family
of Jacob Fried, consisting of himself,
his wife and son, escaped. The boat
ran into a submerged log and upset.
The families lived in Newport, KY,
a suburb of Cincinnati.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-07

originated in the kitchen and before
the fire laddies left they had com
pletely extinguished it and had made
a careful examination of the entire
premises. About four a. m. the call
was repeated, and this time the flame
had started in the second story of the
building and was burning rapidly. The
top floor of the house and some of the
furniture was destroyed before the
fire could be extinguished. Both
house and furniture were amply in
sured.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-07
TWO ALARMS FROM
THE SAME House

The fire department answered two
calls Monday night from the same
house. the residence of Miss Molly
Hill. on the corner of Pine and Cor
don streets. The first call came in
at about 1890 in the night. 1t had
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-07

ball park guard. She meets Dn ln,
halfway home and there is the u suSs
family row. which, however '"''
peacefully. -.
oTbe Sorrows of The Unfa'tnlui'
This is a drama by the Biogra0 w.
and in this picture they maintain
their high standard of motion p'o,
lures. The public is well acqualnIel
with the Biograph and will not be q )
Amounted in this production
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-07
Are SANGUINE OF
Continued from Page One,

Continued from Page One.j
fitted than any of the competing towns
for the location of the school, the citl-
zens would unanimously cooperate
with the school officials in whatever
they should wish to undertake for the
upbuilding of the school and the state.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-07

Results Yesterday.
Detroit 6; Cleveland 2.
New York 8; Philadelphia 2.
st. Louis Q; Chicago 1. (First
game. 10 innings.)
Chicago 5; st. Louis 2. (second
game.)
Games To-day.
Chicago at st. Louis.
Detroit at Cleveland.
New York at Washington.
Philadelphia at Boston.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-07
RATING PITCHERS
TO be REVISED
New Plan OF Making Out sIabmen's
Percentages viii be Used
Next Season.

Unless something unforeseen pre-
vents this will be the last year in
which baseball followers will be mis-
led by that portion of the official rec
ords of players which has to do with
games won and lost" by pitchers.
Never has there been devised means
OF reaching more false conclusions
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-07
HOW THEY STAND.

Results Yesterday
Mobile 5; Memphis 2.
Nashville g.; Montgomery 2.
Birmingham 10; Chattanooga a.
Atlanta s.; New Orleans 2.
Games Today.
No games scheduled.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-07

KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF HONOR
meet every Friday night at Odd Fell
lows Hall. All members are request.
ed to be present.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-07

Call 654 either phone and ask NJ
PEOPLES LAUNDRY ABOUT wv
beautiful Tray they are giving away
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-07
National League.

Results Yesterday
Brooklyn 8; Philadelphia l.
Chicago s; Cincinnati 2.
New York 8; Boston 2.
Games Toda.'.
Brooklyn at Philadelphia.
B 4 Louis At Pittsburg.
4 cinnati at Chicago.
- 4 New York
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-07

THE PEOPLES LAUNDRY -
giving away beautiful Tray Ask
about L.