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Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-23

About that festivity, however, there
scems to be a very general desire to
have it at a much earlier date than
the one of last year, and that may be
arranged, in fact if the weather should
be promising it might be pleasant to
have a spring holiday some time about
Easter time. We will all think it over.
The Herald Junior pennants have
arrived and will delight you all, I am
sure. With love to you all.
AUNT LAURIE.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-23

was bound to do them homage
for this one evening.
AS Ellen thought of this de.
lightful custom she sighed wist-
fully, wishing that she might be
made a queen of Twelfth Night
lust for once to see how it would
feel. And at the thought she
jumped up gleefully, crying:
"I'll' pretend there's lots of
fun to be gotten from games of
make-believe! III pretend that
I'm a real queen and dress my
self in rich attire"
So saying she took the scarlet
table cloth from its place and
draped it Enthusiastically about her.
The ring from the lamp made
beautiful gilt crown and Ellen
was enchanted with her refiec-
ton in the little cracked mirror.
AS she danced back and forth
in front of the fire she fancied
that she saw tiny hgure there,
a quaint little old woman carry
ing a wand in her hand, and
while she looked the figure sud-
denly stepped forward from the
embers and spoke to her in these
words
Conclude this story, telling what the
words were which fell upon Ellen's
amazed ears who her unexpected Vis-
itor was, and what followed the sur
prising advent of this quaint caller.
The story may be fairy tale or may
have some other ending, but whatever
happens, please do not make it all
dream. Dream stories are so easy to
write, and there is not half the occa-
sion for inventive genius in such tale
as in a story which has some more
imaginative possibilities.
One prize, a handsome book, will be
given for the best story, or the winner
may choose the alternate prize in
stead.
Write from $50 to 300 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, January 81, for
publication February g.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-23
LIBRARY ENVELOPE

Sometimes you girls and boys vino
read this page see little stories about
strange people, wonderful inventions
or discoveries of faraway lands. Some
times you might want to have such
stories to use at school when studying
certain subjects. Why not begin now
to cut out these little articles? Save
them in a large manila envelope, which
can be made at home. On the outside
paste a pretty picture ar fancy post
card. Inside a sheet of paper should
be kept so that the names of the
articles added each week might be re-
corded. In this way little library
with an index is made.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-23
DISTANT COUSINS
My dear boys and girls:

My dear boys and girls:
XTOU have some new cousins today in
whom I am sure you will all be
interested. One of the prize win
ners this week lives in Salem, Iowa,
where she has been reading the Her
aid Junior and following the career of
our California prize. winners with in.
terest. Now she has decided to enter
the competition and her first work is
so excellent that must warn the Jun
iors of the sunny southwest to be on
their mettle to see that she does not
win too many of the prizes. There are
new cousins too from Idaho, and their
advent in the race for some of the
interesting prizes which The Herald Of
fers for good work among the boys
and girls ought to quicken the inter-
est of the entire large family of Jun
iors.
It is very interesting to know of these
new writer's, and to realize that so far
away many little folk look each week
for the letters and stories that we
write How many of you have ever
stopped to think under what conditions
your limerick or letter may be read
perhaps it serves to pass the time for
some poor little sick boy or girl, or
maybe some kindhearted big sister
reads it to little brother when he is
being punished for naughtiness and has
to stay within doors.
There are ever so many unusual con-
di.ions which might follow the read
ing of these letters and the Herald
Junior, not the least of which is the
one in which boys and girls gather
round the fire on cold winter nights
an read of picnics, and other delight
full outings which their Southern Cali
forna Herald Junior cousins are en-
joying right in the month of January.
l hope there will be some good let
ters about grandmother first valen-
tine Remember my dear Juniors when
you write this story that in grand
mothers day one must make the val
entines with gilt paper, homemade
poetry and a glue pot. The shops did
not offer such vast variety on subjects
grave and gay, loye-lorn and amusing,
as they now hold, and boys and girls
who would send some token to one
another had to resort to many devices
in order to make a presentable gift.
If possible, if there is a grandmother
about who can tell about her first val
entine, write a true story If not, in
vent the very best one you can. 1t will
not matter in awarding the prize
whether the letters describe something
which actually happened or something
which your own fertile imagination has
pictured. The best original story will
win the prize.
Our Washington's birthday issue will
follow this valentine number, and I
shall be glad to have some suggestion
Immediately as to suitable topic for
the writing and drawing contests for
that week. They must come at once,
however, to be of any value to me.
Many of the boys and girls are COM
mencing to inquire about the outing
trips for prize winners this summer,
and already 1 have had hosts of in
quiries concerning a midsummer frolic.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-23
LIE SINCE

lie singe" (the monkey is a popular
game among young. girls who enjoy a
hearty laugh upon one of the opposite
sex-in fact, it is really practical joke.
The monkey is the man selected to
leave the room. When he is called back
again perfect silence reigns among the
whole company. Puzzled by this seri-
Gus attitude, he naturally asks: "What
is the matter?" They all repeat in
chorus: What is the matter?" The
monkey probably will say: T don't
understand" which is chorused after
him, and every remark he makes or
question he asks is thus repeated until
he sees the joke. OF course, he accepts
the guying good naturedly.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-23
SPECIAL DRAWING CONTEST

Boys and girls of high school age those have already
prize in the Herald Junior drawing invited to
submit pictures suitable for the front page of magazine
Short poem suitable quotation joke may be as theme
for this work There will be regular competition each
picture accepted and used handsome book book of travel
will be awarded to the artist.
Pictures must be drawn with Jet black ink upon smooth heavy
white paper be 81 inches wide and inches
deep They may be submitted any time and prizes will
issued upon publication.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-23
UNFINISHED STORIES

EONOE was a nice DAT, Dul
tT he was far IRON brilliant.
In fact he was just a sort of
a gray and his mind was the
same color. He slept in hol-
low tree all day, hanging upside
down by his heels, and when the
twilight came he tapped silently
about in the cool of the evening.
He had one great grief and that
was his color, for he didn't like
being just plain gray, and that
was the reason he came out only
at night, so that nobody could
see him.
81 wish" he said over and over
again, that l was some other
color than gray. I would like so
much to be a fancy bat" But,
being rather stupid, he never did
anything but just wish.
Two spotted beetles named
Billy and Tommy, who were
twins, lived at the very root Of
the tree where George lived.
When George came out of the
tree that evening the two little
beetles were playing around
there in the dark.
Good evening, bat creature, i"
they said both together. "Where
are you going?"
ooh, just around" answered
George.
ooh, bat creature!" cried Billy,
won't you take me flying?'
"Why, certainly" said George.
"I'll take you out flying. Give me
your hand, Billy, and Tommy,
you take his other hand and we'll
go right away now"
"Oh, George" they said, chow
lovely it must be to be able to
hy!"
ooh, twins!' he replied, ''How
lovely it must be to be fancy
spotted creatures and not to be
just plain gray"
"Why don't you wear hats like
ours?" said the beetles.
"I've just been admiring them,
answered George. Where did
you get them ?"
Complete this story, telling anything
YOU like to imagine about where the
twins got their hats, what sort of hats
they were and what advice they gave
George the bat about securing one.
Describe his efforts to get a hat, and
then the method he used to enjoy the
results of his efforts.
One prize, a handsome book, will be
given for the best story, or the WIN
ner may choose the alternate prize
instead.
Write from $50 to 200 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 8, for
publication February 13.
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Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-23

HLLEN was a little serving
maid who only knew hard
~ work from morning till
night.
The poor child led dreary
life of washing dishes, sweeping,
scrubbing, busting and running
errands from early morning un-
til late at night.
She would sit huddled up to
the glowing Goals and imagine all
sorts of pictures in them.
such pastime and it was really
quite wonderful how many
marvellous things she saw in the
red and black embers.
Knights riding forth to battle
with fiery dragons; fair prin-
cesses immured in ruined towers
by cruel witchcraft; enchanted
forests and noble castles-all
these things and many more the
lonely child saw to entertain her
little self.
When Ellen's eyes were not
too heavy with sleep she would
read in wonderful book. This
book told of many customs and
fables of old England before so
many towns and factories had
been built, when life was lived in
the green wood, in the vast for
ests and open downs and moor
lands. She learned all about the
fairies, pixies, brownies and
gnomes, the little people who
dwelt in the knolls and hills Of
old England and ventured forth
when the moon was full. The
same book also told of the old
customs of celebrating such fes-
tivals as Nav day, Halloween
and Twelfth Night
So it was of this last holiday
that little Ellen was thinking as
she sat by her lonesome self on
that date, the 9th of January, just
twelve days after Christmas.
The chief ceremony of the
evening was the cutting of the
famous spiced Twelfth Night
cake, in which was baked pea
and bean. The girl who found
the pea was elected queen of the
feast; the boy who found the
bean was chosen king. And no
matter how lowly or humble
these lucky folk might be, and
though there might be many
lords and ladies present, each
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-23
THE HERALD JUNIOR
FLORENCE BosARD LAWRENCE, Editor

The Herald Junior is published by The Her
aid company for the children of the south
west. 1t is devoted to their interests and
will publish principally their writings
All children Of public school age welcome
as contributors. The editor wishes to encour-
age correspondence and suggestions from the
teachers
The editor will be in her office for visitors
Monday afternoon from 2 until o'clock and
Saturday from 10 in the morning until
o'clock in the afternoon Special appoint
ments may be made by telephone.
All prize winners living in Los Angeles
must call for their prizes within two weeks
for three honorable mentions must present
copies Of the stories. letters limericks
published and claim their prizes.
Prize winners living out of town will receive
their prizes by mail without request, except
for honorable mention, in which case copies
of the stories, letters limercks must be
submitted and the prize claimed.
By a special arrangement with the circula-
tior department., Aunt Laurie Is enabled 10
make the following announcement: Whenever
a prize of a book of dollar is awarded
to a Junior that prize will be exchanged IL
desired for subscription to The Herald as fol-
lows: one dollar prize may be exchanged
fof a six months subscription, while a book
will be exchanged for a three months sub
scription
This is entirely optional with each boy and
girl and no effort whatever will be made to
persuade any to take the alternate prize.
II is offered merely because of some laments
which have from boys and girls whose
parents do not and will not take the paper,
and this arrangement would enable the boys or
girls to have the pape' for themselves.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-27
Chanticler Into
Breakfast Row..
Notes on Eggs
Man Camped with Chickens Writes
Notes on Eggs that Wife Gets
for Table.

There are sermons in stones, according
to Mr. w, Shakespeare and 1t is now up
to Judge Sutton's court TO determine II
there are divorces In eggs.
Judge Sutton heard what was written by
George II. Place of Dundee on the eggs
he sent his wife and also what was writ
ten in the notes pasted on the chiffonier,
the stovetop and the parlor table.
One of the egg notes ran: Don't eat this
raw"
Another note was to this effect:
MY Dear Wife: Think how happy we
were when we married thirteen years ago."
The Places were in court on a motion
by f. NJ. Bartlett for Mrs. Place to set
the trial for immediate hearing. Mr.. Bart
lett denounced Place in vigorous terms and
let drop a remark to the effect that Dun
dee neighbors of the Places were all for
the plaintiff.
Place declared Dundee plebiscite would
show matters quite the other way. Take
q vote of the neighbors," he cried. 1T viii
show them all for me-"
Judge Sutton denied the plaintiffs mo-
ton for temporary alimony and set the
case for hearing next week. Thursday.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-27
HOTEL CLERKS TO DENVER
VIII Travel Special, Leaving Omaha
Early Next wednesday
Morning.

The Nebraska and Iowa Hotel Clerks
association, numbering about 200, will leave
Omaha by special cars at Gas a. m June
for Denver, TO attend the meeting OF the
national convention of hotel clerks to be
held in that city June Pa
Delegates will be present from coast to
coast and the convention promises to be
the largest gathering Of hotel clerks ever
assembled at one time in the country. 1t
is the purpose of tho convention to effect
a national organization.
The Nebraska and Iowa association will
present the name of E. w. Sherman OF
the Henshaw hotel Of Omaha FOR president
OF tho national organization and expect to
land him in that office Mr. Sherman is
one Of the best known hotel men in the
west. He first became associated with
the hotel business in Omaha with the Pax
ton hotel in 1887, He is at present presi-
dent OF the Nebraska and Iowa association,
having but recently been reelected to that
position for another year.
Many of the Omaha and Iowa delegates
viii be accompanied by their wives. There
yet remain a few reservations in the spe-
cial cars and such as may want them
can notify Mr., Sherman or Joe Keenan,
at the Henshaw or Art w. Grid. secretary
OF the Nebraska association. I4 South
Fourteenth street. Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-27
SUIT FOR WATER USED
FOR LAST Fifteen YEARS
Water Company Claims Woman Sc
:, cured Water which Did Not
Run Through Meter.

A peculiar case was filed in the United
States circuit court Thursday morning,
wherein the Omaha Water company
charges Magdelina Pivonka with beating
the water company out of some $500 worth
Of water.
The complaint alleges that along in 1893
the defendant was the owner of certain
premises in Omaha and in building her new
business house that she contracted with
the Omaha Water company for water
meter service to be used on the premises
However, without knowledge OF the COM
pany the defendant had the water supply
Of the building connected with other pipes
that were not connected with meter serv-
ice, nor was the water so furnished served
through a meter.
This condition of affairs continued until
the year 1908, when the defendant disposed
of her property to other parties, and not
until then was 1t discovered that the prem
ses had been served with water, from
which the company did not receive any
revenue whatever.
Suit is therefore brought for S2,502.62 and
costs, as the amount claimed to be due
the water company for furnishing water to
the premises for the last fifteen Xears.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-27
GRANT POST ON MEMORIAL DAY
Veterans Will Attend All Saints
Church Sunday MOFninE-WiH
Conduct Ritual Monday.

Post Commander S. B. Jones Of Grant
Post No. ITO. Grand Army Of the Republic,
has issued a circular order for the infor-
nation of the post members relating to
Memorial day. 1t states that on Sunday
the post, accompanied by Grant Woman's
Relief corps. will attend divine service at
All Saints church, Twenty-sixth and
Dewey avenue. The sermon will be deliv-
cred by Rev. T. ]. Mackay. a comrade of
the post. Members are requested to meet
in front of the post hall. Nineteenth and
Farnam streets at 10 O'Clock Sunday morn
ing, and will march from there to the
church in body.
Grant post has been selected by the COM
mittee OF arrangements to conduct the
ritual service of the order at Prospect Hill
cemetery Monday morning. Members will
meet at the cemetery gate.
The post will assemble Monday afternoon
for the parade at 2:SO o'clock at the north
front of the postoffce. Members are
asked to wear uniforms as far as possible
and to provide themselves with white
gloves.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-27
TESTING FOR NEW HILL DEPOT
Character of Underlying Ground Is
Being Determined Before the
Structure il Started.

The work Of testing the ground for the
foundation for the new Burlington freight
depot is now going on. Several holes have
been sunk in the earth to determine the
characteS--of the soil, The engineers in
charge of the work nave not made their
report to the general managers office, but
quick sand and soft earth has been dis
covered in a number Of places.
1t is expected that a pile driver will be
brought to the site and piles will be sunk
to get a more accurate description OF the
character of the soil. The depot is to be
built near the present structure east Of
Eighth street, between Farnam and Jack
son streets. and the place was at one time
the bed of the Missouri river, which ac-
counts for the character of the ground
owing to the softness of the earth 1t is
probable that a foundation Of piles will be
sunk before any Of the masonry work is
started.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-27
New Postal Cars
Completed and
Ready for Use
White Mail Street Cars Will Be in
Service on Omaha Streets
After July /.

The five new street railway postal cars
for use on the Omaha street railway be-
tween the postoffice and depots are about
completed, and will go into commission
July /.
The cars have been built in the car
shops of the street railway company, at
Twenty-eighth and Lake streets, and are
fine specimens of car work. The cars will
be painted white, and will resemble In
many respects the ordinary steam railway
postal car in general appearance. These
cars will be run on schedule time, in order
to accommodate the ninety-six mail trains
that arrive and depart from Omaha daily.
The time schedules have not yet been
arranged, but will be announced within
several days. 1t is figured that the In
stallation of the street railway postal cars
will effect a saving of from thirty-five to
forty-five minutes in time between the post
office and the depots.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-27
Escaping Gas Kills
Mrs. SeImaJ Johnson
Her Daughter, Mrs. R. G. Larsen,
Also of Stromsburg, Receivers
Unconscious Twelve Hours.

Mrs Selma Johnson, who, with her daugh-
ter, Mrs, r. G. Larsen, of StromsburE.
Neb., was overcome by leaking gas in a
room at the Windsor Wednesday morning
died Thursday morning at 1:20
Mrs. johnson did not recover conscious
ness. Her daughter. Mrs. Larsen, viii re-
cover, but will be unable to accompany the
body of her mother to Stromsburg for the
funeral. sr- I'D.
They came to Omaha early in the week.
Mrs. Larsen was to undergo an operation
at an Omaha hospital. ,.....
The two women were discovered in their
room by an attendant. "a Police surgeons
were called and administered restoratives,
For time IT was thqushtethat it would be
possible to save them both = Mrs Larsen
did not recover consciousness for nearly
twelve hours. .-,-
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-27
CENSUS MEN STILL AT WORK
Picking Up Scattered Odds and Ends
which Were Missed ON the
First Round.

The Census department is still gathering
up and c0llating the scattered returns for
this census district, and the final report
may not be sent in until after the middle
OF June. In any event. the returns for
the district win not be sent in by June 1.
1t is the desire Of Census Supervisor saun-
ders TO see that Omaha gets credit for
every inhabitant within its corporate limits.
AL the returns from the country are in
but from two districts, but these are ex-
pected daily.
The department has been materially as
sisted I'm these closing days of the census
enumeration by business men and business
houses. The city enumerators have all
completed their work and turned In their
schedules which are now being verified
at Supervisor Saunders office by a corps
of half a dozen young women clerks. as
sisted by several special agents.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-27
BRIEF CITY NEWS
wave Root Print IL

Have Root Print II
Lighting Fixtu - urgoss-oranden 90.
Best Dry Cleaning OF garments. Twin
City Dyo Works, 4O7 South Fifteenth.
a lsso---Hatie-al Life Insurance. co--lslo
NCharles H. Ady, General Agent Omaha
Gard Party-Fern camp. Royal Neigh
bors Of America will give card party
Thursday evening at Baright's hall.
mara. -Four savings increase your earn
ixgs by becoming a member OF Nebraska
Savings and Loan Assn. Earns per cent
per annum. 1909 Farnam ST.. Omaha
The Ladies Of the Emanuel Baptist
, church will hold a rummage sale next
Thursday and Friday at 1913 Vinton
street.
Postmasters Convention Postponed
T21e annual meeting of the Nebraska post
masters which was scheduled 20 be held
IN Lincoln in June has been postponed until
after the adjournment of congress.
Memorial nay Address-A Memorial
day address viii be made Sunday night
by former Judge +, NJ. Bartlett to the
First Presbyterian church OF South Omaha.
That congregation is now meeting at Rush
ing's hail. Twenty-fourth and ] streets,
while q new $4,000 church is being con-
structed.
Money for OLD Peoples Home-The Old
,NPeople's homo will profit 5000 by the sell
'Ihg OF the estate OF Caroline Ayers now
app for probate in county court. Miss Ayers
I left an estate of $1,000 to her brother and
five sisters except for the bequest to the
home. The brother has passed away since
her death,
Applications for Administrators-Appl
cation has been made in county court toI
!. an administrator OF the estate of Andrew
! Hansen, who met death In trolley acci'
dent at Forty-fifth and Dodge streets. An
administrators has also been sought for the
estate OF Harry Richlleu, recently killed
on the Union Pacific at Valley.
Ellison Case Eeard-Captain Francis j.
! Ellison, hero OF several matrimonial en-
gagements, was in Omaha in the spirit
Wednesday, his COW and calf Teplevln case
having como up before Judge Esteiie' VINO
Is taking Judge Redick's docket temporarily
A deposition made by Captain Ellison II
Flathead county. Montana, was offered II
evidence by his attorney. Mr., Ellison pu
a COW and calf to board with neighpor
ing farmer, Hammond IL. Young and th'
latter held them for charges alleged due
Replevin proceedings followed.