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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-03

GELIEBTER ADOLF: Becoss i'd
ISIS SURPRISING dot id shouldt take
blaze after vot ditn'd, efevrypody
ISIS wondering vot habbened by dot
conference between Teddy und
left.
Some dink Teddy wass sent for
und odders beliefe he coult nod be
kept away. Elder view of i'd iss
dissatisfecter to dose who do nod
concur id.
Besites dose vich wass presence,
I am der only Won vich knows der
true facts. Und my lips ISIS un-
sealed. am sorry to say.
Der conferrings wass kept tight
SECRET. Nopody knew holdings
abould i'd long before id wass all
ofer Teddy swan ACROSS Long
Isslant Sound from COTE Oyster in
der vettest part of der water to
New Hafen, we're left wass idly
kicking up der SAINT in a attempt
to hit golf ball. Ven he hat
ouidpointet Capt. Archibald Butt
ad diss game, und Archie hat gone
to der club house to rest from der
cares of state, left visited dree
times, like diss-"Pheet! Pheet!
Pheet! "-und as der wass no
answer he knew der coast wass
clearsightet.
Ad diss moment Teddy came
ouid of der water like Venice aris-
ing from der bait tub
Hello" said left, you are un-
oxpectet."
"Yess, dose wass der arrange
ments,' reblied Teddy.
"Diss ISIS extremely autumn wet
ter we are hating diss fall" re-
marked left, blunging ad vonce
into der subchegt.
"lndeet id iss," dissentet Teddy.
81 af nod seen so much October
since lasr Sebtember. To you
know, l risked my life in Gaming
agross?"
80? Howefer, 1 am g,at you
dit"
Tank you. ] only Wished to say
| do diss so id will nod be sub
bosed | ignore der administration.
Nodings ISIS so small dot voult
ignore i'd"
Il subbOse 1912 ISIS a tabooed
topig between u.s."
"Yess, we will discuss id, but
nod mention i'd
Den came der partings.
"Our meetings bass been enchoy-
able?" said left.
"Yess; nod a wort hass passed
between us" reblied Teddy.
I'VE feel sympaty for each cd
der?''
Sure. We are more can sorry
for each odder"
"Diss ISIS a mutual bleasure?"
Eyes, der pleasure iss all EACH
-711rr1t7ls.s-'i
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-03
DID YOU EVER THINK OF
EXPRESSMAN'S LIFE?

until the afternoon, when they will
earn days wages after 3 o'clock.
Il made five dollars yesterday"
said Dad Clarity, who is 81 years
old, but this mornin' | amt only
made four bits so far. Yes. the
young fellers over there cut me out
some. | can't keep up with them.
They're too fast for me. / find it
better to keep down here near
Sprague, away from the bunch
Some people won't pick a wagon
from a bunch for fear of hurtin
some one else's feelin's, but X they
see an outfit off all alone they'll
come up and speak to you. We
get calls for trunks here mostly
and meet all kinds of people.
Travelin men are~pretty good folks
as a rule, but some of 'em want
you to do a lot of work for nothin'.
There's all kinds.---i get down here
+about Z and leave at 1870. ] won't
do night work any more, my eyes
are too bad. Wages are fair. You
have jest got to wait and take your
turn and maybe luckll break your
way and maybe 1t won't. They
talk about the high wages out west,
but you've got 10 pay out more
Feed costs me 80 cents day.
When | was drivin' teams in Bos-
ton | made $65 a month and my
board and room and washiu' cost
me SIG"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-03

You have seen the long list of
express wagons on Bernard street
opposite the Northern Pacific sta
ton, - or Is of them, one-horse
wagons with hand-lettered signs,
and you have been hailed as you
passed with, Baggage here.
Trunks delivered" Possibly you
have wondered how they make
enough to keep their horses on, but
you would be surprised if you
knew they sometimes made S., $6
and 81 day and even more. How
ever, that is far from the, average.
The express business as they carry
it on it precarious, although they
always make enough to live on.
Trade varies greatly. Sometimes
the morning is the best. and then
again they will not make anything
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-03

races, so noble an Amer
lean institution should
be used as the pumpkin
pie.
That's getting down
close to him. It's too
much like painting the
checks Of grandmother
from the makeup box
of the chorus girl or
carrying cigarets in
grandad's silver snuff
box.
1t happened out in
Colorado. The country
folks took pride in their
big pumpkins, gleam-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-03

The attention of the Washington
board Of health is respectfully
called to sanitary conditions in that
town Already Senators Aldrich of
Rhole Island, Flint of California
Piles of Washington, Hale of Maine
and Warner of Missouri have been
compelled to resign on account of
i'll health. Who knows but that our
distinguished vice president may
not find living there salubrious.
The socialist trades unions of
Germany now have 100000 men,
bers.
AWAY FROM HOME TO GET
THE NEWS.
a.. the west is delighted at
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-03

The washerwoman had brought
her baby with her. and the baby
was rather an untidy one. On this
day it was eating a piece OF candy
and had itself considerably daubed
with the CONNECTION.
What's the matter with that
baby?" asked little Melville Of his
mother. after trying to talk to it.
There is nothing the matter
with tina baby" she replied. but
II does not understand our Ian
guage. That baby Is Polish"
Huh" retorted Melville. Just
now IL looks like II IL stickish."
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-03

The Boggess family had taken up
the fad of Fletcherizing, and after
much difficulty had taught little
Clara TO masticate her food long
time. The little girls patience In
this matter was the wonderment of
visitors, one OF whom asked her
one day:
lyon are chewing your toast a
long time. How do you know when
to stop
"When It's dry toast" replied
Clara, = chew II till Il kults max
sing noise."
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-03

the stand taken by Roosevelt who,
in speeches just made at Cleveland,
o., and Chicago, has also announced
his intention to be a candidate at
the next presidential election. -
Japan Advertiser.
On the Siberian railway 70 per.
sons were killed last year and 1922
injured.
Mary some Of my friends are
coming out tonight / wish YOU
would gather up all the umbrellas
In the hall and taken them up
stairs"
What for3 Are you afraid they
will steal them?"
mo. I'm afraid they'll recognize
them"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-03
OSCAR Reports on 7ef- Teddy Conference

Id was staged on a sad
und- lonely beach, und cor
tiality wass a great deal used
on bote sites. A truce wass
declared, but as dere wass no
innocent bystanders, i'd wass
hartly unnecessary.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-03
The Abuse of the Pie

OF course, it had to later, but it does
bring great big sigh when think that in order to
gather crowd to be later enced into betting horse
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-03
MOST ANYTHING
JOSH WISE SAYS:

81 knew man whose fav'rite ad-
vice to his children Wuz: Don't
waste time on trifles.' An all he
does TIL day through is ter pick
little weeds out O. his lawn, tryin'
ter make it perfec'."
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-03

Ohio man, in eager zest ate pork and beans; he liked
the best Ptomaine set in-he to rest From heav
emily window out he leans and looks bygone earthly
scenes; for now he knows what might have beans.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-03

"Und we will maintain reticents
regarting id?"
Certainly. Chrysantemum ISIS
der WORT
We'll, Aug Wiedersehen! smiled
Teft.
'Ad-iay! Mach's gut" answered
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-03

Teddy gaily, starding to swim
home.
Efforts to get Teddy to tell vot
diss interview wass for half been
painless, becoss he persi5ds in
maintining hiss usual flow of ST
lence. Yours fadefully,
OSCAR.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-03
URGES WOMEN TO USE HATPINs AS WEAPONS

Police Galloway Los Angeles has issued
O themselves long, sharp
pins attacks mysterious man, them
il they IA chance.
have been reported Is believed
all. police have been obtain
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-03
"THEN IT HAPPENED

(Our Daily Discontinued Story.)
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24
BREAD MADE BY pWARFs

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Once 1 visited the land where they
make ginger bread. 1t was made by
little dwarfs. They bought their eggs
and all the articles needed at mar
ket not far away.
The only thing they ate was ginger
bread.
They baked the ginger bread in an
oven in the ground. 1t was hot enough
to bake in, because there was a gey-
ser right near and a stream of hot
water flowed over the oven.
The dwarfs are busy all the time do
ing one thing and then another. The
king was very large. His skin is the
color OF ginger bread. He has a fma-
lily of fifteen ginger bread children.
LESLIE CLARK.
Sawtelle city school, grade 6.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24
SAILED THROUGH DARK RAvINE

Dear Aunt Laurie
One night / was playing outdoors and
a funny little man came up and asked
me If wanted to go to where the gin
ger bread man worked.
When / said that 1 would like to go
he took me to a little stream. There
was a little boat. 1t was about four
feet long. The captain blew horn
and the boat sailed away.
We sailed for a long time through a
dark ravine.
All at once we came upon little city.
We landed at little wharf and went
on land. Then the little people came
out and invited me to their houses.
They took me to a huge oven where
they baked the ginger bread.
l awoke- and found myself in bed.
ANDREW HARGRAVE.
Sawtelle city school
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24
GAVE POOR soY A HOME

Dear Aunt Laurie;
One day last August when l was up
north we were walking along the street
and saw man who had twelve dozen
loaves of gingerbread.
A little boy came up and said
How much do you sell those for?'
Five cents apiece" said the man.
"Well," he said. "I am pretty hungry
and have no money"
The man said: Little boy, If you
will take some of this gingerbread and
sell it you may have the money ana
also some OF the bread"
The boy took the bread and sold IL
for the man. While he was selling II
his mother died, so the man took him
In and gave him a home.
ZELIIA WADDEI.L.
Sawtelle school, sixth grade.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24
SLEPT ON BEDS OF CAKE

Dear Aunt Laurie;
once my friend and / went for a
walk. When we had walked about
mile we got tired and weary, so we
lay down and went to sleep.
When we awoke we were lying on a
bed made of ginger bread.
We started home, but found large
ginger bread wall around us. We tired
to get out, but we couldn't.
we were hungry and took some of
the bread and started to walk away.
Soon we saw the cutest little bread
man and he told us that we were in the
Land of Ginger Bread.
He showed US all over the land.
When it began to get dark we went
to sleep and when we awoke in the
morning we were on our own beds.
The next Monday at school we told
all our schoolmates of our visit TO
the Land of the Ginger Bread Man.
Adds SHORT.
Grade 6, Sawtelle school.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24
THE WISH FAIRY

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Once upon a time there was a little
boy named Teddy who was very fond
of gingerbread. Many of US like GIN
gerbread, but Teddy wanted to eat
nothing else.
One evening as he sat on the steps
crying because he could not have any
gingerbread a sweet voice spoke to
him: III you stop crying 1 will grant
you wish. Whatever you wish for
shall be yours"
Gingerbread" answered Teddy,
jumping up and clapping his hands.
"Then you would like to go to the
land of the gingerbread man?' asked
the voice.
"Oh, yes, yes" shouted Teddy.
you have only to go to sleep and
when you awake up you will be there"
said the voice.
Teddy climbed up In big chair and
tried to go to sleep. After waiting
long time he went to sleep.
After a while he awoke Things were
very strange. He was In bed In a big
chocolate house. He dressed and went
TO look around. The bedroom set was
chocolate and seemed to be part of the
house. The covers were battercakes.
He stayed there quite a whole taking
a bite here and a nibble there. Wher-
ever he looked he saw candies, cakes,
gingerbread and pies. He liked this
very well, he thought. But by and by
he grew tired. He wanted his papa,
mamma and brother to play with. He
had all the gingerbread he could eat,
but he grew very sad.
All at once the same voice asked him:
"Do you want to 60 home. Teddy?"
'Yes, yes" answered Teddy Ever
so -"
There was a tap at the door. "Time
20 To his mother
Although ii was only dream 1t
taught Teddy a lesson. He has never
cried for gingerbread and sweets since.
VERA HARTLEY.
Chestnut Hin school. Age IL years.
Salem, Iowa.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24
THE GINGERBREAD MAN

Dear Aunt Laurie:
One day 1 went to visit the land of
the Gingerbread Man. 1t was on an
island. When / got there 1 saw that
all the men were made of gingerbread.
went to a bakers shop and asked
for some gingerbread. and they sold
me whole men at a time.
We stayed there a weeke and all we
had to eat and drink was gingerbread
and water.
We got a ship ready and loaded IL
with gingerbread men. We started
from the island ON Saturday and got
home on Thursday.
Before we got home all but ten of the
gingerbread men were gone. There
were twenty-five people on the boat
and of course IL took lot of ginger
bread men for all Of them to eat.
When 1 got home I told my mother
and folks what I had seen and gave
then each a man.
CHARLES PRUDEN.
Sawtelle school.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24
HAD DOUGH ON HER FACE

Dear Aunt Laurie:
One day / went to visit the ginger
bread man. Everything / touched was
ginger bread and l could smell 1T all
over the house.
I went to another house. There were
two tables and a woman at each table.
One had ginger dough all over her
hands, She was going to bake it. The
other woman was making ginger
cakes.
| went to three or four other houses.
At one of them an old man met me at
the door and asked me what l wanted.
| told him / was visiting the land OF
the ginger bread man. He told me to
come in. I saw an old lady cooking
at a stove. She was making ginger
cakes. FLORENCE YATES.
SawteIle public school, grade 6.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24
ONE GIRLS ADVENTURE

Dear Aunt Laurie:
One time was going to school / saw
a very tiny man. l asked him why he
was SO small. He told me to go about
a mile and 1 would come to a little
boat.
Then he left me and went on. I went
a little farther and found the boat, and
got on. After a while they stopped the
boat and we got off. A lady showed
me all around. She took me to the
bakery shop and the hospital.
1 went into the hospital and saw all
the tiny beds and babies not as big as
my thumb, all made of gingerbread.
A little man gave me piece Of
gingerbread in the bakery. But they
were not an inch long, and / ate about
three dozen of them. They got so
angry that they sent me home.
awoke and found myself in my
own bed. GLADYS TURNMIRE.
Sawtelle city school, sixth grade.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24

do. He is in little cart drawn by a
cute little pony. All, of course, are
made of gingerbread.
Here is a bakery with sweet odors
coming out to the street.
Let us peep within and watch the
proceedings. A very stout man is
busy kneading gingerbread while his
wife watches the fire and takes the
loaves out of the oven.
It is growing very late and we must
return to our own homes, but we shall
come again. for this is very inter-
esting place.
CLARE FITZGERALD.
3051 East Fifth street. st. Mary S
school. Age IL years. Grade A5.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24
MIXED BREAD WITH PADDLE

Dear Aunt Laurie:
| went to the land of gingerbread one
time. and when we arrived the baker
was mixing his gingerbread.
He had big bowl in which he was
mixing the gingerbread. After he got
through mixing it he put the ginger
bread i'm pans and put them INTO Dig
oven.
When he had put that in he mixed
up some more. In a few minutes he
opened the oven door and pulled the
pans out with a big wooden paddle.
He gave us boys some to eat. They
were so good that we wanted some
more. EDWIN HAHNEo'
Sawtelle city school, sixth grade.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24
ON A BEAN STALK

Dear Aunt Laurie:
one day as l was reading Jack on
the Bean Stalk" j fell asleep and
dreamed that l visited the land of the
gingerbread man.
l. went out and climbed big bean
vine. When / reached the top L saw
a town of gingerbread. The people
were made of gingerbread too. l picked
up several of them and ate them, put
the neonle cried thief! murderer" and
tried to get away from me. All the
policemen ran after me and beat me.
They broke their clubs on me, but 1t
didn't hurt very much because they
were only stale gingerbread. l climbed
down the bean stalk as fast as l could
and l never went back.
RAY S. MACE.
9ge 8. Grade 8: II. j. c. 2. X. E. D.
No. /. box BOOZE, Long Beach.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24
HOUSE MADE OF SUGAR BRICKS

Dear Aunt Laurie:
In the land of the gingerbread man
houses are made of candies and sweets.
And that is where they make their
gingerbread. The gingerbread is
great big man. He has great pans and
spoons and very large over.
He has two great big baskets which
he fills with gingerbread and puts
under each arm. Then he goes out to
sell it.
The dogs are made of gingerbread
and the cats are made of sugar sweets.
The houses are made of sugar which
is in the shape of big bricks. Most of
them are white, but there are some
brown ones Very rarely you see
black house. LEWIS EDWARDS.
Sawtele city school, sixth grade.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24
CANDY ISLANDS

Dear Aunt Laurie:
One day as l was wandering through
the woods a little man made Of gin
gerbead jumped out from behind a
tree. "Come with me and I will show
you the land in which 1 live" he said.
All the men in his country are made
of gingerbread The houses are made
of cake. We passed through aisle
after aisle of candy trees. Every aisle
was lined with the houses of cake.
| spent a very pleasant day with
my host. Whenever | eat ginger /
shall always think of the little man
who entertained me so nicely when L
visited him In his own land.
HENRY JENKS,
Grade 6, Sawtelle school.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24
IN AN AlRsHIP

Dear Aunt Laurie:
One night when 1 had just gone TO
bed / heard a tap on my window. Be
fore L could think ! saw an alrshlp
with a ginger bread man in it. He
asked me if l wanted to go to ginger
bread land | said that l would like
to go very much, so got into the air.
ship.
Soon l was sailing over trees, lakes
and valleys. In fifteen minutes we
were there. 80,
When we landed / saw many little
brown ginger bread men dancing in a
grassy lane. He showed many pretty
places. The houses were most all OF
brown and some were made of ginger
bread. When it was getting late l sald
that / was very tired and sleepy 30
we came home. Your niece,
FANNY FELDMAN.
Long Beach, No. 2, 19 American aV-
enue.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24
WAS ALL A DREAM

Dear Aunt Laurie:
In Los Angeles there was man VINO
owned a ginger bread store. He had
a basket of ginger bread and sold it
at each house.
Mamma bought some one time, so the
next time was out in front, and he
said: Little girl, want some ginger
bread?"
| said, at don't know" So he gave
me a loaf of his scent bread.
That was a dream l had one night.
HAZEL SNYDER.
sawtele city school, grades. 6.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24

II the baby moon were a cradle,
Floating up so high;
would lay you within, my darling,
For your rock-a-bye.
You would sail through the clouds so fleecy.
Among the stars so bright;
And your dreams would be of the fairies,
In shining robes of light.
They would guide your wee glittring cradle
Through the starry dome;
But they'd not forget that mother was
Waiting for you at home.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24
LETTERS TO AUNT LAURIE
FROM NEPHEWS AND NIECES
CONTINUED from Page Throe)

out of doors he cannot stay on the
ground. He falls and falls, and in a
very few minutes Is down in the mid
die OF the earth. Here is where the
head OF all the gingerbread men lives.
The gingerbread man who came
through the ground asks the head
gingerbread man for some gingerbread
and he gives him a whole lot. He slides
up through the earth and goes up to
his pantry. When the maid comes for
the bread II is all ready.
l like to eat the bread that ginger
bread man makes, because 1t is better
than when our maid makes 1t.
ELSIE SHILLING.
Sawtelle school, grade 6.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24
THE WELSH FAIRIES

We are the little people
Who dwell in Hill and dale,
Or on the mountain passes
Where clouds go drifting pale,
The souls of them that perished
Before the good saints came,
We died in pagan darkness,
But innocent of blame.
Yet since to Christian heaven
Our spirits may not win.
God gave us this fair country
We loved to shelter in.
The honest folk about us
Good hap and gifts we bring,
And to our gold harps' music
Joyous we dance and sing.
But in our hearts turks sadness,
For on the Judgment Day,
We, with our hills and valleys,
Forever pass away.
Mildred Howells in the Century.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24

was talking to some men. waited till
he got through. I was only years old,
so he was nice to me. He gave me
some more gingerbread.
1t was getting late then and had
to go home. / lived about block from
there. When l left he gave me dime
to buy some candy.
RALPH CLAVELOT,
Sawtelle school, sixth grade.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24

fingers so he dumped the dough out.
He said, "Howde deue," then went out
to sell. He couldn't sell any, so he
picked up a bun and said:
"Just for fun
Won't you buy a piece of bun
From the gingerbread MANI"
Then he stumbled and fell. That
ended the gingerbread man.
GEORGE f. CHAMBERLAIN,
Grade 6, Sawtelle school; age IL.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24
THERE'S NOBODY ELSE

Two little hands. so careful and brisk.
Putting the tea things away.
While mother is resting a While in her chair,
For she has been busy all day.
And the dear little fingers are working for
love,
Although they are tender and Wee;
''Ill do it so nicely she says to herself
There's nobody else you see.'
Two little feet just scampered upstairs,
For father will quickly be here,
And his shoes must be ready and warm by the
fire
That is burning so bright and clear.
Then she must climb chair to keep watch;
He cannot get in without me;
When mother is tired / open the door
There's nobody else, you see."
Mary Hodges in The Sunbeam.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24

If the baby moon were boat, dear;
Sailing a sea OF blue,
With gossamer sails of bright moonbeams,
I'd sail away with you.
We would find the home Of the rainbow,
With its colors bright:
We would see where the sunbeam fairies
Go to sleep at night
But we would come home my own darling,
At the dawn of day;
For the baby moon at rising SUM-
Always fades away.
Philadelphia Record.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24
A GINGERBREAD BAKERY

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Let us take a walk around those
curious hills to the land of the Gin
gerbread" man., See those strange
houses, all. brown and yellow? Very
soon a Gingeree will appear ON the
scene.
See, here is one coming now. Let us
conceal ourselves and see what he will
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24
WAS ONLY FIVE YEARS OLD

Dear Aunt Laurie:
One day last July / went to visit
man who sells gingerbread and ne gave
me some to eat. He sat down and
talked to. me, and when l got tired he
gave me a nickel to go get some ice
cream
He told me to come back after / got
my ice cream, SO when | got there he
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24
THE GINGERBREAD MAN BROKE

Dear Aunt Laurie:
One day 1 went to the land of the
gingerbread man. He sold gingerbread
all the time. That day he burned his