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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1911-06-02
BeUare! Caution!

Before you enter the door that you are the RICH
place. Always look for the sign in front Of stor
bearing the name ]. ISRALSKY
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NOTICE

Our store will be closed FRIDAY, JUNE 2nd. in
order rearrange and mark down stock for the great
SALE Will open Saturday, June 5rd, at 8 a m. Sharp.
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Hoev 10 Hgfr7 q Prize

dents in your life, anecdotes of pets, novel
school experiences, things seen in travel
or made-up stories. These stories must be
original and must be written on one side
of the paper. Letters entitled to the prize
of 81 are often crowded out for lack Of
space In the week in which they are re
ceived, but II such Is the case they always
appear in the page later.
Contest No. CHonor List)-A set of four
little books, containing stories Of adventure
in Bugville, will be given to every little
man or woman whose name appears five
times the honor list. counting from
June II, the date when this contest was an
nounced. Watch the honor list and keep
the dates when your name appears. When
you have five dates. send them to the office
of Little Men and Little Women and the
books will be forwarded TO you. Some of
the little men and little women have asked
how to get on the honor list The names
of those who fail TO win prizes. but whose
work is nevertheless worthy Of honorable
mention" are placed on this list.
In sending answers 10 puzzles II Is not
necessary 70 send letter with them. Use,
" you can. paper OF the ordinary letter
size and write Your name, address, age
and choice of prize in the upper right hand
corner of the first page II sending any
drawing or returning a cut-out, attach it
TO the paper bearing your name, etc.
Address letters TO Little Men and Little
Women, New-York Tribune, New York. II
you address them simply to The Tribune
they will 80 10 some other department and
may not reach the office OF Little Men and
Little Women in time TO be entered in the
contest.
Age and neatness are considered IN
awarding the prizes.
The contests close on December Is.
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:. vou were a prince and had to choose
-,,.,,re for YOUR very own 20 put ON
1,r,stnas card which should be different
s-o,,, ANYBODY clses, what picture would
sou choose?
Hard 10 say, isn't it?
Well there is young prince IN England
,o.day. as you know, just seventeen years
ol5-Hke your big brothers who goes TO
Ugh Schoo; and plays football. Nhcn nc
,os asked what picture he would like on
So, christmas cards. he said, The Black
Prince; and so the artist went to work
,rd painted this picture which is repro
ouced here.
g., shows the Black Prince at the battle
~ Crecy, in France, a great many years
90, The reason the English prince likes
!, 50 much. and why all boys always have
admired the Black Prince, is that he was
o-lv a boy OF seventeen himself in that
dreadful battle. lie should have been at
home. Of course, playing ball. but princes
had IN 20 20 war in those days. lie had &c
wear heavy iron armor that made him
scbc in every joint and TO carry great
shield and sword. lie was very hand
,-re Young prince. with light. yellow hair
s,d pink checks and his father got him a
cosd-black suit OF armor So that every one
,-bo saw him should say: How young ana
fair the prince looks, in contrast TO the
HACK Of that armor.' lie thought the men
would right harder TO help him if he looked
younger than they.
Well the battle Naged hercely. and the
French warriors at one time seemed 10 be-
getting the better Of the English, so the
men around the Black Prince began to feat
H. would be killed unless help were sent.
They sent a messenger, who rode off IS
4as, as he could TO the old King, who was
watching the battle from a windmill near
BY.
sire" said the messenger, I'VE entreat
,ou 10 send help 20 the prince, your SON.
is nv son dead?" asked the King.
NO. sire, thank Cod
Us my son wounded
NO. sire. but he is in danger The
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together. Poor, foolish old king! He did
no good, and when the day was over and
the English had won. the Black Prince
riding over the field, found him lying dead.
In his helmet were three white plumes
and written around It, In letters Of gold
the motto Itch diem" which Is German and
means 81 serve" The young prince took
the three white feathers and put them In
his own helmet, saying he would be proud
TO wear the insignia OF so brave king,
and he took for his motto, too. the blind
kings motto. Itch diem" He wore these
ever after, and ordered that after he died
they should always be the special emblem
Of the Prince Of Wales.
This n the story that the young Prince
of Wales in England to-day feels Is his
very own story. and that is why he had a
picture made of it to use on his Christmas
cards this year. In the picture you may
see the young Black Prince just picking up
the helmet with the three plumes that were
found on the body Of the brave old. blind
King OF Bohemia, and you can imagine
him saying to himself Itch den-I VIII
serve too. as he did"
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HONOR LIST.

I. Robert Adler; ., Richard l. Ames; 3.
Herman Baer; 4. Roger Bachelor; 8. George
A. Blank. jr; 8, Alva Blomquist; T. Ernest
Budka; 8, Wellington f. Campbell; o. Mary
Chapman; 10 Genevieve Cobb; II, Alice
Durham; 70. Charles Ehret; 13, Margaret
Ellithorp; Il, Romilda ENERGY; Is, Dorothy
Giles: Is, Mary Anderson Gillian; H. Ger
aid T. Grady; IS, Helen Grady; 19. Edgar
W. GRAHAM; 20. Mary Grant; q, Edith
Gross; %, Pemberton Harris; 3, Elliott
Harvey: "a, Jane Hayward; %, Violet Hay
ward; g. Alexander Herman; q. Florence
Herman: %, Phoebe Hunter; %. Fairlie
Jackson; so, Kathryn Jackson; 81, Jerome
Kaufman: g. Rose Landsman; 80. Charles
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Contest No. I (Ssnta's Puzzle)-Choice
Of a sterling silver Tribune badge, a set
OF battleship postcards, an interesting book.
a gold filled belt pin. box of water color
paints, a gold filed tie clasp or modelling
outfit for the neatest and best three an
swers. The modelling OUTFIT is a new prize
and consists of box containing five sticks
of clay. each I'm a different color; a model
ling board and tool and a number of ptct-
urcs. both in black and white and III colors
showing some of the many interesting
things that can be made with the clay
The clay is clean and easy 10 work and will
always remain soft.
Contest No. (Things to Think About
You may solve any two of the four puzzles
that YOU like, and for the neatest and best
two answers we offer the choice OF the
same prizes as in Contest NO. l.
Contest No. (Our Letter Box)-A prize
Of 81 is given for every letter printed under
this heading. The letter may contain Incl
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LAST WEEKS PRIZE WINNERS.

Christmas Shopping Puzzle.-The message
which Mrs Roach left for her husband
read: Walt (w8 no know longer q on
ger. I (eye) will be OBJ home later q err
The three prize winners and their prizes are
Jane Ford aged eight No. 800 West 18th
street. New York, gold filled tie clasp;
Arthur T.. Chambers, aged fourteen, No. 40
Oak street, Yonkers n. Y, box Of water
color paints. and Helen Calhoun, aged
twelve, No. 105 Elm street, New Rochelle
n. y, box of water color paints.
Things to Think About-The two prize
winners and their prizes are Dayton Clarke,
aged eleven, No. $3.50 Decatur avenue. New
York, a gold filed tie clasp. and John
Clark, aged thirteen, No. 95i East 18th
street. Brooklyn. gold filled tie clasp.
our Letter Box.-See letters by prize win
ners.
Honor IIst-Prize. Adventures in Bug
land" for being on honor list five times:
Francis G.. Schmid, Lafayette avenue.
Westwood. y. j., and Jane Ford, No. 500
West 15gth street New York
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Story Of the Three Plur,er

French are fierce about him, and he is in
need of help"
Then" replied the king, IF my son IS
neither dead nor wounded, go back to those
who sent you. Tell them not 10 send again
to me this day. Tell them l shall neither
como nor send help so long as my son is
living. Tell them that command them to
let the boy win his spurs, for 1 wish the
glory Of the day to be his. God will guard
him."
SO the messenger went back and the fight
went on fiercer than ever. only the young
prince was so brave that by and by the
French began to give way.
Now. with the French army was the old
King of Bohemia, who was blind and too
feeble TO fight; but when he heard that the
French were being driven back he insisted
on going out into the ranks TO encourage
the soldiers. Two of mis- courtiers, there
fore, put him on his horse, and they rode
beside him, tying all three Of the horses
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fpv Tslsrranh To The Tribune.

IBy Telegraph to The Tribune'l
San Francisco. Dec. 23.-Although no pub
lie announcement has come from the d.
rectors of the exposition, it is learned on
the authority Of President Moore OF the
exposition himself that the most radical
change has been made in the choice or a
site for the fair Under the new plan
practically all the exposition viii be To-
Gated al the north end Of the city, Whlch
Is known as Harbor View, and I'm the Pre-
sidio and other government ground IN the
same district. by this change the section oil
Golden Gate Park in which the official
ground breaking ceremony was performed
by President TAFT amid much enthusiasm
and oratory Is relegated to the extreme
annex Of the exposition. Ali the important
features of the exhibition are 10 be placed
on private property or government lahd'
while the great playground Of the people
where 1t was thought much OF the eNpOsi-
ton was TO be located. VIII be almost LETT
out OF consideration at the extreme end
OF the grounds.
When the facts leaked out. as they were
intended 10 do, In order that ihe people
might not be led 10 make turbulent pro-
test, half "A dozen representatives. OF I'M
provement clubs from the district near the
park waited upon President Moore and
asked for a statement Of facts as to the
change Of plan President Moore freely
acknowledged that the directors had voted
TO make the change. He explained that
this action had been taken because OF the
report of the engineers that the cost OF
preparing the great site originally selected
for the exposition was excessive. lie said
that II would cost over 100000 more to
put the park In condition for use aud re-
store " after the fair than the same worn
would cost AZ Harbor View Members OF
the committee called his attention TO the
fact that tho people Of the city and state
IA voting To- the exposition the ufe OF the
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planted a garden and then wrote these
verses which / called MY Garden
] have a little garden
With flowers so sweet
And purple morning glories
Climbing round a garden sect
Roses white and shaded reds.
Sweetpeas nOddng modest hcHd-
And the busy bees are seen
Slipping honey for their queen.
CONSTANCE DOROTHY tagcd .D.
No loo West SD street. New York.
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Continued from the Opposite Page

youthful dramatic voice OF great fexihii-
fly. will be kept on coloratura roles for
five years this being Nine Garrigues
system for establishing elasticity Of tone
and flexible larynx.
The pupils Of Theodore Ursula Irvine ap-
peared in recital OF stories from Charles
Dickens, assisted by Mrs. Rose Mccain.
lyric soprano. on December Is. at the Fabrl
Studio No. 10 East 3Sth street. Among
those who took part. rejecting much
credit on themselves and on their teacher.
We're Caroline Ernst. Edna De Pew, Mrs.
Mccain Jeanette Rosenbrand, Maud
Brady, Ruth Cumming, Vera Sabsovich.
May Crowley. Jessie De La Mater and
Esther Harshberger.
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Musical Notes and Comment

Memorial Choir, Of Newark, n. j., Will give
tLeir annual rendition Of THE Messiah IN
the PeddIe Baptist Church. For twenty-five
wears Mr.. Russell has made this an an
nual Christmastide event in Newark, TINS
being the tenth performance OF the ora
.orio in the Peddie church. The soloists VIII
be Mrs. Jessie Marshall, Mrs. Orrie Taylor'
Mrs Beth Tregaskis, Mrs. IL. a. Goodison'
Samuel Craig and Alexander Whyte' win
Robert Griesenbeck as solo violinlst ana
Mr.. Russell, the choirmaster, at the organ.
Miss Emma X Denison's choral club, the
Montclair Studio Choral. gave morning
musical on Wednesday, December 9, in ler
I studio. No Az Bloomfield avenue, Mont
clair. n. J. The choral was assisted by
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Things to Think About

This is an old word most likely TO be seei
>. Another word not now in common US
meaning a kind OF wagon or cart
3. Something necessary 10 lie.
T. A proposition.
{. Not I'm Christmas but in New Year
ANSWERS TO PUZZLES.
WORD SQUARE.
T. Y VI
T VI T.
T. VI I 4
NJ Il T r
TRIANGLE.
T A r r.
r r I Q
A 7 r
T q
T.
JUMBLED CURRENT EVENTS
Russia, Persia, Shuster.
NUMERICAL ENIGMA.
4, bar, oar, gate, abrogate.
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A CHRISTMAS EVE STORY.

Dear Little Men and Little Women: Last
Christmas Eve, when | was in my bed
heard step. I listened. Then | heard an
other step and my bedroom door opened.
Law very still. In walked man with
white nustache and beard, red cheeks, blue
eyes. a red hat on his head, red coat
trimmed with fur, red trousers. black boots
and a pair Of red mitten-. rIe was ali Gov
cred with snow. | knew at the tirst glance
,bat a. was Santa, because / had heard
a bout him and had seen his pictures. L had
9oreotten 10 hang up my stocking. At first
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ADDRESS WANTED.

II Miss Hazel Sheldon, who wrote the
letter entitled Tit for Tat" will send her
address 10 the editor her )rizc check will
be forwarded to her. Miss Hazel sent her
address with the letter, but the line OF
type giving the street and number was
dropped out, and SO the check could not
be mailed.
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society," OF New York. on January ne
will nc heard at the Waldorf, for the so
rcsis Club
Miss Greta Torpadic, soprano. assisted
the well known pianist, Miss Eleanor Ait
man. at her recital before the Women
philharmonic Society on the evening OIL
December 1G. Miss Torpadies singing ana
dictjon aroused much enthusiasm making
her success marked. Among other SONGS
which she rendered were 'Soir d'Ete' aho
'Pourgue te Cueller." by Sigismund $40
iowsh the guest Of honor, who accom-
named her. Her other numbers were ac'
COMMANDED by Miss Flora Macdonald.
Tonight Louis Arthur Russell ana I'M
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Hero comes Santa Claus with wings for
the snow fairies -four OF them' ana as
pretty "a they can be). But before ne can
meet the fairies we must help MIN 10
fasten w his coat. Paste some thin "hl'e
notepaper over the back of the picture ana
cur out the figure Of Santa Claus along the
heavy black outline, including the me that
r,,ns almost around the tree and along one
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bey7y of fairies whirlinE around like snow
lakes in the wind.
If YOU want TO color the Christmas tree
green and Santa's robe and cap red-all but
much more interesting Do not color the
fairies, but II you wish YOU may put a
little diamond dust on their wings and caps.
If YOU want TO color Santa, OF course you
must do It before you put nm into the
fairy ring.
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which demonstrated the Mehan method OF
teaching as it is taught in their studio, in
Carnegie Hall. Mr.. Mehan deals entirely
with tone and Mrs. Mehan with style. ira
dition, etc.
Nine. Esperanza Garrigue's weekly, mu-
steal took place on Friday, December 10.
After the regular programme by her pro-
fessional pupils. Virginia Wilson, dramatic
soprano, and Roa Eaton, coloratura lyric
soprano. assisted by Mr.. Finlayson, violin
list. and Godfrey Pretz, flutist. Nine. Car
rigue presented Miss Margaretta Campbell,
of Huntingdon, Penn, first-year student
who won much encouragement from the
audience present. Miss Campbell. who IS
said by those who have heard her TO have
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side Of his arms. Fold the robe around to
the hack and paste side A over space b,
entirely covering the white space. Then
haste the two ends at the top, in the back,
TO the back Of the shoulders, as SHOWN Ill
Figure No. 2. <-,., 90
Now he is ready TO meet the fairies, so
cut out the four wings marked { { =,
fold them outward at the two short dotted
lines and paste them TO the backs Oh
The fairies by the space between the dots.
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denendent water system. There are sew
o,.aI strsams available around Peeksldll and
other parts Of Westchester which could Oe
eeized. II is believed that within a snort
time Mount Vernon Will bring condemna-
ton proceedings 10 secure considerable
watershed for an Independent water sup
ply.
Now that the six Croton Lake murderers
who attacked the Grffen farmhouse a.
Croton Lake, stahbing Mrs. Mary 5. Han
10 death, are in the death house at sing
Sing, District Attorney Winslow intends 10
push the argument Oh appeal made by the
lawyers representing the condemned men
All six appeals will probably he argued to-
gether.
The January term of the Supreme Court
Will meet at White Plains on January J.
with Justice Joseph Morschauser, OF Pough-
keepsie. In Part ], ard Justice /. y. Mllls.
Of Mount Vernon I'm Part II. There VIII
also be a special term for the trial of equity
cases. presided over by Justice Keogh. THIS
part viii open on January g.
Following out the IDEAS Of White Plains
and Yonkcrs Masons Hiawatha Lodge OF
Mount Vernon. has decided To erect Ma
sonic Temple, at the corner of Prospect
and Elm avenues, which promises to DC
one Of The finest structures of the kind III
Wcstchestor County. 4 committee OF the
lodge has been appointed to select plans
for the building
The new officers Of Hiawatha Lodge arc
Mast p. Herman Hagcnbuchle; senior war
dcm. James Dem; junior warden George
a. Wade; treasurer. William \. Anderson
secretary. li q. Lowe. trustee. w. J.. chap
man
Charlie 'outlu convicted of '"inplicits
IN Tho n1r1o ~ George Ccnhhn, -tauon
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Notes Gathered in Westchester County

.oo,,t M Croton Lake, on April last, VIII
70. he electrocuted on January s, which
WAS the date fixed by Justice Tompklns'
as his lawyer, former District Attorney
George c. Andrews, has filed an appeal
This acts as a stay of execution.
The last meeting of the Westchester
County Board of Supervisors for 1911 will
be held on December q. when matters or
importance will como up for action. The
board has approved the bond of County
Treasurer George Burling, which is for
10000
The new Martha Wilson Home for Aged
Women. which is nearing completion on
Highland avenue, Mount Vernon, promises
to he one IF the finest Institutions OF its
kind I'm the state The architect, George
NJ. Bartlett. has combined modern improve
ments with the best that could he found
In the dignihed features Of architecture
in Colonial times
r. W. Anderson. the newly elected mas
ter of Nepperhan Lodge 1876, +. and
A. NJ, OF Yonkers, will announce his ap-
pointments at the installation which will
take place on the second Thursday Of Jan
uary.
The fight made in court by several resi-
dents OF Sutton Manor. New Rochelle. for
damages against the Westchester Lighting
Company, because OF black smoke from the
stacks of the lighting plant, which II was
alleged damaged furniture and paint on
houses, has ended In favor of the corpora
ton. The findings of Justice rompkins. of
the supreme Court, who decided against
the property owners contention. have been
nlcd In the Wcstchcster County Clerk 4
ofice - White Plains. The test sut WIS
brought by Mr. Emma T. Siostrom
! The Wcstcucftor Coust! Bar Association
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Our Letter Box

did not know what 30 do, but as the room
was very large, | thought | could gel wv.
stocking and hang 1t on the foot OF my Deu
without being seen. But just as was get
ting my stocking he saw me ana San
"Ha. ha. you have been peeping! SO, good
by," and left me crying. But In the morn
ing / found my stocking filed: He ls a
ioIIv old Santa Claus after ali. Yours truly
''' MILDRED BALCH taged l3J.
No 135 North Eighth avenue, Nhitestone'
Long Island.
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Put Santa I'm the middle of the circle OF
fairies and paste the feet OF each one to
the ermlne of Santa's robe, Take care to
have them at equal distances apart, and let
the figures incline outward. They VIII then
appear as in group No. 8.
Now take the marble, or SNOWFALL
which the fairies have been saving since
last week and put it under Santa's robe.
Tilt the tray so as TO give rotary motion
to the. ball and you Will see Santa ana MS
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Needham; AZ. Ruth Netzer; 43. Payson New
ten: A.. Harold ) Palmer; 49, Leander
SrheIler: I6 Elizabeth Scherer; AZ, James
Carbon Strang: 49, John Thoms; ~, Lille
Volk; 80, juliet WieseckeL
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an adventure OF his one day young
Western draught horse called green
one" by horseshoers, came into the shop.
He was very bad horse and he wouldn't
let anybody put his shoes OF his teet' %
the man that owned the horse held MIN
while the blacksmith tied rope bride on
and held his hind feet to keep nm from
kicking. Before they were done he jumped
all around the shop. He kicked over one OF
the anvils and IT nearly crushed an OLD man
who was standing behind It, he then rolied
over himself a few times, after which ne
decided that he had better stand still TIL
they put his shoes on. 80
GERALD F1NCKE (aged 1O).
No 3lS West avenue, JenkintoWn, Penn'
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LeBeau; "a. Dorothy Lowell; &c. Frank l.
Mcbride: IS. Helen Mcdonald; 81, Dorothy
Manville; IS, Walter Miller; 80, Emily Nor
gan. 40. Frances NJ. Murphy; Il, Horace X.
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1.-TWO soloists. Miss VI. f. Young. So
prano, and Miss Louise NJ Greene, pianist.
Miss Susan w. Funk Is acting az the ac-
companist for the club.
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CHRISTMAS PI.

Soapitt nit. lyhol, semlotuc' hSsueo'
aolrsc, staiw. ,,.
By arranging the letters find three plants
that give their blossoms. leaves and Der
ries for Christmas as decorations. some
ching thar used 10 be burned at the cele-
brations OF this festival but IS now more
often seen in an imitation merely TO be
looked at. a kind of music often heard al
Christmas and what the musicians were
called who used TO 20 about in the streets
ON Christmas Eve singing this music