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New-York tribune., 1912-05-26

Contest No. picture Acrostic)-Choice OF
a sterling silver Tribune badge, set OF
battleship postcards, an interesting book,
gold filled belt pin, box OF water color
paints. a gold filed tie clasp or modelling
outfit for the neatest and best three an
svers
Contest No Things 70 Think About
Children twelve years old or under may
Eoye any two of the four puzzles those
over twelve must try 10 solve all four OF
them Choice OF the same prizes as In
Contest No I for the neatest and best three
answers
Contest No Q CThe Better BoxJ-A prize
Of 81 is given for every letter printed under
this heading The letter may contain incl
dents in your l'fe, anecdotes Of pets. novel
school experiences, things seen in travel or
ma6e-up stories These stories must ne
original and must be written on cne side OF
the paper A letter entitled 10 the prize OF
81 may be crowded out by other things IN
the week in which II IS received, but appear
later
Contest No. (ionor Lisu-A Get OF four
little books. containing stories Of adventure
IN Bugland will be given to every htte
man CT little woman whose name appears
five tlmee IN the honor list. Watch the
honor list and keep the date when your
name appears When you have five dates
send them 10 the office Of Little Men ana
Little Women and the books viii be for
Tarded 10 YOU.
In sending answers to puzzles II is not
New-York tribune., 1912-05-26

II must be confessed that Freddy didu :
always find music lessons quite so muc3
fun as he had expected. There was a rfe"t
deal OF thinking about learning TO play the
piano. and any hoy or girl who has tried
II knows that thinking IS sometimes hard
work. There came a time when Freddy
didn't bring q smiling face tn his lessons
Then his teacher tried to think Of ways
~ make him smile. and she generally sue
ceeded very well, even in the face OF great
difficulties
Freddy. like every other boy or girl has
troubles of many kinds. one morning NOT
long ago everything went wrong, until he
could stand no more and made UP his mind
to cry And Just a he started 70 rrf ne
vas called 70 his music lesson. He dan
want music lesson then-he didn't want
ANYTHING hut n be allowed 20 Cry HHt h"
couldn't keep his teacher waiting. and he
went down n the drawing room ~ once
His teacher knew he liked playing things
10 knew we'll so they started with some
easv duets. and Freddy's troubles v"r"
soon forgotten. The lesson had never
seemed so short before. and that dag
Freddy learned some new ard interesting
things Among these things were two new
places for the Benson family 10 I've pu"
was above the staff and another 'ust holo"
middle c. There was a new \. too. above
the staff. Just between Baby Gertrude and
the new r.
New-York tribune., 1912-05-26
FOUR GOLDFISH.

Dear Little Men and Little Women.
vaut TO tell you about my goldfish. | nave
four. all OF whom have names. Spotty Is
one Of them and he IS a golden color ali
covered with black spots. OFTEN when
play with my pets l notice that he mas
ears They are tho funniest. cunninses'
NH. things. They are on the iop OF ms
head pointing of to one side. Spoity is the
orIv ono whose cars | have noticed nut
srrpose his arc the easiest to see because
tbav are black and show more against MS
lighter head Baby is the darling OF All
c,u him Baby because he is the smallest
lie Is golden. with white fins and wh''e
tail. Tlnty Is just a little larger than bapy.
lie is white. with large piece or R''oe"
mini, on his back, and his tail ana ms are
also mink. tinted with black. Plnky II the
I,rgest q, all lie IS a bright pink c''or'
Nth white sides. and most OF MS ms a'e
.n,rb lie Is the most quiet Of all ana STAYS
down ,o the bottom OF the bowl most OIL
,be time. occasionally coming 20 the sur
,aco ~ the water to receive food / "lsh
New-York tribune., 1912-05-26
fFREDDYS = MUSIC = LESSONS
ssSsSAsSssa. By Eh5obeth Dudder,dee : =

before little boy appeared in the drawing
room with a smiling face that was verv
pleasant to see.
Al his first lesson Freddy discovered hat
there were great many landmarks in that
apprently painless desert, the keyboard
He learned the names Of all the white kevs.
and best Of all, he learned where to
start Then he was able 10 play without
katherine's help, and oh. how industriousy
he practised, But he haQ no more lessons
for few weeks. He proposed once that
Edward should be allowed to give more
time 10 football and that he, Freddy. should
have Edwards music lessons, but mother
didn't think that would be a wise arrange
ment. As Freddy was so anxious for rnu-
sic lessons, however. It was al last decided
that he should have them
II would be impossible 10 tell all the won
derful things Freddy learned in the next
few weeks. He found out how the notes
he had been playing looked when they were
printed. and he was taught 10 write them
himself The writing was hard work. and
Freddy didn't Ike Il very well. At first ne
fastened the stems Of the quarter and half
notes right In the middle Of the head, in
stead ~ az one side. and his teacher told
him they looked like pollywogs. He never
forgot again that the stems should be at
the side. Polywogs he knew were very
nice little things 10 catch and play with in
summer, but II would never DO TO have
them In the drawing room, scattered over
a sheet Of ruled paper. Freddy liked the
writing better after he knew how TO write
his initials and the initials Of all the Ben
son family, with notes. His own initials.
Of course were.
New-York tribune., 1912-05-26
A BALL PLAYING DOG.

Dear Little Men and Little Women: One
Of the sern,-professional baseball teams
here I'm Flatbush has perhaps the most re-
markable mascot any organization ever
hoasted He is a dog, part collie. crossed
with inferior animal His chief usefulness
lies in the fact that he can always locate
lost ball when II has been hit past the
cared-f for outGeld into the weeds beyond
But his ability does not stop there. for
playing in a short outheld, he can stop
hatted ball with ease, no matter what It's
velocity. He stands sQuarely In front ot
the ball and breaks the force of II on MS
laws and then picks II up and carries II
10 the nearest player. He is unable TO
catch a fiyball or bat, so ne cannot earn a
regular place on the team. One day dur
ing the course OF an extremely close game
he tore loose from the bench and ran 20
the outned just in time to stop line drive
that would have been good for three bases
This made the visiting team so wroth, not
having their plea OF blocked ball allowed,
New-York tribune., 1912-05-26
A QUIET VACATION SPOT
Many Are the Attractions of Point
Pleasant, N. j.

Point Pleasant. X. j., May 25-2roea-
bly tho most charming combination OF
aeashore and country TO be found on the
North Jersey coast is at Point Pleasant
where. as the name suggests. the shore
line juts we'll out into the ocean. sway
from mosquito breeding lowlani5 into a
zone where fresh sea breeZes are generally
had on three sides Yet II is n narrow
sandy neck OF land running out to sea
The country a few hundred feet back
from the shore Is thickly wooded, the
streets of the town well lined by foliage
and hedged in by cottages. most of which
are set in wide lawns
The resort is one to be discovered. II
is a place for quiet family life, :or long
term vacationists people who like to play
tennis and golf or go bathing with the
utmost informality.
There is also a social side to life at the
Point Along the beach is a boardwalk.
with bathing pavilions and other little
rustic pavilions. where afternoon tea is
served when It is cool and cold refresh-
ments during the very heated term.
Last and best, there are inland water;
ways here Of great variety. Good sized
ocean going yachts can come into the in
let Of the Manasquan River, which bounds
Point Pleasant on the north, for a couple
OF miles.
New-York tribune., 1912-05-26

,,,oderic Drummond Benson was six
IS old People who knew him, when
-, took the trouble TO remember that he
"a a name at all, called him Freddy; at
~, times they called him Baby" But
~, when he was called Baby" he never
.,.rybt af taking offence. for any little boy
:. six must have a very humble opinion
y, hir,se,f iS he has a brother who is eleven
r.ars old and knows nearly everything.
- a sister who. though only eight, has
IN the dignity Of a woman who is already
:, the head Of her own house
Frsddvs brother and sister were so old
"a wise that they were allowed 10 take
-,,,s,c lessons. and his sister Katherine.
rbo was alvsys willing 20 teach him any
,h,ng she knew. had begun 10 show him
how 10 play on the plano. too. She taught
him 10 place the FIVE stubby little fingers
~ bis right hand over five white keys on
che piano ani then 10 sound each OF the
Eve notes ons after another, beginning
With the thumb But Katherine said ne
must call Il the first finger instead OF the
thumb. and, Of course, Katherine was
reht After this Freddy learned 10 play
The same notes backwards" as ne said,
and that meant starting with the little
finger and going toward the thumb. Then
he was told that he must press down some
of the keys while he counted one. eome
While he counted two and others till he
counted four. It was not easy TO remember
ali this. but II didn't make him very un-
happy II some OF the sounds were longer
or shorter than they should have been.
The most puzzling and disappointing
thing was that when he tried 70 play with
out Katherine TO help MIN IL didn't sound
night az all. Katherine said II was because
he didn't start in the right place. and how
could he know where TO start? This was
all very sad, for he would really be able
10 play Il ne only knew where TO start"
Then, too, Katherine and Edward played
from mysterious printed page that was
quite incomprehensible to Freddy, and he
knew that was doing something altogether
different from Just pressing down the keys
as you were told by some one else. And
yet he had an idea that even q little boy
as young as he might be able 10 play from
the words" II he were only taught. But
mother had not found out that Freddy was
no longer a baby, and she thought him too
young TO have lessons.
And so Freddy's longings were unsatis
fed until ct last one day IT happened that
Edward missed his music lesson because he
had to play in a football match. His teacher
safe Freddy might just as well have the
unoccupied half hour, and as mother had
no objection. It was not many moments
New-York tribune., 1912-05-26
WELL, GREAT CATS!
HONOR LIST.

!. Frances Adee: 2, Irving Ah'aru. O..
George Baker, 4. Edith Brewer; 9. Katha-
rine Bunker G. Mildred Clarke. :, Kathryn
Cox: s. Marion Crandall o. Maid!ou Dali
glish. lo Margaret DO witt. u, William
Duncan: u. Arthur Gibbons: l3. Katharine
Gibbons; II. Isabella Goff; j.. Holcn Cor
don. Is, Katie Grimm; H. Gertrude Grlsrh,
iS Gertrude Groves. ~. Beatrice IIMus. H.
Elizabeth Hand, q, Elliott Harvey. 22.
Alice Jenckes; q, Helen Jones; % Albert
Kammann; q. Ira Lacks; 25. Stcwart Lind
say; q, Helen MoKeown; 2S Hazel Mad
dox; %. Phyllis Mann; 20, Grace Mordo, %,
Edwin Morton. %, Howard Nichols 2',
I.oyd Noble; "a. Orel Orvis: 80. Adelaide
Patchell. 3s. Virginia Pettoc; 81. Harriet
Pratt; 3s Eva Rubin p, Helen Sanford.
10 Emma Schmidt; a. Beatrice Slcbcrt,
i2, Hazel siebert; 49, Mildred SHycrs. a.
Pearl Summerscales; A., Mabel sweet, 49,.
Dundas Tucker. A., June Naupcl. A., Rcm.e
Ward; 40. Louise Weekes, to, Raoul VIII.
New-York tribune., 1912-05-26
LILIES or THE VALLEY

were so busy with their play they did not
notice how time was passing. and before
they knew II up rose the great eye OF day.
Dismayed they ran for their ivory buckets.
but all were turned upside down and
growing fast to the stems where the care
less maids had left them.
Like most OF our garden favorites. hly-of-
the-valley has her wild cousins. They live
in Norway. Sweden and Denmark. Queen
Alexandra, whose girlhood home was Den
mark. loves the valley lilies more than
any other flowers. Even in our own woods
and fields you may find lly-of-the-valicy'
third cousin, the solomon's seal. ringing IL
green and white bells.
MARGARET w. LEl0HxoA
New-York tribune., 1912-05-26

Walter l. BoGcrt, chairman OF tho pro-
eranme committee OF the New York State
Music Teachers Association. announces
the following features for the convention
at Columbia University I'm June June 26.
symposium on The Standardization Of
Tone IN Voice Production" as given by
Dr. Frank Z. Miller. Or. Floyd Muckey, OF
New York, and Mr.. and Mrs. II. Brown, Of
Colorado. at the last annual meeting Of
the American Laryugological Society, in
Philadelphia; a lecture recital by David
Bispham on Grand Opera In English;
Meudclssohns oratorio st Paul" with a
chorus OF three hundred voices from the
Peoples Choral Union and the New York
Oratorio Society, Miss Mary Jordan, con-
t-altc; Dr. Franklin Lawson, tenor, Frank
CroXtOn, bass on June q, lectures by
Edgar Stillman-Kclly on Growth and
Docadence in Music" and by Rossetter G.
Cole on The Ethical Note I'm Modern Music
Literature; recital BY the Zollner String
Quartet and Horatlo Connell. barytone, and
a concert hy Nine. Rappold, soprano; Frank
Orms5y tenor. and sara Gurovitch, cello.
New-York tribune., 1912-05-26
Selections from the Letter Box

some OF the little men and little women
might see me feed them, because they are
50 cunning The food comes In little sheets
which look like paper. | crumple II up In
little bits and then put just a little In the
bowl and then the FISH all come W where
the food is and begin 10 eat II. Ii is so
funny 10 see them open their little mouths
to eat and then dive down into the water as
II afraid OF the air Sometimes ! put my
finger on a piece of food and then push II
down into the water. and then hold by hand
very still and soon feel little pink nose
and looking down, see one OF my darllnSs
gently taking the food from under my
finger. 1t is very hard To know when hsn
are asleep because they never shut their
eyes But I think they are asleep when
they are very quiet. Sincerely yours
ANNA l.. CUMMING (aged I'D.
No . Randolph avenue, waterbury conn
New-York tribune., 1912-05-26

ford Springs. Conn. modelling outht.
Things TO Talk About-The three prize
winners ami their prizes are Frank J.
Coyle. aged twelve. No. 224 Madison ave-
nue.. Hasbrouck Heights, y. j., box OF
water color paints; Alice r. Lutz. aged
eight. schnecksvile. Penn. a gold filed tie
clasp. and Irene Race. aged twelve. No. 3
Stoddard avenue. Glens Falls. y. Y, a
gold filled belt pin.
our Letter BoX-See letters by prize win
ners
Honor Lst-Prize, Adventures in Bug
land" for being on the honor list five
times. awarded to William H. Cary, jr..
No So Pierrepont street, BrOOkyn.
New-York tribune., 1912-05-26
q fairy bells, so pure and sweet,
Ring DER my garden fair.
And with your wondrous perfume NIL
The dreamy suumer air

Best loved OF all my flower children is
so pure, so sweet. There
is a charming tale about the origin OF this
dainty blossom. A fairy princess wished 20
give a party one night. and she sent out
a dozen of her ladies-in-waiting TO gather
dew from the flowers. in their ivory buck
cts, so that the guests might have re-
freshing drink. The mischieyous girls
hung their pals on the leaves and began
a game OF hunt the slipper. Now, as their
slippers were as green as the grass II took
4 long time to find the hidden shoe. They
New-York tribune., 1912-05-26

You may be sure Freddy soon knew that
the third line OF the staff was B, for the
whole Benson family had to be put on that
line. There was q name In the family Tor
every line and space Of the staff except o.
and Freddy and his teacher had to invent
a baby sister, Gertrude, for G. As Freddy
was TOO old TO be the baby OF the family
any longer it was quite right that there
should be a baby sister so they Just made
believe" there was one. and this Is how
she looked:
New-York tribune., 1912-05-26
VERY RUDE.

A doll sat under a parasol.
And folks she'd never met
Came crowding In, when rain came down.
TO keep from getting wet.
7 think these folks were very rude,
To on a little doll intrude,
But from her looks II does not seem,
AS though she thought them very mean
FREEDA c. MARSHALL (ased 10.
New-York tribune., 1912-05-26

Edward was not so submissive as Freddy
he and Katharine did not always agree
very well. and when Freddy happened to
put them side by side on the star ne
thought It best TO put double bar between
them TO be quite sure there would be no
quarrels. and then this was the way they
looked:
New-York tribune., 1912-05-26
CROSS DIAMOND.

/ The first OF men.
2 A small article used in writing.
z An animal utilized In Asia and AFRICA
for carrying burdens.
T. To explain or interpret.
3. To receive guests.
6 holiday that brings sad thoughts IN
stead Of cheerful ones 10 many persons
!. An account OF the descent OF family
from an ancestor.
To pray earnestly
.. A portable chair for carrying one per-
son.
10. A well known domestic animal.
II. The last Of July.
The centrals. reading down or across
spell the name of a holiday which VIII De
observed this week.
New-York tribune., 1912-05-26
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

Dear Editor: To-day received the very
pretty tie clasp which you kindly awarded
me, and I thank you very much for II.
Trying 10 find out the answers 10 the puz-
zles affords me great deal o. pleasure.
Thanking you again. ! am, sincerely yours,
MARCIEN JENCKES.
No AZ Fruit street. Worcester Mass.
New-York tribune., 1912-05-26

Now Freddy can write tho initials ~ aI
the family in several different ways
week after this lesson Katherine had "a
birthday party, and mother and Freddy
played a duet for her little guests and
proud indeed he was on that great dar. 50
he will not give up hts music lessons.
Some day, when he has learned 20 play
we'll the piano may help him Co forge.
even greater troubles than any he has
now and II he can go on giving p!oasur"
TO little boys and girls at birthday parties,
isn't that just rs useful as anything ire
could do?
New-York tribune., 1912-05-26

Dear Editor: Thank you so much for the
lovely book. It is the frst time ever won
a prize Yours truly. ALICE WILSON.
No AIS Bergen avenue. Jersey City.
New-York tribune., 1912-05-26

Charles a. Rice. OF Carnegie Hall who
scored success nj her recent recital in
Ca~uesi" Han, was engaged at the concert
to sing at tho musical reception given by
Countess Leary IN honor OF Cardinal Far
ley az her residence. on May o.
New-York tribune., 1912-05-26

that they left the field and forfeited tha
game Very trlly yours,
GEORGE CLARK (aged 13).
No a5+ East 18th street, Brooklyn.
New-York tribune., 1912-05-26
Musical Notes and Comment

.c,,ronca Eddy, concert organ'st. VIII give
a recital IN the Piedmont Nons'esS,,'.ia, .,.
Church at Worcester Mass 10 eN'''"'t ."s
loo, rorr-r,anual organ recently dedicated
there.
New-York tribune., 1912-05-26

Dear Editor: thank you very much for
the paints I received from you as prize.
| enjoy the puzzle column very much. Your
reader, HELEN SANFORD.
East Main street, Forestville. Conn.
New-York tribune., 1912-05-26
A Love Affair
in the Garden

in the Garden
In the northwest corner OF Dorothy s
garden there lived a gallant Jacqueminot
Rose who had lost his red heart to a Moss
Rose down in the southeast corner. He
happened 10 know that this was not the
only heart fin her keeping, and this worried
him considerably. Indeed, he found one
morning that his petals were growing quite
pale around the edges, and this is always
a bad sign. II means that you need your
old heart bacl; again, or else new one in
its stead So Jacqueminot decided that In
simple justice to himself he would make
the Moss Rose give up his property or
make good tho theft that very day.
Just as he had reached this decision and
was considering various means Of making
the other rose do the right thing by him a
humming bird buzzed UP with an invitation
from Mrs. Catalpa Tree. She was go.ns
TO have q dance that night on the grass az
her feet and she craved his presence. As
soon the invitation was delivered the mes
zonecr turned to so away.
Hold on a mlnute!" cried Jacquemnot.
"Do you know who else IS go!ng?"
Just the usual crowd" replied the hum
ming bird. running his long tongue down
Jacduem!nots throat TO see II he really
had lost his heart as everybody said.
Are any Of the other roses invited"
and Jacquemlnot gazed far or with good
f.nt OF Indifference.
why. of course" exclaimed the mes
zarger Did YOU ever hear Of a party
without roses? never did" And the hum
ming bird flew over to the Syringa and
told her # was no such thing that Jacque-
iuruot had lost his heart-it was something
q great deal worse than that. Why. do
you know" and he buzzed 1t closS 10 her,
che hasn't the least bit OF common sense
left"
How perfectly shocklng!" exclaimed the
syriu-l. and the humming bird agreed With
her and flew away TO tell some one else.
But Je.4uemIn1t VAS not thinking Of any
of these things. It had occurred 70 him
that it would ue a good thing to take Moss
Rose To the dance and insist upon her set
tIfgz this little heart matter between them
right then and there Ii was a hot walk
across the garden. a heartless rose can
not take risks. So Jacqueminot resolved to
telephone his invitation. 10 took mp his
end II tie co.Veb line resting on his OUT
side petal and waited for the Trumpet
blower central to answer. She was In no
hurry Jacluew.uot was, 20 he pulled tie
Lrr up auu down imparently.
"Hcuo. Central" he cried; what's the
matter with y1U2 Wake up there"
Number. please asked contra. sweetly.
Moss Rose a T." answered Jacaueminot.
New-York tribune., 1912-05-26
Things to Think About
ANAGRAnfS.

+ Can't I hear?
. Hot sam.
g. Eat fat lye.
l. The fortune
BY rearranging the letters in the abovs
And the names OF four streets in New YORK
City. The first is a girls name, the second
a boys name, the third q French name
associated with the War Of the RevolutioI
and the fourth comes from a number.
New-York tribune., 1912-05-26
NUMERICAL ENIGMAs.

n z VI I@INI NFNA1 1@-'I IN'.'1t''7'
Ny I, S, s, Z, is that division OF ma
ton which has its own government anu
enacts it's own laws: my !, 6, Y, is a mar
rative: my IL. s, l6, is is violent anger or
passion: my 2. 10, II is not cold; my u. l3,
3. is is 10 pierce with the teeth, and my
whole, which is spelled with eighteen let
ters IL a prominent object OF interest 10
be seen in New York Harbor and was pre-
sented 10 this country by the French gov
ernment
New-York tribune., 1912-05-26
WORD SQUARE

WORD SQUARE
l. A coin representing one-tenth OF dol
lar.
2 The rainbow.
3 A mineral easily split into thin. flexible
plates and used Ike glass IN lanterns, etc.
4 The name OF one OF the sons OF Isaac
New-York tribune., 1912-05-26
Continued from second mage.

took place on Friday afternoon May H. 't
the New Amsterdam Theatre, the Musical
Art Quartet appeared on the large ana
we'll selected programme which was rem
dered by we'll known artists. The members
OF the quartette. who are well known art
lists are Mrs Edith Chapman-Gould, so
prano; Miss Ellen q. Learned. contralto;
william Wheeler, tenor, and Edmund jain,
New-York tribune., 1912-05-26

Miss Emma X. Denison Is just closing
season OF work at the Young Women
Christian Association with a class in voice
training and sight reading. This class was
new one formed for Miss Denison lass
fall and has proved a success in every
way. At the graduating exercises Of all
the classes Of the association, held on
Monday evening, May 20, the vocal class,
from which eleven graduated, sang one
sacred and two secular selections. Miss
Denison will continue teaching during the
summer at her studio. besides having
charge OF the class in music in the sum
mer school at the Young WOmen's Chris
tian Association, at No. East 18th street.
Gustav L. Becker. pianist and teacher,
has been engaged 20 give a special course
in sight reading at Columbia University
from July s 10 august l6. lie Will also de-
liver thirty-one lectures to the students OF
Columbia University on The History and
Psychology Of Music" Mr. Becker has
arranged TO give a special summer course
for teachers at his Steinway Hall studio.
Application should be made as early as
possible.
New-York tribune., 1912-05-26

Father who was known TO the public as
Dr. Alfred Benson. was:
New-York tribune., 1912-05-26

To write Katherine's Il was necessary 70
use A &C" for a *" and she was.