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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-06

ERE aE - TRIBUNE JUNIOR EOROM

| She answered. Good things. which you
shall not be troubled with
| won't YOU give me some7" said he.
mo. not a bit, nor a drop, unless 1t
would choke you"
The old man frowned, saying, EVi'
| fortune attend thee!
Going on, she came to the hedge, through
which she espied a gap, and thought TO
! pass through It; but. going on, the heoge
closed, and the thorns ran into her flesh,
80 that 1t was with great difficulty that
she got out. Being now In most sad
| condition she searched for water to wash
herself, and looking round she saw the
we'll
She sat down on the brink OF 1t, and
one Of the heads came up saying, Wash
| me, comb me, and lay me down softly.
But she banged 1t with her bottle say
ing. Take this for your washing
Then the second and third heads came
up, and met with no better treatment
than the first: whereupon the heads con-
suited among themselves what evils 10
plague her with for such usage.
The first said, LET her be struck with
leprosy!'
The second. Let her hair turn into
packthread!
| The third bestowed on her for hus-
band poor country cobbler.
This done. she went on till she came to
! n town, and II being market day, the
| people looked at her, and seeing such a
leper's face, all fed but poor country
cobbler. Now. not long before he had
mended the shoes OF an old hermit, who.
| having no money gave him box OF ONT
ment for the cure OF the leprosy. So the
cobbler, having a mind 10 do an act OF
charity, went up to her and asked her
who she was?
IT am" said she, 1.-The King of Colches-
ters daughter-in-law."
We'll" said the robbler. III l restore
you 10 your natural complexion. and make
sound cure Of you, will you take me
for a husband?
Yes, friend" replied she, with all my
! hearth
With this the cobbler applied the oint-
ment. and II worked cure In few
weeks. after which they were married.
and so set forth for the Court Of Col
chester.
When the queen understood her dear
lighter had married nothing but a poor
coboer, she fell Into fits ~ rage. and
hanged herself in wrath. The death OF
the ugly old queen pleased the king. who
was glad TO be rid OF her so soon. and
| he gave the cobbler a hundred pounds to
quit the Court with his lady, and take
] ~ he fNO
There he lived many years mending shoes.
his wife spinning thread. and l hope she
made him happy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-06
OUR FISHING TRIP.

To the Editor of Tribune Junior Forum.
Sir: am going to tell you OF my fishing
trip One day out In the country my friend
and I decided to go fishing In a brook
near by. The first thing to do was to get
bait, so we went in the backyard and dug
up some worms. I had fishing tackle.
but my friend did not. so he borrowed one.
After We had hearty meal we started
for the brook. On the way we had
little fun. My friend, having no expert
ence in tying the fishing line around the
pole, got the hook caught In his trousers,
so II delayed us about ter minutes.
We got to the brook and threw our fish-
ing lines out. AS We patiently waited 10
catch the fish We saw them come and
CO. but did not catch any OF them. See
ing we could not catch any fish we grew
impatient. and said II we could not catch
any fish we might as well have some fun.
We had good deal of fun, but before
i knew anything else my friend fell in
the brook As ne came out OF the water
he grabbed a fish and brought 1t out 70
shore.
We started home hungry, thirsty and
tired, but still happy with the thought
that we caught fish.
FRANK POULSEN
New York City aged 49,.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-06
AUTUMN COLORS.

We may feel sad to see each summer
90 and have the flowers and birds de-
part. When we think of summer 1t
always means color and life and out
doors and blue sky and a general joy
BUSINESS and freedom. So there is good
reason to be even sorrowful when it is
gone. But not for long, because the
autumn comes, doing its best to atone
for the vanishing buds and the van
ished flowers, and whereas In summer
the trees were just wonderful green,
perhaps just to make up for the loss
of the birds and yellow and red flow
ers, the trees and bushes themselves
actually change their dress and wear
deep browns, light browns, tans
colds, reds, maroons, and delight the
eye and heart with colors hard to du'
plicate in any other way. But have
you ever seen a deep blue mountain
lake on day when the sun shines and
the sky is blue, so blue that you won
der how II is possible; have you ever
seen on such day the trees and shore
reflected shimmeringly in the water
Have you ever seen in the midst of
yellow naples and red naples and
evergreens a CLINT of the white birch,
and felt how young 1t seemed among
such splendid beings? If you have
seen these miracles of beauty, surely
you must feel that summer is only a
wonderful preparation for the new lire
Of autumn, and if you haven't seen or
felt this perhaps you will now.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-06
WHAT ARE WE WORTH?

Occasionally It Is a good thing ito
take stock" as the merchant says, to
see Just what we have on our shelves
or in ourselves. To see what we can
use to the best advantage and what we
can dismiss with like advantage. If
we did not do this we would necessa'
rily live a somewhat disconnected life
and we might feel as II everything
were going heller SHELTER, and-more'
over, we might never come to realize
our true possibilities!
However. there is q grave "but" in
finding out what our best possibilities
are-what is on our shelves-because
we are apt to waste too much time In
stock taking and come to think too much
about ourselves and forget what we
are after. When this is so we begin
10 get uncomfortable and self-con-
scious: we get in the way Of our own
accomplishment, as we really do not
know Just what we can do, and very
much in the wAy Of our friends.
Therefore. in our stock taking at the
beginning of the year don't let us be
led astray from the task in hand by
becoming so interested in our fascinat-
ing foibles that we neglect the real
stock on our shelves for the mere
paper and string with which they are
wrapped. Let us strike at our big
best qualities and possibilities and at
our big worst disabilities and try to
make them into more valuable stuff.
Don't let us waste time over 1t,
either, but let us arrange our stock
rapidly and then act at oncel Action
soon makes Us forget ourselves In
deeds, while too much introspection
Cooking into ourselve0 will keep us
inactive and conscious Of ourselves.
For, after all, 1t is only in activities
that we can find ourselves and know
what we are really worth.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-06

, The third said. MY gift shall be none
/ OF the least. for. as she is a kings daugh-
ter, I'll make her so fortunate that che
shall become queen to the greatest prince
that reigns."
This done, at their request she let them
down into the well again, and so pro-
ceeded on her journey.
She had not travelled long before she
saw a king hunting in the park with his
mobiles. She would have Stunned him.
but the king. having caught sight Of
her. approached, and, what with her
| beauty and grace. was 20 powerfully
charmed that he fell in love with her at
sight. Forthwith he offered her the finest
| horse in his train TO ride, and so, bring
ing her TO his palace. he there caused
her to be clothed In the most magnificent
manner with white and gold raiment
This being ended. when the king heard
| that she was the King OF Colchester's
daughter he ordered some chariots to be
got ready, that he might pay her father
a visit The chariot In which the king
and queen rode was adorned with rich
| ornamental gems Of gold. Her father
was at first astonished that his daughter
had been so fortunate as she was, till the
young king made him sensible Of all that
| happened. Great was the Joy at Court
Iamongst all, with the exception OF the
queen and her club-footed daughter, who
were ready to burst with malice and envy
Of her happiness, and the greater was
their madness because she was now above
them all. Great rejoicings. with feasting
and dancing, continued many days Then
at length, with the dowry her father gave
her, they returned home.
The hump backed sister-in-law. perceiv-
ing that her sister was so happy In feek-
ing her fortune, would needs do the same
so, disclosing her mind to her mother, all
preparations were made, and she vas
furnished not only with rich apparel, but
sugar, almonds and sweetmeats, In great
quantities. and large bottle Of Malaga
sack.
Thus provid ed, she went the same road
as her sister. and coming near the cave
the old man said, Young woman. width
er so fast?"
What is that to your said she.
Then" said ne, what have you In
your bag and bottle?"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-06

ing so. Her daughter was a yellow dowdy,
full of envy and Ill nature. and in short.
was much Of the same mould as her
mother. This signifed nothing, for in a
few weeks the king, attended by the no.
bility and gentry. brought his new queen
home to his palace. She had not been
long in the Court before she set the king
against his own beautiful daughter, by
false reports and evil tales.
The young princess. having lost her
fathers love, grew weary Of the Court,
and one day, meeting with her father In
the garden, she desired him, with tears
in her eyes, to give her a small pittance,
and she would go and seek her fortune,
to which the king assented, and ordered
her mother in-law 10 make up a small
sum according TO her discretion. She
went TO the queen. who gave her a can
vas bag OF brown bread and hard cheese,
with a bottle Of beer, though this was
but a very pitiful dowry for a kings
daughter.
She took II. returned thanks, and pro-
ceeded on her Journey passing through
groves, woods and valleys, till at length
she saw an old man sitting on a stone at
the mouth Of a cave.
Good morrow, fair maiden he said.
whittier away so fast7"
aged father" says she. II am going
to seek my fortune"
What hast thou in thy bag and bot
tier
"In my bag have got bread and cheese
and in my bottle good small beer. VIII
you please to partake OF either?'
Yes" said he, with all my heart"
With that the lady pulled out her pro-
visions and bade him eat and welcome.
He did So and gave her many thanks,
and then he said to her: There is a thick
thorny hedge before you. which will ap-
pear impossible. but take this wand in
your hand, strike three times, and say.
Pray, hedge, let me come through and
It will open immediately then. little
further, you will find a well; sit down on
the brink Of It, and there will come up
three golden heads. which will speak.
and whatever they require. that dol''
Promising she would, she took her leave
OF him. Coming to the hedge she pur-
sued the old mans directions; It opened.
and gave her a passage; then. coming to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-06
sluMRER PARTIES.

20 the Editor Of Tribune Junior Forum:
Dear Editor: am going to tell you
about two kinds OF parties which the
stris out here are very fond OF giving.
Islurnber parties and sunrise parties, and
IN they generally come together It Is great
tun.
one night one Of my friends invited the
rest of us to q slumber party, which
meant that we were to stay ali night. We
slept In three beds, two In one room and
one In another adjoining, 30 what with
talking and laughing to each other you
can imagine the time We went 10 sleep
Somewhere In the "wee sma' hours"
guess
When central rang up at $50 we GER
tainly did not feel Like getting up, and
indeed, the more energetic of US had to
pull the sleepy ones out of bed. Il was Of
the latter kind. by the way)
The sunrise party began when we gath
cred our packages together and tiptoed
out Of the house into the cool. dewy morn
ing. The sun was not yet up ana every
thing seemed strange and quiet as we
half awake. We stopped once to gather
some stray pieces OF wood that were
lying around newly built house:
After walking about two miles we
Iedcncu SOIHe iONciS "oOoo SiOSo " ehS
river, where We found long bench and
a fireplace which some other picnickers
had made 1t was lots OF fun building the
fire and tanning II to make the wood
burn, and by the time we had boiled the
coffee and roasted our "weenies"-as they
call Frankfurt sausages out here-we were
awfully hungry. So we sat in row on
the bench and fell TO eating the good
things in the various packages while we
watched the mists roll off the plains and
at last disclose the glorious Rockies, not
very far away.
We took lot Of pictures to keep as re-
membranes OF a very good time and
then came home Hoping this will inter-
est you. remain your friend,
EMMA c. BRADY (aged 16).
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-06

Long before Arthur and the Knights
OF the Round Table, there reigned in the
eastern part of England king who kept
his Court at Colchester. He was witty
strong and valiant, by which means he
subdued his enemies abroad, and planted
peace among his subjects at home.
Nevertheless, in the midst Of all his
glory, his queen died, leaving behind her
an only daughter about fifteen years OF
age. This little lady, from her courtly
carriage, beauty and affablity, was the
wonder Of all that knew her.
But as covetousness is the root Of all
evil, so II happened here. The king, hear
Ing of a rich dame, who had an only
daughter, for the sake Of her riches had
a mind to marry her. and though she was
old, ugly. hook-nosed and humpbacked
yet all this could not deter him from DO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-06
BUNNYS BAD HABIT.
Frederick MauId-A Reader Of The
Tribune Junior FORUM.

Bunny was not girl, boy or rabbit, but
simply little gray squirrel Now, Bunny
lived In great oak In front of our house,
and in our house there lived little girl
named Bessie. One day her big brother
caught Bunny and gave him to Bessie as
a birthday present. Bunny had one bad
habit, and that was he always climbed
up the side of the horse trough. One day
we heard an awful commotion in the horse
trough, and when we got there what do
you think we saw? There In the horse
trough lay poor little Bunny, almost
drowned AS quick as we could We took
poor Bunny out. After that We never
saw Bunny near the horse trough.
The moral is plain enough.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-06

There is no family that can possibly get
along comfortably without an umbrella
stand, and 1t is just as impossible for the
Junior Forum mechanic to refrain from
making one sooner or later as 1t is for
the civilized world to get along without
umbrellasi This is mission stand, the
name given to this style of furniture be-
cause the furniture was first made In q
mission by monks.
The stand is made Of four 1h-inch
square white wood posts. % inches long,
Joined with twelve 1h-inch square rails, IL
inches long. The posts are screwed with
button-head screws to the ends OF the
rails in such a way that the screws pass
each other as shown at A. The top and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-06
The Princess of Colchester

the well, she had no sooner sat down
than a golden head came up, singing:
Wash me. and comb me,
And lay me down softly
yes" said she, and putting forth ner
hand, with a silver comb performed the
office. placing it upon a primrose BANK
Then came up a second and thiro
head, saying the same as the FORMER
And again she complied, and then puiihs
out her provisions ate her dinner.
Then said the heads one to announcer
what shall we do for this lady who hath
used us so kindly"
The first said. 81 will add such grace
IN her beauty as shall charm the most
powerful prince In the world
The second said, 81 will endow her with
fragrance such as shall far exceed the
sweetest flowers"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-06
To Make an Umbrella Stand

pass each other at right ansles-the O.
inch screws should pass through these
holes up to the head. Very small gimlet
holes in the ends Of the rails VIII Keep
the rails in place II the screws are
threaded In them; these gimlet holes are
marked by holding the rail in place and
marking 1t with a screw through the
various holes In the posts.
Four pieces Of h-inch lumber are cut
so as to fit inside Of the eight bottom
rails. az shown at b. These rest upon
square bottom piece of h-inch lumber, as
shown, which is held In place by four
cleats nailed to the bottom rails (shown
at G.; these four side pieces, forming the
box of the stand, are fastened together
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-06

were animal crackers stuck in marsh.
mallows. but they formed very gallant
procession.
When the pigs in blankets" and the
chicken sandwiches, and the animal
cookies, and the ices frozen In the shape
Of animals were all eaten: when the
Ark's roof was lifted off to show it's cargo
of candy, and the guests regretfully put
on their wraps and said goodby to Mr..
and Mrs. Noah, they one and all decided
that there never was such a fine party
as the Aliens party in Noah's Ark Land
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-06
Tribune Junior Forum

Published in the interest OF boys and
girls TO furnish Information and dmuse-
ment and to 0ire them an opportunity
to cypress themselves.
Al contributions and letters should
be addressed to the Editor Of the Trtb-
une Junior Forum, Neio-YOrE Tribune,
1874 Nassau street.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-06
THE WEEKS POEM
FAIRY SONG.
BY John Keats.

Shed no tear! o shed no tear!
The flower will bloom another year.
Weep no more o weep no more!
Young buds sleep in the roots white core
Dry your eyes. o dry your eyes!
For | was taught in Paradise
To ease my breast Of melodies
Shed no tear!
Overhead! look overhead
'Mong the blossoms, white and red
s,ook up, look up; I fiutter now
On this fresh pomegranate bough.
Zee me! It's this silvery bill
Ever cures the good mans ILL.,
Shed no tear o shed no tearl
The flower will bloom another year.
Adieu, adieu-I hy-adieu!
vanish In the heavens blue
Adieu, adieu!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-06

bottom rails are ~ inches from the ends
OF the posts. and the four centre rails are
Is inches from the bottom OF the posts.
The posts are first made. and the top
ends tapered, as shown: the positions OF
the rails are then marked upon them. and
the screw holes bored so that they will
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-06

or held in place by four corner cleats ex-
tending their full length and nailed to
two Of them as shown at d. The stand,
when smoothed is stained a dark brown,
green or gray black, and finished with
what is known as dead or wax finish, -
or sometimes mat" finish.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-06
ANSWER TO PUZZLE PICTURE VII.

CharGde: Hand-cur-chtef. Hand
kerchicf
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-17
Notes and Personals.

Mr.. and Mrs VIM. Van Ness and
daughter, Miss Elizabeth Van Ness are
visiting relatives in Pratt.
c. L. Hockett, a former Topeka
man, after living in Colorado and En-
diana, decides that Kansas is the best
He will locate at 1921 North Taylor
street.
Fred Smith of wamego will move
in the near future to 813 North Mon
roe street.
While wiping the perspiration c. Il.
Bridge today received a letter from
his daughter, Mrs. George BOSNIAN,
now living at San Francisco, that the
weather there was cold enough for
steam heat every day, and that on
July 4, she was quite cold. She was
formerly Miss Vera Bridge, employee
al the w. A. L. Thompson Hardware
Co.
People on North Tyler street are
among those complaining about the
growth OF weeds in the vicinity. They
say that many places the weeds are
higher than a mans head.
Mrs. S. Coleman is visiting in Silver
Lake.
Exceptionally fine plums raised by
North side farmers are on the mar
ket today.
Mrs. J. ]. King and son. Leon, left
today for visit in Wichita and Au-
gusta.
w. K. Cochran of Menoken is a
North side visitor today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-17
Milady's Toilet Table
By Mime. D'MHLE

The electric needle is painful and e<-
pensfve process for removing Superfluous
hair, and the same result can be easily
and speedily achieved by applying deia-
tone. Mix a little delatone with water
cover the hairs with this paste; let it re-
main two minutes; then wash the skin
and the hairs will be gone.
ITO make thin, short eyelashes grow IN
long, thick and silky with a beautiful
curl. apply plain pyroxin to the lash roots
with thumb and forefinger. Applying
pyroxin to straggly eyebrows will maze
them long and silky.
"A splendid protection against tan
freckles and sunburn is a solution made
by dissolEing an original package OF
mayatone in a half-pint witch hazel. Gen
tly rub over the face in the morning and
all day your skin will be clear, soft and
satiny-with no strealxy discoloration. 1t
will not rub of nor show like powder
Dry shampooing makes the hair
bright, fluffy and clean-full of life and
lustre- Put four ounces of powdered orris
root in fruit jar and mix it we'll with an
original package of therox. Sprinkle a
teaspoonful of the mixture on the head
and brush it out thoroughly. This treat
ment requires only a few minutes and
evening damDness will not affect your
hair
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-17
PICK BATTLE-GROUND.
Wilson and Underwood Decide on
DebatabIe States.

Seagirt, July 1.-THE political bat
tleground of the campaign of 1912,
where the Democratic party will strain
sinews for every vote has been placed
before Governor woodrow Wilson like
a checkerboard by the man he re-
CARDS as better informed than any
other on conditions throughout the
country, oscar w. Underwood, leader
of the Democratic majority of the house
of representatives.
State by state the nominee and the
house leader went over the map at
their luncheon at the Country club OF
Trenton, and when the conference end
ed. two and a half hours later, they
had taken from the debatable states,
Wisconsin, Missouri, Maryland, Ken
lucky and New York, with reserva-
ton that there would have to be some
campaigning done in Missouri and that
while New York was pretty certain
to go Democratic, the Democrats there
would have to be on their guard and
not feel too cocksure, and made a list
of the states where they will have to
fight for votes with good chance of
carrying them.
In this list they placed first the
great middle western states of Illinois,
Ohio and Indiana; from the New Eng
land group they put down Maine and
Connecticut. Along the Mason and
Dixon border they made note of West
Virginia. In a class by itself, they
placed Pennsylvania, then last of all
they jotted down New Jersey as deba-
table, although New Jersey leaders
close to the governor have promised
the state to him by pluralities ranging
from so, 600 to 10O0 900 votes. These states
the governor referred to as "debata-
ble,' but indications are that he be-
lieves he can carry every one.