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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-13
COLUMBUS.

Saturday was Columbus Day In New
York, the day set apart to celebrate
the memory of the discoverer OF
America.
Perhaps Columbus had more to con-
tend. against than many explorers, be-
cause he could have had no idea rs TO
the length of time he was to be at
sea or how vast the sea was over
which he was TO sail, besides having
q warning and hostile crew. There
fore we should honor him not only be-
cause he discovered America, but be-
cause in the very teeth of mutiny, in
mid-ocean, against the advice Of all on
board his feet, against, no doubt at
times bis own inclination, he unswerv-
ingly held his course and won the fight
and did discover in very truth new
route.
1t is not a simple thing to be one
man among many and to stand by an
opinion with which no one agrees, even
though you know in the end 1t is the
wisest thing. In fact, this Is one OF
the hardest things for us to learn IL
IS so easy to think with the crowd ana
/ II is so difficult, so fraught with sacrl'
foe to keep an opinion different from
the crowds, that Columbuss life surely
iproves to us that he was more than
Americas discoverer-for he was him
Aself-a man. And in his unique cir
.cumstances or in our usual circum'
stances this is no easy task.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-13

II may as we'll tell her." and so she told
her how her fellow-servants had given
out that she was good TO spin a pound OF
fax in four and twenty hours.
And there am !, wretch that / am,
shut up TO spin all that heap in a day and
a night. when I have never even seen
spinning-wheel in all my born days"
We'll, never mind, child" said the old
woman.
"If you'll call me Aunt on the happiest
day OF your life, I'll spin this max for
you: and so you may just 90 away and
lie down TO sleep"
Yes, the lassie was willing enough. and
of she went and lay down to sleep.
Next morning when she awoke, there
lay all the fax spun on the table, and
that so clean and fine. no one had ever
seen such even and pretty yarn. The
Queen was very glad to get such nice
yarn, and she set greater store by the
more envious, and agreed to tell the
Queen how the lassie had said che was
good TO weave the yarn she had spun In
four-and-twenty hours. So the Queen
said again, as she had said II. she must
do It; but II she couldn't quite finish II
in four-and-twenty hours. she wouldn't
be too hard upon her; she might have
little more time. This time. too. the
lassie dared not say no. but begged for
room to herself. and then she would try.
There che sat again, sobbing and crying.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-13

Between Ii and seem to. trouble him.
but from there on to the end Of the
alphabet. he is quite at home.
Something nice next" says Bobby
pleasantly as he puts away the blocks
and pours out handful Of small cubes
of various bright coiors upon the table
Toto, with a very absent expression,
mixes them together.
Yellow" says Bobby. And yellow.
Toto"
Toto looks rather Disguised. Yellow Is
such an easy color. he finds the yellow
cube without half trying. Red. blue, vio-
let. Toto Is letter perfect, wavering only
the least BIT on the green.
Now, Toto. the hard lessons are all
over" says Bobby. pulling bit Of Irvine
from his pocket, see what a good sailor
you can be-" Toto picks up the string and
after few attempts he ties as good
knot as many a blue boused jackie
could.
Sailor men must sew" Bobby con-
dainty needle and piece OF coarse
thread. Toto has a pretty bad time with
the needle, but he doesn't give up until he
has the thread through that troublesome
little eye. Bobby is kind and doesn't in
sist on any real sewing for this lesson.
as Toto hands over the threaded needle
TO him I'm hungry and so are you,
know. There'll just he time for tea be-
fore have TO go home. I've got lessons
OF my own TO do tonight"
Toto is better pleased with this sugges-
ton, that Ii, the tea suggestion. than
with any OF the others. He hurries to the
cupboard where the dishes are kept.
scarcely able TO wait until Bobby gets the
cloth spread and the cups and saucers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-13

Once on a time there was a poor man
who lived in a hut far away in the WOOD,
and got his living by shooting. He had
An only daughter. who was very pretty
and as she had lost her mother when she
was a child and was now half grown-up'
she said she would go out into the world
and earn her bread.
We'll lassie," said the father true
enough you have learnt nothing here out
how 10 pluck birds and roast them, but
still YOU may as we'll try TO earn your
bread"
So the girl went off TO seek place
and when she had gone a little while she
came to a palace. There she stayed and
got a place, and the Queen liked her so
we'll that all the other maids got enVious
of her. So they made up their minds 70
tell the Queen how the lassie said she
was good to spin a pound OF flax In four
and twenty hours, for you must know the
Queen was a great housewife ana
thought much OF good work.
Have you said this? Then you shall
do It," said the queen, but you may
have little longer time II you choose
Now. the poor lassie dared not say she
had never spun in all her life. but she
only begged for room for herself. That
she got, and the wheel and the fax were
brought up to her. There she sat- sad
and weeping. and knew not how to help
herself. She pulled the wheel this way
and that, and twisted and turned 1t about,
but she made a poor hand Of 1t, for she
had never even seen spinning wheel in
her life.
But all at once, as she sat there. In
came an old woman TO her.
What ails you, child?' she said.
"Ah," said the lassie, with a deep
sigh, ITS no good to tell you, for you'll
never be able TO help me-"
who knows?" said the old wife, May
be know how to help you after all"
We'll" thought the lassie TO herself
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-13
PLAYING THE GAME.

Much is said among grownNlps about
other grown.ups who do or do not
play the game" Now, Just what does
this expression mean and how did It
ever come to be used?
II originated because Of the different
ways people play games. The person
who actually plays the game" follows
all the rules, in every case doing his
utmost and bravest to play the very
best he can. Furthermore, and quite
"a important, should this same person
not win he does not throw up his
hands and give up playing, but he re-
mains undaunted, even II discouraged,
and prepares to begin the game anew
with as much energy and interest as
before. In other words, this man or
woman has proved to be a good
sport"
On the other hand, there is another
type Of person who II he does not sue
coed gets no enjoyment out Of a game
and will not play 1t again, but will take
part only In a contest IN which he
knows that he will come out ahead.
He forgets the pleasure he had while
playing, before he knew whether he or
his opponent was going to win, he
makes the winner uncomfortable and
earns for himself the name Of poor
loser" or poor sport" Finally. he
estranges himself from his friends be-
cause they do not want any one In
their games who is pleased only when
he wins and gets mad" when he loses
and wants only TO play the games he
can win.
Is not the application easily made In
our own games In school, which are
surely sufficiently interesting to play,
even If we cannot win them every
time? For, after all, what would there
be in a contest If we always knew we
were going 10 win2 The whole flavor
would be gone and our ambition would
die out
And so it is in the game Of life, II
we become discouraged when defeat
ed we never will get anywhere with
men and things Therefore, In our
games. while we are yet young, let us
practise the game for the games sake,
not because there is prize at the end,
but because we want really and deeply
and feryently to play the game now
yes, and in the big world afterward.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-13
TRIBUNE JUNIOR FORUM

and knives and forks in place. Then
Bobby goes off on a foraging expedition.
for Toto will not be interested In any
make believe eatables. Bobby finds some
milk and sugar, two oranges and oit
OF boiled meat. Toto can manage ms
knife and fork very nicely and drink MS
cambria tea not too noisily, but ne can
not peel an orange, so Bobby has to help
him there. This rather odd afternoon tea
Is over all too quickly according to TOTO 3
way of thinking, but Bobby has 70 go
home and there are no more rations forth-
coming.
You will notice that Toto wears, at
this tea party, his birthday suit, a very
thick. warm and shaggy one OF brown:
Sometimes, when he is expecting TO greet
many callers. he puts on real little boy
clothes, or, rather boy clothes made TO NJ
a chimpanzee. His little callers enjoy see
Ing him In these bright colored clothes
very much, but Toto really prefers the
brown suit he keeps for Bobby. his init
mate friend. He thinks II fts better, feels
more comfortable and Is more becoming.
Toto is so fond Of Bobby that when
Bobby Is ready to go he clings about
his neck, coaxing and pleading him as
best he knows how to stay. Toto can
do this in words yet, for with all his
cleverness he has mastered only one word
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-13
THE WEEKS POEM
THE WORLD.
"liliput levee."

Great. wide, beautiful, wonderful World.
With the wonderful water round you
Curled,
And the wonderful grass upon your
breast
World. you are beautiful drest!
The wonderful cir is over me.
And the wonderful wind is shaking the
tree;
II walks on the water. and whirls the
mills. 49,.
Ard talks to itself on the top OF the
hills.
You friendly Earth. how far do you go,
With the wheat fields that nod and the
rivers that flow,
With cities and gardens, and cliffs and
isles, r-
And people upon you for thousands OF
miles?
All. YOU are so great. and | am so small.
tremble 10 think OF you, World. at all.
And yet. when | said my prayers to-day
4 whisper inside me seemed 10 say,
You are more than the Earth, though
you are such dot;
You can love, and think. and the Earth
cannot.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-13
ANSWER TO PUZZLE VII.
MOUNTAIN CLIMBING.
BY Emily Rose Burt.


The game Of mountain climbing may DO
played in city or countryrsat the seashors
or mountains, by any number OF children
The players all stand in line. and the hra
one begins the game by acting out The
first event in the climb, at the same time
telling what he is doing. Thus he may
say: First we cross q brook" and Illus
trate 1t by jumping exactly as II there was
a brook TO 60 over. The second player
repeats both words and action Of the nrH
player and adds a new action. perhaps tof
Instance, going under some bushes. STOP.
ing and shielding his face. The thru
child repeats the acts Of the hrst Two
players and adds still another OF his own
invention. Thus the game goes on unti
the last player In the row 10 rescned
After repea ting the words and actions Of
the previous players he says: And nov
I'm at the top Of the mountain ana
waves his arms. This is a signal for tne
other players TO give chase 10 him, ana
is pursued by all the mountain climbers
until ne = caught. The one who catches
him is the one who must reach the 'o9
OF the mountain" in the next game.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-13
COLLECTING VERSE.

We all have scrap books for pictures
and drawings, but few Of us have ever
thought Of collecting fine bits OF verse
or beautiful paragraphs from prose
writings!
Why not get a small notebook and
cOpy or paste IN It all the exception
slly good verse we read, all the poetry
that we like most particularly? Just
think of the interesting collection we
would have in years time and mag
inc how satisfactory 1t would be to
have n collection Of verse-a book OF
pcems-cOmpiled by ourselves and not
by some unknown person. Imagine
what pleasure It would be to have
book in which every poem was our
own choice.
Sometimes the poem printed on this
page may he liked well enough 70 IN
dude it in the collection. In fact, the
editor has Just had letter from
reader saying that she had already
started a collection Of verse, among
which the poems on this page play no
small part.
This verse collecting is a most inter
esting pursuit. 1t really is a pursuit,
for after little while we Will seek
everywhere for verse good enough to
mt in our books. In this way we
shall learn to know poetry, poets and
our own capacity for loving poetry.
Furthermore, we shall find out how
good verse is Observation-Disclosures
knows?-we may learn to write 1t.
However, reading well made verse
may help us to write verse and prose,
tool
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-13
TOTO'S TEA PARTY

Toto Is only two years old, but he Is the
most clever two-year-old you ever heard
OF lust listen to all the things he can
do and see II you don't agree In the
first place, he is little foreigner who was
born far away across the seas In AFRICA
He and his mother came over here ABOUT
year ago In big ship that tossed them
about so roughly that Toto and his
mother scolded all the way about II, out
no one took the slightest trouble to make
them more comfortable. They didn
really want 10 leave that old home IN
Africa, anyway II was such great,
, airy home in the branches OF big leafy
tree. deep In. the forest. Toto and his
mother were at first very much dissatis-
fed with the quarters assigned them AT
the Zoo. They were most indignant that
there weren't any trees, only big wire
thing that seemed very cramped after the
whole expanse of the forest.
Toto. you must have guessed by this
time, is not a little boy at all, but very
clever young chimpanzee. AS to Totos
beauty. you'll have 10 decide for yourself
Look at him as he sits about and takes
tea with Bobby Nichols who has dropped
in for a little afternoon call. The official
photographer at the Zoo thinks him hand
some enough 10 take. anyway. and he
does Il very often. I'm not sure but that
Toto is wee bit vain. for he loves 70
pose and he never has 10 be told to look
pleasant or watch the birdy jump out OF
the camera.
You may say there Is nothing very
clever about having ones picture taken.
Wen. what about this7 Bobby, who Is
great friends sith Toto, says Come, Toto.
time for lessons now" Then he arranges
on the table between them a square.
diamond shape. and circle.
Now, Toto. show me circle says
Bobby. and Toto without a minutes hesi-
tation picks up the right shape ana
hands II 10 Bobby. lie is just as clever
with the diamond and square
arithmetic next. Toto. old boy" orders
Robbv. How many are four and
twelve7" Toto only looks bored Bobby
is fooling him. You can't expect two
vcar-old boy. not to mention a chin
nance, 70 he so far advanced in mathe-
MATES but when Bobby gets down TO
her four" at the same time placing six
bottles on the table. Toto selects easily
the fourth bottle. in which he nnds 4
choice dainty as a reward. Tie can tell
one two or three also; but don't 20 above
four. Il embarrasses him.
Poor Toto's tired now" saws Bobby,
"he must have recess Want to 20 roller
skatinc?"
Toto just loves to skate, so he doesnt
make the slightest objection 10 having
his little made TO order" skates strapped
on. Bobby puts his on, too, for COMPANY
and OF they 30 merriy for spin over
the smooth floor.
Toto would b. glad to keep this up In
definitely, but Bobby is rather stern
disciplinarian and insists on returning TO
lessons.
It's reading this time. or. rather, letters
Toto hasn't been promoted 10 primer
vet. but think, he is only two years old.
Bobby gets out the blocks. on which
the letters are marked In bright colors.
Toto scratches his head thoushtfully. lie
knows A. u. c. and in fact down to ".
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-13

But how, in all the world, can my
bride, who is such lovely lassle, nave
such loathsome misshapen annts
'I'l soon tell you how II Is, saia tne
first. II was just as good looking Wne Ii
/ was her age; but the reason why I've
got this long nose is. because was al,
WAYS kept sitting. and pokins, ana
noddinC over my spinning. and so my
nose got stretched and s sas un'''
'And l." said the second ever since
l was young, /. have sat and Scu Iaor,
and that's how my back mas got 80
broad and bumped as you see H.
And l." said the third, ever slncs
I was little, have sat- and stared. aIa
sewn, and sewn and stared, nignt anu
day: and that's why my eyes nave sot
so ugly and red, and now there's no heip
for them" 49, ..,,uo. 1uckv
I came TO know this. for II folk can ger
so ugly and loathsome by all th,s.. ths,'
nv bride shall neither spin nor weave
nor sew all her life LONG"
CFrom Morse Fairy Tales; by O. W. , Dasen''
by permission OF J. p. Lippincott, fhiis-
deiphia.)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-13

Mrs. Richards waited until Gretchen
came home. After a long talk the rich
woman and boy went home. The next
day the little cottage was closed up and
the two girls went to live in a beautiful
house with Mrs. Richards Gretchen Is
seamstress for her. and Sophie, Cuddles
and Harold play together.
Cuddles has another metal plate on his
collar. II Is the license
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-13
To Make a Shoe
Box and Foot Rest

This box Is made 70 accommodate three
pairs of shoes, is open at both ends to
allow for circulation OF air, and is very
simple and very easily mace piece OF
furniture. The two sides are IL incnes
wide and II inches high, Joined together
with four pieces y inches long and
inches wide, one Of these pieces forming
the top, three Of them the shelves Be-
fore the shelf pieces are put In place the
lodges at their ends should be nailed to
them from the bottom, as shown at A.
and when screwed in place, as shown In
perspective drawing these Lodges should
be nailed to the sides from the top, as
shown at b. "a nail set being used to drive
the nail heads into the wood.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-13
Tribune Junior Forum

Published in the interest OF boys ana
girls to furnish information and GnluSe-
ment and to giue them an opportunity
TO cypress Themselves.
All contributions and letters should
be addressed to the Editor Of the Trio
Une Junior Forum, Ne0-YOrk tribune,
154 Nassau Street.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-13

made the two pieces are nailed tor.th.,
(using the places in the wood TO be finally
used by the screws) and sawed with
keyhole saw. both at the same tim.
Round or button head screws may be used
for the sides; the places for these should
be carefully laid out on the sides and
holes bored for The screws to pass com.
pletely through the wood up 10 the h,,d
Small gimlet holes in the shelves inn,,e
the screws drawing the shelves to IN.
sides in the right place the gimlet hole
marks are made by first marking with /.
screw through the holes in the sides, N.
shelf or top being held against the sid.
while doing this.
The box is painted II desired, or IN.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-13
WANTED!

The editor of this page is very anx-
ious TO have some baseball stories by
readers Of the Tribune Junior Forum
Photographs or good drawings will be
published If they are clear and II they
will help tell the story.
II any OF the readers OF this page
have invented new games send the Trio-
une Junior Forum an explanation OF
them, as the other boys and girls would
like 10 know them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-13

his wound; but fast as he could 20 II
was his sorrow 10 find the blood run.
ming faster. 80
%. ne snip sailed under more canvas
than was safe; but there was need ot
haste, for with less than enough food
Tor all IL was best TO make speed to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-13
GUESS THIS WORD.

There is one word from which all the
following words may lie spelled without
using any letter more times than It ap-
pears in the original word. deer raced
pared. pencil, dupe, lard, Ounce carp,
upper, pranced crupper cradle. lucid.
pence. Ural Mrid, prince.
What other words can YOU make?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-13
HIDDEN PROVERBS.

Each proverb is OF four words and is
found by taking four words In order
from one OF the following sentences:
l. SIT still in the boat az we row over
these waters; before you know IT, we
may run into deep place.
2 lie ran fast TO get a surgeon TO bind
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-13
PUZZLES
JUMBLED HEROES.

slumbuco. Barkcims. stand.o leg. A
scare Nan Poole. Trang Gnash TO
win Cinnoll, VIII got nine. Nell Crow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-13

so far, mamma" but II he improves as
much In another year as he has In the
last, who knows but that he may De
saving, "Goodby, Bobby, come again as
soon as you can?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-13

wood can, " smoothed. be stained any
color to match the furniture Of the room
Any convenient wood may be used, and Nil
Of the pieces should be one-half inch thick
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-13

The top is placed one inch below the sides
and the bottom shelf two inches above
the lower end OF the side pieces when
the cutout on the bottom OF the sides is
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-15
MRS. Vanguard, "Rube's" Moth

CLEVELAND, o., Oct. 15.-Rupe
Vanguard may be the equal of angels
and far greater than Napoleon with
New York fans, but in h humble
little home in Cleveland where his pa
and ma live, he is just that boy.
Dick" He is no hero.
The elder Marquards are taking
only a languid interest in the worlds
series games. The fact that their
boy is one of the stars of the series
doesn't excite them particularly.
When the RUDE, formerly Nc
Graw's 81, 900 lemon. pitched the
Giants to victory in the third worlds
series game, friends fastened to carry
the tidings to Ma Marquard. She was
placidly manufacturing "jell' in the
humble Vanguard kitchen.
"Oh, Mrs. M~arquard, RUDE pitched
great ball for the Giants, and he
beat the Boston team to DEATH"
well, he ought to-" retorted Ma
Marquard. without looking up from
her canning operations.
Yes. but don't you want to hear
about it?' said the enthusiast. Let
that jelly go for a minute"
I'VE got to eat next winter. amt
we? What do I care about ball
games?' remarked the fond mother.
why are they making such a fuss
about that boy, Dick? He amt such
a wonder"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-15
BELLEVILLE KNIGHTS HOLD
COLUMBUS DAY PROGRAM

For the third consecutive time
Thomas A. Connolly was elected
grand knight of Belleville Council,
Knights of Columbus, last night.
Other officers chosen were: Deputy
grand knight, Bartholomew Kin
neatly; chancellor. Joseph A. Con-
molly. treasurer, Dennis BARLEY: re-
corder, William Herkness; financial
secretary, Christopher Glennon; lee
turer, Alfred Hacker; advocate, An
drew L. Boylan, chaplain, the Rev.
James p. Smith; delegates to the
State convention, Thomas A. Con.
molly and Andrew l.. Boylan; alter
mates. John A. Breen and Dominic A.
Walsh; delegates to New Jersey
Chapter No. /, Thomas A. Connolly,
John A. Breen, John T. Burke and
Cornelius Conlin; trustee, William
Waters.
After the business session the
members celebrated the anniversary
of the discovery of America. Former
Assemblyman James Christie. OF
Bayonne. gave a lengthy discourse on
the life of Christopher Columbus.
National Warden Thomas McLough-
lin. Of this city, also spoke.