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New-York tribune., 1912-06-09
By Helen 3. SchoonhoVen.

| Me FURNISHED dragon fly is thy attendant,
| And tits against the field.
| And down the listed sunbeam rides re-
| splendent.
With steeI-biue mail and shield.
-Longfellow.
II was a beautiful day in early summer
and Father. Boy and I were sitting on the
sho.e Of a little pond shaded on all sides
By large trees. The air was alive with the
hum of insects, the drumming Of the wood
peckers and the chirp of the tree toads' and
now and then the hoarse croak Of the old
bunfrog came from the hidden depths OF
the pond
To-day is the day we hunt nymphs ana
dragons Boy" said Father the pond Is
full of them just now
"'Nymphs and dragons" said the Boy
looking lust a little bewildered.
..Don't you believe in dragons. Boy' Win
tails and scales and big staring eyes ana
neat. ugly jaws that devour every help-
less little creature in their pathway lHe
ones that crawl and sprawl in the Shiny
d.pths or fly with mighty wings through
the upper air and descend with death deal
,,g blows upon their prey? You have read
,n about those wonderful creatures, haven I
YOU, Boy? Well, want 10 tell you, sir we
New-York tribune., 1912-06-09

1--WE can II the Little Men aud Women
are ready for us" answered Daddy IT'D.
"Do they know how 20 pitch "A tent
"Why. I'm sure they DO" Daddy IT'D
replied. hut Just 10 make sure we'll write
them n letter telling them Just how TO
make our camp. Shall wc:'
one twin ran 10 get IN" writing paper
and the other to get the pens and ink, and
then the whole family made up this lettcr!
"Dcar Little Men and Little Women. We
are the paper doll family, named Tribune
New-York tribune., 1912-06-09
And How the Little Men and
Little Women Can Help
Those Pretty Curls
to Grow Again.

aud No . inward at the dotted lines ID.
then pastn end r over end + and end ~
over end n. Now cut slit through the
broad black lire I'm the middle Of No. and
fold. the two corners thus formed back a.
the dotted lines 10 form mo door of the
tent. as shown IN tho picture. Bend ths
Two portions "A forward at the dotted
lines. Place the ny No. over tho tent
ord paste the tabs "A 10 the inside juet
under the dotted spaces NJ either end of
tho straight dotted line. When in place the
Av will project q little over the walls OF
the tent. cut out No. without reinfoIc-
ing and fold II at the dotted lines INTO y
l,nS four-sded box form; secure by pastulS
the fifth section r over the side c, a.
shown i'm No. >. This forms the tent pole.
Cut through the short black lines at til"
bottom Of the pole and spread out the tabs
thus formed, as shown in No. E and No. g.
.'Now get a largo pasteboard box cover.
tte larger the hetter-perhaps your motneF
will give YOU the cover OF hat boN-and
trrn IL upside down. Then get smaller
cover and set it right side up inside The
larger one. This makes a little elevation
for the tent To stand on, and that VIII hA
much better for Polly than N 1t stood on
low ground Set the tent on the smsu
cover and paste the ropes down. Paste tho
pole 10 tho inside ot the tent. exactly In
the middle OF the doorway, aud paste the
four flaps TO the box cover.
Last Of all, get some sand, sprinkle II
over the two box covers and bank the
edges of the smaller one. If You have time
Won can make steps up TO the tent door
with pebbles. \ bit Of broken mirror.
surrounded with moss and lichens from
the woods. will make the Sunny Lake, or
wen a bit of plain glass, with some black
papcr under It. You might also get some
evergreen twiss in the woods to stick In
the sand around the lake and the tent.
"Goodby and thank you, Little Men ana
Women Watch for us next week.
"FATHER and MOTHER TRIBUNE.
"TOMMIE and BILLIE.
"POLLY.
"BETTY"
New-York tribune., 1912-06-09
How Poor Little Polly Trib
Had Scarlet Fever and
Had All Her Pretty
Curls Cut Off.

Have you ever been camping: 1hat
sna Then, Of course, you al kno" "ilaI
t,n the Tribune family are going 10 nave
thls summer, because that IS Just VIVA!
.bey ere planning 20 DO. Papa Tribune
ana Mama Tribune and the four ncIe
TIlbq (nobody ever stops 10 call the chill
tren by such a great long name as Tribune
and anyway, rs much more fun 70 SaF
"Trib," don't YOU think 500.
You see. Polly Trlb. who used 70 he fu'h
pretty little gin with brown curls ana
laughing brown eyes, and who never was
known 20 sit still for five minutes except
when she was reading story books. has
been very III with scarlet fever this spring
and the doctor said n she wanted to get
well right away quick and be her own lively
uttle self by the fall she must spend the
summer out % doors
THAT settles it, said Daddy Trib. look
trr anxiously al little Polly. who sat pale
and langId BY the window with her pretty
head covered with little cap to hide the
fact that her lovely curls had all been cut
off when she was sick IF our little eHI
needs 10 live out Of doors, why, that's all
there IS 10 IT, Wen go. How would you
youngsters like tent by Sunny Lake!
ooh. goodv, goody!" cried Billy and Tom
ME. the Tribune twins. aged ten. and
Betty. who was fat and four. made every
body laugh by asking
"Sall wear wompers all the time?"
ayes. indeed YOU shall honey said
mother. I'VE won't be dressed up any day
but Sunday
Then all the Tribunes, little and big, put
their heads together and planned every
thing from how many fish lines the twins
could carry In the pockets ~ their blouses
70 how many pounds Of sugar and hour
and bacon Dinah could keep in the hiiIc
kitchen behind the big tent
But how can we get the camp ready
Suddenly cried Mother Trib, 1--WE can't take
little sister into the woods until the tents
and hanmocks are ready for hcr--and we
can't 20 away and leave her here alone
while We pitch the tent. either. wouldn't
think Of that for q moment"
New-York tribune., 1912-06-09
ADDITION PUZZLE.

I. Add to fifty kind Of venomous rep
tile. and get Il frame Of wood connected
by rounds forming steps by which per-
son may ascend.
2. Add to one thousand a 'girl's name.
and get the food eaten by the 1sraelites in
the wilderness.
g. Add to an insect water falling from
the clouds, and get an important organ Of
the human body.
4. Add to fifty extreme pain. and get TO
lose strength or animation.
.. Add to a vegetable a narrow way or
street. and find a fat level surface.
6. Add to an insect = word meaning
crippled or disabled IN a limb, and get to
CeuSuTe.
New-York tribune., 1912-06-09
"Listen!" said Paul to Fred.
81 heard a kitten new
Let's look around and findit
And take it home to Prue:"
Fow title Tb Are Looking Forward Jolly Summer Camp Tribune

Reinforce the three parts OF the tent
No. 1, 10. and No. 3, BY paStins them
down on a sheet of rotepaper or a sheet
from your pad cut them out very care
fully. following the outside black lines ana
including the ropes at either end Of No. B.
which is 20 form the fly Of the tent. Cut
around those ropes very carefully, taking
caro- not to cut them off. Fold the fly to-
r,thcr az tho dotted line. crease Sharply
and Law aside while the walls of the tent
are boirc set M. Bend the ends Of No. l
New-York tribune., 1912-06-09

We ara writing 70 YOU now 70 tell YOU
that nttlo Polly 1rib has had all her curis
cut OF and the doctor says she must 90
camping If she wants them to grow again
We can't go y Sunny Lake ourselves 70
pitch our tent, because the boys have 10
60 10 school and We always do things all
together, 80 We all have TO walt for school
70 Close. Now, wo thought you Little Men
and Women would fix the camp for u.s. ana
we'll come next week. This is how YOU
do it:
New-York tribune., 1912-06-09

them 20 pitch the tent for us.
That's a perfectly splendid scheme
cried all the Tribunes, smiling ono" more.
'"rhc Little Men and Women are such food
friends Of ours and such clever little peo-
pie; surely they'll be able 10 get our camp
all ready for us IN a week. Then schooI
WIFI be over Tor the twinnes here. ana SIS
ter Polly will be a whole LOT stronger ana
well all ne ready for grand. good time
can we really 20 next week. shouted
the children.
New-York tribune., 1912-06-09

All the Tribunes were dreadfully "or-
ried at this thought so they sat with
their chins in their hands. thinking hard'
and little Molly scowlcd all over her dim
pied face, till the twins (who always did
everything together cried;
II have IT,
And
'I have IT, too,'
"Wen, out with it, boys
why" said one az the twins, I'VE il
write tho Little Men and Women and ask
New-York tribune., 1912-06-09
WORD SQUARE

J. \ small animal that often makes
very remarkable excavations underground.
.. Not under.
2. The sediment or dregs of any liquid.
especially wine
!. A word meaning in early times, or
formerly, and used now only I'm poetry
New-York tribune., 1912-06-09

mans good friend, for they eat mosquitoes
and gnats and other insect pests. You can
hold the beautiful dragon fly in your hand
and though he will curve his body around
as II he meant to sting, and will glare at
you fiercey from his dragons eyes, yet
he cannot harm you"
New-York tribune., 1912-06-09

So ended Fathers story of the dragon.
and every little boy or girl can hunt and
find these dragons this summer In any
pond or stream. and they are just as won
derful as any fairy dragon you ever read
about.
New-York tribune., 1912-06-09
CHARADE.

Ny first is a bird that scars high in air
And is famed for it's beautiful song;
Ny second an article good horsemen wear
To hasten their charges along.
Ny whole is a flower Of various hues,
In ErandmOther's garden twas seen:
Now if you are clever these lines who
peruSc.
My name you Will easily CLEAN.
New-York tribune., 1912-06-09
Things to Think About
ANAGRAAfS

I. Draw bov.
? Her crop, this.
3. Need clay.
1. AS sun.
BY rearanging the letters in the above
hnd the names of four streets In New
York city. The first means a wide road,
the second is a masculine Christian name,
the third is the name of a family promt-
nent in the history Of New York, and the
fourth YOU might learn something about IL
you went to see where The Tribune came
from.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-19

II candy makers had to depend on
men consumers instead of upon Cupid
and the kids, there would be great
failures in saccharine circles-but
there IL one time of the year that my
masculine sweet-tooth asserts itself
and then, instead of yearning for the
chocolate-cream CONNECTIONS or the
truit dips, 1t clamors for big bag
OF mixed candy. right out of the bar
rel! q
admit It Is q plebeian taste, that
the candy IL mostly glue and -four
jumbled to suit the taste Of the
adolescent--but somehow cannot
feel that i have rightly celebrated
Christmas without this bag Of candy.
When j was Z boy this - the sort Of
candy we got and the taste was early
acquired. And what : lot Of antici-
patton there was In eating the stuff
anticipation because when you stuck
your hand In the sack for sweet
BIT, you never knew whether It would
come out clutching . lemon-drop. :
caramel Or : peppermint.
Is ..:a zoo, the candy wac cheap. You
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-19

could get big bag full of 1t for ten
cents-and some of it was red and
some white and some yellow and
there were sugar hearts with mot
toes on them and nice round marble
balls with nuts In them and funny ami.
NAL shapes that tickled-and oh!
heaps Of interesting things In that
Christmas sack of candy.
This was the same kind Of candy
we got sewed up in red mosquito-bar
sacks at the Sunday school Christmas
tree festivities, along with the nuts
and the popcorn pals. .
And now, man that l am, ! cannot
get across the Rubicon Of Christmas
without sauntering down to the candy
store and asking for a sack Of candy
tout Of the barrel. Invariably the
candy man will tell me he has much
better candy and look 1t me In 9 sur
prised sort Of way, but I know what
/ want when / want it-and Christ
mas 10 the time. "a
How about you! Haven't you !
sweet tooth left for the Old.fashionsd
candy? u.s. S. !.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-19

The express wagon is backed to the
grocery store entrance and the driver,
sassisted by the grocer's boy. begins
TO unload Christmas trees. Soon the
walk is cluttered with them and the
lpassersby, catching the spirit Of the
tree, smile at the children gathering
round. A light snow is falling and
the green of the spruce is inviting, to
say nothing of the reason it has come
to town.
What a lot of Christmas trees the
grocer has ordered-and yet how few
compared to the many thousands that
grow in Christmas Tree Land, away
mp north Up there the woods are full
5of Christmas trees and the SHOWS are
90 deep that snowshoes may be nee
essary And in Christmas Tree Land
there are vast stretches of nothing but
evergreen trees and white snow-and
in the snow, if you are versed in
woodcraft, you might find the track
or a deer and innumerable trails OF
Brer Rabbit, leading away through the
greenery to the quiet, vast places.
Probably you pay 81 or more for a
Christmas tree. Up north they are
free, but the hardy men who gather
them must wade in the deep snow and
draw them many miles to the railroad
that they may be shipped to the little
boys. and girls of the city.
End as you sit beside your tree.
with your heart glad and your spirits
gay. you might ponder on how that
tree got to you. You can picture the
vast snow field and the forest with the.
December sun shining on it, shedding
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-19

Along about October l when the
granaries of the world are full tc
\ bursting and the cellar is so clut
tered up with coal and preserves that
the maid cannot reach the laundry
taps without stumbling over the snow
shovel, somebody says something
about Christmas and gives father
heart disease. All summer dad has
been wrestling with the problems. OF
business-this was presidential year
and everybody had to have vacations
and Billby & Jones started in direct
competition and-oh. the dickens
knows what! N
And now he has to face that Christ
mas thing again!
The list is a mile long and father
knows it will put crimp in his bank
account amounting almost to cramp,
but mother says it will have to be
added to. if anything, SO there!
But somehow as l look at dad"
cannot restrain from asking:
why should father be the goat?"
1t wasn't so in the days when I
was dreaming of a wonderful career
In letters. Everybody worked on
Christmas presents then and father
was not called upon to settle the
Christmas bills for all the family.
made "corner-copia" eve don't spell
1t now the way we pronounced 1t
then) for mother. She knitted some
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-19

I jewels of light. A squirrel is foun-
dering about in the snow trying to
locate some buried nuts and blue
tree hard by. And then, into the
quiet comes a man. He is a sturdy
man with wooden cap drawn closely
over his ears and nose. There are
Sits for his eyes. On his feet are
great wooden packs with rubber shoes
and his trousers are tucked inside
the packs. His coat. is very odd, to
you, consisting of great, bright
sweater sort Of garment, buckled
closely around him. On his shoulder
he carries an ak. He begins to cut
Christmas trees and the one you
have in your home is a very pretty
one that pleases him as he hauls it
away to where his team awaits. With
many other trees your tree is put on
the sled and after a time, is hauled
to the depot where it is shipped to
your grocer.
The man who cut it was no doubt
lumberjack and If he is like his kind,
he lives in log cabin with his wife
and children. In the olden days he
worked in the timber exclusively, but
now he farms during the summer on
a wee farm that he is clearing Of
stumps, and in the winter time he
cuts wood for the lumber companies.
And his little ones always have a
Christmas tree, for Christmas trees
are free where he lives, but probably
it is not as plentifully loaded with
gifts as yours. for which you should
be very thankful.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-19

SOCKS for me. l rugged up q shaving
paper outfit for pa and he gave me a
perfectly good twenty-five cent jack
knife l made wood box for the
neighbours wife and she sewed me a
pair of mittens. Everybody made
things In those days. For weeks be-
fore the holidays, mother worked ev-
cry night on Christmas gifts. and she
was as happy as could be doing things
for those she loved. Into the fabric
of what she was sewing, she put the
love and affection of great heart
and all of us did the same.
And I'll leave 1t to you-didn't the
things we got in the old days, the
presents we made ourselves for each
other, come nearer exemplifying the
true Christmas spirit?
OF course they did!
And father did not have to dig
down in his pocket and, pay for two
hundred and fifty-seven presents, two
hundred of which are given just be-
cause somebody else gave us some
thing and got on the COMPOUNDED
list!
I'm for Christmas-but I like the
old.fashioned observance best. 1t isn't
observing the "peace-on-earth' spirit
to load dad up with so much debt
that he can't crawl out in five months.
Better take to wood boxes and co2nu.
copias.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-19
Notice Of Probating VIII.
To All Whom it May Concern:

You are hereby notified that there
is now on file in the ONCE Of the
Clerk Of the District Court OF Iowa,
IN and Tor Decatur county, an instru-
ment ia writing, purporting to be the
last Will and Testament Of John
r, Fisher, late of said county, de-
ceased, and that clock p. N. OF
the 21st day OF January, 1913. has
been Fixed Tor the probate Of said
Will. at which time you can appear
II the Court HOUSE n said county
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-19

Inc TWO CnllQren sat Oh tne euBe
OF their chairs in the bleak asylum
parlor, where three holly wreaths in
the curtainless windows proclaimed
that it was Christmas. Both were
dressed in the institutional blue and
white check, and there was red
shiningness about their faces which
told of the recent and vigorous .ap-
plication of soap and water. Lily was
cream and roses with appealing long
dashed eyes that would have secured
her a home many times over If she
had been willing to go alone. No
one wants to adopt boy. Even the
blonde ones were unclaimed, SO what
chances had Thomas, brown as to
hair and eyes and skin, although any
thing but somber in effect? The over
worked Matron had reluctantly given
up the idea of placing the two chill.
dren together A desirable home had
been found for the girl with two prim
maiden ladies and little brother had
to remain behind. So the tiny folks
we're to spend their last Christmas
tOSctucI Will LILY NC" 6uo1 oAdho.
Sister will come every Saturday
to see Brother" said the little girl
who accepted the coming separation
with child's strange fatality, al
though her heart was aching. ...
YES" assented Brother noncom-
: mittally. He was less concerned with
future happiness than with the pleas
ing prospect of a day in new surround
ings. rs.s
y A carriage drawn by fat sl1g Of
a horse drew up to the curbing, two
ladies got out and cautiously ascend
ed the slippery steps.
"Miss-P Priscilla and Miss
observation-disclosures, announced
Thomas, who had his own way Of
characterizing people. -,
Tommy! Tommy! Don't call them
that" walled Lily; SAY Miss Pris-
ella and Miss Matte or maybe they
won't want me-
At this awful thought even Thomas
Lily alone who slipped from her chair
and offered her hand to the two ladies'
as they entered the room followed by
the Matron. Miss Priscilla shook
hands in a matter of fact way, but
Miss Matte bent to kiss the children
as she helped them on with their
wraps and gathered up the meager
parcel that contained Lily's personal
belongings.
Shall we 60 now, Sister," she
ventured. The dominant chord OF her
existence had always tinkled = soft
accompaniment to, the leitmotif Of the
decisive Miss Pris
Yes, assented the latter positive.
II, and We will return the boy ~
'cisely 1T hve,y she added to the Na-
tron, who had been lowering over Lily
With good .byAs end sdmonitiona.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-19
ESka&F5SES# SSS$SkSs&
CHRISTMAS FOR Two
BY AGNES HOWARD BUTLER.


NJ A L l. Thomas
Moore was born an
orphan. So far as
he was concerned
his brief history be-
gan and ended at the
Children's home. His
big sister Lily, who
was six and there
fore should have
known better, told
vague tales of a real
Mother and a little
house in the coun-
try where they had
cocoa every day for
breakfast. This last
condemned the whole
story. At the Asy-
lum one had cocoa
only on Sunday, and
this festive event
redeemed a day 9TH
erwise devoted to
religious exercises.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-19

and show cause, If any there be. why
said Will should not be admitted to-
probate. 5.4
In witness whereof, have here
unto set my hand and affixed the:
seal Of said court at Leon, Iowa, this
9Th day Of December, 1912
]. 4. MENDENHALL.
17-3t Clerk OF District Court
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-14

city ought to do and what a city ought
not to do, What a pity IL Is the COM
missioners lid not induce the water COM
pany while they were modifying and
making concessions to agree to let the
eight or ten contracts expire at one and
the same time. so that the city would
be in better position to purchase the
waterworks in 1921 1t is true the ordi-
nance contains the option given TO the
city to purchase the waterworks In 1921,
with all its plants of every kind and de-
scription, but history leads US to the i'm
preston of a probable demand of an
unreasonable price for the surrender of
the several suburban contracts extending
to 1882 BY comparison with other cities
the fiat rates and the meter rates are
high under the new contract ordinance.
The fire hydrant arrangement is a de-
lssion and snare.
1t is genuine child of the waterworks.
with two able but not infallible commits
sioners standing sponsor for its good be-
havior. The child will develop its ma
tive instincts and reject the counsels of
the sponsors who too fondly hope to con-
troll it in the interest of the city.
The issue in the referendum election is,
simply this: Shall the citizens of Biz
mingham accept a verbose, vague, COM
plicated, one-sided, unjust contract ordi-
nance conceived in the interest and drawn
by the hand of the water company or
shall they demand a plain, clear, COM
prehensible document regulating the water
supply throughout the territory of Great
er Birmingham. couched in terms of fair
ness to the weterworlSs on the one hand
and Justice to the people of the city on
the other. II. p. BURRUSS.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-14
PILES CuRED

1t is with heart full of gratitude
and the hope that othors may learn
of your great cure that | write this.
I was a sufferer for years with that
horrible disease, piles. l suffered
so much l became a nervous wreck.
l had to quit business. All doctors
told me ! must be operated on and
in my misery and distress / made
arrangements to go to a sanitarium
for an operation. Just as ] was TO
go my sister telephoned me about
the Electric Doctors. and insisted
that / go to them ! went to them
in despair In few days / was
relieved of all suffering, could sleep
like a baby--a thing | had not done
In months--my appetite returned
and l could eat like a convalescent
from fever. l gained nearly 80
pounds in weight, and, In short, am
cured, and in better health than in
years. | suffered no Inconvenience
from the treatments. Other mem
bers of my family took treatment
with gratifying results. l met large
numbers In their offices and all
gave praise to these Doctors.
1t is my sincere prayer that all
sufferers like me may learn of this
cure and be restored 10 health.
G. A. MESSENGALE.
Pratt City, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-14
PERMENTER TRIED
FOR SECOND TIME

Winona, Miss. August 1s.-Swinton
Permenter is on trial here second
time for the murder of Miss JAMIE
Sharpe. Six jurors have been selected
and II is believed the remaining six
will be chosen during today's exami-
nation of veniremen. Hundreds OF
spectators CROWDED the courthouse but
no signs of violence has been shown.
A brother OF swinton Permenter. the
>Afsndsnr- 1Xo weeks ago was SHOT