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New-York tribune., 1912-01-28
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distance from the island. George was fright
ened at the thought of having to stay on
the island all night. 20, VIII! WIFI? he
cried What shall we do? | laughed
and said: I'VE are no worse or than Rob-
lnson Crusoe and his man Friday were.
We have our hatchets, with which we can
build a hut to sleep in. There are plenty
OF fish in the pond and / can make hooks
out of the pins In my sleeve
So we went to work and found four trees
that were near together. With twiss OF
willow we Joined them together and then
MADE a roof of park and turf to keep OF
the wind We made a good IRE, ana
George watched IL while ! caught some
fish We broled the fish on the Goals ana
made a good meal When night came we
spread the India rubber cloth on the ground
and, putting on OCr great coats SAID our
prayers and then went to sleep.
We awoke the next morning Win tne
sun from a sound sleep. caught some more
fish and cooked them for breakfast We
went TO work and made fagots, for we ex-
pected my father would come I'm boat
we were right. Before 10 o'clock he and
one of the neighbors came TO the island
I'm a good boat How glad they were 70
see us safe and well. All went and looked
at the nut where we had passed the night.
Then we took the fago's and put them IN
the boat and rowed home across the pond.
Nv mother was very glad when she saw
the boat coming with us in IL, for she hao
rassed an anxious night
WILLIAM ROBINSON (aged 13).
No 9l3 Eighth avenue. New York.
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means of drastic ordinances framed by the
Civic Purity League of that city. No pub
lie dances may be held without a license
from the City Council, and under no cir
cumstanecs viii bunny hug" or other sug-
gestive dances be permitted. At the dances
no liquor can be served anil no return
checks which will permit dancers to go out
side of the hall and obtain drinks will be
allowed. At all times m the dance halls
bright lights must be burning, and ali pub
lie dances must close at ! a. m.
The State Board OF Highway Commits
soners is now at work mapping the system
of state roads which will De constructed
under the $lS.0OO. 900 bond issue oted by the
people two years ago. II has been a tre-
mcndous task to prepare for The construc-
tion work, as various sections oI the state
all are demanding that their roads receive
part of the improvement. 1t is the aim of
the commissioners to construct "A system. OF
roads which will give Communication with
all county seats and form a network
bringing all the important centres to-
g,ther. These commissioners ave been at
work making preliminary surveys for
months, and their work is now well ad-
vanced This week the important decision
was reached that under the terms of the
highway act none of the bond .ssue 1hall
be used to improve the ro Ids In incor-
porated cities. As San Francisco is a city
and county combined, none OF the money
will come here. In addition To this state
bond issue, many of the counties have also
voted bonds for the improvement OF their
own roads. Within the next tive years not
less than SS0,OOo.O0o over and ABOVE ordinary
New-York tribune., 1912-01-28
A NIGHT ON AN ISLAND.

Dear Little Men and Little Women: Not
far. from where we lived In the country the
past summer was a large pond. and IN
the middle of the pond there was an island.
One day my cousin, George, and went to
the island in boat to cut fagots from the
trees ard bushes that grew there. We took
along with us our dinner in a tin Kettle.
We also took along our great coats and
rubber cloth. which we thought might be
useful in case IL should rain. We each car
ried a hatchet, and I had box Of lucifer
matches in my pocket. We rowed the boat
TO the island and landed safely with our
things. We tied the boat to a tree and be-
gan TO cut fagots.
After a while 1 looked around TO see II
the boat was still tied to the tree, but the
knot must have become loose in some man.
ner and the tide had carried 1t away some
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Continued from the Opposite Page

sing for maestr di canto. and after con-
sulting with Cortogni. of Rome; lombard.
of Florence, and Sebastiani of Naples,
will plan for his future in grand opera.
The Hulett Piano School, Of No. l55 West
l23d street, gave its midwinter recital on
January 20. Among the pupils who took
part were Miss Laura Hardy, who dis
played much talent. as did also Master
Ely Cottrell in the solo work OF Kuhlan's
Sonatina, arranged for two pianos. Mas
ter Edgar Bacon. another pupil. though
studying only three weeks, played two
studies from memory.
Leonardo De Lorenzo. flute virtuoso and
teacher. studio, No l55 East S3d street. has
published a book entitled "LIndispensi-
bile" 1t contains 101 exercises. including
preludes. etc. for daily practice. Mr.. De
Lorenzo is known as an earnest and pro-
gressive instructor, and his new work OF
flute playing will no doubt prove useful
to all students OF this instrument
New-York tribune., 1912-01-28
A TRUE SQUIRREL STORY.

Dear Little Men and Little Women: A
fruit dealer in our town recently noticed
that large quantities Of nuts were disap-
pearing from his store. and he began to
suspect that some person had key to the
place and was helping himself. He put
a watchdog in the store. but the nuts
kept disappearing as before. He remained
in the store himself until late at night
and began coming around earlier In the
morning, but this preCaution did not pre-
vent the disappearance of the nuts. A
few nights ago a neighboring merchant
came TO the dealer and asked him II he
had lost any of his stock. The neighbor
then displayed a large pasteboard box,
in which had been deposited moro than
a bushel of various kinds Of nuts. piece
Of cheese and two large pieces or starch.
How the articles were transferred from
the store to another store fully one hun
dred feet away was a mystery, fhere
never had been rats in the builcing, and
a thorough investigation. was made.
While the fruit dealer was In his cellar
a few days ago he heard rustling sound
in a barrel and, upon investigation, saw
a gray squirrel. The animal leaped from
the barrel under a partition. In the future
the dealer will see that the squirrel has
plenty TO eat without transferring the
whole store elsewhere. Yours truly,
GEORGE BANTLE (aged Id.
No. 42S Watching avenue. Plainfield' n. J.
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ANSWERS TO PUZZLES.
HONOR LIST.

!. Herbert F. Adams; . Robert Adler;
8. Theodore H. Ames; 4, Mabel Backman;
5. Raymond Baldwin; 6, Albert S. Barnes;
Z Ethel Barnes; s, Frances E. Bartlett; Q,
Monmouth Buckbee; TO- Janet Campbell; IL,
Bennie Capone; r. William II. Cary, jr;
49, Eliza Coffin; Il. Walter G. Combs -,
Pauline NJ Cronon; 16, Muriel Dancel H.
Helen L. Davis; IS, Dorothy Dockstader;
10, Eleanor Donovan 20, Christine Edit;
q, Roger G. Franklin; %. James Fraser;
%, John German; "A. Mary A. Gilliam; 3.
Ida Cough: 26. Gertrude Gharl; q, Kathe-
rine Habersham 2S, Frederick HeinsOhn;
%. Douglas NJ. Hicks; 30, Lydia T. Hicks;
81. Edna NJ. Houseman: 50. Phoebe Hun
ter; 50, Kathryn Infeld; "a, Dorothy
Irving; 81. Doris Jackson; &c. Fairlie
Jackson; g. Sibyl James; IS. Mignon Koch;
80, Paul Lockwood; 40. Gladys NJ. Lutz:
Al, William Mclaughlin; 4. Edward
McCann; a. Andrew j. McNought: a.
Louise Pallen 45, Louise Quinby; iG, May
Reddington; AZ, Marion Skinner: IS. James
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HosV TO E0fn q Prize

five times on the honor list, counting from
June II, the date when this contest was
announced. Watch the honor list and Keep
the date when your name appears. "heh
you have five dates send them to the once
Of Little Men and Little Women ana tHe
books will be forwarded e YOU. Ihe nai''es
Of those who fail TO win prizes but whose
work is nevertheless worthy of 'honoraple
mention" are placed on the honor hst'
In sending answers TO puzzles II Is ho'
necessary TO send letter with them Use
il YOU can, paper of the ordinary letter
size. and write your name. address, age
and choice oi prize in the upper right haIu
corner OF the first page If sending any
drawing or returning cut-out' aiach It
to the paper bearing your name. etc.
Address letter to Little Men ana Li''I.
Women. New-York Tribune, New York IL
vou address them simply to The tribune
ttcy will go TO some other department ana
NAV not reach the Office Of Little Men ma
Little Women in time to be entered in the
contest.
Age and neatness are considered IN
awarding prizes.
The contest closes on February !.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-28

control of the state machinery, and prob
ably the state as a whole is not In favor
of Taft.
There we're interesting developments this
week I'm the affairs OF the defunct California
Safe Deposit and Trust Company, which
failed some years ago. with liabilities
amounting to 100000 The receiver pro-
posed TO the court that all the remaining
assets be sold at the best obtainable prices,
and submitted figures to show that the best
offer so far made would net the deposltors
about seven cents on the dollar. Ten per
cent has been paid so that this settlement
would make the total dividend II Der cent.
The depositors opposed the sale and proof
was submitted that an oil well had been
struck on the land adjoining tract of
forty-fve hundred acres owned by the bank.
II this oil flow proves strong, this land
alone will nearly meet all the banks La
bilitIes, as the oil is OF the highest grade.
This discovery will probably cause delay In
settling the banks affairs. As a result of
the sensational disclosures in the civil suit
against the directors of the bank the Dis
trict Attorney has taken action toward the
prosecution OF the men who wrecked the
institution j. Dalzell Brown, vice-presi-
dent and general manager of the bank,
who was blamed for its mismanagement,
was the only man tried for looting It, He
was sentenced to eighteen months in prison
and served part of his term -ie, with
other officers. now faces prosecution for al
leeed crimes which are revealed by the in
vestigation of the banks affairs.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-28
IN ST. AUGUSTINE

ST. Augustine, Fla, Jan. 27.-Perfect
weather is daily welcoming numerous trav-
elers and "all season guests" who have
come to join the cosmopolitan throng In
picturesque ST. Augustine. Both the Ponce
de Leon and the Alcazar are rapidly filling
up with visitors who have hurried from the
Northern cold into this land of sunshine
The event Of the last week was the ar
rival Sunday Of the oversee special. carry
ing seventy or more passengers en- route
TO the oversee railroad opening celebration
at Key West, Fla. The Ponce de Leon en-
tertained the party at luncheon. Among
special representatives of the President
were General oliver and Major Lassiter.
The foreign representatives included Lieu
tenant Commander day, OF France; Mr..
Ceccate, commercial delegate OF Italy, and
the Brazilian Ambassador.
The social season i'm the city is we'll
under way, and dinners. luneheons and
card parties are occurring daily. on Sat-
urday Mrs. George Fletcher. of New York.
who is spending the winter at the Ponce do
Leon gave a luncheon Of twenty-six COW
ers. Among Mrs. Fletcher's guests were
Mrs. Albert Lewis, Mrs. John Brooke. Mrs.
Joel II. Lyman, Mrs. Martin ID. Hardin,
Mrs. Mark A. Brown, Mrs. Andrew An
derson. Mrs. George +. Miles. Mrs Murray
Seagers and Mrs. Ira T. Vail.
Among the Alcazar guests here for the
season are Major General John ID. Brooke,
U. S. A.. retired. and Mrs. Brooke. who
have just returned from a trip around the
world
Mr.. and Mrs Louis Stout, of New York
and Mr. and Mrs. julius Fairchild. OF
Brooklyn, have returned to the Alcazar for
the winter. Among the recent arrivals are
Mr.. and Mrs Hobart D. Belts Of New
York; Mr.. and Mrs. James u. Heaslit, of
Detroit, and Mr. and Mrs. j. II. Ehrehart
and party, OF New York.
At the Ponce de Leon are Mr.. and Mrs.
Lawrence II. Armour. of Chicago, who are
cruising in Southern waters. They have
as their guests Miss Marjorie Robbins and
Kenneth Goodman, OF Chicago. After a
stay in St Augustine they will go TO Palm
Beach. The Misses Marion, Grace and
Heller Scoield. of Tuxedo Park, n. Y. are
Ponce de Leon guests; later they will 60 to
Havana. Recent arrivals include Mr.. and
Mrs T. E. Humphreys. Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles K. Nichols and Miss Christina
Nichols and Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Wei.
Of New York
New-York tribune., 1912-01-28

Contest No. l Masquerade Puzzle)-
Choice of a sterling silver Tribune badge,
a set of battleship post cards, an interest
ing book, gold filled belt pin, box Of
water color paints. a gold filled tie clasp or
a modelling outfit for the neatest and
best three answers.
Contest No CThings to Think About
You may solve any two of the four puz-
zies that you like, and for the neatest and
best two answers We offer the choice of
the same prizes as in Contest No. l.
Contest No COur Letter Box)-A prize
of 81 is given FOR every letter printed un-
der this heading. The letter may contain
incidents in your life. anecdotes of pets
novel school experiences, things seen IN
travel or made-up stories. These stories
must be original and must he written on
one side OF the paper. Letters entitled TO
the prize of 81 are often crowded out for
lack Of space in the week in which they
are received. but if such is the case they
always appear in the page later.
Contest No 4 CHonor LlsO-A set Of four
little books, containing stories of adventure
in Bugville. will be given to every little
man or little woman whose name appears
New-York tribune., 1912-01-28
LAST WEEKS PRIZE WINNERS.

Tree Puzzle.-The names OF the uees
rictured in the puzzle are: l. FIR z. Ar
PIE. 8 PINE T. ASH. o MALI o.
WALNUT. I. BEECH (beach). The three
nrize winners and their prizes are Dorothy
Mclean Noulton. aged nine, No, 81 Main
street, Kingston. N. Y. modelling outnt'
Ruth Netzer, aged eight, No. 2S4 East 'tn
street. New York, an interesting book and
winifred NJ. Hughes, aged eight NO
School street Milltown, Me, set Oh Dat
ueship post cards
Things to Think About.-The two prize
winners and their prizes are John Cyriacks,
aged thirteen No. 30 Caroline avenue,
Yonkers, \. Y, an interesting book, and
Dorothy Rogers, aged twelve, No. S3S West
lS4th street, The Bronx, an interesting
book.
our Letter box.-See letters by prize win
ners.
Honor Lst.-Prize, Adventures in Bug
land" for being on honor list five times,
Charles LeBeau, No. 137 East SD street.
New York.
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manner Now bend the strip into a long
oval, taking care 10 have the door IN the
middle. and paste end + over end g. en-
tircIy covering the black space. Paste the
slashcd edge over the dotted oval space
shown on the deck piece -. turning II out
ward upon the deck The cabin viii cX-
actIy NJ the inside oval. To form the roof
cut out the oval piece VI. set II upon thc
ton of the cabin and paste the six little
flaps against the under side of the project
ing edge
Now come the smokcstacks. cut out the
two portions marked JJ. Put paste all
over the back Of each and roll around
lead pencil we'll moistcned also with paste.
Then slide them off and let them dry.
Clip the lower ends through the short
black lines spread out these slashed edges
and paste them over IN" parts marked
III on the roof of the cabin. inclining them
a little backward as shown In model No. /.
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Musical Notes and Comment

take place on Thursday evening, February
/. at the National Arts Club, Gramercy
Park. The evening will be devoted to
chamber music, the composers represented
on the exclusively manuscript programme
being Hans Kronold Laura Sedgwick Col
Inns. John Prindle Scott and John Adam
Hugo. These will contribute a trio (piano.
violin and 'cello), an ensemble work. for
baritone. violin and cello; piano solos,
cello solos. and songs for tenor and barry
tone. The composers, who will in every
case be at the piano, will have the follow
ing interpreters: Jeanne Little, Roland
Never, violinists; Frances Christman, Hans
Kronold. 'cellists; George Allen, Porter F.
Atlee. barytones; Marlowe Jones tenor;
Edward Rechlin, pianist.
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gomery Ala: February ?. Belmont College,
Nashville, Tenn; February Q, University Of
Illinois. Urbana Ill; February q, First
Presbyterian Church. Pottsville, Penn;
March !. Christian Church. Fulton, Mo.
The brothers Bernstein. constituting tho
Russian Trio, who are touring the South
gave a concert I'm Birmingham, Ala, last
Sunday. The present tour will be a brief
Cne. as they are Obliged to be I'm New York
Tor their fourth subscription musical, which
IS TO take place at the residence Of Mrs. L.
c. williams on February 4.
Beatrice McCue, No Jos West 18TH street
gave two musicals this week, one at the
residence Of Mrs. r. X. Taylor and the
ether at the home Of Mrs j. b. McCullom.
The programme consisted of songs by
Hawley, Roma, Salter, Neidlinger and
Goetz. Miss McCue viii give recital on
the afternoon Of February Q at Mrs. r. G.
Fenfeld's, who resides at No. 1886 Riverside
Drive She will be assisted by Roland
Meyer, Violinist
Inga Hoegsbro. director Of the New York
Conservatory Of Northern Music. gave n
reception on Saturday, January 20, in her
studio No l3 East 3Sth street, when some
music was heard Platon Broun-
off played several of his own compositions
besides singing several Russian songs.
Ellen Arendrup, Of Copenhagen, gave
group of Scandinavian songs with her own
translations. HolEer Birkerod, head of the
voice department, known as the Danish
barytonc was praised for his method as
illustrated by his pupils, among whom was
young tenor, Svend Foy. Lillian Con-
New-York tribune., 1912-01-28

Cut out the portion A and fold it to-
gether at the white dotted line running
across the centre. Bend the white end G
toward the inside and crease at dotted
line Indicated bv arrow heads Perform
the same operation with end b, creasing
on a line with the arrowhcads. Paste end
over 6, entirely covering the white
space. This completes the hull OF the
boat To form the deck. cut out portion ID
and slash the edge as represented Fold
this slashcd edge upward and set the deck
inside the hull, with the slashed edge up
permost and the pointed and square ends
lifting into the corresponding ends Of the
hull Paste the slashed edges 10 the hull
lust back Of the railing
To form the cabin. cut out portion y ana
clip the straight edge as represented. Bend
this straight edge outward at right angles
with the cabin and bend the six little maps
on the other side outward in the same
New-York tribune., 1912-01-28

: Cut out the flag K. paste 1t to a bit OF
broom straw and insert I'm the roof Of the
cabin at the point marked by a black dot.
II YOU want 10 finish the bow with a
boom cut long, narrow. wedge-shaped
bit Of paper and paste the broad end 10
the bow
Now the boat is ready to sail. All ii
needs is the power. Cut out the power
cone, fold ii round to an oval and paste
end /. over end VI up to the dotted line.
Set the boat on a box cover or tea tray.
Put the power cone under II. without past
ing. and inside the cone put marble OF
the size indicated i'm 3. as shown in model
No l. Tilt the board or tray in different
directions and the boat will glide off as
proudly as any ocean greyhound. as shown
In model No. .. II you would like 10 have
II iog along like a boat on a chopped sea.
remove the power cone, leaving only tire
mnrhle underneath.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-28

the check of ST. II was very welcome.
Thanking you once more, ! am, yours,
EDITH GROSS.
No. II Midland avenue, Arlington. y. j..
Dear Editor: | was much pleased that
you thought my letter good enough to pub
lish and | have received the dollar. Tor
New-York tribune., 1912-01-28

read funds of counties will be spent on
highways
Bion j. Arnold, traffic expert, and his as
sistant, who are now at work on the street
railway problem OF San Francisco. are in
clined to think that IL will not be neces-
sary for some years to construct a subway
under Market street They declare that all
the problems can be solved By the use of
proper cars and enough Of them II they are
correctly routed. In order to reach the out
lying districts beyond the ranges of hills
that hem in the city on three sides they ad-
vocate tunnels. which they think should be
built and controlled by the city Pay-as-
you-enter cars have not been in much favor
here. but Mr.. Arnold claims that this Is
due TO the fact that the cars in use are not
OF the proper type. Many of them are sim
ply the old-style cars adapted TO the new
system.
Every attempt is being made by the
county clerks and the city registers
throughout the state TO get women on the
voting lists, but so far they have not met
with much success. In some few local cleo
tions women have registered freely. bur in
most places they have paid absolutely no
attention to politics 1t is possible that
with the approach of election women will
feel the same stimulus that always brings
men to registering places in crowds a week
before the registration closes In sacra-
mento and some other places registration
teas have served 20 stimulate the interest
OF women In voting IL Is said that the law
requiring women TO give their ages when
registering keeps many off lists.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-28
MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENTS.

E s. Brown, concert director, OF No. AZ
west 39th street, announces that Gardner
Iamson, the noted Wagnerian Interpreter
and neder singer, will give the last recital
OF the series Of three at Carnegie Lyceum.
Mr.. Lamson's diction in all languages is
suggested as d model for students Mr..
Brown also announces that on Thursday
evening. at SI5, February 15 Miss Edyth
May Glover pianist, will give a recital Of
unusual character and interest at the Wal
dorf-Astoria Miss Glover will be assisted
by Mr.. Hans Kronold, the we'll known
'cellist. and Joseph Apple, tenor.
Henry Lift and his orchestra played at a
private affair on Fifth avenue on January
y and on January 26 at the Hotel Plaza.
on January 81 Mr. Lift will present his
trio at a church concert in West Dist street
The Philharmonic Choral Club OF New
York of which Miss Emma Walton Hod-
kinson is president, will give concert in
Recital Hall. No. Is East 3sth street. on
February s. when Earl Tuckerman, bass
will be heard in a number of new songs by
W FRANKIE Harling. with the author at
tho piano. The prize compositions for
chorus and violns by Miss Mabel w Dan
tells will be given their first New York
hearing on this occasion.
Mrs. Jessie Marshall soprano. of the
Russell studios. Carnegie Hall, will give
recital Of American songs this Friday
evening in the assembly room of the Nor
mai Institute OF Music. Carnegie Hall
Mrs Marshall sang with much success the
soprano arias from Sulllvan's Golden
Legend with the Memorial Choir. Wednes-
day evening last. in Newark, n. J.
William j. Kraft. organist of Columbia
University will give an organ recital in
ST. Paurs Chapel. Columbia University
on Thursday, February /, at O'Clock. He
will be assisted by Alfred d. Shaw, tenor
William c. Carl will play the great organ
In the Hotel Astor Wednesday evening.
January 81, al the charity concert for the
benefit Of the German Hospital. Dr. Carts
programme will include the Variations de
ConceIt, with pedal cadenza, by Joseph
Bonnet; Reve Angelique. by Rubinstein
and Scotch Impromptu. by jacques Lem
mems
Theodore Ursula Irvine reader. OF Car
nesie HAN gave the programme AZ the big
annual entertainment OF the PhHomusion
Gun IN Philadelphia, on Tuesday. January
- she read stories Of Dickens" Nicholas
Nickieoy' "Elsak Rouse "old Curiosity
David Copperheld' and Hard