The evening world., 1915-12-24
EVENING WORLDS
MOTHER GOOSEK|DS
REAL 10y MAKERS
Creating Genuine Happiness,
They're "Solid With Santa
Claus" Now.

Several hundred New York chill
dren who competed in The Evening
Worlds Mother Goose picture contest.
which has Just closed, have brought
Christmas cheer and happiness into
the hearts OF scores OF little sufferers
and orphans in the New York Muir
sery and Child's Hospital at No. 1Gl
West SiXty-first Street, as a result
Of their efforts to win the three prizes
that were offered for the best coloring
and binding into book form OF the
Mother Goose pictures that have been
appearing in The Evening World. as
drawn by Miss Eleanor Schorer.
The Evening World to-day turned
over TO that institution two hundred
OF the most neatly and cleverly fin
ished books that were entered In the
contest, 10 DO distributed among the
little children in the nursery and
hospital as Christmas gifts from the
other Riddles In the outside world.
So meritorious were six OF the books
entered In the contest that The Eve
ming World has decided to award six
prizes of S. each, instead OF three, as
was announced. Two prizes will be
awarded In each OF the three classes
into which contestants were divided
according to age.
In the first class, for children under
Ave years of age, the prize winners
are Henrietta Fitchner. five years old,
of No, 1869 Blocker Street. Brooklyn.
and Stanley Harrop, five years old. OF
No. Z Palisade Avenue, Garfield. N. j..
In the second class. between Ave
and ten years. the prizes are awarded
to William Edgar Jones, nine years
old, Of No. 210 Elton Street. Brooklyn.
and Albert Goldschmidt. nine years
| old. of No. 900 West One Hundred and
Sixtieth Street, New York.
The third class prizes. for children
from ten to fifteen years old, 20 10
| George Marquardt, eleven years old,
OF No. q Arthur Street, Clifton, n. j.,
and Iona Smed. thirteen years old, OF
| No. S25 Vanderbilt Avenue, Wood.
haven, l.. i.
Honorable mention for their excel
| lent contributions has been awarded
| the following children: Raymond
| Gleason, age seven, No. 1l6 Charles
| Street, New Rochelle; Warren Strong
seven, No. 270 Troy Avenue, Brook
| Ign; Robert Byron, eight, No. PCS
Grant Avenue, Brooklyn: Doris Fer
ger. eight, No. 25s Armstrong Ave-
| nue., Jersey City; Mary f. Fagon
nine, No. 947 South Avenue. Plain
field, n. j.: Harold Holms, nine, Folk
River, n. j.; Louise Edith Mckenzie
nine, No. 2S3 Brighton Avenue, Perth
| Amboy. N. j.; Margaret Eichele, ten
East Moriches, Long Island; Alkaline
| Nugent. ten. No. GO Fulton Street
| Brooklyn; Edna Verderber. eleven,
No. 1893 Lafayette Avenue. Brook
| Ign; Ruth Flattich, eleven, No. 1l7s
| Putnam Avenue. Brooklyn; Everett
Walsh, eleven. No. 2OlS Jerome Ave-
nue., Bronx; Helen T.. TaXXer, four
| teen, No. 81 Kendall Avenue, North
| Tarrytown; Carroll Hall, fourteen
| No. Hamilton Avenue, Ossining
| n. Y: Olivina McGrane. fourteen
Browns Station. N. Y, and Otto Sog-
low; fifteen. No. 1873 Il. Eighty fifth
Street. New York City.
Many OF the children wrote In their
books letters TO the sick little Riddles
or orphans destined to receive Their
contributions in the hospital. One OF
these letters was as follows:
To the child that gets this In
tho hospital.
Dear Child; wish You a Merry
Christmas and a Bright and
Happy New Year. I hope You get
better and live to see many and
many a more happy Christmas.
ANNA KULLMANN,
No, 500 One Hundred and Fifty
sixth Street, New York City
Another little contestant wrote the
following letter TO the editor In
charge OF the contest:
Dear Editor: II my book does
not take a prize, | hope that it will
make some sick child happy
Christmas Day. Sincerely,
EVERETT WALSH,
No 20ls jerome Avenue, New
York City.
Explanations OF glee and little
shrieks of gladness and surprise filled
a.. e