The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-11
Child Authors Write Of Fairies
MORGAN GIRLS +; AGED - 3: AND IS YEARS
Hand President Published Works

Washington has among its Juvenile
citizenry two authors who promise even
tually to attain position Of prominence
in the literary world II their present
progress steadily continues.
These young literary lights Of the Ma
tional Capital are the daughters Of DR..
and Mrs. William Gerry Morgan. Of zoos
Sixteenth street northwest. The older
and more advanced il Myra Boyd Nor
gan. Is, short story writer and poetess.
Her sister, Ruth. 13, Is following in her
footsteps, and likewise hopes that when
she grows up she will become a famous
writer.
Wilson VIII Read Their Works.
The young authors were presented TO
President Wilson at the White House
last week. and they gave the chief ex-
ecutive autographed copies Of their pub
lished works. The President was great
ly interested In their Juvenile efforts and
promised the callers he would look over
their stories and poems with great in
terest. They were accompanied to the
White House by Mrs. Morgan. who also
had with her the youngest child. Gerry.
Il, and Julia Sherman Hoyt. Of Califor-
MIA. who Is visiting the Morgan children
here.
Myra and Ruth each have published .
little volume OF their writings. Although
the books came from the press some
time ago, many Of the friends Of the
family did not know Of the accomplish
,nents of the children until they heard Of
their trip to the White House.
Myra's volume contains two little
stories-'The Little Girl and the Cob
lin and why the Sky Is Blue" to-
speaks very modestly Of her work. and
points to the fact that it was done sew
eral years ago and that she 10 writing
much better stories and poems today.
Ruth's volume contains a single story,
1.-THE Leaf" II is Ruth's chef d'oeuvre.
Ruth's efforts were turned toward story
writing by the success Of her sister. One
day when Myra had finished reading to
the family a story she just had penned.
Ruth spoke up: II think I can write
a story like that and I'm going to try"
She tried and she succeeded and now she
il enthusiastic over writing.
Fairy Story of . Leaf.
The Leaf" was written by Ruth on
December l. 1914. when she was Il years
old. The little story follows:
"once there was a little brown and red
leaf who was very discontinued because
his brothers and sisters were always
quarreling. So one day when he was
WISHING it IldOH any Ut
tiers a fairy came along and said: Dear
little leaf. I will grant you one wish.
What shall it be-
THE little leaf looked all around and
saw no one, so he knew 1t was a fairy,
because fairies always have invisible
cloaks. So he said: Well, dear fairy. 1
wish I hadn't any bothersome brothers
and sisters, for today was q very cross
day all around
Very WE'LL said the fairy, and with
that she waived her lovely gold wand
and in about an hour terrible wind
came UP. In the meantime the leaf
thought he would never get rid of them
Then the wind came and the little leaf
saw what an awful thing he had done.
But there was no help for 1t now. Not
until next year this very day could they
come back, and after a while he became
unhappy again and began to wish he
was as great and beautiful As his mother.
So along came the fairy again and said:
4 will grant you one wish. Pray. what
may 1t be-:
SO tho little leaf told his wish, but
the fairy said: I cannot grant that
wish, dear little leaf. for you are as
beautiful as anything can be and great
err than your mother and brothers and
sisters
People Talked OF Other Leaves.
But said the little leaf. I hear peo-
pie talking OF my sister Red Leaf and
brother Brown Leaf and mother and
how we'll she carries us
'Ha, Ia, you foolish little thing: the
people are talking about you and not
your sister Red Leaf nor your brother