Evening journal., 1915-12-28

Miss Alice NJ. Vernon, Of No. l24
West Eighteenth street. member Of
the senior class of the Wilmington
High School; Miss Mary Dreibelbies,
of No 2217 Tatnall street, a member
OF the S-A grade of School No. "a.
and Miss Marion f. Nelson. Of No. S2S
Van Buren street. a student at Friends
School, were successful contestants
in the early Christmas shipping essay
contest that was conducted here by
the Consumers League. Miss Vernon,
Miss Dreibelbies and Miss Nelson
were awarded the three cash prizes
Of fifteen dollars, ten and five dol
lars respectively, at a public meet
! ing last evening in the senior room Of
4 the Wilmington High School Chancel-
! lor Charles NJ. Curtis, one of the
! judges of the contest, presided.
Each Of the three essays was read
I previous to the making of the awards.
( Miss Vernon and Miss Dreibelbies
4 read their own ESSAYS. while Mrs.
i Levin f. Nelson read her daughters
essay in the latter's absence. This
contest aroused much interest among
the school children in the city. One
/ hundred and six essays were sub
\ mitted.
(! The winner of the second prize, Miss
! Mary Dreibelbies, is a thirteen-year-
4 old Chinese girl She is the adopted
4 daughter Of Miss Carrie Dreibelbies,
a former missionary to Kiukians,
/ China, who brought her over to this
4 country in 1908 and who is educating
her so that she can 90 back to her
own country as a missionary. Little
Miss Dreibelbies is now living with
! Miss Dreibelbies' sister, Mrs. T. G.
Catell, at No. 22i7 Tatnall street. Her
y Chinese name is Meiyu Yello, but that
I was changed to Mary Dreibolbies by
2 the Orphans Court when Miss Dre-
; belbeis legally adopted her. She Is
p said to be the youngest Chinese girl
, ever allowed to enter this country
since the Chinese exclusion act. She
is an exceptionally bright student and
? is one of the leaders of her class al
School No "a.
Both the other prize winners are ais
t leaders in their respective classes. Al
{ the essays showed careful preparatlo
p and clearly Throughout argument. IN
= awards were made by Miss Blanch
. Swayne in the absence of the president
o Miss Margaret Sherman
n Speakers for the evening were Georg
tl Carrier. editor of THE EVENING JOUR
e NAL: Joseph II. Martin. editor OF th
@ Delmarvia Star; David Snellenberg, on
o of tbe leading merchants in the city, an
/ Miss Anna Woods Bird. secretary OF tn
j. Consumers League. Chancellor Curt
= introduced the speakers.
Previous to introducing Mr. Carter q
the first speaker, Chancellor Curtis spoh
Q briefly concerning the Consumer
4 League and what il stands for. lie sal
s that Its social uplift was widely felt an
y he paid tribute to the women who al
o leaders in the organization to whom, }
\ said too much praise could not be give
! for their unselfsh interest in the welial
. / Of others. He also spoke of the Coz
sumers' League label and read its mar
, "Niade under clean and healthy cond
;. tions." That sentence. he said, held VT
!. meaning to both producer and distriD
u tor both of whom were benefited by
a In conclusion he spoke Of the evident I
J. tarest of the school children in the wol
of the League. and said that the malo
/ ;tv of the ESSAYS received were merto
/ ious and deserving of word OF prai'
t He also paid tribute to the newspape
j. Of tbis citv. saying that this city W
+ extremely fortunate in having new "
1t napers that were not afraid TO stand !
10 what was right and that did not mes
s. tate 70 respond to an appeal that w
r made by worthy public-spirited o
le ganization
z Cditor Praises Women. ,-r,,
ls Mr.. Carter. editor Of THE EVEl
al ING JOURNAL, was the first speake
II IL +old of the six factors that na'