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BABY'S ILLNESS,

All was still in tho little stone house.
There was not sound to be heard,
Not even tho gnawing OF littlo
mouse.
Or the sound OF the cookies word.
There in quaint room overhead,
a restless baby tossed on the bed
Its mothers weeping prayer was said.
AS she stroked her baby's curly head.
rhe children downstairs grouped in n
prayer
They We're on their knees at the
dinner hour.
Not a morscl did the three devour,
As they thought of their dying little
flower
Rut n hope arose. the. rosebud dear,
AS beat of It's heart caught tho
doctors ear.
The mother claspcd her hands in n
cry.
THANK tho Lord, thank the Lord, my
darling won't die"
The bnby's laugh was heard the next
AS soon ms tho children their clothes
had got on.
They rushed to hug the baby dear:
OF death now they hadn't n single fear.
Composed 10y FRANCES RECTOR.
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MARION AND LUCY HOLT.
CHAPTER 7.

CHAPTER ].
Marion and Lucy are disobedicnt
oh. don't put OF that dress: put ON
the ono made yesterday" said Marion
1t was Marion ana Lucy Holt playing
in their doll house. They were two
girls of ten and eleven years old. ".An
right" said Lucy. but thought I
heard some one calling us" They lis-
tened and heard their mother calling
then-Ma-r-on Lucy. "Oh. IT'S mother
said Lucy: wonder what she wants with
us now" And the two went running
into the house. II want you to watch
this cake" said their mother land do
few minutes Oh, forgot to tell you;
don't make any fuss; Aunt Ida is
alseep want you to hunt the eggs
when I get back"
Cant Rosa .hunt the eggs" said
Marion. 40, Rosa has n sick head
ache and j don't want her to go out"
Well wish ] was Sick said Lucy;
then 1 would not have to do any
work.
Lucy AMMO Holt. you ought to be
ashamed of yourself TO say such things.
IF l hear you say such a thing again I
will not let you 20 to the picnic to-
morrow"
That was terrible threat to tho
children. so they said no more till their
mother was out of the room.
II reckon Aunt Ida is almost crazy
about Rosa. her pet, being sick
Rosa Holt was named after her aunt.
who was an old maid. and Rosa was
her pct. You may go. you may hunt the
eggs now, said their mother. Don't
forget to look in that nest on the other
side OF the fence. All right, said both
OF the girls at once and they went out
OF the room. Let's TO out and swim
when we come back and mother will
never know II, said Lucy. Lucy was
the youngest and ut the head of all
the mischief done. The river was about
a quarter of mile from the house and
at the back OF the woods, so no one
saw them go. Their mother had for
hidden them to go to swim in the river,
unless Rosa or their brother, Harry,
went with them. The two girls swan
until II was > o'clock oh. hear tho
supper bell, said Marion. and We have
not gathered tho eggs.
Oh that CONT matter. said Lucy. We
can gather tho cEEs after supper Let's
hurry UP and get out supper, said
Marian. You know she is going to
have that cake she baked this evening.
When their mother saw them coming.
she waited for them for she had some
thing to tell them. When the two girls
got in the house they saw the eggs
had been gathered. and their mother
WAS looking very gricvcd. ] thought
my little girls knew better than to he
disobcdicnt. 80 / Will have to punish
YOU. so YOU both 20 right 10 bed and
when YOU think YOU can behave your
selves you may come downstairs.
tTO Re ContinucdD
MARGARET BELkNAP.
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A RIDDLE.

am old, so old I cannot remember
When was born, and as age advances
advance in size, so great thnt 1 now
dominate nearly all tho world
PEOPLE call me monster, and to live up
to the name. I devour a monsters food.
OF men, OF animals, and OF devasted
lands. So hungry am l. those and them
who cross paths OF mine arc laid in
ruins and tho life-fluld sucked from
their veins.
Science says I am caused OF n mix
up OF the heavenly bodies, so said
bodice causing certain mir currents,
thereby causing great minds to dis
agree. thereby causing me:
/ say. i am born OF n mans age-o1d
passion for his fellowmen's blood, his
wives, his homes. and his lands. That
which I nm born Of slumbers for CEN
turtles and asserts itself at q most un-
looked for moment.
People call me Monster" Sctcncr
calls me heavenly disturbance" I
me war. Original.
NELL PANN IN WALKER, &
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I WANT TO GO TO MExIco.

want to go to Mexico.
To fight ngainst the foe,
And help the United States soldiers fill
Mexican hides with lead pills.
Maybe We would catch Villa ana his
bandits,
And gain admiration from everybody
down to tho presidential candi-
dates.
hope there would be plenty of things
to cat.
Because it would be might hard to
cat Mexican meat.
And IL il did come to that
l would as soon cat leather winged
bat.
But reckon there fvould be plenty OF
things to cook,
And we could get water from q nearby
brook
Some of us might he Killed i'm battle.
Hut We could beat them with only a
paddle.
Ana If there was amy fighting To do.
1t would all he done for tho Fed
White and Eluc."
And, after the war we would he with
honor filled,
All but the few that had been killed
WILLIAM COOKE
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on MONDAY.

Dear Editor:
am senjing in a drawing which is
said 10 be the best Of ten, but I hope
can do better.
] noticed that you did not write any
letter on our weekly page for few
weeks. and did not know that you were
OH your vacation.
l hope this arrives In time to go on
the page OF Sunday, July . but |
don't think IL will, because il takes a
day or so for q letter TO get there from
Michigan.
! want to know when a letter should
arrive to 20 on the page OF The next
Sunday, for mine are always too late.
ROSE PETERSON
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NOT ALWAYS ROOM FOR ALL
DRAWINGS.
Denr Editor:

Dear Editor:
am so glad you had pleasant
vacation. but | didn't know YOU We're
gone until | saw your letter in the
pa per to-day
am glad VIC arc going to have an
other contest soon. am anxious TO be
about.
was glad TO see my drawing and
letter in print. I am sending In a
drawing to-day, which l hope will cs-
cape Mr.. Waste Basket"
We did no, have childrcn's day TO-
day. we had expected to, as II
ra!ncd here yesterday and some this
morning. and not many people Were
there.
do not write to the club very otter.
hut am going 20 try TO write oftencr
nOw.
My cousin, Kathleen Bolton. and I
have been members OF the club for
about n year now. think. and isn't
the club getting grand? We arc get
ting new members by the whole
sale" aren't We
cNrcct to 20 to Sc" my cousin,
who lives in Loviugsiou. the frs; week
in July. When ] get back will try
to write YOU about my trip. st!ll
remain,
Your old member.
EARL HEATH.
Norwood, Va.
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M>nLr's BIRTHDAY PARTY.

once upon a time there was "A little
Strl and her namo was Mablc, and
she was eleven years old. When sho
was twelve her mother gave her a
birthday party. Shc invited some lit
tic girls To her party. She had Ice
cream and cake and most every thing.
she got lot OF presents. One little
girl gave her some hair ribbon, and
another gave her writing paper. They
played lot Of games. They played
hide and 80 seek and a lot OF real nice
games At half-past o'clock they
went home. Mahlc said 1t was the
incest birthday party she had ever
had. Composed by
HONOR BELkNAP.
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Vacation Time.

My Dear Girls and Boys:
This is vacation time and am so
anxious to know what YOU arc doint:
with yourselves, so he sure and write
the when you go away OH Il little trip
Tho whole club is interested i'll what
you sec In the country or ut tho beach
because Il great many of us spend the
summer right here in town and VIC
love To hear about the fun YOU are
having. 1t is like reading line story
to hear about picnics and swimming
parties and hayridcs that your friends
are enjoying. l hope to ANNOUNCE tho
new contest i'm II week or so. for think
it VIII be great fun to get to work
on II carly in the summer.
can't tell you how many compli-
ments tho members got on their
Shakespeare contest. am still getting
letters from people who read it and
thought 1t was one of the best the club
had ever had. Now, the next one l am
sure will be just as good.
Please keep your hats on this hot
weather, for the sun will melt you all
to pieces IL you don't watch out Try
nor go In the sun anymore than you
can help and then none of our members
will be sick In the holiday time.
YOUR EDITOR.
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ON THE TRAIN.

"On the chu-chu train / go" AS We
pass the green meadows. The COWS, the
chicks and the foxes red: and how
fresh the sweet green wood did smell
II m on my way 10 the farm" said
Jimmy. ! can hardly wait. And my
big black dog is waiting there to see
me, sang out little Jimmy as he kicked
his heels III the air. And to wade in
the water and pick up the shells and
rocks. go fishing and swimming and
also help to churn the milk and make
butter. and help SOW the seed In ,hc
garden. That's the place for Jimmy
and me. BY DOROTHY MARSTON.
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INTI:REsTsING LETTER.

Dear Editor:
| have miss"d your letters from the
page and guessed that You We're
AWAY on your vacation. ] hope you
had n pleasant time
was very pleased to see my story
ana AIN inclosinE Il puzzle, which !
trust viii meet with the same good
luck. There was an awful storm here
two days ago. The damage was
large. never saw worse thunder
or lightning and there was awful wind
and rain. too.
am 80 glad you are going 10 have
ncw contest. intend TO send some
thing for II. J suggest that we have
"A nature contest. and send dra awnings
poems and stories about birds. trees
and flowers. Do you think that would
be too much like our spring contest E?
lovingly.
MARGUERITE HARRIS,
Harrisnnhi IrI- Va
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A JOY RIDE.
y TIC -VI4 7 7 y T''-Et.T
MARGARET BELkNAP,

Have you ever been on a JOY ride;
if 20 YOU know what fun IL is. and IL
not you have missed half OF your life.
am going to tell You of my joy rido.
One pleasant night IN May my
friends and took a notion TO take a
spin I'm our car. 7 invited five girls
and five boys, and we Just had n
glorious time. We started from homo
about o'clock and reached home about
1880 o'clock.
We all took lunch about 9:30. We
stopped In n spot made bright by the
silvery moonlight.
About 10 o'clock VIC started back
and. as havo told YOU before, reached
home about 1880 o'clock.
We all said that wo had grand
time, and are now planning for another.
(OriSinal)
MARY HARDEN
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-09
Editorial and Literary Department.

letter. ! wish YOU could find room on
inc page 10 nut IL. / like to know
me news OF the club. Editor when
love Ia have contests. because if
you are ia" winner you receive !,
brett! gold medal. wish | Owned
am going TO send regular TO .thc
cruz hereafter. as want to win a
medal Editor please print my work
on 'he page, AZ | haven't seen 1t on
thcre lof a loug time mot because you
did not print 1t. but because / haven't
sent anything I'M. Love To you auI
all the members. ! am.
Your ancctionate member,
MARIA BEAZLEY,
3ll South Cherry street
j. S.-Please excuse writing.
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WHERE HAVE you BlsEN,

Dearest Editor:
haven't written to the club for
such long time l guess you have for
gotten me. have been so busy with
time To do much writing. 1 was on
the roll of honor all through the ses-
sion and at the close OF. school 1 re-
ccived a first honor card. also re-
ceived a white card for not being
absent or tardy during tho session OF
1915-1916. Editor, / certainly do miss
your letter on the page. The pngc
seems lost without your interesting
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-09
THE CAT AND THE MOUSE.

ooh. Mr.. Mouse, will you come to
my party Tonight" said the Cat.
Yes. ! will be there" said the Mouse.
When the time for tho party was to
he the Mouse was there.
"Oh, how beautiful your skin looks,
and how good you would taste" AT
that moment the cat ate up the mouse
and that was the end of the party.
SOLOMON SCHWARTZ.
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NO, INDEED.
Dcnr Editor,

Dear Editor:
have not sent anything TO the T.
y. c. & for p long time. but ] hope
YOU have not forgotten me- am
sending In "a story entitled "A JOY
Ride" hope II will he in tho paper
next Sunday, as ! have not had any
thing III foe some time. I remain,
Yours truly,
MARY HARDIN.
311f East Marshall Street
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SOME HAVE TO NE LEFT OUT.
Dear Editor:

Dear Editor:
guess my story wasn't good enough
or Mr. Wastcbasket spied It. We'll.
am sending in drawing. which
would like 10 see in print. hope you
enjoyed yourself Willie you were on
Your vacation. I haven't taken mino
vet. I am waiting for the Chatauqua.
1t will he here this week. / wonder
have any of tho members read Light
of tho Morning." I have just finished
it. 1t is grand. ! lost my T. D. c. G.
pin. Will you send mo another? Love
TO all tho members and you.
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THERMA VALENTINE.
WILL ANNOUNCE IT SOON.

Dear Editor:
! have missed your nice letters and
wondered where you had been.
Hope you had a good time on your
vacation.
enclose a drawing and hope to
see II I'm print
Am real anxious to know what our
contest Will be On With love, as
ever,
Your member,
ALBERT DOYLE,
NIcKcnney Va
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uARY,s FISHING PARTY.

There was once a little girl Her
name was Mary. Mary wanted TO have
u fishing party, so she asked her
mother, and She said yes So Mary
invited all of her friends to her party.
She was going to have the party late
in the evening. She was going TO the
pond and she looked back and saw a
black cloud. so She had To 80 home
without any fun.
('ounoecU nv
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-09

Dear Editor:
I sent n drawing In for last Sunday,
but ] didn't see It, ] sent it in too
late. I think. Inclosed you will find
drawing, which j do hope will be in
print. Give my love to all the MEM
bers
Yours truly.
CHARLIE MORRIS.
l05 Hull Street
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Correspondence Column
NO. INDEED.
Dear Editor


have not written anything for such
Il long time | expect YOU have for
gotten me. VIII you please send me
badge. I have lost mine. l
would like very much to have another
contest. When school stopped ] went
on a vacation and stayed two weeks.
What Will our next contest be about?
} am sending in some jumbled names
OF horses. which ] hope TO see in the
next paper. / am glud you had such
a nice time while you were away.
Your member.
ELIZABETH WHITE
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HER BADGE; SENT.

Dear Editor:
IL is rather rainy to-day and my Sis
ter and | are sending I'm stories. which
We want to see in print Ny sister
wants her badge as soon as you can
get it, We don't know anything to
write. SO will stop.
Yours truly.
MARGARET BELKN.AP.
HONOR BELkNAP
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-09

The lad. twas dear Roscoe Arbuclelc,
Who forever keeps the world achuckle
Tlie lassic. twas dear Mablc Normand,
The dearest and faircst In all the land.
These two, indeed, are wonderful
pair
And us movie fans welcome them with
Joy everywhere.
RENERL.Y s. ROGERS
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SIGN ALL DRAWINGS.

Dear Editor:
am sending two pictures in this
envelope. II pleased mo very much to
see my name In the prize list. Seeing
these pictures in a book thought
that Il might possibly draw them
although they are not anywhere near
;hose | saw. | am sending them to
you. j had better colse now,
Your member,
AI,VY EARTHOI.ONIEOy
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SENDS STORY.
Dear Editor

Dear Editor:
am sending a story called "Mary's
flshing Party" hope IL will be
printed next Sunday.
Yours truly,
LOUISE MOORE
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-09

Prize Winners OF the Week.
Genevicvc Rose Peterson, of Go South
Hudson Street, Coldwatcr. Mich
Philip Ediss, OF III West Clay street,
city.
Marguerite Harris, Of Harrisonburg,
Va
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THANK YOU SO MUCH.

Dear Editor.
am sending in n story entitled AN
occurrence in Japan" / was glad to
sec my story in print on last Sunday.
] hope YOU had a fine vacation. ! will
close now.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-09
MOVIE STARS.

! lad and a lasSie, fat and fair
Came tripping gayly down old Key
stones stair.
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y our men

ARCHIE HAWKINS,
529 North Wythe Street, Petersburg.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-09
uzzle Department
JuMDLED HOOItS NND TtEII,
AUTHORS,

Here is the name Of a celebrated
:nSlish author and ten OF his most
famous books Can you guess them?
The author:
hcclorSttie.
Tile ten books:
/. Aehinoo.
.. goorry
3. E.hik lnortw
4. AcESimnnnruy.
.. Aachinurttuy.
q. Aachilmnstt.
{. Abbehottl.
S. .Aeehomnrstty
,. Acclrvwy.
10. Addeinnurrtuuw
MARGUERITE HARRIS.
JuMBLED NAMES OF HORSES.
I. Flo
=. Eors.
=. jim.
4. Scsbie.
>. DAILY.
8. lIsijes
4. OK.
). Obj.
=. Adum.
10. GCrScs.
ELIZABETH WHITE.
JUMHLED NAMES or NUTS IN
FIGURES.
/. $. IS, is, 25. Il, Il. 20.
s 2,''ls. .. q, J. J, H. H. ~ H. 20.
HELEN DREWRY.
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GOOD WISHES.

ALVY BARTHOI.ONIE
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DOitOTIIY'S CATS.

ARCHIE HAWKINS.
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JUMBLED NAMES OF HORSES.
ELIZABETH WHITE.
JUMHLED NAMES or NUTS IN
ElGI RES.

/. s. IS. Is. 25. Il. q. 20.
:. -, !, -, II, II, 90.
3. :, is. .. -, ), ~, y. 20.
HELEN DRENRY.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-03

The Sub-Treasury transferred $100,- 900 to New Orleans
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-03

A seat on the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange was sold for $5,-. 100. ]
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-03

having said:
 British infantry never had any
 value. The French infantry now is
 only a miserable shadow of what it
 was two years ago. The French in-
 fantry nowadays attacks only when
 the artillery has done it's work so fer fectly that they have only to occupy 1! the shattered trenches"
 Those officers who believe the war will go on for two years longer say | it has taken two years to put Germany | really on the defensive and they an- ticipate it will take two more years to make her acknowledge the defeat which the Allies believe is inevitable As to internal conditions, the army | man takes it into consideration only as to it's effect upon the moral of the fighting men. It is undeniable that great sacrifices are being demanded of the civilian population in Germany | and it is contended no army long re- mains wholly superior to home in fuences.
 Those who believe in an earlier end- ing of the war base their belief-or perhaps their hope-upon the mili- tary assumption that an army connot offer the same resistance in third or fourth of fifth line trenches that it did in the first line. They declare
 that when the French and the Eng fish were retreating at the beginning of the war it was a retreat of unpre- paredness. The German retreat, they
 assert, is a retreat of exhaustion
 These, they say, are the vital physical
 and moral facts of the laws of war
 An army driven from one strong posi-
 ton cannot fall back unshaken upon
 another.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-03
Tout General Hsun
 For Vice President
 of China s Republic

Peking, Nov. 3. - General Chang Hsun, the powerful leader who called the military conference at Hsuchowfu for the purpose of devising means for preventing the parliament from de- priving the military of it's power, is now prominently mentioned as a can didate for the vice-preadency. Pres ident Ii Yuan-hung is reported to be favorable to the election of General Chang Hsun to the vice-presidency by the parliament.
 Many newspapers are antagonistic to the elevation of General Chang Hsun, and say that his military con- ference at Hsuchowfu' was nothing but a, seditious movement and it's pro- motors should be punished. Gen. eral Chang Hsun would probably not release his position as military-gov- ernor of Anhui province, were he elected vice-president, as the vice. presidency is regarded as sinecure which carries with it high honors but little work. Furthermore, the re- linquishment of military power would probably mean the political downfall of General Chang Hsun, who has been
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-03
has said:

C., has said:
 The Indian Lancers may never ride through the Brandenburg gates, but the end of the war will not come until it is possible for them to do SOL Things are going so we'll at the western front that 1t is difficult even for any words of warning to dull the spirit of elation in London. With Germany 'on the defensive it is felt here that the enemy is no longer lighting to retain all he> seized in the first great onslaught of the war, but is rather struggling to hold as much as possible until peace shall come. There is the predicted shortening of the western line" which Londoners confidently look for from day to day. On the other hand, is the statement of General Foch, the French. comman- der. who declares the Germans are so tightly held in the west it Is i'm possible for them to either to advance or to retreat in any great number.
 we are on them,'' he said, Hike a corrosive acid. We have eaten into their Hanks and they can't throw us off. You cannot always see acid at work, but the disintegrating process IS gong on all the L1nG.'
 The artillery of the Allies on the Somme, where the great armies of the belligerents are massed, commands such an overwhelming. influence as to prevent retreat, it is said. The she'll ing behind the German lines is just as intense as it is in front. The ex penditure of English and French shells has frankly amazed the Ger mans, the military critics here all agree. and the artillery activity has brought about a distinct new phase in the fighting. It has driven the once closely locked trenches further and further apart. It has solved the prob lem of dealing with dug in" ene- my It has been discovered that the way to successfully take a trench is to obliterate it, to fatten it out with shell fire. Recent allied advances have been bought with ammunition rather than with blood. This has. led George Queri, the German critic, to write in the Berliner Tageblatt:
 Every German killed costs for tune to the French. The enemy is devoting all of his attention to arti1- lery. The whole concentrated exper- fence of two years find expression in shells and more shells. His infan- try is used only to test the bridge made by shells to the German trenches. Infantry fighting is no lon- ger man against man. The trench is only rushed by infantry when it has been blown to dust. It is a confes- sion by the enemy that his infantry is of poor quality"
 This fling at the infantry, accord ing to British officers is merely put in to cover up the real tribute to the artillery of the Allies. The military authorities here have been somewhat surprised at the deep impression the artillery has made in Germany. They were quite delighted with report by a German military expert quoted as