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10 THE WILKES-BARRE TIMES-LEADER JUNIOR NEWSPAPER, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY: 13, 1928 VILKE 8ARRC THE STONE STATUE By Nellie Gurval Kingston TIMES: 0' LEADER, SENT ON AN ERRAND By Catherine Grlgoer, Plymouth One day mother sent me on an errand. I bad to go to the American I had to get a dozen boxes of crackers and three cans of DelMonte sliced peaches. Whenever I get crackers I say a dozen, for- the Uneeda Biscuit crackers are twelve boxes in one package. That day-they didn't hap WSPMR mm Question Box, 1. What kind of man a "billy" as a weapon? 3.

Who built the flrst steamboat in the United, States? S. Who was called "The Little Why Is it dangerous to leave the engine of a car running In a small garage with" the doors closed? I. How many sides has an octagon? t. Who is Oofernor mt the Philippine Islands? 7. How many stars and stripes are there in the American Flag? PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY BY M.

L. ANSPACHER AT THE TIMES-LEADER PLANT. 44-48 WEST MABKET 8T. (ALL RIGHTS FOR REPRODUCTION RESERVED) i PLANS FOR SPRING With winter more than half: gone and spring coming closer week by week, it is none too early for the Junior Club I members to begin to plan some outdoor, activities during the coming season, 9 In many cities, Jolly Junior groups, composed of neighborhood boys and girls, can begin to organize, for outdoor recreation and amusement, such as hikes with botanical and '( geological interest, roller skating parties, jacks and marble contests, visits to points of historic interest, camera work and many other interesting community efforts. The Junior Newspaper will be glad to print any announcement of plans for Junior Club members ant to spread the interest.

Write to the Editor if you have any thoughts on the subject or any plans. Even if the plan is not com-; plete, write about it and we may be able to suggest a means, of making it workable. Once upon a time there lived a girl about the age of twelve. Her name was. Irene.

Her father, died when she was five years old and she lived with her mother at the outskirts of the town. One day she was lost. and wandered around the streets trying to find her way home. While she was. walking along sadly she saw a crowd of people which she followed.

They finally came to a palace, and just then a queen, came Out and'looked at every boy ind girl there. At last she came to Irene and asked, "What Is your name, my dear child?" child?" "Irene," replied the girl. "Where Is your, mother?" asked the queen. "I don't know, for I was lost In the woods." She took Irene by the hand and started for jthe palace. When they got to the palace the queen showed Irene many beautiful things which Irene never saw before.

Then she dressed Irene and showed her her room. They ate supper and the queen put Irene to bed. Irene was about to close her eyes when an image appeared before her and said, "Your mother is in the midst of the forest and is dying of hunger and thirst. You must take ber bread and wine, but if the queen asas you wnere you are going you must not tell for if you do you will be changed to a stone statue from neaa to root." Then another spirit appeared and said, "That is not all you must do, You must follow the instructions for three days and on the third day i. 11 ute n.ing wiu aemana you tell him and if you do you will be changed to stone." Irene promised and the spirits aissapceared.

The next day after breakfast she took some bread and wine In a bas- ana gave it to her mother. The queen asked her where she was going but she did not tell. The sec ond day the same thing but she also did not tell. On the third day as she was sroinr the kin demanded she tell why she took the food or she be killed. Irene tnen grew frightened and told why sne Ola it.

no sooner bad she fin ished speaking, then she was turned to stpne. One year passed by and Irene was still a stone statue. The queen was always by her side mourning over what she had The stone statue then spoke. "My mother Is In the forest dying, if you bring ner to -tne palace will come back to lire, r- The queen then ordered that the child's mother should be brought to the palace. Irene then cams, back to life and the queen was very happy.

The queen showed Irene a papertwni was the Junior News, paper. She was now as happy' as ever, one canea an her playmates togeiner ana showed them the paper. Tiiey all went home rejoicing. Then a little Door and rmnrerf girl came up to Irene and asked her what the Junior Newspaper was SDOut, ireno told her all about It and then saw that the utti iri was interested. As the little girl was too poor to buy one Irene bought one for her every week.

When Irene told tne queen anout the little girl the queen said, "Tou have done right my child to help the 'When the poor girl came Irene shared her clothes with her and they both Joined the Junior Club together: and' were very dear and happy friends and MP HAPPINESS By Victoria Myscxynski Kingston Once there was a very ncn oy called Jack. He had all he wanted. One day as Jack was sleigh riding down the hilt having his fun he fell in a puddle of mud whteh was at the foot of the hill. He looked around to- see if there was a paper flying around, so he could wipe off the mud from his shoes and s)ed, at last he spied a small paper, he picked It up and was about to wipe the mud, when he spied the beautiful drawing. He said to his friends.

'I want to look over this paper at home, please see if you can find an other paper. Soon they went home and Jack was thinking of the paper he had In his- pocket when he reached home he read every line of it. He saved up the coupons and became a At school he told his friends about It, they all Joined and formed a Jolly group. THE TIMES-LEADER "Junior Club' Pin Coupon This coupon with two ethers cut from the Times-Leader sf different days will, sntitle. tha Times-Leader Junior Club members te a beautiful gold and enamel Junior Club pin.

Name Street, oddraul er R. F. O. tr City er Town pen to have twelve boxes wrapped together. Then I said, "Oh, I'll take six then." Dou you know what the.

clerk brought? Six crackers. You see, he Is just a new clerk and 1 think mostly it was -my fault, for I said i fx and I should have said six How my girl friend. Lillian Rluch- nto and I laughed! The clerk was bewildered and so I said, "My, but you have a nice expression on your face. I want six boxes of crackers and not six crackers." s' I got the crackers and peaches at last and went home. When I told Mother about It, you should have seen her langh.

I think it was a good joke on the clerk, don't you? HONOR ROLL Authors -Mary Calagulre, Catherine Kreltzer. Esther Forsey. Helen Pavllscalr, Alyce Hocken. James Oberst. Lawrence Cragle.

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Hannah Brace. Susan Novak. KellleGober. 1 lAwrence Craglew Victoria Myscxynski. Thehna Thompson.

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The Amazon, By Catherine Crigger Plymouth Christopher Columbus was born at Genoa, Italy. His father was a wool comber. At the age of fourteen, Columbus was a good sailor. He would go down by the ships wharf and watch the sailors doing their The King and Queen el; Spain were-having war with the Moors. Columbus lay forth his plans, to the King and Queen, that the earth was round.

For seven long years he waited patiently. While he was on his way to the King and Queen, of France, he was called back by a messenger-! Spain was trying to find new passage way into India. The Turks would seize their cargoes coming and going back. Marco Polio had written, that there was a great tody of water lying east of Asia. Columbus said, "If the earth is round.

I can salt west of Europe and come around Eastern Asia." The King gave one third of his money, and the Queen two thirds to make three ships called, 'Mina, Pinta, and Santa Maria." The money spent "for those three ships would nowadays amount to ninety three thousand dollars. On Friday, August X. 1492, the tittle fleet started upon te world's most famous voyage. To the people of Palos, who watched the vessels silently steal out Into ths broad ocean, this seemed the maddest an.1 most hazardous adventure of which they never heard. At two o'clock Friday morning, October the twelfth, five weeks after the fleet bad left the Canary Islands, and ten weeks after leaving Spain, the lookout on the masthead of the Plnta Joyfully shouted, "Land! 'Land!" Columbus had won! So far.

as then known, all his theor ies had been proved true; and bis officers and men, humbled and rejoicing, now looked up to him as a great and wonderful man. Columbus made four voyages. The first, -1493 he discovered new land, tn 149J he was honored very much. Iji 1498, he went back to San "Salvador, where to his surprise, he had left an army of forty, men, he saw their bleached whom tne Indians had killed. In ISO 2 he was sent home in chains.

The people told the Queen and King of Spain that it was for Columbus, who had disco veerd new land to be put in chains. He died in 1508, a poor, broken hearted, deserted man, not e(ff himself knowing that he discovered a new continent. SOI JOKES I'VE HEARD LATELY By Josephine fttrzslcxyk, Age .3 Luzerne a. u. r.L.

Customer "You said this blanket Is all wool and yet you can eee it Is platntly market cotton." Clerk: "Well, you see we marked It cotton to fool the moths. Oversupply er Under Capacity Old Gentleman (seeing the small colored boy was having some trouble In getting away with the large melon he was trying to eat). "Toe much melon, Rastus?" Small Colored Boy: "No, Sah, bos. not enough "nlggatk" MOTHER NATURE By Irene Leti'nskt, Miners Mills, Ps. -Mother Nature has wonderful and sometimes strange ways of keeping things as they should be.

Net only must she. think of every day. 'things, but. most important still, she has to think of the future. For nothing' must see.

Mother Nature is very wise and the little seemingly unimportant things ws do so many times count for much. So many trees are chopped down every day that we wonder bow there arj any left. For we see very few people who spend, very much Time planting seed's for new trees. Be sides Jt tokes so vej-y long for a tree to grow and it takes very Jtttle time. to.

cut aT trees. COLUMBUS HELPING MOTHER By Catherine Barkowski Dupont "I think that washing dishes la the hardest work in the world." said Alice. while a bis: tear ran down her cheek. TUlie Wrazen and I had planned to have a good swing, but now it will be time for school be fore the old dishes are done!" "That is nothing to what I have to do." said Alex. "I have to feed the chickens; pick the beans; and run all kinds of errands from morn till certainly is no end to my I have to go to the pump, oh, so many times; when I want" to play." said little Anthony.

"It is a shame that we all have to work so hard," said Alice. "Go ing to school Is enough, and I think -it Is not fair to make us work hard like this." i tmnx got too, saia Aiex. fVo do said little' Anthony. here a minute children, called mother from the other room, her voice had a note of sadness that made' them all feel ashamed, of themselves. "I ant sorry to hear you (peak like that about the little tasks that I have asked you to do.

But since you think that they are too hard, you may take off your Alice, and all may go out to play and leave the work to me. The children went oat to play, they seemed to have no fun at all. Alex tossed his ball into the falr, little Anthony sat on the back steps, swinging his legs, while Alice found her rrlend, Tlllle Wrazen. washing the dishes and xinging sweet song entitled "Maryland My Maryland." The school belt rang at last; and Alex and Alice were very glad. They liad not enjoyed their play.

Little Anthony was too young to go to school. So he went into the kitchen where his dear mother was still washing the, dishes, and said: don't' you want a drink of fresh Little would like to get It for you." Tea; Indeed, I should like a cool drink of fresh water, but I could ot let you get it for me," said the sweet dear mother, must get It nyself." Then taking the pail, she went to tne pump in the yard. When little Anthony saw. his mother going for the water, he felt very, very sad.t-vn. At noon, as the children sat play.

ing jackstones on the front porch. momer came out with a. basket on ber arm. "I forgot until just she said, "that we nee a few things at' the store. You can tell papa where I -am, and that I am sorry to have winner so late." Alex rose to his feet.

When he inougnt of what his mother had saia, ne sat. down at once. lhat evening, mother came Into the room where the children sat a iuii Hour later than usual. "I am sorry that I cannot tell you a story tonight," she said, but the c-nicjcens naa to be attended teo, and the kitchen had to be swept; and now I can only hear your-lessons bedtime. The children sat for a while without saying anything.

Ther Mary laid down her dictionary, and ran to her mother, and threw her arms her, "You look too tired to Co anything dear mother," abe-eald. "Please take us all back. Oh, do take us back; and let us work for you. We know-that we have been unkind '4o you: and have been very un-'happy." "I never felt so mean In my life," said Alex, -as when I saw your 'dear mother leave your work to go to the tore, while a big lazy boy was sitting on the porch." "I want to get cool drinks for "you." said Anthony, with big tears in his little eyes. Mother held out her arms and took them ail back, saying, "Oh my dear children! always love and help your mother because you have only one dear mother.

When children don't help and love their mother. God takes her away from you 'and you don't have any mother any more, but when you love your mother and help her In every respect, well, she will always live longer and happier with you. know that you want to help children," she said, "and of course, you But I wanted to show you how it would be if one person did all the work while the others' played. "God has given each of us some thing to do which makes us better, stronger, and happier. Sometimes what we have to do seems a little hard, but if -we fail to- do it, we make somebody else do our work.

You will not forget this, children win your Indeed, we wilt nof forget saia tne little children. Then the children- co-operated with the mother and they lived happily ever after. DON THE PIRATE By Rodwick Malan Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Once upon a time on the Snaniah Main there lived men who robbed -rnese men were called pirates. One of these pirates was called Don of the Spanish Main, because he was seen mostly on the Seven Seas and on the Spanish Main.

Don had about five hundred men In his band, and he Also had ten ships. His flagship was called "Onicton. He was always In this ship. He put his best friends as captains -of the other ships. His Island was called Don's Treasure Island.

AU of his loot was burled on this Island. Here his men would practice with their swords guns until they were all experts. Once when they went sailing the saw eignt iingnan snips. jLon at- tacRea tnem. The pirates were at their guns immediately and they au organ 10 sing: "We ars pirates bold.

We have seen many Scenes untold. as we sall'jup the Spanish Main And capture many a train. Boats, and ships of all description with our good flagship Oniction. Although it has a funny name. If is covered with glory and When this was over they would shout and fight all the harder.

Finally all but two of the Eng- iwn snips were disabled. These tw got away. The pirates quickly boarded the disabled ships and found chests of gold an jewels and big bars of solid silver. The pirates gave a. cry of de light.

They went back to their island With their loot. About two weeks later 'they saw eleven Engl l8h ships, eight French ships and six' Spanish ships coming toward their island. The ships opened fire on them. The pirates fought bravely, but were soon overpowered and aU of them were killed; THE LUCKY BOY By Madeline Krispin Eswardsville, Pa. One day in our city a great anow fall came.

A the children were happy. "They had a wonderful time with their sleds. They made snow-men, threw anow balls and did every thing they could do with snow. One boy was very sad because be didn't have a sled. One day he went to watch the other children play.

started to make a snowman. he was gathering up the snow he found a paper. He was going to throw away, but he looked at It and read one story. It seemed very Interesting, so" he left his snow-man and went home 'to finish reading the paper. He sat in his room for many hours reading the paper; Then he showed his friend the paper.

His friend helped bim to save the and later he joined the -Junior Clubhand now he Is a very happy.