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I iii pwwpyp ppHpw phh mi ump sjupji niisasss hjjbwsii if sf ssps iniwwjwi iii i ifTTiwiwri SAN FRA2TOISCO OHBOiaCLE STTNDAY DECEMBER 21 1902 15 ft THE CHRISTMAS TIGEP MAKING A CHRISTMAS SURPRISE PIE ink MNd rlde ale Alden Bry bellji Street SSShS it 24J4 Howard street city VVlVMvi 1 By Murray Graydon HRISTMAS eve had begun In Vt the patch of settlement In the lone Siberian forest The work of lujdng the coal on the cart un the new rail road track had be completed and the row of grimy trucks stood ready for the two mile run down the narrow gauge mtals to Kama From that point the pr at Transslberlan Railway was In working order southward to Vladivostok on the Pacific a distance of 100 les and twice as far again toward Kiabanpka in the north From the log hut of the manager flashed gleams of yellow light and In sice three men were smoking and chatting around a blazing fire When I went home on four months lene last year said Hazard the American minirg engineer and told rr people In Colorado that there were timers in Siberia 111 be hanged If tbey would bellee me fount Victor Sand oft smiled as he dr a cigarette from a silver case 1 am not surprised no he answered It Is not generally known that the tiger exists here and that It Is the laigest and fiercest of Its species And jouvt traeled all these thousands of miles to bag one of the brutes alle You Russians are amazing chaps Theres no stopping you when joue set our heart on a thing I am fond of sport the Count replied modestly And It is nothing very formidable in these days the Journey from Moscow to the Pacific At my summer home on the slope of the Ural mountains I have a collection of wild animals Including Bengal and Caucasian tigers I desired to have one from Siberia So I am here At Kama this afternoon said young Suvaroff the third member of the party I heard that Captain Nico leff and his men scared up a big fellow about fifteen miles north of here and chaed him this way Nlcoleff and his Cossacks are after oher game Serge Platoff the Odessa murderer who escaped from the silver rninF of Neichinsk seven months ago the count remarked Poor dell what a distance he has ti rrped said Hazard And in the dead of winter He deserves no pity I assure you the Count answered coldly He killed a ossatk nar Khabarovka by shooting him from ambush and after stripping him of his uniform Crunching footsteps were heard outside and the Counts servant Ivan entered the cabin Good news sir he cried addressing hi master Tou have caught the tiger at least the trap is sprung I was less than a half mile this side of it when 1 head the door fall Within a few minutes the Count and his serant set forth armed with rifles and protected by high boots and stout shooting jackets The departure was watched enviously by Hazard and Su varoff whose duties chained them to the ramp The box trap which Hazards men had built of logs was about five miles from the mining settlement and In a wild and desolate part Of the forest As thr count and his servants drew near tho saw that the heavy door had indeed fallen Beyond a doubt tht pnz was bagged The moed softly toward the rear of the trap intending to peep through a crf and as they reached the corner they were startled by a rustling and napping of bushes Close ahead of them The next instant a monster of a tiger came into view half a dozen yards away Ivan who was foremost instantly lifted his ritV and fired A roar followed the shot Both men darted b3ck Whn the smoke had drifted aside thi ger was not to be seen but he could be heard retreating through th forest I rinsed him sir exclaimed Ivan I fear that he was about to spring so I fired In haste Hut how rd he escape said the count in a tone of bewilderment can there be two tigers They returned to the rear of the trap And the mystery was solved A large rock used as a foundation stone had sunk and this had so weakened the end wall that the imprisoned animal had been able to pry the logs apart and slip out Inside the trap lay the half devoured carcass of the sheep that had served as a lure What a stroke of misfortune said the Count bitterly He was a fine specimen that fellow larger than my Bengal It was probably the same tiger that the Cossacks chased Lucky for us sir that he had Just filled his stomach replied Ivan else he would have attacked us As he rpoke he walked forward a few yards and bent over a patch of snow Ah I did not miss after all he cried Count andoff hurried to the spot The surface of the snow was seared with the print of hug paws among which ere several dark red blotches He made off at full speed sir Ivan observed doubtfully He wont stick at that pace long if he is losing blood Come let us start without delay The pursuit proved less difficult than might have been expected for theit was much now to betray the course taken by the retreatln tiger The hunters pushed on zealouslyfor three or four miles now losing the trail now picking it up again Suddenly the chase came to an abrupt termination on bare rocky ground where neither bloodstains nor footprints could be discovered The men topped surprised to find themselves close upon the line of the Tianssiberlafl Railway It lay several hundred yards below them at the base ef the slope A long goods train had ptilled up for some reason and the throbbing of the engine could be heard cleat Jy Immediately on the left was the mouth of a narrow densely wooded gorge which appeared to terminate against a rocky buttress that jutted out from the crest of the hill It Is ten to one said the Count that the tiger has sought shelter in there It is a natural trap and perhaps we can take the animal alive I will slip down to Kama on the train hasten tq the camp and return with jrcn and nets Meanwhile you keep strlrt watch here The prospect did not please Ivan but he had no choice In the matter Will raa give me your rifle air he asked Mine fell In the snow and I dare not trust It Count Sandoff parted with his weapon and a moment later he was hastening down the slope never doubting that the coveted tiger was hidden in the fastnesses of the gorge The train started Just as hf reached the line He swung himself to one of the middle trucks which was loaded with gravel The speed Increased and the distant figure of Ivan was soon Invisible Sandoff was about to make his way forward when suddenly a man rose up from the rear end of the truck a tall lean fellow with tangled beard and matted hair With one hand he pointed a pistol and In the other he held a Cossacks cap and green blouse Move and Ill kill you he cried In a loud voice The truth seemed to flash at once In the Counts mind he realised that he waa in the power of Serge Platoff the escaped murderer The cap and coat fell at his feet Take your own off commanded the convict and put those on Be quick There was no alternative since Sandoff waa unarmed Without delay he donned the Cossack uniform and threw his tweed Jacket and shooting cap across the truck As yet he could only partly fathom his captors Intention VNow take your choice said the ruffian Either Jump or a significant Jerk of the pistol completed the sentence To leap from the train which was at present thundering down grade between embankments cumbered with rocks and trees would be certain death And that was Platoffs aim to have the mangled unrecognisable body of the Count Identified as his own and thus mislead his pursuers Do you mean to murder met Sandoff cried hoarsely Its your life or mine the convict shouted The Cossacks are after me Jump If you refuse Ill shoot At that Instant Sandoffs hand slipped involuntarily Into the side pocket of the Cossack blouse and touched something hard and cold It was a pistol which the convict had forgotten to remove A ray of hope entered Sandoffs mind There was Just one chance With stealthy fingers he cocked the weapon aimed as best he could through the Jacket and pulled the trigger The report rang above the rumble of the train The shot had missed Sandoff dodging low Behind the smoke as quickly as he fired turned and fled for his life He heard the crack of the convicts revolver and the scream of the ball as it grazed his ear He leaped into the adjoining truck stumbled through that one and the next and at the end of the latter tripped and fell He saw Platoff hurrying toward him and he knew that he was lost He still retained the pistol but it had only one chamber and was of no further use Would you kill me in cold blood you hound he cried The convicts answer was a threat and a curse He stopped within a dozen feet and deliberately examined his revolver And From the dark space at one side of the truck bounded a great tiger landing beteween the two men For a brief second he crouched Then he sprang full at Platoff who was so unnerved by the sudden peril that he fired and tnlsfeed He tried to Jump out of the animals way Losing his balance he fell over the side of the truck Count Sandoff had extricated himself promptly and taken to flight He was speeding across the third truck from the scene of his narrow escape hen he heard an angry roar and glanced back to Fee the tiger in hot pursuit Immediately in front of him was a boxcar tiied for transporting horses Both of the narrow end doors were open He plunged in and darted through it So close was the tiger at his heels that he had barely made his exit and Jerked the sliding door shut than the enraged beast hurled itself againt the timbers Sandoff climbed hastily to the top of the car rushed to the other end and closed that door also Then having safely Imprisoned the tiger he was himself captured by three of the train hands who had crept upon him from the rear Weve got you Serge Platoff they cried triumphantly It took Count Sandoff the better part of an hour to convince his captors of their mistake he would have fallen even then had not one of the men remembered seeing him in Vladivostok a fortnight before By this time the train had pulled up at a station ten miles south of Kama A telegram sent a search party up the railway line and another message to Hazards camp recalled Ivan from his useless vigil Sandhoff went on to Valdivostok with the tiger whose wound wai trifling The superb animal was transferred from its novel trap to a stout box cage in which it ultimately reached Russia and was added to the private menagerie at the Counts country estate In the Urals a CAUTION I dont believe In Santa Claus Said Arabella Snow Its nonsense to suppose he comes On Christmas eve you know Of course he doesnt really come And brinr us all our toys He cannot be believed In but By foolish girls and boys The chimney isnt wide enough Im sure to let him through Besides hed make himself so black It really ant be true No Santa Claus is nonsense I found out long ago Hes Just imagination Said Arabella Snow On Christmas old Santa Claus Came quiet as a mouse All laden with his sack of toys To Arabellas house And hancing there upon the rail Of Arabellas bed A Utile stocking he espied For Arabella said Ot cdurse we cant be certain Of anything you know rJLSnLSru By Carter Beard UW 1U UlS IKIBUIB I the gifts In a large gathering always is a problem Placing the different pres ents in the hands of their respective owners Is of course the grand climax of every Christmas party If this Is done at the veiy start thus leaving a whole evening before the company an anti climax is apt to come yet any proceeding which does not made from any sort of large handkerchief Gaihei the handkerchief about Mother Gooses head as shown In figure 1 then gather together the lower edges and pin them close behind the head as In figure 2 Roll up the loose end of the handkerchief as also shown in figure 2 and tie the ends of this roll about the neck as In figure 3 and the head dress is complete The collars and cuffs for both Mother and Father Goose are made from stiff white paper Figure 4 per it cannot be carried In with the goose inside of it Mother and Father goose as it tan be if it is a stout basket So if made of paper and sticks it must be placed ip the room In adanee and must have a cover thrown over It and Mother Goose can uncover it at the proper moment The crust of the pie is made from a large sheet of manila paper cut and lettered as In figure 5 When Surprise Pie is painted on the paper with brown paint and little marks are made to indicate the crimping about the edges of the tin and the holes which are pade in a real pie to allow the steam to escape the cover should have quite the effect of a true pie A better plan than painting the marks on is to scorch them on with a hot poker The goose shown In figure 10 which Is the real triumph of the occasion is not so difficult to put together despite its fantastical appearance The first essential Is a small boy with a temper good enough to submit to being pinned and sewed and tucked into his outlandish costume The neck of the goose is a broom an No 2 Municipal acrostic Hamburg Azov Madrid Matapan Emporer Russia France Elbe Sardinia Turks Hammerfest Charlie Bhernberg 1044 Howard street city No 3 Numerical enigma Well eel eye new first 1 is repeated Llewellyn Gladys von Schoen 2033 Eagle avenue Alameda No 4 Hidden fruits Peaches apricot lemons oranges grapes plums Kdwln Lewis Maxwell Z1Z7 Geary street The ft prize for the best coloring of The Adventures of Fldo is awarded to Dickie Van Hooslar Haywatds Scrapbooks for the five who came next in the order of excellence are awarded to Winifred Ellen Sutton 54 South Eighth street San Jose Hazel Hiller Monterey Arthur Bflell 2 Cottage row city Elisabeth de Wayne Wheatland Yuba county Lura Landls 1706 street Sacramento Paint boxes are awarded to Ada Gensoui 833 Central avenue Alameaa Miller Jones 281 Washington street city Anna Rogers 31 Turk street city Eva Moldrup 1713 Webster street city Vernon A Young Birds Landing Rollle Lewis Cool Esther Bishop Alma Santa Clara county Frances Mount box in stick The tall Is a feather duster Tht CalUtoga Napa county Nellie True have to do with the presents will almost surely fall to attract attention The Christmas surprise pie not only adds a tinge of mystery but lengthens the work of allotlng the packages without allowing interest to flag At the proper moment Mother and Father Goose appear They explain their presence by saying that Christmas has been so busy for Santa Claus that because of his hard work general fear was felt In Fairyland for his health It had been determined therefore to help him through with his rush The work for this particular gathering had been allotted to them Father and Mother Goose then bring out the surprise pie Mother Goose tells the company that as perhaps some of them do not know what surprise pies are she will explain They probably all know what apple pies are and they probably all know that apple pies have apples In them Well surprise pies have surprises in them Surprise pls are quite common in Fairyland and are a very popular dessert on holidays Nobody ever knows what is in a surprise pie not even those who make it until it is opened Mother Goose cuts the pie and out pops the goose Mother Goose cries The golden goose Follow her Follow her Father Goose cries The magic goose Follow her Follow her The goose begins to walk majestically about In mystic circles and the company must form in line behind her Suddenly the goose hesitates and comes to a full stop She has found something cry Father and Mother Goose and hasten to explore the corner where the goose is pointing her beak A present for one of the compkny is discovered The gooe proceeds and so the march continues until all the gifts have been found A cornucopia of stiff paper fitted over the top of a broad brimmed hat will make a head covering suitable for Father rtoose The head dress which Mother Goose wears as shown in figure 3 can be shows how to cut out the collar and figure 6 shows the cuff An ordinary cape can be thrown around Mother Gooses shoulders The buckles on her shoes are made from silver paper Father Goose should wear a long cloak If this Is not obtainable a well draped blanket does very well Bind a brightly colored sash around his waist and let him wear low slippers preferably carpet slippers The surprise pie must be so large that the goose can be hidden away In it If a large round basket can be found big enough for the purpose It will do ery well If none is at hand the pie must be made of a light frame work of sticks covered with paper Of course if the pie is made of pa back Is an ordinary pillow Figure 9 shows the skeleton Tie two sticks one on each side of the broomstick as illustrated In figure 11 Bind several handfuls of cotton or lags around the two sticks where they cross the broomstick thus making the groundwork for the head as shown in figure 13 Make a cornucopia of paper Just the length of the small sticks used In figure 11 cutting It as shown In figure Mark on It the nose and mouth as indicated ther pillow cases or bolster corners around the boys legs as shown In figure 12 When the pillow feather duster and broomhaindle have been arranged as shown in figure 9 gather a sheet around the boy as shown in figure 14 of course leaving an opening for his eyes and legs Slip a stocking over the head and neck of the goose and then place the head marie out of the cornucopia over the sticks that are bound to the broom handle Sew the cornucopia to the stocking Paint two large eyes on white paper and sew these also to the stockings Throw a pillow case or table cover over the back of the goose for wim and pin a large sheet of paper around the neck for a collar This ought to make a perfectly delightful Christmas goose that Is certain to be greeted lth roars of laughter ir i hauf Napa George Bevertdge rural route No 1 Fresno Hazel Jacobsen box 74 Napa Milton Gray 1530 Prince street Berkeley Lester Ingersoll Bo nita point Sausallto Elsa Ooldmann Wright Station Ernest Creawell Brow Morris Rose 5801 Dover street Oakland Archie McDonald 143 TwentyTwenty second street Oakland Regiha Sandlln 817H Guerrero street city Irene Pattlani Hlllfide avenue Piedmont Eugene Brownstone Ox nard Ventura county Elsie Erik ka Knudsen Constance Cooke West street HealdSburg George Washington Bell St Helena Napa county Mildred Peterson Santa Rosa These prizes will be mailed those to whom they are awarded as soon as possible ROLL OF HONOR From San Francisco Joelle Raas Myrtle itschen Trances Fltschen Sallle Ele anore Dunn Futenshlma Nancy Lev Anna Eggler Ellen Meldown Lizzie Gould Marguerite Mahoney Joseph Stein Walter Holm Kllen Jackson Grace Saage Alma de Mamlel Rlsis Brank Kildl Holcomb Margaret Haseltine Elsie Doris Schinkel Aileen Hjland Llta Tut tle Arthur Meehan Margaret Ludlow Edith Lewis Hunt Winifred Ludlow Dorothy Pltard Coffee Katie Helntngef MAfY Sheen Ines Rosenberg Lawrence Rosenberg Norma Shaver Anna Shaver Joseph Nardini Rose Fodrinl Mabel Snyder Ethel Snider Dorothy Brown Jwsle Smi le Carson Donnels Ellen Parker Gertrude Van der Nalllen Eva Smith Harold Armstrong A Johnson Mildred Spfoul Catlln Blakeley Ethel May Frank Lennle Harriet Albert Ralsch Anita Knopf Ora cle Savage Carrie A Lteb Emily Ehr Clark NtlH Parsons Kthyle Moore Bs sle Pangbvrn Morris Rose Archie McDonald Alice Lake Lillian Hedllnd Hat tie ttaumgarten Alma Kahn Barbara Hill Irene Pattlani From Brk ley Dorothy Woodworth William Jung HeUn Reef Rfxljald Llnborth Gladys Sims Blanchard May nard Ethel McKenzte VJctorla Bale Florence Bailie Elisabeth Bailie Msbtl Coomts Freda Coney Milton Orsj Gladjs Van Mater Rebekah Jwtt Mary Gay ley Bitting Jr Annie Gra Inz Goodman Hazel McKevIlt Beth Berry Grace Partridge Oladys PrrtrMge Harold Vaughan Issbelle Clark Mtirgaret Witter frrtn Krno Charles Adslr Isabel Row 11 Oleander Master George Bever idge Mrv Oiborn Isabel Noble Esfl La Rue Frrm San Joe Mabel Bonis Lucie Northup Marjmy Fisher MaryH Gray Ralph i ip ihtmr Wmifred Ellen Sutton era nood nlta Konse From Sulsurt WtUlara Hlrattl Prather Audrey Laura Cooper Isabel Gillespie Long From Santa Rosa Mildred Peterson Clyde McCanD Mary Bedford From Stockton Arthur Drumraond Anita Rendon Fanny Libbey Margaret Westbay From Sacramento Laura Landls EToIse McLaughlin Elwood McLaughlin Klsle Truman From San Rafael Emily Di Bols Meta Parks Blanche Kirkman From Santa Cruz Atwood Alia Kratzenstein From Salinas Hazel Bachelder Etbl Bachelder Donna Belle Abbott Pearl Ce rey From Cloverdale Eugene Oeon Amas dus Creon From Itaywards Dkrkle Van Hooslar Stafford Warren From Holllster Lester 1 Brown Abner Brown From Healdsburg Constance Cookt Fannie Philips From Mendocino Bernlct Drown Arnold Brown Anabella McKensle Emma Iversen Point Arena from Mill VaTley Everett Barrtar Marie Befgtn Mahoney Lily Holmes From Redwood City Julia McDonnell Nannie McDonnell May Hansen Petra Johnston From Vacavllle Anna Anderson Care 11ns Irons From Napa Grace Meredith Dorothy May Coombs Hazel Jackson Nellie JVue hanf OeorgU Washing Bi From Oxnard Grace McOInn Eugene Brownitone From Los Gate Helen Beggs Edith Malcolm Florence Cilker Alice Moore From other places In California Lilian Cobb Monroe Mary Schultz Mildred Jlldever Preston Fy Watson Vaearille Vernon A Yenng Birds Landing Dsrotky Hurley Forest Hill Violet Poeoek Kan Leandro Winona Smith Marjsville Basel Breslauer Reddlrg Jenn Luck Martinez Gracie Alvarade Martinz Ardis Hare Bakersfleld Roily Terrj CoOI Kith Eversote Uktah Amy Bagley Greenvill Dorothy Cox Soquel Sadie McCloskey Rodeo Henry Atilla Sebastopol Alfred A Cbikts Fruitvalc Frances Mount Callstoga Austun Ston gWui Dtton Jewell Murra Hanford Alma Prentice Willows Hat tie Cromwell Sebatopol Miriam Simny San Le andrd Annie Anderson Rio Vista Helen OimbaL San Ardo Russell Wright Fulton Beeie Bain Calls LETTERS AND PPIZC WINNERS Mathilda Ratto Charles Mansfield toga Josephine Cressey Modesto Crys tal reaaiee Apto lhcM west Petaiuma Minn Hertel pasadenS Herbert Hertel Pasadena Lozle logefsotl San Bernardino Rita Oflndtll Hoekrfn Anita Grin dall Rocklln Harold Yoaeham Nevada City Ethel Heath Angels Camp Hazel Nesman Bay side Emma Eversen Point Arena Leslie Merriara St Helena Florence Goward Pacific Grove Zrilah Browh Colfax Elsie Goldman Wrights Station Lester Ingersoll Sausallto Eva Law born Watsonville Bernard Wright Mountain Ytew Edith Thomas Pinole Seyhla Aden MMdletowft Elsie Burt Olencoe Edmund Parrott Ban Matecr Linton Whitby Fafrfiels Roy Blocker WHIMS Brsa FreSe Sonoma Esther Kmdleberger Kenot Parker John AshfcW Valiejo Lillian BeUer Petaluma Helen Eleanor Mills San Luis Obispo Hattlellen Vestel Forest Hill Helen Sinclair Eureka Mildred Carlver Hawthorne Loeta Bennett Nord Elna Browning Grand Island Helen Hoerst San Ieandro rca OlenA Lafaette Lillian Taulkes Elm hurst Hazel Hiller Monterev Elizabeth De Wayne Wheatland Elma Riggs Bishop Irma Goodyear Weavervlllc Elsie Lund Palo Alto Esther Bishop Santa Clara Isabel McAninch Butcher Ranch Florence Moore Ben Lomond From Nevada Harold Levy Virginia City Wallls Rae Hancock Mildred Whitman Yerlngton From Washington Alice Cooper Walla Walla From Oregon Phoebe Armstrorg Med ford Harold Mayer Portland From New York Benjamin Lazarus From Mexico Gustavo Peltier Sonora Harold Farrant Josephine Galligan Jieiie hkttaes Irene Enie Omer van Haren Grettle McDowell CarrlerKenny Alma Gra Florence PaAcoe Gladys Gutcher Helen Muser Helen Travis Bernlce Jacobs Clartse Mansfield Grace Hlnch Ervln Scharff Cora Walsh Helen Run jon Fabian Schwartz Marguerite Helen Morbio Miller Jones Eva Moldrup Ellen Parker Arthur Shell Anna Rogers Willie Rainey Jr Edwin Lewis Maxwell Blinn Bryant Alden Bryant Willie Asher Charlie Ehrenberg Marie Autzen Glarl9 Cronan Evelyn Johnson Irene La ng Babette Heller Irene Hogs Mark Kardet Henrlette Whtmann Raymond A Dorey Winifred Holleran Margaret Wood Dorothy Ash Ollle Knudsen Elsie Fitzgerald Dechent Ruth Abraham Marie Flckelby Ellse Mannel Helen Bale Margaret Blair Mabel A Chatterton Ro gina Sandlln Elsie Erikka Knudsen kdwln Busse Clod Sweigerd Elva Alice de Pue Webster Chester Henry EchhofT Ray Mackln Maude Perry Florence Sim kins Marjorle McKenna From Alameda Ada Gensoul Gertrude Brown Mabel Walker Olga Russell Ernest Creswell Brown Else Nagel Mercedes Mandizabal Louise Rhein Willie Enimal Mlna Willing Marlon Rhoadfs Edith Marie Benjamin Joseph Emraal Emma Giersch TtlUe Oluelt Frank Coburn Gladys von ScttOen Ferol Johnson Ruthle Gansbergeji Mount Eden Ursula1 Scholten Agnes Scholten Herman ScholUu Matjd Jackson From Oakland Deborah Kathaway Der Gladys Wilson Ellse McFarland Joe Hoiman Dorothy Reynolds Row ena Reynolds Phyllis Ackerman Isa HERE will be only a few of the childrens letters published this week Just a fow to how that the editor has a thought for the young friends who write for the page that is all their own The season of good wishes of gifts and Christmas remembrances must have so much room in these days there is little space for anything else The first letter shall be from a little stranger who has come all the way from England SANTA ROSA Dear Editor 1 came from Kngard about six months ago ard have lived there twelve ears Two jears ago we came to NewyYork but mother was sick and we had to go back to Ecgand while father came ovsr here and bought a farm Then we came here We have a lovely dog he Is collie and Is ver intelligent MART BEDFORD SAN RAFAEL I was out riding the other day on my pon I went to see my frlerd Lollta Burling Her sister Norma asked me to let her have a ride so I told her to get up behind me As we got down to the gate my horse started kicking until he kicked both off in the mud but he didnt hurt us at aJ Yesterdaj I went to see the Deaf and Dumb School boys play football with our High School bos The Deaf and Dumb bxys beat I wax glad to see name in the Roll of Honor last week Yours trulj EMILY DU BOIS WRIGHT STATION To day I saw in the Childrens Page that two of my best friends won a prize so I wll try to win cne too We live four ms from Wright Station and to day I rode down on horseback to get the mall I never take the saddle when I ride I always go bare back be cause It is easier 10 nut sometimes I from the next farm so as I am going to rite to my cousin in San Francisco I will let her send this to you WYOMA GLENN OAKLAND I wish to thank you for the beautiful book vou sent me It was all the more welcome because unexpected city very much and think the Chronicle building IS very nice as It Is so large ULRICA BKNNJSH am years of age and gone to school two terms I have Sit dolls a doll carriage and a little trunk ABUNDIOS AZTEC TURKEY By Fullerldtl Th luxurious semi tropical noonday nnA itttfteftfrif a 4 brought with it the summons to dlrtner OIGA ABUHDIO A veT si Thcn WM a homemaae tablei wUh hay unos truajalotes para la jovering as fine as linen woven from comlda de la manana fibers of the maguey and made beautl Although the words were ful by immense bunches of the Florde Spanish they Were strongly Noche Buena the Holy Night impregnated irlth Americanism They ttILJ iA5 hrco a rAr utA in ft itU Polnsettis It blooms In Mexico a day however conveyed to tne clever Aztec wtm BJVTA ninDlDl A ho aaan A lB UI1I1IUIH any lettVrsfrom BantaBiTrbara I thought scrvttul lue urc jwnvricarw scarlet set off by the delicate green of sW would write to This Is tnV ffm and their companloft to partake of Its foliage together with the exceeding have taken the paper for a long time I am very much interested in the Childrens Page and hope all your little readers are the same I never have tried to solve any ot your puzzles yet JILIA oolakli Deaf Editor I have gone to school two terms SIX dolls dnU rnrrln inA a IlttI in which I keen mv doll elothes I sew 1 enjoy solving the puzzles on tne inn an me ciotnes tor my dolls own a nice dren Page and also take great delight driving horse her name is Kit Last In making up puzzles for the other little August I went to San Francisco with my folks to solve Again thanking you for papa sister and aunty We stayed sev your kindness in remembering me I am eral months and all enjoyed the trip very yours with best wishes much LOETA BENNETT EDITH MARIE BENJAMIN CITT I jittMirt the Snrlnsr Valley Gram mar fichrnl ftat twentv two rabbits would Write to VOU and onf nonnv Hop Also have a lltMe letter although I read your paper We ter 3 vcars old We went away to tr Blue Lake and the Gevsers It was very nice there I have a very bail cold hut it is getting better now My grandma arcl grandpa have gone on a little trip and they sent me two very pretty books Mama says I cant write in ink so 1 hope lead pencil wll do My grandma and grandpa also sent seven boxes of raisins A I can think of nothing else to say I close ELSIE DORIS 8CHINKEI CITY live in Berkeley but I staying In the city with my aunt My urele has a kitten He calls It Tip because It Is black with one white tip on the end of its tail My uncle will hold hl hands sbout two feet from the floor and Tip will Jump over them KATHRYN MCABE GREENVILLE Plumas county I was sorry thet tne Dorothy picture topped It was nice of you to print mv letter It Is snowing here ELSIE BIDWELL CITY I like to paint the pictures on the Childrens Page My father has taken i fA vt tnirfrnt a turkey on the morrow and that he care given to every detail by AbUndio was to see if the turkey which was a maae tne tnre men hopeful The cranberry sauce appeared all right and pudding ditto The splendid assortment of tropical fruits added fuel to the fires of hope Heavy beta were made as to Just what Abundlo would the Daily Chronicle for over thirty five ears Your little reader JOE STEVENOT TTw nvv Va rm nmj st anrnun of tiM ride to schoo which is twn miles away utters written by as many little friend bigger I Ut have a big OlaCK rieWrOUnCUand dor v11 nr tn mil nnir frlonrl vr 7 a hti ih fc bit inai ivr readers Dear Editor Having enjoyed reading the letters of other children who write to the Chronicle I thought I would write too I workd in the almond orchard and famed III 50 I am going to buy Christmas presents with part of it I am nway visiting my two little cousins I staved all night last night and I am going to stav to night There is a girl staying here and she rtont ride When I get big I am either going to be an author or an artist If I dont change my mind Tour constant reader ELSA OOLDMANN CITY I received the bcot of pamts last week I want to write and thank you as 1 was very much pleased to get them because I hsl be able to do much better work in the future because they are good native bird could be secured Hence being a wise and loyal servant Abundlo mounted his pony and disappeared OAKLAND I have a duk dog and he down the bridge path Dlays ft Mr oaDa takes the Chron Thou three men Yankee a Wont lcle fiandpapa took It fourteen nd sn RmlUhmair emUHtiV produce as a Substitute for turkev frh Jy7M Avvr ftifVr0 in coffee and smoking In the twilight Abundlos appearance with a large i os iuvr i mih near thr Ube4 roof adobe house Patter showed that be Bad fotmd JhnT07kiJhViiren ort situated half way down the eastern something but the expectant ones 7 Ak AAnU nn tll wvit until I A Slope running iruui me central laoie i num of land of Mexico to the Gulf They had tot the ntd tne house when to their resolved to have an old fashioned horror they discovered It to be an Christmas dinner The Englishman Iguana the curious giant lizard of Um insisted on plum pudding and the South Americans on roast turkey with cran He was served as he had lived with berry sauce skin on bristles erect legs bent under The blum ouddlng had been obtained him and mouth open His beautifai courage to try again I showed them to it came in a tin can and the Britons pink and green tints had changed to tne letter carrier wnen we came ana ne pride was rather jarrea to And that brown in tne cooking and his long tall told me to try again IRENE Bl LL lt bore the name of a New York pur was colled naturally around the plat This letter was well and carefully Veyor of canned luxuries The cranber ter He was fully up to the average rpfift flM Ht htiwih rle9 Teat trouble andconsfder size being about three feet long and Bth Jin f7e CknJ rm7t abl C08t had ft tount by steamer two feet of hlra at least was talL to thank you for tne paints tnat came to i day 1 am Just yeariold and when I get Dy rf buJ i Th tri whife tn5TJ0M not wm paint mucn better lour iiw iw wu i mi me nesuaea at ins wwu rooster aia HAZEL GREENE last moment They thought Ithat al bollcal Iooklng crab wets sottesrhst PA IX ALTO Dea Editor I received though Hi a Seml trCfilcal bOrtlon of iKt At Mtlnr a llaafd Th TMtin nJ my paint box Friday and 1 thank you Very Mexico the hunting grounds were near was the first td try It Although bo of the Chronicle to find I had won prize I have another little sister now She Is very sweet She is two months old now and has dimples MADELEINE HAYES OAKLAND Dear Sir I received the water colors and am ever so much obliged for them I was delighted this morning when I received them 1 feel as if I have paints ThatiKing you again i remain is real Jolly I help my mother with the cur little friend IRENE EHLE housework when I am not at school This LAFAYETTE Dear Editor I 7 week we have vacation because lt Is jn years old and live on a farm wher are stltute week GLADY8 BENNETT horses and cows pigs and two goats Joe Dear Editor My little pigeon ha a rest End Billy We hare four cats and five with one egg In it 1 have live dolls and clogs who watcn our place ao not go to like to make clothes for them very much school now dui stuay at nome witn my brother I am as nign as ne is in scnooi i inve it here in the country and can hard lv waJt till summer when 1 can pick fruit You see I have never been in the country hsve been answering the puzzles in the before I have to give my letter to a man Chronicle for almost a year I like the much Thursday the Postofflce was not open and I could hardly watt till Friday because I knew my box of paints would surely come and they did I like the city very much but I would rather live here if I Bad my choice The weather has been fine here lately but I txpect to see lt raining soon I have no pets now ELSIE LUND NAPA I received a very pretty scrap book this morning from the Chronicle and was highly pleated over lt I think it is pertectiy lovely I hope there were enough to supply their need But when Abundlo returned consternation came with him His salutation of No hay nl una told It sib There was ho turkey A council of war was convened and said nothing his actions showed plain ly that only promptness would enable the others to find out anything detlnlta about Abundlos substitute Informality reigned supreme and net word was spoken until the gentle th result was a compromise Roast Tank rxtthmirht himself of tha rrati goat was the best substitute for turkey tude due to Abundlo and they thanked found by the foreigners him by the thousand and they used the Abundlo hesitated and respectfully sunerlatlves that onlr the Soanlsh lan asked permission to procure something guaga can contain and Abundlo ate perieciiy loveiy i nope mere were ii si many little glris mad as happy as I was nearer me mmcy iimi oaa Deen so cola goat witn a lew crumosoi tnepud hv receiving nrire ThinHnr vnu most Wistfully lonaed for This WU readllv alln nri knw that In rlvln tn Kla We have had considerable rain here We heartily I remain your constant reader granted on the ground that Abundlo masters their first taste of Iguana ha watePthetrsTns bI liked theSory ACE MEREDITH could not get farther away from turkey had gained for himself a pSlTlw ol 1 i with names of prize winners No Beheadings now No Questions were asked Christmas malned In the Land of Fruit and Flow ald day dawned bright and clear era 7 iifc i 3iMih1ca is.