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4 The Herald Junior PLORRNCB UOSAKI) I.AMKEXCK, Edllor The Junior published by Herald rnmpuny fa Hie children of the li is devntp' to IntcresU, and wii: publish prlnclpnlly tli.lr own writings. Aii rhlMn.i public school are wf 1- me as rontrltiitm j. The editor wlsht-a to and i teacl.era. CARTOONS My Dear Hoys and Girls: SOME of the pictures of the various picnic groups are presented today and I trust that the boys and girl 3 who attended the picnic Will enjoy thi3 further reminder of the good times of that day. The picture at the tables show only a very small portion of those, who participated In the luncheon, and the other three-column group sljows a number of the first prize winners taken with Aunt Laurie.

The group of those who had honorable mention but no first prizes was not a successful picture, so I am sorry to say we could not reproduce It. Next week I shall show you a picture of the first party of ten boys and gills starting off to Redonilo Beach for a day of fun at the seashore. With the issuing of vacation prizes the request for photographs of the boys and girls who win prizes Is withdrawn, for the prize winners will be shown week in the group picture will be taken at this offlre preparatory to departure for the beach. The topic for the writers' contest this week Is one which ought to bring out some new sort of stories, "Who Did It?" This question continually rises up in every household. Perhaps there was something naughty or mischievous happened in the household, or perhaps it Is one of those apparently Inoffensive matters which is just troublesome.

There may be a mystery about a broken dish, a stolen morning paper, the roses picked over night and carried away out of sight. It may be that the dog was hurt, or that someone rode the horse hard all night and left her in the stable again soaked with sweat and lamed, just before the stableman got out to attend to the stock. Something quite as difficult of explanation as any of these incidents has happened in nearly exery household, and the boys and girls may write of the Incident and the actual or supposed explanation of it and who did it. Many good letters describing conversations in the box have already been received, and the exploitation of this topic will make interesting read- Ing for every boy and girl in the Junior ranks, I am sure. So many of the boys and girls have expressed to me a desire to try cartoon work that I have decided to let each one illustrate to the best of his ability a boy's feelings as he realizes that vacation is nearly over.

This may be treated in any humorous manne the style to be as broad as you like, but I want to extend another caution that the work must be entirely original and nothing seen in any newspaper or magazine may be used to form elth the nucleus of the iQoa or the plan of drawing, I shall be glad to see whether there is much actual sense of humor in the boys and girls of the Junior. The cartoons must present some idea which Is and at the same time so ove drawn that it suggests amusement to the beholder. Affectionately, AUNT LAURIE. HILDRETH KOTSCH, 933 Everett street, prize winner in Limerick Contest July 4 LOS ANGELES SUNDAY SECTION UNFINISHED STORIES THIS little girl is fishing. Is she catchhig any fish? She seems to be in a rather lonely spot.

How do you suppose she got there? There ate no houses on the sandy beach across from her snug little cove, and no mother or nurse standing about to take care of her. 1 wonder if she is trying to catch the fish to have something to eat. Perhaps the little girl is hungry. If that tree over her head is a fruit tree, she could e.it the fruit, if it is ripe. How do you suppose she will get off that high rock and does she realize that the tide may come in and cntireJy cover the one place of safety which she now occupies? All the Junior writers ace to imagine themselves in exactly the position of this little girl'and describe her adventures, experiences, how she got to this rocky point and how, after all her adventures, she finally got away again.

The prize will be a round trip ticket to Redondo Beach, entrance to the beautiful new plunge and bath house and rides on the human roulette wheel for one. or if the prize-winner live! too far from the city to take advantage of this offer she may choose the book or the alternate prize instead. Write about 150 to 250 words, on one side of the paper, leaving margins at the top and side of each page. Address the letter neatly to Aunt Laurie, Los Angeles Herald, Los Angeles, and be sure that it reaches this office not later than Thursday, August 26, for publication Sept. 5.

SEASHORE GAME FOR CHILDREN It is not always easy to amuse children at a summer place where there is only the beach to serve as a playground, therefore the game of "Sandpiper" is one well adapted to both the place and the little people. Lot them play it in their bathing suits. The children, all except two, form a flock of hopping up and flown the beach, while the remaining two an- the '-hunters" who try to catch the wary run after them, singing: Sandpiper, hopping on land, itch you, and Join our Then the hunters do their best to catch two of the sandpipers, who, mice lit become hunters ill their turn. The only way a sandpiper escape being captured is to hop on one leg, and BO long as he is standing thus he is safe; but let him begin to run, and in- is again prey for the swift Woman's Home Companion for August. RIGHT DEFINITION FOR "WEIRD" Little Frances, aged 4, wai being put to bed for the first time.

"Mother," she said, "I do not like this room, it is fo weird looking." "What does 'weir mean, dear?" nsked her mother. "Why," replied, "weird Is long and dark and nrvMther-and-motherish De'lneator for August. HE WOULDN'T MISS IT Ivon and his baby sister were playinsc with iome new marblei that were quite small, due marble disappeared ami could not be found. The mother became alarmed, fearing baby had swallowed It. "Oh, well," said 3-yearold Ivon, "theifi are enough left." Delineator for August.

HERE was once a parrot named Sally, who belonged to a little girl named Flornce. Sally was a pretty bird, Imt her disposition left much to te desired. She was vain, oh, very, very vain indeed! From morning till night she did nothing but repeat "Pretty Polly! Good Poll!" until Florence's mother began to be afraid she would have a bad influence on Florence. But Florence was not at all a vain little girl and she never thought of adopting Sally's expressions herself, although she was quite ready to agree that Sally was by far the prettiest bird she had ever seen. She used to hang daisies all over Sally's cage and stick ferns in between the bars to make it look beautiful, although Polly only thanked her by nipping her fingers One day, when she was decorating the cage with leaves and Sally was clucking rapturously "Pretty Poll! Pretty Poll!" Florence suddenly said: "Oh, how perfectly lovely Sally would look with a wreath of these beautiful green leaves around her neck.

I do believe I'll just dres3 her up this once So Flore.nce deftly made a lovely wreath just large enough to fit around Sally's neck, and then she opened the cage door a little way and said: "Come, Sally, try on your new collar." Florence put the werath carefully around her neck and then clasped her hands in delight at the lovely effect. "Oh, you are too sweet for anything!" she exclaimed. This was too much for Sally. "If I look so lovely, it is a shame no one should see me," she thought. And so as Florence put out her hand to shut the door of the again, out hopped Sally and away she flew through the window.

"At last she said to herself, as she flew along, "the great world will have a chance to admire my beauty to the full extent. It was perfectly disgraceful to keep me shut up where nobody but a little girl named Florence could see me!" And so she flew on for a while, but not being used to flying she soon grew weary and settled down oji the branch of a tree in a little woodland place. "Now," she said to herself, "I think I'll just sit here awhile and look picturesque while I'm thinking what to do next." Just then there came running along a little rabbit named Jack and a little fox named Peter. When they saw Sally they Stopped short in surprise, for they were not used to seeing parrots in that woods and they didn't know what the strange new creature was. Continue this story, describing tin; further adventures of the parrot.

Tell where she went, by whom she was captured and how she was finally returned to her little mistress. The prize will be a round trip ticket to RedondO Beach, entrance to the beautiful new plunge and bath house and on the human roulette wheel for one, or If the urize-winncr lives too far from me city to take advantage "I' liiis offer she may choose the book or the alternate prize Instead. AVi-ite about 150 to 250 words, on one side of the paper, leaving margins at the top and side of each page. Address the letter neatly to Aunt Laurie, Los Angeles Herald, Los Angeles, and be sure that it reaches this office not later than Thursday, August 19, for publication August 29. JUNIORS APPRECIATE THE HERALD PRIZES Dear Aunt Laurie: I was agreeably surprised to find one Sunday morning that my Btory on "The Practical Application of Electricity" was the prize story.

And I want to thank you ever so much for the useful book prize which I received. Hoping that I may win some more of your, excellent prizes in the future, I remain youra truly, RIDLEY SMITH, 1608 North Main street, Santa Ana; S. A. H. 81.

Dear Aunt Laurie: I am writing this letter to thank you for the of one dollar which I re- celved with the letter a few days ago for the prize picture, entitled "Getting Ready for Our Summer Vacation Trip," of Sunday, July Its appearance in the paper caused not a iittlo Yours respectfully, GEORGE D. ALWN. 906 North Orange Grove avenue, Pasadena high school, grade 11. Dear Aunt Laurie: I hope you will excuse me In my delay in sending my thanks for the subscription to The Herald for six months. Thanking you again, I remain.

JOSEPHINE DES NOYERS, 1361 South Flower street, age 14 years. COSTUMES FROM TREE BARK Considering the gnat antiquity of the art wearing vegetable fibers into cloth, says Professor MacMillnn in the August Strand Magazine, it is remarkable that in some portions of the tropical world there are at the present day races of men who obtain their rude costumes from the Inner bark of certain trees. Before the advance of civilization such material, it Is believed, provided the principal artlojes of "clothing" for" Inhabitants of tropical regions, as did the skins of animals for people in cooler climes. One of the best examples of these trees Is the "Sack tree" (Antlaris Innoxiu) of t'eylan. To obtain the bark of this the tree Is felled and cut Into sections: these are submerged in still water for several weeks for the purpose of rotting the bark, the latter being then washed and pounded sn as to separate the parenchyma toils tissue from the closely Interwoven layer of fibers.

The b.irk Is afterward dried and Meachojl, when it is ready for use in a fashion according to the fancy of the wearer. The sections of the bark may be cut Into any lenerth, ho ns to adapt It for either a ready-made skirt, kilt or shirt. THE LAST NEW DOLL Pophla begged her sister, Grace, The last new doll to bring: And showed a pretty bit of lace, To dress the little thing. It would, lihe thought, go 'round cap; Indeed, for that 'twas bought; Careful one laid It In hor lap Till Grace the baby brought. Grace soon came back, and In her A doll that once wan new; Hut.

ah! quite faded were Its charms. Quite frightful to the view. "Thin your new doll?" Sophia cries; "You make me blush, dear Grace; More careful must you be. and wise. Befora 1-glve my lace" Elliott.

HIS PLAYMATE There was a funny little boy. Whose hair was eulored yellow; upon the fenre one day, This cunning little fellow. And this Is what heard him Bay: "Oh, hello, hello, hello!" When questioned why he didn't play With other little children. He said he found their pames and noise A little too hewllderln'. And so this funny little lad.

Whose head was Runny yellow. Played with an erho iill day That answered hello!" To all his shouts from morn till In tones go deep and mellow. Hunt. LATIN Latin la a dead lanunaKe. Ah dead as can bei It killed the ancient Romans, And now Is killing me.

"Non Frcshle illxlt. With a gad and mournful look; "Omno recte," Prof, rrspondlt; "Nlhll," Bcrlblt In my book. -The Coll. VISITORS' HOURS Aunt Laurie will be In her office In The Herald building to issue prizes, receive calls from Juniors, teachers. parents and others Monday Afternoon from 2 until 5 o'clock and Saturday from 10 in the morning until 3 o'clock In the afternoon.

Other appointments may be made at any time by telephone when the regular hours do not suit the convenience of visitors. CITY PRIZE WINNERS The Junior boys ana girls who 4" live in J.os Angeles are to call at this office for their prizes In the future, either on Monday or "3at- urday, (md not later than two weeks after the prize is awarded. Honorable mentions muft be 4" presented personally and the prize 4" talc home. This applies only to boys and 4 1 girls who live within the city of 41 Los Angeles. Other prize winners 41 will receive their checks and books by mail as usual.

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