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at THE TORCHBEARERS club Editor's Notes CLUB RULES FOR 1925 Poets' Corner HAWAIIAN ECHOES OUR CLUB YELL and muat bs accompamed by name, address and nge of th writer. All ssrials or stories in several parts must bs sent in with all the parts complete. All drawings for publication must bs dons in India ink. A certificate of membership is sent to each contributor as soon as he or eht has had one article printed in this magsxint, A club button Is presented to those Carnegie. Thank you for your nlpe letter tor me.

1 would be very glad to have your picture nod life ertory, and could ua Illustration of your serial If they are good enough. Muriel lattereon, Tleaae write and tell me what day your letter wae published. Sorry your certificate did not reach you. Wtnnlfrcd Clark, We would be glad to have you as a member of the club. To become a member, you must write a letter or etory interesting enough to be printed.

Norma Garden, Tour atory waa not good enough for a girl of your ago. Earl D. Stennca. Your cartoon had a good idea, but wa not worked out well enough to be printed. of the pi Gather In a throng, 'Round our motto Carry on, carry on! Lights of the prairie, Firelighters, Torehbearr, Sparklets and all, Rally together At our clubs call! CARRY-ONI Carry onl Carry on! CARRY ON" OUR MOTTO Th nemo Torchbsarors' Is given Uo those who become members of the world-wide brotherhood of this club, because each member is supposed to march through life carrying a flam- ing torch of hop and hppn.

ach eno pasting on the torch from on to another, until th whole world ahall vnouifr, until warmd and brightantd throuflfl thair effort. Tha object of th club ro to bring boyt and girl of many eoun trite nearer together! to provide friendt through corroepondenco for thoee who arc lonaly! to atimulato sympathy and understanding among the young paopl who join our mam-berehip, and to aeaiat young writer and artiste by publishing their work. and offering them useful eriticiem of it. To become a mambar of th Torch-bearera Club it ie neeeeeary to tend in to th editor eom article which will bo considered worthy of publication. It may bo a abort atory, eatay, 1 1 is 1 1 1 wv article, poem, drawing or snapshot.

litted JVVU'f 7 All articles submitted must be the original, unaided work of th composer. There it no age limit for membership In th club, but contests may entered only by thoee who are not yot 17. When a member who hae had tan or more contributions published reaches the age of 17, he or she becomes a Firelighter," the title being IMPiynoif a conferred on thoee who have helped to light th fir of good cheer and happiness which is kindled by th All contributions to the club mutt be written on ONE ide of the paper, who, by steering many new mem-ing bara, by having numeroue article by submitting articles of unusual merit, or becoming aq honor member, eecure a position of outstanding fame in the club. Each month, th member who has contributed the best article during the preceding month becomes tho Honor Member" for th month during which hie or horjontribution wa publieSed. Boya and girl may obtain eorree-pondeYtta by writing to thoee whoso contributions appear in this mage-tine.

The editor will publ'eh, addressee asked for, providing the art available. Requests for correspondence, however, will not be published. Rules governing contests vary with each contest, 'and are published in connection with them. Officers for 1925 arei Paat preaidont, Patrick ODwyer (16), 717 Dufferin Aye, j5akatoon. President, Roy L.

King (17), Gra-valbourg. Vice-president, James Crawford Milne (20), 533 Eastern Toronto. Chief author, Marion Andrew (17), 1961 E. Villa Paaadena, California. Chief artist, James Walter (16), 1351 Lome Street, Regina.

Chief poet, Leland Jacobi (18), Redford, U.S.A. These officers constitute the Cou-t of Honor, in addition to Hazel Williams (15), Kincaid; Jean Lasky (15), Regina, and Grace Broad Atainiboia. Important questions affecting the policy of th club aro submitted to them, the final decision on all such questions resting with the editor. You know, long, long ago people thought that ghosts and spirit walked aboard on Hallowe'en, and that It they who performed the various queer trick d'oovecd nest morning. Did you ever hear of boys girls who argued that thcro were good fipirlt.i juet a well a bad ones, nnd they could have Just much fun pretending to be these.

They went and cut up a pile of wood for a lame old lady who was very poor. They took of voge-rable to poor people, lapped on ihe door, thui ran away. They took their costumes, and held a run prise party at Ihe homo of a girl who wa sick in bed. They wild afterward it was far more fun limn upsetting garhago eans, frightening people, and carrying gates away Why dont oome of you trv it? yolIU KH1TOK. Mellow moonlight imping the leafy liell! Hoft!) nU-ullng on the brer 7.e, The shimmering stars gleam ovr tho summit nca.

Whllo tho beautiful (lngus stra) ov llio ukulele, On that dro wsey ediorc plftjtf that dusky maid of old, Where tlm bruez'w away ttm pilm tree rUh a gold. Not far away beneath a weeping willow tree, Sit a dunky maid and youth entranced by that weit melody, Mtlll plays that maid with Ups so rcl and full. Her melody only broken by tho water drowoey lull. Hark! on tho lilac scented breezes 'onni tho call of a night oua through tho trew Oh such mimic your very soul i.u-pretwed. Lulls tho weary world to rest.

Still sit that pair beneath tho willow tree, Ho hn asked her his dusky bride to bn, A tho moon-beam flash and upon tho bay And thoo dusky finger play their lart refrain. Out when the moonlight beam upon tho bay Mho will return again. EVELYN C. lAWLAk (16). illenrdde, Hack.

THE SONG OF THE RADIO Of all sad line of tongue or pen, These ar tho words; Til come again, To listen on your radio." (Only two phonon on our eet, you know.) Thus say tho neighbor ana his epouee, A they depart from our house. At three oclock tho next mom (So sleepy I wished I ne.ver wa born), i And thero they wit, all the night (And neighbor In his chair aits tight), A-listenlng-in on my Simplex, I wih I had them by tho necks. Id pitch them out into tho enow, But then theyd call a cop, you know, And Id bo fined a hundred yen For manhandling my follow men, Mo thcro I it, all tho night, Mad enough to start a fight. And, while I tt, and fuss end fume, Tho waves com flitting thro th gloom, And neighbor gets the benefit Of my five hundred-dollar outfit. So of all md line of tongue or pen, Theso aro tho words: Til come again, To listen on your radio, i i--r, fizz-bang.

Oh! JAMES MUSSULMAN 14. Box '111, Tyvan, Sank. BEWARE! I've got a mule that isn't slow. And bo's got heel I ought to know lie kicked just once that was enough: I "got" him wrong and called Ins bluff. He didnt bluff, but be made me sore.

I don't fool with mules any more. A mill' a mule, and at best are bad: Tliey.ve got a kick, have ajways had; Take it from me, just play safe. (Slvein plenty of room at any rati. It, member the title ind It enhance or get it (Hinted on your pants. GEO.

M. BLOW (17). 'I i 1)H, Kifvk. the helpful dew tb.it felt on the ground in-i) Id lily ib arte, Has aw. ik tied many flnwrrs and k.iv tin a dt ink for tlm rain lod forgotten them, my HOW WILL YOU CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN? Boar Torchbrarerrc: Next Saturday will bn Hallow' and I know youll all have.

load of fun. There are so many interesting things to do on Hallowe'en. There Is drawing up in fancy costume, and either going to parties or around to house, asking for "Hallowe'en apples." There are all the funny Hallowe'en game, to be played, and the queer old test for finding out the future. There are tricks to play on different people- but right here Is where you haxo to ard think. Before you play a Hick on anybody, atop and ask yourselve tiicn questions: WU1 It'hurt the person? Will It make anybody ill? Will It damage property? Will it cawi nrr-ious Inconvenience? Is It mean? If you cannot arwr "No" to all these question, dont do It.

It wouldn't bo In keeping with your Tor. lihur-ers alms. Esther Straub, 'll, Hodegvlllo, haa a playhouse which her father built. Helen Coulaon, 12, Central Butte, visited her auntie during the auouner holidays Wallace B. Clarke, Btrtlln, has eight kittens 'and two.

big cats. Boy 8, Expanse, likes reading the letters every Saturday. Shirley Ireton, ll. Whitcwood, la kept busy helping pick ducks which her father shoots. The Torch Fund Th 1, no doubt at ,11 Lt, bf the time October 81 comes we will have more than 10 to send to the San for Halloween aud Thanksgiving.

But then Christmas and New Years Day come so close after. Will we be able to send something then? Contributions received during the week ending October 10 were: Margaret Carnegie, Ludlow Farm, Moose Jaw I Peggy Black, Weybura 10 Balance on hand 9.11 Total 948 One More Week to Send Snapshots There Is Jie another week to send snapshots to the Nature Camera Contest. Three prliswi of lt-50 racn are being offered for the three best snapshots of a wild bird or animal which reach the editor by October 31, Be sure to tell how you took the picture, and describe how you did it. Boys and girls 16 and under may enter. Get your teacher or one of your parents to certify you took the picture yourself.

You do not need to develop or print It yourself, however. Halloween HALLOWEEN It wan only a few day till Hallowe'en, and everybody was planning tricks on other people. uhreo brothers, Jack, Bill anil George Jackson, had derided to dress as ghosts and go to an old empty house which about a mile nway. Then, when people passed, Hie hoys would try to scare them. Halloween came, llm boys had supper and after dark cm got a white sheet off a bed and atm tod for the house.

As they neared the house, they heard a mournful ery. "Oono-oooo," went thn noise, "oh, thats Juat an owl," said Hill 'Hurry, or somebody might get there first, said Jnek. They started to run towards tho house. There were some hushes on one Side of the the door, and us Hie boys run up there was a mournful erv behind the hushes, nut glided a ghost. The hoys look one look nnd then turned mid run ns fast ns their legs eouhj carry them.

When they had gone quite a distance uwsv from the house they derided to hide the white slieris they hat brought and play trleks on people. They plugged ehlinneui, hauled things up oil the doorsteps. At one place they were liemly caught while playing tricks. The hoy a thought It Was lime to go home now us It was getting quite late. Tilt) went home mid wild to lied.

Next dav at sehool thee found III turns and all kinds of nibblsh in the room, Tin' lumber had the i tilldren I nn all IIiIh out. At reet'cin one hov told the rud of them how he had scared I lino hoys at the empty house a 1(1 how they tan awav ns fist ns they could. Jack ami his brother's know It was they lie had seared, hut tiny did not let the others know. HUMS STONEM Mortlni Mask. A VISION A.

I was walking 'long one it, I mil in.uih fair i 1 1 1 big blue 1 mot loottni.l luoul And curly guidon bait She liked along so l.i i Her dep was light and six But when 1 railed, who anudied, She must have been f.Utvl BAKUAIU FAULM-W I Ki on'iii, stash, nOTHLR NATURE'S HOVIES The Marrow Escapes of Mr. Squeak ip i 1 1 I -1.