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1,-Wi, , i * X i *j-*J MiV'|. W *- - 45- - 2 **n?r ^Jf* *ir /nor* * ^ w i * w ' * - ' ^ r T he Jourrval Jvirvior.- WWWCSOTA fIf S U P P L E M E N T T O T H E M I N N E A P O L I S J O U R N A L M i n n e a p o l i s , M i n n . , S a t u r d a y , J a n u a r y 2 5 . 1 9 0 2 . OF DEAREST TOYS M i n n e a p o l i s J u n i o r s T e l l H o w T h e i r F a v o r i t e P l a y t h i n g ' s L o o K e d a n d W h a t B e c a m e o f T h e m . ^ yp *? *P TOPICCHILDHOOD TOYS. t jOLLS! Big dolls, little dolls, all sorts of dolls," said D J a Junior and that describes the great sea of pa 8 pers that almost swampeS the Junior office this 1 week. There were wonderful, sleeping, talking beauties dressed in rich gowns tEat were made to look at but not to play with there were boy dolls sailor dolls, baby dolls, black dolls, and Jap dolls and just ordinary girl dolls of china, bisque, wax and celluloid, with real jcurls and pretty, home-made clothes were legion while rag dolls, homely but cherished, were numerous. Then there were dolls that one does not meet every day a wooden doll with a square head dolls made of corncobs, potatoes, clothes-pins, and one of a summer squash but perhaps the oddest ones were a Chinese idol, a doll made of straw, and another of Indian bead work. Aside from these, which both boys and girls enjoyed, there were numerous household and mechanical toys, and ani mals, dear to the hearts of their young owners. Some curious playthings were little green worms, a Stocking darner, an old pistol, a worn out baking pan, very lively little fingers and toes, palmetto seeds, and papa's beard. Many and various were the ways in which favorite toys met their fate sometimes the small hearts refused to be comforted, but fully as often a promise of a new toy dried the tears and brought the dimples. When one little mother's darling died she displayed mourning of red and green ribbon another, who smashed dolly's head to see what was within, said dolefully, "Since then I have not cared to set what was inside" the proud possessor of a tea-set prepared a "very elaborate breakfast of sugar and water" and the mourners at a doll's funeral sang reverently, "Two Little Girls in Blue" and "Yankee Doodle." Jk SHINY HORN Lunch Counter and Comrade. (Honorable Mention.) THE toy that amused me most was a little rubber pig, which distracted my attention from everything else I had. It kept me away from my meals, and when I felt hungry I tried to con sume it. This toy served a double purposeas plaything and lunch counteT. The treatment "he received was terrible. Ha was thrown around, bitten, and even used as a sailboat, and proved a very good swimmer. With all of his good qualities, ha had one bad onehe was not fireproof, and after two short weeks of existence he was burned at the stake, and was condemned all around for his unpleasant odor. A Seventh Grade, Don Methven, Bremer School. 226 Twenty-ninth Avenue N. *S The Tragical End of "Susie." 1 (Honorable Mention.) I SUPPOSE that every child at a certain age has a doll and I, at the age of three, was the proud possessor of a rag doll which rejoiced in the name of Susie. * Susie might have been handsome once but as I remember her, she had on a well-worn red dress and nothing of the paraphernalia of a stylish doll. Her startling blue eyes and extraordinarily red mouth were covered with such a coat of dirt and grease as to be nearly unrecognizable. Still I liked Susie. She was my constant companion and trusted friend. She sat gravely at the table and received her food with the rest. Doubtless my efforts to provide Susie with food accounted some what for her greasy countenance. Poor Susie was many times (Continued on Page Six.) LORE OF NATURE. Northwestern Juniors Tell Tales of In* tellig'ent Residents of the "Wood and " Pets of the Home. * * # * # ' " " i i i n i i m t H H i i i i i i m i i i i i n i i i i TOPICA STORY FROM NATURE. f " I I I H I t H I M U M M M M H No One Dared Face the Music But Carlo. (Prize.) I N AN early period of American his tory, say some twelve or four teen years since, I became the proud possessor of a fine musical instru ment. It was a tin horn, bright and Bhiny, with a curve in it. By uncover ing or covering a hole close to the mouthpiece, two tones were made. I immediately began to practice and soon found that no one would listen to me. Wherever I went I saw only the backs of the people moving swiftly away. Only one dared face me and fight it out that was Carlo, the dog, and many a bitter encounter I had with him, each trying to drown the other. We were generally interrupted, how ever, by my parents, who were dis turbed by my sharps and flats and by Carlo's hoarser notes. But, like the "harp that hung on Tara's walls," its soul of music fled. One day I broke It by stepping on it, and loud and long was my wail of sorrow and anger. I cannot say that the people around were sad and broken hearted over the accident on the contrary, they seemed to be glad. My loss was partly made up by the promise of a wagon in a few days, and the horn went where all good horns go. A Eighth Grade, Charles Miner, North' Side High School. 216 Twenty-sixth Avenue N. GOLDEN'HJHRED "DOLLY GRAY" HE FINDS A WAY The Inventive BoyGuess I'll have a little coasting this winter, snow or no snow! Little Father Led a Double Life, Playing With Both Boys and Girls. " (Fifth and Sixth Grade Prize.) I T may seem strange to hear a boy assert that he never had a toy that he prized more highly than a doll. All the boys in the neighborhood used to look upon me with contempt and say, "You can't play with us if you are going to drag that old doll with you." For a long time I used to live a double life. When the boys were gone and the girls were playing, I used to take my doll and go out and have a good time. But when the boys returned I used to run upstairs and hide my doll. Finally one day as I was going next door to show my doll, a boy shouted, "Come over here and I will let you ride my tri cycle." Here is where I made my mistake. Instead of taking my doll upstairs, I hastily thrust her between two barrels and away I went. But, alas! tricycles are not so easy for a little boy to ride. At the very first crossing I slipped and down I fell, receiving a skinned knee. Hurrying home I discovered that my golden-haired "Dolly Gray" had disappeared. After inquiring all over the neighborhood a lady said that a rag man had been in our yard while I was gone. It almost makes me sad yet when I think of the fate of "Dolly Gray." / A Fifth Grade, Leslie Lyons, Monroe School. 827 Twenty-second Avenue S. The Week's Roll of Honor. Minneapolis Prize W i n n e r s . Charles Miner, A 8th Grade, North Side High School, 216 26th Av. N. Leslie Lyons, A 5th Grade, Monroe School, 827 22d Av. S. HONORABLE MENTION. Gordon Holbrook, A 8th Grade, Emerson School, 111 W Grant St. Clifford Hastay, B 8th Grade, Sheridan School, 738 Jeffer son St. NE. Don Methven, A. 7th Gra.de, Bremer School, 236 29th Av. N. Julia L. Spence, B 6th Grade, Whittier School, 222 W 28th St. Edith Molloy, A 6th Grade, Lyndale School, 3316 Pleas ant Av. Northwestern Prize Winners, Rose A. Ripley, 8th Grade, Winnebago City, Minn. Sheldon Wilbur, 5th Grade, Aitkin, Minn. HONORABLE MENTION. Mary Nolan, 8th Grade, Waverly, Minn. Jessie Hotalling, 7th Grade, Central School, Lnverne.Minn. Arnold Arvidson, 6th Grade, Wadena, Minn. Carl Russell Oliver, A 6th Grade, Central School, Still water, Minn. ! - - - - - - - - - i r r i - - - * * - ' ' - - - - - - - ' \ OODLAND and meadow are rich in lore that \9 W doubly interesting if read by one's self. Juniors fairly bubbled over with delight and wonder a t the strange, new facts they discovered when they were wide awake. Wild things possessed charm* ing traits of character hitherto undreamed of, anal domestic animals possessed qualities before un realized. Birds feigning broken wings to decoy! people from their nests funerals and the household moving of insects the building of all varieties of homes, including the nest of a tailor-bird anal another which had three rooms with an egg U each a battle between bluejays and squirrels tbm charming of a snake and gopher by music, weraj all fascinating when seen by Juniors' own eyes. The intelligence! of pets was no less wonderful: a pet canary made a bandage foX its own wound a wild mother bird, whose babies were held cap-* tive, brought something that killed them a cat adopted a young squirrel, and a hen, a family of kittens horses and dogs saved! people from death, and showed thete love for old homes by returning agaiaf and again a mule kidnapped a calf* and when a cow went at a dog wlthf lowered horns, the dog jumped over the presented weapons. Sometime* boys and girls confessed that they tor mented the gentle residents of that wild wood, but usually better impulses prevailed. i It was specified that the story musf D6 of an incident which each -writes^ had seen for himself. A civil war to* cident was among the stories, and of, course, it is impossible to belie**? any of the Juniors could have bees there. Another mistake was in trying to teO the stories in the style of Brnestl Thompson Seton,that is, describing} as a certainty, what birds thought andj said among themselves. This made good) reading, but that same "goodness** made the stories read like a creatioaj of the imagination, and hence thsj) were rejected. Moreover, two papers came whichi were closely modeled upon a story toldf by Mr. Seton in "Lives of the Hmrtefl,*1 under the title of "Why the ChieksdafJ Goes Crazy Once a Tear." Jt JOLLY FELLOW "Chief" Cleverly Eluded Lazy Youngsters. (Prize.) ) C HIEF was the leader of our band off horses a few years ago. We wsotf across lots to school, and as there wag* a corn field just back of the school house where the horses used to feed^ it was very convenient for us to ridg to and from school at least we thought So. We did it -the first day but thai next, and in fact all of the following) days, we only rode to school. Chief would round up the whole drove a t Si few minutes to four and home they) would go like a troop of cavalry while* we, with bridles in hand, would walk) behind, disgusted but amused, a t thay old fellow's joke. Chief, standing taj the barnyard, would toss his head and& seem to laugh at us. / And how could he tell the time% or did he feel it in his bones?) Rose A. Ripley, Winnebago City, Minn. Did he look a t thesun Eighth Grade. A BATTLE OF THE CLOUDS Jays and Squirrels Fought Furiously, While Fur and Feathers Flew. (Fifth and Sixth Grade Prize.) THEt most interesting incident from nature that I can think of*, a the present time is a battle that I witnessed between thai red squirrels and bluejays in our neighborhood. It was a warm day in the fall when the acorns were dropping}, and the squirrels were busy. I was out in the back yard cutting} a whipstock, when I heard the wild screams of bluejays and tnafc chattering of squirrels. I was not surprised at this, but looktngl up, a strange sight caught my eyes. There in the nearest oalf raged a furious battle. It seemed that both parties were aftegj acorns and were fighting over them. The bluejays were darting) up and down and striking right and left like mad, while thai active squirrels were doing their best to demolish the Jays. BR this time fully five minutes had passed and bits of tar anal feathers were falling. The squirrels, however, soon found that they were no match for the jays, and scampered off to theiip hollow trees. Sheldon Wilher, jj Fifth Grade. Aitkin, Minn. Affecting Doggish Penitence. (Honorable Mention.) A FRIEND of mine has a very cute, as well as intelligent, i He is not large and he has curly black hair. Wham small they had taught him to cry, a feat which he