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Los Angeles Sunday Herald
Herald Junior
LOS ANGELES
Letters to Aunt Laurie From Nephews and Nieces
LIBERATORS JOIN PARADE
Strong Men Oppose Tyranny and Line
Up to Protect Weaker Men
(First Prize)
Dear Aunt Laurie:
THE parade that I am going to
write about was not a parade
with the blare and trumpets and
brass bands, with bright uniforms or
gorgeous floats, with pretty girls, and
flowers. This parade straggled down
the street-without keeping step on Its
way to the Plaza.
It was headed by the Stars and
Stripes, and little red flags flashed all
the way down the line. There - were
not many great and mighty people In
it. Crowds of people did not turn out
to look at it and there was no need of
stretching wires along the sidewalks.
There were earnest men In it from
many nations who had come to Amer
ica to find liberty, and the parade was
in memory of the poor Russians who
were killed when they went to ask the
czar for some measure of freedom. '
Many people did not understand how
important it was. It takes most of
the people a long time to catch up with
the few advanced thinkers. As In the
case of Elijah Lovejoy, whom the peo
ple of his time killed, and the grand
children of the people who killed him
erected a monument to his. memory. .
This parade and others like it over
the country saved Rudowltz and Pou
ren from being sent back to Russia.
It saved the Mexican patriots—Magon,
Riviera and Villareal from being sent
back to Mexico, but did not save them
from being put in prison.
HILDRETH KOTSCH.
Temple Street school, A 7 grade. Age
12 years. 933 Everett street.
CHILDREN ENJOY THEIR
OWN FLORAL PARADE
(Honorable Mention)
Dear Aunt Laurie:
THE largest and greatest .parades
I have ever seen have been In
Los Angeles, but I'm going to tell
about one I saw when 1 was In the
country.
The children of the village, ranging
from 4 -to '12 years old, got up the
parade. Their parents were allowed to
give suggestions, but no help.
The day of the parade was a hot
August day, and as the parado ad
vanced you could see the leader, who
was a boy about 10 years old. He had
a small drum fastened over his shoul
ders and a broomstick in his hand,
which he waved when he wantei the
children to stop, and called "halt."
After him came the other children,
lined according to size, forming a lad
der. The little tots would wave their
hands in childish fashion and smile
if they happened to see their parents.
■ The little girls were covered with
flowers and were taking care of their
dollies, while the little boys were or
namented with newspaper soldier hats.
Over their shoulders they carried base
ball bats for guns.
. Near the center of the line was a
boy about 8, who acted as clown. He
had an old pair of overalls stuffed with
grass and he had evidently been to
■ the ash pile for charcoal, as his face
was smudged with something black.
He was an expert at turning somer
saults. ■
At the end of the line came the
largest boy in the parade.. He was
wheeling a wheelbarrow, which held a
dear little girl. Her hair was a mass
of ringlets, her eyes were blue and
sparkling and her cheeks were rosy.
She was nearly buried In the flowers
and leaves which were heaped all
around her. She was certainly a pic
ture. - HELEN GRAY MACE.
L. B. H. S., grade B9t&, R. F. D.
No. 1, box 3051 C, Long Beach.
A COWARDLY BOY
Dear Aunt Laurie: 1
After jamming and pushing my way
through a large crowd, I reached a
street on which the parade was to
pass. In a few minutes the foremost
part of the parade was seen slowly
advancing towards us. I was watch
ing . the prancing horses and the glit
tering costumes when I heard some
one exclaim, in a rude tone:
"Get out of the way, you little yel
low cur, or I'll show you a couple."
I turned around quickly. The per
son who had spoken was a boy about
18. The person whom he had addressed
was a very small but healthy looking
newsboy,' The little fellow didn't pay
much attention to the threat, but kept
his place in the crowd lined along the
street. One of those cheap dudes that
are almost always seen but : never
heard stepped up to the little fellow
and said: "You little coward, why
don't you go up and slam him one be
fore it is too late?"
"I would," replied' the youngster, "If
he wasn't so big. Being you are so»
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•FT. •AIRSHIP-
I have a little airship— airship.
■And on it I take many a trip;
Oh, 'tis Just the finest thing about,
To go high and low, now in, now out.
You ought to see how I can ride,
Clinging close to mamma's side,
And mamma laughs, and so do I,
As up and down wo go rock-a-bye.
interested, why don't you do it your
self? He's training for a great scrap
and I guess lie needs a little more
training."
The big boy was standing close by,
and overhearing the conversation said:
"That's the way to talk, shorty, come
on into it."
The fancy-dressed man was fingering
his watch chain in his nervousness.
His attention was suddenly changed to
the parade. He made a quick retreat
as soon as possible. The large boy
came up to the little fellow and said:
"Well, that was a good joke you
played on that foolish looking guy. I
guess those were some of his sister's
<Juds." - ' , „ ,
"Gee, but he was scared," replied
the little fellow.
-■ * H. F. THORNTON,
763 East Fifty-first street.
Please write your words out In full,
Harold. Abbreviations are not desir
able In newspaper copy. Generally
speaking, articles and letters contain
ing ' slang or other commonplace re
marks are not so welcome. I am glad
you favor the new department.
AN INTERESTING SPECTACLE
Dear Aunt Laurie:
The prettiest parade I have ever seen
was during Elks' week last July. It
was about two and one-half miles.
long. There were some very pretty
floats. The Cawston ostrich farm sent
a float. It was a gigantic ostrich
plume.
Among them were several floats rep
resenting the different nations. One of
them represented Spain, | and it re
ceived first prize. It showed a native
hut with the Spanish cavaliers play
ing soft melodies on their mandolins
to the pretty Spanish maidens. The
Arizona float was a large copper urn
and four large gilt elks standing on
the corners. Redondo sent a largo
whale. Another float from San Pedro
was a sailing vessel; its masts were
made of Shasta daisies. The postof
flce had a few floats, showing how
many different hands a letter goes
through. There was a carriage with
the oldest man in Los Angeles In It,
107 years old, and his youngest girl,
who Is only 7 years old. All of the
leading manufacturers were represent
ed by floats decorated with the Elks
colors, purple and white.
-All of the different fraternities were
represented. .
Another pretty parade at the same
time was the electrical parade In the
evening. There were fifteen floats In
the parade. They represented a largo
snow-white elk that shone like dia
monds In the blaze of the electric
lights, the emblem, a clock, with the
hands pointing to the eleventh hour,
an octopus, an alligator, two girls, a
While we make believe we sail through the
air. ....:. *-4 i.3 -*-„
We haven't a thought, we haven't a care
As to whether outside the windowpane
There be mow. ' hall, sunshine or rain. _
S a -•■.:..-
The fun we hay /I wish'you could see.
How mamma enjoys it .with dear little me,
Oh, wo are such a happy pair
Taking trips on mamma's rocking chair.
—Fannie Alrjcks Shugert.
performing Teddy bear, which had a
telephone in his hand; a wild man of
Borneo, a performing horse which
would jump through a hoop, Mary
and her little lamb, a ten thousand
dollar beauty, a dime; museum, and
last, but not least, was Maud, the
balky mule. LORETTA FRY,
1036 Crocker street, St.' Joseph's
school.
CLOWNS AMUSE CROWD
Dear Aunt Laurie:
I have seen many parades, but I'll
tell you of the most interesting of all.
The street was thronged with ex
cited people, and I stood on a box
looking over the heads of the surging
crowd.
"There they come!" some one shouted
and everyone craned their necks, en
deavoring to see past someone in front
of them.
Above the murmer of many voices I
heard the brass band strike up a merry
tune.
First came the band, arrayed in
many colored uniforms, dotted here
and there with gold lace. Next a long
file of camels shambled past us. Then
came a band of clowns jumping around
and cracking jokes.
After the laughter subsided I looked
again and saw cages set on decorated
wagons. The cages were filled with
lions, jaguars, tigers, bears and other
animals. The last cage held five frisky
monkeys that kept up a constant chat
ter. This delighted the small children,
for they clapped their hands and
shouted with delight.
A long line of acrobats, actors, strong
men and other members of the com
pany, while a clown sitting In a buggy
drawn by a mule brought lip the rear,
• FRANK T. HOWELL.
Seventh grade, 533 San Julian street.
LINCOLN OWNED FEW BOOKS
Dear Aunt Laurie:
Five years after Daniel Boone went
to Kentucky Abraham Lincoln and his
wife and children tame over the moun
tains.
Boone's friend, Abraham Lincoln,
was grandfather of President Lincoln.
Some of Lincoln's books were the
Bible, "Aesop's Fables," "Pilgrim's
Progress" and "The Life of Henry
Clay." When Abe was 21 he was 6 feet
2 Inches tall.
Later on Abe became a surveyor.
MINNIE M. LEWIS.
Liberty school, Calabasas, seventh
grade. Age 16 years.
You wrote a good letter, but it came
In too late for the topic. It was too
bad you used both sides of the paper,
as the rest of the story could not be
published. Letters written on both
sides of the paper are not considered
for prizes.
FEBRUARY 27, 1910
GIVE SOLDIERS GREETING
Brave Men, Returning from War in
Cuba, Receive Ovation
(First Prize)
Dear Aunt Laurie:
II CAN REMEMBER as In a dream,
the day when our dear soldiers
came marching home from Cuba.
We lived in Chicago. Michigan,
boulevard was one of the main boule
vards for parades. About two months
or so before this grand affair occurred
great arches were built over the street
from curb to curb. These arches were
all festooned In the national colors.
Electric lights of the national colors
were strung from arch to arch till the
street was a mass of lights.
The Illinois Central depot, where
the men came in, was also festooned
In the national colors. On the day of
their arrival wives, sweethearts, sis
ters, aunts, all stood with wide open
eyes to see their beloved ones return.
At 11 o'clock, as I remember, there
came a shrill sound of bugles and
drums and then shouts:
"Three cheers for our boys march
ing from Cuba."
, Some of the soldiers were carried
In stretchers, others walked with
canes or crutches and still others
walked stern and straight, as the
battle-tried- veterans they were. This
was a grand parade and will long be
remembered by all those who -saw It.
This is not all I saw. but it would take
many pages to write It all.
■ ■--.' Your loving niece,
_•. \ ; MAMIE FELDMAN.
- Long Beach. " - .
MANY ANTS PARADE
\ : -WHEN MOVING HOMES
(Honorable Mention)
Dear Aunt J Laurie:
ABOUT the most Interesting parade
.1 have ever 3een was a parade of
ants. Last summer Mr. and Mrs.
Ant seemingly thought their house too
small to accommodate their large fam
ily, for they, with many more ants,
who were probably carpenters, started
out one day to find a site for a new'
home. r i -
Their former home was near our
garden fence and was exposed to the
sun, but Mr. and Mrs. Ant chose the
place for their new home in the shade
of a pie plant leaf. Around this place
were many wild mushrooms, which
probably, served the ants for shade
trees. . *
All that day the ants dug deep into
the ground making their house. By
sunset they had finished, and then
they returned to the rest of the fam
ily, in the house by the garden fence,
for their dinner. ' How I wished that
I might be small enough for once to
explore the new residence of the
Ants!
. The next day, the parade of which I
write, took place. I never thought be
fore that so many ants could possibly
live in one hole. But at about 7
o'clock in the morning they started to
move their household goods to their
new home. And such a. long parade
as there was!
One line going toward the new home,
each member of the family carrying
a white or grayish-colored object, and
one line returning to the vacated
house for another load. "
There seemed to me to be two or
three thousand ants in all. At a dis
tance they looked like a red line-on
the ground. This parade* lasted until
late that afternoon. I guess they
must have finished moving by that
time, for the same performance did
not take place the next day.
Since last summer I have often,
thought of the Ant parade, but have
seen nothing of the ants this year.
Your loving niece,
RUTH E. FERGUSON.
3246 Emmett street. Grade A 4, East
First street school. Age 11 years.
STIRRING NAVAL PARADE
Dear Aunt Laurie:
The finest parade I have ever seen
was the naval parade in Norfolk, Va.
When the fleet came in they had a
large parade of the sailors and offi
cers-of all the ships. Each state had
Its band, then followed the sailors of
that state carrying a large flag bear
ing the name of the state on It. They
also had their doctors and Red Cross
men in the parade. It was a very long
parade and took almost all the fore
. noon to pass one place. The men
drilled beautifully, all keeping in step.
This is about the nicest parade I
have seen, but the Labor day parades
In Pittsburg, Pa., are also fine. Every
kind of labor Is represented. The
butchers sometimes have a lamb in a
wagon. The steel mill laborers wear
their dark shirts and working clothes
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