Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel], October 30, 1910, Page 6, Image 62

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The Slumbering Princes*
FIRST prize
((AT OU cannot awaken her, for she
1 is condemned to everlasting
-*• sleep," answered one of the
men.
"Who dares to condemn such a
beautiful creature to such a fate?"
asked the prince.
"King Nod," answered the man.
"Do you wish to see him?"'
"By all means, and at once," said
the prince. "But where is he?"
"There he is," said the man, point-,
ing to a large white lily, in the center
of which sat King Nod, dressed in
golden armor.
"Why do you condemn the princess
to such a fate?" asked the prince.
"Extreme selfishness has placed her
within my power," said the king.
"Is there nothing I can do to save
her?" asked the prince.
"Yes, there is, but I do not think
you are capable," said the king. "If
after you have heard the conditions
and still wish to try, I will give you
the opportunity.
"These are the conditions: First of
all, you must cease to believe that
you are a prince by divine right and
to learn that all men are equal. Learn
to love and appreciate the people who
by the sweat of their brow earn an
existence for themselves and a lux
urious living for you. Give freely to
the poor and needy and have a kind
word for all. Go at once to the coun
try of the princess and put an end to
the suffering of the humble, down
trodden peasants, whose hardships
were made more severe by the selfish
ness of the princess.
"This only will restore the princess
to you. Do you accept the condi
tions?"
"With my whole heart and soul,"
said the prince.
"You speak so sincerely," said the
king, "I will restore her to you nt
once." So saying the king bade the
princess to awaken.
The prince and princess were mar
ried and ever after carried out the
wishes of King Nod.
MAUDE EDWARDS.
3027 West Tenth street, Hobart bou
levard school.
HARK," responded one of th«
guards. "Oh, noble prince, and
we will toll thee a .strange tale.
"You are on the island of True Love.
On this isle in years past lived a
mighty king and his fair daughter,
Innocence.
"The king was King Love, and he
was very happy in his sheltered isle,
but he realized that he was not living
up to the highest moaning of his
name.
"He was not helping mankind, and
this is True Love.
"So he determined to go out and
spread his love broadcast over the
earth.
"Just before he ieft he asked who
of all his followers would be faithful
enough to stay ami perform the task
of placing tloweri on the fair Princess
Innocence to keep her young, beauti
ful and still innocent until a lover
should come who would be generous,
unselfish and kind to all human be
"He said he would scatter great love
on one prince and see if that prince
might not come up to the standard.
\!1 utliir persons coming upon the isl
and, besides his own guards, should
be struck unconscious.
"The prince should see the princess
and if he did not come up to the three
requirements should choose whether
he cared enough for the princess to at
tain the character required.
"The prince knew he had none of
attributes and so he set out over
is-orUS trying to be generous and
good tn mankind, but still he fell
short of the high standard.
"At last he was old and poor and
had but one coat and one loaf of
broad, and he was cold and hungry.
■A poor man came by, more ragged
and starved than he and the prince
gave the stranger his clothing and
food,
"Then, suddenly, the prince became
y.niiis ;md handsome again and as he
brought the princess back to con
sciousness with a kiss the voice of the
spirit of love was beard to say:
•■ •Tii.' three requirements have been
LOS ANGELES SUNDAY HERALD—JUNIOR SECTION
Beginning of Story Completed by Juniors
On a certain island there once dwelt
in the olden time a good king and
queen, who had one little son, the heir
to the throne. This princeling was the
pride of their hearts, but was also the
cause of much grief to them, for a
more selfish little follow never lived
than Prince Florizel. He seemed to
think that the Island Kingdom be
longed to him—each stick and stone of
it and every mortal living upon it. He
grew more tyrannical' each day he
lived, and the wise men of the king
dom shook their heads in dismay,
knowing that it would be a sorry day
for them when the prince should come
to be king at his much-loved father's
death.
Now, when Prince Florizol had
grown to be a good-sized youth his
parents put their heads together and
decided that they would send him off
to travel and see something of the
world.
So Prince Florizel went forth right
happily in a beautiful ship richly stored
with all necessities. Servants ho had
in plenty, and music and games to
while away the long hours of sailing.
The fine craft sped lightly over the
sparkling waters until it touched at a
beautiful shore.
All landed at the command of their
prince, and, he leading the way, began
to explore the strange country. A
strange country it seemed, indeed, for
they met with nothing but field after
fulfilled, oh noble prmce, and you have
phown forth the perfect act of love.' "
BEULAH BRODE.
Jefferson street school. 88.
HONORABLE MENTION"
THE prince, much to his astonish
ment, received no answer from
the attendants with the excep
tion of a push to another bench sim
ilar to the one the princess was on.
Here they forced him to lie down,
after which they caused him to smell
the flowers.
He gradually fell into a deep sleep,
with a vague memory of heaps of
scarlet flowers and of the muteness of
the men.
The prince slept on so long that his
parents became worried and set out
to find him. Whether by luck or in
stinct, the first place they landed was
on the enchanted island.
As they passed through the fields of
scarlet flowers they saw a man, to
whom the king said:
"My son, the prince is lost. Do you
know where he is?" and as ho made
no reply the king turned to his wife,
who, with a smile, replied:
"Will you please tell us?"
The spell was broken, for two peo
ple had spoken without losing their
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field of crimson, flowers waving in the
wind. Many men worked amidst them,
gathering the blossoms, while others
carried them away in large baskets.
With a commanding gesture, the prince
bade urn' of them stop and answer his
questions. But very firmly, and speak
ing no word, the toiler motioned the
prince aside and went on about his
business.
The prime was so astonished and
enraged at being disobeyed that he was
about to call to his people to fall upon
the offender, when he noticed that they
had all sunk down in slumber where
they stood. The flowers had stolen
tln'ir sonsos away. A feeling of awe
and fear made the prince cool down,
and, conquering his anger with a great
effort, he followed the flower-laden
worker inland.
By and by, when almost tired out
with such unusual exercise over stony
roads, ho came to the holds and into a
beautiful garden. Here, reposirjr upon
a marble bench, richly carved, lay the
most beautiful lady the prince had ever
seen. The slumbering princess was
surrounded with attendants, who con
tinually heaped the scarlet, sleep-giv
ing flowers upon her, replacing the
withered ones with fresh ones as they
were brought in.
The prince stepped forward impul
sively to arouse the lady, but one of,
the attendants waved him aside.
"Why may I not awaken her when I
so desire?" he demanded ang-rily.
temper! The men dropped their flow
ers and ran to the princess, calling:
"The spell is broken. We are free,"
and as they rushed to her she sprang
up with the prince. They looked
amazed at each other, and then the
princess' face brightened, for she re
membered how she and her father had
spoken crossly.
The prince then stepped to the prin
cess and whispered words to which she
replied aloud:
"If you will be kind and unselfish."
Then they passed on to the ships,
which carried a good supply of the
scarlet flowers' seed, and now In the
garden of the beloved King Florizel
and his wife can be seen the same
flower. HELEN MACE.
R. F. D. 1, box 305 E, Long Beach,
Cal., H. J. C. 2.
Hush, oh prince, or her dreams will
be troubled and then her prince will
never come.
After a while as Prince Florizel
gazed and gazed at the slumbering
princess, a sleeping sensation came
over him and he found himself say
ing:
"Sleep on, oh beautiful princess,
For when I find the magic key,
I shall come and take theo home with
me."
Then as a gentle breeze stirred those
lovely fields of flowers Prince Florizel
fell down in slumber.
On the tenth day he awoke hearing
the flowers whispering:
"Awake, oh prince, go take thy
bride. '
Prince Florizel went over to the
princess and, taking her hand, helped
her up. Before him stood the most
beautiful princess he had ever seen.
"Oh, most lovely prince, you have
awakened on the tenth day and thus
broken the spell that bound me. No
other prince could have done what you
have done. I will consent to marry
you. You have also, dear prince, freed
yourself from all selfishness."
On the same day all of Prince Fiori
zel's men awoke. They set sail the
next day for their native land, and
were welcome everywhere. At noon
the next day Prince Florizel and his
fair bride were married and peace, joy
and love reigned in all the land.
PEARL JOHNSON.
649 South Boyle avenue.
• • •
"We are slaves of the wicked witch
Ogetta, and it is her wish that we
keep the princess asleep," said one of
the attendants.
"She would have us put to death if
you were to awaken her."
Prince Florizel was angry, as this
was the first time he had ever had to
submit to another's wish, and he was
wondering what he could do to win the
princess.
"The witch lives not far from here,"
the attendant told him, "but you would
gain nothing by going to her. She
would make you her prisoner, should
she Unit you."
• But," be continued, "there Is a fairy
who lives not fur from hero, who is tho
only one that can defy the witch's
will. He told Fiorizel how to reach
the fuiny's caatle, and warned htm of
the many dangers he would encounter
on his journey. The prince soon start
ed, and he walked on and on for hours.
The similes of night were falling, and
Prince Fiorizel had not yet, to his
knowledge, reached the fairy's castle,
lie loo] <l about and found that he was
In the midst of a dense forest. As he
waa wondering as to how he should
spend the night, it seemed as though
the forest lighted up. The prince
looked, and saw a large castle with
torches all around it, which, he
thought, must surely be the home of
the fairy. He walked toward it, and,
since he was a prince, was allowed to
enter the castle, and was givi n lodg
ings for the night.
Next day he had an Interview with
the good fairy, whose name was Idan
elle, and they were soon on their way
to the princess. When they arrived at
their destination, the Princess Elaine
was awakened. She was very thank
ful to Prince Fiorizel for going after
the fairy. He wanted hor to come di
rectly home with him and be his bride,
but she would not as she wanted to see
her parents first. So this was the sec
ond time Prince Fiorizel had to wait
for his wishes to be carried out, and
he hid grown not to be so Impatient.
Hut Klaine could not remember
where she had lived, and, since she
could not find her parents, went with
Florlxcl to be his bride. And, as the
story goes, lived happily ever after.
ESIrIEK WROTTENBERG.
Santa Monica, Cal.
"Because," answered the attendant,
"it is our duty to keep her asleep un
til a beautiful and kind prince comes
to awaken her."
"What dost thou mean?" cried the
prince in anger. "Am I not he?"
"Nay," replied the attendant, "I
said a beautiful and kind prince."
At that the young prince sprang at
the attendant and might have injured
him had not hundreds of other at
tendants hurried vp and overpowered
him and his men. After they had se
curely bound the hands and feet of
all the men and the prince, they put
them to sleep with poppies and car
ried thtm aboard their ships. Then
they hoistod the sails, pulled up the
anchor and went ashore in a lifeboat
while the prince went out to aea.
It was early morning before the
prince awoke. At first he was dazed
and did not know where he was, but
when he remembered about the day
before it flashed upon him what must
have happened. He saw the others
lying beside him, all sound asleep and
bound with cords like himself. At
this he began swearing and yelling
to them to come and help him.
At last one of them broke the cords
off of himself and the prince. Then
the prince yelled at him again for not
coming sooner. After many hardships
the young prince reached home. There
they informed him that his parents
were dead and had been buried. It
seemed as though h«? did not care much
for he started ruling the people at once
as though the kingdom was a despotic
monarchy. All went well and the
people stood it the best they could un
til one day when the prince was sit
ting on the veranda of his palace,
which was on a high cliff. Ha sat gaz
ing over his country, when almost
below the cliff b,e spied the beautiful
princess of the land of poppies, with
a beautiful prince. In a nt of rage
he rushed off the porch and leaped over
the cliff. The people, who were no
more sorry over his death than he
had been over his parents' death, at
once elected the beautiful prince and
princess for their rulers and lived
happily forever after that.
SIGP'RED WESTERHOLM,
1177 East Ffty-fourth street, Los An
geles, Cal. Age, 14 years. Finished
eighth grade.
"You must not awaken her." Al
though the man's voice was low It
was also angry- "1 will not give you
the reason why you must not but I can
tell you that I must not allow you to
touch her."
The prince staggered and then step
ped toward the man as if he could
kill him, but at once he heard a beau
tiful voice and upon turning around
he beheld the lad/ sitting up.
"Why do you wish to strike him?"
she asked, pointing to the man at
Florizel's right.
Now the prince, upon looking into
the princess' beautiful eyes, Immedi
ately fell in love with her and of
course he was very much ashamed
of the way he had acted, so kneeling
before her, he said:
"Oh, gracious larlv, if you will forgive
mo, I will do anything you wish."
The princess laughed and said, "Sir,
I will forgive you if you will fulfill
three tasks I set you to do, but come
with me first and tell me of the life
of your people."
She arose and went into a magnifi
cent castle, the prince following.
First, they came to a beautiful
room which seemed to be the reception
roijm, the draperies were all of a shim
mering green, the next room was of
a delicate blue. The next was the
throne room, and the prince thought
he had never beheld anything so won
derful, for the throne was of carved
wood. About It were hung curtains