A FOUR SPLENDID FOUNTAIN PENS WILL BE AWARDED FOR SOLVING THESE PUZZLES NOTICE These puzzles are for Juniors from 10 to 16 years only and ARE NOT for grownups. Juniors must \u25a0*•" write name, address, age and school on postal bear ing . their solutions ; otherwise they "''.WILL NOT \ be considered. - MY FIRST-TRIP IN : AN AEROPLANE ), .Jt 1S more tnan Probable that rib^ one of the Juniors has as yet made a tnjp; through the air from one point. to another j'however, if you have, all le ».! ) , et .^r. Draw an; iin aginary;: word picture of an- ascent made by you ln an airship;, tell of the .places you visfted; if. you were 'frightened or not. Narrate -as -nearly as possible all: the incidents "of the. tour, and describe your. home coming. .:' ; • s, : : ' :' -^,v, v ' : . '-• -Nowadays aerial navigation is- being- more of than anything £!? c .-'iV*'l.^!S:pre^ by aeroplane father than. by steamer or train,;thereby;Teyolutionizing travel. 1 See-if^ydu can't step > ahead afewiyears,*and "write an interesting letter on your; personal 'experiences in an airship. Contest ansAvers must be in by .Wednesday. . , A .• v \u25a0 ; :\u25a0\u25a0...:;. \u25a0;•.'.,\u25a0•.\u25a0. - ( . \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 . ' \u25a0/. •;; : >iv <^ Any Junior may writea letter for: this section, on some topic of pub- . lie ; interest. ;; Keep"*- track of the letters from week ; to week \u25a0 and do hot takej subjects already, written on," unless you do: not agree; with some •writer and wish to'answer in Tarctter ofvyourown. The letters may be from '2oo to .400 "words, ; must, be; in by Wednesday of each week, and must be on a subject ofpublic-interest. ' - : y The letters : given, below 'were sent .in answer to the question, "What ; did you ;_do ion halloween ?" '.which' was published in The \u25a0 Junior Call of' November 6. The first four^are prifzejwiriners.' The.fact that your letter has not drawn a prize does not necessarily condemn it. It may be inferior to" thej prize winners 1 Jin orily one, little detail; and the following; week may see you the.successful competitor,so don't give up hope. Keep on trying. . T . AWARDED A PRIZE f i \u2666-- — — — - — '\u25a0\u25a0"'\u25a0/' ." ' y " ' ; ' •\u2666 \u25a0 ~ . A HALLOWEEN CLUB :;-. \u25a0 . ~ ALIiISOX SCIIOFIELD, . - " J / 123 -Third* Street. A, Seventh \u25a0 Grarie, _ \u25a0 , ' Lincoln School. .\u25a0 Age 13 .Years ' "Halt! 'who'goe's there?" .'\u25a0 .:\u25a0'/ , "A member of ;the enchanted cabin." -.< ''Advance^and 'give the 'countersign!" "LK)ng.?irve. the' chief of spooks!" .•: • . - The, above i conversatl6n ! ';t6ok place In 'the midst, of ay forest i'just; beyond the limits of. a ; small village. .The. boys of *,the . town' had formed- a ; halloween club, , itlmt'niet In an 'old wood cutter's; shanty,, ' ;whleh'~the7boys 'called the; enchanted \u25a0 .'cabin. ,-Tiiey.Ayould have been perfectly . happy had not several of . the ; boys* who ./vvere.refused • membership to the club , tried to" spoil the fun. . ; This was, the .reason; a sentlnej had? . beo/i posted' .without" , the cabin, who 'reffulred.all^comjrj to 'give the counter-' , sign (before aJlowlnfir,thein..to. enter. ,",,. • '.;y^.Wlth|h«'d; council was i being/ held Jand . plotH y . made. ,to. scare , some , of the, vll-; . .lagers. : ; "Al though- they were very, mis-, ,chlevous,;the boys always returned the . / gates [and. doorknobs they, removed;the , dayiafter.halloween. •,•..\u25a0. : •. - ••' .,, y . %',• ';.-'» The, t 8eritiriei;; entered .and .reported . -that .the .coast •. was clear.' „-., The. boys,, robed In. sheetB and masks,. silently nled out. of the cabin. They had not - gone. ..far -when ,thoy> heard a, yell,, and the .rival club rushed from the, thicket that grew to one side of-tho road. The boys ; of the, eochanted, cabin were surprised, : but .equal .to the ' emergency,^...Quickly; ., throwlnifv off .their .sheets an«l • maBks,. ; the, two .clubs , rushed • at each . other.'l , Qn« by: oho the rival club;went down, .until the- boys of ' the. enchanted cabin ,were' vi<:torlous^ \u25a0'"What'aw you going to do with. ub?" yelled theleader of the rival club. . ., . ( "We are going. to Jet you go as soon as you make up. your mind to let. us - alone," a nHwercdt'ie chief spook. ' "Why. won't you let us- join?*' asked . the leader, of the rlvai ciub. . . "We will let' you join as soon as you promise to tin decent and etop playing mean tricks on, people," wan the reply, "JLet us get up and we will." •'Get off of them, boys." ." That 'night both clubs had a good time, and enmity no Jonger exists be tween them. WRITING CONTEST OPEN LETTER SECTION I AWARDED A PRIZE I \u25a0\u2666\u25a0 ... . .... — . .,.: .;.\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'.\u25a0' \u25a0-; . ... • , . WHAT HAPPENED ON HAL- LOWEEN ..;-'.\u25a0" KATIIERIIVE PETTUi/.; 1834 T3«ldy Street, Snn Francisco, Com* ' lMcrclnl High j School,'; First i Year. ' >.'\u25a0 • . ; \u25a0;\u25a0*;.\u25a0; •\u25a0\u25a0'/AKc'il'J, Yearn. /;.. ;"-^..i.;j-'>'^V' ..,*. On Halloween' I did not go to a party! \u25a0for at. home we had anice'time i.amon'g: ourselves. - • '*< -^ • I' was just getting over a bad sore throat, consequently I could hot duck "for apples. I was very' much disap pointed at this,' but; I thought I 'would • make the best of it ind enjoy myself ' in some other. .way.'l^ \ . ..; , , I wont upstairs, and coilected all the boxes in the house and cutfunny faces .on them. Then,: I,, pasted., 'red .tissue paper on the inside." When the candles were placed* in -them the e^es, mouth and nose? were colored a; brilliant , red. \u25a0 I./hung^ these,; up^ in \u25a0„ different places. Best of *ali, was a big.suit^box^^This I placed on the tiling beneath the man tel.- Then "two* stood , on. -top of' the mantel. '.before 'my mother' came home I lit them "all. : .,, ... "\u25a0After a while we.went Into the other room to play, numerous, halloween. ''tricks and I proposed to blow' the can-j dies out,' but my, mother' said that, we ' would be in and ' out so we might as \well leave them alone. However, in the '«i,xcitement they were Boon forgotten. . When we were having a great deal of 1 fun my mother happened to glance into the" next room and saw. it all lit up.' We ran In and to our horrpr wo. be held the suit-box and the other two \u25a0 faces that were on the mantel, on fire. Vwo pictures were burnt off the wall and I thought, for a time that it .'was the end of our house. . The burning* suit box was kicked Into the grate, while' the. others were soon extin guished. A few things on tlje, mantel were burnfd up and one can still see our badly scorched wall. My. mother afterwards said that it was lucky we were not burned, but. After that, we had some ice cream and cake to cool us off and so ended my halloween adventure. j AWARDED A PRIZE 1 WENT TO A PARTY CATHERIK E M. PAI.M ER, \u25a0> * 705 Third Street, Petalmnn. : St. i.Vla §! 'cent's Aondemj-, Seventh Grade. . Aged 13 Years On halloween I ; was asked \u25a0 to. a party. One ; of the little, girls, who was ;also invited, came to my house and we; dressed up in ! sheets from tip to, toe, even covering our faces • with masks, as the invitation requested; then we started • to \u25a0 the "haunted barn," where the party was to be given, which was many blocks from; my home. ', • When we reached: there we went into ,the house and took : off our '\u25a0\u25a0 "ghost suits," ; after which we- went out to the barn and met all the children. When every one had; come we played all kinds of halloween games and had a fine time. About 10 o'clock each boy took his partner" and we 'adjourned to the dining room, where refreshments were;served. '.'.'\u25a0' i '^;.' : : There' was a large jardinier in the center pf the table with 14 yellow rib bons attached.^ Each person. pulled'one, and there we found our fortune tied to the ends. . , : We had a jolly time the supper table, and : when finished - we went 7 to ,the parlor, where ,wa -played more . games and enjoyed some music' ;j AWARDED A PRIZE \\ A HALLOWEEN FROLIC *" STELLA ALLMOXD, | 2233 Eunice Street, Fifth A Grnrir, Ox ford School. Age 12 Yearn ; Now, 'Juniors, I am going to. tell you what I did and saw on: halloween. «Flrst, '. I went' to a surprise party given to one -of my friends. There I had; my fortune -told.' Many children -were .there with funny faces of pumpkins, : ghosts and other queer things. 'After\we had taken off our masks we played' games, every game imaginable. Then we went out in the streets and " marched arpurid, all "with our • masks "over' our "faces.- Later we were callcdlnto trie house to • ( have some refreshments;- \u25a0 After that we were ready for. play. We then told ghost stories and .. the one who told thej best got a prize. VAfter 1 " that we ducked for apples, 1 , played , "musical chairs," danced and did" so many other things that it would take me a great while to toll you about theni. Oh, how the time did pass...' Soon it was 11 o'clock'.' Then >h'at a bustling 'there was. 'Every /child ran for .her. wraps. Itsee/ned that" th'e time flitted by be fore wel knew, it.' None of -us* were ready to^go, but we' had' to thinkabout school on 'theTmorrow." Now," Juniors, you have heard about my.; ifalloweeh. ' "DREiSSEp AS OliO^r IvATIIKHINE IlOTlf, 2 saw us.-but we soon comforted him by taking off our masks. He themthought us as comical as did the rest." We "Were given some candy, and joined the guests in their games until it was time; HALLOWEEN PARTY 1034 Sherman Street, San Jose, CuU \u25a0 •Fre*hman Year, Snn; Jose High -School; Arc 14 Years I am sure many of us enjoyed our selves "on,., halloween— at least ' I did. A. "society, ' which I -have, just re cently.'joined gave a party to all of its "new riiembef's. We gathered at a girl's home about 8 o'clock dressed in, sheets and pillow^ cases, with fearsome masks. . When most of us had arrived we had : a guessing contest.! Those who guessed the right or nearest number of ghosts -, present received a ' prize. A- girl guessed the right number and' received , for a'prize a toy man. with a pumpkin hoad. .We played games "and listened to piano "and vocar solos. /When all had arrived we sat together . on the floor, the only -light being the llgjjt from one, pumpkin; 'Some-of' the girls told ! ghost . stories till' we were ; ho^ .'•\u25a0 frightened we made 'them' stop.'" When fhey.liad" finished the stories,- we were given plates ' to # eat ' from -"and also' a ' place card Inside of the plate. We were - served' with salads, sandwiches,; cake, nuts, "apples, candy and a lot of other good things. ; " \u25a0' \u25a0> a "fjggM| 'The^/evonlnef passed swiftly and at \u25a0 11' o'clock T started for home after having spent a delightful evening. - FOLLOWED GOLDEN RULE .KIXKN PRAJyCKS HICKS, 3235 Ilonu 8tr**t, Frultvllle C«I. Fruit vllle School No. I, II Third Grade On halloween. I had great fun. There were seven -of ua girls and one boy ventured out on the streets. A band of boys caught ua and we were so fright ened that when they let us go we ran away as fast as we could.- Wo did not Ktealgates or do anything like that, aa we wouldn't want any one to Btcal any thing of ours. 8o we didn't think It right to do anything to others that wo tliU not want them to do to us. I find that we can have more fun If we don't spoil others 1 fun. Don't you think so, too? HALLOWEEN A SCARY TIME RUBY MVhkJiAX, P. O. box C47, Tnlare, Col. High Fifth Grade, Tul are Schoo\j>Ase 14 Years On halloween, at'."*joout 6 pi m., I, started for a friend's house, where there was to be a party Mif six. When I reached her home we fixed the candles in our pumpkin jack o 1 lanterns and lit them; then we each took a long, snow \u25a0*white sheet and, wrapping it around us, we ventured out inrtffcTe' street. . We seated ourselves on lome pipes and serenaded the ghostly moon. ~ After a while we heard the sound of buggy ' 'wheels coming near, so we hid behind the pipes till the buggy was opposite us, when we all arose, with the glaring faces turned. toward the road. . We ex pected to hear. | horrified shrieks, but instead^we heardsa.itwrry laugh, and a lady's voice say, "Aren't those cute little horrid things?" ; Then the buggy vanished down the road. I don't like to say who the joke was on.» We didn't want to give, up, so we thought we'd stay" out a while longer, and just as we had composed ourselves serenely 'we heard curdling yells and i saw the awful forms of about a dozen boys' tearing; down the road. I really can't say ! whose; yells were the most ;. dreadful,:. the boys' or ours. Sunice it to say that we got cut of those pipes, and into the house in a most. ( unghostly fashion. .Once : safe inside we had a little supper, and shortly after 9 o'clock departed for home, not alone, however, >for not one of us was brave enough to face those dark streets alone, so our hostess had to' go nearly to our gate with us. I had: had a nice time, but must confess I was glad to be safe in 'my bed with 'mamma. I will close, hoping.Alonzo had a nice time and will have a still better one next year.. CELEBRATED AHEAD OF FRANCES .FIN-LEY;- Santn Komi, Sonoma' County, II. F.'ll. Itoutc 4, box 23. if Mark, West ' '\u25a0 School, IClRhth (Jrmlc. Arc 13 Yearn Halloween came on Monday, but we celebrated the Friday before at . our school. On MondaysiSrfd all the days of the week except Friday we are dis missed at 4 o'clockfon Fridays we. get out at 3, so we had "an extra hour. The Hinailer children stayed outside while the older ones fixed up and decorated the schoolhouse. ": \u25a0 ' _ Wo pulled down rf7 curtains, dark ened the room arid llglted the lanterns and pumpkins,... which were placed about in the corneri. The Chinese lanterns were hung ibout , the .walls. \u25a0\u25a0'., Then the llttje ones. came. in. ,. All the babies of .the neighborhood that could come were there... 'v ... - ., . . Four of us girlei dresied . up, as witches and^gavo candy, iriutj and cookle« to theT little ones, i, Later we had recita §tlons and told stories, after which we ull went borne to euDPer. FUN ON 'HALLOWEEN \u25a0\ Cn A R IKS C. «?H UN J R. f 1817 Eddy Street. G«Uen Gat« School, . « A Third - our sheets and "played games, sang songs and told fortunes. | Telling for; tunes .was the best. There were a lot. of. cards placed on '• a table. , We were each to take one of these cards and then by turns read aloud what was written on it. My card read: "You will marry a wealthy man' arid: be charitable." I think my fortune was fine... : : ., We went home about 1:30 o'clock, and were very sleepy. We had qn joyed ourselves greatly, and we are now looking forward to next vhallow een with much anticipation. PLAYING GHOST AJV1VIE STEVENSON, 2046 Clareinont Avenue, Berkeley. Va vuvllle Grammar School, Fifth Grade Age 11' Yenrn There are lots of things to do on Halloween, but I played ghost. There was another little girl that played with me and we had lots of fun. Some chll- - dren do harm on halloween, but I do not think that is nice. I and the little girl that played with. me dressed up in sheets and pillow cases and we each had a pumpkin face with a candle In it to light our way. \ > We were walking up the sidewalk when it was , dark-find all of ' a sudden a little, boy came^ around the corner, with a pumpkin head, and when he saw us he ran as fast as he could 1 run. I think he was going to try to scare us, GUEST OF TEACHER \u25a0, .,\u25a0,.'* KI.I.KN J. 1). llKDHlNG, \ Ii-hhIo, Marln Count y, ]VleaNl<» , School, Sixth , CSrarte, Age' 11 Yearn. ; On halloween the girls at school wanted to have a halloween party, but. our teacher said "No."., '. 5 She then 'told us to come , to her place and; dive for-. apples."-- So about six or seven girls went to her home. • \u25a0:\u25a0, \u25a0\u25a0••\u25a0\u25a0 . She '\u25a0 had a' big tub of water and ap ples''in* it.- We -dived and I got an apple three • -different; times. . Then teacher put an apple "on. a strjng -and tied it to a nail., She tied* our hands . behind us and we had to bite the apple. I was lucky ( enougn to bite it a couple of: times. > ...'..... , sThat. night I went to bed> backward, but fniliid to dream of anything worth while. That is all I did. WENT TO A PARTY : I.OI.A STONK, lludfMu, Cttl. Sixth Grade. Aged 13 Year* Halloween was coming and some girl friends planned to have a halloween party. They decorated the parlor, din ing room and porch, and received their guests. All drt-Bs«(i In sheets with masks over their faces. The tables were decorated in yellow and black. The guests played games and told for tunes. J.iUer refreshments were served. .They all had ft cood time and went homo tired. ANOTHER HALLOWEEN PARTY . - EIMVIX A. BROWX, 1135 Walnut Street, ItcTUeley. A friend invited me to a halloween party on Monday/evening. I was dressed as a clown with a peaked hat and a black cat in front of it. I went down the street, and there' met a party* of children who were trying to scare ; people. '' • .". . ' \u25a0 - -One was dressed as a negro and an other was- in a sheet and a pillow case, which reminded me of a bear.- The ' other children were just plain children with lanterns of all sorts. >When I came to the house where the party- was to be held, I was met at \u25a0the door andled into a darkened room. • The only light was furnished by lan terns. There 'were live lanterns there and my pumpkin made six. ; ' T '..N ; {.'One of the guests had ar- ;•' ' rived.. He was dressed, in a sheet' and ;' t pillow case as were also the' twosboys . who were our hosts. One of . the girls was dressed, as. a witch, with a long nose and peaked hat. Another: of the . boys was dressed as a devil. When all had come, we. played games and ducked for apples. After we had . peeled. our apples we told stories and at 10/ o'clock I started home with' my lantern . lighted. WENT TO ENTERTAINMENT - AMA IIAY2VI5S, 15 Monterey Street, Vnllejo. Lincoln School, B Sixth Grade. Ace 11 . Every evening except Sunday I de liver a number of papers. Monday evening there was a halloween party at the Presbyterian church.' The majority of the members .present" were' to : be dressed in sheets and pillow-cases. As I went along with my papers boys tried to scare me with pumpkins, but of course I knew that no harm was , comirigj to me. Before. I was through delivering my papers it had got pretty v. dark. Across the street several large boys were singing, "Has Anybody. Here Seen Kelly? 1 : I. laughed at them,' for boys in Vallejo don't sing much and / . this was' uncommon,: especially among largo boys. , Everybody went home happy that night.- ..,:..• WON THE BOOBY PRIZE .-'..:, HAZEL WILSOV, Chenery Street, A-. Fourth Grade. As"e 10 yenra ' . -Halloween night I was \u25a0 very • busy dressing.-up for a party. My. father told me to be home between 9:30 and 10 o'clock. 'Afterl- reached my hostess' - home we all<. played games. One we played \viur a blowing contest in which we all tried- to* put 1 out . the light -of a candle standing some 'distance . away. \u25a0\u25a0 After a .time- a man blew it out and got- the- prize,: which was a very hand some silver mug. The second game was "Pin the Tall on tlio Donkey." I got the booby prize,, which was a, lit tle Japanese doll. Wo played many games and had a lovely time. At 9:30 o'clock I was having: too gogd a time to go home bo stayed until 10 o'i'lock. . I did not stay longer for I had to obey my parents. I ' hope that every other Junior had us good a time as I did. . A MASQUERADE JIAK CASKV, Hymen' Store, San Slateo. i.hkuiiii School, l.on Scvmih Grade,. . Ace 13 Yearn . This halloween I enjoyed myself more than 1 ever did before. I went to a masquerade, and I think it was about., the best one I ever attended. It was npe fun to see the different ridiculous costumes. ' gome, though, were very pretty. There was a handsome prize offered for the bent hobble skirt cos tume, and the lady that cot it wore a yellow dress. with a deep yellow band around the bottom. Another funny cos tume was worn by a girl dressed in corn husks, to. represent a tamale./ The, most .original character was a lady dressed in autumn leaves. Some of the dresses .were made^of paper, pennants, election cards, the town papers and flowers. Others had hobble skirts, bath ing suits and some went ' as . cooks. There were two or three* very stout la dies dressed as 'schoolgirls.' They Jumped rope and looked' too ;funny for anything.' As I had. such a good time, I am hoping- to go to the. mask ball next year. This year I did not' go' in mask, but next time I intend to [ dress up in some very funny way so that no one will know me. A Dead City Buried ; in a Living '/;,. '/ Forest C;f£^.i , The - hungry horde of titled adven turers- — heiress hunting and dollar de \u25a0 manding— which .has swarmed -mpon these golden- coasts of- recent years, ' has made many good Americans jeer at the mere mention of a"foreign no bleman." But for all. that there are • hundreds of examphes among the scions of well born. European families; where the blood runs true— -where the .brain* and brawn inherited : ; from the. far '-off gallant founder of the family is put to worthy, use. V Most conspicuous, perhaps.x among . these men of anclent'race who arc still fired by^the noble lu^t to; do something,, in the world is the duke of .'the Abruzzi, whose feats as an explorer will enshrine his' name in history long after his hypothetical romance is for gotten. But- he has many .kindred spirits among "l'ancienne noblesse" of Europe, \u25a0.•\u25a0\u25a0':.' '.-;. -'/. '\u25a0-'\u25a0 In this category belongs the comte de Perigny.; In the prime of life, hand some, clever, learned and adventurous, he finds his chief pleasure in devoting \u25a0his time, his money, .his -intellect', and his personal energies /to: the enrich i ment': of the world's, knowledge. ; ,: ' Several years ago the count, in cross ing Guatemala on; his return from a first voyage of exploration in Mexico, found the traces of -an. ancient Indian \ cityburied deep in the ;heart of a vir gin ' forest like the castle, of the sleep ing; beauty. ' '. .. : . :. , .; Keenly Interested' as he was in this' unexpected treasure trove.'.he had at the. time; .'neither .'the -leisure nor the funds -necessary , to- . the'"dlsinterment fromits living tomb, of this monument of an ancientTcivllization.: In" August; of last year, however, he embarked, for Guatemala, sent by. the Societe deGeo- ~ graphic upon a scientific; mission for which a subnldy liad been granted :, by „' tho minister of public Instruction. ';^ - -Arrived nt'Coban> the ; assistance of the pr.eHidont*; of , Guatemala enabled him I quickly- to> assemble a necessary. ' corps of r a -score of "Indians. •\u25a0'At; the end of August, 190J>, his <>quipm<:iit was ready and the