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VOL. 5 NO. 18
The Courier Junior
Publlahed by
THE COURIER PRINTING CO.,
OTTUMWA, IOWA.
MATILDA DEVEREAUX.
•EDITOR.
More Than 20
Members Today
Dear Juniors: We are publishing
today all the letters to Santa Claus re
ceived at this office.
We want all the Juniors to write
their letters to Santa early and be
sure and address them, core of the
Courier Junior, Ottumwa, Iowa.
More than twenty children have al
ready joined the Christmas Stooking
rfTib and we are sure that ten times
that many will beoome members be
low# Christmas eve. Last year we had
200 members. We -want more this
year. The foUowln® are the members
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NORMAN DANIEL.
ffEDVEG CARLSON.
BEATRICE STOESSEL.
ETHA PARSONS.
JUANETA TRENT.
MAMIE TRENT.
MABEL REIFSNYDER.
MINNIE ADCOCK.
These Are the Letter*
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THE FIRST LETTER.
Dear Santa:
Bring me a gun, box of tools, lire Age 12.
wagon, and washing machine.
Dear Santa:
I want a cape for my doll, doll
buggy, pin, two story books, a ring,
set of dishes, table, and in my stock
ings I want some .nuts, bananas,
oranges and grapes. I have got a
card and it shows a picture of you.
candy and nuts and a Christmas tree
with candles on it.
Esther Jamison, age 8,
Hedriok, Iowa.
AN. IRISH MAIL FOR OLIVER.
Dear Santa:
I would like to have an Irish Mail,
if you think you can get down our
chimney with it also would like,to
have a 'merry-go-round with four seats,
propelled by levers, with an organ that
will play when the swing goes.
Oliver Shoemaker, age 7,
212 Weller street, S. Ottumwa.
AUDREY PROMISES TO BE VERY
GOOD.
Dear Editor:
I wish that Santa Claus would bring
me a big doll with brown eyes and
hair, and some books and candy and
nuts. I I think old Santa Claus will
bring all I want for I am going to be a
good girl until Christmas.
Audrey Jamison, age 5,
Hedrick, Iowa.
BERTHA WILL HANG STOCKING
UP.
Dear Santa:
I hope you will not forget me Christ
mas, as I will hang up my stockings
up early and go to bed on Christmas
Eve I will write and tell you what I
want. I want a doll, leggoos, ribbons,
mittens and a locket and chain. Dear
Santa I hope you will not forget me
and bring these thing* in your sled.
Bertha Benson, age 12,
R. P. D. No. 2, AIMaJowa.
MABEL WANTS A RING.
Dear Santa:
As it will soon b« Christmas I will
write you a letter and tell you what I
want you to bring me. I want a doll,
go-cart, a little set of dishes for my
doll, a story book, candy, nuts, oranges
and a ring.
I 1
label Skirvin,
I Route No. 7, Ottumwa, la.
Age 11.
P. S. I want to joint the Christmas
Stocking club.
HELEN WANTS A DOLL
GOLDEN HAIR.
.i rr s.
I
George
CAROLINE HAS SANTA'S PICTURE.
Caroline Tout age 9,
425 Ottumwa street, Ottumwa, la.
GRACE WANTS A SET OF FURS.
Dear Santa and Juniors:
This is my first letter I have writ
ten to the Junior. I have one sister
and one brother. For pets I have
three chickens and a cat. I would
like a set of furs for Xmas. My papa
takes the Courier.
Margaret Miller, age 9,
311 S Richards street, Ottumwa.
TERESA DOES NOT
MUCH.
WANT TOO
Dear Santa:
I do not want to ask too much from
you, as there are lots of little poor
children that want presents too.
want a pair of skates, some candy and
nuts, a set of furs, and a pair of fur
topped slippers. If I get any of these
I will be very thankful to you, old
Santa Clans.
Teresa Miller, age 11.
311 S. Richards street, Ottumwa.
CHECKER BOARD FOR WILLARD.
Dear Santa:
I am a little .boy ten years old.
would like to have a checker board
and checkers, and a sled and a pair of
overshoes and a heavy pair of mittens
and of course some nuts and candy
Find
oranges. Now I hope you will re
member me.
Willard Powers, age 10,
341 Mabel street, Ottumwa, Iowa.
MAKES AN INDIRECT APPEAL TO
SANTA.
Dear ESiitor:
I want Canta Claus to bring me
big doll with blue eyes and light hair,
I want him to bring me some books,
such as "Alice Through the Looking
Glass and What She Found There,'
"Little Men," "Little Women/
lUley's Child Rhymes." I want some
SWEATER, BRACELET AND PAIR'
Or SKATES.
D.-:-r Smita:
Christmas time will soon be here
a I'd 1 thought it was about time to
write. .( will now tell you what I want.
want a sweater, bracelet and a pair
of skates. .'
Age 11.
Grace Arnold, age 9,
R. F. D. No. 8, Ottumwa, la.
MARGARET'S WANTS.
Dear Santa:
I will tell you what I want you to
bring me for Christmas. I want you
to bring me a pair of fur topped slip
pers, a leather doll buggy, candy and
nuts, and a sled.
Marie Trent,
Batavla, la.
SKATES AND SWEATER
JAUNETA.
IS
WITH
Dear Santa:
Vcr Christmas I want a. large uojl
with golden curls and a book with
stories in it, a Teddy Bear, a white
^carf a pair of roller skates, No. J.
For my little sister I want a Teddy
Bear, a linen picture book and some
ci'llcir for both.
Helen Rearaes.
Hoskins. In.
FOR
Dear Santa:
Christmas will soon be here. It
comes on December 26 and I thought
I had better write and tell you what I
want for Christmas. I would like to
have a doll, doll buggy and some
skates and a sweater.
Jauneta Trent.
Batavia, la.
HANNAH TELLS SANTA A SECRET
Dear Santa:
I thought I would write you a few
lines to let you know what I want for
Christmas. I would like to have a sled
and a nice story book. I also want you
to remember all tlit* children and
bring them nice things.
We scholars are talking of taking up
a collection and getting our teacher a
Christmas present, but we are all un
decided what to get for him. We would
like for you and all the Juniors to
write a letter and have published let
tine me know what to get for him.
Age 12.
Hannah Clark,
Lucas, Iowa,
A COMBINATION LETTER.
Dear Editor and Santa.—
This is my first letter to the Junior.
I thought I would write and tell Santa
Claus what I want for Christmas. I
want a pair of mittens, a pair of over
shoes, a story book and some candy,
too.
I am a little girl 14 years old and do
all the housework for mamma when
she works. We live three miles from
Ottumwa. I go to Dahlonega school
and walk one mile. My teacher's name
is Mr. John Splckman. I like him very
much. I like to read the Junior page,
it is so full of nice letters. Mamma
works for Surf & Co. My papa is 66
years old. He is sick'nearly all the
time.
For pets I have a dog and one little
guinea pig. My dog's name is Shep.
I have one sister at home and one
married. Their names are Lottie and
Annie. I have four brothers. Their
names are, Dewey, Walter, Harry and
Ray. Yours truly.
Rural No. 1.
Ottumwa, Iowa.
Ruby L. King.
FOREST REMINDS SANTA OF
CHERRY CHILDREN.
Dear Santa Claus.—
I thought I had better write and tell
you what I would like for you to bring
me Christmas. I thought you might
have a lot or orders to fill, so I send
mine In early. I would like to have a
pair, of runners for the coaster I have
and a pair of Indian gloves. I would
like to have you bring my brother Law
rence some toys to play with and a
real live •white dog with long hair, and
don't forget mamma and papa and
grandma and I hope you will be able
to travel to Cherry, 111., where there
are a lot of'little boys and girls that
won't get anything if you don't go
there, because their papas and broth
jers were killed and they won't have
any Christmas presents if you don't
take them some and then don't for
get the JunlorB, as they all will be
waiting for you. So good bye, dear old
Santa, and don't forget the day, the
26th of December.
Forest Weber, age 9.
1305 EaBt Main St.,
Ottumwa, Iowa.
DOLL AND DOLL BED
DRED.
FOR HIL-
Dear Santa Claus.—
Will you please bring me a doll, a
story book, a ring, and some candy
and peanuts. Well as that is all I want
for Christmas I will close.
Your little friend,
Hildred Warder.
Route No. 1.
Ottumwa, Iowa.
RAYMOND MEANT THIS
TA CLAUS.
Dear Editor.—
I wonder if the Juniors would be ii
terested In knowing what I want for
Christmas. I would like a pair of
skates, a sled, some good game and a
small musical instrument or a good
book. I always like to get a good story
book.
I attend Reveal school where we
have about twenty-five pupils enrolled.
My studies are arithmetic, grammar,
georraphy, physiology and spelling.
Your friend,
Raymond Wilson, age 11.
Rural Route No. 8.
Ottumwa, Iowa.
SANTA DON'T FORC-1T JOHNNY.
Dear Santa:
As it is near Christmas 1 will write
you a letter telling you that I want
you to plel.se not forget me Christ
mas. I want a little horse, jumping
jack, hom, a ball, candy, nuts, dates,
bananas, peanuts, building blocks and
a picture book.
Now Santa I waht you to come down
the chimney and leave me all these
things.
Johnny Skirvin,
R. No. 7, Ottumwa. la.
Age 5.
P. S. want to join the Christmas
Stocking club.
MARBLES FOR FRANK.
Dear Santa:
As Christmas is about here I will
write you a letter and tell you what
Dear Juniors: The Christmas sea
son is again with us and our firs
thought, should be how many can we
make happy this year, and how. Well,
one of the ways is to join the Christ
mas Stocking club. Now we can hear
the new Juniors ask, "What is the
Christmas Stocking club?''
Well, the Christmas Stocking cluij
is a little society started, by the
Courier Juniors three years ago, its
purpose to make little children happy
at Christmas time, little children who
have no parents to care for them, or
whose parents are sick.
You know that if we want to give
presents on Christmas, and do not
want our friends to know from whom
the gifts come, Santa Claus will de
liver them for us, if we ask him. Well,
this year Santa Claus did not wait for
us to write to him, but he sent the fol
lowing letter, asking the Courier
Juniors to help him again as they have
done for the past three years:
"Dear Editor: Not receiving your
usual letter asking me t,o distribute
the gifts of the Christmas Stocking
club, through the charitable institu
tions of Ottumwa, I decided to write
to you and ask for the Juniors' help
this year again. Your Juniors are
such "good hearted little boys and
girls that I am sure they will help
again. However, I would like to hear
from you at once, saying they will
do so.
"I hope you will publish the Santa
Claus letters to me this year. Ask
Postmaster Nimocks for all the letters
addressed to Santa Claus. He has a
little son and he will want all the lit
tle children to have a happy Chris
mas. I find the Sant Claus letters in
the Junior a great help when making
my selections of gifts. With love to
all the Juniors.
"Santa Claus."
As soon as we received this letter
I want. I want a horn, a ball, two
storv books, a sled, some marbles, a
top,"a Billy Possum candy, nuts. figs,
and dates. Well Santa this is about all
1 want for Christmas, so will close.
Frank Skirvin,
R. No. 7, Ottumwa, la.
Age 7.
P. S. I want to join the Christmas
Stocking club«
NORMA ALWAYS BELONGS TO
CHRISTMAS STOCKING CLUB.
Dear Editor.—
I received that cute Thanksgiving
post card you sent me and it was very
much appreciated by me and it was so
appropriate for the day. Thanksgiving
day I certainly had a fine time. We
had a good dinner at home and there
was a basketball game at the Eldon
high school grounds in the afternoon,
Eldon H. S. against Brighton H. S.,
Rural No. 6.
Ottumwa, Iowa..
The Gourier Junior
the former team winning the game.
It was a fine game, and then to think
our own high school won.
I am going to belong to the Christ
mas Stocking club this year and 1
hope every Junior will belong. This
makes the third year for the Christ
mas Stocking club and I am glad to
say that I have belonged each year.
I am your friend,
Norma Daniels, age 10.
Eldon, Iowa.
P. O. Box No. 223.
ZELDA WANTS A SLEEPING DOLL.
Dear Santa Claus.—
I am going to tell you what I want
for Christmas. I want a doll that has
hair and will go to sleep. I don't think
I will get anything at all. This is the
first letter I have written to the Cour
ier Junior.
I havd one bantam rooster and
Archie has a bantam hen and Archie
has a pet calf.
I go to Bchool.
FOR SAN-
Zelda Hunt, age 9.
SLED SKATES FOR WILLIAM.
Dear Santa Claus.—
I would like you to bring me a pair
of sled skates and a pair of overshoes,
some candy, oranges, bananas and
peanuts and my Uttle sister wants a
doll, set of dishes and a little bed.
Your Junior friend.
William Thome, age 7.
Ottumwa, Iowa.
DAVIE WANTS A GUIDER SLED.
Dear Santa Claus.—
I would like you to bring me a pair
of skates, a guider sled, some oranges,
bananas, candy and peanuts and my
little brother wants a rocking hors5
and a little doll.
Your little friend.
Daniel John Thorne, age !).
Ottumwa, Iowa.
WANTS TO'HELP FIX TREE.
Dear Santa:
I thought 1 would write a letter and
tell you what I wanted for Christinas.
I would like to have some nice books,
and some nice oranges and candy, but
what I would like most of all is to help
make a Christmas tree, and I would
like to join the Christmas Stocking
club. I am going to try to get my
teacher to have a Christmas tree at
the school house. I would rather give
CHRISTMAS STOCKING CLUB
we .sent the following message to
Santa:
"The Courier Junior will again help
you. .Call Christmas Eve afternoon.
"Courier Juniors.''
Santa does not always give useful
presents, such as stockings and mit
tens, Now the Juniors who want to
join the Christmas Stocking club need
not confine their gifts to stockings or
mittens, anything that you wish to
give or that you can conveniently give,
will be acceptable, just so it. is given
in that beautiful Christmas spirit,
which the little child Jesus, whose
birthday we will celebrate December
25 wants us to have.
Here is what you will have to do to
become members of the Christmas
Stocking club:
Each Junior gets one pair of nice
warm stockings, fills one with a toy,
candy, etc., also puts the other stock
ing in and sends or brings it to the
office of the Courier Junior. On
Christmas eve Santa Claus takes the
stockings and the other gifts to the'
Open Door Rescue Mission, the Salva
tion Army, the Orphans' Home and to
the Volunteers. The Juniors living at
a distance can send us the stockings
empty and the Courier Junior will put
goodies into them.
We hope all the Juniors, their
mammas, papas, brothers, sisters,
grandparents and all their friends will
become interested in the Christmas
Stocking club. We hope that all the
Juniors who have won prizes during
the past year as well as previous to
that time, will belong to the Christ
mas Stocking club. If they do we will
feel that the Juniors have appreciated
their prizes.
CAN LEAVE GIFT ANY TIME.
The stockings or other gifts can bo
left at the Courier Junior office any
presents than get presents myself.
Etha Parsons, age S,
Douds-Leando, Iowa.
A BILLIKEN FOR MAUDE.
Dear Santa Claus:
It is only three weeks until Christ
mas and I will write you a letter tell
ing you what I want. I want a Billiken
doll, a ring, a story book, candy, nuts,
oranges and dates.
Maude Skirvin,
R. No. 7, Ottumwa, Iowa.
Age 11.
P. S. I will join the Christmas
Stocking club .again this year as I
have for two yelirs.
STOVE AND DISHES TWO
RENA'S REQUESTS.
OTTUMWA IOWA DECEMBER 1909. FOR THE CHILDREN.
I want a stove, a set of dishes, table,
rocking chair and some oranges, candy
and nuts.,
Rena Mabel House, age 6,
218 Freitag Ave., Ottumwa, la.
LOIS ASKS FOR DOLL WITH BLUE
EYE8.
Dear Santa:
I am a little girl five years old. I
want a doll with blue eyes and brown
curly hair, a buggy, a little red chair,
and a slate and pencil and candy, nuts
and oranges. Now Santa remember
the poor little girls and boys and
bring them some nice things.
Lois E. Power, age 5.
341 Mabel St., Ottumwa, la.
FREDDIE WANTS A
BOOTS.
PAIR OF
Dear Sauta:
Would you be so kind as to bring me
a pair of boots, a sled, a book, a top
that will run up a string and some
nuts, candy and oranges. Please do
not. forget me.
Freddie Powers, age S,
341 Mabel St... Ottumwa, la.
ALICE WANTS A CUP AND SAUCER
Dear Santa:
If I am worthy of a present from you
I would like to have a cup and saucer
if you please then 1 shall give it to
our sick brother. We an love him so,
we like to give him things we think
will please him, and as it.- is almost
Christmas I want to get al! I can for
him.
Alice Elizabeth Cox, age o.
Ottumwa, Iowa.
(Please send your
ber.—Editor).
MINNIE'S
street litim-
STOCKING
DOOR.
Dear Santa:
I thought I would write you a letter
to let you know what I want lor
Christmas. 1 want a doll and buggy,
and candy, apples. You will find my
stocking hanging on the door. Please
don't forget my little brother and sis
ter. 1 want to join the Christmas
Stocking club.
Minnie Adcock. age 9,
R. F. D. No. 1, Box 34, Chillicothe.
CLAY L.IKES TO GO TO SCHOOL.
Dear Editor:
I am a little boy seven years old. 1
so to school. My teacher's name is Mr.
Harryman. I like him very much. I am
in the first reader. 1 have two sisters.
time during the last week before
Christmas or earlier, if the uniors
want to. However, we want to have
all the names of the Juniors who want
to belong to the club as soon as pos
sible.
THE CHRISTMAS STORIES.
We also want the Juniors to write
some splendid stories on one of the
following subjects:
AN AMERICAN CHRISTMAS.
A CHRISTMAS IN SWEDEN.
CHRISTMAS IN A NORWEGIAN
HOME.
CHRISTMAS IN IRELAND.
AN ENGLISH CHRISTMAS.
CHRISTMAS IN RUSSIA.
A HOLLANDER'S CHRISTMAS.
CHRISTMAS IN GERMANY.
ITALY'S OBSERVANCE OF
CHRISTMAS.
CHRISTMAS IN MY TOWN.
OF
Dear Santa:
I thought I would write a few lines
to tell you what I want Jfor Christinas.
W W E O S E E IS A S
We will not limit your work this
time, but your stories must be ill the
Courier office by December 2Q. The
stories will be published Thursday,
December 23, in the Daily Junior and
Saturday, December 25, in the Tri
weekly Junior.
THE CHRISTMAS PRIZES.
Select your prizes from among the
following articles:
A silver chain purse, a bracelet, a
locket, a spoon, a fork, a china cup
and saucer, a plate, a picture, cuff
buttons, a doll, a book, a pair of
skates, ice or roller, or a bobsled.
T!n if nami'cs ru F'^renca
thuiii I ".v ]i write a
pa takes the Courier. For
turk-t.vs arid ."r.Uim«..
•jiiil Marion.
Illy gni-n
pets I have
Clay
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RALPH WRITES TO SANTA.
Dear Santa:
Will write you a few lines, to let
you know what I want for Christmas.
I want a little wagon and a stocking
full of candy and nuts. Thte is the
first time I have written to Santa.
I go to school every day. My
teacher's name is Martha Larmer. My
home is in Abingdon, la. I go to Sun
day school every Sunday. The school
house and church is in sight of my
home and when it is cold and bad I do
not have*to stay at home, hecause it is
not very far to go.
For pets I have three pigeons, one cat
and a dog. His name is Tippy. I have
no brothers or sisters. My papa i3 a
blacksmith and my grandma lives in
the country. I went out to her house
and had a big time gathering hickory
nuts.
.Well Santa, I hope you won't forget
me, so good-by Santa.
Ralph Caldwell, age S,
Abingdon, Iowa.
MARGARET MAST'S WANTS.
Dear Santa Claus:—
I want to tell you what I want for
Xmas.
I want a desk, a set of dishes, seven
colored pencils, some nuts and a doll.
That is all I want for Xmas. live on
Rural Route 5. Be sure and not for
get me.
Your little friend,
Margaret Mast.
NORMA'S FIRST LETTER.
Dear Editor.—
As I have never written to the Jun
ior I will now write. I live five miles
southeast of Chariton and go to the
Salem school. My teacher's name is
Nancy Bigham. 1 like her very much.
There are twenty-six pupils in our
school.
I have three sisters and two -broth­.
ers. My oldest sister is married and
li&s three children, and my oldest
brother was married April 23.
I like to read the Junior letters.
For pets I have one black hen and
on? pony. Its name is Squirrel.
As my letter is getting long I will
close for this time.
Norma Scott, age 11.
R. F. D. No. 3. Box 18.
Chariton, Iowa.
HANGS ON i" GRACE REMINDS SANTA.
Dear Santa:
It is knowing this morning, and I
hope you will get to come to my home
the 2oth of this month. I hope it isn't
too bad a night so you cannot come.
I have five brothers and I haven't sis
ters, but I wish I had a little sister
baby to play with when I am at home.
My youngest brother, the baby is past
five years and his name is Donald
Nacy Miller, but we call him Teddy
for short, and he is almost too large
to be called Teddy. I go to school al
most every day. My studies are, read
ing. history, arithmetic, writing,
language, geography and spelling. I
hope you get my letter and I see it in
print.
Grace Miller, age 11,
R. F. D. No. 7, Albia, Iowa.
iBETH'S GREAT GRANDMOTHER'S
CHAIR.
Dear Editor:
I will tell you about my great
grandmother's oliair that my mama
has.
It is a little low chair that my great
grandfather made and great grand
mother put bottoms in it with split
hickory bark. When one would wear
out they would put in another. It is
seventy-five years old.
Age 10.
Beth Hardy,
Russell, Iowa.
The following poem •. ^s sent to the
Junior by Louise's grandmother. Louiae
was a dear little girl whom the angels
called home last summer:
The Children up in Heaven.
"Oh, what do you think the angels
say?"
Said the children up in heaven:
"There's a dear little girl coming
home today.
She is almost ready to fly away
From the earth we used to live in'
Let's go and open the gates of pearl—
Open them wide for the new little
girl."
Said the children up in heaven.
"God wanted her here where His lit
tle ones meet."
Said the children up in heaven
"She shall play with us in the golden
street,
She has grown loo fair, she has
grown too sweet
For the earth used to live in!
She needed the sunshine, this dear
little girl,
That gilds this sid of the gates of
pearl,"
Said the children tio in heaven.
'So the King called down from the
angels' dome,"'
Said the children up in heaven
'My little darling, arise and come
To the place prepared in the Fath
er's home,
The home mv children live in:'
Let's go and watch at the gates of
pearl.
Ready to welcome the new little
girl,"
Said the children up in heaven.
'Far down on the earth, do you hear
them weep?"
Said the children ui in heaven,
'For the dear little "irl has gone
asleep,
The shadows fall, the night winds
sweep
O'er th" earth we used to live in.
But we'll go and open the gates of
pearl—
Oh, why do they weep for thsir dear
little .girl?"
Said the children in hea ven.
Said the children up in heaven:
"See. she is comln-' Lool. there—look
theife!
At. the jasper light on her sunny hair.
Where the veiling clouds are riven!"
Ah, hush, hush, hush! all the swift
wings furl!
For the King himself, at the gates of
pearl,
Is taking her hand—dear, tired little
girl—
And is. leading her 5 heaven.
I am sending this poem in the hope
of* affording a grain of comfort to
Sorrowing Mother, and other mothers
who have been called upon to part
with a dear litle one. A friend—bless
her—sent it to me when I was passing
through the deep waters of a Similar
affliction, and I cannot begin to tell
you of the peace it brought me. I had
felt that my wee daughter had gone
out alone into the dark, with nobody
.to care for her or to guide the little
••feet In smoothest places. I thought of
NOTICr,
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her as lonely, cryin for "mamma,*
and it seemed as though my heart
would break with the grief of It. Bui
when this poem came to me, and
thought of my little girl as being mad!
welcome in the new home, when I re
membered the dear promise—whictt
took on a beautiful new significance
"He shall give his angels charge con*
cerning thee," a light' shone for m« fs
which has never dimjned. My friend
quoted also the fifth verse of thq
eighth chapter of Zacharlah: "And the ?.
streets of the city shall be full of boys
and girls, playing In the streets there
of. and closing my eyes, I pictured
my little daughter, ha-ny in her plas
with the children of other mothers*
and wished I might share with thosa
mothers somwhat of the consolation
that had come to me.
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How Millie Spent
Her Ten Cents •.
Julia pushed up the cover of he»
basket, and she and Molly peeped ia-'
over the top. There were flat parcel^,
to be seen and three-cornered parcels'
and long on6s and square ones, and
they were all done up in tissue papen
There was something very interesting
and mysterious about the grab basket.,
Those paper packages might have
something in them ever rarer and
more beautiful than the paper-dolls, or
the furniture, or the pink gingham.
"You could have two grabs for ten
cents," Julia suggested. "You could
grab and I could grab, and I would
give j'ou my grab."
She was longing, to know the con
tents of a certain interesting irregular
package.
"The furniture is st sweet," said
Molly, "and I am quite sure I want it.*
"The paper dolls are sweet, too,"
said Julia.
"Yes, and so is the pink gingham. I
shall hdfte to grab to decide it."
Meanwhile a more important custo
mer had come in with whom the cleric
was absorded, so Molly went over to
him and handed him the ten cents.
"We have decided to have two grabs
and here is the money," she said.
"All right. Did you say you would
have silesia or percaline, madam?"
he asked, turning to the other custo
mer.
"You grab first," said Julia.
Molly looked from the fiat parcels to
the three-cornered ones and could not
decide which to choose.
"I think I will shut my eyes," sh»
said, and she put in her hand at ran
dom and pulled out a small flat par
cel. She opened it eagerly, and tooli
out a block of black paper, to be used
as a slate, and a pencil with which to
write on it. She was sadly disappoint
ed, and felt very much like crying.
"It is a horrid thing," said Julia,
We don't want a paper slate when
you have got that nice blackboard. You
were very silly to shut your eyes.
shall choose with my eyes open. I am
going to take that queer thing that
looks as if it might be a doll."
She took out the enticing-looking
package and began to untie the string
and presently drew forth a pink-and*
white-and-green china vase of a hid
eous shape. It was too large for dolls,
and too small for people, and too ugly,
to please either.
That grab bag is perfectly horrid,"
said Julia.
Molly was sure that she had never
been so unhappy. She knew now that
it was too late, that she wanted the
paper-doll furniture more than any
thing in the whole world. SThe two
litlel girls were very sober all the way
home. When they reached Molly's
gate Julia handed over the vase.
"Take the old thing," she said.
"You have got something to remember
Priscilla by always now, and you can
send the paper slate to her."
"Well, what did you buy, dear?" her
mamma asked cheerfully, as Molly
came into the parlor.
The little girl found it hard to keep
back her tears. Her Aunt Mary and
her brother Turner were sitting there
too. She felt that it would have been
easier to confess her folly to her moth
er alone.
She held up the vase and the paper
block silently.
"The block was a sensible choice,'
said her mamma, "but I don't see why
you chose the'vase."
"I didn't choose either of them,'
Molly burst out. "We grabbed and we
got them."
"In short, they' chose you," said
Turner.
Then the little girl told the whole
sad story. "I did want the paper-doll
furniture so much," she ended.
"Why didn't you buy it, then?"
asked her aunt.
"Because we^hought it would b«
more fun to grab."
"This will he a very good lesson for
you, Molly," said her aunt. "It is never
well to spend money unless you ar®
sure what you are spending it for. I
am sorry for you, but you will never
be so foolish again."
There will be time to go to Fletch
er's before tea," said Turfler. "I will go
.... with you, and we will pretend that the
shall choose what you want all over
again."
Molly d&nced up and down with
with pleasure, and she and Turner
went to Fletcher's together. This tini®
she made her choice very quickly, for
she knew just what she wanted. Sha
bought the bedroom set and the
kitchen furniture. She remembered
Julia's words: "I should keep them
both. If Priscilla chose to spend her
money on firecrackers, that is her
lookout."
But now she herself had spent her
money foolishly. If Turner had thought
as Julia did, that nobody who had
made an unwise investment ought to
have anything given her, she would
never have had the dear paper-doll
furniture. So she kept the kitchen set
and sent the bedroom set to Priscilla.
—Eliza Orne White.