Iht RURAL NEW-YORKER 
I saw father and Rob one hot July day 
Over in the meadow pitching up hay. 
Molly the dinner bell loudly rings: 
Could you draw a picture of these simple things? 
ups on these titles to print next month. 
Do fry your hand at it. 
As to the title given last month no 
write-ups were received on Uncle Remus 
and the Bible Stories. I hope this does 
not mean that our readers do not know 
these books. There are only a very few 
writers who have ever done well in mak¬ 
ing animals talk in books. Many have 
tried it. but it is one of the hardest things 
to do so that it seems right and natural 
to the reader. Joel Chandler Harris in 
his Uncle Remus stories did succeed. 
They will endure for all time. Brer Rab¬ 
bit and Brer Fox and Brer Terrapin and 
all the others are never forgotten by one 
who hears these stories as a child. Your 
editor was brought up on them, and does 
not want you to miss the pleasure he had. 
Other famous animal talking stories are 
Alice in Wonderland and Black Beaut\j. 
In all the world there are no more 
beautiful and inspiring stories than those 
of the Bible. Is there a boy or girl who 
lias never heard of Noah and the ark, or 
of David and Goliath, or of Daniel in the 
lion s den? There are many others, and 
Mary Stuart has given them in her book, 
Tell Me a True Story. It is worth read 
ing and adding to your library if you can. 
Your editor inked over the pencil lines as 
accurately as he could so that they might 
be printed. It is best to draw in ink, but 
if you are not allowed to, do not hesitate 
to do your best in pencil and send it in. 
After I had decided on these eight to 
print, I found that there were 10 others 
which had been considered in the final 
selection. These deserve an honorable 
mention. They are: Ilazel Springs (9), 
Robert Rice and W. Gates (14) of New 
York. Romeo Elie (15) of Maine. Clara 
Kenyar of Rhode Island, Christian Niel¬ 
son of Connecticut. Grace Cowan of 
Pennsylvania, Vera Franklin (10) of 
Michigan, and WTlIianna Dully of Ixm- 
i si ana. 
Tae full list of “our artists” for the 
month now follows: 
Connecticut: Daisy Bottoinley (12); Rosa¬ 
mond Noble (12>; Norman Ilallocb (15); Ruth 
Warner (15); Margaret Kimberley (11); Chris¬ 
tian Nielsen. 
Delaware: Elsie Grasse ll y (11). Germaine 
[.aiming (Up: U.-leu Kllwangijr (11). 
Illinois. Marion Alle.n (10). 
I.-mishuin: Williamia Duffy (12). 
Maine: Romeo Elie (15); Ttebceea Spencer 
ill). 
Maryland: Dorothy Perry (8): Virginia 
Wlniylaiul il2)., 
Massat'liusetts 1 Helen Barker (15): Caroline 
Powell (12): Louise Morris (9): Gladys Zwicber 
1 14); Vesta Mason (10); Eleanor Hart (11); 
Ethel Hart 111). 
Michigan: Agnes Berglund (13); Vera frank¬ 
lin no). 
New Hampshire: Evelyn Haskell (12). 
New Jersey: Isadoru Bryant (13); Dorothy 
Middleton (Id); Felice Schaber 110); Irene 
Valentine 113); Clara Kantner (14): Phyllis 
fitting (9); Amy Barton (10); Heruiis Turk 
CM: Wilbert Van Seters; Wilbur Brower- (11). 
New York: VevneUe Smith; Hazel Springer 
C>l; Sylvia I.arlbee (14); Agnes Nielsen; Freda 
Zwerlein (15); Dorothy Story (14): Carolyn 
Swan; TV. Gates (14); Mary Hill (13); Alice 
Harwood (121; Irene Kingsley (13); Helen 
Myers (10); Irene Daggs (12); Charles Moore. 
Jr. (9); Alice Welch (10): Sylvia Randall '13): 
Rutland Young (8): Violet Bohatka (.13); Robert 
Rice; Carlotfa Berber il5l: Eva Benin- til): 
Helen Carr 1 11». Anna Bailey ill); Nettie 
Freemantle (12): Margaret Brice (12); Flossie 
Kane (10); Ruth Watts (15); Samuel Rosovsky; 
Robert Gaite (10); Harry Worthman (13). 
North Carolina: Warren Wyllie (10); Her¬ 
bert Wyllir (It); Reece Moody (12). 
Ohio: Esther Bowman (12). 
Pennsylvania: E. Denhlev (14): Gerald Kin- 
singer (13): Helen Kauffman 112): Claude Ren- 
ninger ill); uraee Conan: Esther Diehl (id). 
Rhode Islam): Clara Kenyon. 
Vermont: Ruby Brawn il3); Warren Brown 
(18) : Wendell Ladd (0). 
Virginia: Christine Bowman (10): Frances 
Bowman (7). 
West T irginia: Virginia Irvine. 
HAKR.X wo K*hmah 
HEROINES OF SERVICE 
By Mary It. Parkman 
“Heroines of Service” tells us of a 
few of the many noted women and how 
they won success. AH were poor when 
they were young except Julia Ward 
Howe, the writer of "The Battle Hymn 
of the Republic." Mary Slessor was the 
“white mother” of Africa. Mary I .yon 
founded Mr. Holyoke, the first College for 
women. This book also tells of Alice 
Freeman Palmer, "The Princess” of 
Wellesley; of Clara Barton, the founder 
of the American Red Cross; of Anna 
Howard Shaw, a preacher and a woman 
suffragist, and of Madame Curie, the dis¬ 
coverer of radium. There are other in¬ 
teresting stories in this book, and* I wish 
that all children were able to read it. 
DOROTHY fisher (11 years). 
New York. 
rtraini by Rebec*a Spencer fit years) 
Maine 
Shall We Draw Again? 
So many of you seem to be interested 
in the drawing work that perhaps we may 
keep it up for a month or two more be¬ 
fore we use the space for other things 
again. It shall be as you wish. I believe 
it is worth while work and only wish 
more of you would find the courage to 
try your hand at it. 
Now for a rhyme for a new set of 
drawings. Have you tried your hand at 
making up a rhyme? One reader wishes 
someone would make a rhyme with a tent 
in it. She thiuks that would be fine to 
draw. Perhaps someone will. In rlrn 
meantime, how is this? 
On the bank of a creek 
Stands a boy of nine. 
Make a picture of him 
With his can and line. 
By GRACE IIAYWOOD (14 years). 
Pennsylvania. 
Now do your best and mail the draw¬ 
ings to reach your editor not later than 
September 9. 
By Alfred, Lord Tennyson 
This bit of verse from the pen of Ten¬ 
nyson is inspired by a wee. frail flower 
he has seen growing in a “crannied wall.” 
lie lifts it from its lowly place among the 
stones and. bolding it in bis hand, root 
and all. ponders the mysteries of its cre¬ 
ation, and the message it was meant to 
impart by ils chastity and gnilolessness. 
But lie finds that trying to fathom the 
secret of its existence is as futile as the 
search for explanation of Divinity and 
Mortality, or, in the words of the poet, 
“What God and man is.” 'fennyson 
manifests in ibis, us in all liis poems, the 
simple and trusting “faith of the ages.” 
< >hio. VIRGINIA cooley (15 years). 
Sylvia Randall (13 years i of New 
York also sent a write-up on this poem. 
RuVS Wa«ne A 
Our Artists 
There were S2 of them this month, and 
ns usual your editor has bad a hard time 
deciding which drawings to print. How¬ 
ever, it had to be done, and on this page 
you will find eight which for one reason 
or another have been chosen. Of the 
eight, two are from boys, of the S2, 20 
were from boys; about the same propor¬ 
tion. Of the eight, two are by "artists” 
who also had drawings printed last 
mouth. This is unusual, but iu these 
cases seems deserved. Rebecca Spencer’s 
drawing carries out the idea of the verse 
excellently, and Ruth Watt’s is very fun¬ 
ny. Every time your editor looks at those 
horses lie has to laugh. In fact, Ruth 
only sent the drawing as a joke, and will 
he surprised, I have no doubt, to find 
that the joke has been passed on to all 
our readers. She said she tried but could 
not make a good drawing, so dashed 
this off for me to laugh over. I have; 
now you may. 
Norman 11 allock is another “artist” 
who seems to have a taste for the comic, 
lie will make a cartoonist some day, no 
doubt. The only trouble with his picture 
is thiiv he left Molly out of it. Perhaps 
he had a grudge against her. Ruth War¬ 
ner thought of a lot of interesting tilings 
to add to her drawing, id the same time 
following the verse closely. Phyllis Fit¬ 
ting is our youngest “artist.” Her draw¬ 
ing was done in ink and is fine for a nine- 
year-old, isn’t it? The others are all 
good, some in one way. some in another. 
It is only fair to say that Harry Worth- 
man. Ruth Watts. Agnes Bergheud and 
Irene Kingsley sent their drawings in 
pencil, while tin* other were in ink. 
Nuts to Crack 
Last month’s riddle was a good one. 
Many of those who sent the answer said 
that they had never heard it before. Is 
there anyone who needs to be told that 
the little house with the red roof and red 
floor is our mouth, the white picket fence 
our teeth, and the nimble little man our 
tongue? 
Here is a new one; 
Old Mother Twitchett has but one eye, 
And a long tail which she lets fly. 
And every time she goes over a gap. 
She leaves a bit "of her tail in a trap. 
—Sent b.v Irene Valentine 
of New Jersey. 
Items 
Margaret Farabaugh. a Pennsylvania 
reader, sent the two-line couplet used iu 
the Box this month. She has given the 
true spirit of Our Page, which is that 
each of us should help a bit. Just look 
back and count the number of readers 
who have had something to do with mak¬ 
ing this August page. 
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Our Page is full again and we must 
say good-by. Before the next one you 
will be back in school. But don’t forget 
that you owe a letter to your editor and 
friend. Edward M. Tuttle, in care The 
Rural New-Yorker. 333 West 30th St.. 
New York t’itv. 
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