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TV RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September 30, 1922 
Boys and Girls 
By Edward M. Tuttle 
Our Page is like a messenger, carrying news to boys and girls in 
all parts of the country. Let's try to make it better every month 
Drawn by Donald Rose (15 years), New York 
Memory Verse 
Mornings frosty grow, anil cold. 
Brown tlie grass on hill and wold; 
Crows are cawing sharp and clear 
When the rustling corn grows sere; 
Mustering flocks of blackbirds call. 
Here and there a few leaves fall. 
In the meadows larks sing sweet, 
Chirps the cricket at our feet, 
In September. 
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Evenings chilly are, and damp. 
Early lighted is the lamp; 
Fire burns, and kettle sings, 
Smoke ascends in thin blue rings; 
On the rug the children lie, 
In the west the soft lights die. 
From the elms a robin's song 
Rings out sweetly, lingers long. 
In September. 
—From “In September,” 
in Sunday Afternoon. 
Such nights and sounds as these are 
familiar to us all. We recognize them as 
we read the verses, and realize that we 
love them, though perhaps we hardly 
stop to think how much. Each month 
has its charm and, all together, make the 
round of the year. If any were to be 
missing the circle would be incomplete. 
Make the most of these beautiful Fall 
days. 
So Many Letters 
Whew! Your editor has certainly had 
a busy time of it since the August page 
was issued. .Tust think of looking over 
more than 300 drawings, as well as a 
good many letters on other things. But 
that shows how firmly Our Page is taking 
hold, and the good spirit with which more 
and more readers are helping each month. 
A Protest 
There were numerous objections, how¬ 
ever, to your editor's suggestion that per¬ 
haps in a couple of months we ought to 
stop the drawing matches for a while and 
use the space for other things. “That 
would be too bad.” said one. “I don’t 
see why we should have to stop the draw¬ 
ings,” wrote another. "They are so inter¬ 
esting." said a third, "can't we have them 
right along?” Well, now, if that is flu* 
way most of you feel, of course we will 
have them. Our Page is for us to do 
with as we like, and that means doing 
tlie things that will please the greatest 
number. And really it is hard to think 
of anything better that we could be doing, 
especially if we try to improve our draw¬ 
ing work all the time. 
You remember it was suggested that 
someone send a rhyme with a tent in it 
for the next drawing. As a matter of 
fact, 20 or more “tent rhymes” came in, 
and the best one will he selected. But in 
the meantime one reader has offered such 
a good plan for the October pagd that I 
know you will all want to skip the rhyme 
drawing just one month and work it out. 
A Hallowe’en Page 
You see Our Page for October will be 
dated the 28th. just a few days before 
Hallowe’en. Esther Temple, a Massa¬ 
chusetts reader, wrote: “May I suggest 
that each one contribute a picture, design, 
poem, short story or Hallowe’en sugges¬ 
tion for our Hallowe’en uuniber." Now 
that is a fine idea ! Just think what you 
can do! In the first place we should have 
some words in the “Box” that are espe¬ 
cially appropriate. Who will write them? 
Then we should have a design for a head¬ 
ing. It is some time since we had one of 
these, but you will remember those we 
had last Spring for each month. There 
are such lots of thing- to choose from 
for a Hallowe’en heading. Make the 
drawing two or three times as wide as it 
is high, so that it will look right under 
the “Box.” 
Then we should have a Hallowe'en 
memory verse, and perhaps a poem or 
two besides (maybe one of your own). 
Of course we should have plenty of sug¬ 
gestions for Hallowe'en parties, and some 
stories Of happy parties that you have at- 
York 
tended in other years. And we can have 
as many drawings and pictures as you 
send in and there is room for all appro¬ 
priate to Hallowe'en. Won’t that make a 
delightful page! Now set to work. It is 
up to you. How good our Hallowe’en 
page is will depend on low many readers 
help with it, and all who help will be 
given credit. You will have to go right 
at it, for all letters should reach your 
editor not later than October 7. 
More Than Ten 
Your editor admits he is a poor guesser. 
He said there would not be 10 correct 
answers to last mouth’s What Is It / and 
probably no drawings. The final count 
(September 111 shows 20 answers and 
five drawings, which are recorded below. 
The right answer was Jack Rabbit. Even 
more (39 answers and seven drawings) 
gave as an answer just rabbit, but this is 
not strictly correct, though it was a very 
good try. The question arises as to what 
are the differences between rabbits and 
hares, and which are which. Who will 
send us a good answer to that? 
Those who sent jack rabbit drawings 
were Hazel Duutz, Katharine French and 
Henry II on ski, of New York; Ruth Mil¬ 
ler. of Maine, and Eleanor Henderson, of 
Oklahoma. 
The following sent correct answers: 
California: Helen Mi-Clue. 
Connecticut Noruian llnlloek. 
Delaware: Margaret IHlwaugcr. 
Maine: Itutli Miller. 
Massachusetts: Kleuuor Hart, Caroline Powell, 
William Gross. 
Michigan: Ethel boot. 
Missouri: Helen Nether. 
New Jersey: Kit win Herr. Evelyn Traynham, 
New York: George Benedict, Katharine 
French. Hazel Duutz, Alice Jones. Albert Hake, 
Irmgnrd Wentsel. Leon Allen, Eva Dennis, 
Hurry Henskt. Ella Aldrich, Harry North, War¬ 
ren Wheeler. 
Ohio: Loretta Muskolf, Ned Alexander. 
Oklahoma: Eleanor Henderson. 
Pennsylvania: Mattel Smith. Lena Torenti. 
West Virginia: Huhia Triplett, 
What Is It? 
This plant grows quite close to the 
ground. Children as well as grown peo¬ 
ple like certain parts of it to eal. In the 
spring it has white blossoms, and later it. 
has a little round something which is red 
when ripe. What is it? kdna tullar. 
New York. 
Vacation Experiences 
A number of readers wrote describing 
their best vacation experiences, and sev¬ 
eral interesting ones are printed here. 
Perhaps we can use others in the months 
to come, and you could keep right on 
sending such letters. 
My best vacation experience was to 
learn how to make a dress. I put my 
cloth on the table and then my pattern. 
After cutting my dress out I sewed it. 
Mamma said it was not good enough, so. 
taking it out, I sewed it again. This 
time it wag a success. I was not sorry 
mamma made me take it out, because it 
bellied me so much for next time. 
Massachusetts. Caroline powell, 
(12 years). 
MY BEST VACATION EXPERIENCE 
1 Hiring my vacation this Summer I 
learned how to rake hay. One afternoon 
when father was ready to rake I asked if 
I could not. learn to do it, and so he said 
I could try. We hitched up the horse 
and father went around the first time so 
I would know where to empty the rake. 
Then I finished the piece. 1 did not like 
it at first, where the ground was uneven, 
and 1 skipped a few places in the corners, 
but in a little while I got use to that and 
liked it real well. 1 did almost all the 
raking after that and was very glad I had 
learned how. GLADYS FELDBEBG. 
New York. 
As you said you wanted us to write 
about our vacation, I will tell you about 
mine. I had a small garden I tended all 
tuysclf. I had it planted full of things 
this Spring, and now I have most of it in 
Winter radishes, I also had a nice patch 
of melons I raised myself. We have had 
three ripe watermelons already (August 
28), and there will soon he some more 
ripe. 
1 am very much interested in gardening 
and poultry raising. 1 think it is very 
nice to raise things that you can call your 
own. I raised a flock of 20 chickens 
which will soon he large enough to sell. I 
have been raising chickens for three years 
now. 
On Sunday afternoons some other girls 
and I would go to a creek near our place 
and have a good lime. I like to have a 
good time on Sunday and work through 
the week, esther howman (12years). 
Ohio. 
OUR REST VACATION EXPERIENCE 
The most interesting part of our vaca¬ 
tion was spent at New Orleans. As you 
know. New Orleans is the largest city in 
the South, ami there arc many places of 
interest t6 he seen. One of the most in¬ 
teresting places we visited was the 
French quarter, which was once occupied 
by the founders of New <Means. This 
part of the city has narrow streets with 
original French names. It has many 
courtyards and curio shops. The houses 
are small with projecting balconies of an¬ 
tique design. The people who now’ live in 
the French quarter are most all French 
and Spanish, and the native languages 
are Spoken. 
Jackson Square is the principal square 
of the city and has a large statue of Gen¬ 
eral Jackson. Opposite Jackson Square 
are the Oabildo and SI. Louis Cathedral. 
The Oabildo is the old government build¬ 
ing used as a capitol by the Spaniards 
and later occupied by the supreme court 
of Louisiana. In this old building Louis¬ 
iana was publicly transferred to the 
United States. The State Museum is 
now in the Cabtldo. and one can spend 
many hours looking at (lie interesting and 
curious things. 
The St. Louis Cathedral is the most 
famous church. 
We w’ent over the American sugar re¬ 
finery, which is the largest of ics kind 
in tin* world. The large ocean steamships 
arc etiju'nually unloading raw sugar and 
loading refined sugar. 
We went up the tower of the Hibernia 
Bank w hich was completed last j car, and 
is the tallest skyscraper in the South. 
This tower is also used as a government 
light house, and its light can he seen from 
a distance of fit* miles. One can clearly 
understand why New Orleans Is called 
the "Crescent City" and the "Isle of Or¬ 
leans" when if is viewed from this tower. 
We visited the principal cemeteries. 
The Imrial places are a series of stone 
structures built above ground, due to the 
swampy, wet ground. St.• Roche’s chapel, 
the most famous .shrine in the new world, 
is in one of tln-sc. 
We spent delightful hours in the lovely 
parks and large theaters of the city. We 
visited our sister for a few days at Tit- 
lane University, which is situated in the 
loveliest residential section of the city, 
opposite the famous Audubon Park. 
We saw many more interesting things 
and learned many historical facts con¬ 
cerning the history of the Ixuisinun terri¬ 
tory. but we are afraid our letter is al¬ 
ready too long. We are “two very sim¬ 
ilar twins,” 15 years old, and juniors in 
high school. RUTH AND ROBERTA DUFFY. 
Louisiana. 
The Book Shelf 
For eight months now our list of good 
books and poems has been growing. We 
have enjoyed the little 150-word write¬ 
ups that have been written, on some of 
them by our readers. This month you 
will find four more titles to add to your 
list, and write-ups on two of last month’s 
titles. Soon you will have time for more 
reading again in the long Fall and Wiu- 
ter evenings. Try to choose books that 
you will be glad to remember. Begin to 
collect your own little library, that will 
grow in size as you grow in years. 
Four titles for September: 
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” by 
Washington Irving. 
“Eight Cousins,” by Louisa M. Alcott. 
Drawn by Janet Cragin (6 years), 
New York 
“The Little Lame Prince,” by Dinah 
Mulock. 
Poem, “October’s Bright Blue Weath¬ 
er.” by Helen Hunt Jackson. 
ROBIN HOOD 
When Robin Hood was banished from 
court by the king, lie had to leave the 
beautiful young girl whom he loved. Her 
name was Maid Marian. She was very 
lonely without Robin Ilood, so she 
dressed herself up as a youth and went 
to Sherwood Forest to find her lover. 
When she met Robin Hood lie did not 
recognize her. Maid Marian was brave 
and challenged Robin Hood to a duel with 
staves. Of course she was much weaker 
than he and he soon had the best of it. 
But in the fight he knocked off her cap 
and all her beautiful hair fell about her 
shoulders. So Robin Hood recognized 
Maid Marian and they were both very 
happy indeed. They were married by 
Friar Tuck and lived contentedly to¬ 
gether until both had grown old. 
Massachusetts. Caroline powell 
(12 years). 
Write-ups on Robin Hood were also re¬ 
ceived from Ella Aldrich (10), and 
Anna Fessenden, New York readers. No 
two were alike, nor were any like the 
Drawn by Lois Smith (10 years), Connecticut 
