The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1289 
wo had to cut o.vcs, nose and mouth in 
the pumpkins. A present was given for 
the quickest and best work. 
Theft wo tried corn husking. Every 
member had to husk a small bundle of 
corn. In the bundles there were things 
like sticks of candy, pieces of fudge, pen¬ 
cils, erasers, etc. Some found these 
things and some didn't. 
Then each member was handed a knife, 
and an apple and lmd to cut it in half 
said “Ready!” 
After we were through with this we 
had supper. Then all wrote their names 
on a tablet, and each one was given a 
bag of candy, a pencil, an eraser and an 
orange, and then said “Goodby" and went 
home for the rest of the night. 
Pennsylvania. mauia uudick, 
(11 years). 
Good Wishes and a Bit of Advice 
Your editor wishes for every boy and 
girl who reads Our Page a happy Hal¬ 
lowe’en, full of merry fun and frolic. 
With it all, I am sure that you will guard 
against annoyance or injury to older per¬ 
sons who may not enter into the spirit of 
the occasion as you do. Keep your good 
time clean and wholesome, and ia the 
midst of your antics be considerate of the 
feelings and property of others. Then 
you will find parents and friends more 
ready than ever to help in (ho festivities, 
and to make it a Hallowe'en to be re¬ 
membered. 
What It Was 
Edna Tullar’s Nature Puzzle really 
was the wintergreen, known also as 
chockerberry and teabevry, and some¬ 
times as partridge berry or squawberry. 
though, these last two names properly be¬ 
long to another plant. But it might al¬ 
most as well have been a strawberry, as 
your editor discovered when the answers 
began td come in, for many thought so. 
However, the words “little, round some¬ 
thing" gave some of you the clue, and 
those who guessed it right were: 
Groce Iturlew, Dorothy Denton, Eldeen Pin- 
dnr, Dorothy I'ineh, Kli/.ahorh France, Dorothy 
Story and Lillian Peshko of New York; Caroline 
Powvll and Ethel Hart of Massachusetts; Itnth 
Jones and Laura Farubaugh of Pennsylvania: 
Alice Beane and Evelyn Haskell of New Hamp¬ 
shire: Ethel Reetnau of Connecticut, and Vera 
Franklin of Michigan. 
What Is It? 
The new Nature Puzzle comes from 
John (lohmun, tut 11-year-old Pennsyl¬ 
vania reader. It is a good one. When 
you give your answer, tell what you 
know of this bird and its habits, and 
send a drawing if you can. 
One day us my brother. Aaron, and 
Tommy, our dog, and I were walking 
through the swamp. Tommy rail into the 
bushes and chased out a new kind of 
bird. It was about as large as a quail, 
and had a long bill standing out over its 
breast. It was brown and had different 
colors on its back. It feeds at night. It 
comes early in March and leaves late in 
November. It lays four eggs. The eggs 
are an Inch and a half long and an inch 
in diameter. WJiat is it? 
Book Notes for Notebooks 
Get out your notebooks and add the 
following titles to the list you are keep¬ 
ing of good books and poems to read: 
“Squirrels and Other Fur Bearers," bv 
John Burroughs. 
“Cnptaiu January,” by , Laura E. 
Richards. 
“Stories of the Red Children," by Dor¬ 
othy Brooks. 
Poem: “The Landing of the Pilgrim 
Fathers in New England," by Felicia He- 
mans. 
These are all worth while trying to 
secure and read this coming month. After 
reading one of them try your hand at giv¬ 
ing us the main thought in about 150 
words. That is good practice for you, 
and helps to interest others. 
Here is something to keep in mind. 
On January 1. 1923, I should like to have 
a report from all of our readers who 
have read since last New Year’s, five or 
more of the books we have listed this 
year, giving the titles. 
We have this month good write-ups 
on all four titles mentioned last month. 
THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW 
By Washington Irving 
“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” is a 
tale told to children. The principal char¬ 
acter is Ielmbod Crane, the village school¬ 
master, known by everyone. lie has a 
very funny appearance. " llis head is fiat, 
his hands very big. and his feet like 
shovels. Brom Bones, the famous hor.se- 
Drawtt by Richard Rutuple (13 Years) 
Ye to Jersey 
back rider, is his rival. P.oth want to 
marry Katrina, the daughter of a rich 
farmer, whose name is Van Tassel. Mr. 
Van Tassel gives a party, and. of course, 
Brom Bones and Ielmbod Crane are in¬ 
vited. At the party they have good 
things to eat and afterwards tell many 
talcs that are thought to he true. 
Due is of the headless horseman, who 
is supposed to be a Hessian general, 
killed during the war. and who goes out 
riding every night. When Crane goes 
home, Brom Bones rides after him, with 
his coat buttoned around his head. Icha- 
bod thinks it is the headless horseman. 
Brom Bones scares Ielmbod so that he 
falls ofF his horse and breaks the saddle. 
Ielmbod is ashamed to go home, so he 
goes to New York and never returns. 
Connecticut. LtroiLLE perky, 
(11 years). 
A good write-up on this book was also 
sent by Virginia Cooley (13 years). Ohio. 
EIGHT COUSINS 
By Louisa M. Alcptt 
Once there was a little girl named Rose 
Campbell, who. upon the death of her 
father, went to live with her aunts. 
Peace and Plenty. Aunt Plenty lived on 
Aunt Ilill-^so called because it was in¬ 
habited by so many Campbell aunts -the 
nudes being at sea. 
Rose’s guardian was her Uncle Alee, 
who was hurrying across the sea to take 
charge of his ward before she was de¬ 
voured by adoring aunts. 
By the time ilose bad made the ac¬ 
quaintance of her seven cousins, who 
were all boys. Uncle Alee had arrived. 
Now the fun begins ! At the beginning it 
is decided to let Uncle Alec keep Rose a 
year. When the year is up, Rose is so 
much stronger and healthier that when 
she is asked to choose her home for an¬ 
other year she does not hesitate to choose 
Uncle Alec. Catherine winston, 
Tennessee. (14 years). 
TIIE LITTLE lame prince 
By Dinah Mulock 
The little lame prince when a baby fell 
from his nurse’s arms. An old lady ap¬ 
peared and said, “I am bis fairy god¬ 
mother and his name shall be Prince 
Dolor.” The prince’s body grew, but his 
legs never did. 
When the prince was very young bis 
father died and his uncle said that he 
would be king until the prince became old 
enough. . But he was a wicked man and 
sent Prince Dolor and his nurse to a 
tower in the woods and told the people 
that the prince was dead. 
One day the prince cried and said he 
would like to see the world. So his god¬ 
mother appeared and gave him a cloak 
and told him if he would sit upon it and 
say “Abracadabra, dum. dum, dum he 
would fly over the country, but he should 
not tell his nurse. He took many rides 
upon his cloak. One day he went so far 
that he was gone all night, and when he 
reached home there was no one in the 
tower. All at once the door opened and 
in came a band of soldiers and told him 
that he was to be king and that his uncle 
was dead. The prince lived a long and 
happy life. DOROTHY DENTON. 
New York. (11 years). 
Gladys Feldberg (12 years), New 
York, also sent a write-up on this book 
October's bright blue weather 
By Helen Hunt Jackson 
This poem compares June with Octo¬ 
ber. but says October is the best. It de¬ 
scribes October, telling how nice the 
grapes smell and that the goldenrod is 
dying fast. It also tells how the gen¬ 
tians roll up tight and how chestnuts full 
to the ground; how red apples lie on the 
ground like jewels, but the woodbine is 
redder. It tells how everything is cov¬ 
ered with’ the seeds from the milkweed 
and how the springs run low, and every¬ 
thing is waiting for Winter. 
EVELYN HASKELL, 
New Hampshire. (12 years). 
Plans for Next Month 
According to promise, we are to have 
drawings next month on a tent rhyme, 
and here is the rhyme selected from 
among the 20 or more that were sent: 
Billy and Jack one Summer day, 
Went to camp, far, far away. 
Billy is cooking and Jack's getting wood; 
Now draw them in their cheerful mood. 
By VALERY BL'RATI, 
Massachusetts. (15 years). 
This has good action and pleuty of 
chance for you to use your imagination 
as to the location of the camp and its 
outfit. 
Of course we shall also want something 
on Our Page for Thanksgiving time. We 
ought to have special words for the Box 
and a fine heading drawing aud a poem 
or two (your own or one you like), and a 
Thanksgiving story, and some of the rea¬ 
sons why we ought lo be very thankful 
this year, aud other things you will think 
of that I don’t just now. 
Time is short between pages this 
month, so set to work at once, and be 
sure to send your letters to reach your 
editor not later than November 4. 
Notes 
The words in the Box for this Hal¬ 
lowe'en page were written by Caroline 
Powell, a Massachusetts reader. 
The hare and rabbit question is still 
puzzling us. I have had three helpful 
letters from Eric Smith of Massachu¬ 
setts. and Gladys Feldberg and Lillie 
Sprague of New York, but they do nut 
explain the matter clearly enough for all 
to understand. It seems to be agreed 
Drawn by Rebecca Spencer (12 Years) 
Maine 
that the jack rabbit is a hare and not a 
rabbit. But what about the cottontail 
and the domestic rabbits, including the 
Belgian hare? What are the chief dif¬ 
ferences between rabbits and hares, any¬ 
way? Who can straighten this out? 
No one sent a solution to the train 
problem giveu last month. Surely some 
of you can work that out. In the mean¬ 
time, Mildred Simmons wants to know 
"What it is that is full of holes and yet 
holds water?" 
It is time to stop, for we must not 
crowd Esther’s little drawing off the 
page. Be sure to write to your editor 
after you finish reading this. I would 
be interested to know bow school is going, 
what plans you are making for the holi¬ 
days aud Winter time, how your gardens 
turned out this year, or anything else 
that you care to tell me about. Address 
the letters to Edward M. Tuttle, in care 
the Rural New-Yorker, 333 West 30th 
Street, New York City. 
Drawn by Carrie Onus bee (16 Years), Pennsylvania 
Drawn by Rutli Warner (15 Yearn), Connecticut 
