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month. L will wive the best, and perhaps 
we can have it next month along with a 
drawing of the new Nature l'uzzle if 
someone sends it. A number of letters 
told a bit more al>oiil the woodcock, 
which is the kind of answer we like best. 
Here is one: 
I think the answer to last month’s 
Nature Puzzle is a woodcock. The wood¬ 
cock lives in damp, wooded places. He 
is an odd-looking fellow, lie is quite a 
little bigger than a robin. His tail and 
legs are short, and his neck is short, hut 
his lull is very long and the upper half 
can he lifted up without moving the rest, 
which makes it very handy for catching 
worms deep in the ground. 
Helen topping (ft.years) 
Now York. 
It may be that some of you have never 
seen this bird, hut you should now know 
enough about it to recognize it at once 
if you ever come across it. Watch out. 
and if you see one, let us know. 
What Is It? 
This herb grows in marshy lands and 
is sometimes used for decorative pur¬ 
poses. In the marshy tracts where this 
plant grows many birds make their 
homes. One day a little girl passed a 
marsh and, seeing this plant, exclaimed: 
“Oh, see the frankfurts!” This Nature 
Puzzle was written by Mariruth Kling. 
a New York reader. What is your an¬ 
swer ? 
Our Artists 
Once more we have two Columns of 
splendid drawings, this time illustrating 
the tent rhyme. Among the twelve which 
arc printed you will find the names of 
some old friends whose dot wings are too 
good to miss, and also some new names 
of those who have been successful for the 
•first time. These drawings show a won¬ 
derful variety of thought and imagina¬ 
tion. Study them. See how each “ar¬ 
tist” has planned the picture to fit the 
rhyme, and yet no two are alike. Some 
show the humorous side and some show 
the beautiful side of camp life. 
Besides those printed, the following 
given honorable mention for having done 
especially well: Lois Smith (10) and 
Editii Bceni a a (10) of Connecticut; 
King BrilBngham (ft) of Maryland; A 
Reader from Massachusetts; Clarence 
Jerome (11), Andrew Missiek (14) and 
Bertha Coddington (17) of New York; 
Anna Larson (12) of Pennsylvania; Ar¬ 
thur Noren (12) of Rhode Island, ami 
Ilardin Hill (15) of Virginia. On page 
1400 the full list of all those who sent 
drawings will be found. 
The Book Shelf 
Four titles that you will be glad to 
add to your list are the following: 
“Hans Brinker.” by Mary Mapes 
I lodge. 
“The Story of My Life,” by Helen 
Keller. 
“Paddy Paws.” by Grace Coolidge. 
Poem “The Three Kings.” by Henry 
Wadsworth Longfellow. 
If you have read or can read any of 
these soon do not fail to send a write-up 
telling in about 150 of your own words 
what the book or poem is about, so that 
others may he encouraged to read it. 
One more month and we will have com¬ 
pleted our plan of giving four titles each 
month for a year as a basis for good 
reading for our boys and girls. 1 hope 
you have kept all of these titles ami will 
look them over now and thou when you 
want to borrow or buy a worth-while 
book. Remember that on January 1 we 
are to have a report from any who have 
read five or more of these books during 
the year. Next month I will tell you of 
a new plan I have in mind for “Our 
Book Shelf” during the coming year. 1 
think you will enjoy it. and we will be¬ 
gin at once. 
So busy were you all with Hallowe'en 
celebrations and the other material sug¬ 
gested for this page that only two write¬ 
ups came in last month’s titles, both of 
them on the poem: 
The Landing ok the Pilgrim Fathers 
in New England 
by FELICIA HE-MANS 
This is a beautiful poem It tells of 
the dark stormy night that the Pilgrims 
landed on a rocky and storm-tossed 
shore. The trees roaring, the eagle soar¬ 
in’'. waves splashing and wiuds blowing 
being their only welcome, presents a very 
dcMi'nto piettire of their landing. But 
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. 
Drawn in Pencil by Carolyn 1 each (S 
Yearn), New York 
Drawn by Charlotte Booth (1) Years) 
New York 
Drawn by Rcbeeeu Spencer (1,2 Year*) 
Maine 
Drawn by Dawn Wilson (10 Years) 
New York 
Drawn by Norway Hollo* k (15 Years) 
Coy nccticul 
Drawn by W illiam Dales 115 Years) 
Vein York 
Drawn in Pencil by Eleanor A utlall (13 
Years), New York 
Drawn by Helen Hunt (72 Years), Ohio 
Drawn by Harm Shim r I IS Year.'/ 
Pennsylrania 
they were not discouraged. They sang 
hymns of cheer. They did not come fear¬ 
fully and guiltily, neither with a herald 
a ml drums, but f rue-hen rtedly and bravely. 
They were a wonderful band. Old men 
with white hair, near their allotted time, 
fearless women, maidens and youths, all 
bravely facing the hardships and perils 
of this new land. What could he their 
object in so steadfastly enduring lone- 
someuess. perils aud discomforts in a 
laud so far from home and so wild? 
They were seeking a place to worship 
God in their own way. No idea of wealth 
or gain could breed such foreliearanee. 
The place is holy "where first they trod” 
and the freedom they found has been left 
unstained and clean. 
edith deem AN (10 years). 
Connecticut. 
Dorothy Lee, 10 years old, of New 
York, also wrote up this poem. 
Plans for Next Month 
Our Page for December will appear 
between Christmas and New Year’s, dur¬ 
ing the holiday season. Let’s make it a 
holiday page with suggestions for spend¬ 
ing the vacation, some good drawings of 
Winter activities, plans for Our Page in 
1023 and New Year greetings to each 
other. I would be especially glad to have 
some readers try to express in a few 
words how boys and girls may live most 
happily—a sort of ideal toward which to 
strive. It will be good for us to know 
what our thoughts aud feelings are about 
this. 
There are so many good letters on dif¬ 
ferent subjects that I want to print for 
you to read that we must skip the draw¬ 
ing match again for a month. In the 
meantime who will send a rhyme to draw 
for January that will picture some good 
Winter sport? 
The Train Problem- 
I am sending you a solution to the 
train problem in the September Boys’ 
and Girls’ Page: 
The westbound train leaves 25 cars 
standing, and the balance of the train 
comes down and backs onto the switch. 
The eastbound traiu goes on past the' 
-witch and couples on to the 25 oars of 
the westbound train. The westbound 
train then pulls out on the main track, 
far enough to let the eastbound train 
back and run the 25 ears of the west- 
hound train onto the switch. Then 
east bound train goes on and the west¬ 
bound train onto the switch. Then the 
» . bound train goes on and the north¬ 
bound train backs onto the -witch, picks 
up its cars and proceeds. 
If it was meant that there were 75 
cars besides the engine, then the west¬ 
bound train should leave about 26 or 27 
ears standing. Robert farb. 
West Virginia. 
This problem was also correctly solved 
by Mildred French of New Hampshire 
and Robert Wood of New York. 
Notes 
The words in the Box at the top of the 
page were written this month hy Mar¬ 
garet Malone (14 years), New York. It 
is a good wish for* Our Page to carry to 
all its readers. 
Ail letters, drawings, pictures, puzzles, 
write-ups and anything else sent for the 
December Page should reach your editor 
not later than December ft. That gives 
you about two weeks after receiving this 
—plenty of rime to do some good work. 
You will see that we have a uew plan 
for giving the names of contributors. 
These lists were taking up so much space 
on Our Page that many good things were 
being crowded off, so the editor of The 
R. N.-Y. has given us the extra space on 
page 144)6. Every boy and girl who reads 
Our Page can find something to do for if 
and obtain a place in one or more of the 
lists each month. • These are true rolls 
of honor. Without the work these readers 
do there could be no page like this. Are 
you doing your share? Don't take every¬ 
thing and give nothing. You will be 
happiest when you help. 
Of course the answer to the riddle 
given by Mildred Simmons i> a sponge, 
but some gave other answer- that were 
not at all bad when oue stops to think 
of something full of holes that yet holds 
water. Among them were a radiator, a 
spring of water, the ground, a sprinkling 
can and a dishcloth. 
Try this riddle for next month, sent 
in by Lucy Millaru. a 15-year-old New 
York reader: "Wliat goes all around the 
room and stands in the corner?” 
When you sit dowu to the Thanksgiv¬ 
ing diuuer take one minute t. picture to 
yourselves the thousands, and thousands 
of our readers who are doing the same. 
What a family we all make together! 
Wherever you may go. if you meet an¬ 
other boy or girl who read- Our Page, 
there you will find a friend. I wish you 
all a most jolly, thankful day >>u Novem¬ 
ber 30, and I shall want to hear about 
it. Write to Edward M. Tuttle, in care 
The Rural New-Yorker. 333 West 30th 
Street. New York City, 
