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heard the story he was a happy father, 
uncle and friend. VICTOR zaxonis. 
New York. (12 years). 
Frances Hodgson Burnett, an Ameri¬ 
can novelist, was born at Manchester, 
England, in 1849. In 1865 her family 
came to America and settled in Tennes¬ 
see, where she began writing stories. Her 
first story was published in a magazine in 
1867. In 1873 she married Dr. L. M. 
Burnett, of Knoxville, Tenn. They re¬ 
moved later to Washington, D. C. Her 
first novel, “That Lass o’ I.owrie’s,” was 
published in Scribner’s Magazine in 1876- 
77 and made her reputation. Her second 
novel, “Haworth’s,” was published in 
Scribner’s and also in Macmillan’s Maga¬ 
zine, London. A child’s story, “Little 
Lord Fauntleroy,” was very popular and 
has appeared also as a play acted upon 
the stage. Among her later stories are, 
"A Lady of Quality” and "11 is Grace of 
Ormonde.” The books which we have of 
lmrs are. “The Shuttle.” “The Lost 
I Vince” and “The Secret Garden.” 
New York. avis smith 
(11 years). 
What Book Is This? 
A large, rough-looking man, dressed as 
a sailor, came to an inn in England. He 
sang a queer song and would often com¬ 
pel those around him to sing with him. 
There was only one man that this seadog 
was afraid of, and that was a doctor. 
This doctor told the old sailor that if he 
didn’t stop drinking rum ke would have 
a stroke and die. This is just what hap¬ 
pened to him. After his death the son 
of the owner of the inn searched the 
sailor’s chest and among a few trinkets he 
found a map which showed where a 
treasure was buried. The boy talked it 
over with the doctor and the squire, and 
they decided to go after this treasure. 
The squire got a ship and crew and they 
all started for the island where the 
treasure was located. Now, this crew 
was a bunch of pirates who later tried 
to take the lives of the squire, the doctor 
and the innkeeper’s son. But after four 
or five hard and bloody battles the faith¬ 
ful party won. The inkeeper’s boy found 
a man on the island who had been mar- 
rooned three years before. This man had 
found the treasure, but gave the faithful 
party and the leader of the pirates a 
share to pay for taking him back to 
England. iva m’clatciiie 
New York. (14 years). 
Another Game 
Many wrote of being pleased to have 
the descriptions of the games which 
were printed last time, and a number sent 
others to use in coming months. Many of 
your descriptions are not clear enough 
or complete enough. If other boys and 
c irl» were to read them they could not 
go ahead and play the games. But the 
only reason for printing the games is to 
teach others to play and enjoy them. 
Suppose you were telling one of your 
comrades how to play your game. You 
would take pains to make every point 
clear; you would see that he understood 
every rule. That is just what you must 
do in writing a description. I am sure 
you can do it. and I think it would be 
fine to have one game on Our Page 
nearly every month. For example, here 
is a good one from a new boy reader: 
SHADOW PICTURES 
To play this game there must be quite 
a few people, and two rooms with a large 
doorway between. The people are divided 
into two sides, one side in each room. A 
sheet is spread across the open doorway. 
Each side has some extra coats and hats, 
etc. The sides rake turns having a per¬ 
son, disguised with some of the clothes, 
stand or sit by the sheet and the light is 
turned on brightly in that room, while in 
the other it is turned low. This throws 
the shadow of the person disguised on the 
sheet. The other side guesses who the 
shallow is. They have three guesses; if 
one is right it is then their turn, but if 
all are wrong the side which has the per¬ 
son- making the shadow may have another 
turn. AVII.LARD THOMAS 
New York. (15 years). 
The Snow Man 
I was a snowball, 4 
I grew and grew; 
Now I’m a snow man— 
How do you do? 
Winter is jolly 
With ice and snow ; 
But when it gets warm, 
I have to go. 
-By ROGER BOARDMAN 
New York. ‘ (6 years) 
Our Artists 
From more than 100 snow men your 
editor had to choose the 10 that are 
printed. They are certainly fine. Many 
that were almost, if not quite, as good had 
to be left out, and these boys and girls 
deserve Honorable Mention for their 
work, as follows: Lois Macken (10), 
Leonard Staib (14) and Norman Halloek 
(16) of Connecticut; Myra Benhoff (12) 
of the District of Columbia: Bessie Haas 
(0), Anna Weber (12), Margaret Sulli¬ 
van (14) and Patsy Nyee (14) of New 
Jersey; Wayne McClatchie (14), Alice 
Love (?). Warren Pfeifer (?), Pearl 
Moisis (10), Gerald Henry (12). Wilhel- 
mina Rasmussen (15), Hazel Duntz 
Draw us a snow man so big and so grand, 
A pipe in his mouth, a stick in his hand, 
A hat on his head, a belt round his waist, 
And anything else to suit your own taste. 
Drawn by Janet (Jragin (7 Years) 
New York 
Drawn by Dorothy Dunn (11 Years) 
Massachusetts 
Drawn tty Susie Smith (15 Years) 
Connecticut 
Drawn by Elizabeth Wheeler (15 Years) 
Michigan 
Drawn by Everett Male (13 Years) 
Neio York 
Drawn by Paul White (12 Years) 
Neio Jersey 
Drawn by Blanche Vodrarlca (13 years) 
New York 
Drawn by Raymond N'yce (10 Years) 
New Jersey 
(16), Luna Archer and Estella Van Sant 
of New York ; John Vargo (10) of Ohio; 
Earl Conrad (11) of Pennsylvania, and 
Hazel Bailey (12) of Rhode Island. 
We all enjoy these drawing contests 
immensely, so here is 
A NEW RHYME TO DRAW 
Raymond Gridley, a 13-year-old New 
1 ork reader gave the idea of having a 
drawing rhyme about maple sugar time, 
and your editor worked it out as follows: 
Buckets hung on maple trees 
With sap are slowly filling, 
Close by is the stigar camp 
\\ here the syrup's boiling 
This gives you a chance to make your 
drawings as simple or as elaborate as you 
wish. Many of you have helped make 
maple sugar, and know just how the 
scene looks. Wo ought to have a fine 
showing next time. Let the drawings be 
your own original work. 
Puzzle 
The cross-word enigmas seem to be 
more popular and interesting than anv 
other form of puzzle we have tried .so far. 
It is not only fun to solve them, but even 
more to make them up. I have quite a 
supply on hand, but there is always room 
for a good one and especially appropri¬ 
ate to a particular month. Most of you 
discovered that the answer to the enigma 
on the January page was P-h-o-t-o- 
g-r-a-p-h, though it was longer and harder 
than any avo have had. One 1.2-year-old 
girl wrote that she did not understand 
how to solve them. When the line says 
"My first is in harp, but, not in flute,” it 
means the first letter of the word which 
is either li-a-r or p. “My second in cherry, 
but not in fruit,” would then be either 
f-u-i or t. It could not be r because that 
is in both cherry and fruit. In this way, 
working through the rhyme and trying all 
the possibilities in the light of the clue 
which is always given in the last line or 
two as to what the whole is, you finally 
arrive at the correct answer. 
This month I have chosen a short one 
by a .10-year-old reader, especially inter¬ 
esting because all seven lines have the 
same rhyme: 
-My first is in candy, not in sweet ; 
My second in carrot, not in beet ; 
My third in number, not in street; 
My fourth in measure, not in feet; 
My fifth in gamble, not in cheat; 
My sixth in bones, but not in meat; 
My whole the food the snowbirds eat. 
Massachusetts. FLORENCE field 
(10 years). 
Notes 
Esther Bowman, an Ohio reader, sent 
the little couplet in the Box, saying that 
she feels that “Our Page brings the 
thoughts of boys and girls together.” If 
here we can truly feel “near” to each 
other “in mind and heart” it is the best 
thing we could ask. 
On page 551 is the list of all the boys 
and girls who helped to make Our Page 
what it is this month. 
All work done for the March, page 
must reach your editor not later than 
March S. Take hold and do your best. 
Hannah Flagg Gould, the lady who 
wrote the memory verse we have used 
this month, was an American author and 
poet who was born in 1789 in Lancaster, 
Mass., and died in 1865. You will like u> 
keep this pretty poem and learn it. 
A number have sent in good book puz¬ 
zles without telling me the names and 
authors of the books, and I cannot guess 
them. Will the following please give me 
this information : Amy Martin and 
Jeanette Newhall of Connecticut, Janet 
Rose and Katharine Ancock of New York, 
and Ruth Hawk of Pennsylvania. 
After all, much has had to be left out 
of this page that I wanted to put in, but 
what is in is good, and there are other 
pages coming. You will be watching for 
Spring now, and that is all the more rea¬ 
son for writing a good letter to your 
friend and editor. Edward M. Tuttle, in 
care The Rural New-Yorker, 333 V ■ t 
30th St., New York City. 
