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THE"SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, Jtfcv"'X-;i9TO.^TITE .'jONtQ'^'CAT-L
TWELVE SETS OF "WORLD'S MASTERPIECES" ARE PRIZES FOR SOLVING THESE PUZZLES
I Winners of Puzzle Prizes -|'MARGARET,STEWART,
InverneNM. Point Reyes Station. ;Fourthn Grade. Age ItYears
It wasln the country; on a very-hot.day when Iwas sent :to .; the marketwith three dozen eggs. -On my, way I
1had to pass a- brook, wliero some ;ber-• ries grew. *Istopped hore and laid my,.basket under^ some brush.; Iwent to;pick some berries. I\u25a0 was there '-abouthalf 1an,hour.when ,my
"brother; passed
that -way and seeing <me pickingrber-rics he H
thought he would play;a; joke•on
-me. So he. took smy basket and. hid
•behind a large oak ;tree. \ Ifcame up'from,the- brook, my mouthf'red fromthe juice- of the berries.^;';llooked formy basket, "but Icould not'find it. So;^I sat down on a stump of*'a'-!tree- toIthink of my trouble, vl'was; going;,to.tell a falsehood. .'I;was % going to say
that Ilost the money when- my brother,"who couldvnot keep Vstill;amy/longer.-
vgave.a,; short; laugh.: I:started' at theIsound, ....but:could. see t nothing. ;«Then;my,brother's v? head appeared
'from(be-
hind/the tree. ,He told me. his storyand we;both started towardHhe':mar--ket with- the "basket between' us.;.' WeIreachedhome in'safety,;but Inever for-got how near Icame totelllng a false-
\u25a0 \u25a0^°/>d:^' Maybe it would have ruined mylife if•I,had told*thaf falsehood. -So;as it goes, it's the. same old tale, ,"Hon-esty is the best; pblicy." „*
SAVED FROM A LIE
-. '.:. Honesty^ certainly is the best policyand the following Btory proves it to bo. true. A.year or two ago Iwas staying
:in. a . large 'three ;story; house -/with: alady whose children were.away, and as ,she did not fancy, staying. at-home aloneshe asked me^to- remain" with-her .forcompany, for a,.few days. ;One day shewas sick with.a headache and asked me'ifIwould take some money tolthe \u25a0 of-.'"\u25a0'• floe of one of- the "largest groceries. \u25a0 I;said Iwould,* and she put several goldand silver, pieces. Into an envelope andgave. them to me. . •, , ., Now, every one in this , town ,that I
am- acquainted ;with knows that, Lamscrupulously honest, and ifany one had
'even hinted at myibeing.not quite,hon-est 1 would; have -been angry, enoughto light.: .But" the money that this lady-
1 trusted me with;was not: only quite a §§\u25a0 quantity. ;but also this *lady had been
with me but a few days. .Well;Itook the;\u25a0 envelope to the. right office and here they-
were-verytnlce to me and'thanked me. Ithen went back to, my friend's home
~V and when- she found, how nicely, and j
\u25a0quickly; lhad handled the, errand: forher she also thanked me and; said her
•headache was inearly gone' away. 'She•then said that Imight go uptown'andhave a nice timer>As she said this she-handed
'me 1money :enough for*'\u25a0 a
-ticket
to the theater and also money, for;ice,.: cream. After this »I carried .money for '
her many., times :and|she many, timesgave me money '\u25a0; for
'the theater ;and*
shows.*
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CHEATING IN SCHQOL-
\U»'' •'\u25a0";\u25a0\u25a0':\u25a0 GLADYS DECKER,/ ::22 llofTmnn Avenue. Noe Valley School,
AFourth Grade. "Age lOYeaw.-Being honest *.is the best/
;for tone's..friends, parents, and teachers.; 1 If you .':'cheat "with *your: friends at 'playing
IIrgames.' <as ..when r,you '\u25a0•peek .at one of ;
lyour friends -xin>playing .hiJe and' goseek,,you .will find;it-out.- -,.;:../
- -.When ::you ;. asked Vyour mother . for
'something- and»,she said you could nothave It; still you wanted It,'so you ;^sneaked it-out of
"the house anJ took
it away. That would be>dishonest.-
Ifyou copy.ln-school,fromtheichil-dren.who.are .sitting. around, • you. will :not. know; your, lessons. .Wheneverthe teacher: asks you a question syouwill not know it. Then she. will askyou, "Why,do you get excellent- in yourexaminations?" ,< Tou will? not know.'She will.ask you, again and again, butstill you willnot know.'. Then she willJsay: You must have copied. Did you?"You will say: "Yes,cIcopied." -
Afterthat you .will study and you will;nothave to copy any more.
-You will get'
excellent •in all your r examinations.Copying ia stealing' some one else'swork. . .
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HONESTY WAS NOT FOR HERAI-ETA McKENNA,
George Street, Fl&hbnrff, Cal. I<ock>wood School, A *Seventh
-erade. \u25a0
Affe 13 YearsI*
One day as Iwas out playing,a little*\u25a0 girl took my ball, and' because sheknew I.could tell on her she threw itaway. She then. told her, mother astory about it, ;and her mother be-lieved her instead of me. The: littlegirl kept up her bad tricks till shebecame a young woman and joined aclub whose motto was, "Honesty is thebest policy." \u25a0 These words' worked onthe poor girl's mind until she withdrewfrom the club. If her mother, hadvstarted in right, this poor girl wouldhave loved the motto as Ido.iniliiMimffimiitifr*'.
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Hox G47, Tulare, Cnl. Tulare School,Fifth Grade. Age 14 Yean
RUBY MBLAXAX,
WHEN IWAS TRUSTED
;Twelve valuable crlzes , are giveneach week for correct answers .to,; the,.pussies. '
This'
does":not mean that
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every- one r!answering the puzzles cor- •
rectly get3, a prize.-
But:if you;persist >:\u25a0. you willsurely get ;one. ,' Ifyou do notget;it this; week; keep on"trying. Per- /
« haps ;you 'will"be.successful ;next. :The f:;Junior;*: follows v^ther fairest' possible :.method^ in awarding: its;prizes.' \u25a0; ;
XAll answers Jmust "\u25a0 be "spelled 'correct- vly, neatly; and sent in oh postal •/;:.cards.; Those .received .in* other ways, ,.will"'not.:;be
'considered. c. ;<.;<. ','-'.; •}"'\u25a0'" \
The correct 'answers to the \ puzzles'
in the Junior .of'
June 19: were:' -
\u25a0 '; -•(1); Reporter; (2) Yachting; (3),Cu-
r« rent; \:.(4); Acrobat:;'' (5) Hamburg; '•'(6) \u25a0 :'_
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*;Prizes were awarded. to the^following X:Juni ors who;answered the, puzzles 'cor- '•'\u25a0.;Erectly:;:",;*". ";:.;:";-. ;-.'J-":*'(*J .';r;\;.'.•'. :\u25a0 \u25a0' ;\u25a0-. \u25a0':; :.Dennis Crowley,' Port Costa.. ;•'_;''\u25a0\u25a0: Hnrry Clark, 517, Capp street; San•:Prancisco.';' \u25a0\u25a0";'-'\u25a0\u25a0;\u25a0.•'.;.'\u25a0\u25a0.; Z"A"m '\u25a0 \u25a0^^''^ '.\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0,\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0,
-i: Cnrcello. Cerkel, ;3830 Eighteenth;street," San' Francisco';;''.; ,';',.;; ;.;^-;\ ;-•\u25a0•\u25a0. \y.?'*'<:\':.<\u25a0IMnndc I^lttle,;Burllngatne. :-'\u25a0. -. ,*':' ;•>:' \u25a0 :,v;:;;a'
Georgre :Lowry, Placervi lie,;.box 2 27. ::*\u25a0Jnatln;; Leser, :;47s. Frederick street,
San Francisco; •>;. ;.:.: ( - "\"--\u0084•'\u25a0',-.'
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Helen 'Simmons, 112?B street, Hay-v- ward.":";";,/';':; ''\u25a0' ; '.';.,'. ,\u25a0:'.'\u25a0' \'l'.'.':[\u25a0; .y.' -!':^\'r
Ida Sahlbers-, 831 York street, feanFrancisco. <.-'\u25a0.,\u25a0 ;;\u25a0;\u25a0;•\u25a0_ ".i^.-.
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\u25a0; , Lore«n \Street, 1348 San Bruno ave-'.Inue,' San ;Francisco! \u25a0,'\u25a0 =.;;. .-:;-}-:.X''-t; ';Georgre Shoemaker, XX 351351 First avenue, ;
\u25a0San;'Fraricisco. :OV' :';;--' .>•• \';;/ ;/;;;,;*'.'. ,:\u25a0.'\u25a0;.; ": \u25a0\u25a0\u0084
Edward Thomson, Inverness.'.,;. / ':'
Pnullne Willln; 812i;Eleventh istreet, "\u25a0'*.Oakland^/..:.,;.,;^./'..^;,,:,,,^^ >\u0084,.;\u25a0.- :\u25a0 \u25a0
WRITING CONTEST
.;V THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY. OF.A'— '\u25a0 - -- WRITE'ON:'ONErSipEORTHEPAPERiONLY;: LETTERS'MUST BEjSENXIN BY?WEDNESD'AYr ,
What comes after ;the; A? you:liWe^--a spoon, a slioc.'a^'pinj<a ;broorh/:;broorh/ :any -common article of ,household/use". "\Here's;a .chancefpr you "all"to "use -yourp imagination .and powers:j ;:
'Pick:'out isomethingj: that is: used>about" the*house and then- picture '
\u25a0aHithV;adyenture"s.ithat;^ might r̂happen Uoit.- Suppose yourself, to;be thatrafUcle,£with;;powerJ;to ";think ;and:a tongu6 toHalk.
"Suppose; you were ..'
ithe|roUing7pimfor^afday,ilook atall^the 'exciting; things that. you; would,liaye^tolltelliafter^ you had stopped being a rolling pin and were -turned .backlagaimiritoTa rjunior.;; ;,- , . "*-,
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• *; few 'weeks ago ithe^ Junior had? a v story of a tpenny,;and v a verY,good 'story .it^ was.I.^Wh'y^/one, just ;--followe'd:\u0084t hat Vp'cnny-! from' the; mint,;through - the 'pockets bf its"-".various owners, into. the church \u25a0 collection;plate, etc.
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'\u25a0'f. v -There is;no'•:limit; as tojyour choice; of'an, article, ;only;it must <He;something" usedTabout the ;ho*use.:v'As.yo
;don'tiwaste 4 time^tellingf'qf uninteresting events in the histoTy of your,•special'rjobject, >but^"get^ rights^down-to business Varid pick 'out tlie most,' exciting. *
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'-' >' '\u25a0\u25a0'". *. \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0;,. 'jjTher'e :is .;one thing 7 to* be
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t.careful "about— make :your events in
with;your subject. , A''';pin can't, have the same adventures asvthe
'or;;, the.'garden/, mower as the wash boiler. They are ofdifferent^materiaU in:the-: first< place;' are born' in different factories,i aiitl*ally theirOlives
'follow their Own' laws"; aiid have .very; little in common .
with each' other.'
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;. There's i a chance^^^for good; - original work in this subject. Let's; see:a'fyypu';cah.\'db/'^v'\ v^ ': •\u25a0 \u25a0
v'--'.':;'.OPEN LETTER SECTION <
'.M^Any -Junior may write a,letter .for,this Vection on some topic of,public"interests? Keep track" "ofnheletlersjfrom week;to^week and do'not take"subjects- already .'.writte'iyrbnj'i'unless'-'you-idp not :agree *with:some AVriterandCwishltbransiver, in a.letterrof.'yourVowhr^rhe letters may*be -from200";to^40p{wprds, v
;mus^ be"ibeTon; a -subject of public \u25a0interest.; ;\u25a0 *v \u25a0..*'\u25a0 •
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I AWARDED APRIZE 1\u2666
HONEST~BENEDWINA G.-SCILACCI,
Point Iteyea"Station, Marln Co., Cal.. • Black School/ Seventh Grade.
Age -; 13 Years <
On one of the streets of a largo cityone cold night a little waif was stand-ing in;front of a street -stand. He wastalking to. the woman who' owned .it,when a man: and a; lady richly '
dressedcame^out of a store and, stepped into a.carriage near. by. -., \u25a0 . ..
""Iwonder why God gives some peo-ple so much Vmoney and' others so lit-tle?" said. Ben.' ;, » v .
"Ido not,know but money does 'not.make the people, replied the woman,
whose, name was Martha,. ..-'..» .Ben ran, out into the street and came
back to ";.; the stand, with a pocketbook,which he opened.- It contained !over$100. "My, what a.lot of nice things I. can get with/this money!"' exclaimed
;Ben. \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0•'\u25a0\u25a0•• \u25a0\u25a0..\u25a0'•.-,\u25a0 .<\u25a0.>.:.: '.... ',{.\u25a0: '-\u25a0 -\u25a0: U-^xi
-... "It.don't .belong, to you, Ben, and
those rich people must have, lost it. Tokeep it would be the same as stealing,"said Martha:. ;,. '. ;
- .Ben thought, so, too, and, closing the
;\u25a0 pocketbook, «he asked Martha •the ad-
dress of the? people, for Martha knew;them. He: then started on his way/ *
. \u25a0 Mrs. Duncan,*- for -that -was "the name,ofthe lady that lost the purse, had just'found out it"was lost/:; when she got
.home.; ;"Ihope some poor people findit,so. they can. make themselves comfort-'able," she said. \u25a0
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.,-.v."'A;few minutes after Ben was admit-,
£ ted to Mr.\u25a0 and iMrs. Duncan's presence.He gave them the pocketbook' and Mrs.Duncan |found\ that /nothing* was miss-ing.. .She. then'offeredvit' to ;.Ben,: whodeclined, saying, "Iwas going to keep;the money, but \u25a0 a rlady- gave: me 'your,address and 'told me to return it -toyou.", -,\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'.•.:.-,. :'w..--' •\u25a0^:-'- v
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Mrs. Duncan . made -him take , the."money J and .V then.. Mr. .'\u25a0 Duncan said,1
"Have you any father or mother?", *;•;,. "No,", replied Ben. ".
""I
'lived with a:
man who :said he was my;uncle,"" butwho isn't. -,iHe treated", me rvery cruelly
and r thls»inorning Iran away.""How would you like to.be my adopt-
ed son?" asked Mr. Duncan.;-
"Oh, I-would enjoy;it,';.irepUed Ben.'SojBen was adopted. and, Martha was
given a< large sum of money, every year. ,After that Ben's, motto was. "Hon-
esty, not money, makes /the man."';'\u25a0 ' : "'\u25a0
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T" AWARDED A PRIZE 1r \u25a0\u25a0'.' "'\u25a0
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A PARTNERSHIP POLICY;; JVAOMI SMITH,
387 Fair. Oak* Street. Lincoln School,IIEighth Grade. Aged 13* Years
Out in the country there was* aprivate school for boys. Each boywas given a plat of 'ground to do whathe liked with. ,
Tom and Jack were partners. Theyplanted melons. When the season closed-. they 'had six- large watermelons. Theytook them
-to market .and .received $5
for their crop. Jack was no! satisfiedwith his share of the money and stoleTom's. s Tom reported the Iobs to theteacher. .,He.Investigated, but no clewcould be found.
One morning, Jack was not present inthe schoolroom. Tom had found a noteon his desk; What had happened?Jack had confessed and gone home.He asked leave to come back. Permis-sion was given and so he came.
He asked forgiveness and teacher,principal and mates forgave him. Hesaid to them: "Deceitfulness always isfound out. Honesty .is the best policy,"
BEGIN RIGHTKENNETH no IG,
Aliton, R. I*, 1, Box 33A.' OulidulcSchool, Fourth Cirade,
JLg« 10 Yean*Iknow of IotflOf boys who steal and
are not honest. It you steal whenyou are a boy, it leads you to robberywhen you are a man. The policemenwill catch you and take you before ajury. You will try to get out of It,butyou will not be able. So everybodymust be honest.
1 AWARDED A PRIZE |WHAT JACK FOUND OUTT
RUTnVEN WATERMAX,G12 Irwln Street, Low Sixth Grade, S,
R. J. School, Son Rafael, Aged10 .Yearn; One day as Tom and his brother
James were playing marbles they hearda voice calling them. -'-.They.' looked upand found It.to.be Jack Wilklns, afriend of theirs. : He ran to them, andsaid. that he had just been over to thelibrary and'. found .that the door ,was. open and every one gone. lie proposedthat they go in and take as manybooks as. they wanted. Both boys re-fused,^saying they would not think of
.such a thing. . - "•• Although, disappointed, Jack went
.-\u25a0> alone and found'some Oliver Optic. books which- he- had been wanting-for
a long time. When he had all he couldcarry and' was just leaving * he hap-.pened to look"on the desk- and there
, lay Rome tmoney. He slipped it -into,• his pocket and was; just leaving when
he heard some one come in. Whatcould he do? It\was Mr. Smith, thelibrarian, who remembered that he; hadforgotten, to lock the doors. Jack wasmade to replace theibooks. Mr. Smith.said .he should go ;t0' prison, but he
• would let him off;easy if he promisednever to; steal again. . Jack, did notcare very much- whether, he went, ornot, because when crime
*became
known his former, friends- would havenothing to do withtihlm. Every .oneshunned t him, although he was verypenitent, realizing' that after all "Hon-esty is the best; policy."'
X: AWARDED A PRIZE ;7|-**""ALIBERALREWARD
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PETER MABKUS,'
'•' lOSOVi Alabama Street, ;San FranciscoOne bright morning' Margaret took,a
long walk. Walking past her very rap-,idlywas a,rich .woman, who^in',her
• haste dropped a' gold:pin with aniemer-\u25a0
,ald lnit. Margaret saw it fall and ranto pick it from' the ground. Itwas avery pretty plnv and
'Margaret wouldhave liked to keep It but her . con-,science said, "No,' give it to the owner."Then she ran after the .woman andhanded her the pin. v The lady was. verymuch pleased and 6ne patted Margaret
on the shoulder and told her she, wouldgrow to be a good, honest woman.. Margaret \u25a0" was .very;pleased :and ranhome with a happy. heart, for she knew
\u25a0*\u25a0 that she had been honest,. and that wasbetter than all.the pins on earth* Threedays after that a >.little box', came , forMargaret; which contained a pin aetwith three diamonds. There was alsoa note, wlilch showed that the pin hadbeen sent to her. by the lady to whom. Margaret had returned, the lost pin. IfMargaret had kept the pin (which waaonly an, emerald one) she would not.feel honest, but now- she has a dia-mond pin and a light heart,, too. Soyou see honesty is best after all.
T AWARDED A PRIZE ~"j*"\u25a0 THE STOLEN BICYCLE
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JOHN WALSH,
180 Cn«tro Street, City. Everett Gram-mar School. ABe 11 Yearn
Mother's principle was, to b© honestone must be truthful. We were toldnever to bring anything: home unless Itbelonged to us. In this way we savedourselves many quarrels. . --\u25a0
One day a boy mend or my brother'sbrought a bicycle to our house and of-fered It for sale at a cheap price. Mybrother was anxious to buy. but fathersaid Itwould pay to lnvestiBate
fwhere
thought he knew quite a bit.B0 bought iton tbe;'QT£ paying all hisnaDer money for It. Well, to make afongstwy short, he only had it a weekwhen the owner came for It.My broth-fTr's Bchoolmate had borrowed It fromfh« owner and so brother found out hewouhThave been money, in pocket hadhe followed our pareufg advice. Hahad to return theWcycle and he neverheavrf from the schoolmate, thereforelosing all the money he gave the fel-
•p'hta was a lesson to the rest of uschlldreu? Now we are very careful.
shows that honesty iis the bestpolicy. . .i , . .
.KiilntJa B«ach. r; San' .Pedro '"School,:, EU&hthvC.'rade. 'Age 13 \u0084•";.
'/';;\u25a0 ';;\u25a0',-:\u25a0''\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0:,;>Yearn >i ;'• •">.';'/•;';."•, \u25a0:'"/\u25a0" :":, .Once; therevwas a little tgirl whosename; was; Dorothy.^ One day. she* was!,warned > not- to jplay \u25a0on hef way toschool.." :"..-:'-.;; '\u25a0.\u25a0';.-.'-" ''\u25a0•.'\u25a0\u25a0'?-:.'.'-,s u/'r'.v,-'- -• ;\u25a0\u25a0«.-/
•V !She •\u25a0 had-not :gone / far ,on her .way'
when she, met a-little' girl,- who^saia:-"Come over, to- the \u25a0: trees'" and ,,play'awhile before ;we' go, to \u25a0 school." \u25a0', "No,"said
*Dorothy, told me .not
'to
play^on >my way'to::school; '? but
'IlIldon'tsuppose she will;know anything about.
'They ,accordingly went over 'to
*'the ,
trees where they played for a long time,which resulted >in their
'being ;late forSChOO]. \u0084i, '."
\u25a0'. ;.-'OV', \u25a0;„;*.: '.\u25a0;\u25a0'-\u25a0. .:';\u25a0 \u25a0".\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0•\u25a0,\u25a0:\u25a0\u25a0,.:: '•''\u25a0When she- got home /that night she
toldVher V mother of :her' disobedience.Her ,mother ;on '
learning'of-Dorothy's
honesty jsaid: "I will excuse you thistime, but fyou mustn't- be; so vnaughtyagain.' 1 :>::>: \u25a0\u0084'-
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RODBKICK'MaeDONALD,
DECEIT
1 AWARDED A PRIZE jVWHAT HAPPENED TO OLD
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;;\u25a0•; '-•\u25a0.;._; \u25a0\u25a0anna; mockenkib, ;';-a •'•\u25a0\u25a0',•\u25a0,;354 .,Cleveland ,Avenne, Kant ..Oakland. .
t 'Tnmnlpnls Union*High School. : So- .'\u25a0' phomore. Arc, 14
"Yonru _, .
"Say, Mose," isaid black Sam,' break-ing;a /.silence which; had; lasted for. 10.. minutes, Mwhatcha think .this, yere \u25a0;:
-book^says? ..'.Why,' right'y^re: hit.says .'dat* honesty hit.vam.'de. best policy.>Vhatcha think;o'<dat?"^' ; : V' .
i'.V- "Dat sho' am .true,' Sam," answeredhis? 'crony. "My mammy, she say •datanybody aniia fool what doan' know
'dat." :,:.'-,,\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0•\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0. /- '\u25a0;-> \u25a0- \u25a0\u25a0: \u25a0'-
\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0-'."Well, den," asserted Sam, "Ah sho .<\u25a0-
..miis' be a fool, den, fo' \u25a0 Ah doan' be-*'lleve*it.V -y-'-'r':.'
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-But,',' said the other; black. boy, ."if'. yo'hearnde story what "my mammy,
done tole me, yo' sho 1 would ibelieveit den." =\u25a0\u25a0 .;':.'\u25a0'-.: \u25a0 :-\u25a0 ., \u25a0\u25a0• ':\u25a0 \u25a0'
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\u25a0'Yo' have to tell me de story. den .'fo.Ah'll "dat proberg," \u25a0 said the.unbelieving Sam.. _. :,'.'\u25a0-\u25a0..;
"All right, den.'f-said Mose. :VWell,one day Ah say .to my mammy,
k'Mamniy,
Ah doan' believe dat' honesty am de best .\u25a0» policj;.'•:•\u25a0' 'Vo' doan',- doan' .yo.'yo' 1 un-b'levinV H'l' sinner.;. Wait;- till-.Ah",tole,'yo'Vbout^Ole Pete ', what,never: believed .
. it;neither,' ;'said-
my mammy, '/• gettin' 'beVy inad. ;day' a^po' oleniggah by name ob Jeremiah," only,dey
called him Jerry fo' :sho't, asked JDlePete to get him a blanket when .he-
'Went to 'town. -,He gabe Ole Pete .ft' ''dollahs an'." tole him -to get" de^bes*'blanket in' ;Virginnyr.fo' de* money,'cause \u25a0' heiwasen'; feelln' rbery .well* an' \u25a0-got 'cole lonk't«wa'd'mawnin'.. . , \u25a0 •
",'Well; Ole Pete went down' town^de \u25a0
,bery , nex'. day,r an';he •say, to .' de man ;
what. [aol'-:i? blankets, "Lemtnq' see one v\u25a0* ob:your blankets raboutfl'; dollahs.', 1 But'\u25a0"de' blanket man1he" only hab'foah dollah »
?, blankets.so, Ole Pete hab, to take <3at or\u25a0 none; \u25a0'\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 "\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0'\u25a0: '~ ''-"\u25a0\u25a0' \u25a0\u25a0.'*. '\u25a0'. :;r "'-^ '-''-" . ~.'.'\':..... „..
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Way to1 Jerry s 1 Ole APete be-gan to say to hisself, "Heah ;am a dol-. lah what doan': belong-to vme. :-\If Ahdone' take; it'no one'll- know de differ- •
"ents."'Now,, Ole^'Pete, he' war a funny
niggah, 'causer he jxebber. done-nothin1
bery, good nor he, nebber. r done -nothin",.bery bad." ,Eberybody was askin' ebery-"
'-\u25a0 body! else .whar'- he war goin*'when- de'•"\u25a0 time 'came to die; •;But;eberybody else'
say dat dey doan' .know, ,'cauSe deysay he hab" abery eben chance to goto one or \u25a0 de udder extremisy, . •' "
'So, when,;Ole Pete he doan', knowwliedder to take or-leab de money, he'make up Jhia
-min* to . take
"it, /cause :he• Juh* see Jerry's house. . \u25a0
"Wen he'showed "Jerry de blanket,'
Jerry he say,-.' Dis yeah blanket 'it'amwo'th no fl', dollahs'. /'An' Ole,Pete, ,he«ay, 'Ah can' help hit. Datwar de'bes'
:hehab.' So Jerry, be nab to be satis-\u25a0<; fled. •-.:•,\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 '. V;,/';.^;;,,,;,
, • .., • • -.- . \u25a0 \u25a0. \u25a0- \u25a0. "'Ole Pete hab now died. »Den, comes
de. bad man to him and say,!'Come wid'me.' Ole Pete, he war frightened, buthe !say, . 'Ah nebber. did,n>othin', to. go
-wif yo'. But de old boy he say, 'Doan'.ftyo' .'member de time yo1,took ole Jerry's
dollah? Dat done* convictloned. yo'."'Dat war de 1 time when honesty It
war de best policy," said nriy mammy.'An'*you Jes' 'member. dat, will yo'; yo''imperdent U'V scamp/"
"Say, Mose," said' Bam, with a crest-fallen uir,"Ithink yo' ma's right, doan'yo.", ~. .,. •\u25a0 .. .• \u25a0 ; \u25a0 . •
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T AWARDED APRIZE "|FALSEHOOD MAKES^
ANOTHERIIKLK.VIIIItSCH, i
SS5t> \%'aMhlnKton Street, Paclfle IIel|;|itMSchuol, Sixth Grade, Agtd -•
IS YearsThe reason Ithink honesty is the best
policy is because'dlahonesty will' haveits own reward and is sure to be found. out sooner U1
" later. Jf you are < dis-honest- you must necessarily statefalsehoods, and in order to make puclistatements appear true, other falsestatements have to follow.
You are certain . by simply statingthe truth that you have done, right,and even if dishonest statements'ap-pear to be better, your own consciencewill tell you that you are acting rightand such knowledge willbring its ownreward.
Thero was once a poor young manworking in a bbisg s store' In which -alarge amount. of money came In daily.
Many v times v the young nian, hadchances to, take money away with him,'but he was too honest, to,do •t.i
'• Later, on, the owner of;the store saw
how honest the man mas,;so he-gave
him a;much- higher position and hiswages, were raised.By this you can see that honesty is
tho best policy.
. RALPH OLSON, ' '
118 Thornton Avenue' 'South. nayView School,. B.Third Grade..-'..'\u25a0 Ace ;,©\u25a0 \u25a0•\u25a0\u25a0Yearn .-..\u25a0. -.
THE POOR MAN'S HONESTY
I AWARDED A: PRIZE IATSUBSTANTIAL REWARD •
\u25a0 .HELEN_:,TRAVIS, .'3214 ;Sixteenth , Street; . City. Xotre';';; .. v
'..:-:.\u25a0, Dame. Age 13 i.Yeara „\u25a0...•, :\u25a0 \u25a0'/•/•\u25a0.;..'\u25a0.
;.';?How often;we/ have-been
- taught "that.;'/Honesty is the best "policy",? •But sortie '
of us; younger' ones have not 'given Itall- the fattention that the words .need..1,have known of girls stealing' les-sons and*also copying at examinations,
and , when.it camp to verbal examina^tlonsVthey were, lost. The* cause -was,they "were cheating arid therefore lostthe respect
"'of<Uhe ;good sisters and of
their* schoolmateB. ','
""Ifknowiof a case of .honesty that,made our school- feel 'proud -of Miss A.,one of'its:pupllH.-Miss As, was. leaving'with(her parents for,a trip;to •,southern'California;and* some .of*us .went to bidher bon voyage. Sho sailed on the Stateof California und as we bid her goodby 'Hhe shook her.. handkerchref,- srubbed-her suit case and paused on deck.*Next
-day >\u25a0>\u25a0Iread :that the'State of
California :had . sailed and among the •\u25a0
first class passengers was a Madam——, a famous priina donna, who waa
11 going to make the trip to Los Angelesfor her health. Itmentioned that'mad>
•am' had' lost her suit case, uontainingmoney and Jewels, as she was biddingfriends goodby.;--
• .'lii.a fSW we heard from ourschool friond, aakiiiK us if.we had hersuit cas<>; aa thq one'fihe picked up was'nother'own,. but contained wealth; and\u25a0jewels belonging :to some, other, . pas-senger.' Sh8 r8oon found the owner ofthe suit case, also her own, outsidQ Jierstateroom :door, '\u25a0* The 'winger Was very-. grateful' and ;lhQ •\u25a0outcome is that oneof our San Francisco girls'has u bright
\u25a0 future" In store for .her,, as her voice*was very sweet, but a scarcity ofmoney prevented her. from cultivating.It. This Is one of the cases* where ithas been proved that "Honesty is the'best policy," and we are very proud
.of our claBsmate.
I AWARDEP A PRIZE > IHONESTY REWARDED * •
'vGLADYS COURTNKV,
2017 -West. Street, Ouklnnd. OIiiwmou; v : School, A ;Seventh Grade.' -
Age 11 Yenrs;
.One bright sunny afternoon I.went,-out on the lawn to play. .While iiwasplaying- Isaw something'; glittering Inthe sun and discovered; it to be a 'ring.Ithought iti;.was "not right to keep it,"as",I'\u25a0 knew the owner migiht)ask me IfI'had foundit.* Ifeltsure! would notlike to tell, a lie, so Ithought Itbestto; go to" hei\ home' and ask if it be-longed to her. It did. \u25a0
She was so delighted to think thatIfound.it, because It. was an heirloomgiven to her by her grandparents manyyears ago
t '.8herewardedine'Wlth ;a lit-tle book on honesty. So it was that Ifollowed: the simple rule, "Honesty isthe best policy." .>
f AWARDED A PRIZE ']\u2666 ;
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TWO LIVES LOSTALMA 1IKA1IV,
1300 Nineteenth Aveuue, San PrauciacO,hcveutb tirade, College Notre DunieHonesty; is"the best because so many
people who have committed a greatcrime find It the best in the end to tell,the truth. Once there were three girlsat a ball. After the ball was over theywalked home together and one girl was,shot by a man.
Another man, seeing her fall, pickedher up and ai^ofllcer., seeing him wJthher, took him to jail. Thin man wasnot guilty, but'was hanged. The guiltyman heard of this crime and declaredhimself guilty. Bo he was hanged.
"Now-had he said he was guilty Inthe first place the other man would,have been saved, because he washanged anyway.
POLICY
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HONESTY IS THE BEST
Iremember when Iwas a little boyIonce did something and lied about Itto get out of It. After a while Itoldmother the truth and Ifelt a littloswitch, so Iconcluded that "honesty isthe best policy."
Camp HoHf, llrnlilshiirpr,Cal. MoKlnleySchool, liieh Sixth Grade.
Age j:5 YearnThe old saying, "Honesty Is the best
policy," Is true beyond a doubt. If aman wishes to secure the respect of hisfellow citizens and himself he must buhonetft.
EDWARD H. OSIIOUN,
115 Palm Avenue, San. Rafael. Sanßn>. fuel Grammar School, IISixth' /.'.Gratle. » Age 10 ,Yearii
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- ;>....> Jimmies father had' a small.vegetablestore on the street* corner.% where hosold vegetables and fruit to pa ssers 'by.During vacation Jimmie, spent "his timeIn,nlsfather's store watching '.him.' Oneday a customer, came in and asked for,a quart 'of peanuts." /Jimmle watchedhis father fill the quart measure up tothe top. After.' the customer,* had; goneJimmie turned; to his' father and said,"Papa, why do you-fill-the quart, meas-ure so full; why don't 'you give less?Jimmies father -frowned and said. "Iam surprised to hear you say that; itisnot honest, and . 'Honesty Is the bestpolicy.' The: apple woman. across thestreet loses her customers because shedoes not give. them fullmeasure,: whileIkeep mine and get new ones becausethey know Iam an honest man."
, 'saved in tim^* ADELE ULMAN;
115 Palm" Avenue,' San Rafael. \u25a0 San\u25a0 Rafael Grammar School. Sixth
IIGrade. Age 11 YearsOnce upon a time a young lad was
selling papers. A lady was passing andtsked him for a paper, handing him $5.She
-knew the price was 5 cents, so
waited for. the change, but the boystarted off on a run and the lady afterhim. She soon caught up with him.She 'then .called a policeman, but theboy cried bo bitterly that she felt sorryfor him and told the officer not to takehim to jail; that she would like to givehim a chance to become a good. boy.bo she took him to her home, dressedand cared for him and taught him howwrong it was to take what did not be-long to him, or what he did' not right-fully earn. ,lle in time became a good,honest man and was grateful to thelady for teaching him that "honesty isthe best policy."
AN UNEXPECTED REWARD;.:,, ,I\u0084
.., . MAY FOLEY,720 Willow Avenue.: Hamilton School,. A Sixth Grade. Age,l2 Years. *
\u25a0• :y:y P°y/by' the .name of;John was
worklngifor^ai farmer in: the tsouthern'statea.'-rHe .< was <veryjpoor; and had nofather.'* He went to work when he wasbut il3iyears- old."'-
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.•<\u25a0•.iOne day ;»whenVhe had '\u25a0 all his *hardwork,;done' he
-took> a little walk
out Inia •<field- near;,by,"s and* as •- he s.wasstrolling along he:saw.af little paper inthe ;grass. \u25a0 ,His;eyes opened wider andwider as he > came -:to •it, and '•• toYhissurprise: he found it,was aUOrdollarbill..- He;looked ;if>over :and ;over;;on -the ,other. >.side '\u25a0 he t\ saw \u25a0' his soldfrlend'sname.i VMr. Green." .">''•:'f He ran v;back and Vrang '\u25a0 Mr. Green'sdoorbell n and told him- /what lie badfound belonglngitohlm.' . \u25a0" .. .\u0084Mr.tGreen said; It*was his, but re-plied:-"My:honest laJ; you may;have itfor being honest."- *' ;\u25a0* ,
pf-John went' away. feeling that honestywas the best .policy..- i; /
HONESTY BRINGS TRADE
New York is to try anew method oftransit. A subway under Thirty-fourthstreet from Second •to Ninth,, avenue isto contain four moving platforms mov-ing at different rates from 3 to 12 milesper hour. You step upon one. of theplatforms and it carries you along; ifit doesn't go fast enough you stepuyon a faster one.
New/Kind of Undergrounds Travel
I AWARDED A PRIZE T,?'"\u25a0 JAMES' REWARD
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XORMA L.ICIITEXSTE1N,j1013 l.yon Street, San (Francisco. 3 .St.
•;\u25a0 Roue -Academy, Eljchth Grade.'
Ase,13 "Years-
,;' Honesty is the best .policy. That.this; is always 'the 'truth is a well,known fact, v ;.: . ..\u25a0•„\u25a0:.;\u25a0 ;•' • '. •
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"'Recently -I was told a ,story, and it
impressed ,-jhe a great, deal,* and now,." having the opportunity to. tell iti to my
'Junior friends, ,because it deals with•honesty,- Ishall: relato it.
1 Inv. the* small, town of V-—
-there•lived a poor but proud boy;who. was.
a' lover of books. * To support ;himselfand his mother he did countless chores, ,
•-for, Mrs. Carson,, his mother, depended;on' him entirely, being a widow and;.an invalid, i But ;my; hero 'had\a very
. bad fault... Often- when he should, have\u25a0been at.work v;you could find;him read- ,
ing,-in the' public .library. - By doingthis- allUhe time he lost, favor with allhisi masters and" no one Iwould. employ
\u25a0'. ,him. except-- a Mr.;Robertson,™ who in-tended to -make ;James Carson,, for- that was- his^name/'a 1 good man.'.
In.Mr. Robertson's, household he hadin his :employ ,a >'butler, who took ..a-dislike to .'James because our youngfriend*,was the only 'employe that' had
"the .'privilege .to enter his master'sstudy, and, naturally, the boy felt quiteproud^v •"*'*\u25a0'v:
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;":* >-:•-•One day in summer when-most; of
the servants were employed fixing thera tents, to sleep outdoors,' for it- was the•custom of-Mr. Robertson; and. his fam-;ily to sleep outdoors in warm weather,this sly v butler crept into Mr.' Robert-son's; study, and took a valuable an-tique' ring:from his master's cabinet.Mr. Robertson, .'did , not \u25a0 miss., it until
v thei end of < the . week} when he -waslooking at 'his odd 'cabinet. ,* He wasso;surprised • that he/'immediately sent",for James and discharged » him. v
.Two months had, passed since thenapd \u25a0'\u25a0 James had- found It hard • to. getwork and winter was; soon to set .in,'when one day "to' his surprise he was
'summoned- to his'" old :master's',- home.-It so happened that the iconscience of
''the 'butler . had: pricked ;him' so muchthat he. had made a clear confession.
\u25a0 Mr,"Robertson was very sorry he., hadtreated James so badly, and to makeamends he paid ;*the college ,of :V—:
—for>the education of James and gavehim' all necessary. bo9ks, in which hehad' inscribed:. -"'
'.'Honesty is the best policy.'.' «•-/ Vi,"
So you see, "my .dear friends, :nomatter, how poor- you -may be,: if( youare .honest you .will always rise, to be,among the best citizens of the United
-States., ..."''' (•\u25a0'\u25a0 -v"1^'?.,
0- AWARDED A PRIZE |THE LOST POCKETBOOK^
ELISE'BLOCK, / .2410 Foldom Street. Hawthorne School,
A Fifth Grade. Aged 12":\u25a0*'. ->
*"\,:"•
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Mr. Flint, as everybody called, him,was, thought by every one who knew
'him to bo a shrewd man.Mr.
•Flint had never known his
mother, but was brought up In alarge cheap school full of rough boys,where he bad ilearned to take care ofhlmsoir. As soon as ho left school hebegan to earn money, and in a shorttime he became u rich man. But hewas never happy. (How could he behappy without Wends or relatives?
One morning as Mr. Flint was walk-ing down the busy street a strangething happened. He lost a well filledpocketbook. "Pleaae,
-Blr, is • this
yours?" said a little voice behind him."I know it's yours, for Isaw it fallwhen you pulled out your handUer-GnierT* • ,
Mr. Flint turned around. A littleboy on his way- to school* had beenfortunate enough, ;not only* to nee thfeloaa but tg restore the book, to the. owner, The little boy wafl about torun away ".when 1Mr. Flint called tohijfland said: "1suppose you want areward for that? Here is six centsfor you." The little boy took it andsaid: "Oli, thank you, you are verykind." "Perhaps if it had been anyother person Iwould not have got mymoney back," said Mr. Flint. The lit-.tie boy replied: "My mother told menever to take anything that did not be-long to me and taught me that Mlou-esty is the best policy.' "
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