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JUNIOR EAGLE SECTION, BROOKLYN-NEW YORK, SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 1927 6 5 Aunt Jean's Nieces and Nephews Broadcasting The Poets Corner STORIES BY NIECES AND NEPHEWS THE SOT. tklnnlno Ha.ll trtf liellt. luiiuuK, uiiwiis Come swiftly, drive away the nigbU MY UTTUK WHITE MOUSE. One day my mother sent me to the tore. On my way home I aaw trained white mouse.

It wa lost. 1 Your wondrous radiance snows wav Out of darkness to the day. uked my mother I I Introducing 1 I i tmMt THE SUNRISE. have. The show was great.

First there were the elephants and lions who did tricks. Next came the ladies on horseback, acrobats and of course the clowns, how the children did laugh. Outside in another tent were the animals. There were the Hons, tigers, camels, monkeys and the elephants. Outside of the tents thera were men shouting to come and see the side shows.

Men were celling Balloons of all colors, red, green, yellow, blue and purple one. Men selling whips, candy, peanuts. Out of the silent sky. From the shadow of night. Our Letter Box WHO WILL WRITE TO LILLIAN? Dear Aunt Jean I think your club is lovely, the puzzles, the stories and artists.

I am 11 and will be 12 Easter Sunday. Isn't that a lovely day? I'm not rood at anything particularly but try about everything. I love dancing and can do the back-bend, crawl, flip, cartwheel, and, oh. Russian, tap, toe and soft shoe are such fun. I wish some on elsa would write to me who likes dancing.

Wo could have some fun writing. I think those dolls are Chinese this week (April 3), but I bavent any crayons yet. so I have to wait. Will you please send me a list of credits and the prizes. I dont understand them.

Do you get credits tor crossword puzzles Lillian Roe nan. 591 Sth sc. A HUMANE MEMBER. Dear Aunt Jean I would like very if I could keep it. I had a hard time but she finally rave In.

I kept It day after day. 1 gave It bread and cheese to eat and water to drink. 1 let It out of the On the wings of dawn comes A beautiful light. The Jasmine buds unfold: The skylark on high files; The grass rings wet with dew; popeora. pink lemonade, hot dogs and watermelon.

Tommy and the family bad everything and saw it all. At last was over, and tired and 1 happy tbey carted for home. I much to be a member of the Humane-I The world awas.es wim Lucy Ucba, SIGNS OF SPRING. When the sun Is shining bright And the Bowers are blooming right. When the weather begins to clear.

Then you know spring Is here. When the strong winds no longer blow And the grass beigns to grow. When the birds begin to sing. Then you know it is spring. Herbert Friedman.

THE BROOK. In a meadow far away, 'Where the butterfly doth play. Is a merry little brook: In a cool and shady nook. Laughing, playing, all the day. In a merry, cheerful way, Tinkling over atone and sand.

To another happy land. Running swifter here and there. Bubbling over everywhere. Singing. ff 'cross the lea To the big and stormy sea.

Edith Lewis. Dear Aunt Jean I am very sorry that I did not write to you in such a long time because I have been sick and I could not write because Dorothy Philip? stein. HOW THE I VDWini WAS IX-VHITED. Once there lived In England the Earl of Sandwich. He was a fellow who liked gamMlng more than anything else in the world.

He played cards day and nifbt and did not even nave time to eat. So be thought that a piece of bread with salad or piece of meat or anything else would be Just as good as a whole meal-Thus the sandwich was Invented. As the people did not find any other name to call it. they named it sandwich, after the Karl of Sandwich. Paul Mesila.

MOSES AT MOUNT SINAI. Moses led the children of Israel across the desert. When night came they stopped at Meant Sinai. The people went down Into a cave and Moses stood on one of the cliffs. Here Is where Moses got the tablets of the Tea Commandments.

Suddenly Mosea looked down into the cave and what should he see bat the childrea of Israel worshipping aa idol Instead of the true Cod. Aa soon as Moses saw this he Smashed the golden calf, which the people made with their own hands worship. In Mow rat aa mad that he even trap once a day. One day my mother was very mad. I had done some-thins; and she wanted to punish me.

About a half hour later she told me he was going to throw my new out. She threw the mouse first, then the trap. The trap hit the ground and the door opened, kfany hours passed. I thought surely It had gone. I looked out the window guess what I saw! The mouse was in the trap waiting; for me.

My mother was so pleased that she let me have It. One night I let my mouse out of the trap. The neat morning when I went to feed my mouse I could not find it. I looked everywhere. I found It, but It was dead.

It had gone lo the wrong trap nd had been killed. I was very sad. for this was my best amusement. Era Oehler. BOW TDK MOONLIGHT SONATA WAS WRITTEN.

One night Beethoven took a walk-As be walked past a small house he heard some one playing his Sonata In almost as well as he played It himself. He entered the bouse and saw a blind girl playing. He was moved with pity for the girl, so he asked her permission to play oa the piano. When the girl beard him playing she asked htm If- be was Beethoven, because he played so like him. He said that he was.

The girl then asked him to play something. Then, with the moonlight streaming In. be played his now-famous "Moealight Bonata." Harry Feinstein. THE CIRCUS. Tommy's mother did not know what was the matter with him.

He was so good and did Just what she I had rheumatism and I could not novo my hands. I am all better now, but I have not been outdoors i K. Chappie (age 13), Beech at, Nutley. N. J.

Club after what I hear about It being kind to animals. I like tbem very much. Only the other day I saw a little eat. The people had moved away and either forgot to take the cat or Just left It here, ao I gave it milk and fed it until at but my mother gave it. away to somebody who fed and kept It.

And I will send you stories about them every week, and I wish to have a button very much, and I will be very much pleased if you send me a button. My brother, who is a year older than myself, has a Literary Club button, likes it very much and will send you his daily story every week. too. Your friend Gerard Poole. St.

John's pi. WELCOME, SHIRLEY. Dear Aunt Jean I would like to become a member of your Humane dub. I am tt years old. I have a sister 11; aba air early belongs.

I love animals and I have a little kitten. His name la GMkger. He is 8 months old. Tour niece-to-be Shirley Rues-tow, IS Madison ave. Maplewood, N.

J. DID YOU GET YOUR BUTTONS? Dear Aunt Jean I want to join the Humane Club. I am T54. My sister Molly also wants to Join. She to Hi Our uncle has a puppy named Chin-Chin, which we love very much.

We promise to be kind to all animals. Edward Patrick and Molly Patrick, 378 8th st. I AM GLAD YOU HAVE SUCH A NICE PET. Dear Aunt Jean I would like to Join the Humane Club. Puzzle Club yet.

I have never been to school yet, but I think I am going next year. I am allowed to write In Ink now, and I like It much better tban write jig in pencil. When I was sick everybody was very kind to me and sent eno a lot of presents and booka I will send the letter today. I learn many things reading all my booka As sooa as I go outdoors I will come to see you. I am sending you my picture with grandma.

I am going to bo 7 years old soon and my grandma la going to be 77 years old. Tour loving niece Edith Lewis, (2 3d at. smashed the tablets into bita. But Tea Commandments were maae over by his brothers, although Moses was the only one who received the t.i fnmnandments. Mount Sinai I stands holy to this day.

It is heft -J 1 l.h MAKING VALENTINES. A rainy Saturday! Jane and Alice looked wistfully out of the window aa the rain pattered down softly outside. "Whatever shall we dor asked jane. "We've played all our games and there's nothing else to do." Their mother heard this remark and she called the girls to her. After a short explanation of her plana she brought out scissors, paste, crayons, lace paper and many other things.

"Now," she said, "you may make valentines for all your little friends." In a short time the girls were busily working away. They made many pretty valentines and the afternoon passed quickly. Suddenly Alice looked up from her work. "Why, Jane," she said, "the sun's out! Let's go out and play." Jane agreed and soon they were ready to go. "My!" said Jane, as they left the house.

"Won't it bo fun to take those valentines around to our friend's house?" Lois tween ypi Rosea berg. WRITING. asked him. He brought in the wood, went to the stores and even minded his little brother. Then, as she was going to the store, she saw why Tommy had been so good.

On Picture writing in eariy r.KyiJi and Literary Club. I have a Dachshund doggie named Bobby. All my friends When Juniors Grow Up INEZ THE TEACHER. When I grow up I would like to be a teacher. Inez Franxa.

ELSA THE INTERIOR DECORATOR. When I grow up I want to be an interior decorator. Elsa Maland. PASQCAI.E THE PRINTER. When I grow up I am going to be a printer.

Pasquale Pasciucco. EVELYN THE TEACHER. I like the Idea of writing "When Juniors Grow Up. because when I grow up I would like to be a teacher, because I like to teach children. Evelyn Watson.

call him Frankfurter, because ne is so long. I love him dearly. Your niece-to-be FeisBor Beckman, 44 Hoyt at. THE EAGLE IS AT WASHINGTON a billboard were signs telling about the big circus that was to come to town that Saturday. "So that is the reason Tommy has been so good." exclaimed his mother.

Kriday came, and what a hurrying time there was. 'Are you going to the circus? one toy would call to the other. One toy's mother had promised that if he did some work for her she would gAe him 60 cents. Another was going to cut the grass for some reiphbora for 25 cents each. Tom was going to help the grocer.

That r. trht Tommy could hardly sleep. 3V morning everyone was up early. Tommy's lather was taking the whole family. What a day they did AND JOHNSON STS.

Dear Aunt Jean Please send my button. I have sent in a coupon, hoping to Join the Humane Club. And wniiifl Hk to know the address of The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Edith INTRODUCING done Dy cwuun stone slabs and on thi walls of brick buildings. The Egyptians.

Greeks and Romans used to write on paper made from the papyrus, a plant native of the region around the Nile River. "Cuneiform" writings used by the Chaldeans were composed of symbols which looked like scattered nails with curiously battered heads. The Phoenicians at first wrote in the cuneiform style, but when they communicated with other nations a simpler form of writing became necessary. Tbey were the first to make use of a true alphabet, consisting of 21 letters. A good specimen of the Egyptian kill is displayed in Cleopatra's Needle at Central Park.

It Is Interesting to note the different characters they used to convey their various Ideas. History tells us bow. In medieval days, monks sometimes spent a whole year In decorating one page of a book. But with the invention, of the printing press the art of writing has developed almost to perfection. Theodore Weiss, Sit lth Long Island City.

ELSIE'S REWARD. One day Klsie was gatherlntr fir cure (or her mother In the woods. Ac she wandered along, picking up the pretty colored leaves, she saw a tiny miuirrel hopping painfully about on one foot. Elsie picked up the and looked at Us foot. Warren, 14S LeHerts pi.

DID HE DIE OF OLD AGE? Dear Aunt Jean I wish to belong to all your four clubs. I draw, but not very well. I had a dog for nine A CHASE ON THE ICE. One day I was out to a friend's house until It was beginning to get dark. I then started for home.

I had my Ice-skates with me. There was a river of Ice near by. I started on the ice. I bad not gone very far when I beard a queer sound at the side of the river. I listened for a while and then saw two great wolves chasing me.

With all my speed I started down the river. They kept gaining on me. but I kept going faster and faster. I thought I would soon reach home. It was a chase of my life.

They chased me for an hour. When I reached my home I fell in a faint. I told my father what happened and he went to the attic to get his old rifle. He opened the attic window and shot at the wolv i and the great Beasts fell dead. After that I left my friend's house before dark.

JUNIOR EAGLE CLUB COUPON Dear Aunt Jean: I wih to become a member of the ART CLUB HUMANE CLUB KZ7LE CLUB LITERARY CLUB (Check uoe of club you wish lo joia) Charles FrizelL years, but one day when I came home the dog was dead. I love to solve puzzles. I love to read poems and stories. Tour niece-to-be Elizabeth Ammarell, 236 Georgia ave. TELL US MORE ABOUT YOUIt SCHOOL.

Dear Aunt Jean I am very proud cf my pins. I am in the 3d grade. 1 guees you would laugh at our little school only one room and eight pupils, running from the first to the sixth grade. I thought I would write you a true story about my uncle and his dog. I named It "The Dog and the Wildcat:" My uncle has a ocllie pup.

One night him out. Soon he heard a noise. He went out to see what was the matter. A wildcat was on the dogs back. The wildcat had been caught in a trap.

My uncle drove the, 'wildcat' aa yanrl went Mtf, the, 'E. Haffles tage 7). N. V. 1 him i There was a sharp thorn in It.

Elsie THE STORY OF MY FISH, u. mtl fish named Bill. rm rnmn home and found our little BUI lying on the floor. Not knowing wnetner ne was aeaa, 1 picked him up and began to cry. But Joseph Fox.

Dear Aunt Jean I wish to become a member of the Humane Club, Literary Club and Tuzzle Club. I know I will be happy in your clubs if shafl-be" hnrfyet--ya" Jfrt this- Joseph took it out and the squirrel hopped up the t-ee again. Just then a little man In ted came out of a door In the tree and handed her a parcel. Then he went back. Elsie went home and the parcel.

There lay a bracelet made of gold and carved on.ito iHew c-jW wan "that str hadvhlped the S'i 1A1 rd. Jtaxi rdxun. Name Address Age! r- he was not aeaa. xie staneu 10 mcio, -ji vim In th HeHfer 1 nnrt now he Is a-little fat Ivia 3chsJr ler lage Spuyteu Duyvil, N'w Xarlc. Citgr,.