. St. Nicholas [serial]. rapidly before our very eyes. And some readers of the League, discovery is absolutely us, perhaps, have not been able to get even enough The trouble is that some of our readers are careless, tlJBfel <i—- -SS^s* ^PV^* P. %- «Hgg i»ms»rr_ J* m BY ALLEN GREGORY MILLER, AGE 17. (winner of ZR PRIZES.) coal to properly warm our homes. We have been broughtto realize that winter, with its brisk, invigorating air,is less beautiful without the cozy corner and the crack-ling hearth. We have remembered that to many it mustalways mean suffering, sorrow, and an added b


. St. Nicholas [serial]. rapidly before our very eyes. And some readers of the League, discovery is absolutely us, perhaps, have not been able to get even enough The trouble is that some of our readers are careless, tlJBfel <i—- -SS^s* ^PV^* P. %- «Hgg i»ms»rr_ J* m BY ALLEN GREGORY MILLER, AGE 17. (winner of ZR PRIZES.) coal to properly warm our homes. We have been broughtto realize that winter, with its brisk, invigorating air,is less beautiful without the cozy corner and the crack-ling hearth. We have remembered that to many it mustalways mean suffering, sorrow, and an added burden oftoil This winter, when even the well-to-do have feltthe pinch of the frost, has made us think, and whatevermakes us think and consider and remember is not with-out purpose, and must result in lasting good. Once in so often the editor finds it necessary toexplain that the word original on work meansthat it is not copied from any other picture or story orpoem or puzzle, but is the contributors own idea, drawn. and do not read the rules. They are perhaps used todrawing from studies, or rewriting from their booksfor exercise, and think this is what the League League docs not want these things. It wants onlyoriginality — work of the imagination or done fromnature. PRIZE-WINNERS, COMPETITION No. 39. In making the awards, contributors ages are con-sidered. Verse. Cash prize, May H. Ryan (age 13), Caliente,Kern Co., Cal. Gold badge, Maud Dudley Shackelford (age 13), 300Main St., Tarboro, N. C. Silver badges, Harold Os-borne (age 12), Luzerne, Pa.,and A. Elizabeth Goldberg(age 10), 348 Central ParkW., X. Y. City. Illustrated Verse. Gold1 >adge, Katharine Butler(age12), 168 Lafayette St., Sa-lem, Mass. Silver badges, Marie Mar-garet Kirkwood (age 15), Durantwald, box 202,Nottingham, O., and Wil-liam C. Engle (age 11), 885Lake St., Forest Hill, New-ark, N. J. Prose. Gold badges, Mu-riel (agel6),29 Holmwood Gardens,Streatham Hill, London,S. \V., En


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