Show 1 Miss of Seven Years Wins Contest m I Ie's Ies i IS She's hes e's es N Never ver Keen Been Sen S Subject 0 of Sketch i B BELOW arc shown the winning drawings in The Telegram Santa Claus competition and the winner winner of the first prize Mb Miss Rub Rubs e Harvey 52 Redondo avenue The insert at the top topI I shows shoos s the th ni jilt ing submitted d l' l l lBruce Bru Bruce e Gear J car ar r of ot the bo boys boys' yS' yS prize qi- qi I 4 S Sr I r k t I I v w Pi I I t t i rI l f rk r. k k r I i i I I i I I I I I I I r I I I By Dolly Dale rBY HARVEY who lives at R Redondo a avenue venue is just half halt past 7 7 but her picture of Santa Claus was teas pronounced pronounced pronounced pro pro- I by The Telegrams Telegram's judges to be by far the best of those sub sub- I even the ones nes drawn b by big girls and nd b boys S. S who ho were were- r 1 It 11 I I years r old This is not Rubys Ruby's initial attempt at at atI attempt at- at tempt as she admits that she has I always drawn a lot lot When I 1 come home from school I always alwa's like to bring m my crayons with me so that I 1 can color the l ladles ladies in ht the fashion plates It took me two whole days to draw Santa Claus like I thought he looked she chattered yesterday while be be- being beI beins in ins ing posed for tor her picture But when he comes on Christmas Christmas Christmas Christ Christ- I mas he is going to bring me a bicycle bi bicycle bicycle bi- bi cycle and two games Now a bicycle Is a difficult object to I carry down a chimney but Ruby Huby I I admitted that there had been some someI kind of or a 11 triangular arrangement I between her father Santa Claus ClausI an and the man in the store where the I I bicycle reposed In consequence the wheel will be delivered per tr the I front door instead of by the chim chim- ne ney I WAITING FOR tOR SANTA And 1 am an going to lo wait behind t I the door and jump out at him when he cornea comes in ill with it she she anI announced announced an an- In triumph Course I I tried to Lo do lIo it lots of ot other Christmases Christmases Christ Christ- mases too and I 1 never neer caught him But you ou ou Just wall wait and see I And 1 so firm in her mighty resolution r that no no one I doubted bill what she would catch the old g 1 man and she sheI will be able tD to identify him by her excellent likeness I Ruby Huby will get gel a nice big doll for forI her labor and skill Out of the he thousand drawings Ruby won won first honor B But t lher Is also a prize for the hest best drawing submitted b by a bo boy This one gO goes goeB 8 to Bruce Gear 86 Third avenue He lie will get set a fine new pair of ot skates skate The other contestants will each receive one onEl pair o of tickets to the Rex theatre th atle The winning drawing was a work of or art Jt It t was artistically colored in green gron and red and gold The Theother Theother Theother other prize winner was finished In black and white WORD TOO Santa Claus Is IB an old man with white whiskers and a s round red fact face He lie hasn't nn any When hEn hEnI I get get a lot of or money Im I'm going to buy Wm film some Homo from the thc dentist Till This was a word picture sub sub- mt ted mi l by one little tot I A A tiny ell slip sill of paper was discovered discovered discovered dis dis- dis- dis covered lurking n III the tiie corner of I Ian an envelope which h contained another another an an- I other drawing After Arter much shaking shaking shak shak- ing It was vas Induced to come out of ot Its liS hiding place It Jt t said in a n childish child child- childish I 1 ish D adres I. I In Is I Dere Banty nh My on thee of ot thee the picture I maid of or you IOU It Is la thee best I 1 no how little bobb bobby I One picture came wrapped up In Ina a a. whole Issue of ot The Telegram When hen unwrapped it was found to tob tobb bb b. b pasted on a big piece of ot card card- board On inspection the reason was discovered In the fact that the blunt pencil wielded b by a 11 determined determined deter deter- mined childish little hand had with frequent worn en entirely entirely entirely en- en through the paper and the cardboard was provided as aa a new canvas can upon which a n. trul truly truly- original original nal mouth was drawn PATHOS ENTERS And here Is a 1 letter that came cime with one of ot the tile drawings I found an ad I in your paper so BO I am answering IL It I am 12 years ears old Id My Mv birthday I is III In August Au Au- gust grist and I am a Il cripple and will tell you oU how I 1 got tot crippled cI Our homo Rot got struck h hv by lightning on nn the of nf August A 1916 We Ye wore Continued on page 2 2 j x c. c b I M 4 r r r f E I II I 4 J 4 MISS OF SEVEN Continued from page 1 I. j all in bed When I woke at 1 o'clock in the morning the house was was burning and nd J J. jumped from my my bed and awoke The family and J me had to jump about 13 feet to the ground I saved all but one brother and got burned nearly to death myself I lOr 1 hope you will not get tired of reading this letter Jetter and hope I r will hear from my Santa Claus sketch soon I remain as ever MISS EMMA ALDRIGE Lorenzo Idaho I |