Show Page Four THE SALT LAKE TRfBUNE JUNIOR SUNDAY MORNING MARCH 171935 Ella May Has Trouble With Wrong Habits Robins Gome To Visit One: It was spring vacation and Ella May was glad became she" didn’t have to go to school On the first aa" morning 6T““vacatIon Ella May-wdishes for her mother wiping the when her mother suddenly said: "I got a letter from Aunt Harriet last night She asked me if you might not’ spend the spring vacation with Our house Is covered with a vine In the called the Virginia Creeper fall it is brilliantly colored and has WheaT thr“ pu rple terries-- orftt: leaves have fallen the berries still hang and stay there until spring They ’ look like dried raisins One morning abouta year ago we were wakened early by the sound of twittering birds and when we looked from the windows we were very surprised to see the trees in the yard were literally filled with robins They bopped around on the ' lawn and from tree to tree eying up with bright beady- eyes and they seemed to be perfectly at home We but after counttried counting-theing more than a hundred we gave up We could not imagine why they cared about our yard particularly when suddenly an especially fat and friendly bird settled On the vines on our balcony and began gobbling the berries off the vines This served as a signal to others more timid and soon the house was covered with fat ' I busy birds Our black kitten was having the time pf his life pouncing left and right but the birds merely hopped to the side or flew to a limb higher than his head It was an interesting sight to us and when the birds left after eating all the berries we hated to see them go We have often talked of them and began wondering about a month ago if they would return again this year When the snow began to disappear we started watching for the robins Can youJmagine pur happy surprise last week to see why they haa returned? It is true there were not so many but we like to believe that some of them were the same who came last year From now on the coming of spring will mean we shall be watching for the robins' return SHIRLEY SYRETT Cedar City Utah Age 13 years Contributor i her” “Oh!” said Ella May with delight T'd Just love tol” "Well right after we do the dishes we’ll pack youg clothes” Ella May hurried all the faster She Just couldn’t wait “Father will drive yojf there - f night” That night when Ella May arrived at her aunt's house ehe Jumped out of the car and ran up the drive She wanted to toe the first to greet her aunt When Aunt Harriet came to the door Ella May and her parents went into the house and talked for some time Then Ella May kissed her parents goodby When they had left Aunt Harriet George Papadakis The poets like the artists found more inspiration in the first day of spring than they did in the life of 'the good St Patrick So our Poetry Cornet reflects this fact by publishing spring poems ahowed EUa May he room The next day Aunt Harriet noticed that EUa May wiped her hands on She would also the table cloth reach clear across the table for food In fact her table manners - were Then-Aun- t Harriet d abominable that Ella May chewed her finger nails During the day Aunt Harriet discovered so many bad habits in her little niece that she was almost She talked to the child in despair and tried to explain lo ber how bad these things were but Elia May seemed to forget as fast as she was ever told Finally in despair her aunt took her down to The Tribune office There she got Ella May to Join the m The buds on the limbs are bursting-Thtiny green leaves now break Did I use my napkin 2 3 table? The sod Is so tender and fragrant— The sky is such heavenly bluel 9 We are fill happy when Springtime is here prop- Wiih the birds and the bees and the flowers! For spring is the loveliest time of Did I use good manners at the There were others too As the weeks went by Ella found that the chart helped her member and she did not make ly so many mistakes as she had 1 Old Man Winter will soon go we hope! RUTH ELOISE WEST Age 10 Salt Lake City SAILOR BUMPS fieK's I cpMiNb See -- up- that - Wiiryotfj tehlr Can You Solve This Enigma? My first is in hope but not in rope My second is in potato but not in tomato My third is lit pine but missing In dine My fourth is in hop and also In drop hours My seventh’s DOROTHY KRAMER Age 13 Salt Lake City done The boys start games of marbles The girls ate jumping the rope fcites’are flying high in the sky : The pussy willow's Jh full dress The buds are swelling too come to bless The spring has With joy and life anew DOROTHY NEWTON Age 14 Mona " year either In skate and also in mate My eighth is in sew but not In know before MARCH When the month of March arrives We know it will soon be spring We know that the grass will sOon be green And the birds will 'soon start to sing -- My fifth is in bin and also in win My sixth is in neither but not in And we welcome its bright golden May to renear- RUTH ELOISE WEST 10 Salt Lake City more And all the snow ‘is gone The grass is green as ’twas before The snow apd sold came on through Knighthood of Youth her fifst chart Aunt Harriet suggested that she write dow nthe questions which bothered her mofct: 1 Did I chew my finger nails to- erly? SPRINGTIME come again once - The- springtime’s -- SPRINGTIME The fairy of springtime has touched with her wand The flowers the birds and the bees Her touch Is as soft as a tender caress And it wakens the sleeping trees When she got day? ’ ' SPRING Spring is here so gay and fair With appleblossoms In her hair Her gown is made of cobwebs fine The rainbow's hues in it do shine She wakens all the sleeping tiees The butterflies and birds and bees As daintily she trips along And from her lips there comes song VIOLA BROUWS Age 12 Salt Lake City - To announce the times of showing of a new film in Berlin sandwich men paraded the streets in huge alarm clocks with hands pointing to the scheduled time My ninth Is- - in same tame KATHRYN Answer: Happiness but not in CRANE ST PATRICK’S DAY Patrick’s birthday Today t And you'd best not' be seen Without a pretty shamrock Or wearing something green St Patrick were alive today Oh wouldn’t it be grand If he could drive the snakes and If bugs Far out of our own land? DOROTHY KRAMER 13 Salt Lake City Spring’s Advent Due to Sun’s Rays Spring is nature’s choicest time of the year It is the time when the trees get new green leaves The birds begin to build their nests In the branches The leaves protect the birds from their enemies Everything in nature saeras to awaken and come forth with new life Spring begins on March 21 That Is when the days and nights are of equal length That is because the sun Is directly above the equator It lasts until June 22 when the sun Is directly above the Tropic of Cancer Then summer begins and the' days get slowly shorter from that time on LOUISE EAGER 10 Mammoth Haste administers all things badly — Statius By Verl Mercer |