Prince Okecho Tamura Sends Four Love Letters
A Japanese prince and Atwater college student writes the same ornate love letter to four local girls, triggering a campus scare as each accepts the note. The girls confront their mothers and discuss possible outcomes, while the prince defends his intent as courtesy and affection. A pranklike misunderstanding leads to a humorous resolution as he sends back companion portraits and claims a Japanese wife in Kioto.
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Okecho Tamura
Royal Blood
Japan
Atwater College
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Wise
Flora Caldwell
Flora
Mrs. Caldwell
Williams
Renette
Lucy
Flo
Anna Blackman
Central
Blackman
Anna
Brownie
Momma
Tom
Tom Williams
Chemical Laboratory
Scott
America
Tamura
Sis
Hirosito
Kioto
The Hero Who Gets There
A reader imagines the ideal novel hero who never falters and always reaches the end. The speaker notes today’s romance heroes suffer, yet longs to be one who deigns not to yield and ultimately prevails.
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Little Bertha Runkle
Churchill
Mary Johnston
E. Kiser
Chicago Record-Herald
Christmas Echoes and the Pole Quest
This piece blends a nostalgic Christmas reflection by £. L. Stanton with a poem on the polar race. It contrasts holiday wonder and evergreen stars with the bold explorers Peary Baldwin and others racing to reach the Pole. Old Glory is pledged at the icy peak.
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Minna Irving
Frank Leslie
The Boy We Had Has Gone Before
A poignant reminiscence recalls a beloved son who died in childhood. The mother describes waking to his embrace and the loss that followed, noting his toys and a silvered tin barrel as touched by time while expressing faith that he awaits in a mansion prepared by Christ. The poem reflects enduring hope and grief.
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Mansion Fair
Chris
John E. Ffurlbut
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Summer’s Parting and Hope in a Poem by Angus Berry
A 15 year old, Angus M. Berry, earned the St. Nicholas gold badge with a poem about summer fading to red and gold, streams, flowers, and a final note of faith and perseverance. The piece includes lines about the passing season, hopeful outlook, and a brief quoted citation from F. L. Stanton in the Atlanta Constitution.
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Angus M. Berry
St. Nicholas League
St. Nicholas
F. L. Stanton
Atlanta Constitution
Lines on Time and Gobbler from Chicago Record-Herald
Two short poems by S. E. Kiser published in the Chicago Record-Herald. The first contemplates time, understanding, joy, and mortality with reflective mood. The second, Lines to a Gobbler, mockingly celebrates seasonal pride and self-importance as a playful fable.
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S. E. Kiser
Chicago Record-Herald
Gobbler
S. K. Kiser
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