Happy New Year in the Cousins Club Cozy Corner
A long lively letter from Langdon to Aunt Anna and cousins describes New Year greetings, mistletoe, and the festive Cozy Corner. It shares multiple child voices, host duties, holiday gifts, and plans for charity and school activities, with greetings from Rosie, Mistletoe, and many young contributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cousins' Club
Anna
Antes
Robin Hlood
Happ
Felicia
Ruby Lorentz
Hugh Benogs
Land Isle
London
Guildhall
Soldier Belt
Rosie
Sophie Berry
Langdon
Gay Shavent
Peter Pan
Snell
Boy Scout
Chevy Chase
Children’s Hospital
Santa Claus
Mistletoe
Roberta Ridgwas
Conald
Western High School
Western
Aloa
Cousina
Lfe
Atalanta
Fern
Wistaria
Granny Scrappag
Robin Hood
Aunt Anna
Amethyst
Girard Street
The Wee Wams and the Wandering Christmas Candy Men
A whimsical tale unfolds in the Land of Children as the Wee Wams seek their missing members after a Wamite spell causes mischief. A boy named Tommy worries a chocolate man and chaos erupts before the charm backfires, sending the toys and children into a moonlit return. Letters from Amethyst and Langdon follow, recounting snowy joys and a request to join the Cousins Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sel
Tillie
Lou
Billy Bad
Slim Jim
Wille Boo
Santa Claus
Willie
Tommy Jones
Tommy
Tom
Trad
Bessie
Billy
Sammy Brown
Sam
Chcilia Reynolds Robertson
Three Angels Stand Beside the Open Gate
Three angels guard the portal with the Gentle Word the Kindly Deed and the Pitying Heart. AUNT ANNA stands as the guiding figure urging kind words and deeds toward friends in need as the gate opens to enter.
New Year's Gift Reveals A Boy's Quiet Hope
In New York Johnny Rowland a bootblack boy pleads poverty as his mother lies ill. A kind man Carl Rowland offers a dollar in relief, promising future help if Johnny boots him later. The next day the man returns seeking his long-lost family, whom poverty had driven apart. The tale ends with reunion and a church offering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Johnny Rowland
Johnny
John Rowland
ABC
Het Down
Rowland
Western
Cousins Club Letters From Far Shenandoah Night
A fragment from The Virginian features young readers Gawin Brawner and Bertram Luchs writing to Aunt Anna. They describe a Cousins’ Club night at Bluemont, Bear’s Den, and the Shenandoah River valley, sharing greetings and drawings carved on a tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyanne
Uneyenne
Cousins
Anna
Bluemont
Gawin Brawner
Bertram Luchs
Hubbard School
Prize Winners Drawn Despite Holiday Delights at The Post
The Post lists prize winners from last week amid holiday draws. Franklin Jackson, age 15 from Technical High School, won first prize. Iwene, 14, from Cooke School, won second. Marion Devine, age 11, from Kenilworth School, won third. Entries required black ink on a square cut from The Post with name age school and home address. submit by Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aoliday
Franklin Jackson
Franklin
Technical High School
Thirteenth Street
Cooke School
Iwene
University Place
Marion Devine
Kenilworth
BD C
Kenilworth School
Marton
Sugene Phrdy
Eagle
Eugene Purdy
Technical High
Versity
D.C. Kenilworth
Eos Tae
Granny Scrapbag Warns and Welcomes New Year in Blue Ink
A newspaper style notice from Granny Scrapbag warns readers of the year ahead while merrily recounting letters and drawings in blue ink from young correspondents. She notes missing school, age, and home addresses for Agnes Cole and enjoys playful notes from Virginia Towenberg, Rose Carter, and others, closing with a New Year greeting. The writer, ENILUAP, signs off from Langdon School, Mount Rainier, Md.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna
Agnes Cole
Virginia Towenberg
Norfolk
Rose Carter
Bea
Kiddles
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Irene Sparks
Mary Ann
Buckeye Girl
Granny
Ethel Deambora
Langdon, D. C
Unten School
Anna Heelam
Harold EF Bruce
Birmingham
East Lake
Avondne
Cousins’ Club
Uleo
Kidd
Ion Ver
Tennyson
Oliver Goldsmith
Whittler
Holmes
Pirate
Kidd Lady OF
Rowena
Roberta Ridgeway
Mother J
Jme
Langdon School
Sreckles
Congress Heights
Bryan
Granny Scrapbag
Angel of the
The
Fairies of the Years
Earth
Marle
Ted
Jennia
Grant
A. R
Freckles
Sir Sly
Ragged Robin
Hosie
Sunflower
Dixie Darling
Louisa
Rosiere
Goldenrod
Mount Rainier
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