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The Southern Israelite Page 19 Children’s Comer All Rights Reserve,! My Dear Children: am so happy over the number of replies I have already received to our h contest. Hurry and get yours in. The time is short. Lots of your letters get to me after the magazine has already gone to press, so if you’re sending in an answer to a contest you must be prompt. I must be a mind-reader! Didn’t I tell you that Rebecca Michael would P with a nice long list of words for the Magicians List? And she did— a perfectly enormous list, which lead all the rest I received by a good many There’s so much else to go on our page, that I will say good-bye, children. JVsach greetings to you all, and my love, “SISTER MIRIAM.” Here is a nice letter from an old friend: Pear Sister Miriam: Here I am again! Bright and happy with the coming of Spring. Isn’t this weather inspiring? 1 was just in the right mood when The Southern Israelite came this month, ,, write a spring poem, so I am enclosing one. I hope it will be acceptable :o the Magician’s List. My sister, Rebecca, is also enclosing a poem. When The Southern Israelite comes my sister and I hail it with joy and try to see who can get it first. The thing I enjoy most is the “Children’s Corner. Sincerely LILLIAN JOSEPHINE MICHAEL. 6S3 College Street, Macon, Ga. Age 12. These two little verses came too late to get in last time, so I am putting them in for you now: Lovely spring has come again, With its green grass, buds and other wonders, The sun is a frequent visitor, But nowhere can you find blunders. LILLIAN MICHAEL. □ ^2£his Edition of THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE AND 164.856 COPIES—24 ISSUES A YEAR Is Printed on S. D. WARREN’S New England Machine Book ^elected by the publishers from a wide variety of book papers for its beautiful surface and excellent durability. I love to see the spring come round, The trees are getting green, With the sun shining all day long, The flowers will soon be seen. REBECCA B. MICHAEL, Age 15. PUZZLE CORNER Rebecca topped the list with 673 words made from the letters in “The Promised Land.” Isn’t that tine? That makes three times for her on the Magician’s List, too. Here are some of the words that lots of you over- hx'ked: pith, Seder, plasm, and ashen. Aren’t they good ones. Catherine Elman came second with 397 words. The Magician’s List, then, has Rebecca and Lillion from last time, and Re- f'cca. Catherine, Herbert Gold, Oscar Nathan, Marie Cohen, Harold Loeb ard Francis Hirsch for this time. W e will omit our puzzle for next time so there will be more room for the Poach contest: “THE RABBIT OF TROOP 15” Joan joined the Girl Scout Troop at Hilldale School w’ith the hope that could soon claim as friends all the laughing, jolly girls. She was a new- r and felt rather left out of all the good times the other girls always ■uu*d to be having. Her timid heart bounced all around under her new • ater when Carolyn Davenport, the most popular girl in her class, said cas- y at recess, “Why don’t you join our Troop, Joan? It’s gobs of fun and y-’J 11 like it.” “Oh,” gulped Joan, her eyes sparkling, “may I?” “W hy, of course, silly. All the girls in our class belong. I’ll meet you ' • r school and take you to the Troop meeting, if you want to.” “Thank you, Carolyn,” beamed Joan. And her mind was entirely on ating the remainder of the day. She thought of the smart, green uniforms other girls wore, and the delicious bits of gossip she had heard about the P plans for summer. And soon she would be a part of all that fun and comradeship! Why did the arithmetic drag so? And w r hy did Miss Car- have to ask all those stupid history questions? Hours must pass, how'ever, and two o’clock came at last. Then two- "*y—and the magic command, “Scouts fall in!” uttered very snappily by 1 aptain, Miss Noble. Joan wandered through the meeting in a delicious She was assigned to a patrol, and introduced to her patrol name, mot- od colors. Joan felt very proud as she took a book and began to learn Scout Promise and Law’s. And still more proud when she was able to say m correctly before the meeting was over. - ine, Joan,” exclaimed Miss Noble. “I can see that you 11 be a Tender- ■'scout very soon. The other girls are going to have to watch their step, can’s shy little face blushed, but it was a happy blush—one that came 0rn an overflowing heart. □ — - - - =□ NATIONAL CASKET CO. Whitehall Si.. S. W. ATLANTA, GA. ♦ ♦ Branch Offices In 2 11 Cities (To be continued)