The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-01-17
To the Bows Afraid Of the Girls.

This Ia corner set aside for the Little
| mont and development in the art of letter-Wrt
To the Boys Afraid of the Girls.
| In reading this column for Cousins"
| l stop mid its busy whirs.
| And find with surprise and amusement,
| A boy who's "afraid Of the girls.
| Can there be, I have asked myself often,
| A person In all the wide world,
| Who will look in the face Of humanity and
say.
II am truly afraid Of the girls?'
| Those traits which are perfectly harmless
Thoughts and actions pure rs the pearls,
| You will find in the majority of cases,
Constitutes this creature-the girl.
! You're a hunter. L judge from the tone of
your letter;
Take many deer lives with your shots fatal
hurl;
| Tell me this. in your wanderings have you
| seen ever,
mortal wound dealt by the hands Of a
girli
! Perhaps you will murmur, Some are bad on
the men folks
That-in sorrow, too, will frankly admit;
But find you Kind one, a dear one, true
And see If you ever regret 1t one bit
| She will stand by your side in prosperity's
sunshine,
And draw even nearer when misfortunes
unfull,
Though the world may abuse and despitefuIly
you,
AS firm as a rock stands the heart of your
girl.
Try now, with your might, to fear them no
longer;
Seek their presence and see If my words
not true.
| No doubt there is who In the past you
have cherished.
| Look her up; she is timd and waiting for
you.
| The search may be long and your heart may
grow weary;
| Perseryere push ahead, and make her your
world
| When success crowns your efforts, fear will
not assan you;
| You'll have outlived this trouble, this fear
OF the girls.
LILLIAN ARMSTRONG.
Pleasant Hill, La
Dear Children: | know you will be
disappointed il do not tell you something
of my Christmas; but before | tell you
what a good time | have had, [ want to
mention something that | have been
thinking OF some tine, and see how many
boys and girls will promise me TO correct
the faults | am going to call your atteIl-
ton TO. SO many OF you have written to
me on the subject OF Chl~,,mas and Il
large number have written The word this
way Xmas. Now | know that is an alb
breviation and it is used ny a large num-
ter of people, ana fear you VIII tnnK
me silly when say never saw 1t writ
ten i'll Ihat style in my life that | did not
feel as ii it were irreverent. You abbrC-
viate the only part Of the word Christ;
that glycS il the tender, loving significance
fh.lI al
dear to our hearts. Now, will you remem-
Der this, and if | should live another year
to he YOUR Aunt Susie" | will see how
many boys and girls Will remember ami
give heed to this request?
| hope you all had a good time Christ
mas and New Year. | went to the sab
bath school entertainments and it is OF
these | wish to tell YOU.
The first was a candy pulling and 1t
was a jolly one | tell YOU. We rented a
large hall where the children could play
games and have a good time. We had Il
donkey and any number OF tails to pin
on. which gave the children Il great deal
of fun. Then we had a rope across the
hall and apples suspended, ana the boy
that could get q bite Of the SWING
irg apDic could have it, and ali sorts OF
other tricks.
After the little ones had played some
time the candy was brought III large
omen kcitlps and a man received it and
nouycd it on Il marble slab, then when Il
little cool he threw it over on another
marble slab and cut it off in large pieces
for the children to pull. Sometimes Il poy
and girl pulled together. Instead OF out
ter they used ti0dr on their hands 10
keep the candy from sticking III was
real fun to see them. Some of them used
I,at
a little ginger they would almost have
had ginger cake when they were done,
bur they had plenty of fun and that Is
! what they WcrCS after.
The other froic was for the two infant
classes Of our school and was a "CnflSt-
mas Bell" A large bell made of grad
uated hoons connected by cords and the
| hoODS and cords We're covered with green
vines and did not show at all In the
| spaces between each hoop hung the toys;
| all sorts Dolls, chairs, sofas. garden
| tools. cologne bottles books and many
CAV colored crayats. After the, children
| all assembled in came old Santa Cl;tus,
| and when the old fellow, with his long
white hair and beard, began to cut down
the presents the fun began. They were
| a happy set of young ones. On u nttle
! table near the bell | saw q large tin pan.
| 1t was covered over with white paper
and on top was thick with raisins and CIT
rons. and out OF it came long pieces or
| ribbons. There We're twenty-four pieces
asked what it was and the ladies told me
it was Christmas pie. and tWenty-four
little tots were to ''puc in Their thumb
and pull out a plum" 1t was Il regular
Jack Horner pie"
| 1t was the sweetest sight you ever saw
when twelve little girls and twelve little
BOYS marched up AMI took hold of the
ribbons and they were told they must
all pull together when the teacher said
three" There they stood with such
eager little faces and waited. Then
came one, two, three and such a pulling,
and out popped twenty four little bas-
l1ets ornamente with flowers and filled
with the incest "bon-bOnS.' Eevery little
child went home happy. l enjoyed the
children-s Christmas more than l did the
| old folks Yours, AUNT SUSIE.
YOUNG FOLKS CORRESPONDENCE.
Letters of Exchange Among The Constitu-
| tons Little Folks.
Mrs. l.. T. T.. Senoia, Cattle dawn of an
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