The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-12-28
Christmas Week With the
Junior Correspondents.
YOUNG FOLKS LETTER BOX

no related to you trust you VIII soon
nud some of your relatives WIN bea-
wishes TO YOU all for merry ChIla'ilaS
ana a happy New Year. ] send Z cents
20 the Grady hospital
Bottle =. Dickens. Watkinsvill@ Ca
Dear Junior: Although a constant reAde'
Of The Constitution. this Is my irSl at
teuppt 20 write As Aunt Susie mas re-
Sod the cousins 20 write on some SUD
tcet / VIII take for mine Mother
mother is the dearest object on earth. no
one knows how to alppreoiato hotAeI
uptu She Is dead / have seen girls VINO
would wait for their mother 10 90 every
thing until sho IS broken down. We ought
10 my 10 help them SO that they NtiA stay
hero as long as possible Ior Nhe" w
loose our mother We have lost the oe9I
rriara VIC have on earth. Enclosed you
eyul md 5 cents for the Grady hospital
Eva NTeares. Calabash, n. CT VIII say
q reyy words TO the girls. girls WhatoNel
else YOU may do, do not marry a dfuHhdiu'
No matter how deeply IN love you may
faurv Yourself to be, do not marry man
VINO drinks intoxicating liquors Young
men addicted TO taking glass now anu
then will doubtless, laugh at you TX SoN
call their habit q Vice. or mint that II - ~
auywise dangerous. Tney assure ~ "a
lordl, WAY that they know what lhey are
oho,,t They wonder what You take them
FOR WHY YOU talk as though they We're
common drunkards. And so they are
1iotta 10 become There IS no safety IN
pIpyiug with poison. The man VINO dFluN9
a elass Of brandy today, Will want another
,,rl,,rro,,, Young woman, beware OF nm.
CT, Ei,, a. Won would one infected with
~, n1apue. Think Of the miserable deSfa-
dation which hang around tho drunk soi
ana forcswear the young man VINO urlilAS.
And save yourself from becoming 'haI
most miserable Of all wonen-a druhNatu
v.ifo Write again w. G.. Barnett ana be-
IL. ,,o - he your congratulator on your
last letter. Best wishes TOT Aunt SUSIE
and the Junior correspondents
Kate owen. Brandon. hin County Texas
Dear Junior; / cannot muster up any
other subject so l viii tell you about Bran
,7on tho little town IN which l live Bran
dou is situated in tho northwestern portion
Of nm county. eleven miles east or tlils-
boro the county seat. II mas iourleeh JUST
ness houses, two gins, four chuFches' one
college. six doctors, eight hundred Hlla"-
itants and Is on the St. Louis southwestern
railway. | am going 70 school now.
study tho fourth reader, dictionary IAN
euage. arithmetic. spelling. ! am twelve
vears old. With best wishes TO Aunt
Susie and the Juniors | close
r. W. Andrews. Ozark. Ala have been
taking special interest in reading the
Young folks's letters for the past few
months. our page - becoming one or the
brightest pages OF the dear old Constitu-
ton. all for tho reason that they have been
writing On some special subject. The band
seems so merry and tho girls Boosting SO,
cannot LONGER refrain from writing. Now
the girls have a just right to boast. but
you know it is hard to take. Well, see
YOU girls are talking OF boycottlng the
boys who do not abstain from bad habits.
| think YOU are right IN not wanting TO
lower your dignity by keeping company
with bad boys. A moro severe punishment
could not be inflicted on me than TO be ban
lshed from the company of noble and re-
fined young ladies. Boys. let us try TO
make ourselves worthy Of the honor of
keeping a young ladys company, for 1t Is
the best company we can keep. | viii offer
a few thoughts on character. III we have
a good character IL Is sure sign OF a
noble person A good character should be
one OF our highest objects in life; for when
we realize the value of character we should
not spare any effort in obtaining it, Our
minds are given US and 1t develops accord