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but the cat 1 send cents for the Grady
(Noto--No our letter is very interesting the
! last part of your letter reminds me TO ASK
you to read the ''I<indnesS Corner. Whlch
is on The Junior page.-Aunt SuSle)
Sloan Maxwell. Davidson River. N. c.
Dear Junior: I take for my subject
Home" Home is the pcasantest place on
earth 1t is pleasant for children to have
place 10 cali home; it is pleasant for
crown people TO know they have home
ana it IL more pleasant for Christians to
hope they have Il home in heaven. 1T Is not
So much wealth or learning or clothes or
servants. TOT! or idlcness that make boys
and girls 50 bltthc and Joyous; ana nome
80 pleasant and happy 1t Is Ihe tolie ana
temper and good sense ana hllld ietlhS
ana Gods grace that make life what no
teachers or accomplishment or means or
society can make 1.-THE opening StaVe OF
an everlasting psalm. the ialr beginning Oh
an endless and blessed existence, the good
ly, modest, wei proportoned vesiio4,es 10 d
temple Of Gods building tnat shah never
decay or wax old or VANISH away. ,,o
VIII some of the cousins please SGno NE
tbs, song, "fTOme. Sweet Home? INC an
swcr to Norland Cruises question IS fSalm
fnriosci please find cents for the Grady
hospitaI CORRESPONDENCE solicited of either
sex between the ages of fifteen ana SeN'H-
teen.
Birdie MorcIaad. Nettleton. Mss.-h'ar
Junior | live in the country and "i course
it is useless to say ! like country me Dt5t'
for | think anybody who once hVed III Tue
country would prefer that life. There IS no
,,,,.,tar nle3srir, than to ramble over the
broad cxpansc of prairie land an" game"
blue-bcIls and v!olcts, or so to some PIC
turcsdtr and rocky ledge and satisfy the
eye with a look at nature. imagine Il
Thousand little birds straininG their charm
ing voices to make the air reS"uIid WIN
their melodious lays. You might 'maSiht
the pure crystal water flowing "NyF we
white rocks singing a sweet low Iu!IabY
as il forms a miniature Niagara. Now
look on the other SIDE. ] havt never been in
a city. but have an idea of such 4 ME
They are crowded UP ON n street with only
narrow yard in when to fo3hl' lngE
never hear the voice Of a hooking bird
save that of some poor, uniueky one IN a
cage whose voice cannot b" as sweet as
that of the little singer who lives IN the
free air They never see the flowers wild,
the large, swect-smellmg cowslip, tn VIC
let's and the hluc-eyed daisies. Would Ike
correspondents of either sex.
Elma Allen, Bermuda Ala.-Dear Junior:
am living far down in the southern part
Of Alabama and . dear lover of The Con
stitution. especially the Junior corner.
take for my subject "IIome Without
| Mother" How different nome is with
out the love and tender care Of a mothers
hand: to the side of one that has a dear
kind mother to watch and protect her
children. All of us that have our dear
muthcr9 To guide US can't realize the lone
Illness and neglect that the poor ltte or
phIuS have to bear. ! feel greatly blessed
that it has been the good wiz Of God t.
spare my dear mother to rear us through
life far, but now she IS almost an IN
! valid after many years OF toll. pain INA
labor, nut what a pleasure 1t IS Tor US /"
help make everything rs cheerful ana coI"-
Portable FOR htF as possible. HoW nItth
rhiGGAood. Sine was LETT IA orphan AZ the
/ al If Of tur cousins