The age-herald., 1899-08-27
Birmingham. Ala. August p. 1899.

 Editor Chfldren's Deartment, Age-Herald. In Sundays Age-Herald 1 saw that the subject to write on for next Sunday was something I had made. Yesterday, which was Monday. l made a little dress to send to some little orphan at the orphan home in Mississippi. 1 guess 1 will make another dress today.
 Mary Emerson and Maud Hamil made little dress, too. All the girls who are members of our missionary society are sewing for the orphans.
 We are going to send a box of things to them in September.
 Last night one of the little girls of Jones' vile painted her face and hands black and put on some old ragged clothes and went around asking people if they wanted to hire a cook. Nobody could guess who she was till she told them. Some of the girls were in the secret. This girl got up crowd of others and their mothers and four boys went down to Village creek. We played games till half past nine o'clock and then went home.
 One of the boys who painted his face with white paint said that he was black, but now he could pass for white. Of course, he was not black.
 l must stop as 1 can't think of anything else to write.
 JESSIE YIELDING. Note-Jesse encloses poem for this de- partment, but we must defer publishing it for the present.-Ed.
 St. Clair Springs, Ala, August 23. 1899. Editor Childrens Deartment, Age-Herald. How I do enjoy the Little Folks depart ment in the Sunday Age-Herald, and de- light to hear my mother read the letters written by so many little boys and girls l know. We are very grateful to you, dear Mrs. Van Hook. for the kind inter- est you take in we little folks
 am a little girl nearly 8 years old. am spending the hot months at our cool summer cottage at St. Clair Springs. Oh, 1t is such a nice place for children. Big, shady yards to play in and the coolest Well of water under a great big hickory nut tree
 E. Our cottage has wide hall in 1t, open at both ends, and we have two ham mocks swinging in there. We have a smooth, pretty croquet ground in one side of the yard; shady all day How we do enjoy playing. I like to send the balls flying across the yard.
 Down in the spring lot there Is the clearest, prettiest stream of water you ever saw. It runs from the freestone spring. All We children meet down there every morning and wade We build ponds to catch little fish and my! what fun We do navel
 E This sulphur water is fine. We have all kinds black, white and red. I like the red the best. It leaves such pretty color in the basin, and in the little trough where it runs away.
 ir There are lots of people up here. So many from Birmingham. What l like best is that there are so many children up here. That is the excuse our mothers give, guess, to take a summer trip '"The chill dren might get sick if we stay at home" l will close my little letter with the hope that all my little friends are having as fine a time as I am at St. Clair.
 HAZEL GIVINN COPELAND.
 Talladega, Ala, August A, 1899 Editor Chidren's Department Ags-Herald. 1 want to join your Advance club for children. I think it is a very good one. I Il years old and like to write. Papa takes the Age-Herald and great many other papers, but the Age-Herald is the best.