Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-02
TO A DEAR STRANGER
INTERESTING LETTER FROM a LIT
LONDON GIRL.
Must Have ESCAPED the t:"vcrness'
Sharp Eyes. for u II Addressed
tO - Little knnsns city
SrhOOlbO!.
carI Ellund. of tn. Swit2rr school. has

Carl EIlund. of tn. Switarr school. has
iuSt received this letter from Lizzie Hur-
ley. VIII" j. - it'll. n'h"n! girl in Lnnhor.
II must have escaped In" notice of the
g"v.rnrss of the I.ontlon girls school that
tn" writer of IN" letter to which this -
IN answer Is Il boy. for such other letters
wer: promptly handed over 10 the teacher
in the bows school. At any rate. III" IT.
tie rIrl has anSwcrcd the letter. and. being
Il geG uine it'll" girl. she has added Il post
scrip t" il. This is the letter:
Dear Stran"sr:-I am writing to thank
YOU Tor our kind and interesting letters.
We II! enjoyed reading them very much.
II WAS very kind OF YOU 20 toll us all about
! Kansas City and your schools. our school
il situated i'll som gardens. w" heard or
your admirals and thought indeed they
were brave men. We also have some very
hravt men. In III. war between the En-
ciish and the dcrvishcs. Lord Kitchener
show al great bravery and so id the com
mon soldiers ard We ar" very proud of
them In London there are n great many
large buildings. one of which is the British
muse I'M. where all kinds of cur+i"sitics are
kept. such as Egyptian muinmies hundreds
of wars Old and skeletons of great ami
mails. There is the Tower of London.
which was-tuilt by William the Conuucror.
80 ''' " Si'ht H'ti 'tif ttiai'i.I'->
besides these. In our clas-. standard.
sixth. we take Scriptures. Swedish and
skipping drill. reading. writing. arithmetic.
, mental arithmetic. object lessons. singing.
GrlwlnG. ANN and needlework.
l wonder If your arithmetic is the same
as W. learn. We learn vulgar and deci-
nal fractions. simple interest. amount and
proportion. Some of the girls learn cook
cry and laundry. both of which ar. Very
| rS.FIr' On 'rI.SIn,- Snr,. - SO ,o e., :,
history class. which is very nice and in
tcresting. I am II years old and in the
sixth standard. must close my letter
now. as ! have TO more to say. | remain
yours truly. LIZZIE HURLEY.
+. S.-The soverness is going to send the
boys letter to the boys school and per-
haps yod will have n letter.
Letter From Edinburgh.
Lester Edwin Caper. Of the Chace school.
has received the following letter from
Nettis Wait. of the London Street school. of
Edinburgh:
We received your letter a few days ago.
| now write you describing our beautiful
city. You will see by the above view that
Princess street is Il grand one. Standing in
the middle is Sir Walter SCOTS monument.
His works are all excellent. He was an
author. In Edinburgh there is what Is
called Sir Walter SCOTS Club. The pupils
in the seventh standard have to read one
of his books and annually they are EXAMINE
described the story best gets a prize. con-
sistins' Of a number of volumes of his
will see a long low building. Tha, is our
art galleries. They are two of the finest
buildings to be seen. Where the cross is
higher than the monument. At the base of
the rtck lies the beautiful gardens where.
In the summer. the soldiers from the castle
come to play music in the band stands.
There is a fountain At the west end of them
and s.. John's church: In the castle there
Is. Tier. is St. Margaret's chapel. She
was q'leen of Scotland and a good queen she
was. Coming from .he castle down the eS-
planao.. which Is Il large piece OF ground ut
the gates Of the castle, We enter the High
street. which. in olden days. was the prin-
Passing down this famous street we see
on the right hand St. Giles cathedral
within which are the flags of the old reSi-
ments that went through all the battles.
one would think TO see them that they were
only rags. so torn are they. AT Il little dis
lance there is the Iron church. where they
ring the CurfeW. II was Il custom in the
oiden days to ring the village bell so that
all the. fires in the village were to be put
out at s every night.
il is still ring in some of the villages of
Scotland. but ii has not the former mean
ing.
At Intervals there are the old wells in the
street from which the people got wa,rf.
At thu. foot of this street. which is on the
side of what was once Il hili; sta;:dS the
W. ly''t 'sA.'A'' nv $50
Scots stayed. In it there can he seen
Queen Mary's bedroom. This palace stands
at the outside of the queens park. There
are some hills named the Drag" and Ar
thur Seat Among these are three iochs-
ST. M;trgaret'S loch, Dunsappi lorh aud
Duddilgston loch. la the winter when
these Iochs are frozen We have skating.
About three minutes walk from ST. Giles
cathedral is our fine library. which Mr..
Carnegie gave to Edinburgh. We have
three theaterS and Il music hall. There
is the iniirinary. which is u grea, blessing
To the people of This city. Their. are swim
ming holes WHERE. all boys 20 TO learn to
swim. Edinburgh is til" seat OF "A flour
ishiug university and many educational iu-
stitutious. | really could not tell YOU how
many churches there are here. In our
stree; alone there. ar" seven. hut in the
suburb of tn. town Their. are The Royal
observatory. standing on R!ackfori hill.
which j. out AT MornincSidc. TIL" asylum
for ~lunatics Is in M~oruingside road. Al
the est end OF Princess street W" bav,.
the uo~tofiicc and register house. both very
larc. buildings. Al the Waveriy station
there being built a large hotel Cor visit
0rS. The taledonian station has lust been
altered. making it now a very fine place.
The cause for EdinburGh's beauty is that
it is built on seven hills. One OF them.
the E;il'on hill. is quite "A playground for
poor ,hildrcu. There Is Il small ObServt-
tory on il and at the base of il stands the
EaIton jail. Ni:TTiE WATT
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