The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-06-04

Mildred Ethrldge. Montgomery, La
Dear Junior: AS have seen so many nice
letters from the cousins / thought
would Join them. We take The Constitu-
ton and think II q splendid paper.
know Aunt Susie Is dear, good woman
and has so much patience to read so many
letters of different handwriting every
week and we should try to have our let
ters as neat as possible to save her from
80 much trouble. | am a little girl thir-
teen years old. l visited Atlanta twice
during the exposition and had quite "a
nice time. have a dear old grandmoth-
or living at HoSansville. Ga. live ABOUT
two miles from Ebenezer campground.
We nave campmeeting there every sum
ner. II Is quite a summer resort. i am
very fond OF reading and music. l have
Aunt Susles age. L guess her TO be fill
ty-nine. Gam | hot3 / would like to
correspond with some of the girls about
my age.
Minnie Leila Hogg. Hogs, Ga.-Dear
Junior: / have been trying a thing in our
school that | never tried before-that Is,
helping TO write a newspaper.
Miss Alice Webb, our teacher, had the
pupils to fix up paper with some gene
raj news, community news, school news,
and March and April observation. L
think 1t is a great thing, TOO. II helps
the pupils great deal How many OF
the children know that the author OF
of the schools in Cuba? School Will close
tho 18Th of this month. We Will have
recitatiOns and read compositions the
last day. The fruit trees are tuil Oh lrult
in this section. l guess that Will be
much canning done this year Some MOT
mon elders passed through mere lew
weeks ago. We live near hlhchaloohee
creek, which was named by Indians. n
few months ago a man camped near the
creek and set out a trap 10 eaten DeuEeLs'
He said he was going TO san DOWN inc
creek to Flint river. MY prother to.d
him that the creek wasn't cleaned OUT
well enough to so down, but the man
said that he would cut .he trees ah9
logs out l don't know what became OF
him. The people around here thought ne
was revenue officer. l have been reau .,.
ing some Greek stories. Ihey are very
interesting. | am twelve years on MI, Gu
| am in interest in Milne STANDARD 1IlI9
Arithmetic. Aunt Susie, ! wlsh'Nou coui9
be here to see the pretty woods ures9 'i
in their green dresses. am always p'ouu
when snrng comes. II Is so Iuch pictS-
anter then than any othor tlHle ol ~ ~
,ror | wrote an imaginary letter rev
weeks ago from Bcrne, SWltzcriahu'
Miss Alice wrote one from f'tls, ! l''il ~,
The cotton and some corn clops ."
looking very well in this community
soma cents for the Grady hospital
lolita A Barrow. Mosely Hall. Fla
Dear Junior: Bright Aurora mas JuSt W
barred the golden gates Of day ana WINE
|
Of our southern hooking bird. TINS Is the
lo,,o,,- eurlnrtimc. and all nature seems
Lrioht and clad Our flowers are DlooiA-
inc Drofuscly, AMI the air IS very III"
grant. | have been busy at sehool, an"
have not had time to write 10 our dcpdIt1l
rnent in a long time, but nave llot noitIi
10 read all your nice letters every "Soe,
and 4 have thought 50 many uHleS nov
nice and pleasant II would pc C oulu "
an meet with Aunt SUSIE III her Sai. . ~ ~
OF as and In the long years 10 come 49,
= sweet memory it would be: am Stt4 ",
inc for an education. ana Whch one - ~
earnest they have little tlmc tpf PIE
,,t,.in tha school room. Youth Is the
seed time of life. and in after years WIN
come the harvest and II Is with oul acl We, .
what the harvest Will be, then lct Us M
proVp the golden moments. ~. @ilD"lu
IN cultivate thoughtfuineSs ana klilDlIt97.
As Aunt Susie says. \lilu oi"H -
nothing but unkind words cut 20 tnI
heart Take it to ourselves. we ~
know how it wounds the heart 70 po
spolen To uuindly, and II IS Siill"t -
v.ilIfuIIv wound anotner's feelings. ono
cannot have TOO many ulthqS' 50 WY
not act and speak in a klnd wa! ~"
make friends as we go? Aunt Susie.
felt real sorry for you when Teau %
the trouble YOU had with your hiSCul.'
and | hope your cook VIII not laI 70"
am, more | wish YOU could come -
Florida on a visit and come 20 see Us
W. would treat you SO well anu give YOU
such nice THINGS To eat tnAt / am sonr
you would enjoy every minute o. ~
STAY ! wonder how many OF the Junior
girls like fancy work? 40 LOT on an. an,
/ have lust competed one-h3U Dozen
lovely handkerchiefs for myself, besides
several ! made for some IriSnoS. lhty
are easily made and are very SctNlccdpie'
Richt here I wish TO thank al those VINO
wrote to me last WINTER. drp'tCl"te't
every one of your letters, and 70 SrleNcd
uat. because ! could not reply. but / Va"
suffering then with broken arm, ana ~
was impossible for mo 10 Wrie. however
I have all YOUR letters among my keep
ytllcs and on dark. rainy days When rec
lonely | take out my treasure Don "44"
read The letters over ana N llhcE -
the faces of nv kind unknown friends
some little birds have built nest In one
Of our plum trees, and one afternoon
went to get some flowers. men cline
to the tree | noticed how uneasy the httle
mother bird appeared. Her mate was
pcrched on limb near her. ANA as APP
preached closer he ruitled his feathers
and darted off to a large oak tree near Dy.
IN few seconds he came back with
companion. and together they iiew IT me.
Of course / ran as fast as ] could aud
they followed me some distance cinfpiis
and napping their little wings. Now, /
believe the little bird ne called to help
protect his mate is bird policeman.
portant office. / would not distress or
harm the birds for anything. but | d-d
want the pums. They looked 50 tempt
Ing. 7 have to content myself with pluinS
that brave little officer wish some
OF the young folks who live In the black
hills would write and EiVc us q ucscili'-
ton Of their far away mountain nom
Love ana best wishes for Aunt susie, the
Juniors and the good old Constitution.
j. a. Sartain. Matanzas. Cuba.-DeaT
Junior: I am - constant reader of your
columns and 1t occurred to me that a
little note direct from Cuba might not be
uninterestinC. l myself am junior
though older than some Of the rest of the
family. l have been in cuba fifteen
months and | am in love with 1t. The
flowers are Always blooming and the
grass Il always green. We never have
Irost mere. the grass lives 10 old age
ana dies "a natural 0eath. Nature is seen
nOraat ana superstitiOus to large dc
gree. are kline and Ool!glng. iney are
very polite. They use 4 great many
thank Nou'S" and IF you please 2"
They all make motions. to-, when they
talk. in fact. some OF them. l believe,
could carry on q limited conversation with
their hands and face by means OF certain
well understood motions. For instance u
peculiar shrus Of the shoulders and max
ing an uSlN lace means Il don know.
The children are just like the American
children in their habits. They play BAN
and marbles and hide aad seek ana some
times quarrel and Gght and lie cans and
sticks To the tails Of cats and dogs and
play pranks on the school teacher and
sometimes play truant and so forth. They
America. The people here don't reverence
tn eSabbath like We do at home. They
have never been taught TO do So So the
boys ana men. too. often go Fishing on
much for dolls here as the girls In Ameri-
"a. The girls and bOYS are not allowed 1,