The Atlanta constitution., 1900-08-27
JUNIOR CORRESPONDENCE.

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| RiIlie Speed. Olney. Ala.-Dear Junior:
| / have been reading about the noble work
| YOU are doing for the Grady hospital and
! want to send my little mite TO help, too.
| 1 am the only child my mamma and papa
have and / want to grow up TO be help
| and comfort to them. hope you VIII
| publish this. so my grandma can see IL.
baby NV pets are the chickens. little
| turkeys and a dear old shepherd dog.
send cents for the Grady hospital
Grady Mcneil. Piedmont. 8. C.-Dear
Junior: ! am a little boy ten years old.
I have been going TO school this year.
We are having vacation now. Our school
will tegin again i'm about two weeks.
go to Sunday school and belong to the
Juvenile Missionary Society. We have
| out mite boxes and are saving our PEN
nies to help in the great work of evanSel-
izing the world. l would like to know
how many of the little cousins are doing
| ANYTHING to help on with the good work.
| 1 hone | will make as good a man as the
one 1 was named for. | Will close with
| much love to Aunt Susie and the cousins.
Russell Norwood. Indianola, Fla.-Dear
Junior: My home is in Titusville. Fla;
1 am staying here while with my sis
ter. 1 can milk the cows. hoe orange
| trees and pineapples. when IL isn't too
| warm. There are some fine orange
groves around here and there will be lots
of oranges shipped this winter.
This is an island between Indian aVd
Banana rivers-Merritfs island-and has
lots of nice homes on IL. Bear and deer
are seen here sometimes. Last summer
a lady run up on a bear In a huckleberry
patch. She didn't lose any time getting
out but a man went out and killed the
bear and all the neighbors had some of
the meat for next days dinner.
Minnie II. Martin. Mansfield, Tex-Dear
Junior: There are so many nice and In
teresting letters I'm The Constitution I
thought I would write. This is such a
busy time of the year ] scarcely have
time TO write. Aunt Susie writes such
interesting letters. / wish she would
write every week / will answer Stella
Lea's question. The first baby was Cain
l will ask question, What was the first
city, What Is the eleventh command
ment? Who laid the cornerstone of
Mashington's monument. and when?
How many years did IL take To build it,?
I suppose all the cousins like to read; |
do. | have read the Worst Foe" and
think IL "A real good book. We live I'm a
pie have "A good time: go to Sunday
school every Sunday evening.
Alfred +. Filhiol. Blankston. Ia.-Dear
Junior: Swiftly revolves the wheel of
time and four long years have silently
sped by since we first began to take your
charming paper. l live on "A cotton plan
tation some miles below Monroe. the
Queen City OF north Louisiana. AS this
Is INV first letter 1 will dispense with "a
subject. Bin Arp's letters are as spicy
as OF yore. and Sarge Plunkett continues
to rcsale us with ms remarkably sensi-
BILE and humoristic writings. Too much
rain has considerably weakened the pros
Dect OF an immense cotton production in
this vicinity. l enjoy a summer at home
i'm the country as NV winters are spent
at school down on the gulf coast
Correspondence cordially solicited, eth
er sex.
T.. +. Collins. Stover. Va.-Dcar Junior.
have long been n silent admirer of The
Constitution. I think The Constitution a
grand paper. and have read it ever since
/ could read. 1 enjoy reading IL so much.
especially the Junior. l am very fond of
reading. and 1 do not think anything i'm
Proves OEe more than good literature. /
live IN the valley Ii is beautiful here
now. From here the hills rise one above
another until ghev reach the moan ans.
II any Of the cousins know anything III
the SIuckdalcs. 1 would Ike to hear from
them. My grandmother was "A StOckdale.
aud came from Nelson county. 1 would
like To- correspond with some OF the
cousins between the ages OF fifteen and
twenty. and l would like TO get the song,
In the Shadow of the Pines; will ca
change any have for IL.
Eettie Male HAYES. Tex.-Dear Junior:
Over two years have come and gone since
! first wrote To your department, and 1
observe that great improvement has been
made since Jhcn. This department is an
endless source of pleasure to me. Aunt
Susie. l felt real sorry for YOU when |
read yoIr letter i'm which YOU told las you
were without water. II you were hers
ECw YOU would almost think THAI you
would never thirst for water again for
Z il
will quit. Old Texas has had her part Of
the rain this year. Mr. George NicnUl-
son. come again and give description OF
that country. Tell us how YOU get along
with your black-land home during Wet
weather. | am very anxious to obtain The
songs. Gambling for Gold. " Papa =
Just One Girl and Love Me Only" or
any that / have
Ida Gertrude Elder Taylorsville. n. c.
Dear Junior: Once more / ask a small
space I'm the Junior column. | enjoy
reading The Constitution so much. and
especially the page that belongs to the
Juniors. l think we have such sweet
woman for our guide. Aunt Susie put
my name on the Bird Lovers Society
list. l Will take for my subject Char
acter. our minds are given us, but
our character we make. IL each day we
be careful II build our lives with pure
noble. upright deeds. at the end will stand
4 latlf temple nonoEGu DN hou ana man.
TruthfulneSss Is the corner stone in char
acter They who enter upon any study
amusement. habit or course of life with
out considering its effect upon character
is not trusty or honest Trifies discover 4
character more than actions of impor-
tance. Character f. influence. 1t makes
friends and opens an easy way TO honor
and happiness May We all feel that
character is the noblest work of God. and
live as We feel.
Ruth Davidson. Shady Dale. Ga.-Dear
Junior; / think that the Bird Lovers So
ciety has done n lot Of good, If all of
them will keep the pledge. l know will,
although / never wore bird feathers on
my hats, neither did 1 XIII them. for
love little birds. especially little spar
rows. 1 do dearly love Aunt Susie; she
is such a good lady. Aunt Susie. / GER
tainly like the stories that you write on
the Junior page. 1 am going To tell you
all about "A rock spring ON our place
There is a round hole dug out in a large
rock and i'm the back of the spring is a
Z O.,