The Atlanta constitution., 1900-07-09
Conducted by Mrs. Wm King, Coutsnd Atlanta Ga


myself most all the way. My pass Is good
| ND to August 18th. then papa Is coming.
| MY mamma died when L was eighteen
| months old. Grandma King lives with US
and this is the first time was ever away
| from her and want to see her SO mucn; anc
! Some of these grand mountains are o,vOv
feet high and the streams are 700 in cIsu md md
| me to wade in l am with my uncie anu
Aunt Mary.
Miss Landon Read. Zeiglerville. Miss
| Dear Junior: Again I cross the thresh-
hold of the dear old Kingdom" Happy
greeting to you ALL Rain. rain. How 1t
rains If memory did not hold out on
her broad canvas the pages OF sacred his,
esan the ne @ Would
send out a dove The poor farmers
flounder in the sea of despair. 1t has
Iained until l think It might be GO counted dser
old Mississippi will fail to make her
bread Blackberry and chicken pie all
the go;" como and dine. L ask q favor
"Charlotte temple for three young girls
to read VIII return the favor any way
L can. Who will come to my RELIEF!
Sudie Keller, Abbev1lle, s. C.-Dear Ju-
nior: / have long been a silent admrer
of the good old Constitution 1 am a
farmers daughter and like country life.
though think l would like city life best
I l.
The happiness of our life is made up Of
| little courtesies. kind words. sweet smiles,
a friendly letter. good wishes and good
/ deeds.
Life is made up of little things. Little
acts are the elements of true greatness,
| they are lifes value to its highest power.
Moments are the golden sands OF LIE.
| Every day IS a little lite. IL We make the
little events of life beautiful and good,
| taen is the whole Efe fun of beauty ana
goodness 1t is the close observation of
| " < q
cess in every pursuit OF life. Human
knowledge is but an accumulation of
small facts.
Clida and Irona Burks. Vinemont, Ala. -
Dear Junior: AS we have never seen a
letter from our new town "Vinemont,
We two little sisters thought we would
| call.
Papa takes The Constitution and it is
| always a weiC ONE visitor In our home.
! We enjoy reading the Junior and Aunt
| Susie's letters very mucn.
| We have beautiful mountain home and
this Is noted place for health, many
people come here from different places TO
| spend the summer.
We will now send the Junior q riddle:
''In the garden was laid u beautiful maid
as ever the sun shone on. she was made a
wife the first day of her life and died
before she was borned-" Guess who It
was? We are two little s'sters. twelve
and eight years old.
NCoulc JACKSON, AsDuTys bpSnur COun
! ty, Texas.-Dear Junior: l am always
delighted to read the cousins letters. L
would indeed be glad to seq Aunt Susie.
| | know she is a noble woman. / am lit
tie girl ten years old l live sixteen miles
! from Harleton. Papa takes The Consti-
/ tuition, and L like to read the children 3
| corner. l love dear Aunt Susie and the
! cousins. l have two little brothers and
/ one little sister We live on a farm and
/ papa has a store and is postmaster at
I * Mamma 4 ~
| Efc best of all. She likes II because 1t is
/ 50 quiet and then she likes to see every
| tling growing that keeps the machinery
! OF the world running. | can cook. wash
I dishes milk and sew. / am In the Fourth
! Reader. second speller. first arithmetic
grammar and geography. i am going to
study hard and try ard make school
mistress.
Bettie T.. Dennis. Clanton, Ala.-Dear
Junior: l 1--we in Central. Ala, in Chill
ton county. 1 am sorry that the sub
! ject of birds has been written SO
I little of late. Birds are becoming scarce
and the consequence is that people s
/ 4, cps are being nj lred mere and more
/ 10y insects. My favorite birds are the
black martin and the mockingbird. The
I martin is n common-sized Bird males are
I black and hens black all except the
I breast which is gray, or nearly white
I They first make their appearance about
tho lst Of March and remain here until
I the last OF June. BESIDES making place
/ mere cheerful. they are also help, as
/ they keep the hawks run away. Some are
| under the impression that they eat the
I hoTcy bee. but NY father keeps bees and
. l always have martins. and / never saw
I a bce caught by one vt. l think BIZ
/ Arp's wife is siXty-eight ya irs old /
/ would Ike to correspond with one or two
/ girls, age eighteel. in California or Mon
: tena.
Johnnie and Willie Gillun. Garth. Va
I Dear Junior: We are twin boys nine years
old. We did not like the way Bill Arp
I talked about the little boys IN one OF his
I letters. We think boys are just as good
/ as girls. The ladies IN our church have
made a silk quilt and have several beg
! Eng money on it: whoever raises the
I most money Will get the quilt. Cousins,
I will you all help US raise money on il
| and If We get the most we viii send the
| quilt to Aunt Susie as a present from the
Juniors / know II you all give some and
I beg some we viii raise the most. some
/ o. the little girls who live near enough
I can ask Bill Arp for something. one OF
I US would write To him and beg him for
a few cents. but We are boys and he
might think Us frauds. All who send mon mon
( ev, address Miss Nettie Calhoun, Garth.
/ Albema-le County. Virginia.
Lula May Fain. wetumpka. Ala.-Dear
/ Junior: I am fourteen years old and live
in the little town of Vetumpka. on the
| banks Of the Coosa river We have nine
/ teen stores. ono large school. three
! Observation-Disclosures. Baptist and Presby-
I terian. / am the daughter Of farmer
| and blacksmith. My school was out the
! Sth of June In our school we have two
| male and four female teachers-One art
| teacher one elocutiOn teacher and two
music teachers. Professor R. O. Meek IS
/ the president of the school. Professor t..
/ a TAYLOR is vice president. | am in the
| sixth grade. We are having bad. rainy
| weather: IL has been raining for two
| weeks | am visiting my uncle in the
| country and having 4 very nice time
| He had a large fine fruit orchard-haS
| had fruit ever since June My mother Is
| dead She died last summer My uncle $
wife died the last of April and lett a
| sweet little baby girl two months old.
! / went 10 an all-day singing the second
| Sunday I'm June and had dinner on the
ground. | would Ike n few correspond
ents; either sex.
Mary Barnes, Wolfe City, Tex.-Dear
Junior: Win you admit young school
marin into your happy band? | have long
been n silent admirer OF The Constitution.
| especially the cousins letters and wo-
| mans page Aunt Susie's bird lovers
society certainly meets with my approval
| and [ want my name enrolled as MEM
| bcr and when I commence teaching again
| will try to influence my pupils To join.
! NV home is i'm the country, and the first
| sound that greets my ears every morning
is the sweet songs of the merry little
birds What crime IL is to take the
lives of such innocent little creature s,
which were sent into the world to make
IL joyous and happy. They do no harm,
! but great good in destroying insects and
pests which consume tne crops ana fruits.
! There are millions of these beautiful
| songsters slaughtered every year for the
.4..,n nf.,ar lodi hat