The Atlanta constitution., 1900-04-02
Conducted by VIM King CouIand Ave, Atlanta, Ga

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changed several of Longfellow's into
prose. What we do in school may not in
terest the cousins. 50 I'll try to talk about
something else.
One of my classmates wrote a very inter
esting letter asking for correspondents.
She has been receiving letters every week.
would like a few girl correspondents.
am thirteen years old. have blue eyes,
4 brown hair and dark complexion. am
I i'm the seventh grade. our class haE
finished the United States history. but
We review il every week. VIII the cous-
I our page?
will close by asking a few: Who were
the Skraelngs? Which colony took the
Bible for its guide?
GA Spinks. Fort Mill. :. C.-Dear Ju-
nior: am a farmers daughter and would
. rather live in the country. | am glad that
! spring has come for / like so much TO
hsh ana 20 strawberry hunting. We live
I near the old Catawba river and two and
/ hall miles from the thriving little town
OF Fort Mil. Father takes the dear OLD
4 Constitution and We always look forward
( Ia Tuesday morning when ii comes. MY
sympathy X with the Beers in AFRICA. l
/ think the English are wrong. Girls. lets
] 10 our very best ana not iet the boys get
ahead of rs | like to read the junior
7 page. also Woman = Kingdom. | thI;k
. Aunt Susie is about thirty-eight years OF
/ age. what "a kind and gentle woman she
4 ceive her .ookS. Would IKE to see Aunt
SUSIE in person. Correspondents solicited;
4 either ScA.
Grace Wade. Preston. Na.-Dear Junior:
: have long been silent but ardent adj
mircr of The Constitution. especially the
Junior department. and have been nOtc-
ing its rapid Improvement for some time.
/ II seems to mo that the letters are better
+ this week than ! ever saw them.
How many of the cousins are glad 20
see spring I am not myself | like winter
T best of The four seasons. for we can al
ways have such nice times skating and
. SnoN baiiing. MN Scnool has just c,oSed
ANA ."t mc telt you ala what 4 nice time
we had the last day. I am 81 sorry school
I - out. for Sct - lonesome at home now.
. do dearly love to 20 10 school. and /
4 think every boy and glfl ought to so that
can. ana studN haru. Cousins, don't you
I al wish you could see Aunt susie. think
she must Toe the best woman on earth. !
nope 4" meet ner some day. Corresponds
cncc solicited.
NJ :. Hicks. Blum city. Tenn.-Dear Ju-
nior | have read and admired the Junior
I page ever since / could read. My father
I has been "A subs, ribcr To- The Constitution
( Tor twelve years. / am not an adept in
letter writing. 50 ! viii not write on
subject. / lIN, on farm thtcc miles iIom
. amy town. Ne have ptcuirs through thc
summer and ENJOY gong to them. / love
10 read good books. / have ON" of tine &.
A. Heuty books that The Constitution Of
fcred rs premium. have read il
through twi-r ana think IL splendid
book An cirscn-1nch SNOW fell here the
18th of Marcn. but soon melted away. |
hope Jack Hilton was too sorry for his
teacher To he y duck him. but I fear he
. cares too little for the love of woman To
. ever get "a wife. With SIGH as "a picture
Of that awful waste basket presents Itself
ciosc, soliciting correspondents. Ten
cents for Grady hospital
Samuel Cary. Cloyd's Landing. Ky
Dear Junior. This IS my initial letter 70
the Junior and 1 want To ask all of IN"
cousins ana Aunt Susie. too. to not form
bad opinion Of me because / live in
Kentucky. ! live where politics predom-
mates everything elise. We have polii .
for sAtakfaSt ami t-uii.r an supper up
here. I live in Cumberland county.
about one-half mile from Cumberland
rivcd Aunt Susie says 10 guess her age.
Wen. Aunt Susie. guess you are forty
+ am glad To- see that so many Of the
cousins are going To school see thdt
some of IN" cousins are i'm sympathy with
the Beers Of South Africa. Well. am,
too. J hope thar they VIII whip the Eng
1 lish. Aunt Susie, have Just read the
twelfth verse Of the %lSt chapter of
Proverbs. ! believe that iS the one
that corresponds with. your birth Wei.
Aunt Susie. that chapter is lust for the
women and girls. I asked mamma whore
To 20 To ma mime ana Sut SAID ib ED tp
the 2lst chapter uf Proverbs. Mire is the
eighta verse. Good wishes 10 AN OF the
cousins.
Willie Lou Nelson. Pleasant TliI Ga
Dear Junior. This is my first letter to the
Junior mage. but / like To read the chit
drcu's letters very much My little BROTH
cr Freeman ana | go Ia school together
( lie is six years old and I am ten. We
live too far to " ak To- school 50 We have
90 ride and drive "a mule named Rhoda.
She is twenty-five years old. Grandpa
bought her before papa was grown Papa
SAYS that she Is free now ana has nothing
to do but go 10 school. Professor Thur
muud is our teacher and | like him. Nc
have. been studying about George Wash
iu.tou iu our history this week. and bow
hc hemmcd up CuruwalliS at Yorktown. /
know hc was 81 great and good man. /
wish / could have been with tho . &.rls
when they dressed i'm whit" and sang as
they scattered ilowcrs in front of him. 1
help wash the dishes every night and /
clean up the house while mamma IS cook
ing breakfast when / am not goins To
school but when ann. do not have time
tu do anything except make up my bed
and W. have To- hc ready TO leave AS soon
as We eat breakfast.
you have written "a nice letter and /
think vou are not only a smart but useful
little girl aud Aunt Susie is proud OF it,
Lizzie blackwell and Efe Clark Pea
Ridge. Miss Dear Junior: We see some
3 or The cousins are writing on subjects SO
We will take for our subirct. ~ wound
from tongue is worse than "A wound
from the sword" Tor the latter affects
only the body the former the 80
The two most precious things this side
7 Of the grave are our reputation and our
life. Bur 10 is 10 he regretted that the
most cuutcmptible whisper may deprive Us
of the one and the weakest sword of the
. other. The tongue Is small member o:
the body. vet IL can cause more trouble
and raise more disturbances than any
. other member. We should fear the lying
. tongue above all else. because II affects
the soul. hut sword affects only the
body. The sword does not destroy our
happiness In this life but lying tongue
can mar all our pleasures and cause us
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