The Atlanta constitution., 1900-07-30

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| Dear Junior: Here comes a little Ten
nessee girl asking admittance to your
| harpy circle / like to read novels, but
haven't read many. Today in the store
| i went to the rear of the building and on
the hearth was lying some little chimney
| sweepers in nest. They had fallen out
| OF the nest There were three birds and
my aunt put them back in the chimney. l
live in small town. which has two dry
| goods stores, one drug store, one black
| smith shop. one grocery store. one mill
and one college. 1 have a hammock and
enjoy swinging very much. | have a par
| rot at my house. She Is DIR. Browns and
he gave her to me to keep awhile. L
would like TO correspond with some of the
cousins.
Allie Belle Nixon. Livingston. Ala.-Dear
Junior: Here comes n little curly headed
/ blue-eyed country girl of eight summers
| 10 join your happy band of letter writers.
/ Papa is a farmer and takes The Consti-
tuition. We enjoy reading 1t. especially
| the cousins letters. | have been going
| to school. but We are having vacation
4 now. My pets are one sweet little DdDy
| brother one little kitten and six dolls. l
| wonder If IL has been raining anywhere
| else like IL has here. 1t has rained for
| over n month and has just been dry
enough TO work the past week. Some Of
/ the crops arc ruined. We have had so
/ many plums and dewberrics, but they are
/ all gone now. l send cents for the Gra-
/ dv hospital. l join the bird lovers So
/
Macy Perry, Horeb. S. C.-Dear Junior:
/ am little boy six years old. | went to
scEc ol last fall for the first time. l have
| three pets, two cats and n pig. / have no
| little brothers or sisters to play WITH
most of the cousins have. | am mothers
| boy and girl both. as | dry dishes ana
hoe weeds and grass from the yard |
go to sunday school every sunday Joined
/ when three years of age. How many or
/ the cousins can beat that? Aunt Susie,
l want to join the Bird Lovers Society.
| Lizzie Seymour. Paoli. Ga.-Dear Jun
| ior: I have come to the dear old Con-
| stitution for information. Is there any
college where a young lady could have all
of her expenses paid and when she Is
/ graduated given "A position so that could
] pay all the expenses back! Is there some
l lady who lives near good college who
/ would like to have young lady to 1--we
/ with them daughter. | Will help do
| the house work during school term and
will give al my time during vacation. My
uncle was kind enough to send me TO col
| loge last year. and / have learned the need
! of an education, as | have FOUND IL so
/ hard for a lady to make her way in this
! world without II. Write to the above ad.
dress If any information wanted, and If
any is given will gladly return postage.
Myrtle Dunning. Gainesville. Ala--Dear
! Junior: Here comes another stranger. l
/ am little country girl fourteen years
I old. NY papa Is a farmer ana has been
/ taking The Constitution for a long time
I and | do love to read all the letters and
! Aunt Susics Heart to Heart Talks" l
d have been going to school IN Gainesville
/ have three brothers. We lived over in
I Marion ana went TO school; my brothers
/ Went to the Marion Military institute ami
/ / went to the public SCHOOL / am IN the
I NTH grade. / am eleven years Old. Ny
/ father has been taking The Constitution
| FOR a long time. l do love To read tho
!
Never write on both sides OF your
paper0
Mario l.. Dixon, panstone. Ala Dear
/ Junior: l thought while | had leisure
moment l would make ths grand old Con-
/ stitution call. My chum and rugged
our fishing hooks up and started fishing,
| arrived at the creek all y. X. and started
/ To fish. Her hook got fast, ned TO a Drlal
/ She leaned over To untdsten 1t ana ieii
/ into the water head first. She really tried
1 to slash ali the water out of the creek or
scare all the fish out one. Anyhow, We
did not get any more bites, save from
I mosquitoes / have just finished helping
4 papa make blackberry wine. l know
! Aunt Susie and the cousins want some As
! this Is ny nrst letter l will not make it
too long. ] would like to exchange My
/ Father Was a Sailor on the Maine" for
| My Sweetheart Went Down with lhe
/ Maine" i solicit CORE Ssondence and
will answer all letters received.
/ JOhn Il. 1Ollty. iStll. Nt.-lJNdT jun
| Tor: / am almost sure my letter will hit
/ the very bottom of that dreadful waste
basket. but feeling SO interested in our
/ page | can't help writing. 1 am little
! boz nine years old. 1 am not going 10
| school now. but mamma teaches me. she
! also gives me music lessons. | want to
/ tell Johnnie and Willie Gillum my plan
/ for getting Aunt Susie a nice present.
! lt is this: Let all the cousins send her
a few dimes or just as much as they
] no Q,af
/ To buy handsome present. You see by
/ letting Aunt Susie select II she will be
sure TO purchase something she Will ap-
/ preciate and enjoy. l am interested in
I this matter and want TO hear from some
! Of the cousins. If We all love Aunt Susie
| as we say we do We will gladly set TO
/ deserves all we can do for her. l Will
/ say t. the little boy that asked about
the PAGES I'm Georgia that l live near a
| family of PAGES.
Minnie +. Wentz. Eastfeld, n. c.
Dear Junior: ! lnve in the country on
the line between Meckenberg and Ca
barrus county, fifteen miles northeast
of Charlotte. My father is n farmer
and takes The Constitution. always
read the junior page, Aunt Susie's and
Bin Arp's letters. | read the article
ON LongfellOw. the poet, and Thought
il was interesting We have vegetables
and fruit through the summer. | am
helping dry and put up fruit. tnlnk
! Aunt SuSlcS 5 Blru Lovers SOclclN - Il
good thing for the boys and girls and
think we should all try TO keep the rules
as they are not hard TO keep. There are
eleven of us i'm family. | am the oldest.
| | will be sixteen my next birthday, which
will be the 10th day of August.
want to have a little party on my birth
dav, SO cousins please write and, espec-
tally the VENTS in Arkansas and Tex
as. as l would like to correspond win
| them. Aunt Susie / send n list Tor the
Bird Lovers Society.
Ralph T.. Flowers, Doraville. Ga.-Dea
Junior: Here comes a stranger seeking ;
seat at the ''round table of happy face:
which comprise The Constitution Junior
I have for a long time been n silent ad
mirer of this part of the great weekly
J paper The Bird Lovers Society Is on,
| of the noblest and most praiseworthy
causes ever originated. Please enroll my
4 name as a member of this society. for
feel that this cause should be helped IN
| every way possible. Birds are the very
| life of the woods and forests and but fol
them the primeval sublmity of the coun
| trv life would he lost. OF course birds ar,
| like people, there are exceptions to Al
| rules: there are certain classes of bird,
! that are like certain classes of people
they must be kept under close surveil
| ance.
Clara f Kendall. Utopia. Tex.-DeaI
Junior: I will tell you a little story thai
was told me by a little boy. There was
pair of Paradise or commonly called
sclssor-tailed birds. building their nests
in a large cedar tree near a farm house
and a boy living near by. who has the
| reputation Of being a skilled bird killer
finished nest out OF the tree and in a
| few days they commenced to rebuild thciI