Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-04
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MONTROsE. Col, September 10, 1902.
Dear Editor: My auntie sends me The
Star I enjoy reading the Children's page.
1 thought you would like to receive a letter
from Colorado.
1t took us five days to get out here, and
we came through the Black canyon, and II
was beautiful. We crossed the Gunison
river several times in the canyon. l wish
you could have seen the little prairie dogs.
They were SO impudent, they stood upon
their houses and barked at us as We passed.
Six miles from Montrose l saw the house
where Chief Ouray lived. 1t is built of
adobe. His people killed him because he
was friendly to the whites. This is the fruit
valley of the state. l have seen 100 acres in
peach and pear trees.
l am a little girl seven years old.
WILLIE H. JENNINGS.
A Paper World.
Our mamma has given us a room for our
play house. My brother is quite little
artist to cut all kinds of animals out Of
paper. He has made us a lot of horses,
cows, sheep and pigs; all things, just like
papa has. We pretend that we have plan
tations. stock farms and poultry yards. We
make houses and lots, have gardens and
flower beds, just as they have in the real
world. We play there every day, and some
times we have company, and they play
there with us till they get ready to go
home. Sometimes we sell our stock, and
our money is also made of paper. We en-
joy it very much, and have been in the
habit of 1t fer many years. We have all
Of the furniture that is in a real house.
We have cut out pianos, sewing machines,
sofas and other things from advertise
ments, but we make all of our chairs and
beds out of pasteboard. We enjoy our
paper world very much and would like TO
have you see it.
LAVINIA COLBERT, age ten years,
" s. and P. R. R'y TAYLOR La
Dear Aunt Dorothy:
A very wise and sensible little animal Is
our pet dog. Rover. Indeed, he is so clever
that his master says he would talk only he
is afraid we would send him to school, One
night the basement window was through
an oversight left open and we were all go
ing to bed when we heard Rover barking
furiously down in the yard. His master
hurried down to where he heard the bark
Ing and there, before the open basement
window, found Rover on guard and calling
for help in dog language. When his master
came up Rover ceased barking and looked
up into his face. as much as to say, Don't
you see you have left the window open, a
very careless thing to do?'
Rover is very fond of certain kind Of
cake, so We keep small box of them for
his especial use. Whenever he wants one
he walks over to the box and knocks on it
with his paw.
One day Rover, finding the front door
open, ran out without his collar and tag.
In few minutes he came running like mad
indeed, friend of ours thought he was
mad until we pointed up the street. where
the dog catcher's wagon was seen coming
and explained that Rover had once been
caught in that spiders web, and so ever
after could not be induced to walk into it,
but rather run from it. Your loving friend
ELIZABETH BARRETT,
Twelve years.
The Butterfly.
In the first place 1 will relate that a
cocoon was on a plum tree, and one day as
I was standing at the back door saw it
and asked If 1 could have it. The reply
was yes" 1 tried to get it, but could not,
and asked for help, which 1 soon received.
1t was not on twig, so I tied string
around it and hung it in the kitchen. A
few weeks after butterfly came out We
thought it had come out while we We're
eating dinner, but 1t was after dinner we
discovered it. 1t is beautifully marked
with many colors. Brown is the principe |
one on its wings, while more than half of
its wings are brown; in this brown is one
large dot on each wing; the dots are red
shaded into yellow, from that it is shaded
off into black half inch from the dots
are stripes Of yellow brown and red. Far
Their up is tan marked with black and
white. The wings near it's head are red !;
its head is red, and SO are its legs. It's
body is white and striped with red; under
meath 1t is almost all red. 1t is about eight
inches from tip to tip of it's wings Its
wings up and down are four and one-haiS
inches. Its body is large and about an
inch and a half long. Two black pIumes
extend out of its head. 1t looks as If 1t
were velvet. On its smaller wings there
are eyes like on the feathers of a De3cocy
It's eyes are black and on the side of its
head. Hazel. SHERMAN
No. GS Clay street. Fort Wayne, Ind
Original story by Hazel Sherman. Signed
3. H. Sherman, Guardian.