The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-08-17


trious. It is a great sight to see all the
patients In the dining room. about three
hundred eating at once. Georgia has
good hearted, kind and sympathetic band
of officers The front yard with It's
green house, beautiful mounds and flow
ers are beautiful. The nurses wearing
blue dresses, with white caps and aprons,
carry the patients out on TINS yard 10
take exercise. Fruits and vegetables OF
all kinds are raised for them. and on
Christmas day they nave pouil'llui
dinner OF meats, cakes, fruits OIL on
kinds For fear Of waste oaSAel VIZ
Just bow myself out for the present L
would like to correspond with soine u
the grown up cousins.
Magnolia, Port Tampa City. f1a.-Deal
Junior. | have heen silent aalilHei VI
the Junior page for quite a long l'hc'
No one knows how much ENJOY reaui"@
the different letters, and nave oi'ei,
thought I Nould write. but nave MOI hf'o
the courage to do so. am gong 10 take
for my subject Indoor Gardenln9. NO
articles of homo decoration are cheaper
or more effective than living pants nor IL
there any means of diversion more Will
In the ca~c.ity of all classes of people.
is quicker than an indoor plant to resent
neglect or other bad treatment. In the
warmer months of the year almost all
kinds Of plants that can be cultivated
in POTS may be successfully grown on
window lodges to give sufficient water
and to avoid the baking of the soil by
the fierce rayA of the sun is almost the
only necessary attention. The cheapest.
most endurin> and most ilourishinS plants
are the towering geranium. which may
be obtained in many varieties OF color.
For indoor decoration the palm is the
best, for a mass of foliage the german
ivy is very pretty I could mention
number Of different plants that are very
pretty for the house. but l can hear
Aunt Susie say Time is up.' so L VIII
bid you au revoir.
Inez Duff. McGaheysville. Va.-Dear
Junior: have been reading the Junior
page this morning and l feel like having
a little talk with the cousins With Aunt
5usie's per~-A4sion will say q few words
on Little Things" Some OF us imagine
we can not do good unless we do some
thing great or make a great display. l
think If we will we may always find
plenty Of little deeds IF kindness in our
own hoLe and around us Oh. II we
could only realize the little things we
are leaving undone and learn TO do some
kind thing every day and every oppor-
tunity by helping TO lift the burden from
some weary soul, by making some one
happy. comforti.s the sick, by helping
some fallen brother or sister to rise, how
much good we all might do while the
days are going by. IT'S the
Little drops Of water end little grains
of sand
That makes the mighty ocean and this
wOndrous land
80 the little deeds OF kindness. every
where we sow,
MAY help to build mansion in the
heavens, don't you know
live in the beautiful valley Of Vir-
ginia lying between the Blue Ridge and
the Massanutin mountains, Il very beauti-
ful country. indeed We take The Con-
stitutiou and I enjoy reading It. Much
love to Aunt Susie and the cousins |
remain, very sincerely. with 5 cents for
Grady hospital. Correspondence solicit
ed.
Emma b Van Deusen. Dear Junior:
May Aunt Emma. he present again at
your weekly meeting? l have something
lovely TO tell you. Of one Of the little
cousins alrdady known and loved by you.
1t is this: On the 26th OF this month
august Neya lines, of Columbus Miss.
Will be l6 years old, and you are all invit-
ed to her birthday party Before, when
I asked YOU to write to her. you respond
ed so beautifully 1t made Neva and her
Hoo
she had 50 many friends. This time let's
show her she has many more-fairly snow
her under with lettors-write so many 1t
will take her mamma two days Ia read
them all to her wouldn't that be a joke?
Tnclose stamps for replies. l expect 1t
will take considerable money to pay the
postage on the answers to Nevas birth
day missives. As # IS n birthday party,
no one would appear without a gift. Let's
each send her something by which she
viii always remember the day. | can
imagine the shine in Nevas eyes az the
remembrances arrive and little Hollis will
be fairly wild. perhaps will break out
singing his "Eskimo song" Then sweet
faced Virgie will calmly got the scissors
and cut the strings that hold the birth
day parcels. while BiTney and Grady, in
their gentlemanly way Will help too, and
be glad for the love shown their dear
sister Remember the date, August 26.
We must not let this opportunity for
sending sunshine pass us by. Neva Will
soon have her wheel chair. Those help
ing her to that receive her glad thanks.
The dear cousins and others whose let
ters to me await replies, will forgive me,
l am sure. Not being able to write, the
messages have had T. walt. Each one