Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-26

The Editors Letter.
Dear Children:
Aunt Dorothys letter-box Is full this
morning and as am to write to you some
time in her place while she Is In Porto RICO
/ will begin at once and tell you what TINS
letter-box holds. / am sure that 1t VIII IN
terest you all 1 shall first, however. ac-
knowledge the letters received that require
II, and then go on with my story of general
interest
Contributions of letters. drawings stories
etc are received with thanks, from Elmer
r. Hemming 1905 G. street southeast, VINO
sends address, as requested, and to whom
gift is sent; also to Frank Hodgkin, s53 y
street northwest; G. b. b.. aged tweIVe,
who should always send full address, and
who does very well; Mildred X. and Helena
D., to whom badges will be sent; Lucy Lee
O.. whose drawing is we'll done; Mildred T.,
whose story is interesting and well told.
Anita p. whose pleasant letter is welcome;
Pauline s., who must keep on trying. as
she does WELL Chrissie M, who should seno
address always with drawing or letter, and
who should try some original subject she
does very we'll for nine-year-old girl;
/ Florence s.. who writes a good hand, ana
who should send us story some time
about children, animals, pets, or on subjects
that of interest to children; f. HERBERT
b. who did not send address; Helena
DOGGY, 800 Massachusetts, avenue northeast.
aged ten. whose letter is very welcome ana
full of suggestion; Beth l.. who should read
the membership coupon and Instructions
which appear on the page each week, 10
learn how to become a member. and who
should send, as all children should, original
drawings instead of copies; Martha r.. who
should send in another coupon ard envel-
ope addressed to the badge editor. asking
for a duplicate badge. No money Is needed
for the E. 8. S. G. @. badges; only the
for it. Hold your money for Porto Rico,
dear, according to our rules, until Aunt
Dorothy tells you where to send it direct
We never receive league runds. put ASK
you and all contributors to hold your gifts
until you can send them to the persons to
be helped. In this way every bit that you
can give answers the purpose we ask 1t Tor
and none goes astray. Your stamp contrt-
button has been sent to Charles Miller to
hold. and directions will be given you on
this page. where to get a bank to hold such
funds hereafter until Aunt Dorothy issues
; her call for 1t, unless you prefer to send 1t
direct to Mr.. Weller to hold for you. He
has one Of Aunt Dorothy's Porto Rico
banks for this purpose but you all must be
sure to say, when you send him anything,
that 1t is for Porto Rico, II you mean your
gifts to go there, as otherwise he will. by
Aunt Dorothy's direction. use these gifts
for help in Washington. Aunt Dorothy ad-
vises you to send for both causes.
You may think that small gifts-say a
penny or stamp, a nickel or dime-do
not help much. Let me tell you what some
children In the New York schools did. By
getting together and giving pennies only
they made up $4,000 for the Galveston
school children Aunt Dorothy knows this
to be true, and she was In New York when
II was done. One week in that year $1,000
children's letters were received by promi-
nent New York newspaper in reply TO let
ter written to them about something that
interested them very much. These letters
came from all over the world.
Aunt Dorothy has often received thou
sand such letters at time. and she begins
to feel that she knows great many chill
dren. Now, suppose the $1,000 children
whose letters were sent In to the editor
had each promised to hold penny or
2-cent stamp, a nickel or a dime. for the
Porto Rico school chidren-how many dol
Count 1t up and let US know and tell us
what you think the Washington school chill
dren. their teachers and their parents can
do In the same way to help the Porto Rico
school children, their teachers and their
parents. In time our government will do
all this. but 1t is just now that the need
exists. and governments must need more
slowly when 1t does not prepare ahead for
needs such as are arising constantly in our
own possessions. When we have shown
what we can do for our Porto Rico brothers
and sisters, in school and out of school.
they will help us, perhaps, and then we can
remember the Filipinos and the Alaska
home. for remember Aunt Dorothy's ad-
vice. given to you before. told you that
while charity begins at home 1t does not
end there.
Helena Doocy's letter will be sent to Elsie
Yost. 1902 Pennsylvania avenue southeast.
and they can work together. Through the
Correspondents Club you should all be able
to do much more than alone. To belong to
this club you need only send in your name,
age and address on postal. with the
words Correspondence Club added. so
that the messenger sorting the mail may
send these cards at once to the printer and
avoid the delay that would arise were these
addresses inclosed in an envelope and sent
TO Aunt Dorothy.
Remember this and do your best to meet
all rules given on this page. we may not
have to send to Aunt Dorothy a lot of let
ters that We might as well take care of our
selves II you will address each envelope
I'm such a way as to show what the letter Is
about, as. for instance, place on the corner
of the envelope the words. new puzzles,
puzzle answer, drawing, prize, story, letter.
Porto Rico work. etc, as the case may be,
Yours cordially.
THE CHILDREN's EDITOR.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS WITH HONOR
ABLE MENTION
Debbie D.. who should send name and ad-
dress next time: Lou and Margaret Nus
baum. who must try free-hand drawing:
Ralph Mckinley Coates. seven years old;
Florence Cold. age ten, who must try pen
and ink; Edna D.. who does very well. and
who should send her name to Aunt Doro-
thy for prize; Phebe Hebrew. who u very
welcome as member: z. L. Paynter who
should have sent address on both letter and
drawing as all children should who hope
to win-not doing so prevents them from
winning; Marie White. who wins a prize in
April for clever puzzles; j. Lx. who wins
In April for a well-drawn cat; William
Laub. whose drawing is very clever, but II
does not look like Aunt Dorothy-some day
she may send you her picture to compare
with your drawing. and then you can try
again; Florence Brainerd. age ten: Louis
Glazer. age thirteen. wins in April for
clever story we will publish: Constance
Philpitt. age six: Blanche Lumpiin. age