Evening star., 1904-03-19
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Dear Aunt Dorothy:
1 want to join your club I think I Will
join the Elsie Yost Circle. How shall l
apply for membership? 1 want to enter
the contest on How Best to Help Porto
Rico. Mamma said it would be noble
work to carry on. l have 81 saved In my
bank. and will give it, when called on. to
the Porto Rico fund. l hope I will win
the book. as 1 just love books. stand at
the head Of my class in grammar and Ian
guage. We have a splendid teacher. She
Is kind and gentle. Wishing you much
health and happiness. am sincerely.
HELENA D., Age 10 years.
[we shall be glad to have you help us
start our Porto Rico fund. and your name
goes first on the list. Hold your money.
dear. until Aunt Dorothy arranges for a
place for you to send 1t, and try all you
can to increase the fund. for the Porto
They have 100000 children there who need
schooling, and the government there can
afford to take care OF limited number
only. In spite of using quarter OF their
schools 7OO6O children only are going to
school. Your dollar will help to send some
little child 10 school. where 1t can learn
what it means to become good American,
and also the benefit that will come to 1t
from belonging to our country.-Ed.1
Dear Aunt Dorothy:
have not written to you for some time,
page and L read everything in 1t every
week. Not so very long ago sent draw
ing of some ships, and 1 was very sorry
when did not see them on the ~children' 9
page" but will try again. This time I
send you one of "A Travelling Pussy" 1
have story which l might send to you.
called "Bertha's Day In the Woods" About
last June 1 sent for a sunshine badge
sent a self addressed envelope and coupon,
but l never received my badge. 1 have
saved some pennies, though. and have nine
teen now. Is there any one l can help? II
so l will send my money. l mean to try to
get more money. too. l hope my drawing
is good enough to win prize If not good
enough for prize, hope 1t will be put on
the "childrens page" 1 have never gotten
a prize. 1 hope you are almost we'll by
this time. Yours truly.
RUTH B. H, Age years.
[Dear Ruth: Aunt Dorothy Is very sorry
your badge never came. She has written
to the badge editor to send you another.
Keep your pennies until you have a chance
to send them to our fund for the poor little
children In Porto Rico who haven't money
enough to go to school. Aunt Dorothy
wants Her league to do all 1t can to help
them and save all the pennies they can
until she sends word from Porto Rico
Dear Aunt Dorothy:
1 am very much interested In the chill
dren's page of The Star l do not belong
1.
Inclosed you Will find drawing. although
1 think it is too late to win a prize /
would be delighted to see 1t appear In the
MARGARET s., Age Is.
I'VE hope you will join and help US in
Porto Rico. You are not too late at any
time, as we give prizes every month.-Ed ]
Dear Aunt Dorothy:
l wrote this story myself. I am seven
years old. AGNES QUAY D.
Once there was a little girl, and her name
was Mary. One day Mary was going to
play when she a wall; SO she climbed
it. And when she found herself she was
in a land of flowers. She saw them play
with each other and they spoke to each
other. Then she woke up She went into
her yard the next day and she climbed the
she looked and she looked, she could not
see the land of flowers again.
Dear Aunt Dorothy:
l would like ever so much to join the
League that / read about every Saturday
soon as The Star comes. l am taking so
much interest in the page that think and
hope will do good by Joining it, l would
Ike for you please to send my badge. Your
truly little friend VIRGINIA. p
r ST. am nine years old.
[Your badge will be sent dear and we are
very glad to welcome you Write to us
often and help us help the Porto Rico chill
dren.-Ed.1
Dear Aunt Dorothy:
Would you mind letting me join the
League? The following is a story on cats:
CATS
Cats are very useful as to killing rats and
mice. but / do not like to have them kin
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