The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-01-19
LETTERS AND ANSWERS.

LET FERS AND ANSWERS.
The following nice Iitte letter. is so cute. and
shows what good little children should do when
they receive Christmas gifts. that we publish il
for the benefit of all good nephews and nieces. Il
came all the way from Nebraska:
Dear Auntlc: | had such good Christmas and
got 50 many nice things that | will never get over
thanking YOU for sending so many lovely things.
was Just overioyed with the beautiful furs brace
let and tan. and ] am going to keep them all for
best and then ! will have them when am big
Don't be surprised if | thank YOU a thousand times
over and over again. | got much | could not
begin to tell You ALL
We went TO mock marriage and il was too
cute for anything. The bride happened to have
pretty well-of parents and she had the prettiest
dress. long train and veil and big bunch OF
flowers.
/ like nay ring so much because you used to
wear It. Auntie. and maybe some day can give It
10 a little niece of mine.
We going TO sell our rabbits cause they eat
the trees and we get s. for them and put it in our
bank ! bet there are not many girls who got 50
much aud have such nice Auntie as we have.
Happy New Year to everybody. From your
little nieces, NELLIE AND AGNES.
Secret Valley. Jan. 8. 1907
Dear Aunt Busy: ] thought | would write
few lines TO you. We have all been sick but papa
with colds What did old Santa put in your stock
ing: He put by my stocking doll buggy. Have
YOU very many gray hairs coming in yet!
viii be 70 in April. If you, were here Aunt Busy
would give you some good sleigh rides. From
your loving niece EDNA MURPHY.
You always welcome little Edna. Yes
dear, Aunt Busy Is quite old and gray lately. You
sec she does not grow younger Study hard dur
ing the next FIVE months, Edna.
San Diego. Cal. Jan. 10. 1907
Dear Aunt Busy: | thought / would let you
know that | was still in the land of the living. and
one of the liveiest in the crowd if you could sec
me DOW. / have CAMEL about twelve pounds and
look as rosy and sassy the best of healthy girls
The climate here is wonderful. | can go out, get
me 2 lemon from big treeful in the back yard
and me- a lemonade fit for a king. only there
isn't ote n,r to drink it. Next door is an orange
tree. --5 down is banana tree, so l
not hard Ia ior fruit.
Tail; bout good times. | surely have them
] can row ike fsheman-not like the fishermen
On the Jordan-you should them here. then
YOU would know how ! mean. | am learning to
swim, and I swim like a stone.
Now ] viii write about something that will
interest you-the choir. Let me say here that !
have heard two fairly good singers since l have
been here The organist is a young girl and has
glorious contralto. She is very nice and tries
her best. but instead of her running the choir
they run her. There is talking Ill feeling
hut there isn't the life and firmness to the choir
a. in Sail Lake About dozen ladies belong and
one lonely man. who can't sing, and will insist on
singing. The men here wouldn't think of singing
unless they are paid for it. and the best tenor they
had Christmas (paid for) Well, some men in Salt
Lake are Caruso's against him. As for bassos
they hired one. and lac Just fine. The soprano
was something out of the ordinary for a ead-nlce
voice but small and fiat, because she didn't seem
sure of the words. being a non-Cathollc. We sang
Gounod's Cecilia Mass" The organist worked
hard: il was sung fine with q great deal of shading
but I'm parts the volume was not strong enough. |
was called do n for singing too loud. Where
sing the m2sS heavy they nearly always sang so
low YOU could scarcely hear them sometimes.
wondered if ! was only singing thinking ] was
felt nervous: | wanted to sing the mass. not hum
it.
We had card social to pay the hired singers.
You should see the real Catholic Mexicans when
they come to church. They stop at the inside
door to pray and then fall forward and kiss the
floor The first time | saw them | thought the
lady had tainted and all had a good laugh at me.
The old priest here is so old he can hardly
walk and the people here just worship him. Old
timers here say he Is the priest who married Ro-
mona Have YOU ever read the story If not, do so.
If you can't get the real story Romano let me
know and | will send you one. 1t Is one of the
stories that has happened here, and has made San
Diego known.
suppose you will be surprised when ] tell
you what ! doing. | am singing for the Illus
trated songs My new name is Elaine Edwards,
ard the managers are very much pleased with me.
They are going to put on stock company OF comic
opera and have asked me 10 take part. That means
work---a new part every week. have had three
chances 10 go on the road. but ! don't want to
20 yet. One man said If ever ] wanted TO get on
he would see ] would get gooG place. 30 you see
! ann not faring badly here l think for this time
have told YOU enough of Bly troubles, and il sou