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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23

know well enough. l have been wash
ing myself in the sun all the morning
There is no one as dirty as you arss
In my faminly, / am happy to say.
Thon the cat walked on waving his
tail, The child waited for his brother.
Very soon d pig came trottfng along
Hello. brother he grunted, Il am
not your brother said the child
ooh. yes, you are. said the pig
II know you must live in the pig
pen in the orchard Come along and
have a good roll with me in the barn~s
yard. There Is some lovely black
mud there" Il don't like 10 roll In
mud" said the child. Come along
say. You may have some Of my
supper II there is more than / want.
II don't want any Of your supper.
-srtty ftttttti1e trsri trt nrgnn ID
cry. JUS. then the tidy angel came
cut, Your play room Il clean now.
she said 'It must stay SO. VIII
you so with your pig brother or will
you come with me aud be tidy child.
with you, with you," cried the child,
and he chung 10 the angels Dress
HAZEL CORKER.
Beaver Dam, Va
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23

lying in the meadow waiting to greet
her.
There was day, however, when
there was no Tithonus there to greet
her. Surprised and anxious, Aurora
left her daily work and looked for
him everywhere.
BY and by she found him lying
pale and still with closed eyes among
the meadow grasses. Hastily she
darted to earth, snatohed him in har
arms, and bearing his lifeless body.
made her way to Genus.
Earnestly she begged of the king
OF the gods to make Tithonus we'll
and strong again. She tmpiored
him to promise that Tithonus should
never die.
Now the all-powertu1 Genus
granted Aurora's request, and she
the meadow.
For a long time they were very
happy indeed. Aurora. as usual,
painted the eastern sky and dyed the
fieecy clouds in her crimson dye pot,
happy In the thought that Tithonus
watched her.
Tithonus was quiet content just to
lie In the breezy meadow and watch
Auroras painting OF the eastern
heavens.
With the passing OF time. how
ever. Tithonus grew very old, his
knees bent and he became gray and
feeble Aurora had forgotten TO ask
for her friend a very important thing
that he might remain young for
ever!
Alas. Tithonus," incurred Au-
rora. Il was in such haste to save
you that | was careless of this No
longer are you content or happy in
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23

itke7'
Il never have seen him. said the
cook. Il came to work for him after
he had gone down 10 live In the
we'll"
Does he like to haze visitors r
II don't know said this cook. III G
has never had any since ! have been
here"
4 think I will go down to see him, :
said the young man. IF you VIII let
me down In the bucket
Bur suppose he should think you
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23

Heathsviiie. V,
June 10. 1919.
Dear Aunt Nancy want 10 be-
come n member Of The Richmond
yfrgfnian Juveniale Circle.
Inclosed you will fnd drawing l
made myself ] was sorry that The
old Gray Goose" gohhled II upt but
Il was my fault
hope the goose will not Robeie It
un. Hoping to see this in next issue
the 18TH.
I remain YOUR new nephew,
---- CARR HALF. CARSON,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23
Point Eastern. Va.

June Is. 1919.
My Dear Aun: Nancy would IKE
10 become a member az the II v,
J. G. and viii try and be faithful
member. am little girl eleven
wears old and | have four more sis
tiers beside myself. and have es1~ HI
tie brother five years old. Ny school
has closed. My father gave us
Gower garden and each OF us have
square OF our own.
wish you could see IT
This Is the frst time | have writ
ten and hope the Goose Rill net gee-
bic IL up.
I am your new member
WINfFREu W. WILLIAMS
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23


the meadow. Ny greatest wish Is TO
see you happy---free from all suffer
ting and pain. / must find q way 10
remedy my own carlessness''
Aurora sat on a dingy cloud and
thought and thought and forgot en-
tirely to paint or dye the neecy
clouds
At last she came to Tithonus with
Joy in her face.
II have thought OF a way. my IT,
thonus," cried she. II shall make
you free of care. You shall dance
all the day long. Your song shall
Your best friend shall be the sun
shine. See, have prepared for you
coat OF mail such as never before
has been seen upon the earth. You
shall be we'll protected: you shall be
painted a delicate green, like the
grasses of the meadows. See Put
1t ONT"
Then the old man Tithonus slipped
into the grasshopper coat and 10, he
was jolly young grasshopper, with
never a care In the world, scraping
his fiddle joyousiy as he danced over
the sunshiny meadow grasses.
To this very day there you may
find him and his children. Stiff Au-
rora paints the heavens with her soft
colors Still she dips the feeey
clouds In the crimson dye pot and
hangs them out to dry s--------------
Sometimes. however, she paases as
she did In the long ago. to hear the
song of Tithonus and then her
scarlet brush leaves long streaks
across the path of the sun.
If you watch very closely, some
day you may see'
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23
Point ff..ast Ut r, 4.

Z
Desr Aunt Nancy AM WITH 10
you for the first time. and .ope
sou viii print my letter In the HeNt
Sundays issue. ! am going 10 Try
and write every week. W. live on
. large farm which ts called the
Goose Pond Farm. We have many
ducks, turkeys, and chickens. / nave
four sisters and one brother. Hls
NJ me Ia Richard.
Louis Dahl wants to know II Il is
a good idea 10 print the names of all
who send In correct answers TO the
puzzles. That would be- all rIsaI,
don't you think 80. Aunt Nancy
Three more OF my sisters are writ
ing TO you now, l hope the letters
will reach you this week We wrote
last week, but the letters came back
10 us Please give US your right ad-
dress. A new member.
LUCILLE r, WILLIAMS.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23
Hidden F9oyyra.
williamsburg. Va.

Hidden F9oyysra.
Find eight different flowers hidde
in the following story:
STOP. etop' Ink will Ftain your
coat" said Tabby.
II don't care. Oh. what iarks'
purred the little cat. trying to jump
on the table, where, with bread AND
butter cups and saucers stood, as
well az the inkstand.
Tabby shut her mouth with a snap.
Dragons or even boys shall not
make ME speak again" thought she
III that beautiful jag full of cream.
fresh from the cow, slips down. l win
not stir a paw"
The little cat. looking sedate and
prim rose TO reach the Ink, but did
not speed. well in her venture; the
bottle broke. and on pussy's coat or
snow dropped q sable stream.
MARY FUGATE.
Geography Questions
l. How many counties has Virginia :
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23
heScARLET DYE-pOT

T THE time Of
dawn Aurora. the
beautiful Queen
OF Day. softly
drew the velvet
curtains of the
night and. paint
brush in hand.
Jared forth across
the sky to tint
the heavens with
rose pink.
All the little
soft. fIeecy clouds
she dipped care
fully into her
scarlet dye pot
and hung up In
the wind to dry.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23
Short Letters From Many
Circle Members
Keysviife, Va.

Keysvilfe, Va.
Dear Aunt Nancy am sending In
"a puzzle, as have not sent anything
for a long time. I have been picking
cherries and selling them. I have
been sick over a week. had tooth
ache from going in bathing. We went
ASKING today I will close for this
time
Your nephew,
HERMAN BAILEY.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23
willis, Wa.
June IA 1912

Iune IA lFIA"
Dear Aunt Sancy,--Many, many
thanks for the dear little pin am
wearing ii now,
I think your decorations are fine,
Our page is improving rapidly
My drawings are in black tnk--yoa
did not say that the rest should DC
done in black Ink. Everything thar
t send hereafter In original, but the
first was not.
Again thanking xn1-9nr-pI printing
my work. ana the badge. ] will close
with best wishes.
ALMA KEMP
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23

vineiand. Va.
Dear Aunt Nancy,--Last Fray
evening fell and broke my right
arm. so ! can't write to you for some
time now. but IL you don't care
will get Edith Rawlings TO write for
me uatii am able. / got my badge
Thank YOU for It,
Your neice.
yIRGTE BALMER.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23

Vinelaud, Va.
Dear Aunt Nancy received my
badge and like IL fine. II was so
good of you 10 give us one am
sending some tumhled names OK AMI
mails this week. Are You going 10
give ali Of ThU children that T0fn our
circle q badge? Many, many thanks
for mine.
Your niece,
EDITH RAWLINGS.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23
Churchyiew, Va.

June II, 1872.
Dear Aunt Nancy was very glad
TO see nv poem in yesterdays paper
The fourth Of July | expect to go
launch riding on the Rappahannock
--T-er. as tive rfuEe 70 Il. I am also
going in bathing arm learning how
TO swim. and Il ia real fun. I want
10 go Grabbing The same day ] live
IN Tidewater. We. and have many de-
lghtful rides on the Rappahsnnock.
am sending yet9 picture of
Mrs. Tiger" 1t is the best can do.
am going 10 try 20 be faithful
member
Your melee,
MARION HAISLIP,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23

Elkton. Va.
Dear Aunt Nancy guess the old
GRAY Goose get one of my drawings.
Tor I did not see Il IN the paper. The
answer to Hattie Fergusons riddle.
"a bed and 10 ~ +. Lockhandt' $
Is. 't-h-a-t" The answers to- Rebecca
Buggs riddles are: Your mother.
2-His daughter. Sit 4-The
animals came in with hons. 6-An
egg, I am sending drawing and
some puzzles. / think We Will go TO
Atlantic City this summer. We went
there last year and nll had q good
time. am afraid / have written too
much.
Your aeiee
HELEN r. HEARD.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23

keyEvlile, Va.
Juno if,1s12.
Dear Aunt Nancy received my
badge Sunday and thought II was q
very pretty one.
I tried to draw dog but ] did
not make much success at IL as ! am
not such good drawer.
l went fishing today but I only
caught two FISH. My mother and
sold five gallons OF cherries today.
but last week we picked twelve gal
Ions in day.
rode in buggy nearly all day
long yesterday. AS IL is getting late
now. l Will not talk with you any
longer
From your nephew,
REGINALD BAILEY
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23
PUZZLE DEPARTMENT

q What States border on Virginia
g. What bodies of water bound Flr-
gluia2
a. Trace the fall line
5. what towns and cities are on
the fail line? Why were they located
there?
6. What island in the Chesapeake
bay belongs Co Virginia
{ Name the rivers entering the
Chesapeake bay.
&. " hsr tg tire population or VIE
GINA? How much of it is native
born?
ALMA KEMr
Willis, Va.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23

&orfoik, Y a.
June IS. 1912.
Dear Aunt Nancy received my
badge and want to thank you for II
think 1t is very pretty. My school
closed June IL. 1919, ! will try 70
send IN something real often for the
circle got certtTt Tste OF scholar
ship at the end Of the year. There
We're fifty children in my room. Only
four got certificates. / am sending
in puzzle which I hope the Old
Gray Goose will nGt gubefe up,
Your neica.
MARY FCGATE.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23

THIS is just piay-meal--
Small and skinny lookin'
Ii our folks don't feed us more,
They're going to get forsosken
What we wants good-sized COW,
Served up in steaming messes:
These bones would scarcely satisfy
A two-legged thing in dresses!
Yet this hen was good hen,
Though not quiet sleeper;
SO just that she won't sighted be,
] guess we'd better eat her!
KATHERIliI
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23

Refreshments.
/. Behead something that we per-
ceive by the senses and you Will have
part of the human head,
2. Behead an animal that Is found
In the Rocky mountains. and you have
a part of the human head
S Behead part of the human BODY,
and you will have a conjunction.
Composed by
ALMA LEE KEMP.
Willis Va
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23
VIZ WI sFN Y ~
FREDERICK HICSfASDN

Dear Aunt Nancy have been
reading yeur ltters. and ! like them
very much am now ten years old,
ami very fond q reading and draw
Ing, so hope the Old Gray GOOSE
will be asleep when you get this
Your niece.
GRACE A MASON.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23
Riddle.

W At is Ii that can go UP a Chin
uey. down or down q chimney down,
but can't GO mp chimney up or down
HELEN HEARD.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23
Beaver Darn. Va,

June Is. 1912.
Dear Aune Nancy,--I appreciated
the badge very much and want TO
send something more often to the
page, ] have NOT planned any trips
except visiting friends on the farm. ]
am very fond OF country riding.
Your netce
BARBARA CORKER
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23

Jumbied Names of Animals.
.Magroako-
2 koyden,
3. Rifeagf
i Espeh.
EDITH RAWLINGS.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23
Beaver Dam. va. June IS. 1919.

beaver Damn a JhIle II, I9II.
Dear Aunt Nancy appreciate
your badge very much. I wanted 10
send in something last week, but
though so many would want to send.
30 i am sending In some drawing and
. story
Your niece
Hazel. CORkER.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23
whittles Mil, Va. June, 1919.

Whittles Mil, Va, june, 1919
Dear Aunt Nancy received your
badge last Monday, and was very
much pleased with II. I think they
ere real cute, and am ever go proud
O.. mine, We are very glad 10 have
so many new members to Join our
circle, and we hope our page VIII be
more and more interesting every sun
day My cousin, Ruth Gee, Is spend
ing the week with me. and we are
expecting to visit some OF our little
friends and hfSe nice time, There
is lot of nice fruit getting ripe now.
and we enjoy II very much ! think
the suggestion made by Louis Dahl,
of Farmville. Va. was a good one.
and l hope you will take Il up In a
short while. 7 arm sending you n
puzzle. which I hope will appear In
the next Sundays issue.
Again thanking you for my badge.
I Will close Your niece
LUCILLE FERGUSON.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23
Your nephew.
CHARLIE MGRtDER.
Oghnrn. Va. June II. 1917.

Oghnrn. Va. June II, 19l2.
Dear Aunt Nancy think our
badges are real pretty I like them very
much. ] was not at home last week
and did not write TO you. / got my
badge all right. ! VIII send you some
OF my drawing this week. hope the
Old Gray Goose won't gobble my
drawing up. l think our page gets
better each Sunday. AS my sister IL
going to write to you this week, ] am
sorry your Old Gray Goose Is Ill.
hope he viii get better by next SUN
day. You must tell us IL he gets well.
Your niece.
LIZZIE l.. BITGG
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23
Whites MIL. va.

- B-rr -zets,rt ,AStnrry.Tt waE 50 Eur=
prised to get my badge. Hike IT fine.
will now try to be faithful mem
her.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23
I1EBUs.

What the tramp told the kind lady
who had given him good breakfast
LOUIS D0HE,
FarmYilIe- Ma
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23
WYliieshurE. a.

Wyllteshurg. Va.
June ts, 1912.
Dear Aunt Nancy.--I received nay
badge and think II is Just lovely. Now
NO have something to show that we
are mem hers Of the X. V, J. c. MY
age Is all that / have told you about
myself, 30 brief description of my
self, as beet ! can. slant five Feet
ave inches and weigh one hundred
and seven pounds. have dark blue
ewes and black hair. would tell
you how ugly am hat don't know
how TO d. til -vas ahie II snfye
Wgag sSarker's pazzse, / am asso
sending IN one Of my own, Rivers In
Figures
/ hope these VIII be as fortunate
as NV last riddles and letter in es-
Gaming the "old Gray Goose"
Answer to above mentioned puzzle.
Lion Tiger a-Eiephant.
4-Zehra Monkey. 6-Camel
From your nephew
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23
ANSWERS TO LAST
WEEKS PUZZLE
Eggs In Horses Skull.

A girl was going to get married
and her father didn't let heE--Hs-
told her If she could make up u
riddle that he couldn't answer he
ouid let her marry. meaning OF
riddle.) AS she went OUT of tha
garden gate she saw horses skull
and a bird had built a nest In IT.
There were five little BIRDS and two
eggs already pipped. He let her get
married as he couldn't guess Il.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23
whittIes Mil, Va


Dear Aunt Naucy,~I have been
reading the letters, stories and pGz-
zles in y2ur nice little Sunday paper.
I enjoy reading them ever SO much,
and I wish to become a member OF
the Richmond virginian Juvenile Cir
ole. will tell you about myself: l
am 4 poor fatherless girl. seventeen
years OF age. / have dark hair and
brown eyes. feet tall and real small.
and you may know / am some kinder
ugly. I live on n farm. My home ~
located down near Meherran river. |
4 have eight brothers and three sisters.
and a widowed mother. | am a menu
her of Salem Sunday-schooi, am
also member of the Rosebud Mis-
aionary society. We have our meet
tngs every third Sunday at Salem We
+ have over sixty members Please
send me one Of the badges ] hope
the Old Gray Goose won't gobbie up
my letter
With best wishes.
!. Your new niece, x
PEARL SMITH
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23
your hItce,
HATTIE FERGUSON.

South Richmond Va. June II. 1912.
Dear Aunt Nancy.f am sending a
drawing of a viking ship" and hope
the old Gray Goose does not gobble
It up.
Your nephew
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23
Belle Haven. Va,
f.,. IN lGt

Dear Aunt Nancy.-I have been
reading the II. V, J &, page every
week and have Just decided To become
a member. | saw Carr Carson's let
ter. Carr il my cousin. My father
and his father are brothers. Both are
preachers. | hone my song and draw
ing will get in the parar no quick that
Old Gray Goose caanot catch them.
Awaiting to see next Sundays Vir-
gilman, l am.
Your new member.
ADRIAN L. CARSON. JR-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23
Willis. :

BUNDLED Names of Citie~.
!, Diomrchn.
g Pamta,
g. Donion
H. Rolkfou.
s. Ulompiac.
EDITH RAWLINGS
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23

Vineiand. Va.
Dear Amt Nsncv.---I was SO sorry
the Old Gray Goose gobbled up my
first drawing. and hope It won't COB
Bile my letter and puzzle this week.
Nirgie Baimer's arm Is still so she
can't write, so che won't write this
week.
Hoping you viii print my letter.
remain.
Your niece,
EDITH RAWLINGS
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23

Other Answers.
A bed
HATTIE FERGUSON.
S. S. LOCkHART.
That
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23

Ivor, Va, June 1a, 1912.
Dear Aunt Nancy am sending
you a puzzle which / hope will not
give the Old Gray Goose indigestion.
| am nearly fourteen and have fin
ished third year high school
Your nephew
HERBERT H. BABB.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23

Answers 10 Riddles.
/. She is your mother
2 His daughter. .
Q II.
4 The kangaroo went in with napa
and the bear was always bruin
An egg.
REBECCA BuGa
0gburn, Va
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23

EDITH RAWLINGS.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-20
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Disease or Costs Nothing.

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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-20
What State Editors are
Saying.
Woman Suffrage For Florida

woman outrage FOR rlorlua-
Lakeland Telegram: Woman Suf
frage is on the way in Florida, at least
il has made a definite start. The Flori
da Equal Franchise league met in Jack
sonville the other night and formally
adopted resolution demanding that the
next Legislature submit TO the people
an amendment 10 the present State con
stitution, which provides among other
things that "male and female persons
shall in all respects be alike eligible TO
vote and hold office in the State of
Florida" 1t is not difficult TO imagine
what the present electorate in this
State would do to that amendment Ii
would indeed be plenty, and if such a
thing as lynching a constitutional
amendment were possible doubtless that
reprehensible method would be rcSorted
10 TO mark the reprobation of the ma
jority. But history is full of instances
OF the reversal of popular verdictS, after
passion and prejudice had passed, and
what the voters of Florida today think
of woman suffrage by no means shows
what they will think OF it twenty years
hence. All we ask of our dear ladies is
that they don't become impatient and
go 10 smashing windows, setting houses
on fire, raising street riots and throwing
brickbats at our statesmen in order TO
hasten their emancipation, for we don't
believe that those arguments would
prove their contention in the present
state of the public mind.