The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-03-19
Examinations
Of Uncle Henry
Dear Editer,


for Harpers magezene, or the Farm
Journel or the Tampa Tribune, l
haint made up my mind which one.
thought would let you print it,
to, if you think you have got room.
Ii is a peace which had ought to
be printed in lot of papers SO i
maybe will send it to all these ones
have mensoned. | think they
would be glad to get it. You know
| give my writin away bein satisfied
with the plesure | get from writin.
and | think they will be glad to get
it. 1t is on subjeck which ! saw
in the Telegram about was wOmiE
made fust or was men. think men
was, becaus there is evidences that
womin is nearer to the savage in
NANNY ways. ard my peace is all
about that. The Atlas We have here
got it with a subscription to pa
per back hOme-it has lot in it
about saveges, and | have got to
KNOWN the subjeck pretty well.
There is some which marks up there
bodys with pitchers which is put on
under the skin. there is some which
PUTS wates in there ears to pull
them down real long, and there Is
some where the men folks takes all
they can rake and scrape together
and bys chanes and bracelets-some
of which Is wore on the legs-and
puts these decorations on there
wives, and We are all familer with
the ways of the North American In
dian. This was how come to
think of writin the peace was seeing
SO nanny wOmin at the new depOw
that day which had follered the GUS
TEN of the Indian and had painted
themselves in homer of the gay and
festiv accession. But if you get to
thinkin about it there is lots of
more ways in which it can be proved
the wOmin of today is still fOller-
in the way of the savegcs that rOmes
wild and free. Now if you would
like to have this peace just say the
word, and | will let you have it If
You will promise 10 print Il paper
the same day that don't have that
in. so Marthy wont have to see it,
1t is alters hard to make her I'M
derstand things from a literary pint
of view. Marthy ant one of the
womin that makes holy show Of
themselves on the street. but she
might think ! had ment her when
[ haint.
That day at the depot | had lot
of fun all to myself as | took motifs
to the smiles of delight that was
everywhere presint. kept a Won
derin how nanny would have van
eshed like the mornin dew in Au-
gust if in your remarks you HAD
of sayed. There is a little matter
of thouscnd dollers which has to
he paved by the citizins of Lakeland
for this new depow. We will now
eall for subscriptions. BY gum,
| could most pick out the fellcr
tina; would quit smilin and sncck |
away, jest as well AZ knowcj |
which ones would speek up with
out bein called on.
The kind of peple admire to see
III this town is the Gellers-and. |
thank hcvins. We have got them 49,
which don't have to be punched al |
every step to make them keep up
in the mighty march of progress
now goin on in this fare and beau
tifull city. There is peple in this
town. however. which loves to grab
A visiter or sojourner by the cote
appell and entertane him tellin of
The progress which they have made
in this town, fergettin to state that
The only way they have done any
was by being drug along
,y the rest of the town. Back
where | come from when | was a
little shaver me and the Shaffe-
,oys and Josh Clarke used to 60
every Saturday afternoon
III summer in a swimmin hole on
he Clarke place. and them Shaffer
Joys wouldn't neither one 60 in no
natter how hot day it was un-
i'll me or Josh went in and sayed
he waiter was warm. Some peple
n this town is that way, and some
laint. For my part l give homer
nd reverence to the Teller that is
villin in any CRATE enterprise af- (