The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-12-15
JUST FOR THE CHILDREN.

vacation to Vermont, aud she told us
about it. She said they asked so MANY
questions about rs, they must think
children who ike in Home with big
Ill are different from the ones that
have homes with little Ii: and then
she said | might write Won letter
about the Children 5 Home. and If
You had room YOU would print it in
Your paper lust for the childrcn-thc
grown-ups wouldn t care about it. |
ttof suppose ! can spell all the big
words, but she said TO find them in
the dictionrv
Wen. We i've in Il big brick house.
~ a big yard. with trees and = gar
den. There are sixty children. and they
arc two years old to thirteen. am
eleven. Some haven t any father and
some haven t any mother; som"
haven { ANYBODY. We get up ut Sly
every day but SUNDAY. and then il IS
seven. We get dressed aud washed aud
our hair combcd. and when the bel
rings we march down to breakfast
First VIC say ''.racc but sometime,
we sing 1T. like the one about Gear
little child like me thank the FathcI
fittinely?' We eat our oatmeal ana
milk, and we have PRAYERS in the sit
in2room, and then we 10 our work
We boys make beds. and sweep. ano
wash dishes. and set the tables, and
help IN the laundry. and some work il
the yard, and some tap shoes Thf
girls work to. but not in the ward 40,
tap shoes. Then Il bell rings, and W.
get ready for school We 90 to pub
lie school. don t care much about 90
ing TO school because | mean to be
soldier aud they don I teach hOw t.
10 that in our school.
We 90 home TO dinner nj - clock
We have meat and Vegetables, ana
baked beans. and our cook makes the
best bean soup. Every day we hay,
Johnny cake. 1t is good. We don =
have butter only once week. but VT
have lots Of gravy. We have pie
Thanksgiving.
We 20 to school after dinner. ant
when we some home we play unleS.
we have to work or 20 crrands. w
have swings and tiltS. aud we pa,
baseball ana football and lots OF
games. Sometimes we write letters
and sometimes our friends come to SCI
his and hrin~ candy and apples. FREQ
4 W is Just sendin. letter 10 hi
imOther and Miss c. saws To put IL
lin because it is a good letter. Here
lis
I Dear Mother: an well and hop'
I Won are to. 50 Is Claude CHS brother)
! We cot oar average cards this noon
minc Il - ami Claude II -. Saturda,
We went to the - VI. q. y. 10 tn.
moving pictures. They were great
Some were funny. and some were ahou
Tale of two Cities. and they wcr'
not funny ut all. hat some Of tn
folks lad = famiu. and they tried T.
/ / ick III beer that wa- spilled on fh
.rouud. ! wouldu t like 10 hc bn.r
Hike that SUNDAY afternoon Miss c.
I III III, and Claude 80 10 SEQ brothc
WAYNE and sister Mabel w ~ hay
I.ood times III this Home. Now mn
tciase.
Yours rcapcctflv
Fred ~
l.. = send my love. and CIau!
'loc 70.
Wrll. the hcll rings ut f1c. aud "
ha,c IL .ct washed again anil tie
We haze supper bread aud milk. ap
sometimes lam ~ apple >ancc. IL"
we play till half past scvcn-all lr
the littlc ones AMI then wc 20
bed. But we say orr PRAYER, FIRST. ~
somc al the boys say it TO fast. Ever
body has his own bed.
sunday We 20 10 church aud ~unda
school, aud after dinner We stay on
doors In the evening Miss read
to lis. and some times we sing. or he's
the .raphaphouc II they have picture
III the church, the zig boys AM LII.
can 20.
Chat is an can think Or
H. \ Miss C saws to tell abou
the picnic Well, we 20 to "a picn
three times in summer. One time il !
to Newport. and we 20 in swimming.
Thanksgiving" and Christmas. folk
send lis nice Things 70 eat. AMI toy
and games and books. like the Bo
Scout books The girls have dolls
think it j. rich folks that sen
things, but prehaps il j. folks tina
!. don / have any boys aud girls AT home
Sometimes They send Ice cream. Tha
/ j. great,
ih> IS Ill
: +. :. forgot - tell YOU that "
( like pets But the eats don I STAY Mis-
. O. thinks they Ion like boy
! Once we had q dog. Ills name W.
4 Bobby. 1t was on his collar. lie like
7 Ius all He went to school when "
4 did and then came home. lie went I
! church to, ii we didn / tie him a.
Once he went on the platform whe
Roy S. was saving his piece. II
did not bark. but lust sat still: bt
the minister didn t like it, Whe
Bobby was dead, we al felt had.
wish we had another dog and - 10 4
!. the boys and girls.
This is ALL.