Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-17
LETTER T0PETER
TELLS0F ROBINS
Cleveland Park Boy Wants to
Knew Why They Left
His Porch.
Dear Button Brigade:

U.s. N even ne can I Dc IN
two places at once
He would love to be
NO y N back for his daily
~E2 talk with you, but, of
course. 1t Is his duty
to help Dan y
Meadow Mouse find his baby Mite-duty
always comes before pleasure, you
know. So he has just sent word from
Bedtime Storyland to his secretary
name not worth mentioning-to open
his mail and read some of the letters
aloud. The message came by that Ger
tain Little Bird, who can always be
relied on TO tell things exactly as they
don't occur. so You know how impor-
tant it is to open letters right away
Here they are:
Dear Peter Rabbit: Please give me a
button. because / want to be one of your
friends. 1 live at 1905 Highland place,
Cleveland Park. and love all the ami
mails. There was a robins nest on our
portch. and in spring they flew away;
why did they do that? When it was the
very very time they should be coming back
win l am seven years old. I go to
third grade. am f1fty-hve inches tall.
From Harry. There is something in
side
Unside) ''Once upon a time there was a
man with two legs and another with one.
The one with two said you cannot under
stand Joke. because You have less un-
Outstanding than 1, A joke. Guess it.
p. S. / can write. but l thout you
would like it In printing
Won't Peter enjoy reading it. And
here's a second letter. just as cute and
clever. from his brother:
Notice the spelling. will you.
Tells of His Flowers.
s.ra,r po+or. ,ronx o. ~. , h,,...r
I am going to write. 1 am six years old.
The letter with this is my brothers let
ter. the letter in the envelope. My zennia
forers are coming un- My name is Ed
ward, but they call me Denny. My nick
name is Denny. too. once saw two rab-
bits. but they went behind a house.
Denny.
Postscript: MY brother won't let me put
this letter in his envelope"
II anybody happens to be acquainted
with the robins that lived in Harry's
porch please ask them why they few
SO that he can tell Harry. They GER
tainly seem to be very foolish Robins to
do a thing like that but, yon never can
tell, They may have had family rea-
sons-misfortunes are liable to come to
any Of us-and, of course, you couldn't
expect them to go around telling their
private affairs! And besides it is never
right to judge people for doing things
that We do not understand. Still. when
you think how lovely and cool it must
be on Harrys porch. with green trees
all around. they certainly must have
been very foolish robins. but never mind.
A Word to Mr.. Toad.
Files are harmful. but toads are not
o oil Mr =;
our lawn and down the terrace. Ask
him if he was looking for flies? I saw
Busy Bee this morning on some al
falfa. and Max. my brother. almost ran
into it. 1 had to pull him away or he
would have been stung.
JOEL H. BOWEN"
We promise to be kind to our little
friends of the fields-for there is not
much forest here. Our village is fifty
miles south of Chicago, on the Kan
kakee river
IDA. MARGUERITE AND ARTHUR
GILLILAND,
"Momence. ILL.,"
Envies Grandfather Frog.
Yesterday a little bird was singing
'Cheer up cheerily. cheer up cheerily."
He was singing for joy that every
UOos - pciouSIlS W VIC D. .. y.
Please send our buttons and certificates
to
OSCAR AND kATHARIN SPENCER,
r. r. l. Winsted. Conn.
Dear Peter-I wish 1 was little
peopole in the Green Forrest rose
wouldn' hafto wear close ceptn pants
in summer time Grandfthe Frog is best
of as he can go swmn all time with
no close at tall. Up here you got
be clean thre times day for meals like
Sundy stockns too. 1 foun a tode an
smashd it with stone. He oide an
Raj Sniff sadi oh Paul look whit you
did it did not harmm you an I sadi
oh I am sorry. Please send ME a bottn
and an sercst-that other thing-to
PAUL LAJ- RENEE,
The Ellums
New London. Conn.
Aget g."
If Peter Rabbit gave gold medals in
stead of red buttons. one would go to
Paul. He wrote his letter himself And
as everything would be tame after this,
good day. S. B. S. C.