Charlevoix county herald., 1915-08-07

you very much for the membership
card. l thought it was very nice.
Here are some riddles for the MEM
bers to guess: What is the differ
ence between a new penny and an old
dime? 2-What does a lawyer do
when he dies? Slow do you spell
candy with two letters? 4-When is
a ship not ship? 5-When does a
farmer act with great rudeness to-
wards his corn? 6-What animal fell
from the clouds? Well, Pm afraid my
letter is too long now so l will close
for this time. Your friend, Helen E.
Perry, Saugatuck, Michigan.
Helen-Thank you for very inter-
esting letter. / think received an
other letter from you yesterday which
will be printed in it's turn. / know
our little members will have great fun
guessing your riddles, Helen. Riddles
are interesting, / think, although l
must confess that am rather poor
manu- az guessing IhCHi.
Dear Editor:-I have been reading
the letters and like them very much,
so thought / would like to join. 1
am twelve years old and am in the
seventh grade. l go mile to schol.
| have three brothers and two sisters.
| will be glad to receive my member
ship card. l have a cat and dog for
pets. / would like to win a prize so
am sending the words for the Missing
Word Contest: 1 years, 2 biddy, 3
small side, feet, 6 hide, said,
8 make, 9 cluck, 10 head, II frightful,
IL pull. Your friend, Eva Kinsey,
Farmerville, Ohio. d.
Eva, Dear-THIS letter containing
the missing words came too late for
the contest, but it seems to me that
you sent list in time for the contest
and that | sent you prize. AS l
right? | am sure that sent you
membership card; did you receive it?
If you did NOT write and tell me
about it and l will send you another
one at ONCE.
Dear Editor:-My name is Pansy
Butler. l am nine years old and go
to school every day and l take the
paper that has your Story Telling
Club in, and l received the card you
sent me. 1t was nice. l live two
squares from the school house. We
have four churches in Jonesboro and
l go to Sunday school every Sunday
morning. We have big rubber fac
tory where everything is made that
can be made of rubber; auto tires,
bicycle tires, hot water bottles and all
kinds of tires and all kinds of insu-
lated wire. We have two glass houses
in our town. We have two restaurants
one dry goods store, five grocery
stores, three barber shops, two black
smith shops, one bakery, one hard
ware store, one milliner store and two
drug stores, and no saloons in our
town. | have three little sisters that
are too small to go to school. want
you to put this in the club as l am
going to be member. Pansy Butler,
Jonesboro, Indiana.
| was very glad to print your letter
in the club, Pansy; like to print let
ters from our little members, ESPE-
CIALLY nice interesting ones like
yours is. hope you will write often,
Dear.
Dear Editor:-I am nine years old
and in the fourth grade at school.
spent Thursday and Friday and came
back Saturday morning from my
grandpa's farm. like the farm.
would like membership card. Good
bye, Marion Whitaker, White Cloud,
Mich.
| Marion-I sent you a membership
card which l hope you received. l
expect you had lovely time out at
your grandpa's farm, didn't you?
like the farm too, and hope some day
to live on a farm.
Dear Editor:-I thought l would
write and tell you what l want if 1
win one of the higher prizes in the
contest. would like book because
have so many dolls. l have not
seen my letter in which / have my
Missing Words in the paper yet but
suppose l will see it pretty soon. Now
if this letter and my story are not too
long would like to see them in print.
Here is the story:
THE LITTLE GIRL
OF THE FOREST
Rv Marine Rrapp