Charlevoix county herald., 1915-05-01

Dear children:-I have something
REAL IMPORTANT to say to you
this week-something that will help
you understand just how necessary
patience is. Here is what l want to
say: Many of our little members
write letters for the club and expect
to see them printed right away. And
when they do not see them in print
they are disappointed and wonder
what causes the delay. And it is about
this DELAY" little friends, that
wish to explain. FIRST want to
tell you that EVERY LETTER RE-
CEIVED WILL BE PUBLISHED, but
EACH LETTER MUST WAIT IT'S
TURN. You see, there are about one
hundred letters waiting for publica-
ton NOW, and as they keep coming
in almost every mail, it is rather diff
ficult to "catch up" But we don't
want to catch up" do we? That
would mean that by and by we would
have no letters to print, and then our
club wouldn't be near so interesting.
The BEST way to do, Riddles, is this
Just keep on writing dandy letters for
our club remember, your editor just
loves to get letters from you). And
while you are writing them think in
this way: am writing this letter
for our club because I like to write
for our club, and because want to
help make our club interesting. Mabe
won't see it in print for a number
of weeks, but l KNOW it will be
printed JUST AS SOON as it's turn
comes; so l am going to be patient
and read and enjoy the letters written
by the little club members who wrote
before l did; and when MY LETTER
is published I will read and enjoy it..
You will do this won't you, Bears, to
please your editor? l am sure that
you will. Now we will have our club
letters. The first one follows:
Dear Editor-I thought would like
to join the Story Telling Club and the
new contest. have been reading the
little letters and I thought l would
like to write one. have three broth
ers and one sister. l have about a
quarter Of mile to go to school. |
like our teacher very much; her name
is Miss Greene. ! am twelve years
old. We have an automobile and have
fun riding in it. We have three horses,
one COW, five pigs and some chickens.
Hope to see this in print. / have the
words to the Missing Word verses,
which are as follows: / Years.
Biddy-3 Snarled-4 Roofs Legs-6
Show Said-S She Cluck-10
Head-11 Little-12 Pull. l hope this
is near enough correct so | can get
the first prize. If l DO get the first
prize I'd like the doll. Yours truly,
Arvena Rust, Thompsonville, Mich.
Arvena-is this your FIRST or sec
ond letter to the club? 1t seems co
me that you have written before, but
l may be mistaken. l am very glad,
however, to welcome you to our club,
and you will receive your prize long
before you read this. Write again.
Our next letter is from Paris, Michi-
gan, member.
Dear Editor am little girl eight
years DID,, Was reading your contest
in the paper. / like to read the fine
stories in your paper. I go to school
nearly every day. l have to go two
miles to school. am in the third
grade. / think the Missing Words in
the Missing Word Contest are as fol-
lows: 1 Years. Biddy-3 Beauti-
full Roofs Legs-6 Protect
Said-8 Sec Cackle-10 Wrathful
-12 Pull. hope these words are the
right ones for the verses. Good bye
From Rhoda Bridges.
Rhoda-This makes your second let