Charlevoix county herald., 1915-04-10
THE CHLDREN'S STORY
TELLING CLUB
Essi1yn Dale Nichols, Editor
1875 ST.. Rock Island, H.

Essi1lyn Dale Nichols, Editor


Dear Me! Riddles, Dear Me! I've
such stacks and stacks of splendid
letters from little club members wait
ing for publication that really think
I'd better do as l did last week-cut
my.kYn talk short and give as much
spakas possible to the publication of
the letters. Of course you must know
by this time what chatter-box your
editor is; and maybe you have guessed
how very, very much she enjoys her
little talks with you, but-UNDER
THE CIRCUMSTANCES - your
editor thinks the little club members
should have the right of way. And so
we will have our letters-as many of
them as we have space for-AT
ONCE, and your editor will have her
chat some other time. Here are our
letters:
Dear Editor:-I have been reading
the stories and letters in the "Chil-
dren's Story Telling Club" l like
them very well. Will you please send
me a membership card? l am ~
years old and / am in the sixth and
seventh grades. | have two sisters
and three brothers. Their names are
William, James, Albert, Eva and
addie. -Four of us go to school. My
>eacher's name is Miss Alto Wilder.
I wish to see my letter in the paper.
| will write again. l will write the
Missing Words in the verses. l, ears;
,, biddy; 8, curly; 4, shade; 5, feet;
E, Lay; 7, said; 8, see; Q, cluck; 10,
head; II, little, II, pull. Your friend,
Effie Hunt, Van, Mich.
Effie, I certainly hope you will
write again, and l was very glad to
send your membership card. Did you
receive it? Our second letter follows:
Dear Editor:-I would like to join
your club. / am 10 years old, and
have one brother and three sisters.
My brother is married and has two
nice little children. My oldest sister
is teaching school. / am sending an
answer to the Missing Word Contest.
/, years; 2, biddy; 8, hand; a; flour; s.,
legs; 6, hatch; 7, said; 8, see; 8, look;
10, head; II, frightened; IL, pull.
Yours truly, Helen Carr, Scottville,
Mich.
Helen, thank you for nice letter.
/ am pleased that you decided to join
our club. Write again. Here is our
third letter:
Dear Editor:-I am a little girl
eight years old and in the fourth
grade. I have reading, arithmetic,
and geography and language and
spelling. My teachers name is Miss
Nichols. l have four sisters and three
brothers, and one sister dead so you
see we have a big family. And one
brother is dead, too. My mother is
not at home now. l would like to
join your club; I think the card would
be pretty. 1 got nine valentines; we
had a box. Well, 1 will say good bye
for this time. Write to me. My name
is Miss Mary Alice Bostwick. My Sis
ter is going to write to the club, too.
Mary A. Bostwick, Vaudeville, Mich
igan.
Mary, Dear, will you please forgive
me? l overlooked your nice letter Il
think it came when / was sick with
the measles) and failed to send you a
card. /. sent your sister one, and
expect you have been wondering and
wondering why / did not send yours
Of course, / will send you a pretty
membership card right away. And
: light here is a good place to speak
Of something REAL IMPORTANT
If any of you little club members have
FAILED to receive a membership
card PLEASE WRITE TO Me AT
ONCE and tell me about it. And
will send you nice one right away
Our fourth letter is from Mary's sis
ter.