Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-21
INTERNATIONAL
CORRESPONDENCE
Local School Children Receive
Quaint Letter From
English Boy.

One Of the little ripplcs created by the
war A. he movement toward corrcSpOn-
dence between the pupils of one country
and one ~ iis Allies Mile Clement, IN
hsr recent visit to this citv, Appealed 10
have this established between French and
American students, and from little
English huy comes the following appeal
Tor cnrrospondence with American
students. rhc letter was written by the
vnungSter himself. and sent uncorrccted,
and It's quaint correctness quite surprising
M hoy OF hls agc II was sent . TX
Commissioner Spad al Dover, who ~
turn foruaroedl II Ia Dr Scott 10 pass on to
some children who would answer Tins
Is the letter
Rlacklcy Municipal School,
Manchester.
England
Noy 2ath. 1918
Dear o,cr>ca TREND
Man, lr,s and grlS IN our school core
sl.nd with school children M Australia
and New Zealand We nov wish - be
lnkcd on With YOU hovs and glriS IN the
nted states, - hopc this lrttcr will
isll into the hand. VI an American hoy.
who will corrcspnnd with M have never
written To- the mted States before and
am very glad to do So nov
Mr. Wilde has been promised an
AMERICAN flag irnm Rhode Island and We
~lsh u ,'nuld have come for yesterday,
h-Ss.,Is, W. cOuld have put Il on the flag
>tsfI W. have already an Australian
Tag winch Wa an rNChangC for our Eng
ish Rag \ hoy. who used to come 10
air school has had two cotton pods sent
INN hls correspondent IN Tennessee
What Is the meaning of the stars and
STRIPS on vour flag On Friday Mr.
Nildc nur hcadmaStcT sent a telegram
~ admiral Realty. and this week We
havt had /. reply H., also read out 30 us
y cutting ont oi magazine Of America,
which Wa sent frum correspondent
InhucnTs j. very bad IN fnglsnd and
hors, it has ceased n America Many
y.Aopls an, diving ~ 4 am ten vcars 81
ago and an, ia standard i1vc cur !orfi
mayor vcry anxlous that President WI
am should ron,c Ia Manchester, and then
W. csn give hlm orr highest honor, the
Fr,,.dom II this Cctt0nopolis Tonight
the school ciuses until January q. 1919
hccStuS, Vt the lnfienra pagir
Hoplnq you will spln replN ! remain
\ our nc~ friend
Eskrctt Mason
" antci \ correspondent, lpvcr. llcl-
aware. | n
HIS Wrung = vcrv prceISe and QUAINT
~ hR stNk CorrtSTs,ndcnt> vii -
found ior th, itfl, EnEisA Toy q The
Eagllsh classes u n, grade schools
The tnglsh teachers vii hold up the
answer 80 ,hR icftcr y Al lnducencnl
"a tomI.rltiOn class The cntur Class
vii arItc an answering letter "a this note.
md hoy viii H. read snud AMI the
eiass will tho,r~. the t-st 90 be sent as
answer t0 the hitlc English toy II las
l,en practlcr for some time among
students q. this CITY particuia'N II
tho English ana geography cLtsscs q
send lctterS "a students IN other state
and cpt replis~ ~<Veral Ncar~ aCy', when
there Was i Wilmington exposition 81
snpo. less powder and fihrc IN ~ varlous
tags, Wilmington pupils wrote letters
- some students IN Georgia sua Ala
lama. sending small samples ~ thcir
rxrsSiilon. and getting lctfer fr'm the
sntit hrru pupiis ID return -.ndin- sainp!t~
81 their staple pr'ducls \cO often
students here vii send historical or
r,os-Apliral accounts 81 this CITY -
10 the state uf IvlAWare doun n the
south ~ ont to 'hc West and grt like
Information r return lhis y a very
pheasant ard Wotfaht way ~ lcArnlng
81 thc ge,grapL1 of various paTtS ni
ms ,plrtrs III. cstaia. ~i +, ,.t,rrcT Iouaencs
ol tn, k.nd vltf European couut-es
world rs still further aI ld'ahc, u as
general information an4 Cosmopolitan
I'm ., American pupils