Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-09
AMONG US GIRLS

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forward any letter that you send to
me to him. Then when he answers
the letter L will publish II in the col
umn and we all can have an interest
ing time. Now l am sure that there
are a number of girls who would k
to have a correspondence with a mys-
FERROUS lad under the perfectly proper
chaperonage of my eagle eye"
HELEN"
Dear Girls:
IT was reading the column conduct
ed Il Perth Amboy EVENING NEWS
by YOU girls / am a lonely sailor
boy, I am taking the liberty to write
to you girls asking you to write to me,
If any of you girls would think 1t
worth your while to write I am sure
/ would appreciate 1t very much.
81 am past eighteen, brown hair and
big blue eyes, clear white skin and am
about five feet six inches tall M
weigh about 1875 lbs.
The reason why 1 am writing all
this is because I read in o column
that q certain girl was too brief and
that you could not picture her in your
mind so / hope you will be able to
imagine how 1 look. I hope you girls
will mot be offended with me for writ
ing to you without proper ~ntroductlon
or anything.
lived in Philadelphia before ]!
enlisted in the Navy last October ana
I know tust where Perth Amboy is
and I think 1t is a beautiful place and
that beautiful and refined girls must
live there.
'Well this is all the pharmist mate
in Uncle Sans Navy has to say now
81 I will close with big hopes OF hear
Ing from some of you girls In the near
"a LONESOME SAILOR"
You saw Just what l have written
to my girls and 1 certainly do hope
that some of them decide to write to
you as / know just what interesting
letters they can write. At any rate
sLonesome sailor, write to me or
rather to this colmun. You can get
the Perth Amboy EVENING NEWS
where you are stationed I presume.
I hope we will save o from being
really truly lonesome.
Perth Amboy.
"My Dearest Helen and Girls:
'sThis is the first letter I have writ
ten to the among Us Girls Column
I do not write stories like all the girls
do. I have a light complexion but l
am not an extreme blonde. l am
eleven years old. I am A feet II In
ches tall. 1 am in sixth grade in
Grammar School. This will be my
first full term in Perth Amboy Schools
My ambition is to be q stenographer'
I am very anxious for Perth Amboy
to have a Y. w. @. A. I am learning
to crochet. I have already made two
yokes / will close with lots of love
to Helen and the Girls.
" Yours for a hasty Y. w. Q. A.
LILLY OF TILE VALLEY"
Where did you used to live before
you came 10 Perth Amboy2 Was It
many miles from here? 1 should like
to hear about your life before you
Game to this city.
Perth Amboy.
"Dear Helen:
IT haven't written to o in such
q long time. /. guess you thought I for
got all aheut you. AS l read the EVE
MING NEWS every night I see that
the "Us Girls column Is growing
very rapidly. I go to business college
now and like it very much.
II Love animals. most OF all the
horse. / have a dog and 1t came from
Pennsylvania. 1t is only q small one
but 1t does lots of mischievous things.
I" have a cousin who ds in the U.
s. Navy and he is on a six months
cruise around the world. He promised
to bring me a monkey from Brazil
when he m back.
"Ill AVE to close now as l have to
Love to you and all the girls.
IRENE"
I should a that your another one
of the lucky girls who nave cousins
who bring them nice things. Write
soon again.
Perth Amboy.
sDear Helen and Girls:
This is my first attempt at writing
to you. l have read the letters every
night, and when 'Forget-me-not'
wrote I Just had to write too. She Is
a very good friend of mine. We have
a club. '"Trixy" and 'Forget-me-not'
are both members. / am acquainted
one has given her ambitions 1 Will dc
the same. First of all, ] would like
to be a musician and next a high
school teacher. l enjoy writing stories
and poems. This is one OF my poems
I hope you will like it.
DoIlie.
Do you know, dollie,
When you were young,
How / often rocked you
And the songs, / sung.
DO you know, dolne
The sweet little bed,
After / had rocked you,
You laid your sweet little head
Do you know, dollie
That sweet little pink dress,
That I often dressed you in,
To look your very best.
But you know. dollie
Your growing, very old,
You've been my sweetest playmate
More times than 7 have told.
IT am eleven years old, have brow
hair, and dark ewes. I am very mucl
in favor of the Y. w. G. A. as I know
how to swim very we'll. I must tea
myself away now, as it is time to g.
up town.
"Yours for success.
"MOONBEAM."