Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-13

Beware: This looks as though /
were a book. but it's not.
South River.
"Dear Helen and Girls:
II suppose. Helen@s you think that
I never intend to write anymore but
such is not the case. 1 know 1 ought
to have written sooner but I just
couldn't get time.
AS / promised, I will tell you
something OF my correspondents. In
this letter | will tell you about my cor
respondent in Panama. l write to u
boy down there but he's a great friend
of our family. That is, his parents
are. or course, l have found out that
a letter from a boy is Il great deal diff
ferent from the letter from a girl. A
boy tells more of outdoor sports
whereas a girl writes more of indoor
%enjoyments.
In corresponding with this boy I
hear a great many things from him
that | would not e il l had read
fifty Biographies. / think geography
takes in only the most important mat
tiers, but in corresponding this boy
tells me important and also unimpoTt-
ant things but they are interesting be-
cause they are so different from our
own country.
In mid-wlnter he told me the flow
ers We're blooming in Panama. Now
eAAN~S w NtNAAAA ~ A0tAA INV S3NAAA6 ~
hear when o are almost freezing.
He says the children there go bare
footed winter and summer Except on
Sundays, but that's understood or at
least should be. In n of his letters
he also told me about a trip a friend
and himself took to the jungles. To-
gether they killed a large tapir weigh
ing about three hundred pounds.
That certainly must have been some
shot, don't you think so? We here in
the North don't realize the dangers of
q jungles, but those who live near
them certainly must be always on the
lockout for some wild beast or other.
IN his most recent letter he des-
cribed to me the way they go fishing
down there. He ALSO sent me some
pictures of the Spillway down there.
AS l say it certainly is interesting to
receive letters from persons so far
away
by the way, he also attends the
Caribbean High school and is d
Junior. This high school isn't in his
home town. (here is a good chance
forNearYArls to study your maps). He
awpsttn, Panama, and he at
~ Caribbean High School
1 or in Colon. q don't remember
which, He has also sent me one of
their school papers which was very in
teresting.
Nov, l really do think this letter
has grown longer than it should hay
been and l believe you girls are prob
ably tired of reading it but L hope
you have found it interesting. In my
next letter 1 will probably tell of
my Hawaiian correspondents or my
French correspondents in France.
II really must close now as the
Sandman is coming! All! Ho! All! Ho!
please don't make such flattering
remarks about my handwriting be-
cau 1 don't think it's one bit good.
Why some people would think I'm a
genius in penmanship but l hardly
think I'll ever become one. It's true
/ have won the Palmer Superior Ger
tihcate for Palmer Method Penman-
ship but that doesn't say I'm a good
penman. Why / have been awarded
certificates for shorthand and type
writing, Some of these days I'll tell
you about our classes etc.
Now 1 really must enter into the
land of ream so I viii close my eye
lids IN sleep. oh I don't mean that, l
mean tn close my letter, with love,
and regards to you all, girls.
Goodnight.
81 am still and nothing but,
"SWEETBRTAR."
Up. s. Helen must we write our real
names everytime?)