Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-08

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Hello, Everybody
I've had a perfectly merry Christ
mas and a lovely, happy New Year.
Hope you all had the same. Helen,
why doesn't the NEWS editor give MS
more room for our column? l think
we ought to get It for a Christmas
| present, although Christmas is pass
ed. My friend, Glover Leaf" is writ
ing at the same time that 1 am. I'd
like to hear from man of you girls
that don't write. l came pretty near
to forgetting the column, but l re-
membered just in the nick of time
| that I'd forgotten the column. l
think that the Perth Amboy EVEN
ING NEWS is going to ave a very
pretty building for a home. Don't
you think so? oh, Helen. can you
help me? VIII you be my doctor?
Examinations are so near that I'm
| getting " Now don't prescribe
any medicine that Is bitter, because
l won't take 1t, and please don't pre-
scribe study. I think / won't live
through the examinations If you
don't prescribe something quick.
Helen. viii o please publish that
list of books? I've read many, such
as Betty Baird" "Betty Baird's Col
den Year" Anne of Green Cables"
Nancy Rutledge,' THE Luck of the
Dudley Grahams." "Go9k.a-Doodle e
I'LL, MARY SdIJr DduuJ 5 vii,
Five Peppers" series, "Rebecca of
Sunnybrook Farm" New Chronicles
of Rebecca," "P%ollyanna," Merry
lips Daddy Long Legs Dear En-
envy" Quicksilver Sue" Helen
Ford" Sara Crewe," Dorothy
Doane." Master Skylark," Clyde
Corners" Eight Cousins" Polly of
Rosa Maria" "a Strange Cruise"
Miss Malcolm's Tea" "Glenloch
Girls series, Tom, Dick and Har-
rlet," Donald and Dorothy and
many others. I've read nearly all of
Ayers books and many of Meade's
books. I've also read "Penrod." Do
you know of any other books that
Harrington wrote besides "Penrod?'
I'm going to describe myself be-
cause the first time L wrote the let
ters we're being published the other
way and my description was not pub
lished. I have brown eyes and brown
hair, and a light complexion. I am
not very tall for my age. which IS
thirteen. I am about five feet tall. l
don't sew much but I love to read
and cook. Tn not o bookworm but
1 read so many books because I'm a
fast reader. This is an adventure Of
mine that I had with a painting set:
My Painting-set
One day l got a very pretty paint
ing-set for a present for being good.
I got some pretty White paper (to
paint on) with the set. 1 went into
the kitchen where I knew I couldn't
get anything spotted with paint. I
started to paint a pretty little pansy
that I saw in q cop book. I got along
pretty well until my little fsother
came into the kitchen beside me- He
wanted to know what / was doing so
I told him hat I was painting. He
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I was painting, so I gave him
my brush and he started to paint.
The way he painted was this, he
would dip the brush into water, then
he would dip 1t into each separate
color. He mixed the colors just aw-
full. I couldn't tell n color from
another. After a while he said he
was tired so I put him to bed. I took
my painting set (Which didn't look
like a painting set n more) and
threw 1t away
I never bought or received a paint
ing set after that. I think that I'm
telling you so many foolish things
that you wouldn't like to hear. I am
sending In a chapter OF my story. I
will send In q chapter every time I
write. Please criticize, Helen, and
hurry up with the Y. w. c. A. be-
cause I think I'm getting impatient
for 1t.
"DEWDROP."
Patches
Chapter 1, BY "Dewdrop"
Patches and his friends are intro
duced.
Patches was a very bright boy of
ten years. He had many playmates.
His right name was William Burns.
He had another brother, besides
himself, who worked in the city with
his father. His big sister Nelly and
his little sister Primrose were the
other part of the family. His grand
mother lived a few miles away from
the village where he lived. Primrose
was eight years old, and was called
Prim or Pussy. She had beautiful
blonde hair which she wore tied with
81 pretty ribbon. Nelly was a girl Of
perhaps fifteen years old. She liked
to tease Patches and could tell when
ever he was starting mischief by
looking at his merry blue eyes.
Patches had many friends, one of
them was Mr.. Dinkum. Mr.. Dinkum
was q merry Did man with a very
kind face. He always had a white
peppermint ready for Patches when
ever he saw the boy. The pepper
mint was always white, because Mr..
Dinkum said he wouldn't take any
were said to contain dyes to color
them. Another of his old friends was
Miss Prue h was q very old lady
| and very stern. Whenever she came
TO visit his mother he was always
told to behave himself because Miss
Prue was an awful gossip and she
would go around telling people that
he hadn't any manners, but Patches
liked her all the same. A few goodies
or sweetmeats would always be in
Miss Prae's pocket for him.
His playmates were Bob Evans,
Johnny Jones, Fatty Malone, Mary
Jane and Betsy tanning. He had
many othors but these are the ones
! which will be in my story. Bob
Evans was a jolly boy and always
ready for any mischief with Johnny