Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-27

long time al / was when l received
the following letter. 1t was SO sin
cere, SO free from pose and sham, sc
perfectly human, that l am glad tc
have it. Unfortunately, 1t Is not
given to all Of us to be original. We
can't create anything ourselves. AL
we can do is to initiate. Well, Their
let's begin by initiating sincerity. A
boarding school story, for instance
by q girl who has lever seen such
school, is not likely to be very con
vincing.
The reason you girls enjoy the Ted
letters so much Is that they are al,
true stories of a real girls schoo'
experiences. That's why you like
them, because they are sincere, and
therefore convincing. So don't copy
Ted or anybody else. You can't pos.
sibly get it over. The thing will BIZ
favored with falsity. Write what
you know about. as I have said be-
fore. Be sincere in your writing
Falsity, or bluff, is W convincing
Dear Mary @. and all the rest of the
girls,
Even though this is the first TIM
I ever wrote to you, that is, to the
Five-Fifteen. l might as well be
frank with you from the start. J
don't attend a boarding school Or a
college or any of those interesting
places but I'm just a plain everyday
girl who goes to the High School in
Perth Amboy and reads the Five
Fifteen regularly every Wednesday
I'm not afraid to write that, be-
cause I know you r all democratic
enough to admit me to the teatable
anyway.
Do you know that whenever ]
think of the Five Fifteen I think of a
cool sun-parlor trimmed in pretty
cretonne, with wicker furniture, the
chairs drawn up to the tempting tea.
table, the couch fairly asking a tired
girl to lie down and rest herself or
the inviting cushions, and last but
not least a group of merry girls chat
ting and relating various experiences
over their tea cups?
| know that when the Five-Fifteer
is full of girls who have talent In
various lines you will be willing to
accept Just an ordinary girl like me
and I'm going to write, or try tc
write, a poem right on this piece Of
paper because I know that If it ISM
just right you will give me correc.
tons that are helpful.
THINK
When it's just so hot that there
nothing to do,
When we sit about moping, com
planning Of the weather,
When playing in the sun hurts on,
delicate skin,
And we can't stay in the water al
together.
Just pull yourself together and set
tie down to think.
There's nothing SO relieves tn
spirit and the mind.
Just think about world questions an
the Preparations bill,
Things which you have be
fore bothered about to find.
Now please don't think I'm preach
ing, l know that I'm nc angel
child.
To be sure twas Mary's suggestion
so l am sure it will work.
I haven't tried it out myself bu
mean to by and by.
Now settle down, I'm sure tina
YOU your duty will not shirk.
I was afraid to try free verse, an,
after reading this over I'm surel.
glad I didn't.
Well, so long,
FAY.
Don't be AFRAID to try anything
Fay, but do come again. Well lis,
ten to all the free verse that flows
forth FROM your pen, or anything
else. In the meantime, just as ar
experimea1t, try out the text of your
poem, AID give us a report next time.
Here is a letter from Mabel that
there wasn't room for last week be-
cause Five-Bifteen didn't get in in
time. Sorry. Mabel.
Dear Mary G.:
I didn't think Ide write again so
soon, but conditions at home have
got on my W and Ide like 10
Know what a girl has a right to ex-
pect from her mother anyway. Has
she a right to expect sympathy and
understanding or hasent she. 1t
seems to me that If l was mother to
a growingup dauter Ide rember what
being a growingup dauter felt like
myself and simpathise a little. But
mothers seem to be so busy all the
time with matters of triffling impor-
lance, such as, shall we go to the
shore or the mountains, and do you
think a perminnent wave is good for
The hair, or can we make any money
~ giving a large card party at Mrs.
Llttleton-Smyths, and all such. 1t
makes me sick. Ide like to have a
mother that never heard of a per-
minnent wave. There's a mother out
on the farm next to Aunt Nets that
is just my idea of a mother. She
makes the best lemon pies. They
don't call them lemon merangs out
there, just lemon pies, but you can
just bet the merangs are there al
Then she says to her children of
wich there are six, Now children,
you just set out on the back stoop a
while and blow your bubbles till 1
get these gingersnaps made, and you
can have a picnic with a nice pitcher
of milk with ice in it." Gee, it's
some picnic too, and you can have
u whole bushel' of cookies too. Be-
all those Winslow children
don't have to wear anything but
.overalls and bare feet, and the boys
their hair cut so short they
don't have to comb it all summer.
The girls are all bobed, and they
don't have to comb there's but once
a day. They do lots of chors, but
they r nice chors, like empting
the wash tubs which is fun on ac-
count of the boats which can be
sailed and feeding the pigs because
they get so funny stepping in the