LETTERS FROM OUR YOUNG FRIENDS.
Being a great reader of your paper, I of course felt inclined to send you some praise, as you deserve it. I am more interested in Cuba than in the affairs of Crete. I have been to see the new Library, and consider it the finest in the world. Hoping much success to the paper, I remain,
Your interested reader,
Natalie C.
Washington, D.C.
Dear Natalie:
Your letter was received with much pleasure.
Editor.
Dear Editor:
My teacher, Miss Galbraith, takes your paper, and I used to be looking for it; at last I bought it myself, so I could own it.
Your paper is very interesting and helpful in Geography. All my family are interested in The Great Round World, especially my father.
Will you please tell me if General Maceo is dead or not? We got so many different stories it is hard to tell which is true. Or if General Rivera is to be put to death?
I live in New Haven; it is a beautiful city, full of elm trees, with parks. Also Yale College, from which Nathan Hale and Samuel Morse graduated.
Your Reader,
John C.
New Haven, Conn.
P.S.—I am glad that you don't publish prize-fights. It is the nature of animals, not human beings.
Dear John:
There is no longer any doubt that General Maceo was killed. The stories that he was still alive were probably made up by the Cubans, for fear their countrymen might lose heart if they knew the truth.
You will see in this number of your paper that General Rivera is not to be shot, according to the present reports. Editor.
Dear Editor:
I enjoy The Great Round World immensely, and look forward to its coming every week. I like to read about Greece and Cuba, and if I were Grecian I would gladly join in the war. I hope Greece will win, for I pity the poor Cretans under the cruel rule of Turkey. Wishing your paper many years of success, I am,
Your friend and reader,
Harold R.
New York, April 8th, 1897
Dear Harold:
Many thanks for your pretty letter. Write to us again soon.
Editor.
Dear Mr. Editor:
I want to ask you about the Cometa. Did the Admiral ever bring her into the Havana harbor as he boasted that he would, with flags flying on her?
Do you think Cuba is going to win? I hope that she will.
Are the Americans going to help them?—and then I know the Cubans will win. Yours truly,
SSydney G.
BBaltimore, April 9th, 1897.
My Dear Sydney:
The Spanish Admiral has never brought the Cometa into Havana harbor. He was just spinning a sailor's yarn, apparently.
We hope that Cuba will win her freedom, and it seems very likely that she will.
You will see in this number of The Great Round World that there is a chance that the President will try to settle the troubles between Cuba and Spain.
Editor.
Dear Editor:
Our teacher takes The Great Round World and reads to us whenever the time will permit. The reading makes an interesting part of the exercises of the day. We are all anxious to hear about the war between Cuba and Spain, and we hope Cuba will soon be free. Can you tell us about how many people pass over Brooklyn Bridge in a day? I think it is wonderful how buttons and such articles are made out of milk. Do they have schools in Freeville? I think we should all be grateful for the interesting news that is printed for us in your paper each week.
Yours truly,
Nellie R.
Tiffin, Ohio, March 24th, 1897.
Dear Nellie:
We are glad that you like The Great Round World. Why don't you try and get it for yourself by becoming one of our agents? You can get your own paper free of charge for two subscriptions, and it would be very nice to own it yourself, and be able to read it whenever you wanted to.
In Freeville the children are taught to work.
You ask about the number of persons who cross the Brooklyn Bridge daily. Mr. Martin, the Chief Engineer and Superintendent, has been so kind as to tell us all about it for you. We publish his note.
Editor.
One hundred and twenty-five thousand people per day ride across the bridge in the cars. Twelve thousand walk over on the promenade. Five thousand vehicles cross the bridge on the roadways.—C.C. Martin, Chief Engineer and Superintendent.