James O'Connor,
287 Ontario Street, Chicago, Illinois.
Now that the season of long evenings has come again, pretty household games are a necessary recreation for our young friends. There have been directions in the columns of Young People for some entertaining winter evening amusements, and more are in preparation. Descriptions of games are generally too long for the Post-office Box, but if we receive any that are short enough, we will print them, unless they are of games already well known, or involve the pitching of knives or other dangerous actions.
There is a great deal of play-time by daylight, too, and it would be interesting if boys in Canada, on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, in the West and in the South, would now and then describe their out-of-door sports during the winter. There will be skating, and coasting, and sleigh-riding for some; orange-picking, rowing, and picnicking for others. There is one amusement our boys and girls will all enjoy together, and that is reading Young People; and if in the Post-office Box they learn what are the pastimes of children in all sections of the country, even those little people who live in solitary places where they have no playmates, and see nothing all winter but ice-bound rivers and snow-covered plains, will feel less lonely, and have imaginary companionship during play-time.
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Seeing a letter from Violet S. in the Post-office Box about a society, I thought I would write about a club we boys have here.
The club, which is called the G. G., is strictly a military organization, consisting of nine members, each having a gun. We drill every Saturday. Any member who speaks during the drill is confined to the "guard-house" for five minutes for each offense.
We have also a library of nearly a hundred books, which is a source of great pleasure to us. Every month we have an election for librarian and secretary.
Whenever an event of importance occurs concerning the club we have a meeting to settle the matter. We are now preparing a play for the Christmas holidays.
Bert C.
Brantford, Ontario, Canada.