Most boys and girls tell about their pets. I have none, except my little brother, two years and a half old. I have two sisters and this sweet little brother. We moved from Louisville, Kentucky, to Nashville about a month ago, and I am very homesick to go back again. We spent the summer at Bon Aqua Springs, not far from here, and had a nice time. I have a doll, and her name is Eva Wallace; she will be four years old on Christmas. My little brother tries to call us girls "girlie," and he says "dirlie." He calls me "Black-eye dirlie," my sister Grace "Blue-eye dirlie," and sister Florence "Brown-eye dirlie." His name is Theodore. We have taken Young People from the beginning, and think it is the best of papers. Mamma takes the Bazar and Magazine. My papa is away most of the time, and we are always glad when he comes home. I go to school, and am in the Fifth Grade. I study reading, spelling, arithmetic, geography, writing, and drawing. I am eleven years old.
Bessie W.
South Bend, Indiana.
I like Young People very much. I am a little girl eight years old, and live on a farm five miles from the city. I go to school now, but mamma will teach me at home this winter. I have two pets, a white bantam chicken named Polly and a white kitty named Snow. I had a canary-bird, but he was sick and died; his name was Billy. I have three dollies; I do not play with them very much, because I have no one to play with me. Papa has a nice Irish setter dog to hunt with; his name is Paul. I will write again as soon as I can write better.
Georgiana D.
Drifton, Pennsylvania.
I have lately returned from Europe, and I enjoyed the pile of Magazines I found here. I brought home a gondola from Venice, and I also brought a curious swan which I saw them make at the glass-works. I had a splendid time in dear old London. We saw the Queen and the Princess of Wales. We saw the wine-vaults. We crossed the Alps in four-horse carriages, and I made snow-balls in June. Young People is the best paper out.
Ockley B. C.