Yours very respectfully, Mary J. Knox.
P. S. The lid on the top of an upright piano may also form a kaleidoscope in the same way, but smaller.
Philadelphia, Penn.
Dear St. Nicholas: I am one of the many little folk who have listened to readings from your pages all my life. I am too small to write you a letter all myself, so Mamma will write it, for I wish to tell you about our salt crystals. You remember you told us how to make them, in your number for July, 1884. Mamma and I each started one, and every one thinks they are great curiosities. Papa photographed them so that you could see them also. The large one belongs to Mamma, and the small one is mine; they are about five months old. We have ceased adding salt and water, and have them under a glass shade, one resting on the other, and they make a very pretty ornament. Every time we stop to admire them we smack our lips and think how well-seasoned the St. Nicholas always is.
We receive our St. Nicholas on the 25th of each month, and, dear Editor, you may always know that on that night there is a little hand resting under a pillow, holding tightly your enjoyable book waiting for the morn to dawn.
Lovingly yours, Harold H. T.
THE SALT TUMBLERS.