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Show ' IV . : . jhJ f 1XTTER-WRITING DIRECTIONS. ' V wri e on one side of paper oniy. ot I( not have letters too long. '"i H .1 !res all letters to "Aunt Husy," In- rs I termcuntaln Catholic. sh i is MY GRANDMA. I My crandma sits in a rocking chair. )n j I'v the window, in the sun; t-i,. wears a soft little lacy cap, .1 , And a hip: white apron over her lap, r- if Ati'l there's always room for a little girl 'J there in That's tired of frolic and fun. -.1 1( My prandma has always a pocket full of peppermint drops and cakes; And she knows such pretty songs that - she sinfis, And stories about oh, lots of things, !i I And sometimes she lets me wind the wool in I For the stockings and things she makes. e 1 , she told me a queer thing the other day, I A iH she says it's really true n Mv grandma had soft red cheeks one is " time. i. J And hair that was just as black as S mine. n And she could run and tumble and play, . f And all the things I can do. d f I wish I had known my grandma then; s llnv very nice it would be i If grandma were little and played with l I 111 ' ! Pressing our dollies and going to tea, 1 And swinging and watching the bantie s 1 hen, s And climbing the cherry tree, d I But when we were too tired out to play, e 5 And the sandman crept along, I What should I do for my grandma's lap. I And her songs to drowsy me into a nap? 3 S j m glad my grandma is old and gray, 3 i While I'm just little and young.- Anna Faschall. s 1 AUNT BUSY HAS HER SAY. t Dear Nieces and Nephews: " P Several weeks ago Aunt Busy wrote 1 to her dear boys, asking who were al- tar boys. She has only heard from : i one. Oh, what a disgusted Aunt Busy! She knows very well that there are hundreds of altar boys who are her 1 a nephews. Now, vhy, oh why, do you ! n t write to her and answer her ques tion? She is quite tempted to write to, Chicago to some altar boys of her ac-' ac-' iua1ntance. Chicago is the place to 1 see the altar boys. Aunt Busy will 1 never forget the hundreds of sanctuary trovs she saw at the funeral of the late Archbishop Feehan. There were over ;;vi hoys in the procession. And such fine, handsome lads! Some were little j fellows just about 6 years old, and oth ers were almost grown young men i nearly 20. These boys preceded a procession of f.Oft priests and twenty bishops, with Archbishop Ryan and Cardinal Gib-bf.ns Gib-bf.ns appearing last, and it was one of the grandest, most imposing sights ever seen in Chicago. Aunt Busy wishes that her nephews could have witnessed the seen. Per-haj Per-haj s they might appreciate how great is the honor to be allowed in the sanctuary. sanc-tuary. She will wait two more weeks i fur answers to her questions, and then she will never again ask another question ques-tion if she does not receive at least ten j replies. AUNT BUST. I LETTERS AND ANSWERS. Salt Lake City, Oct. 26, 1902. f Dear Aunt Busy: I thought I would write you a letter to tell you how I j nm. I am well; I go to school every I day. My brother and sister go to u school, too. "We enjoy this nice Indian j. summer. I Well. Aunt Busy, I hope you will ex- cuse me for not writing before. I will I write oftener. This is all the news I j Iimvo this time. Good-bye, Aunt Busy. ft From vour niece, I MAMIE MARRON. Aunt Busy is very pleased to hear fpe.n you, niece Mamie. What a long itime has passed since you wrote her l;ore! "Why. it is over a year. Aunt li-.isy dors not like to be neglected for S" g. so please write more regularly regular-ly ' ? the future. Aunt Busy knows are a very dear little girl, Mamie. Salt Lake City. Oct. 27. My Dear Aunt Busy: This is my I'irth-iay, and I am 9 years old. I am ve a party next Saturday. Mamma Mam-ma s;:ys it Is better to have the party Saturday so my friends can stay a ! time to p'.ay. I will write you r. vt week all about the party. Ydur 1" ::ig niece, KATHERINE BURKE. I A !iM Busy hopes that her dear niece ' i have many birthdays to remem-l remem-l v. He sure that you write her about 'ur party, rerhaps your mamma make you a birthday cake and put ' '- little candles on it; a candle for wry year of your life. Aunt Busy used, to have this kind of cake every ' ear for many years, but she got so old ' i.it there had to be too many candles, ; -id an ordinary cake was too small. i Salt Lake City, Oct. 29. Dear Aunt Busy: I am a new niece !s v ' is anxious to call you Aunt Busy. ; Several of my little friends write to ) " u und they like you very much. I h-:ve a sweet little sister. Her name is Rosamund, and she is only 6 months "M. Do you like babies, Aunf Busy? 1 am sure you would love my little sister if you could see her. I read all 'he letters written to you, and I feel 'hat I know some of your nieces and nephews very well. I will write to you soon again. Your loving niece. AGNES COLLINS. Aunt Busy extends to you "a glad welcome, little niece. All ,the dear nieces and nephews will be glad to make your acquaintance through your letters. Yes, indeed. Aunt Busy loves babies. She would like to hug all the babies in the whole wide world. Give yotir sweet, wee sister a kiss from Aunt Busy. An Ideal For Boys., r ,1 It is the ambition of all boys to be men. Do they think what constitutes manhood? The idea of most boys is that a man is one grown in years and Fize and free to come and go and : act without parental or other restraint. re-straint. Boys should be taught that these things are not all that consti- j tute manhood. It is something more than mature years and size or par- j ental freedom. True manhood Js made j .. up of character, of human excellence, of good behavior, gentlemanliness, of honesty, of truthfulness, of desire and ability to dd good. Whatever that person's per-son's calling, his first thought should be to be a man, a useful man. a true man in every respect and at all times. He may be a poor man. so far as the possession of this world's goods is concerned, con-cerned, and yet be an ideal man, a pure man in thought and action, standing before God and man as one determined to do his whole duty to his fellow creatures as far as his circumstances cir-cumstances and ability will permit. A man clean in mind and body may defy de-fy the world and be respected by every one. Let boys keep an ideal of this kind of manhood ever before them and endeavor en-deavor to imitate him in his virtues and they will be likely to spend their dsys in happiness and possess an ideal family and home. Though His Credit Was Good. A certain small boy, wishing to secure se-cure a small amount of spending money, mon-ey, took this plan to secure it: He had heard more or less tallk of what different people are "worth," and young as he is, understands this to mean the amount of money they possess. pos-sess. - He decided he must have a bank account, ac-count, too, and he appealed to his mama ma-ma for the facts of the case. Mamma was busily engaged in an absorbing piece of work, when two wee arms stole around her neck, and a little voice whispered in herjear: "Mamma, how much am I woYth?" Letting her work go and drawing her baby to her, she answered, "My dear boy, you are worth a million dollars to me." "Then please, mamma," said the young millionaire, "won't you advance me- 25 cents." The Bad Boy and the School. This item is for the 15-year-old-boy who thinks it is a smart thing to act so mean at school that he wears out the life of his teacher and destroys the good work which the school was intended in-tended to accomplish. This sort of boy is" found in country as well as city schools. They are too big for a little woman to thrash and seem to have no I moral sense which may be appealed to. Now, boys, you are the architects j of your own fortunes. You can improve im-prove the educational advantages given giv-en you and become useful and worthy citizens or you can raise Cain, as you do in school, and probably graduate into a brakebeam tramp. You can make your choice. The sure way to get into plenty of trouble when grown to manhood is to make lots of trouble in the schools. You ought to have the meanness well licked out of you, but the teacher can't do it, your father won't, and the school board had rather fire you than lick you. Fun and plenty of it is a birthright- of the American boy, but your type of meanness mean-ness is not fun; it is the outcropping of the heathen in you, and you belong to the Moros or Tagals of the Philippines Philip-pines rather than with people of civ ilized North America. Turn over a new leaf. |