DEAR POSTMISTRESS,--I remember when I was eight or ten years
younger than I am now, how hard it used to be for me to find
anything new to make for Christmas for all the aunts and cousins,
and now, as Christmas is drawing near, my younger sister comes to
me and says: "Can not you think of something for Christmas? I want
something for Aunt Mary and Aunt Lizzie, something I have not made
for them before." I have no doubt that many other little people say
the same thing. Now, I have a plan to propose to you, and if you
think it a good one, will you mention it in the Post-office Box?
Let each little girl--and boy too, if he wishes--write and describe
something that he or she makes for Christmas, and then if you will
be so good as to publish the letters I think before Christmas we
may have quite a variety of ideas. Of course each article mentioned
would not be new to all, but it would be new to some, and I think
many little girls would be greatly aided. Now what do you think?