I think "The Talking Leaves" has been so nice. So many write about
pets, but the only pet I have is my baby sister Maggie. I read
about the violets that the little boy in Texas sent you. Last
winter I went into my grandma's garden when the snow was about a
foot deep, and pushing it away, found pansies as bright as in the
summer. Papa, mamma, and I got that Monogram Puzzle right. I know
three real nice games for playing in the house. One is "Forty
Questions and Three Guesses." One player thinks of something; for
example, the player chooses the word "Steel," but does not name it
aloud; then the others ask questions about it--what it looks like,
what its use is, and everything they can think of. By-and-by they
find that it is a mineral, and they may guess three times as to
what mineral it is. Another nice game is "Geographical Spelling."
The first player spells the name of a city, river, lake, or
whatever the players decide on. The next one spells the name of a
lake (if it has been decided to have all lakes) the first letter of
which is the last letter of the name that the first player spelled,
and so they go around until the lakes are exhausted, after which
you can take something else. The other game is called "Stillwater."
One person is blindfolded, and stands and counts twenty. By that
time the rest must have taken places, and must keep perfectly still
until some one is found. The one who is first found takes the place
of the one who was blindfolded. Good-by.