THE ORPHANAGE NEWS LETTER.
Wood Island, Alaska.
To the Readers of the News Letter.
My Dear Friends.
I shall he glad to tell von some
thinv;'* about our school
The new floors have been aid on
very nicely, in the Primary room
and in our own room.
Our new eight dav clocks ate good
time keepers. Thev also tell what
da»e it is.
The gray walls are beautiful and
the pictures that are put on make
it look verv prettv.
We have some popcorn on the ears,
also a butternut, and some chestnuts
with burrs, hickory nuts, and acorn*,
hanging on a big card.
We like fo look at them and won
der how thev look when they are
growing. We study Frve’s Geogra
phy, especially the pictures do we
like to look at. We enjov studying
from our histories. Also the physi
ologies and the Lessons in English.
But most of all I think we like the
tellurian and manikin.
We can understand how it is that
sometimes it is summer and some
times it is winter.
The earth moves around the sun,
and on its axis. The moon goes
around the earth and goes on itself
too. It is all wonderful and very
interestii g. hut our tellurian shows
it all.
The manikin shows us how our
bodies ought to be taken care of. It
also shows us where the lungs
are, and how the blood goes in them
to he wished with oxygen after it
has gone all over the body anil mend
ed the poor places.
The lungs are the laundry and the
air is the washer woman.
We learn many ways in which to
keep well, in physiology.
It tells us we ought to eat pure,
clean, food and not too much; to
bathe often and keep our feet Irv,
ami to take long breaths of fresh, air
slowly and let the bad air out fast.
It tells us not to use tobacco or
ru n because they are very harmful
to the body.
We like to use the weights and
measures too.
It is good for us to measure rooms
to see how much carpet it will need
to cover the floor, or how many cords
ot wood can be packed in a shed*
The Primary children like to use the
gallons, quarts, pints, and gills, and
other nice things thev have. Their
room looks pret v. too.
The Government is good to 11s.
We ought to make good citizens.
Your friend.
Charles Mathison Jr.
Wood Nland, Alaska.
To the R<■; ders of the News I.etter.
I >ear Fi iends;
i live in 'he mission and go *o the
Public sihool. I am in the sixth
grade.
This moruing we saw a barrel with
a lot teredo’s eating the wood; their
heads are like clam shells, in some
places on the barrel they are all clus
tered together in bunches with
just their heads showing.
Their houses are like ivory they
are hard and white and hollow in
side
We -re sorrv th t there was a bad
eatthquake in Italy and that many
people were killed. There are two
men from Italv here, and they feel
very much afraid their families are
killed, and we are very sorry for
them.
We think it was kitid in the United
States to send all that fo >d to the
poor Italians.
We have been very busy working