Daddy-Long-Legs

12th November

Dear Daddy-Long-Legs,

We beat the Freshmen at basket ball yesterday. Of course we'repleased--but oh, if we could only beat the juniors! I'd be willing tobe black and blue all over and stay in bed a week in a witch-hazelcompress.

Sallie has invited me to spend the Christmas vacation with her. Shelives in Worcester, Massachusetts. Wasn't it nice of her? I shalllove to go. I've never been in a private family in my life, except atLock Willow, and the Semples were grown-up and old and don't count.But the McBrides have a houseful of children (anyway two or three) anda mother and father and grandmother, and an Angora cat. It's aperfectly complete family! Packing your trunk and going away is morefun than staying behind. I am terribly excited at the prospect.

Seventh hour--I must run to rehearsal. I'm to be in the Thanksgivingtheatricals. A prince in a tower with a velvet tunic and yellow curls.Isn't that a lark?

Yours, J. A.



Saturday

Do you want to know what I look like? Here's a photograph of all threethat Leonora Fenton took.

The light one who is laughing is Sallie, and the tall one with her nosein the air is Julia, and the little one with the hair blowing acrossher face is Judy--she is really more beautiful than that, but the sunwas in her eyes.