I suppose you're thinking now what a frivolous，shallow，little beast she is，and what a waste of money to educate a girl？
But，Daddy，if you'd been dressed in checked ginghams all your life，you'd appreciate how I feel.And when I started to the high school，I entered upon another period even worse than the checked ginghams.
The poor box.
You can't know how I dreaded appearing in school in those miserable poor-box dresses.I was perfectly sure to be put down in class next to the girl who first owned my dress，and she would whisper and giggle and point it out to the others.The bitterness of wearing your enemies'cast-off clothes eats into your soul.If I wore silk stockings for the rest of my life，I don't believe I could obliterate the scar.
LATEST WAR BULLETIN！
News from the Scene of Action
At the fourth watch on Thursday the 13th of November，Hannibal routed the advance guard of the Romans and led the Carthaginian forces over the mountains into the plains of CasiIinum.A cohort of light armed Numidians engaged the infantry of Quintus Fabius Maximus.Two battles and light skirmishing.Romans repulsed with heavy losses.
I have the honor of being，
Your special correspondent from the front
J.Abbott
PS.I know I'm not to expect any letters in return，and I've been warned not to bother you with questions，but tell me，Daddy，just this once-are you awfully old or just a little old？And are you perfectly bald or just a little bald？It is very difficult thinking about you in the abstract like a theorem in geometry.