WRITE THEM A LETTER TO-NIGHT.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 351, 16 March 1889, Page 8

WRITE THEM A LETTER TO- NIGHT.

Don't so i< ( lit-- ih«>iire, onnoort ov ball, But ft'>' >n yw mom tv-night ; Deny yMui->oir to the friends Hint call, And » g'wul l.mg letler write. Write to \h? "--id nld folks at home, Who sit, when the duv i^ done, "With folded hands and downcast eyes, And -think of the absent one, Don't selfishly e eribble, " Excuse my haste, I've pcarcelv tho time to write,* 1 Lest their drooping thou^liK go wandering back To many a bv-«rnno ni»ht-— Wlien they lost (hiMr neod?d ?leep and rest And every breath was a prayer Thnt God would leave their delicate babe To their tender love and care. Don't let them feel that you've no more need Of their love, or council wise ; For the heart grows strongly sensitive When age lias dimmed the eyes. It might be well to let them believe You never forget them quite — That you deem it ;i pleasure, whenfar away, Long letters home to write. Don't think that the young and giddy friends Who make your pastime pcay Have half the anxious thought for } T ou That the old folks have today. The duty of writing do uot put off ; Let sleep or pleasure wait, Lest the letter ior which they looked and longed Be a day or an hour too late. For the snd old folks at home, With locks fast turning white, Arelonging to hear from the absent one — Write them n letter to-night,

In drilling glnss stick a pieoe of stiff clay or putty on the part where you wish to make the hole. Make a hole in the putty the size you want the hole, renching to the glass, of oouve. Into this hole pour a little molten lead, when, unless it is verj' thick glass, the place will immediately drop out,