Tip Top Weekly No. 139: Frank Merriwell's Father — page 31: what you’re looking at

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TIP TOP WEEKLY. ge tp lOPWEEKLY. “fNIDEAL PUBLICATION FOR THE AMERICAN YOUTH ”? NEW YORE, DECEM BER 10, 1598. Terms to Tip Top Weekly Mail Subscribers. (POSTAGE FREX.) Simonths - - - - - ~ = 640.) One year - - +--+ = + - $2.90 4ttonths « « © = + = « 8a] 2 copiesoneyenr - - = © 4.0 6 months - <« © © < = + $1.23] 1 copy two years - - - = 4.00 How TO SEND Monky.—By post office or expresa money onier registered letter, bank check or dr.@, at your risk, At your own risk if seuthy postal note, currency, coin, or postage stamps in ordinary letter. REcKpPrys.— Receipt of your remidance ts aclnowleiged by proper eluinge of aimberon yourlabel. If notcorrect you have not heen properly credited, amid should fet wa Low at once. To CLUR Rarskrs.—Upon request we will send sample copies to ald you thobtaining subscribers. All lecters should be addressed to STREET & SMITH’S TIP TOP WEERLY., $1 Fulton St., New York City. APPLAUSE. The suggestion made by Mr. Lynn Hartley seems to have met with the immediate approval of the readers of the Tip Top Weekly, and, as already stated in these columns, we have made arrange- ments with the leading manufacturer of badges, and we will soon be prepared to supply the demands of our readers. An announcement of this feature will soon be made. The readers whose names are given below have written us on this matter enthusiastical- ly, and shown an interest in the success of the Tip to which is much appreciated: mil Koehler, Lansing, Mich. Walter W. Pierce, Arkadelphia, Ark. Theo. Abramson, Moline, Hl. Harold Provost, Bridgeport, Conn. Charles Murray, Bridgeport, Conn. Fred Glenn, Bridgeport, Conn. George Rivers, Bridgeport, Conn. Thomas Kenney, Bridgeport, Conn. F, H. Holbrook, Bridgeport, Conn. Martin Kenney, Bridgeport, Conn. Central Junior and Tan Yard Tiger Clubs, Knorx- ville, Tenn. ee Cc. Cc. Rozzetta, Atlanta, Ga. E. F. Smith, Atlanta, Ga. B. M, S., Monroe, La. M. BE. Grant, Alleghany, Pa. Chas. H. jams, Harrisville, W. Va. Will Mather, Harrisville, W. Va. Hervey Showatte, Harrisville, W. Va. Fred Foster, Harrisville, W. Va. Cc, B. Mouts, Harrisville, W. Va. Earl Pierpoint, Harrisville, W. Va. Cc. Braden, Harrisville, W. Va. B. W. Morris, Harrisville, W. Va. J. Gatreill, Harrisville, W. Va. J. B. Friederick, Harrisville, W. Va. Vance L. Snodgrass, Harrisville, W. Va. David S. Freemark, Philadelphia, Pa. George K. White, Philadelphia, Pa. W. J. Grush, New Orleans, La. We, the undersigned members of the Yale Com- bine, have been reading the Tip Top and think it fine. We hope that Frank Merriwell's career aS an actor will be as bright as his railroad life, and that Bart Hodge and Jack Diamond will be introduced - into the Tip Top again. Yours truly, LYNN SLOTTER, Pres. LANCASTER THATCHER, Sec. ARLIN RICE, Treas. CARE, YCHACOLL. Frankfort, Ind. You will be sure to find Frank’s career as an actor bright and interesting. Bart Hodge and Jack Dia- mond will be soon heard from again. Acrent my congratulations on the success of the Tip Top Weekly.’ re i should Like to see Frank return to Yale and take his old place as the leader in athletics. He is the ideal of all that is noble and good. I hope he meets his old college chums soon, Browning, Diamond, > Tt was Strange How Gif Succeeded in that Experiment—Trne Blue No. 30 anxious about Frank's welfare. as Rattleton, Hodge, Pierson, Creighton and others; also his girl friends. I should like to have Frank meet Elsie and marry her, for I think she is a truer and better friend than Inza. Hoping that Tip Top has a long life, I remain, very recyectul yours, WILLIAM C. ROBINS, hiteport, N. Y,. Your congratulations are accepted and appreciated. You will certainly find Frank back at Yale again soon with his old college chums, and, as you know, he is not likely to “‘take a back seat’’ in athletics. The order enclosed in your letter will be promptly filled, the more so because it was written on a sep- arate sheet of paper. Separate letters shauld aiways be written for “‘Applause,” ‘“‘Correspondence”’ or “Order” departments, though they may be inclosed in one envelope. I write concerning the Tip Top Weekly, the best boys’ paper ever published. I have run a news stand for some time, and have access to a great number of libraries, but 1 like Tip Top the best. I have made a record for myscif in athletics, and I believe it was through Frank's advice that I was SO successful. I am the president of an athletic club, and the boys asked me to write you and tell you how they all thank you for giving them such a fine paper. Yours, GB. B. Des Moines, Iowa. We are pleased to learn that*you have profited by Frank's advice, and that you have made such a goad record in athletics. Any time that you are able to give to the physical development of the body will be well spent. As I have read from.No. 1 to daie, I am very IT think, and so do all the boys, that Tip Top heads the lst of boys’ libraries, with Diamond Dick, Jr., next. Kindly en- lighten me on the following: Can you give me (about) the number in which: Frank goes back to Yale? If I came over to 81 Fulton Street, could I buy Friday’s book on about Tuesday or Wednesday? Awaiting your reply, I remain. yours sincerely, FRANK W., Brooklyn, N, Y. We are glad that you and such a host of readers praise the Tip Top so highly. As you continue to read. them you will, we think, find that Frank has at least his share of success, and mainly because, what- ever his experiences, he always irfes to do what is right and perseveres in anything he undertakes. We cannot supply the Tip Top Weekly at our office be- fore the day of publication. We do not issue a handbook on tumbling. A complete catalogue of our publications, including handbooks, will be sent to any address upon application. Allow us to congratulate you on your wonderful weekly, Tip Top. We consider it our duty to thank you for many hours of pleasure which we have spent reading your books. We sre glad to see Hans Dun- nerwats and Ephraim Gallup have turned up again, and we hope to hear of Frank’s other friends again. Mr. Standish is the best writer of boys’ stories. We ‘hope to see Frank marry Inza Burrage, and wish everlasting luck to the Tip Rep Weekly. OHN cLARK. GAY CALLAHAN. JOSEPH M'MANUTS. Philadelphia, Pa. Everybody seems to be of one opinion regarding Mr. Standish as a writer, and he says that the great number of letters from readers such a3 yours that have been read by him are very stimulating. He knows what he is writing about, and has a wealth of actual experiences yet to draw upon. We have read all the Tip Tops issued up to the present time, and think them tip, top. We hope some day to see Frank marry Inza, for we think she is far the nicest, but we do not want him to marry for a long time. We would like Frank to go back to Yale and meet his old friends. We will keep on reading them as long as.they «re grinted. Wishing you success, we remain, M. Cc. F. and D. B. Montpelier, Idaho. There are many readers who agree with you as to the attractive qualities possessed by Inza, Frank is not thinking of marriage at present, though he is zone of the girls. We thank you for your good wishes. I have been reading the Tip Top Weekly from No. | 1 to date, and I think they are all right. Iam a baseball and football player myself, and I love both games. I have ‘not seen my letter in your paper from Scranton, Pa., so I thought I would write and COMRniclooo S (SO)