Dill Royle's Autograph Book

Dill Royle Hansen.
25 October 1906
in Seattle, Washington.

[Inside front cover]
Delia Royle 1890

Dear Delia,
Look on your worst enemies with the thought that they may one day become your best friends.
Sincerely, your friend,
Mary O'Reilley
Ipswitch S. D. 6-17-1891

"This world is what we make it
Then let us all be glad
There's beauty all around us,
Then why should we be sad?"
Sincerely,
Georgia Jackson
Feb. 11/91

Leola
June 12 1890
Friend Delia
A pen to register a key that winds through secret words are well assigned to memory
Yours truly
Friend Georg Gunderson

[Sticker with flowers: Untroubled be thy days!]

Friend Delia
When you get old and cannot see
Put on your specks and think of me
Stuart A. Ferguson
July 30, 1890
Fort Dodge Iowa

Dear Delia,
We do not know, we cannot tell
The hidden future's mystic way
We do not know, & it is well.
We cannot count the coming days.
Mrs. Ferguson
July 30th, 1890

Dear Delia:
Some friends may wish you happiness
And some may wish you wealth
My wish for you is better far
Contentment blessed with health
Your friend and schoolmate
Gertrude S. Beebe
March 16, 1891

[In corner: hair dressing]

Dear Delia:
A little word in kindness spoken
A motion or a tear,
Has often healed the heart that's broken,
And made a friend sincere.
Your friend Eva
Easter 1895
Chicago, Ill.

Friend Delia,
May your cheeks retain their dimples
And your heart be just as gay,
Till some some manly voice shall whisper,
"Dearest" shall I name the day.
Your Friend
Nella Hunt
Feb 17th, 1891

[In corner: bad writing]

Miss Delia Royle
In the book of life, God's album,
May your name be suss with care
And many others here below be forever
Hidden there
Your friend
Mina Lamb
Ipswitch S.D.
Jan 1, 1891

April 25, 1891
Dear Delia
Remember the miss
Who scribbled this.
Your affectionate Lillie

[NOTE: this is her sister Lil Royle]

[Sticker over first words] in this and bear in mind
that a good true friend is hard to find.
But when you find one good and true
Change not the old one for the new
Your Friend "sister"
Maud Purdy
Ipswich S.D.
Jan 1st, 1891
"A Happy New Year"

[NOTE: this is not one of her sisters, probably only sister in spirit.]

Delia My Dear, do not forget [?] Duty to your Mother. Be true to yourself. Love your Brother & Sisters. Always try to please.
Your Loving Father
Jeremiah Royle

[sticker with picture of hand holding basket of doves]

July 1th 1891
Cousin Delia
Remember me when this you see
Remember your Friend
Geo. Kirnan

[NOTE: this was her mother's brother's
grandchild George Kirnan son of John James
Kirnan and Mary Ellen Lewis.]

Dear Delia,
It is not always sunshine,
It is not always rain;
It is not always pleasure
Nor is it always pain.
Each cup must have its bitter,
Each cup must have its sweet.
And thorns as well as roses
Are waiting for our feet.
Minnie Varney Jones
[crossways at end of page: Be always stepping heavenwards]

"Delia"
Always keep the golden rule
And learn your lessons well at school
Your Friend
Arvid Barker
Ipswitch S. Dak.
Feb 17th 1891

[Across end of page: Be good and you'll be happy"]

Ipswitch S. Dak. May 24 '90
Sister Delia
Fall from a house and break your neck
Fall to the ocean from the deck.
Fall to the earth from heaven above
But never never fall in love.
(If you can help it)
Your loving sister Josie

[sticker of a hand]

[NOTE: this is Dill's sister Josie Royle McIvor]

Friend Delia
White the golden sun is setting
And your heart from care is free
And of a thousand things you are thinking
Will you sometimes think of me
From you Friend
Floyd Griffeth
Ipswithc S. Dak
Ipswitch 2/18-91

Miss Delia,
"A merry heart and smiling face
Are better far than sunny weather;
A noble life and charming grace
Like flowers and leaves grow well together"
Inez Beebe
Feb 18th, 1891

Ipswitch South Dakota, May the 21, 90
Sister Delia
Measure not men by Sundays
Without regarding what they do
All the week after
Your sister Eva

[NOTE: This is Eva Royle, Dill's sister]

Delhi South Dak Jun 21, 1891
Dear Delia,
Ah, tell me not that memory
Shed gladness o'er the past;
What is recalled by faded flowers.
Save that they do not last?
Were it not better to forget
Than but remember and regret?
Your loving cousin
May

July 1th 1891
Cousin Delia
Remember the one Who
Wrote thise three
Little Words forget Me not
Your Friend
Johnie Kirman

[NOTE: this was her mother's brother's
grandchild John Kirnan son of John James
Kirnan and Mary Ellen Lewis.]

Dear Sister
Oh love is such a strange affair
So strange to all it cometh from above and lighteth like a dove on some
And some it never hits unless it gives them fits. Oh Hum
Your Sister
M. Haigh
Ipswitch S. Dak June 1, 90

[NOTE: this is her sister Maggie Royle Haigh]

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