Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-12-25


though / was small; just can remember you
We lived near yOu one year. Sharpe, tell MISS
Irene Reddick hello for me. She and went
10 school together. Wonder what Mr.. j. e.
Collins is doing that he can't write again: on
you cousins ought to be here to go with me
to the sugar boilings. We certainly nave some
grand times. | am blonde girl nineteen
years old. who has my birthday, November %:
With much love to Aunt Julia and the cousins
/ am a new cousin, ,r, ., .
Pavo, Ga. JIMMIE
Dearest Aunt Julia aud Cousins: May dare
TO hope there is even little chance tsr me
IL enter into the 10y of Aunt Julia'Ss corner.
How l enjoy reading the letters from the boys
and girls of country, and If / may dare TO
enter and have-a seat by some oil those oI raw
soldier boys who are serving their flag SO wen
| notice that some of the girls and mothers
speak Of their sorrow and the war thlnk
sadly of the sad hearts that are broken on ac-
count of this great war. Just imagine how II
will thrill the soldier boys when they leaNe
for France just TO think Of home. | have Il
soldier hoy so when the war is over he can
come marching home as brave as StoneWalI
jackson. Cousins, all come. We are going TO
nave box supper and will have a good time
Wen. it is growing late. VIII come again If
'-'S - IL DJ1iENET wEANETTE HOLMES.
Goodwater, Ala
Here comes a happy Idaho boy Who has
my age-twcIve summers. Have light halr, olue
eyes, light complexion. Have lived N Georgia I;I
T'i ro +" the public school and am in the fourth
grade I live i'm the country and ride horses,
calves and have lots Of fun vI herring SSTs ana
sheep. pAN III HAhh->I1o".
Idaho Fails, Idaho, r.. No. 3.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Move over and
let me have seat by Aunt Julia. ] liveSn
farm and like country life fine. We are
through picking cotton. We live seven miles
from the nearest town. ! wish some of you
cousins would come and help me and my little
sister play i'm playhouSeS. Our School won
start until after Christmas. am nine years
cid and i'm the fourth grade. Am going III tIe
firth. Grade when school starts. ! VIII deScrlne
myself: have light brown hair and eggs
fair complexion, weigh 10 pounds. VINO mas
my birthday, May %? What do you cousins
do for pastimc? ! wash dishes and read Aunt
Julin's letters. our sunday school is preparing
for a Christmas tree. Tell me when to quit
suppose Mr.. Wastebasket is getting hungry
-FOUR loving '''''"' BATRICE CANTRELL.
Powder Springs, Ca
Dear Amt Julia: viii you spare me place
i'm your letter box? | am ten years olu an"
/ going to school. am in the thlru gr9ue.
NV time is spent when ] come from School III
attending to my pets. My pets are three DIGS
ard a dog and pretty little white kitten;
hope to see this in print. So will close. WIN
MAUDE GOODSON
Hartsvillc, s. c., Route 1, Box 1903.
Dear Amt Julia and Cousins: We have been
thinking of writing you all for some time, but
feared that Mr. Wastebasket would he some
v , ere near by. We are going TO Scn0ol anu
study the seventh grade. Think we Will enter
RICH school next term. We are going TO deSCrioe
ourselves. Hope you all Will not get fright
eacd at us. Carrie Lee has black halr, dark
complexion, blue eyes and weighs ABOUT elghly-
rvo pounds. Lilly has black mar, uark CON-
picxion hazel eyes dweigHs ABOUT ninety
nounds We are close neighbors ana nave
anod time together. Wish some of you cousins
Z, uld be with us Christmas. We VIII leave
our ages for YOU IL guCSS-hetWeeh eleNeu 1'l't
fourteen VIII close by asking riddle: NIRt
has four legs and is not an animal; mas leathtTS
ana is not a bird. Love to Aunt julia ana all
Cousins. ~ - ., ,,,, , >->-,,~
Statcsboro, Ga.
Dear Aunt Julia: Here / come knocking at
the door Please let me I'm and have seat ny
Amt Julia I am going to school now anu
am having fine time. | sure do enjoy gong
tn school and trying to get an education; l
am in tile seventh grade. our teacher Is MlSS
Maggie chambers / hope Mr.. WastehaSket mas
-nnp visiting when this arrives. Aunt Julla,
riense print this as want if to is s retting bed
time. Wishing you much happiness HI '"'
MILDRED BOROUGH
Commerce. Ca Box IT, Route II.
ro,r ,urtic and Cousins: Here ! come to
.n1t a while If Aunt Julia will let me. Guess
( mai hettcr describe myself. nave oiaCh,
nnir brown eyes, dark complexion, Am louI i
feet eleven inches tail, weigh one hundred anu
three mounds anu am sN'iN' ""
Lott,r w., ,roiug or Mr.. WaStebaskct will &c me
before | get n at the door Would nkG TO eM-
change cards cor letters WIN some % ..' liz
ms of near my age WIN lo'e !" N'"' '''
J rymam ,; yo"I Nv" GLADYS ROBERTSON.
Dearest Aunt Julia and Cousins: This is my
second attempt to write you. Guess Mr.. Waste
h,sl,ct rot nv other one What did you cousins
do THANKSGIVING? | stayed at nome that u5!,
NM wont to party. that night and surely ara
! fnr pnstiuc these cold, rainy days: read
nelp mamma cook and sew. sure am E''i W
to- thp first from my county To JON your l'"l'
ny band of cousins. hNe near '"' ~ "a
r3bortnn Come on, Georgia boys and girls
! don't he slacEcrs. Let ms hear from All OF you,
Ipt Ms near from every state in the union.
- "" o,.arr ono Of the letters and think they
ore perfectly grand. My grandfather taxes 'He
dear old Journal and thinks IL tne SIanueSt
raper ont / think it 50 very KIN" anu S ,
I,ru+ Iulio and the editor to give US Children
g,,cr in this dear paper. | am glad l am Il
;cbrgia girl for Georgia Is surn grand SUI
,ycu rs the other cousins have Described ueh-
/ Olives l will do the same: l am IlNe lctt l"u'
| inches tan have between dark ana Ialr com
/ ,lcxion and have between a hlack ana "IoNn
coIorpd hair, am seventeen years or age Auut
20, +bc rnvt time any Of my relatives send
! IN n subscription ! am gong 10 sehu III ny
rcouest for a badge, and am going 10 Senu ''g
money 10 pay for a club buIIoh HtN ti',
-, well my letter is getting lengthy ana
I bc,r Mr. WaStcbaSkct coming, SO ! hau "ctler
srnn I will close hoping to see TINS III PRINT
| ,ttl1
v-,u-t some of you write me- sister cousins
INV many Of YOU have been to see Aunt JuIii''
r ann nnin., to Atlanta before long ana surely
| an, ro'nr 10 see her. Aunt Julia, please sen"
,n" ono of your photos real soon ana Wrte
a., mo Terry Smith, come again, your letter
,yss fine. We'll, | will answer letters anu
,rdg rn,aiycd. Let them fly. Lovingly, :.
''Iu> LAURA ADAMS.
Elhcrton Ga, r. Z, Box II.
ucar Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here comes
..,.otnrr Georgia boy to join your happy hanI
| ~ h,vs ard girls. ! live in the country anu
uLo country life fine. | think the war VIII
cnd before mex June, and / feel mat an us
| noys and cirls should help the soldiers all we
eoI for 7 knew most Of them are HumrS',N'
mi u.nuld likc.to be at home. Well, VIII ne
! Scr,bc myself: ! am seventeen WeiEh l'"
pound, am five feet eight inches tan nave
i,,o,,p Owes. black hair, medium complexion, ana
,,ouId like 10 correspond with amy Of the cousins
crd will answer all letters and cards receiver.
~ W .ritrr CHARLIE SOUTHERN.
,'bomnIco. Ga. r. I. y. No. ,.
Do,r Amt Julia and Cousins: VIII you let
,r,tbcr Georgia girl ion YOUR happy hand
bavc written once before but did not see IL
in nrint so I will try again. Father takes the
atlanta Journal and l cniov reading IT. esl'e-
ciar1v tbe letter box. Also "One woman
story, was fine. but II has ended. J am
country girl and like country life fine