Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-16

selves / WIFI do likewise. am sweet sixteen
tlaek eyes, medium complexion, feet inches
Jesse W. GrtDer, come again. Your letter
WIS just fine.
to write. Your new cousin ,,D,,,, u.vrs
Copper Hill, Tenn.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you ad
init two North Carolina brothers into your
happy band OF cousins? We will describe our
selves. /, Leon, have bLne eyes, fair complex
ion, am 4 feet inches tall. weigh seventy
eight pounds, age thirteen years. l, Meredith,
Lave brown eyes fair complexion, am Iset tsO
years old. We are two little farmer boys. We
have been plowing all day. You know we are
With mpeA love 10 Aunt Julia,
Your new cousins,
LEON and MEREDITH ELLEN.
MonisVillet n. C., Route 1.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: VIII you let
two north Georgia girls Join your happy band
Our fathers take The Journal We enjoy
reading the cousins letters so much.
We live the farm, and enjoy farm life
fine.
As the others describe themselves, so will We.
1, Essie, am seventeen years of age. have blue
eyes. brown hair. fair complexion i and am. am
sixteen" have gray eyes, auburn hair, fair
complexion and am feet 8 inches In height
We go to school at Harmony Hail. and like
Homer D. Fussel, come again. Your letter
was fine.
What do you cousins do for pastinsi We
win answer all cards and letters received.
6opng this will escape "Mr. Waste Basket, "
as this is our first attempt: we WI el ssc
LUCILLE WALKER.
Gfllsvf1le, Ga. Route /.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here come
three Georgia girls asking for admittance 70
the Letter Box. Our fathers take The Atlanta
Joy reading the Letter Box very much.
Wen, most OF the other cousins describe
themselves. we will do likewise; !, L0t tue
brown eyes. weigh 125 pounds and am feet
5 inches tall. /, Marguerite, have dark hair
5 feet 6 inches tail and weigh no pounds. l.,
Ellen. have dark hair, medium complexion and
blue eyes, am feet inches tall. Our ages
are between thirteen and seventeen.
We would like to correspond with some OF
the cousins near our ages. We would like very
much to see this In nI print wsa,ns are Aunt
MARGUERITE BROWN.
ELLEN GAINEY.
LoTTIE GWALTNEY.
Beachton, Ga, R. r. d. No. 1.
Dear Aunt Julia: VIII you please let another
Alabama girl in your happy band? have been
a silent reader Of the dear old Journal for quite
a while, but after reading the cousins letters
tonight l decided ] would see If dear Aunt
Wen SS9'RS E sgsss you viii are s. T4SssTGs
brown S1; hair. blue eyes. fair complexion, and /
am eighteen years old: Who has my birth
day-October 297 What do you cousins do for
pastime? / am learning to crochet, and am
Say, cousins. think we all ought to do all
ID this to help ST ' t terrible
to go, but l have some uncles who will be
drafted pretty soon. I have cousin In
Charles WAGNER, come again. Your letter
was fine. Jewell PRESLEY, / would like to
correspond with you. Write to me If you see
this.
Well. Aunt Julia, I must go now. Would
like to hear from some % the cousins Will
answer all letters received
Yours new cousin.
BESSIE MOVE.
AtmOre, Ala, Route A. Box 142.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: / am joining
you to tell you of my life in the country.
like the country life splendid. When we
are in the country we Are free to Fea6S and
healthy. Health is really better than gold. II
we do not have good health, we cannot enjoy
life in any place we may go In the world.
Aunt Julia, have planted large crop
this year. We are going to help win the VIC
tory. II food will win the war. we are going
pretty garden. Our corn Is coming up and our
fields will soon be green. Aunt Julia, we
have fifty little chickens and three hens set
ting fifty eggs.
/ sure would like to help you feed your little
chickens. / know they are lovely.
We have set out 500 tomato plants and some
cabbage plants. We have some flowers and
they are very pretty now. Two Of my girl
friends have sent their friends two bouquets out
of our flower yard. The bouquets that were
sent were to the soldier boys In the army at
Macon, Ga.
1 am going to school now. / am in the
seventh grade. ! am fourteen years old. viii
be fifteen the 23d day of April.
Your new cousin,
IDEIJF CRAWFORD.