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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-03-05
HsvkiusyilIc. Ca. r. F. n. No .

Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: How vou
an this beautiful spring night? We hav-
ing spring weather Gown here in I'D
southern Alabama. Believe me-. mother kceT
mo busy in the garden. We have almost al of
our nlanting done. and while this COOS or
think all should plant a homo garden OF
some size. N help beat the kaiser. or course
am in the draft age, and may have TO go to
the front, but nevertheless. while 7 am at home
am going 10 do my best to raise sometime
20 cat for the market. and homo, too. Well.
as the other cousins describe themselves. bore
goes: / am = feet II inches tall, weigh II
norndS. black hair. dark complexion. and o,
farmer. the best life 10 live. I would lko
20 CORRESPOND Nth any ~ tho cousins. viii
answer all letters 7 receive. II you don't nc.
lieyo me. Just write one. 7 guess I had better
60. for Mr.. WaStebasket has nabhcd me once.
With hest wishes 10 AUNT Julia and all the
cousins FRANK BTNTLEN.
GreenviIle. Ala. r. ?. n. No. >. Eoy ~
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-03-05

Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here comes
girl from the old Empire State Papa taxes
The Journal. and | think IT is fine.
Well, cousins. what do YOU all think of this
war? I think it is just dreadful. | have two
brothers in the army. My eldest brother mas
been there fifteen years. He is first sergeant.
My younger brother has been there only short
while. I have two more brothers to go.
Well. 7 will describe myself, You cousins
NAV know how ugly / am. I am sixteen years
old. have black hair, brown eyes, fair com
plexion.
Cousins, what do you do for pastime? have
little time for handiwork. for l clerk.
Soldier boy. again. Where are your
We would like TO hear from. you once more.
Would like TO correspond with some Of you
cousins. Will answer any message l receive.
Aunt Julia. find enclosed 10 cents for which
please send me one Of your club pins.
JOSIE BOWEN.
Aaron, Ga.
Hello, Admit Julia and Cousins: VIII you
please admit another Georgia girl into your
happy band Of boys and girls? have been
takes The Atlanta Journal, and thinks there is
no paper like it. Well, I won't describe my
self this time. ! am the Oldest one OF my
one sister. l eleven years old and in the
sixth grade. My teachers name is Mr.. r. H.
Iandrum. Well, I had better go, this is my
first time From new Georgia girl.
MYRTIS BOWEN.
Pinehurst, Ga.
2. s.-EnclOsed find 10 cents in stamps
for which please send me club button.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you ad
Georgia girl This is the first time / have
written to you and the cousins. We take the
Journal. / enjoy reading the letters fine. ]
go to school at Clacks Chapel. l am in the
seventh grade. j have dark brown hair dark
blue eyes, and have dark complexion, about
feet inches tall, weigh lis pounds and am
fourteen years old. Hope that Mr.. Waste
basket will be asleep while this letter is pass
ing Well my letter is getting long and and. had had
the cousins. As I am new cousin.
RUBYE CRAWFORD.
Madison, Ga, R, F. D. No. 3.
P. S.-Inclosed find 10 cents, for which please
send me a club button.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: have been
silent reader Of the cousins letters long time
papa takes the dear old Journal. | surely do
now. 1 am in the fourth grade We have
large school; there are 160 pupils. We have
teachers name is Miss Ida Talent. surely
do like her fine. Well, guess l had better
70. as this is my first attempt at writing. If
this is published l viii write again
Your niece,
THELAiA NIXON.
jamestown, Ala, R. F. d. l.
Ps.-Please find enclosed 10 cents for a CLUB
button.
Dear Aunt julia: Here comes Georgia
girl to join your happy band ! have been
| will describe myself: | have black hair,
fair complexion. blue eyes, am 4 feet and 10
inches tall and weigh 10 pounds; am thirteen
years old aud in the fourth grade.
/ have two brothers and one sister; one sis
ter dead; she died twenty four days ago at
the city hospital. My other sister lives in
Aunt Julia, please find enclosed 10 cents for
one Of the club buttons. Remember ne and
don't forget you have friend in Georgia.
PAULINE MADDOX.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-03-05
HOW MRS. BOYD
AVOIDED AN
OPERATION

Canton, Ohio.-"I suffered from q
female trouble which caused me much
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-03-05

Dear Aunt Julia: VIII you allow a soldier boy
70 Join your happy band OF ccusins2 take
The Journal and can hardly wait for IL to come
I do love 20 read all the cousins letters SO
much.
am a Georgia Cracker and was raised Oh
the dear old farm. / viii describe myself.
an ; feet liz inches tall. weigh 175 pounds
have dark brown hair, brown eyes ana ran
complexion and am twenty-four years old
we boys are very happy. but would enjoy
being back in the good old L. 5. A.
Dear cousins. 1 would enjoy hearing rom
ycu all VIII answer all letters and CARDS
Il gets quite lonesome at times.
/ forgot TO tell you how the boys line up
when l get my paper. They all like to read
the dear cousins letters. They remind us OF
home.
must 70: drill call just blew; IL is ten
minutes before we will be drilling.
Aunt Julia, please don't let Mr.. Wasteha sket
get this letter, and I win come again AFTER
drill.
wish all you cousins all the good times.
Your new cousin.
HOMER u. RUSSELL.
Corozal. Canal Zone. Box 153.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-03-05

Dear Amt ulia and Cousins: VIII you ad-
nit a girl from sunny Tennessee into your
happy band OF boys and girls? / live on a farm
near Tennessee river. l like farm life Just
fine. Well. I guess I had better describe
myself. + am 5 feet inches high, weigh
5g5 Do Inds. I have brown hair. blue eyes and
dark compexion and ! am sweet sixteen. Say,
what you you consins do for pastimes L GRO
chet and tat. what do you cousins think OF
this war; I think il is awful Well, as my
letter Is getting long. guess I had better come
II a iumping-of place. Wishing the letter
tnx success. Aunt Julia. You win find ter
s-nts in coin: please send me a club but
zen. as want TO become a member. Would
r.-a ~ correspond with you. cousins. Your
.s-r~iu- LYDIA STEELE.
Mint. Tenn. r. No. 1.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-03-05

Dear Aunt Julia: As I did not see my other
letter in print. I thought I would come again.
What have you cousins been doing for PAS
times I have been going TO school. Hello, FL
sic Roberts, What has become Of you? | have
not hesrd from you for quite a while.
Well. Aunt Julia, what do YOU think of the
war; 7 think it Is awful. Well. as nv letter
is getting very long I viii go. / hope old
Mr.. Wastebasket is nodding when my letter
arrives. Aunt Julia. please print this IL IL
is worthy. Your niece and cousin.
Iona BASS
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-03-05

Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you let
another North Carolina girl into your happy
band OF cousinsT l have been a silent reader
of your letter box for some time, and / ike
vour letters fine. Aunt Julia. please excuse
me for not sending my dime when | wrote be
fore. I guess Mr.. Wastebasket got my other
letter. Hope he will be asleep when this ar
ing to see this in print. / will stop, as
guess I have already stayed too long. Now
will ring off by describing myself: l am
fifteen years old: 1 am feet . inches tall.
weigh $50 rounds, have dark hair, brown eyes,
fair complexion. By-by. Aunt Julia and Cous-
iuS. Your new cousin.
MAUDIE COGGIN.
Spring Hope. y. c., r. z. d. ..
PSI would like 20 correspond with any Of
the cousins.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-03-05

Dear Aunt Julis and Cousins: As I haven't
seen any letters from this part ~ Florida !
decided n write ono. 7 live farm NJ 400
acres and prefer il to city life. What 10
YOU ,-ousinS do for paStme? I read and can
crochet and tat but don't do much Of either.
| am fond Of outdoor sports, especially horse
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-03-05

back riding and motoring, as we have a car.
rye oats watermelons, cotton, peanuts and all
kinds of vegetables. l have been a member
of the girls canning club for two years and
am going to Join this year, too. We vege-
tables and fruits OF all kinds. For pets ] have
four cows to milk, night and morning, aud the
sweetest little baby brother to help tend too:
orie helms, I don't agree with you saying
describing is Silly" for if Aunt Julia has
any curiosity at all to be sure she wants to
know what her nieces and nephews look like.
blue eyes and light brown hair, am 6S inches
tall, weigh rs pounos. Will leave my age for
you to guess. My birthday Is January 3. VIII
be glad TO hear from any of the cousins.
Your new niece and cousin,
GLADYS LUCILLE HERS.
r. s .@sEncioscd find 10 cents in stamps for
club pin.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Please admit
4 cousin into your happy band, just for a
little while. Our home is among the beautiful
hills Of north Georgia, where we can raise al
most anything except tropical fruits. We make
Il fine garden cve-y summer and have an
abundance of good things to eat. raised
lot of fine tomatoes last summer and hope to
do the next summer. Aunt Julia, l ran
incubator last spring and had splendid sue
cess. may run one again this spring. am
thinking of getting larger machine, SO II do
will sell the I have at a bargain price.
If any of the cousins want it they should
write to Will be glad to receive letters
and cards from any Of the cousins. So no
ARTHUR DAVENPORT.
Dear Aunt Julia: Will you let an eastern
Kentucky girl join your happy band of cous
ms? l live on a farm and raise chickens.
like it fine. / have soldier brother and
am mighty proud of him. I am feet high
and weigh 1O6 pounds. / will let you guess
my age.
Your loving cousin,
NANCNE MULLINS.
Partridge, ny.
Ps.-Would like to correspond with any Of
the cousins.
Dear Cousins: Let's help win the war and
do as Hoover tells us. Who all have mea tless
and wheatIess days? We do. ! know piece
about the Hoover pledge. Does any one else?
| take elocuton and like it fine. Well, l will
describe myself. as sec 50 many others do
ing Il. I am ten years old, have light hair
dark complexion and blue eyes l am in the
fifth grade. My teacher is Miss Nellie Jor
dan.
Aunt Julia, you will find 10 cents for which
please send a club pin. As this is my
first letter to the corner, | hope it escapes
the wastebasket By-by. cousins.
JULIA RENA GROVER.
Dixie On
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-03-05

Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you lot
another Httle Georgia girl join your happy han
II girls and boys? ] like tn read the cousins
letters. Aunt Julia. ! live on farm in Pu
lsski comfy. four miles from Hawknsville.
60 20 school. I am 10 years old. am IN
the fourth grade. I like school fine. viii
close and write more next time. Hope to see
this in print. 7 incloSe 10 cents COR club
button. Your new cousin.
MAXINE KELLY.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-03-05

Dear Amt Julia and Cousins: Will you please
move over and give two little Alabama twins
A small space in your happy circle? Guess you
all would like TO know what we look like, so
here goes: We are eleven years old, both nave
brown eyes. brown hair and fair complexion
about the same height; very few of our friends
can tell rs apart. We live on a large farm
and like Il fine. We have horses, mules and
hogs and chickens on the farm. We help on
the farm in summer. Can milk ana help COOK
we enfoy reading the cousins letters very
much and hope our letter does not reach the
vastebasket this time, as this is our second
attempt at writing.
we haven't any brothers in the army and
feel sorry for those that have. We hope this
war will soon end.
Hoping this will not reach the wasteoasket
and that Aunt Julia win see fit TO give US
tiny place in her happy circle, we will close
for this time.
Best wishes to Aunt Julia and all the cousins.
We are your new niece and cousins,
IULAH AND BULAH FORD.
Haleyville Ala Route 1, Box los.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-03-05

Monroe. y. c. Route 3.
p S.-Aunt Julia. fins enclosed 10 cents in
stamps Tor which please send me club button.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-03-05

Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins After being
silent reader Of The Journal for over a year
I decided I would write q short letter to tho
corner. Wen. ] believe the rule j.
60 describe ourselves. here goes. I have
dark gray eyes. brown hair. fair complexion
and weigh H.. 7 guess that will do. don
Won? For raStime 7 crochet and read Aunt
Julia. please print this II you can find space
n your columns, for ! want tn surprise my
IlCle, who lives in Georgia. Am sending ~
ncntS for club button. EMMA HAIL.
Albany Ala, Route T.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-03-05
Talmo, Ga

Hello, Aunt Julia and Cousins. viii YOU
please admit a North Carolina girl into You
happy band? As I haven't seen any Letters
from this part OF the state, decided I woul'
write.
I live in the country, most cousins do, an'
like country life fine. What do you cousins
do for pastime? ! read, write and piece quilts
I think the is awful. haven't an,
brothers in the army. I know it is hard &
give up brothers, though we should all be viii
ling to give them up to fight for our country
Willie F. Brown, I would be glad TO hear iron
you as ] think youC letter in The Journal wa
fine. I will describe myself and go. for
think I hear old Mr.. Wastebasket coming will
his mouth open.
Now, aunt, you and the cousins must no
get scared and run. ] have black hair, blu
eyes and fair complexion. 7 will leave my az
for you all to guess. It is between eighteel
and twenty-three.
letters desired.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-03-05

+. s.@Enclosed find 10 cents in stamps for a
club pin.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-03-05

Dear Aunt Julia: May ] be admitted into
your interesting Letter Box? I cannot knit
but tat. and am learning to crochet
rertainly would appreciate samples a.
crochet from the cousins. Tina Short. you
lave my height. feet . inches. Lizzie Thomp-
son, Won have my birthday, January 2G. / am
sixteen. Pearl Jump. the answer TO your rid
die, What is the difference between a rail
-cad conductor and a school teacher? One
trains the mind the other minds the train
Would like 10 see more letters from tho camps
and from Ora Goodwin. 7 trying to have
little garden. II I have success ! will tell
you ALL about il. With hest wishes 10 Aunt
Erlia and all OF the cousins, Your niece and
cousin, SARAH MUCH.
L.rcnrunnd G g Rnr.n {
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-14
SAYS SHARK MEAT IS GOOD
Writer Declares Flesh Looks and
Tastes Much Like That of Young
Pig, but Is Not as Juicy.

A good many people do not know
how sharks meat tastes when it is
cooked. There is some talk of a gov
crnment investigation Of this matter,
observes the Hartford COurant, so that
everybody may get the taste as second
hand. The writer of this paragraph.
owing to the fact that he was good
deal of seashOre man at the time,
has tasted cooked shark for himself.
The flesh of the shark, when South
ern cook preSideS over the kitchen,
looks very much like the meat of a
young pig, and tastes very much like
that meat. The main difference is that
the flesh of the infant hog is n trifle
more juicy.
When one reflects that part of the
shark family was created with q relish
for human flesh, or has been brought
to this liking by some millions of
years of evolution, it seems odd that
man, when he gets the chance, should
also like TO eat the shark. 1t goes to
show that in the general scheme of ex-
istence nothing is wasted.
The shark can get good dinner out
of q man. and the man can get good
dinner out of shark. 1t all depends
on which one gets the other first. In
either case 1t is fair eating for the one
who gets the dinner.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-14
FIVE FRIDAYS 1Tdsed tHSasszt1 a
Tale
By FRANK R. ADAMS o.,
cOpyrigA. FrAuf A. Azunsey OO-)

"What-cut out smoking for a week2"
Certainly" she replied firmly. "In
the first place, II you don't you will be
dcathly i'll: in the second place, the
whole object OF the fast is to rid the
body Of all toxic poisOns, such as nico-
tine, alcohol and so forth. By the time
you have done without tobacco for a
eek should not 6e surprised II you
ItSEer smoked again."
Nor me either" l reflected gloomy
out loud. I'll be dead"
"Of course If you don't care to make
the experiment" Lucille said icily, "Tll
put or the fasting for another week
until Frank Bopp is here. I'm sure he
will be willing to try It."
This was waving q red flag ut me.
Frank Bopp was my rival. After her
reference to him l would have gone
without breathing for week If she
had suggested it. Bopp is a thin, con-
versatiOnal insect who can perch on
the arm of a girls chair and chlrp by
the hour. Sometimes l regret that for
architectural and educational reasons
can't do that, and then l remember
what other men would think of me If
could, and / am SOlaced. i refrain
from saying what think of the name
"Bopp."
Thus through my love and Jealousy
was led into deeper water or, shall I
say. more water because somebody
he nded me q glass of the stuff every
few minutes. drank 1t In the vain
hope that l could drown the inner
man, who seemed to be yelling for
help all the time and kicking me just
below the belt buckle when he didn't
get 1t.
That morning we went for walk.
Walking is the best exercise In the
world" Lucille stated. 1T Is excellent
for reducing surplus flesh around the
abdominal region
Invariably she had little stinger for
me concealed in any remark she might
make. have since learned that this
is a sign that woman takes proprie-
tary interest in man.
Before we went she fed Tootles, her
long haired pup. TOotles is one Of those
dogs 50 constructed by nature that
when YOU want to look them in the face
you don't know where to look. 1 often
wonder if Tootles herself isn't in doubt
as to which end to wag.
isn't TootIes going to fast, too?"
protested. Cant she stand it as well
rs I can?"
Possibly she could do it," Lucille
said as she gave her u dog biscuit,
but she hasn't intelligence enough to
understand why she should so without
food"
I'm not far above Tootles in intelli-
gence, then" l remarked, but under my
breath this time, so she could not hear.
After watching TOotles eat we went
walking. Whenever l go walking in
the city hire a taxicab. If want to
sec nature in all her grandeur do l so
tramping through the woods? l do
not l buy a seat at moving picture
show where they are running west
ern outlaw film. Mature for a nickel'
is my motto Fatigue is eliminated,
and the sum total of knowledge is ad-
vanced several thousand feet.
After we had covered several miles,
as it seemed to me, l suggested that
we had better not go much farther
away from home.
why not? Lucille queried.
1--WE might not get back in time for
lunch"
Il brought our lunch" she said and
produced flask of water.
(TO BE CONTINUEDD
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-14
Garden Space Valuable.

Just what vegetables are to be grown
depends, of course, upon the individual
tastes Of the family. In general, the
aim of the home gardener should be
to raise vegetables in which freshness
is an important quality. Peas, string
beans, Lima beans, asparagus and
sweet corn, for example, lose much If
they are not cooked almost immedl-
ately after they are picked. In the
case of potatoes, corn, cucumbers,
squashes and melons, it should be re-
membered that these vegetables occu-
py a large area in proportion to their
yield and in small garden consume
valuable space which, in most cases,
could be used more protitably. In the
case Of potatoes, however, it also
should be noted that they are easily
stored and are an extremely good
staple crop, and many gardeners will
find it to advantage to plant as much
ground to potatoes as possible after
sufficient space has been allotted to
the other garden crops.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-14

white. unbroken by the usual cheerful
array of steaming hot dishes. At each
place was u large glass Of water and Il
napkin. What the napkin was for
failed to discover. l imagine it was
what the anthropologists would call "a
survival of culture"
I'VE have fifty-eight FIVE gallon bot
ties of distilled water" Lucille in
formed us. Il wonder if that will be
enough. 1t amounts to nearly a hun
dred gallons apiece"
l made a hasty calculation and de-
cided that hundred gallons of drink
ing water would last me the rest of
my life.
Mrs. Green. Lucile's mother, was pa
tiently cheerful and drank three glasses
Of water like a sponge. / didn't care
much for mine. l had previously had no
idea that water was so fiat and taste
less. 1t is also an extraordinarily elus-
i've and clammy thing to put into an
empty stomach which is eagerly ex-
pecting bacon and eggs, mullins and
coffee.
Il feel better already Lucille said
gayly as we left the table. "My mind
is clear-I have wasted none of my
vital energy in merely digeSting food"
knew that she was quoting Upton
S Clair. whom was beginning to re-
gard with disfavor. to say the least,
but refrained from voicing my opin-
ion of a man who viii help women to
get even more fool ideas than they can
think up by themselves.
took 4 cigar from my pocket, cut
the tip off carefully with a silver cut
ter Lucille had given me the previous
Christmas and was about to light it
when she stopped me.
mo, no, no; you mustn't. Did for
get to tell you that while We are fast
ing we have to give up all stimulants
and narcotics. such as alcohol and TO-
baccoY
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-14
THE RED CROSS NURSES OF EUROPE
E ARE GIVING TOASTED
CIGARETTES TO THE BOYS

To anyone who doesn't know of the
wonderful advances that have been made
in the preparation of smoking tobaccos
in the last few years it may sound strange
to speak of toasted cigarettes.
Strictly speaking, we should say ciga-
Tettes made of toasted tobacco; the smok-
-ers of this country will recognize it more
readily by its trade name, LUCKY
STRIKE toasted cigarette.
The American Tobacco Company are
producing millions of these toasted ciga-
rettes and these are being bought in
enormous quantities through the various
tobacco funds conducted by the news
papers of the country and forwarded
through the Red Cross Society to the boys
in France.
This new process of treating tobacco
not only improves the flavor of the tobacco
but it seals in this flavor and makes
the cigarettes keep better.
The Red Cross nurse is always glad to
have cigarette for the wounded soldier,
as, in most instances, that is the first
thing asked for. Adv.