Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-01-08

Dear Aunt Jul1a ana COUSINS mere come
TO knock again. l did not get in the first
time. l live in the country and like it fine.
want to join your club. so l am sending
Zoe for pin. How do you all Ike the Red
Cross? Father has Red Cross button. I
~am wishing to sec my letter in print. Your
loving niece, ESTHER Scale.
p. S.-Would like to correspond with the
cousins.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here comes
another Georgia boy to join your happy band
of boys and girls. live in the country and
like country life fine. Well, what are YOU
cousins doing for pastime. | am hauling wood.
Well, l win describe myself: ! am fourteen,
weigh 40 pounds, am six feet tall, have blue
eyes, black hair, medium complexion. Dear
Aunt Julia, please find enclosed ten cents, for
which send me club button Roy1 r ETNE FGgFin
Ball Ground, Ca, R. No. ., Box 80
Dear Aunt Julia: Would you admit little
Tennessee girl into your happy band OF cousins
l have been silent reader of the letter box;
have read all the letters and certainly enjoy
reading them. am 10 years of age, and go
a farm and like farm life best. l live y
mile from the school building. Aunt Julia,
please print this, as want to surprise mamma
and papa. Well, | will close wishing you ana
all Of the cousins great success. I am your
loving niece, EDNA PLEMoNS.
Athens, Tenn, r. 4.
My Dear Aunt Julia: have written one
letter that was printed a good while ago,
and ! have been reading the cousins letters,
started in September and my teachers name
is MFR. Charlie Murph, and he is a fine one.
! am in the fifth grade at school and l sure
myself: | have auburn hair, blue eyes and
fair complexion and my age is between II
and Il. and weigh ninety-fiye pounds. l
live in Concord, n. &. | would rather live
in tov,u than thp country. will close nv
answering Roy Chants riddle. It's a wagon.
Am ! right? ! will ask a riddle Not on a
you tell me. Now | will stop, hoping TO see
this in print. Wishing Aunt Julia and the
cousins n happy New Year. Good bye: Your
cousin, GOTTA LINK.
Concord, N. c.
Dear Aunt: As il. has been nearly four
months since l sent the book you gave me,
Jean of the Lazy A, to the cousins in S. c.,
TO read, and have not yet heard from it,, l
writing you through this paper to find
out which of the cousins has it, and if he
is through reading it, to please return il to
me, as ] have a friend who wishes to read it
very much. Wishing you happy New Year,
| am your niece, GEORGIA GREGG.
Summerville, 5. c.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins Will you ad-
nit another Alabama girl into your happy
band of cousins? | have been a silent reader
of the cousins letters for quite q while. I
have blue eyes, light hair and fair complexion.
between 8 and l., What do YOU cousins do
for pastime: L play dolls and bah and many
other games. ] will answer Emma Manila Phil
lips riddle: Star. Am ! right? Hope MIR.
Wastebasket won't got this one, as 1t is my
first time If he don't, l will write again.
Hope to sec this in print Wishing you all
a happy New Year. NADENE WATFoRD.
Ashford, Ala, Box 96.
Dear Aunt Julia: Here I come begging ad.
mission to your happy circle. We have been
taking the dear old Journal for many years.
1t is always a welcome visitor to our home.
What 10 you cousins think of the awful war !?
| think it is the worst thing that has ever
been. Nobody realizes what it means till they
see their brothers have to 90. l have
brother in the U. s. navy. He is at training
station at Newport r. !. He left home on
August the 9Th; nc has not been home since
he left. ! am glad l have no brothers that
are slackers. I think it is duty to do
my! ] believe I hear Mr.. wastebasket hob
bling in. ! had better skip out before he
gobbles me NJ. Aunt Julia Il you think this
worthy Of space. please print It. | will close,
wishing Aunt Julia and all the cousins a
happy New Year. remain, your new cousin
ETA FRANCE.
Dallas, Ca.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins Please let
me have a seat by Aunt Julia. have never
seen letter from this. part Of North Caro-
lima. Did all the cousins have n nice Christ
mas. and did you receive lots Of presents?
received nine. I hope dear Aunt Julia had
nice one. | have two sisters. two brothers
Younger than myself Santa Claus came TO
zee them. but some way or other missed me.
My age is between twelve and fourteen.
am in the sixth grade at school. Dallas, N.
C.. is not city nor hardly town, but call
it a town rather than village Well. l
hope the wastehasket will be gone away when
my letter comes through. 7 hope all the
dear cousins and Aunt Julia will have a happy
New Year. Will close with a riddle: As
went across the London bridge, heard a
under the bridge: If tell his name I
will be to blame. so l have told his name five
times with lots of love to Aunt Julia and
cousins, am, sincerely. new cousin.
WILMA I. BALLARD.
Dear Aunt Julia: will you please let
little girl nine years old, with brown eyes,
light complexion and brown hair, join your
hapUy band? I live on farm and have one
brother ana two sisters to play with me- Your
sneads Ferry. y. c.
Dear Aunt Julia: 1t is with the greatest
pleasure that l write to this happy band.
Now, did you all enjoy the Xmas? Fine, I
hope Auntie and Cousins, think more OF
the Semi Weekly Journal than any other paper
we get. Hone every child of my size and
age does. Well ] will describe myself:
am five feet tall. have light hair. blue eyes
and fair complexion, and am twelve years old.
How many OF you have nv age and my birth
day, which is January 10? l would like 10
Julia's letter boy is the ticket for us boys
and girls. I live farm. large planta-
ton. For nets | have cat and duck-legSed
chicken. Roy Chants, the answer to your
riddle is n wagon. Am I correct: My father
is dead; been dead three years. only have
a mother. going TO school. NY teachers
name is Miss Rlginia Mabel Herring. 7 am
in tho sixth grade. TIazelle Parker. the an
Sgcr 70 your riddle j. a mirror. Well, I will
c'oS". Wishing Aunt Julia and cousins a happy
New Year. 1 will answer any cards and let
tors received. NERNICE HARRELI.
camilla. Ca. r. F. y. !, Boy 81.
nnar Julia he
aiar I did not stop to. knock so I don't
know whether ! am welcome or not. but feel
very comfortable with YOU here.
7 am little girl and live among the noun
tains Of western North Carolina.
DID I say little. well not very I weigh 1T2
pounds and not yet twelve years old. 60
to school five months in the year. the rest Of
the time I help mamma work 7 can hoe corn,
holm nara saw wood and a big stack OF dishes
doesn't scare me. Some girls think it a dis
grace to work ont but consider it an honor
ra thor.
Aunt Julia and cousins sure have enjoyed
if 7 do will come again. Wishing you all a
happy New Year. I win take my flight.
BILLY
Cello y. c.
Dear Aunt Julia: Win you admit another Mt
tic girl to your corner. I am seven years old,
with blue eyes and golden hair. go to school
and am in the second grade, my teachers name
is Mrs. Smith. have little net and that
is a little white dog, her name is Nellie.
have only one brother, his name is Hyzier and
eleven years old. We go to school at Carnes-
all the time. I will not make my letter any
longer and If il does not reach the waste
basket I win write again. Wishing Aunt Julia
a happy New Year,