Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-08-13

here in our beloved, land and we are not
going TO have Sc that's why l say send
your boys along with smile. They VIII MAKE
better soldiers. Dear mothers, let IT be
plea SAINT nental picture or you he carries away
with him. | know I'm very small person
10 be giving you mothers advice. but lets hear
from some of the soldier Boys On that subject.
I'm going to mention the Soldiers Relief CLUB
in my Sunday school. l think | can get most
of my class interested in it, | know all the
girls will want to help make the pillows and
cases for poor sick boys, and all Tue men
will be more than willing TO give one small
dime | know everybody wants ID take a
shot at that beast the Germans call their be-
loved kaiser. Send in your dimes. cousins
they are all shot more at the ola BEAST
(kaisRr'. Just keep shooting the hines unai'
tiers and dollars at hinI-they'l get INN yet
IN send some more money for tie mercy WORK
Just as soon as I can Love for eyery l,2EIr
Bethel. Tenn. r. l.
NV Dear Aunt Julia: I am, Knocking for ad-
mittance' again. l want stay long guess
YOU cousins have forgotten me now, as
Invent written since March. come ths time
with a dollar for Aunt Julia's Soldiers Relief
club. I am proud of club. and we must
all do our best to make II success am
only too glad TO help.
i am sure all you cousins want your brothers
as comfortable as ! do mine. not only want
my brothers. but all. / have one dear brother
at Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga. He made
large crop this year, and when Uncle Sam
needed him. he ready to respond to the
he isn't'a Stacker. What you cousins doing
for pastime these summer days? ! have been
canning, preserving and drying fruit. We have
100 jnrs, and haven't began ON our late FRUIT
vet We have a canning factory at Asheville.
We are planning to send our surplus yegeta-
bles there as we have a splendid garden. Aunt
Julia wish you could help enjoy our nice
melons, for they sure are fine. What has
become of our illustrious poet, Charles Wag-
ener? Come agin with another poem. The one
you wrote for Aunt JBIia's corner fine.
| almost forgotten
Aunt Julia said about our lengthy letters, so
pardon for OBTAINING you so long. | will
close with best wishes.
MAMIE ELIZABETH GLENN.
'Ashville, Ala. Route 1. o.. -
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: After long
a time, | thought L would write you again.
] like the cousins letters fine, especially Mr..
Iuffs; and say Mr.. Huff. when you 60 to
.France~I hope you will meet my brother, who
write to him and cheer him up ! will give
you his address, and if any of you hear from
him, let me know through Aunt Lulia's Letter
Box. His address is as follows: Private VIII
liam Oscar Bailey, Detachment Co. A; Forty
first Engineers, American E. F., via New York,
sure wish good luck to all the soldier boys
How many Of you cousins have sweethearts in
the army?
Aunt Julia am just AN orphan girl, and
can not do much to. help win this war. but
am sending 10 cents for the relief club, as
haven't time to send anything now, as it is
fruit canning time, and hope this little 10
cents will help you in, some way. Let us pray,
Aunt Julia, for the brave boys with the colors
fighting for us and our country. They are
needing 81 much more prayer. Let us pray
for their victory.
With love and hest wishes to auntie and
cousins, am, cousin,
Lawrenceville, Ga, Route 4.
Dear Aunt Julia: | thought 1 would write
you few lines today, and l hope it escapes
the waste basket. l wrOtes once before, but
guess he got it, I come this time though in
favor Of AUNT Julia's Soldiers Relief Club
| think that suggestion is fine, and We all
should try and help the wounded soldiers. or
brother "Over there" l going to start
taking up collection from my friends for 10
cents month, and l am willing to send 10
guess / will close for this time. 1 hope the
cousins like the club all o. X Some of you
Your cousin and niece
OLIVE ]. BURGESS.
Riverside, Md.
P. S-Please find enclosed 10 cents for a
club pin.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you admit
a little Georgia girl into. your happy circle?
have brown hair and eyes, fair complexion,
weigh 96 pounds, and fourteen years old.
Well cousins let's do everything we can to
win this dreadful war. i have three brothers
in the army, one in France, and l have one lit
tie brother at home, twelve years old.
udNeH-t any. SiSlfES at HOlHes lhtHk IL Is d
great honor for the boys to enlist and not he
made to 90, don't YOU, auntie? All my broth
erS enlisted over a year ago. Two of them
helped to guard the border of Mexico
Private f. Luther Huff | think your letter
Just fine. Write oftener, for us girls enjoy
reading your letters. How many of you cousins
like to go to school? | do. Auntie, what
do you think of the kaiser? Don't you think
he is very cruel? certainly think How
I wish girls could he seldiers, Some think they
could go and have all those Germans killed
in day or two. Maybe if they could and were
to go to France they would find it the same as
our brave boys have. Some of the people here
think the Germans will whip, but do not think
myself, hut ] hope the allies will win.
Some Of you cousins write to me. | will be
sure and answer them ALL for | am so lonely.
Come and me, Aunt Julia and cousins
and will go riding Auntie, I am sending
a dime TO the Relief club. So goodbye
auntie and cousins.
ROSA GRIFFIN.
Patterson, Ga, Route I, Box 20.