Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-29


going to school every day, in the fifth
| grade. I think it is so nice for you to
| adopt a little French baby. Enclosed you
will find 20 cents for the baby. VIII answer
al o"'N' anu 'N' BERTIE GILLIs.
Mount Vernon, Ga, Montgomery County.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
permit North Carolina boy into your happy
bend of boys and girls? have been silent
reader, of The Journal, and look for the
and like farm life fine. 1nclosed you will
find my dime for the French orphan.
Well, as all Of the new cousins do. I
will describe myself and 60, so do not run :
1 have black hair, brown eyes, light COM
plexion, 5 feet inches tall.
Well 1 will close with riddle, so here
go:
AS I was going through field of wheat
I picked up something good to eat.
1t was neither meat, flesh nor bone,
kept 1t till it ran alone. :
Let the letters fly to
WILLIAM TENNESSEE.
Bridgewater, N. g., Route 1.
Dear Aunt Julia: VIII you and cousins
admit a little Alabama girl into your happy
band of boys and girls? 1 think it SO nice to
adopt French orphan and Enclosed you will
find my 10 cents.
Guess I had better describe myself and
60 as this is my first letter; fair complexion,
blue eyes, light hair, weigh 125 pounds and
am feet inches tall, seventeen years old
Will answer all cards and letters received
Write me, cousins. Love to Aunt Julia and
B0ONA LEE WOOD,
Pigeon Creek, Route 1, Alabama
My Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: What
have you been doing this warm spring
weather? AS l live in the country, / have
been busily blowing getting our corn and
cotton ground ready for planting. Aunt Ju-
lSa Il fnrp 10 80, ~.
French baby& As I am a stranger, 1 will
describe myself, so here I go; feet inch
eS in height, bright complexion, weigh 90
bounds and thirteen years old, and is the
Carolina boys and girls, and let's don't let
the other states beat us, we can easily send
our nickels and dimes in order to help sup
port the French baby. L mean the nickels
ether little things that isn't worth much
to us. Many of us buy these huber blot
tiers and they amt worth a crumb of corn
bread to us Just blowing them up.) 1t
ought to be our delight to make the kid
happy, then when we get older and can't
do anything, some little kid will help US.
happy and think of what we done for others
in our youth l will close with a riddle,
White went in white, and white ran
whittee out of white. Gussie Bert, the
answer to your riddle is bottom bloom, am
right? Aunt Julia, please print this, some
of it anyway, if it is worth printing. Will
close with love to all. Your true cousin.
~ OSCAR LEE FLOWER. -
Glass, N. c., r. F. D. 1, Box 20.
Dear Aunt Julia: Will you admit Ala
bama girl into your happy band? We take
The Atlanta Journal and I sure do enjoy
reading the letter box. How many of you
cousins like flowers? 1 sure do. 1 work in
the yard nearly all the time. 1 told mother
that if l had a yard full Of all kinds of
flowers 1 would be the happiest person on
earth. AS all the others describe themselves
l WILL too; brown eyes, black hair, fair
complexion, feet high, weight 100 pounds
and age fourteen years. I will close for I
am afraid Mr.. Wastebasket will bet this
MeFaI, Ala. r. F. D. .. Box orS u.s. HG e. s. A.
Dear Aunt Julia: Will you let two little
Alabama girls join your happy band of boys
and girls? AS we are new cousins, we
will describe ourselves, I, Irma Thomas, live
M Sand mountain am feet inches high
have blue eyes, fair complexion and light
hair, will be fourteen years old the Goth of
April. l, Velma Evans, live in Clay county,
and am visiting my cousin, Erma. 1 have
dark hair and eyes and dark complexion,
will be seventeen years old next January.
We sure are having a fine time, have been
Down on the creek gathering mild flowers
this afternoon. Do any of you cousins GRO
Chef and tat? We do. We are in favor of
adopting the French baby and think it very
nice of Aunt Julia to think of such a plan.
We are sending a dime. We will close with
riddle. l met a man riding but yet he
was walking. As our letter is getting long
W. will close. Will answer all cards and
letters received.
EDNA