Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-30

scribe themselves, 1 will also. so here l go,
black hair and blue eyes, feet inches tall
weight 13S pounds, age sixteen. Will an,
swer all letters and cards received. Win
close with best wishes to Aunt Julia anG
'"0'' (Miss] OLYMPIA DUKE
Reidsville, N. c., r. f. ID. 4.
l inclose 10 cents for the French baby.
Dearest Aunt Julia and Cousins. have
+ been a silent reader of your letter box for
some time and would like very much to join
the happy band. Oh, my! Cousins, just look
how fast the grass is coming up, it will
soon be time to get the hoes out and go to
work.
Well, it seems like it is the rule so I will
describe myself and go, 1 am feet inch
es tall, have brown hair and eyes, fair COM
plexion, weigh 121 pounds and am fifteen
years old. Will answer ALL letters received
Your cousin,
ROSA GRESHAM.
Rome, Ca, Route 8.
P. S.-Inclosed find dime for baby.
Dearest Aunt Julia and Loving Cousins
Will you admit little lonesome girl from
London, n. c., to join your cozy corner,
for a few minutes this rainy afternoon? 1
guess the cousins are wondering what 1
look like. Now listen, I'll be twenty sum
mers young the 22d of June, have jet black
hair, brown eyes, and fair complexion, be-
lieVe me, I'm some peach. Would like to
get birthday shower the 22d of June. so
cousins let the letters fly. / live in the
country, help milk and keep house. Some
times 1 crochet. 1 have a cow and dog
eleven little ducks, they sure are cute.
Some Of you good looking cousins come over
and help me hoe. I think it is just grand
of , Aunt Julia to adopt the little French
oceans of love to one and all.
MISS TERESA O'DONOGHUE.
New London, N. c., Route 2, Box 104.
Aunt Julia please print this.
Dearest Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
nj nnc limit -
your happy band of boys and girls? / live
among the Blue mountains of north Geor-
gia I also live in the country, and like
farm life we'll One can live so close to
nature on the farm and in the country.
What do you cousins do for pastime? 1t
is worthless to tell you all do, for I do
great many things. 1 help do the house
work and help on the farm. That ism
pastime, though, is it?
Yes, Amt Julia, think it will be better
TO call our summer Letter Box our twilight
club. And the idea of a short story telling
hour is Just grand to me. come IN favor
of it. Won't you cousins come, too, and
help vote it in? 1 think it will be pleasant
for each cousin to write their letters when
they finish their days work and tell the
happenings of the day. 1t viii be getting
closer to nature, won't it?
But the greatest plan of all is the adop-
tlOn of the little French war orphan. When
we do duty for one of the little French
orphans we are doing it unto Christ. 1t is
! nothing more than our duty to do so, but all
of Aunt Julia's plans are grand She never
lays plans before US that she thinks we
can't fulfill. | am glad we have such a
courageous leader, aren't you, cousins?
Say, why don't more of you soldier boys
write? l haven't seen very many letters
from the soldiers yet. 1 would be glad to
see letter from all of you soldiers in the
United States. Come and tell us your ex-
| perience in army life. and also your life in
france They will be appreciated by all.
| Ihe soldiers seem so near to us because they
far
| reatest honor.
| As 1 wasn't admitted before, I will de-
| scribe my ugly self and go. Blonde hair
| blue eyes. fair complexion, feet inches
| tall, weight 120 pounds, age eighteen. Who
| has my MISUNDERSTANDING 18th? Would
| be glad if you cousins would write to me-
| 4cur letters will be appreciated. l will an
! sWer all l receive.
Aunt Julia, hope to be admitted If
| see this in print l will come again. In
closed find dime for baby. With love,
Your niece and cousin,
MAGNOLIA NIX.
Blairsville, Ga, Route 2.
Dear Aunt julia: Will you please admit
| another boy from the Cracker state into your
| happy band of boys and girls? l have beer
| reading the cousins letters without letting
| you know it long enough.
cousins, l think If all our aunts were al
! good as Aunt Julia the world would be in 0
| lots better shape.
l am a new cousin, so I will describe my
! self, as | see the others do. Don't you
| cousins make fun of me- now Here goes
Dark hair, blue eyes, fair complexion and
| feet TX inches tall, 165 pounds heavy
will leave my age for you cousins tc
guess-betWeen twenty and twenty-five
! years. 1 am a farmer, and like it fine. j
will tell you a few things we raise dowr
here: Cotton, corn, peanuts and beans fol
| the market. We also have potatoes, bott
the sweet and Irish kind; sugar cane, fielc
| peas, etc. But these are seldom raised fol
| market purposes around here
Some of you cousins write to me. ] will
answer all letters received. Ten cents in
! closed for pretty little Yvonne.
| DANIEL A. JERNIGAN.
! Blakely Ga, Route 2.