Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-10-17

| so / Will describe myself: Black hair, brown
eyes, medium complexion, weight siXty-forG
| pounds, feet 10 inches tall. My age Is
| between eleven and fourteenth.
new cousin. -
MAE EVERETT.
Pnehurst, Ga, Route >.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: VIII you
I naaso admit a South Carolina girl to join
| your happy band of boys and girls? live
| on a farm, and like farm life fine. what
| do you cousins do for pastime! knit,
| crochet ana embrOiler. l have knit me a
| sweater. | would like to exchange crochet
| samples with some of you cousins. AS 1t IS
| the rule, l Will describe myself, so don t
| you cousins get scared and run: Brown eyes,
| brown hair, fair complexion, ) feet . inches
| tall weigh los pounds, and am fourteen
| years of age. 1 will close.
Your new niece and cousin,
MILDRED DRUMMOND.
Woodruff, S. c.. Route B..
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: AS / have
never written 20 You before thought l
| would write you few lines. l hope you Will
| give me room. l will describe myself: l
| have dark brown hair, blue eyes and fair
complexion; weikh 1870 pounds, five feet tall.
| l would like to correspond with some of the
cousins. If l see this in print / will come
again.
MAMIE RHEAN HERR1NGToN.
Sardis, Ca, Route ., Box "a.
Dear Aunt Julia and the Cousins: Here l
come again. 1 wrote once before, but Mr..
W. b. got it. so l will try again. What
have you cousins been doing this hot sum
ner? I've been having chills and malaria
fever, hut / am well now. | live in the
north edge of Florida. We've been living
here almost year. Ny home state is dear
cd north Georgia, Floyd county, near Rome.
l have five sisters and one sweet little broth
or named Billie. AS he is the only boy liv-
ing, you may know we think lot of him.
My mother and father have seven children
wing and two dead. 1 am the oldest one
living and am fourteen years old. Who has
my irthday-Ahgust 18th? l will describe
T2eIf so here goes: Long brown curly hair,
brywn eyes, fair complexion and about .
feet . inches tail: weigh about 100 pounds.
will close with lots of love to auntie and
the cousins, new cousin,
MATTE HOLMES.
Lovett, Fla, Route l.
Dear Aunt Julia an Cousins: Please open
the door, as it is refining out here and it Is
''kinder'' cool. What do you cousins do for
nN&tme? l tat and wash dishes. How many
of You cousins like to go to school? l do for
one, and am in the ninth grade. Our school
starts in October. As my letter Is getting
length, I will describe myself and go: Have
black hair, blue eyes and medium complex
ion. Who has my birthday-Novcmber II?
| viii be ''sweet sixteen" Auntie, please
print this if it is worthy of space. Let your
letters fly to EDNA HASEL.
shuford, Miss, Route l.
BE We amazed and thunderstruck when you
learn that a girl from the state of South
Carolina is knocking for admittance at the
girls.
I, like most of the cousins, live on a farm
and like farm life fine. ] live eight miles
from Aiken, S. C. Come again, Fannie, -
the girl who asked us to write to her sick
friend. l am anxious to know your fun
name, as l suppose You live near me. Wen,
the rule is to describe, yourself, 50 get be
hind the stump and don't run like a wild
rabbit" Here goes: Fair, brown hair
Uuther Hupp, I can hear you Singer aloud
Please Keep quiet until ! finish) blue eyes,
weigh lis pounds age fifteen years. Who
has my birthday-June =?
|, too, think it so nice of Aunt Julia to
adopt little French lassie. ! saw her pic
t.nn+o in !, The Journal think she is real
Hey! Annie Kieff: you've stayed in your
cosy winter home long enough. Wake up
ard tell us some news. Charles Elders
please write TO The journal again, as your
Ellria kitchin. from Montana, and tell US
some more about your country. Oh, my!
how it is raining this afternoon! And I'm so
lonely. Good gracious Who is that? Why,
it's Mr.. W. r. coming down the stairs to
eat me. Goodness! Get out of my way and
let me run. If 1 am admitted this time,
Will come again. Aunt Julia, please pardon
me for staying SO long; will do better next
time come. All of you cousins write to
me and see if [ don't answer.
Your new niece and cousins,
RUBY JORDAN.
Aiken. S. c., r. f. D. 3.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: win you
please admit an Alabama girl into your
happy circle of boys and girls? What 90
YOU cousins do for pastime? I guess most
of us farm girls will soon be picking cotton.
Luther Huff, write often we all enjoy read
ing your letters. As it's the rule, [ will
describe myself: Brown eyes and hair, fair
complexion and weigh 1876 pounds. My age
is between nineteen and twenty-four.
Some of you cousins write to me. l am
sending nickel for Yvonne. ] will close
with riddle: Big at both ends, little in the
mid EIfCrc vi 0Y,d cir 10
SHIRLEY BURKETTE.
Butler Springs, Ala, Route 2, Box 3S.
My Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will
Won admit another North Carolina girl into
your happy band of boys and girls? Well,
as it is the rule, I will describe myself:
pleXion weigh 106 pounds. Now, you see
l am a honey, don't you? Oh I forgot to
tell you my age, I will let you ali guess
that; 1 am between thirteen and eighteen.
" ~ MAE FREEMAN.
Almond, N. C.
?. ST. am sending cents for the
French kid. I will answer all letters and
cards received.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
your happy band of boys and girls? l am
from the dear old state of South Carolina.
] have been silent reader of the letter
box for some while.
Well, as [ am a stranger [ will describe
mNSelI now. Don get scared ana ruiz
Here I GO Black hair, blue eyes, fair COM
pleXion; feet inches tall, weight 81
pounds, age ten years Well, ] will close
with a riddle: As l was wal,.mg through
a field of wheat | picked I'M something
good to eat: it was neither fish, flesh nor
bone. | kept it till it walked alane. What
is it, L will close, for my letter is getting
long.
Some of you cousins write to me- Let
your letters and cards fly to.
WILLIE A. NANCE.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cusins: Yill you
admit a South Carolina girl to your happy
circle of boys and girls? / live in the coun-
try and | think I like Country life best.
| Well, | will describe myself as most others
do: feet, have blue eyes, fair complexion,
and my age is fifteen years. Cousins. isn't
it grand of Aunt Julia to adopt the French
laSste As this is my first attempt 10 write
will bid adieu. Your cousin
ANNIE McCATHERN.
Sumter, S. c., Box 56-A, R. F. D. 8.
Dear Aunt Julia anc Cousins:
Here comes that old South Carolina
| girl again. Guess you all remember me-
| don't you?
| I think Aunt Julia is the most wonderful
| auntie in the world. Now cousins, how
| many agree with mo?
Come on S. c. girls and boys, don't
! what we ought TO he.
| Some of you cousins who have been
| writing such lovely letters write to me
| VIII answer all 1 can Aunt Julia l viii
| come again soon.
! Sincerely,
THELMA MATTHEW'S.
Coward, s. c.