Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-31


a Florida girl into your happy band? i, like
most all the other cousins, live ON farm,
100 miles south of Jacksonville, Fla. l like
farm life fine
Well, as this is my first attempt to write
to your letter box, l will describe myself
and go: Dark hair, brown eyes, medium
complexion, feet inches high, weigh 40
pounds, age eighteen years. All you cousins
who would like to correspond with Florida
girl let your letters .f Fly to NrwRrRN
volusia, Fla, Box s.
P. ST am sending you bunch of
pressed violets. A. y.
Hello, Aunt Julia and Old Friends.
I an old member of the c9us-
just read Aunt Julia's talk on the care of
a child at Faith cottage, and as she asked
us to write what we thought about it l de.
cided to write. l certainly am i'll favor Of
this, don't think could take up a better
work. Am sure we can raise the amount re-
qured. Yes, Aunt Julia, think it would
be nice to take care of child and see
her training and educa ton be continued each
year. l am sending 10 cents. Say cousins,
how you al lenjoying this pretty wealth
er after much rain and cold weather. L
am as happy as a bird over it. Am always
glad to see spring weather and it was late
coming this time We have just got our
flower seeds planted. L enjoy planting and
watching the plants grow and, best of all,
bloom. l love beautiful flowers. Would
like to exchange seeds with some one, eSpe-
cially want some variegated and double Pc
tunia seeds. Write first what you have and
want, as l don't wont to take up the room
here to tell all the kinds l have. What has
become of Maude Young and Thelma Smith?
Well as my letter is growing too long I'll
bid you all adieu.
Dawson, Ala, Route /.
Dear Auntie and Cousins: We are two
school gills. We read your letter about
paying esOlAc little Orphans way through
school We live about eighteen miles from
no In Ray1, SobOol is n fine school
Don't you cousins think we can pay at least
one childs tuition, which would be SlO0t
We think it grand TO have adopted Gvonne
but really now, don t you thll.k we ought
to help some little orphan in America? We
can't think of any better way than helping
one to get an education We hope you all
agree with us. Berry. is an a. and NJ. school.
1t would he 4 good place for boy or girl
either Today we know that the agricul-
turist should be educated. 1t is true that
Mother Earth is SO kind and generous that
seed will terminate and grow with careless
and thoughtless attention, yet she is still
more generous in her yield to those who
follow her through her various Windings
While the boys have agriculture and shop
work. girls take domestic science and domeS-
tic art, They are taught the chemistry Of
fOOdStUffs ard the artistic arrangement OF
the home. In the domestic art department.
the girls ere taught to cut and fit correctly.
There is a separate room for each of these
branches. We cant tegin TO tell you how
great it is. Aunt Julia is looking for Mr..
W. B. now Would like to correspond with
some of the cousins near our ages /, LII
liam am eighteen, and l. Jettie, am TtXteen.
'''' N LILLIAN BROWN.
Coosa, Ga, Route 1. "
Cedar bluff, Ala, Route ..
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Wonder
if you would admit another Georgia girl
into your happy band of boys and girl As
it is the rule for the first time, l will
describe myself. l > feet inches
high, weigh 100 pounds, light hair. gray
eyes ard fair complexion. My age is fiji
teen. I wonder how mHny of you cousins
go to school. I do. Our school will clos
this coming Friday. Last week we stood
the state examination for the seventh grade.
There were five of IT'S passed and got OU-
certificates You know l was proud
that. We are not going to have anythi;'
the last day of school, except lessons /
live eight miles southeast of Cordele, Ca,
on farm. We raise cotton, corn, peanuts,
cane all kinds of vegetables, watermelons
and cantalOupes. We have lots of fruit,
such as peaches. grapes, plums and several
Others I go to church every third Sunday,
to Sunday school every Sunday evening ex-
cent the second go to an old Sacred Harp
singing. Wonder if you all can sine
their kind of books Just wonder how many
of you girls and boys would like to CO..
respond with me. I would like to cor
respond with all that will answer this let
'e'' '"i ~ LUC1E WATSON.
CQrdele. Ca, II. F. D.. Box 151.
Dear Aunt Julia and All: I have becH
reading your letter box for long time and
now with great pleasure am writing a let
ter. 1 live a large farm southeast OF
Cordele. Ga. As it is the rule.
describe myself. I am feet > inch.
high, weigh 100 pounds, light hair, gray
eyes, and fair complexion. My age is
fifteen Wonder what You cousins are do
dave
to school now studying and having a good
time. Our school will close Friday, April
%. I will be busy working in the house
planting in the garden and visiting, which