Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-12-11


Dear Auntie and Cousins: Gee! How cold
it is in these Tennessee hills today! My!
If YOU don't open the door quick, this little
girl will freeze, eli? But / know Aunt
Julia is Just too kind-hearted to turn anyone
away. Wake up, Anna Keif! What on earth
is wrong with you? Come on with your
nice. interesting letters. Cousins, what do
you say2 Suppose we declare war on
useless and similar phrases. Now please
don't feel offended. / am only suggesting
that we "cut out such phrases as my nse
IS between" Who would ever waste time
guessing at our age when they mad no way
of know ing whether their guess was correet
or not? And for goodness sake, somenody
say "iet your letters walk to On, ina
would be too slow, wouldn't it-Ha! ha! "
course they can and 40 fly since tne adFent
If airplanc mail, but won't you agtea WIN
me that it makes the Letter BOX Nss MI ,itti.
csting when so many Of us use the same ittie
phrases? Well. must be going. nope 10
see you again some day With h, pest est T'sneS
TO oil, MOLLlE BEahH'
Talbot, Tenn
Dear Auntie and Cousins: wonder # you
will let me in few moments, as IN pd'
lonely this evening. As l have written oe.
fore. I will not describe myself. will only
say 1 am n blond eleven years OF age ana
was twelve years OF age November a. 10 iy ron
cousins going to school now? I'm IN favor
of adopting the American child and VIII 40
nv bit for her. How many OF you cousins
like to read good books? / certain 40
Well, as my letter is getting long, ! will
close Wishing you a Merry Christmas ana
Pp' Your cousin
BERT1S BRUCE.
Jacksonville, Ga, Route 2.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: viii you
plense admit two little Georgia girls into
your happy band? We live on farm OF ioo
acres about four miles west or Woodour!-
lust mother and three little girls. Our only
brother married and moved away, and papa
is dead, so we get quite lonely sometimes.
How many of the cousins ike schoolE We
go to school in town, and like 1t fine. we
are in the fifth and sixth grade. Our ages
IRE between eleven and fifteen, and to the
one guessing the correct ages we Will SEND
our photos. Now am afraid W are sIaylng
most too long for the first time. II we
relycs next time. We will bid you all adieQ
for today. with much love to Aunt Julia and
the '00S'HS' GLADYS EVANS.
NELLIE EVANS.
Woodbury.. Ga, r. F. y. 2. RS!
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: We are
surely having some cold weather now. 1t
has been raining and icicles We're hanging
off the roofs and trees this morning; live
like country life fine Aunt Julia, we
have the incest new school. Four schools
near here were consolidated and our build
ing built and finished in two months and
a half. There are now three teachers. !
guess we will have to do some extra work
and make money to buy pictures, maps,
piano, etc. I enjoyed reading of your POUR
ney to the Berry school. Well, | had better
describe myself, it seems to be the rule
Have brown hair, gray eyes, and am almost
six feet tall. Jast lack four inches Am
mentary description, 1 am sure: Cousins,
we better watch out for the pea Patch
ers'' They must be clan similar to the
''Ku-Klux Khan" of former days there
is such a bunch of them. Come, all OF you.
and write me. will try to send reply. ]
"'''' CORDELIA HADLTY.
Chipley, Ca, Route 1.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
please admit a Georgia girl into your happy
silent reader of the letter box long time
and enjoy it very much. / see that most
of the cousins enjoy music. / must say
do. 1 can play an organ very well; nave
been taking lessons quite while. Am
taking lessons from a blind man and he Is
a real good teacher. l won't ruin my letter
by describing myself. as ! am NOT very
pretty. If anyone wishes to know how !
look just write me letter and ! WIZ
tell you Cousins, write me and l Will
assure you an answer FqGr e1 AYERS ;h0
Marietta Ca, Route 4,
The pest friend man has IN TINS woriu
NAV turn against him and become ms
enemy, but the one that never deserts h'hi
IS his dog. o+ ,o,.,- of
dorS both large and small. While 1 write
this my dog. Adam, is lying at my Iser,
Now just little bit of history ABOUT Aoa"
before l go any further. 49, .,,,rr
Tie ia nv third dog, the other two having
met with sod fates. A girl who lives near
me found him lying down in their pasture, Iatt
nearly dead Some one ios snppD psn+ min him So
she gave him to me- I nursed him back to
health and he is looking fine now; ne
awfully intelligent. Yesterday afternoon,
fold him tn go find me. He hunted IN every
room whining all the time, and then went
outside to look He surely Is glad 10 see gee
nc wher come home after | rave nsen no orr
sonso than any other animal. They LOOK so
owfnl!y detected when they are scclden'
can't hardly stand to see one WI w,r.Fpeo'
P~othcr saws I'm too easy on my PETS and
aon,t make them mind me. but ] behave IN
orr motto. "IIe,n for the Helnless-kindness
To All Dumb Things" ! don't oeneEe W.
could have selected a better one: LOVING!
Matthews, N. c.
Good morning. boys and girls. Here CONES
twins from College Park to join the happy
band. So as it is the rule. we Will describe
| run. Here goes Both of us are fair and
have black hair, blue eyes. feet inches
high and weigh 125 pounds our age IL ne
| tween il and 10; see who can guess Wns
has our birthday-June 81. I gness had
better close, ms see Mr.. W. B. coming;
| II Mr., w B. don't get this we Will eau
ngain Here is n riddle. see who can guess
| If: why is n bald headed man like heavenA
'i0'H CARRIE AND JUNIOR JAMES.
College Park, Ca, Route ?, Boy l20.