Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-08-08

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My Dear Children: While away
| I received a postal from my sister
| saying she had just paid a visit to
| the Berry school. She met Gladys
| Ellerby, whom you all know well.
You'll be interested in this I know.
| She saw our own Inez-the good
| news she brought about Inez will
| inspire you I know to go forward
with your good work.
Christmas is not far off and our
benevolent fund is small. Let's go
| to work with a will-give up some
| little pleasures-and send our mite
| for our work. Lovingly,
AUNT JULIA.
! Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: 1 am going
| to give you all q short sketch of the life of
Captain Miles Standish." He was small
in size, with yellow hair, quick of temper
and brave as lion in his dealings with the
Indians. He and sixteen followers were the
first of the Pilgrims to land from the May
| flower His wife died the first year of the
colony, when so many perish from hard
ships. At one time Standish and six others
were the only weel ones. They brought all
the wood, made all the fires, cooked most of
the food, and even washed the clothes Of
nearly the entire colony. One day Captain
Standish had gone in a boat to buy some
corn from the Indians who lived down the
coast. The wind had ceased to blow and he
was forced to spend the night ON shore. The
indians talked in friendly way but STAN
dish discovered plot to kill him, one Indian
invited him to spend the night. He accepted
the Invitation but instead of lying down he
loaded his gun and kept it ready on his knee
as he sat by the five. The Indian begged
him to go to sleep but he knew if he did the
Indian would kill him. He stayed awake all
night and the next morning he forced the
indian to follow him to the boat and back
to Plymouth. Captain Standish required
every man to carry his gun with him and be
ready to use it. In this way he kept down
the Indians, inspired courage and hope and
He was the type Of a sturdy colonist whose
patience helped to make a colony as the
same colony helped to make nation. Will
close by asking all the cousins to write. Was
just ''sweet sixteen the 4th of May. Your
new niece and cousin,
LOLA BRANGAN.
Danielsville, Ca, Route 1.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
please admit a lonesome North Carolina boy
into this happy band Of boys and girls?
am twenty-five years old and would like to
hear from some girls and boys anywhere be-
tween the ages of sixteen to twenty five.
Ny favorite sports are baseball and swim
ming. All you cousins please write me and
Will be sure to answer it.
Bastis, N. c., Rouse 4.
Dearest Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will
you admit two girls from the dear old
state of South Carolina into your happy
band? We enjoy reading the letter box
very much. 1t is so sweet of Aunt Julia to
| let us have cOzy little corner for little
chats with each other. We live on a farm
and think farm life is just grand. What
go fishing and help our mothers. l., Eunice,
| have one pet my little baby sister. l will
describe my self briefly, but am bru-
Sadie, have a pet kitty, her name is
Flossy. l am a brunette and have light
complexion and gray eyes. Some Of you
ami swimming. Won't that be fun? Hope,
ing to see this in print, with much love
to all.
EUNICE NJ. HATCH,
SADIE FREEMAN.
Manning, S. G.
Dearest Aunt Julia and Cousins Here
comes a country girl from the dear old
state of Louisiana: Wonder what you eous-
many of you cousins love. to so to school?
do I am IS years old and study the
see it in print. Aunt Julia, if you print
this letter l will come again. | wish some
of you cousins to come some time and go
in swimming with me. I know we would
love to aunty and all the cousins, | am,
your new cousin, RUBY PIERCE.
Route No. /, Bolivar. La.
Dear Aunt Julia: 1 will write you just a
few lines this pretty morning. l am 16
years of age. We sure have some pretty
cotton on our farm. 1t is blossoming now:
also have pretty corn and potatoes and oats.
I sure will be glad when our school starts.
1 will be in the seventh grade. My little
brother has two pet goats. They certainly
| are pretty. He wouldn't take anything for
them, l don't suppose, for he plays with
them most of his time. If any of you
cousins want to write to a Louisiana girl
just mail your cards and letters. l will
close for this is my second attempt,
(MISS) OTIRA PIERCE.
Bolivar, La, r. 1, Box ~.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
please admit lonely Georgia girl into
| your happy band? 1 enjoy reading the
cousins letter. live near the okefenokee
swamp, in small village about twenty
you cousins do for pastime on these hot
summer days. help tend to the cow,
feed the chickens and work in the garden.
| Well, 1 will not describe myself this time,
has my birthday, August 10? All you cous-
ms write to me and see If you don't get an
answer. remain aim your new Cz1 cousin ribEps
| Waycross, Ca, Box 242.
Dearest Aunt and Cousins: have been
a silent reader Of the letter box for some
time, and just haven't had courage enough
to write, but am making an attempt now.
pastime this rainy afternoon: / am read
| ing, playing the organ and doing most
everything. I, like most Of the other cous-
ms, live on the farm and like it fine. !
think country life is the best there is. /
! forgot to tell you my age 1T is fifteen years.
| Who has my birthday, August 8? 1 will be
tsweet sixteen" All you cousins write to
me. l will answer all letters received. A
| new cousin,
EFFIE LORD.
Commerce, Ca, R. r. D. IA.
| Hello Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here comes
| West Virginia boy to join your happy
circle. 1 have been a reader of the letter
box for long time and think it is just
| grand.
| What do you cousins do for pastime? I
| go fishing, hunting, boating and swim ?ming.
| Wish you all were here with me. We would
| certainly have a jolly old time. 1 live on
| it fine, but sometimes when it is hot get
! lazy and don't like to work very much,
but really l am not lazy. You all know it
! is much nicer to lay in the shade on a
hot day but l don't get to do that all the
| time and don't want you to think that l
| do.
! I will not tell you all how 1 look for
| someone might run but will say my age is
between twenty and twenty three. I vans
! to get letter from each and every one
| of you. l will answer all l can and that
may be all of them
Sincerely yours,
| PERCIE BARKER.
Dear Aunt Julia: Here comes a girl from
Alabama, and may l get acquainted with
| some of you cousins.
| What do you cousins do for pastime? l
read good books, and attend to my flowers.
| l have some real pretty ones. VIII name
| some of them: Geraniums. ferns, begonias,
| irof; of oil