Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-09-23
THE LETTER BOX
FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS
Help for the Helpless-Kindness to
All Dumb Things"
Rules

Help for the Helpless-Kindness to
All Dumb Things"
| Rules
No unsigned letters printed.
No letter written on both sides or
paper printed.
All letters not to exceed $50 to 200
words.
Dear Children-Now that many of
you will be starting to school L want
| to talk to you a little bit about your
books.
| Please do not write all over your
| text books; don't disfigure them.
| Nothing gives me such bad i'm
| preston as to pick up a book and
find the leaves turned down and Ell
Their useless writing on the margin
of the pages or simple pictures
! drawn there. 1t just bespeaks an
idle, foolish mind. Learn young to
respect and love books; they are
worth it. From the standpoint of
ure books. If they are in decent
condition, they can be passed on to
| other children.
| DSdL ILLS Ill IIllllu1 WOll YOU
| Lovingly, AUNT JULIA
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
admit an Alabama girl into your jolly band?
Daddy takes The Journal and we all can't
| wait for 1T to come. 1 always read the
Letter Box first first wonder what You
revival meetings for about three weeks.
spent almost all last week visiting, but
attended revivals while was away. l
| IL, ryI,Awa
am not busy helping with the homework.
l am also a great lover of music. live in
| the country and love the scenes of nature.
1 will tell about some of the places near
| here. We live about three miles from yell
| low Creek Falls. l enjoy going there on
picnics. visited Daniels cave a few days
! ago. It is large cave, about $50 feet long
and so feet wide. Inside the cave are
petrified trunks of trees which reach from
top to bottom of the cave. There is large
rock in 1t, which resembles an elephant very
much. The cave is almost on the bank Of
| Little river. We live near small noun
tain. which is a pretty view. How many Of
you cousins have scrapbook? | have one,
| which value very much. 1t contains
| poetry, jokes and all kinds of readings.
get lots from The Atlanta Journal 1 place
the good letters from the Letter Box in it.
| L suppose some of you cousins are getting
ready for school. Center High school, the
| one l attend, will open next week, so you
see our vacation is over. sam sure Aunt
| Julia has enjoyed her vacation very much.
| All who wish write to me. Ill assure an
answer. Sincerely yours, -
Round Mountain. Ala.
Hello, Aunt Julia and cousins! Move over
bit and make room for another cousin
! from Georgia. 1 always read the letters,
and enjoy them very much. What are you
/ cousins doing these days? 1 have been
| teaching, but at home for vacation.
| 1 have taught two terms, and like it fine.
very often get letters from my pupils, and
| those who have taught know what interest
| ing ones they can write. How many of You
like to go to the creek these long summer
| days and eat dinner there? I, for one. en-
| joy that especially when the fish will bite.
How are you going to spend the Fourth?
| We have planned to have fish fry and
picnic Come over and be with us. l am
! sure we would have nice time. My home
| is in the country, and I don't think would
cousins. Guess I had best stop or Aunt
to close SCI letter" I am twenty-one years
old Best wishes to alb n,7AY new s9nhI,1
| Iron City. Ga.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: 1 wonder if
| you will make room for lonely bachelor
in your merry circle. 1 have been silent
reader for long time, and get much pleas
ure from reading the good letters of the
cousins from the different states. 1 am
| living alone on farm. l farm. raise chick
| ems and can do most any kind of work
| about the house, such as canning, fruit
| making, preserves and jellies. 1 get very
| lonesome at times, so you cousins please
write to me and I will try to answer all
letters and cards received. With many good
]. W. MILLER.
Bolivar. La.
| Dear Aunt Julia: Here comes two girls
from Tennessee to join your happy band of
boys and girls. We live on a farm and like
farm life fine. Our ages are between four
teen and sixteen. What do you cousins do
for pastime? We go in bathing and 60
horseback 1Ss5 K, riding. We will go to high
the ninth grade. We will go before we dis
obey your rules All of you cousins write
and send your picture to go in our album.
We want to see who will get the most let
| ters. Your loving cousins and neices.
ALTON ALTO 81 sHIvERs.
Ashland City, Tenn, Route 1.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: just
t to write sgan it has been some
| just hope l. will be admitted, but if in the
event 1 am not 1 will just wait until 1 can
have an interesting letter to send, for 1 am
most of the cousins like good music and
flowers. 1 must say 1 do, for there is
nothing like better in home. You folks
must visit us this fall as we have an extra
fine melon patch. / have been reading
| many, many letters painted in the L. B.,
but l have never found out who has my
birthdate yet. February %. Surely some
one has it, for would not like. to be the
| only one. Every one of you must write me
big healthy reply. With all my love to
auntie and cousin, and wishing you all sue
cess for future happiness Lovingly.
| DELTA SUTHERLAND.
Tiny, Va, Box 3.
| Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: 1t has been
| quite a while since l wrote to this corner
My letter was printed then, so 1 am writing
! again, and 1 surely hope this will be printed
| also. / received lots of letters, and appre-
! ciated every one. though it impossible
to answer all. There were some whom
| corresponded with for a while, but had to
| quit writing to them, and l would be very
much pleased to write to them now if they
care to write to me. With love to all. I am
DORRIS SUTTON.
| De Funiak Springs. Fla.
| Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
admit a Florida girl into your happy circle?
| l have been a silent reader of the Letter
| Box for some time. 1 am farm girl, and
| like farm life fine. I live on forty acres.
| 1 go to school every day. 1 am fourteen
years of age and will study the seventh
| grade this winter. My birthday is April
| 18TH 1 wonder if any of you cousins have
| my birthday. AS it is late, I will close.
| All you cousins write to me. will answer
| all letters received. One new cousin,
GLADYS NORRIS.
Bluff Spring. Fla.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins Won't you
| please let a little girl twelve years of age
join your happy circle for chat? 1 have
| and enjoy it very much. All of you boys
| and girls of my age write to me. With
| love to ALL am new cousin,
MAMIE LUSEND BARNES.
Andrews. S. c., Route 1. Box 80.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will You