Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-08-12
THE LETTER BOX
FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS
"Help for the Representatives, to
All Dumb Things"

"Help for the Helpless-Kindness to
All Dumb Things"
Rules
No unsigned letters printed.
No letter written on both sides of
paper printed.
All letters not to exceed $50 to 200
words.
Dear Children: 1 have had an ex-
| perience that wish you all could
have enjoyed with me.
Providence, r. l., is building a new
reservoir for it's water supply.
This is the first really big piece
of engineering I ever saw. The res
ervor will be at least 83 miles
around, irregular in shape, Of course,
! because it is to follow the head wa
tiers of the river that Is to give the
water.
| Whole villages will be destroyed,
| beautiful rock walls of many years
standing will have to come down,
and worst of all, great forests will
| be cut.
The dam is in course Of conStruc-
ton now and the work goes on day
and night and Sunday, foH at that,
it will take not less than four years
to complete the work, many people
think it will take ten. After the
engineering work IS done it will take
two full years to fill the reservoir.
Can't you picture what it will look
like when finished, this great sheet
of water bordered by forests and
rolling green hills.
hope I have in a way brought
a picture of it to your minds.
Lovingly, AUNT JULIA.
| Dear Aunt Julia: We hope you are enjoy
| ing yourself as much as we did in the Land
| of the Sky. We arrived home last Thursday
after a ten days camping trip on Green
river, nine miles from Hendersonville. We
camped near the river, SO we could fish, and
believe me, you could catch the mountain N
4, trout as fast as you could take them off
| the hook. We were only a mile from the
lake at Tuxedo. We went In swimming
every day. We were in the river one day
and the water was like ice, we didn't like 1t
as well as the lake. Aunt Julia, did you go
to Chimney Rock? Isn't that Wonderful, and
along that road from Bat cave to Asheville, is
seen; as you go up the mountain you can see
| three roads below you that you have just
come over. We didn't go to Grove Park
Inn the day we were in Asheville, there were
so many interesting things to see we didn't
know where to go first, but we hope to go
some time in the near future. We wish all
| the cousins would write and tell us of their
| trips this summer and, Aunt Julia. you must
| tell us all about your trip of the wonderful
things yo saw and did. We wish we were
with you. There were fourteen of us, all
| the girls wore army pants and middies when
we were hiking or fishing and girls, you
don't know how comfortable they were, with
so many nice pockets to keep your candy and
gum in. Guess 1t won't do to break the
rule, SO will go. But all the cousins that
will write to us we will tell you how we
rron CHI inryBp nil yIat,x n
hear the old frogs everywhere and other
things that we haven't room to tell about
| here. Same OLD cousins.
EMMA SMITH,
BEATRICE MARTIN.
Chappelna S, O.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
| admit two Alabama girls into your happy
circle? We have been silent readers of the
| letter box for some time. We are two farm
| er girls and like farm life fine. We live on
farm of 100 acres. and it is on the Null
and boat riding. We are the two Oldest
| girls Mt home. We are mothers girls and
daddy's boys, Ethel is fifteen years old.
day school eacher. 1t like Sunday school
fine. Arrietta is thirteen years of age.
! Her birthday is December 10, and will study
the sixth grade this winter. Who of you
cousins has either of our BIRTHDAYS? AS it
is late, we will close. All you cousins write
| to us. We will answer all letters received.
10 new COUSINS,
ETHEL BRIGHT
ARR1ETTA BRIGHT.
Blount Springs, Ala, ACUTE. L.
| Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will You
admit little school teacher into your hap
| Ply band of boys and girls? T have taught
school two years and find that work very
easy. l have been teaching close by my
home, but the school have secured for this
| coming winter is a little distance away.
| What do you cousins do for pastime? I
am spending the summer at home. and en-
| sometimes go fishing, but being out of luck,
do not catch very many. I will leave my
age for you to guess. 1t is between TWEEN
for printing this as this is my first at
tempt. I will be glad to hear from any of
the cousins. Sincerely,
| STELLA CARPENTER.
New Augusta, Miss.
Dearest Aunt Julia and Cousins: wonder
| If you will admit another Alabama girl into
| your jolly circle Of boys and girls. I have
! been silent reader of your Letter Box for
| quite while and thought I would write
| and get better acquainted with you, l Won
der what you cousins have been doing for
| pastime. 1 go in bathing, go fishing and
| visit your neighbor friends, guess. I live
| on farm, and like it just fine. Ny age
| is between fourteen and eighteen years.
| wonder who of you cousins have my birth
day, May 6. All of you cousins write to
me. will answer all letters received. One
| OF your new cousins,
Arley, Ala. Route 1.
| Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: May I come
| into your happy circle? 1 have never seen
| letter from Douglasville, so 1 will write.
l l live in the country, and surely do like
! country life. 1 like nature study too. l
| like to sit down in quiet place and write
poem. can't write very good ones, but 1
like to try. / also love good books, and I
read quite a bit. l am reading the Bible
through this year. How many Of the cousins
have read Barriers Burned Away?' have,
| and it is a very interesting book. 1 am
thirteen years Of age and was promoted to
the ninth grade. l would be very glad to
hear from any of the cousins. Best wishes
to Aunt Julia and all the cousins.
RUBY BROWN.
Dear Aunty and Cousins Open the door
wet all over. We sure are getting plenty
of rain down here. 1t is raining now.
am sure lonesome these dull days. l am
fifteen years old; am in the sixth grade al
miles from home. l live Oh farm and like
farm life fine. 1 live on 1,000-are farm
My father is working about $50 acres Of il
and the other is in pasture. or at least most
hogs. I have three sisters and one brother
am the next to the oldest girl. Love te
all of you cousins. Write to me- l will
"A'"e' ~ GRACE BROWN.
Gainesville, Fla, Route l, Box o5
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will YOU
please admit two girls into your happy
band? AS we have been readers of the
| letter box for long time and like it very
much. We, like most of yen cousins, live
school and are in the seventh grade. How
many of you cousins like flowers? We do
and have lots of them. What do you cous
ms do for pastime? We go in swimming
| Of