Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-05-31

brown, curly Ddlr. NOW, uOn I any Oh you
cousins get scared. Aunt Julia is thinking
MY goodness, l thought she said she was
timid but she is making a very long visit "
1 will close hoping to hear from all Of
you boys and girls 5r psT G9nSi sii,yroN
LAGRANGE, n. c., Route 3.
Dear Auntie: Some wise old soul said,
Girls are made out of sugar and spice and
everything nice, and boys are made of rails
and snails and horseshoes nails" There has
never been a +ruer statment written. Who
ever heard of a girl throwing rocks at
slipping off to go fishing? Boys do all
these things and more, TOO. They are the
'dreadfullest" creatures on the globe. L
wish could go where there wasn't any
boys.
l wish was little rock asitlng on hill
Adoin' nothing all day long but just asettin
still
I wouldn't eat, 1 wouldn't drink.
| wouldn't even wash, 1 would set and
set a thousand years,
And rest myself, by Sosh!
Boys are just like hand full OF beans
and the one You pick out is Just like the
one you don't pick out.
am a country girl of 917 summers Who
is as young as I am? An old friend.
THELMA PENDAND.
Hayesville. N. c.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins Move over
Just a little and give a new cousin from
south Alabama a seat with all the cousins.
| surely do enjoy reading letters from all
the different states. Aunt Julia, we can't
thank you enough for giving US this space in
the dear ole Journal Through it we form
the acquaintance of many jolly cousins we
would never hear of if it were not for you.
Mother Nature has put on her coat of green
here near my home. The woods and fields
are certainly beautiful. How many of you
like to go picnicking and gather wild floweds
this time of the year? l do. Mother Ma
. tnre Just seems to he inviting us out into
the great outdoors" I will let some of
you guess my age; it is between seventeen
and twenty-one. Who has my birthday,
May s? l would like to hear from all the
cousins and Aunt Julia, too. l will promise
to answer all. l must go before Aunt
Julias rules are broken. Your loving
cousin, RUTH ROWELL.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Won't
you please admit a "talkatiye" North Caro-
lima maiden into your happy band of boys
1 am farm girl. There is nothing as
dear to me as enjoying the sports of farm
live. I live near a creek, which visit
nearly every summer day. You all know
what I do when l get there. Cousins,
what do you do for pastime? Some of you
girls and boys write like YOU were lonely.
1t is impossible for anyone in the grassy
valleys of western North Carolina to be
lonely. If YOU can't cheer yourself up,
visit me this summer. We will fish and
paddle in the creek all the time. When we
get tired of outdoor sports, l will cheer
yOu with my big mouth and banjo. can
make you laugh if you never laughed before,
l can make you enjoy yourself if you
never enjoyed yourself before, and l can
make the tears come in your eyes play
ing my old negro songs on my banjo.
Now, l am hoping to see this in print,
this is my first attempt, and l am
also expecting long, newsy letter from
some of you girls, and boys, too. Don't
be ashamed, l am only your brown-eyed
(MTSsJ TExA HUNTER.
Marshall, n. c., Route 8.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here come
two North Carolina girls to join the cousins
page. We do enjoy reading the cousins
letters. North Carolina boys and girls,
hurry up ana don't let the other states
beat us.
Who has our birthdays? Rena's is July 4
and Stella's is June "a. We will leave
our age for you to guess. 1t is between
II and 10. We live on a farm and like
farm life fine We wouldn't exchange for
town life with anyone. We guess most of
you all go to Sunday school and prayer
meeting don't YOU? We go every Sunday.
What do you cousins do for pastime? We
read good stories, crochet, play the organ
and help mother with the homework,
Cousins, isn't Aunt Julia kind and sweet
to us? Daisy Perkins, we surely enjoyed
reading your letter. Come again. Well,
as our letter is growing long, we will
quit before we break the golden rule. We
hope to see this in print, as this is our
first attempt. All you cousins write to US
RENA ROBERTS,
STELLA RICE.
Alexander, n. c., Route 2
spring days? Oh, yes, l knew Aunt Julia
would welcome me in the coZy circle. 1t