Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-09

Dear Children:
Thank you heartily for your let
| ters asking for news of my vacation.
| Very soon l hope to be writing you
these letters, and trust that you will
| get the enjoyment out of them that
| you expect.
1t certainly is an inspiration to
get letters like yours, and you may
| be sure that wherever l am I'll be
thinking of you and trying to col
! lect interesting thoughts for our
chats.
Lovingly,
AUNT JULIA.
Dearest Aunte: | have been reading the
! letters of the cousins long time, but nave
not had courage enough to write, We live
| in the country about four miles from Roa =
| uoke and have two cows, nine pigs and
! little kitten. l like The Journal because
| the letters are good to read. l am ehirteen
years old and weigh eighty -four pounds, so
| | am small to my age Some Of you cous
ms write to me and l will answer your let
ters with best wishes to everyone, your 10y
| ling nephew and cousin, -
| CLAUDE A. BOWEN.
Roanoke, Ala, Route 3.
Dearest Aunt Julia and Cousins: Now,
please smile and shake hands with me. for
| am rather timid and might run if you
don't give me hearty welcome That IS
mighty sweet Of you for l really feel like
| | am at home with you now Ny age is
sons where between twelve and twenty.
was promoted 10 the ninth grade at the close
Of school. l like to go to school, Sunday
school. church singingS. parties, picnics, the
swimming pool and fish. can milk, pillow
and cut wood. Now l didn't say l liked to
work. No I was only joking. for l like to
work. 1 will not write about anything def
mite this time, but IL l am admitted perhaps
will call again. Now you cousins wrie to-
FORA MORRIS.
Hartselle, Ala, R. F. D. :.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Wonder
what all of you cousins are doing this rainy
| day Haven't we been having some of the
loveliest spring weather? We htikn The
| Journal a wonderful paper and L certainly
enjoy reading Aunt Julias council. L go TO
country school and am in the sixth grade
Our school was ont April 20. l was sorry
| when school closed, we had such fine
| teacher and all of the pupils dearly loved
| her. have one sister and one brother. Sis
| ter is older than myself and brother is
younger. Mother has been dead eight years
| but father is still living, have lived In
| the country part of my Gfe and like 1t so
much better han city life. Mary Bret, my
broher has your birthday. November Is. He
was eleven years oil dlast November. L Will
not describe myself except to tell my ag.
| / am thirteen years old, my birthday Is NO,
| yember "a All of you cousins write me, l
sprely would be glad to hear from any of
you. III try to answer all letter sreceiyed.
| Sincerely, ALMARITA YARBROUGd.
| Boston, Ga.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins What in the
| world are you all doing these daysE L am
enjoying myself just fine. School is out ana
| I have spent my vacation at home so far,
but am having a far better time at home
| and visiting in the day time, and once In a
| while I spend the night with one of my
| girl friends. / do not like to go off from
home to be gone more than day and night.
| Cousins, you all should be here with me
| now. I would try to show you all q nice
| time picking flowers, gathering May haws,
huckleberries, fishing, swimming and many
other outdoor sportsA well, my stars and
| chicken gizZards! ! absolutely forgot Aunt
| Julias rules. Good-by.
Lille FAY vICKERs.
Havana. Fla, Route 8, Box %.
| T. S.-My age is fourteen.
| Dear Auntie and Cousins: wonder IL an
| other Florida girl can get admittance this
| morning. am so lonely 1 know You
| haven't the heart to refuse me, I'll walk
| right in. l guess most of you folks are at
tending Sunday school and church this
| morning. That's where I'd like to be, but
| it's so far to our church 1 don't go very
| often. It's ten miles to our church and
| eight miles from here to the nearest town,
so You can understand why L get lonely now
| and then. What do you all do for amuse-
ment nowadays? L read, write. crochet and
tease the kiddies. l will be eighteen years
of age on September 10, 1923. Who is Ny
| twin? Geel it sure is warm down here in
Florida TO-DAY. 1 sure wish some of You
| fun-loving cousins were here to help me-
| crack jokes at some one. Wed soon be en-
joying ourselves so much we'd forget about
it being hot weather. L must go now, so II
i any of you cousins care to write to lonely
girl just send your letters and cards 10
Alton, Fla, Route /, Box T.
Dearest Aunt Julia and ThousspJs Of
Cousins: Honest, is there room for just one
| more? [ have wanted to write so long, but
| hesitated as l feared the wastebasket
| Aunt Julia, will you please give me seat
Iby YOU? I'll promise not to detain You long
| | will introduce myself and be going l an
only tiny little blond. / will leave my
| age for you cousins to guess, but let me
assure you I'm no old maid. am not like
most of the cousins, as / do not live on the
| farm, although l have visited real often on
the large plantations of Georgia, as south
Georgia is my native home. Ny father and
| mother moved from there when L was quite
a kid. We now live in the west part oil
| the Land of Flowers" My father is q
| turpentne man. so you see l enjoy the
| beautiful open woods. We have our own
| postOffice here; we also have the movies
out here twice weekly. We have two large
| stores the Sawmill company quarters
stores, and all their business has Joined the
| turpentne business, so that makes quite q
little interesting burg" For pastime l
read and do most all kinds of fancy work
| Last but most important U guess, l am
daddy's little assistant bookkeeper, as | dc
practically all his book work, in which
find much enjoyment, as l deem 1t very
| grand deed to assist father and mother In
anything. When L get tired out and begged
| I'D in the blues, | take our car and go Tor
a spin. Won't some of You cousins come &c
with me. We would go kOdaking and &c
for a dive in the gulf. Ny! my! L suppose
| have gone over the limit but, Aunt julia,
please print this if possible. and, cousins
| will you all write a little Florida girl. |
| do not profess to be gifted writer, but
| I'll promise III do my best to interest you
| all Come on, cousins, with those letters
| and photos. A new niece and cousin,
| LOTTIE REGISTER.
Majette, Fla.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will yOu
admit a Georgia girl into your happy band
| Of boys and girls? I live in the country.
and, like most Of you, like country IRE
and also like music. Ny favorite books are
| Elsie Dnsmore" and "Peggie Alone.
| Who has my birthday, April ?: My age is
between fourteen and seventeen. | dearly
love flowers; hest Of ALL 1 like roses and
seranums. What do you cousins do Tor
| pas.ime? I read and write. | think the
| country is just wonderful. I wouldn't live
in the city for anything. 1t is more pleas
| ant 10 I'VE IN LHe touutTN 'NioH 'hS ''''
and l just love outdoor life. Our school
| clsoed April 20. 1 surely an lonesome since
it has closed. Cousins, we think Aunt
| Julia is a good woman to let us have cor
ner in The Journal. Bessie Morgan, come
again. Your letter was fine. Write NJ.
| How many of you cousins like flowers? l
| do not know what l would do If there were
| none Cousins, how are You and Aunt Julia
these fine spring days? 1t just makes me
! .eel glad to hear the songs of the birds and
to get out in the. bright sunshine. l surely
| would like to correspond with some of the
| cousins Hoping to see this in print, l will
close, asking the cousins to write to me,
and / will assure them nm answer. l re-
LOUISE YARBROUGH.
Boston, Ga.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here come
| Two girls from the dear Old Palmetto stare
seeking admittance into your happy circle