Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-08-30


and l will answer all letters received.
MISS MAE BLACKMAN.
Live Oak, Fla, r. F. d. 8. Box 103.
! Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
! please admit Florida girl into your happy
band of boys and girls? 1 have been a
silent reader of the Letter Box, and there
are many interesting letters written. l live
| on a farm, two miles from Raleigh. My
father is running a large farm l like farm
| HE fine and would not exchange with any
| Of You city girls or boys. What do You
cousins do for pastime? I read papers and
magazines My favorite paper is The Jour
nal. We have been taking it for long
( time. How many OF you cousins like TO
square dance? l for one. | don't care any
thing about round dances. Well, as my let
Ter is getting long, l must begin to think
| about stopping before l break the rule.
am leaNInS my age for some to guess
| L is between thirteen and eighteen. All
who would like TO write to a folly Florida
girl, send your letter to
ETHA HOLDER.
Raleigh, Fla, p. o. Box A..
Dear Aunt Julia ana Cousins; Here come
| TWO girls from Florida wanting TO join your
happy band. !, Thcma, have written once
! before and got many nice letters from
the Cousins. /, Ida, have never joined, nut
| have wanted to for. long time so here
am. We live in the country on an orange
| fishing and bathing often. rs we live near
old Tampa bay, |, Thelna, am fifteen
years Old Ida nine years. We hope 20
hear from some of the cousins. We must
be going. THELMA POrE.
IDA POPL.
Sutherland Fla.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins;-Behold
another South Carolina boy stands at your
| door! l would have written before but for
the politeRess of giving someone else space.
nave rallied to do so. But row l am
coming, sincerely trusting that Aunt Julia
Will be SO kind to print this for me-
think The Journal is one of the grandest
papers that isl being published in the south
! In my opinion, The Journal has reached the
| height Of success.
! live two and one-nalf miles west of
! Ridgevlle. Ridgeville is situated thirty
! mules northwest of the flourishing city of
| charleston. l go to Charleston often. and
nave had the privilege of visiting the old
est museum in America, and many other
places of historic interest there
attended the Ridgeville school last year.
two teachers, Their names were Mr.. Isa-
core ussery and Mrs. j. E. Thrower. l
| liked them both fine.
Seeing so many describe themselves, I
vii VII not attempt to do so, but may be good
looking for al You know. However, it
matters but very little. Will only say my
age is between 10 and 20. Someone try and
guess it.
!
shall ever like farming l like profes-
| sonal life or that of trading or general
business. l think all boys should have in
view purpose or ambition in life and
strive to reach the goal.
How many of You like to read? Reading
is one cherished pleasure to me. Especially
do | like to read newspapers. 1 have read
a.c few books, some of my fayorittes are
Gypsy Blair Treasure ISland" and
| ''Joe's Luck" l read a splendid Book en-
titled The Way of Life" also Gods
Standard for You and asMe." They were
written by the Rev. Mr~ Charles f. Noble.
think we should read such books (the lat
ter) in preference to others, for we need
to cultivate our minds on the spiritual side
Of life more than the mental.
There is nothing that / enjoy better than
attending revival meetings. Mr.. Budon, a
splendid preacher, from Charleston. held a
very successful meeting at ,RidSeville Meth.
odst church about two months ago and
had the privilege of attending. [ think we
all should 90 every chance we get for not
only the preaching instructs, but the sing
ing will inspire, and the assembling to-
gether with many good people will uplifr
| and bless %
IL Aunt Julia deems this worthy of print
perhaps, L shall come again when the
harvest moon is shining. Aunt Julia. it
would be an untold pleasure to .n me if you
AUSTIN MUCKENFUSs.
Ridgeville, S. c.. R. F. d. ,.
me space. after period of time, l will
EGgain step into your merry circle.
! ! wish TO thank each and every one who
| wrote me after my last letter appeared in
didn't get an aswer will please pardon
me, for | was ''snowed under" with let
tiers and you know it takes postage and
plenty of it to answer a pile of letters.
have been reading the letters in the
| council all along. and | notice they are
getting much better. l like to read de-
| scriptions of homes; it's very interesting.
| While reading one can form mental pie
ture of places they never have the op
portunity to otherwise.
| l live on a little red hill; the front Of
my home being surrounded with fields Of
cultivated land while the background is Of
deep woods. very pretty place in sum-
mer.
Just some of you cousins and
| spend your vacation with me. I'll treat
you to ripe peaches and Wen 60 fishing.
Sounds good, doesn't 1t? Bernice BPtty,
| what has become of you?
Well, cousins, l see we call" or mostly
| ALL like to read good hooks. But you
never tell US why certain book is your
"favorite. We can't really appreciate a
| good book until we are acquainted with the
! author. can we? For instance. take Mrs.
| Gene Stratton Porter's books. have delight
full millions of readers. And the story of
how Mrs. Porter became successful
writer is just as inspiring as the stories
she writes.
As child, Mrs Porter was interested in
writing, hut it was not until after mar
riage that she took up the problem Sc
riously. she could not afford a maid, so
she had to take care OF her house of four
teen rooms. make most of hers daughter 5
| clothes. cook and wash dishes, attend a
house of canaries and linnets and besides
keep conservatory in which there bloom
ed 600 bulbs every winter. And in her
spare time she wrote her first attempt at
fiction, If space would allow me l would
! tell you more. but | mustn't step over
the rules. Mrs. Porter. III say, is one
among my favorite authors.
Please. some one loan me the book, THE
Girl of the I.imberlost." Will return same
and take care Of it. My age is between
| 30 and 25. The who guesses right, l
will send them surprise package.
Wishing each member of the letter box
health and happiness, l remain
A real cousins of yours.
NMISS) BONNIE G. ADAMS.
Norcross, Ga, Route ..
Hello. Aunt Julia: May 7. a little GPOr-
gia girl OF fourteen summers. come in for