Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-07-03

letters received. AS this is my first time to
write, 1 will close, hoping to hear from
some of you and to see my letter in print,
RUBY PITTMAN.
Spring Creek, La.
Dear friends Will you admit little
Alabama lassie into your happy band of
girls and boys? 1 have been reading the
cousins letters for quite awhile and | can
say that like them all. How many OF you
cousins love to go to school? Just look at
the hands! | surely do. l was in the
eighth grade when school closed. Who has
my birthday, October IS? l was fifteen
years of age last October. ! have blue
eyes and light brown hair. So all you
Lovingly.
MABEL ATKINS.
Cordova, Ala, Route I. Box As.
My Dear Friends. Boys and Girls: Only
few days ago was Mothers Day" How
many of lis celebrated that day? All of us
should have. Just think of day out of
one year given to mother. Why not make
every day Mothers day? We don't appre-
ciate our mothers as should, while she
is with us. We don't realize what mother
means to us until it is too late, when her
last words are spoken, tender words of love,
| the last you'll hear mother speak. On,
how sad the hour when we realize for the
| first time that mother has left us forever.
when we kiss her the last time her lips are
cold, they do not return the kiss with joy
as they have done many times. Oh,
how it hurts we stand by the open grave
and that grave for mother! No one knows
what it is but those who have been there.
When we gaze upon her sweet face the last
time she does not return the fond gaze.
1t very sad, indeed, but as we hear the
sclods roll into the grave, that hide her for
ever from our sight, we feel the Sharpest
pang of all then. Boys and girls, if your
dear mother is with you. tell her today
what she means to you. of your great love
for her. Don't wait. it will be too late
some time, and oh! how sorry You will be
that you didn't take the opportunity. NV
darling mother died December 20, 1922 and
l know what loss it is to give the dearest,
truest friend on earth up. Yes. Aunt Julia
I'm going now. Please print this Maybe
it'll he LIP some one. l hope it will All of
you write to me.
Weir, Miss, No. 4.
Dear Aunt and Cousins: How are you
all enjoying yourselves this rainy day? Fine.
| hope. Have been wanting to write to tbe
Letter Box a long time but never could
IlmG time; , am little girl of only ten
enjoy going to school? I do. and will ' he
IN the fourth grade next term. L have five
doDt haT ana t three sisters 50 you
eSt SISTER tZella) is married She has one
sweet little girl named Doris We live on
a, farm, and L enjoy farm life fine. some
o- you cousins about my age write me-
p,,,,u.,. LUCILLE TURNER,
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins:
"Il| you please move over just bit and
allow jolly Alabama boy to be admitted
| III 10 your happy band?
nave been a silent reader of Tho Tri-
! Weekly journal for quite while and like
! lt Inc, especially the Letter Rox This
Is my first time to ever write to the paper
ana / hope Aunt Julia will be Kind enough
/ lie for
old. Who has my birthday. September "a
| II anyone has it 1 would like well TO know
IL: am country boy and like country
liIe line. l go to school in the winter and
farm Ill the spring and summer time. Bessie
Halstead, come again. | was surely surprised
| TO tlnd a letter from you. Your letter was
| Just fine and so were all the others How
| many OF you cousins like good books I do
Tor one; and pretty flowers, l certainly
do like them, too. We have lots of them
ana they are now in full bloom. l wonder
now many OF you cousins go to Sunday
school. l go.
WALTON BALDWIN.
Route g.. Box 81. Ozark, Ala.
Dearest Aunt Julia and Cousins:
Will you please let me in just for min
| ute or two.
am going to tell you about the Hanging
garden
ii spite of long wars the great kings
found time and wealth to devote to thu
| Identification of Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar
great King. was able to surpass any o.
his predecessors in the splendor of the grea
building he had now erected He built this
great building out Of a brilliant blue glazed
brick, discovered by the Germans. After tn
temple was completed masses of rich trCpi
cal verdure rising in terrace upon terrace
forming Il lofty garden. Here in the coo
shade of palms ana fP"n> IT," great kin,
might enjoy an idle Horr VIII the lndie
Of the court. and look down upon the splon
dor Of his city.
The garden Of Nchpcha@u"2zar's palace i
the mysterious hanging garden" of Baby