Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-16

VI ludl crowd belonged 10 our IAel-
ter Box circle, and wanted to turn
right off of my route and go with
them.
AS still waiting for your picnic
letters, and hope in the large bun
die of mail today that some will
come in.
lovingly,
-.. AUNT JULIA.
Hello. everybody! Please pardon me for
coming again so soon, but 1 just couldn (
resist the temptation any longer 1 belle We
1 promised to write on my Washington
trip, did l not?
L suppose everyone knows where the Dis
trict OF Columbia is. The places l visited
are the following: The monument, Washing
toms home, the museums, the capitol, Great
Falls, Glen Echo, Library of Congress, the
Botanical garden, and the ZOO, several
others being small. The monument is BOO
feet in height, 81 feet square at the base
and "a feet at the top. The elevator IS
large, carrying thirty people at one trip,
taking about ten or eleven minutes to 20
up and, OF course the same length of time
to come down. People can walk down If
they prefer. The walls are interesting,
each state in the Union being represented.
The monument iE the highest work of
masonry in the world.
WashingtOn's home is at Mount Vernon,
as you know. The lawns are kept cut and
clean. The flower garden is indeed beauti-
full. The same flowers are kept planted
each year that Washington had planted.
All of them are plain, common flowers, no
new kinds. The shrubbery is beautiful also.
Some of the boxwoods are arranged in the
same peculiar form that Washington him
self did. The building is still pretty, of
course not modern, but in a very good condi-
ton. The rooms are furnished with. the
same furniture. His room, where he died,
is very quaint. The kitchen is room set
off from the remainder of the building,
there being no stove of any kind, only a
large fireplace. His grave is under a small
garagelike building, with the front open,
and large flag waves over it.
The museums are very interesting. There
are two, the Medical and the National, the
latter being more interesting to me. In, the
National all kinds of war guns, vehicles.
cannons and other things pertaining TO war.
and numerous other things. also. In the
Medical there were skeletons of every kind
of animal, l believe. There was a skeleton
of an animal being the largest of that kind,
which was from Alabama. That made M
prouder of my state than ever, of course.
These are only dots on the museum. Mil
lions of other things are unnamed.
The capitol is one of the largest and state
Hest buildings in the world 1t is 751 feet
in length and $50 feet in width, covering
31a acres. The cornerstone was laid by
Washington in 1893. 2
Great Falls is very pretty. There is moth
ing there except the falls, which are white
and foamy for one-half a mile.
Glen Echo is a place for amusement,
there being everything that is for amuse-
ment at that place.
Tie Library of Con gress was completed in
1897 at cost of $4,000, 000 The dome ami
lantern are finished in black copper, with
panels gilded with a thick coating of gold
leaf, and the cresting of the dome termi-
mates in a gilded final representing the
torch of Science ever burning.
At the foot Of Capitol Hill stands the
famous fountain by the great Frenchman,
Augusta Bartholdi. The gardens are beauti-
full. 1 also saw the Lincoln memorial. There
is nothing except the statue of Lincoln
seated in the building.
The zoo is so interesting I don't, know
where to begin. Every animal in the world
is represented, I suppose. Here are few:
Lions, bears, grizzly and polar; tigers, wal
noceros, kangaroo, giraffe, camel, leopard,
zebra, seals, bison, walrus, armadillo.
jaguar, sea lions, and numerous others. A
few fowls are, ostrich, eagles, condor.
pigeons. ducks, geese. There numerous
others. There are also snakes ,one weighing
$50 pounds.
Just the ride through the country was
wonderful. | went by Chattanooga,
through the Land of the Sky" I ran over
this hurriedly and as briefly as possible N
stand, only hitting the points in high places.
Let's see some letters on travels, Best
wishes,
MARIE SHELTON.
Duncanville Ala, Route 2.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: will You let
a little South Carolina girl peep in at your
happy band of girls and boys? 1 live in
ho
boro, and L surely have grand times, for
spend part of the time in the country and
part in town. 1 read books, ride horses and
bicycles and go in bathing for pastime.
Some of my fayorite authors are Randall
Parrish, Hugh Conway, Mark Twain and
Anna Katherine Green. l am thirteen years
old. but not very large, and in the eighth
grade. I will say good-by to Aunt Julia
and the loving cousins. From
wslterboro, s. c.
P. S.-Please, Aunt Julia, print these few
lines for me.
Dear Auntie and Cousins: May I come in
after an absence Of about two years? II so,
| will promise not to stay long. What do
you cousins do these nice spring days? l
am trying to get an education. 1 want to
be a bookkeeper and stenographer when l
grow up" When 1 don't have to be
studying L sometimes 90 fishing. And
usually l catch-nothing. But L like to
gather flowers and have a good time.
love all kinds Of flowers. but cant have
much luck raising them. Well, as auntic
says ''be brief" 1 will give you a pretty
good idea as to my looks and be going. l
am a little nine teen-year-old blond; have
real ugly mug" Now, if l have not over
stepped the rules Of brevity, will thank
auntie and give all the cousins my best
wishes for your future success and happi
ness. 1 would like to hear from some of
you cousins who would to write to an
Alabama girl. Love and best wishes to all,
BARBARA NORRIS.
Hartselle, Ala.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: May 1
come in and have a little talk with you this
lark, cloudy day? Oh, it isn't cloudy in
Aunt Julia's council, for every one is wear
ng smile and full of sunshine. Well, cous-
ms, that's right for there's nothing like
pleasant smile to spice how you do and
think eve ryone wear a smile. Well, L
,m new cousin and live on the farm and
think it fine. L live close to a creek and
nave lots of fun swimming in the summer.
Cousins, don't you all enjoy working with
flowers? l certainly do. Our flowers are
beginning to bloom now and the best of it
all. we have our yard arranged SO there
will be blossoms till frost, We are never
without bouquets and we also have a lot of
pot flowers.
l enjoy taking a stroll through the woods
listening to the sweet singing birds and gath
ering wild flowers and most of ALL watch
Mother Nature wrap the trees in their beau
tiful coat of green. 1 like spring time best
If all, for the world seems to be coming
to life, while in the fall it seems to be
dying. OF course we all think the coat of
many colors Mother Nature uses in the fall
Is beautiful but l prefer the green. for the
little birds seem SO happy, while in the fall
most of them leave US and go to a warmer
climate. How many enjoy going to school?
see most of the hands raised, and you that
didn't raise your hands had better change
your mind, for some day you will see the
need of an education. l am in the ninth