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


Dear Aunt Julia and All the Cousins:
Will you let jolly boy from your sister
state slip in and chat for little while? I
have been silent reader of the Letter Box
for some time, and certainly do enjoy it
very much: in fact, when l get a copy OF
The Journal l always turn to the Letter
Book first. l really think the cousins let
tiers very interesting, and some of them
are real amusing, too. How many of you
cousins have ever seen coal mine? There
are quite few Of them around Blocton
used to work in the coal mines, but have
not worked in them since June, 1918. l
enlisted in the navy in June, 1918, and
served through 1888 and then went in
the merchant marine and worked fifteen
months, and at present I am working in
garage, so you can see l have Travelled quite
Bit I have been in eighteen states and
sixteen foreign countries since June, 1918,
and have crossed the Atlantic six
times. 1 surely do think the country girls
in Holland and Germany are pretty They
have the clearest compilations and rosy
cheeks, and you can bet that their COM
pleXions were not handed over any drug
store counter, either. And I believe if
the girls here in the United States would
take more and different healthy outdoor
exercises and not use quite so much powder
and paint and cosmetics that they would be
better off in later years. If there is any
thing that 1 dislike it is a hand made COM
plexion bobbed hair and extremely short
skirts in public places. How many
have the same opinion as me? But, as the
old song goes with all their faults, l
love them still" 1 just can't turn the girls
down on account of little powder and
paint. girl turned up her nose at me
last week on the train, and she had
much powder on her face that could hardly
see her face; but she looked sweet just the
same, and 1 have been watching for her on
the train ever since. Well, as this is my
first attempt to write to the Letter Box
nd 10 I will
close by asking all the cousins between
fourteen and twenty five years of age to be
sure and write me a letter, as / am lone
some and surely do enjoy receiving nice
jolly letters and will try my utmost to
swer all 1 receive il they 90 not exceed
million. Just address your next letter to
CAREY HILL.
Blocton, Ala. Route 2.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
please admit a young married woman into
and sixty-acre farm We have a 2-acre pc
can grove and two large fish lakes on it, and
peach trees and apple trees and it certainly
is a cool place in summer time. i like farm
life fine. l raise poultry and like it.
alSe have children so l don't get lonesome.
l like to read good novels and story papers,
but l like to read the Bible best of all
am very fond of flowers and music. If any
of you cousins have any flower cuttings or
seed, will yoI send me some and l will re-
turn the favor in any way | can. We have
a big magnolia tree in the backyard, it is
pretty when it is blooming and it is bloom
ing now. Well, l will go before 1 break
Aunt Julia'S rules, by asking all the cousins
to write to me. | will answer all letters
Love to all the cousins and Aunt Julia.
MRS. J. L. BLACKMON.
Live Oak, Fla, r. F. D. 2, Box 1OS.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
please make room for a young married tu-
bercular victim that | may chat with you
jolly folks for a while? Thanks. 1 get so
lonely and blue sometimes that I just wish
for visit from Aunt Julia and the cousins.
I've been in bed five months and my Doc
tor says I'll have to demain here for some
months yet as I'm not running normal tenn
perature all the time yet. although I've
gained about twenty pounds in weight and
I'm trying to think 1 will probably recover:
Aunt Julia. we lived in Atlanta in 1918 and
liked it so much. Columbus, Ca, is our
home now, though. However, this, Florida,
is my original home and l have been out
here al my mothers since 1 got sick. This
is a beautiful spot OF the state near Live
oak the county seat Of Suwannee county.
Hoyt HugSey, Madison. Fla. your letter
was very nice for a little lady your age.
and your name sounds very much like ours.