Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-13

Yes, please give me a seat among you all
az dear auntie has let me in now.
Say cousins, how many of you are going
to school now% All l guess. am going
and like it fine. We must try and learn
all we can for II we idle our time away
when we could go TO school, we will some
day Ray that we wish we could recall the
golden moments that are gone forever.
think we all should strive tor an education
am lover of flowers and music, While
you have not always music in your home
there IL always music in the woods and
that is the songa OF the birds,
live on farm and like it fine. We can
have many privileges on the farm that
the city boys and girls don't have.
My home is in the western part of North
Carolina, among the hills. Now they surely
are beautiful with their coat of red and
gold and 1t Is grand to see tho little birds
fly from tree to tree. 1t seems that they
are saying good-by to tina green trees.
They will all soon fly away and their songs
will be hushed until the coming of spring
when the flowers bloom, and then the birds
will come back.
will come back If Aunt Julia will prin,
this for ME.
So cousins. all who care to write to a
fonrteen-year-old girl let your letters come
to:
(Niiss) MARIA GLADsoN.
Culoerson, N. c.. Rt. 2. Box 10.
Dearest Aunt Julia; Here comes a girl
from the CITY of Smiles" to Join the cous-
ms for while, Wonder II l will be ad.
mitted. / hope so. 1 live In town, and
like 1t fine. l am going to school. Am
a freshman ninth grade) this year. My
studies are English, algebra, Latin and his
tory. Have four teachers and like them
all. l am fourteen years old. My sister
is visiting us from Tampa. She surely has
a sweet baby. have a sister at home, sew
enteen years old. but I'm larger than she it.
Would like to have you cousins visit Inc
this winter. 1 would give you all the or
orange grove. l will close before I'm told
to. Write to a Florida cousin.
(MISS) EDNA NAE LANGFORD.
Fort Meade. Fla.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: VIII you
let a Mississippi girl into your happy band
of boys. and girls2 I. like most of the 9th
ers, live in the country and like it fine. ]
am teaching school and like to teach very
much. / am eighteen years Of age. My
father takes The Tri-Weekly Journal and
like Aunt Julia's council best of all. / see
most of you cousins take a subject to write
on. As this is my first time to write,
won't take subject. Come on Mississippi
boys and girls and not let the other states
get ahead of us. Aunt Julia, please print
this as l want to get acquainted with the
cousins. Will answe. all letters received.
(MISS) ORA TOLAR.
Columbia Miss.
Dear Aunt Julia and Kind Cousins: Here /
am again. l want to thank Aunt Julia for
printing my other letter, and thank all the
cousins who sent me the songs that l asked
for. oh, my goodness! | wish some of you
cousins could have been here to help me
read my letters. They surely did come by
showers, tens and dozens al the time. So
many came that ] just could not answer
them all, but must say they all were appre-
ciated. All those who wrote and never got
an answer will write again l will answer.
Look here, cousins, / going to ask all
who will to please send me some flower
Seed any kind that you have. All my
flower seed were destroyed this summer.
will send songs in the place Of the seed.
Here, Aunt Julia, is one of my photos
print WELL All the cousins who wrote
asked for 1t. SO 1 can't send it to all. Aunt
Julia. do please print this note and my
photo, for L know you are so dear to us
cousins. Here; auntie, is a dime for the
orphan. Your old cousin,
(MISS) BEULAH JONES.
Mullins, 8. G., Route 3.
Dear Aunt and Cousins: Will you please
let me in for few words with you all? We
all seem like one big family-a place t.
exchange greetings and new ideas. Let us
all work to try and make our Letter Box
really worth while after all, help to one
another and everybody who happens 10 read
our letters. Oh, there's so much want &c
say l don't really know how to begin. Sou1t
take for their subject Mother or Moth
CT ana nome, why MOI MOLn6r Anu
Dad" or Mother, Father and Home, Sweet
Homer" Earth has no love like a mother
love; none so tender so true, so full oil
sweet wisdom, replete with pity and par
don; but don't our fathers love us, too, and
toll every day that we may have the neces.
some of us to think Of, if not sdoU write about
would be gossiping. So many good names
are ruined by the idle gossiper who loves
tn hoor nf oil NV fan md
instead of helping him, cause others to be
lieve the things against him are worse thar
they really are; then he Is stunned and
despised, and soon loses all care for him
saved him. There's little good in the
worst of us. and little bad in the best Of
us.
There's none Of us that's perfect(
Some poor person who's gone astray
There's few of US that stay
And never stray Or wander
From the straight and narrow way.
So, when you start to hammer,
Twill do no harm to pause and think 4
You may lose your grip some day.
What's the use to kick one
Who's just about to fall?
IT you do not care to help him
Don't mention him at all.
You'll find, if you take notice,
That what I say is true
While there may be faults in others,
There's a flaw or two in you.
Let us all think of this and do unto other
as we wish to be done by. l want
ITO live as gently as I can,
To be-no matter where-a man,
To take what comes Of good or i'll,
And cling to faith and honor still.
ITO do my best, and let that stand,
The record Of my brain and hand:
And then. should failure come to ME,
Still work and hope for victory.
ITO have no secret place wherein
I stoop, unseen, to shame or sin;
To be the same when I'm alone
AS when my every deed is known;
ITO live undaunted, unafraid,
OF any step that I have made;
To be without pretense or sham,
Exactly what folks think 1 am.
''To leave some simple mark behind
To keep my having lived in mind.
If enmity to aught I show,
To be an honest, generous foe.
ITO play my little part. not whine
That greater honors are not mine.
This, L believe, is all l need
For my philosophy and creed"
would like to receive some interesting
letters from some of the cousins. Bes
wishes to all you old friends o. mine" am
MINNIE GIDDENs.
Eastman, Ca, Route 6.
2. S.-Cousins. my birthday is Januar
81. 1 would like to receive card iron
every one Of you. Now, don't forget.
Dear Auntie and All: Will you admi
three golucky Alabama girls into you
merry circle of girls and boys? l, Myrtle
am fifteen years of age. l. Evelyn, an
fourteen years of age. |, Hattie Mae, an
twelve years of age. Who has our birth
days? Myrtle's September IS. Evelyn
September 80. Hattie Macs June 20. W
! are at school today. and like our teache
| real fine. How many Of you like to go t
school? We certainly do Suppose we bet
ter be going as our letter is getting rattle
| lengthy We are going to see who gets tn
most letters. SO all write: Best wishes.
! (Miss) MYRTLE VIRGINS.
Mckenzie, Ala, Route 1.