Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-11-01
AUNT JULIA'S COUNCIL
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cheering letters 1 received from the letter
l wrote last year / tried to answer ALL
II any was unanswered it was overlooked
so all you Cousins write to a sunny south
October s. my birthday.
New Cousin and Niece,
NATIVE LOU WEBB.
Adrian, Ga. Route >
Good Morning, Aunt Julia and Cousins;
Here | come again, just a-buzzing. Hope
that ! will be welcome, l have some very
good Christmas plans to pass along, so !
will get busy now and tell you about these
gifts from wall paper, such as home made
Christmas calendars and a wall paper let
ter case for putting unanswered letters in,
and daily cases and envelopes for the Christ
mas gifts. also cases for Christmas handker-
chiefs. For the home made cards, make en-
velOps to match the cards. And you can
make just number Of other things from
wall paper. Here are some pretty Christmas
verses to send with each gift that you make:
This little humble gift means more than If
| it were purchased at a store, for it was
made in Christmas spirit true while thinking
kindly thoughts of you. With heart and
hand fashioned it, this little gift for you;
each thread a thought Of your happiness.
Each stitch a wish TO come true. l was
thinking kind thoughts of you. dear; every
day as each little stitch in this work
was taking, and hope the pleasure 1t
gives 10 you may De as great as the pledS-
ure l found in the making. l live on the
farm and enjoy it just fine. for l can hear
the little birds sing their sweet songs:
think a boy awful who kills the poor little
birds and destroys their nests. Just think
what this world would be if there wasn't
any birds. AS l am writing this there is
dear little mocking bird in our fig tree,
just singing with all his might. If L were
a boy would not harm bird for any
thing, Isn't little humming bird sweet?
Best wishes to all. By,by. an old cousin.
ARE GALLOWAY.
Coolidge. Ga.
Dear Auntie Have been reading the let
ters from the Cousins corner for quite
while, but could never get up courage to
write. 1 know it would be quite a treat
though, to see all the Cousins who write
to the page, but as I have read all the
letters and can not see 'em all personally,
maybe L can learn more about them by
writing.
My home is in the country. I like coun-
try life. My main hobby is reading. I
wonder how many Cousins read the Scrip
ture lessons by Henry Van Dyke, Dorothy
Dix, and what DIR. Frank Crane and Ad-
dington Bruce write on the editorial page
and "Oe Hambones Med is always good
If you haven't been reading them just look
them over one time and see for yourself
The Journal is a fine paper any way, and
Aunt Julia is the best aunt l know, for
being so much help to all the readers.
have several good books that L will
exchange with someone who enjoys read
me. Have read only one of Henry Van
Dykes books, so If any of the readers have
any, would pay postage to get them.
Contemplating is progressing nicely In
this part OF Georgia, and 1 think everybody
will get through earlier than ever before
this year. It's getting time to make
Christmas presents. We always have some
thing to do if we keep happy and make
other people the same, as Henry Van Dyke
once said:
oil iS he Fo11a Z.
Give him a smile for his sorrow
This old world has funny way,
You may be down tomorrow.
Let's try that and see how It works.
If any of you Cousins want to write me,
will try to answer all letters
win close, hoping to see this in print, as
it's my first attempt. Thanking Aunt
Your New Cousin,
(MISS) HAVANA SPRUILL.
Bowdon, Ga. Route 3.
My Dear Aunt Julia: I wonld like to
hear from some Of my little cousins. A
lonely farmer. As ever your nephew.
Ally, Ca, Route ..
Dear Aunt Julia and all: Will you please
ADMIT tennessee C''Vounteer State'O boy
into your happy band of boys and girls? /
am fifteen years old and in the eighth
grade My father owns small farm in
tennessee Tenn and of course, like all other
farm boys, ! have plenty to be doing. What
DO you cousins do for pastime? AS for me,
l go swimming, hunting and fishing. How
many Of you cousins like to read? / surely
40, and want to ask favor of some of
me cousins: viii some one please send me
the books: "Bucky O'Connor'' and wild
plrei will return the favor in any way
possible. Now, Tennessee boys and girls
we must get busy for some other states are
beating us. l wond like to hear from ali
the cousins and am expecting a peck of let,
r reas ana cards. l will answer all mail l
y EUGENE KRITTEL.
Earnells' Ga, r. f. d. 2. Box Al.
Dear Auntie and Cousins: Will you please
aunt aunt, me again? l have written to the
council twice before and thank auntie very
much for printing my letters. I also thant
an the cousins who wrote me for their nice
Inetters' Auntle, am sending you this. |
nope you VIII print it:
a LEGEND OF NORTHLAND
Far away in Northland where the hours
of the day are few, and the nights .ro 60
t tGng IN winter I,S they cannot sleep them
reindeer to the sledges when it SHOWS and
the children look like bear cubs in their
c cunia',s furry Jury clothes. They tell them
curious cur Jus, story don't believe it's true. and
90 you. Once when good st. Peter lived in
Ine world below, and he walked about in
W IRE mn. as ne did, you know. He came to
me me door OF cottage in travelling round
tne earth, where little woman was MAX
ing cakes, and baking them on the hearth
anu anu oelng faint with fasting (for the day
was almost done), he asked her from her
store of cakes to give him a single one So
she made very little cake, But as If bak
ing lay' she looked at it and thought it
she kneaded another, and still smaIierr
one but 1T looked when she turned il over
as az large as the first. had done. Then she
and rolled 1T flat. and baked If thin "a q
wafer nut she couldn't part with that For
she SAD: My cakes that seem so small
Thea l eat them myself, are yet too large
10 give away so she put them on the shelf
I men sood 81: Peter grew angry. for he was
hungry and faint and surely such a woman
s mdd enough oTsn to provoke saint, And he
human FORM. to have food and shelter and
IRE TO Keep you warm. Now Won shall
euld as the birds do. and shall get scanty
a aTE do py oorning and borning and borning
an day IN the hard, dry wood Then M
she Went through the chimney, never sneak
nls a "ord' and out of the top flew wood
peCAer' Tor she was changed to a bird. She
had scarlet cap on her head and that was
iett the same. But all of her clothes wore
burned black as coal in the flame. Ana
every country schoolboy has seen her in the
wood, where she lives in the trees till this
very day, bboring and boring for food
ana TINS Is the lesson she teaches: Live
NOT Tor yourself alone, lest the needs Won
WI Will NOT pity shall one day be your own.
GIVE plenty of what is given to you. and
nsten to PHYS call. Don't think the LITTLE
you give is great. and the much you get is
small snd L.. Now, my little boy, remember that,
the woodpecker's sooty dress snd se Uu bee bee
scarlet hood You mayn't be changed to
bird, though you live. as selfishIy as Won
can but you will be changed to a smaller
thing, mean and a selfish man. I viii
go, so goOdby. An old cousins
Mitchell, Ga.
Hello, Aunt Julia and cousins! lust won
DER If you will admit another Georgia girl
INTO your happy circle of cousins. Say,