Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-23

wonder now Aunt Julia and the cousins are
this beautiful weather Oh fine | am
sure, for myself I'm just splendid. AS this
is my first visit 1 would like q seat by
auntie. What do you cousins do for pastme
L go fithnng, kOdAking and boat riding, as
live near a creek. Auptie come over and
go fishing with me. 1 live on farm and
like farm life fine. l would not exchenge
my country home for the city. l have
dear sweet father and mother have two
brothers and one sister at home and a mar
ried sister in Missouri. wonder who has
my birthday, November %. How many. of
you cousins like flowers? ] certainly do
and have great many to put out. l am
great lover of books and have read a good
an organ and guitar. Well, as my letter is
getting lengthy will go by asking auntie to
please print this as there are no letters
hardly from the state of Tennessee. Cousins
write to
7 '. ~. BERTHA MAE ARNOLD.
Parsons, Tenn
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Please sit
over little and make room in your happy
family. l have been reading the letters
from the boys and girls, just think Aunt
Juiia's Letter Box is fine. Elmer Bridges
your letter was fine. Come again. l live
on farm, seven miles from Clinton. We
have not very many young folks around here
and get lonesome sometimes.\I will tell you
what look like, l am feet inches, tall,
brown hair. and eyes; my age is between
hear from all of the girls and boys that
care to, write. Would some OF the cousins
send me the book of Ruby Gordon? Will re-
turn the favor in any way 1 can. Please
write before sending it don't want but
one copy, don't frown, auntie, l am going
in a minute. l will try to answer all the
letters and will send my picture to one that
.-.. NELLIE GoFoRTH.
Clinton, Tenn, Route 9, Box 4S.
Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here is poem
that has caused smile to play around many
mouth:
= NBBUCHADNEZZAR
You Nebuchadnezzar! Whoa, sab!
Whar is you tryin' to go, sab?
Ia hab you to know, sab,
is holdin' on de lines.
You better stop dat prancin'.
YOus powerful fond OBJ dancin
But I'll bet my years advancin'
Dat III cure you OBJ yo' shines.
Look heah, mule! Better mine out:
Fust thing yon know yLull fin out
On yo' ugly, stubborn back;
You needn't try to stall up '
And lif' dat precious heel up;
You's got to pillow dis fiel' up,
You hos, sab, for fac.
Oar! OATS the way to do il!
He's coming right down to it,
Just watch him plowin' troo it.
Dis niger amt no fool.
Some folks dey would a-beat him;
Now dat would only heat him;
l know Jest how to treat him;
You mus reason wild mule.
He minds me like a Niger;
II he wuz only bigger
He'd fetch a mighty figeer,
He would, tell You dis, sab;
See how he keeps a-kickin--, p.
Whoa, Oar, Nebuchadnezzar!
is dis here me. or not me,
Or is the debbil got me?
Wuz dat cannon shot me?
Hab laid he0h NOR n week!
Dat mule do kick amazin',
But now l spec he's grain,
De beast WIZ spilled in raisin'
On the odder side the creek.
All yOu cousins write 10 I will ar
swer all letters L get. Sent in by
BRYAN PETTUS.
Bauxite, ARK.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: am glad
to see so many good letters written to tn
Letter Box, so I have decided [ would
write. / live at Old Fort and my father is
tn erural mail carrier. How many of you
cousins like to read? 1 surely do, enjoy
reading good books. Pansies and snowbal.s
girls and boys have my birthday, December
&c? l will be fourteen. 1, like most Of TIE
cousins, live the farm, and like farm
life fine. 1 am in the junior class at Sun.
Good-by. Your new cousin. All you cousins
write me.
BENNIE ZEE MANTooTH.
Aunt Julia: Please let me write just a
little in honor of Benjamin Franklin
one of the most notable men of the Revou-
ton. He born in Boston, January II,
1905. He was the son of candlemaker,
and was one Of seventeen children. His ia
Their was too poor to send him to school very
long, but the young Franklin studied while
h. rI-aA Il fofb
young man he went to Philadelphia and be-
came a printer. Franklin had very prscti-
cal ideas. He persuaded the people to put
their books together in one common stock
held by silk cord he proved that the clouds
were full of electricity when there was
storm. He invented the lightning rod TO
protect houses against being struck by Eight
ming. He persuaded the people of Philadel-
phia to pave the streets and light them by
lamps, TO have night watchmen and to form
fire companies. When Franklin arrived in
Philadelphia looking for work as a printer,
he had but few coins in his pocket. With
these he bought loaf of bread and began
munching on it as he was walking along the
streets. pretty girl with laughing eyes
saw him from one of the windows as he
was passing by. She laughed outright at the
uncouth boy, very much to his chaagrin.
She afterwards became his wife.
Franklin lived until 1890, beloved and re-
spected by all menb. 1t may be said the
Washington IN America and FRANKLIN IN Eu-
rope were the two greatest men of the Rev
olutiOn. III bid you all good-by-
MR.. EUGENE DUNLAP.
Eastman, Ca, Route 6.
Dear Auntie: 1 see the room isn't so
crowded TO-DAY, SO please let me in for just
a little while. 1 wrote TO the Letter BoX
a long time ago and made some very dear
friends through it, Some l. kept mp cor
respondence with for two years and lost the
address of some, and therefore l had to
stop. 1 see some of you discussed the paint
and powder question to my notion. Now,
some people are up and against paint. L
don't say use paint until your cheeks look
like two spotlights. but what helps girl
any more than just touch if she is just
wee bit pale? 1 heard an evangelist preach
er say last Sunday in his sermon it the
women and girls thought that powder and
paint and lip stick would help them any TO
prt it on, so If man kissed them it would
| give him heartburn. So you see he's Iot
| against it. 7 don't any more harm in
| the girls using paint than it is for the boys
TO stand around with a cigarette between