Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-11-06
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Help for the Helpless-Kindness tt
All Dumb Things"
FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS

All Dumb Things"
Rules
No unsigned letters printed.
No letter written on both sides Of
paper printed.
All letters not to exceed $50 to zoo
words.
Dear Children:
know you will. rejoice with me,
I'm taking my collie home from the
hospital To-Day.
He has been a very good patient,
they tell me, but now he is anxious
for his own yard, his own dish of
food and his own water pan. He
wants to try out his strength, poor
fellow, he has a very lame leg. They
tell me at this hospital that. human
beings could learn much from the
animals, not only in their patience
under suffering, but in their graft.
tude when relief is given. Just re-
member this, whenever you do a
kind act for some dumb animal.
Lovingly,
AUNT JULIA.
Dear Auntie and Cousins: I'm coming
again. now. for my autumn visit. I take as
my subject, What We Make Ourselves"
think that whatever we choose to be that is
what we are. By trying real hard we can
make ourselves what we may sometimes
think we can never be. Who wants to lead
the Iowly life? 1t is awful to think what
a drunkard is. There are many who drink
curse, smoke. swear, gamble-these are of
no good TO the ones that indulge in them 1t
often brings murder, yet that is what some
choose to be. They make themselves that
How many have made themselves capable
knowing n WA old
SeifE They can il they try hard enough
become something better 1 know it is hard
to break oneself from an old habit it is
hard to form new ones too. Sometimes 1t is
come good than bad. There is long steep
hill to climb. 1t is like the song 'Life's
Railway to Heaven" and that is what it is
Anyway 1T is said. and l believe that it is
much easier to keep ur good life after it
has become good, than it is to begin the long
hard way. 1t is just the other way about
the evil life. 1t isn't hard to begin. but It
is harder for the evil one as time goes on
one who has the evil ways. There is one
thing about 1t. We never hear or know of
really good person being forsaken in any
way by anyone that is worth while. I must
close for this time. / am afraid l have al
ready broken the rules. / want to say,
though, that I am noticing the improvement
Of the letters and l am glad to them
becoming better and better 1 notice. too
that the married women writing. Come
again, all Of YOU good writers. Only an old
cousin. CAfiss) MILDRED BELCHER.
Whigham, Ga,
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Please ad-
nit your new cousin into your great band
of boys and girls. Grandmother has just
subscribed for the Tri-Weekly Journal, so
from now on I'll get to read the letters and
stories. Mr.. Clyde Teater. please accept
my compliments your fine letter. Wish
some of you cousins would describe your
MI ar or nYDn nj
you western cowboys and ranchers, won t
you please write to either me or the paper
one? | surely do enjoy reading letters
from the wild and woody west especially if
they describe the beautiful sunsets and lofty
mountains. ! am n lover Of the great out
of-doors. I surely would be delighted to
just get one glimpse of the wild and barren
west. T admire the beautiful fall. I think
it is a pretty time of the year. when the
leaves turn gold and red and the winds are
whstling loud l enjoy it immensely. Had
better describe myself I am brunette,
age seventeen. have rosy cheeks, not rouged:
Thank you for the space taken. Write all
who care to. all mail appreciated and an
(Miss) ETHEL N. MOSS.
Norwood N. c., r. F. D. 1, Box rs.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: 1t is borne
in upon me this bright afternoon to give you
a little talk ON the art of forgetting. Every
where 1--WE see suggestions about improving
our ability for remembering things. and /
will not deny that to have a good memory
is to possess one of the most desirable quail
ifications in the world, if along with it
there are discrimination and good sense. In
very many families, however, there are
members whose memories are altogether too
keen for comfortable living. and thelir
friends and relatives wish they could learn
the gentle art of forgettng... One of the
most precious promises in the Bible is that
when God forgives our sins He remembers
them no more against us forever. What a
pity we do not all bury completely the dis
agreeable things of the dead past and live
only in the happy present! The apparently
innocent words you said are the signal IN
many homes for great deal of unnecessary
unpleasantness, if not actual strife. 1t
seems impossible for some people to allow
for others changing their minds, and they
forever remind the victims that they said
such and such things certain occasions.
Customs, times and everything else change,
so why not minds?
Come on you married cousins, and write.
I believe we are welcome a wee bit to this
jolly corner. L have three little children,
so I am always interested in anything per-
tanning to the care Of children. What
responsibility it is to care for these dear
little ones and train them to live and grow
up as they should, and how much patience
is required! [ would like to write more
about the children, but 1 fear I have over
stepped the rules already. If ] have not
worn my welcome out at this visit. l will
pull the 1atchstring again some day An
old cousin,
MRS. L. S. M'CARLEY.
Blackstock, S. C.
Dear Aunt Julia: Please let me in for a
few moments as I want to find some OF
my friends and relatives through the corner.
Miss Willis. of Florala, write me. believe
you are my first cousin, and have we any
cousins near Bullock, Ala? If We have,
some Ct you write me. I lived there fifteen
years ago. I'll go and will surely look for
some letters. SO please don't disappolnt me-
Aunt Julia, print this and I'll write you
later how many Of the cousins I heard from.
MRS. A. w. DAVIS.
Atmore. Ala, Route /, Box 81.
Dear Auntie and Cousins: Here I come
from dear old Alabama. l have been reading
The journal for some time and like it fine
1 guess most of the cousins are in school
now I am. My teachers name is Miss
Ruth Williamson. l like her fine. l live IN
the country and like country life fine, How
many of you cousins like to read, L surely
do. Who has my birthday, June ID? |
am fourteen years of age. / have enjoyed
nv visit very much and intend to come
again some time. l must be going. Hoping
to hear from each and every one. with love-
a new cousin, UlIAE dAIho'
Calera, Ala, Route ,.
Hello, Cousins! Here l am asking to he
admitted to your happy band of boys ana
girls | live on a small farm, and would
not exchange with any of you city folk.
/ guess you would like to know how look.
am seventeen years old. My birthday Is
February l. Who is my twin? l have me-
dunn brown hair and blue eyes. Cousins,
don't you thing Auntie is lovelyF DorothV
Dix says that no husband likes to eat poor
" cooked meals. l know we all agree
with her, so if you do you had better get
TO work and learn how to cook. mean