Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-04-07
THE LETTER BOX
FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS

| rOh HE DOAO AMI UlhAS
''Help for the Representatives, to
All Dumb Things"
Rules
| No unsigned letters printed.
No letter written on both sides Of
paper printed.
All letters not to exceed $50 to 200
words.
Dear Children: Blossom time is
| just around the corner and 1 am go
ing to tell you just as L did last
year about what it means to the
wild flowers to rathlessly pull them
up by the root or when they are
| blooming shrubs to break off huge
| limbs.
1 know some time in your young
| lives you have been so impressed
with beauty of the wild honeysuckle
or the dogwood that before you
thought you had pulled great
branches, and then before you reach
ed home and water for the blossoms
| they were hopelessly faded. Now
wasn't that a waste of beautiful
! flowers?
! OF course, we all love flowers in
our homes, but pull them with care,
remembering always that unless you
are careful. next year there will be
less flowers for your enjoyment and
| the next year less, until after a
while your woods will be without
| those joyous messengers of spring.
| Lovingly,
; AUNT JULIA.
| Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins Is there
| room for one more Georgia boy? l have
| been a silent reader Of the Letter Box for
| long time. L am from south Georgia, but
| am waiting for appointment in the post
| office in Atlanta. want to tell you about
| the Washington monument at Washington,
| d. G. May /? l took trip to the top of
| the monument, and it was worth taking
| The base Of the shaft is % feet square and
| the lower walls are 10 feet thick. At the
| 10O-foot elevation, where the pyramid top
| begins, the walls are only IS inches thick
and IS feet square. staircase of 900
| steps winds its way to the top around
! interior shaft of iron pillars in which the
| elevator runs. Few people walk up, bat
! many descend that way in order to see and
examine more carefully the memorial
blocks which are set in the walls at various
| places.
An elevator makes a trip every half hour,
| carrying thirty persons, if need be, at the
| time. 1t is lighted by electricity and has
telephone. Now, cousins. think of going
| up steadily seven minutes. 1 could see
| automobiles on the ground and they looked
| like ants running around.
| Now, ! cousins, l advise you If you ever go
tosWashington, to be sure to- visit Washing
ton monument. I think the height of this
monument is good representation of the
| esteem in which the Father of Our Country
| is held. Do you not, cousins!
! l would like to correspond with some one,
| also exchange postcards, for l have some
| nice views of different parts of the world
am an exsoldier, who Travelled around
| through France and Germany-with the
army. Now don't think me as old as the
| hills for l am not.
If Aunt Julia will publish this 1 will in
deed feel grateful, and would like to tell Of
| JAMES NJ. M'MILLAN.
Baconton, Ga.
| Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: have de-
cided to write4 to the Letter Box again. ]
| have been away nearly two years, butt 1
read the letters just the same. L don't
think the cousins should take up, the space
| in The Journal describing themselves. Who
| agrees? Come on, boys; don't be ashamed
| to write to the dear old Journal. Come
| again, Walter Phelps and Oliver Day. Alma
Murray, I have your birthday. Who, else
has it? 1t is February 7. 1 was fourteen.
| Spring has come again. guess You are all
| glad 1 am My flowers are blooming pref
tily now. 1 viii ask favor Of some one if
book, "Sir Arthurs, Hereks"? 1 will try
and return the favor, in any way 1 can if ]
| can get the book. L dearly love to read,
but my eyes are giving me some trouble
| now, and L do get very lonesome. l can
| play the organ a little, and L do most of
the homework, as my mother is i'll. will
| close, thanking Aunt Julia for printing my
other letter. Hoping to hear from all the
cousins from an old cousin; ,,oonn
Jenknsville. S. c.
Hello, Aunt Julia and cousins! Will you
please admit Texas girl into your happy
| band? 1t is very seldom you ever see a
! letter from Texas. 1 live on farm in
east Texas, two miles from town, in a good
community Liberty Hill" l think Aunt
| twenty-one and my birthday is April %.
What is the favorite pastime of you
cousins? I suppose mine is working, read
| ing and writing, as that's what 1 do mostly
| little missive will be printed, as it is my
very first. You cousins write me, as l
| like to receive and write letters. Love to
all. Your Texas friend,
MISS OLLIE GARRETT.
Route 5, Box 81, Tyler, Texas.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
let an old cousin in for a few minutes
chat? 1 will promise not to stay long.
| Thank you 1t has been quite while
since I have had the pleasure of conversng
| with the cousins. l guess most of you
have forgotten me by now. / am still liv-
| ing in the dear old state of Louisiana. and
l believe it is the best state in the union.
1 know all you Louisiana kids" will agree
| with me. Will you not? 1 wish all you
cousins could Scome over and spend a few
| days with me. I'm we would have
! lots of fun, for we have big highway by
my home.
a,iI 4I,s,
| fear you would all run But will say my
| age lis between fifteen and nineteen years
| Who has my birthday, March 30? L will
answer all letters received. Your cousin,
4 MISS Lowell FOSTER.
Dear Aunt Julia: Here comes little girl
| from the dear old state of Arkansas.
| don't any letters from Arkansas. Come
| on, boys and girls don't let the other states
| get ahead of us. My daddy takes The Jour
nal and ] surely enjoy reading it. live in
southwest Arkansas, four miles east OF
MurfreesborO, five miles northeast of the
only diamond mines in the United States,
and ten miles east of the famous Highland
peach orchard, said to be the largest peach
orchard i'll the world. | see several letters
from Georgia. My Observation-Disclosures
were natives of Walker county, Georgia. 1
have two half-aunts in the dear old state,
and lots of other relatives. If any of
them read this L would be glad to hear
from them. am thirteen years of age,
red headed, fair complexion. L live on
farm, and like it fine. l have three BROTH
and three sisters. Two of my sisters
and enc brother are married Well, as my
letter is getting pretty long, 1 had better
close. l will appreciate cards and letters
from every one. Love to all.
BONNIE BELL ROBERTS.
Murfreesboro, Ark, Route 1, Box 8.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
admit a little Mississippi boy into your
happy band of boys and. girls? My father
takes The Journal and 1 enjoy reading the
cousins letters so much. / live in the
country. 1 am nine years old and study
the fourth grade. Our teacher boards with
us. We like her so much. My mother
teaches a great deal, but is not teaching
this winter. 1 get very lonesome some
times, as 1 am the only child. All the
cousins write to me, I am a new cousin,