Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-10-27

Dearest Aunt Julia and Cousins:
What jolly, 1ovable, irresistible crowd
Where dearest thoughts are spoken aloud!
Ihou@h nv brown hair eurls and my eyes
are blue,
And nave rhyme for every thought new,
Ny dearest friends whom love best
Are in every way praetlcal-enjoy well
earned rest.
In Kansas. on that broad sxpanss Of prairie,
My first recollections were Of windmills,
cattle and fathers dairy.
But cyclones, draughts and the merciless
Drove us over the west to Washington,
Where giant pines were being cut down
at Sumas, a hafbor and sawmill town.
But gracious, how it rained and rained!
We lost more pleasureSthan we had gained
So one more hop and we landed straight,
About One-third way down in the golden
state.
Providence smiled, ignoring fate,
When we made our home near the Golden
Gate,
In that valley where projecting chains of
mountains
Kissed Mother Pacific, whose breakers rise
and fall in mist.
So 1 was child in years
When father hearkened unto new fears.
Lest his children worship gold as God
lie 1ourneyed towards this untitled southern
sod
Our crops the fertile soil completely hide,
My roses are the countrys pride.
So am at quite a loss to know
Just in which state I'd rather grow.
Oh, yes, I'm a hopeless optimist:
When failure frowns hope still persists.
So, in whichever place 1 happen to be,
Is paradise, heaven sent to me.
| will not pose as single maid.
IbFOUUh IOVa'a adu 7 IL
afraid
MY garden of roses is pleasant side line,
Ny hobby is weaving baskets from the
needles of the long-leafed pine.
III so inclined at some close Of day,
Write to cousin of the Chickesahay.
l am twenty-six
MRS ]. A. sEABRoOK, JR.
State Line, Miss.
Dear Aunt Julia and the Cousins: Here
am again, asking for admittance into your
happy band of boys and girls. / hail from
the good and grand old state of South Caro-
lima, and am proud of it. Some months ago
L was fortunate in having a short letter
published in the Letter Box, and as a result
| was the receiver of many nice letters from
boys and gisls (more especially grls) scat
tered all over Dixie. 1t was positively i'm
possible for me to answer all of these letters
personally, and L take this means of saying
that l was more than pleased to get each
and every one of these letters, and it was
my desire to answer all of them, but |
never did, as you see, there were so many
or them. l answered a great many of them
and have gained several friends that | do
not wish to lose by any means. What are
you cousins doing for pastime? Going to
school, | presume. l am now operating an
Intertype machine for one of our country
papers, the Horny Herald. Pearl Vandgrift,
write me again. Your picture appealed to
NE, but lost your address and could not
write you. Abbie Evans, Alberta Royston,
Cecil, Jenrette, write again; your letters are
interesting. Cecil is my real Georgia
cracker" cousin, and I visited her at her
home near Alapaha, Ga, some years ago
like Georgia, but give me good old South
Carolina always, then Georgia. Hoping to
hear from many of the girl cousins, and
some boys, too. | am cousin forever,
RUFUS NJ. JENRETTE.
Conway, S. C.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here comes
a Georgia girl to join your happy band of
boys and girls. l live in the country and
like country life very well What do you
cousins do for pastime? l read books and
also read the Letter Box. L go to school,
grade. My age is between ten and fifteen
years. Who can guess my exact age? Who
has my birthday, May IA? Guess you all
had real good time this summer, such as
going to parties and going to fish fries
Aunt Julia, 1 am hoping you will please
print this letter, and also / am going to
kindly ask the dear cousins and readers of
The Journal to please write me long, cheer
full letters, and you will receive an answer
from me soon.
(MIss) MARY WRIGHT.
Abel, Ga. Box 10.
Dearest Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here l
am, taking courage in both hands, asking
TO be admitted to your charming circle. L
have been reading the Letter Box for about
four years, but somehow | could never pick
courage enough TO write bpfOrp Tho
Letter Box has improved very much in the
past four years, and l hope it will continue
to do so. l live six miles from the city of
Blakely. How many of you cousins have
ever visited that city? My home is in an
oak grove. We have lot of box flowers,
and 1 surely do like them. / like to read
good books and have read a good many.
Who OF you can guess my age? l am be-
tween twelve and twenty and my birthday
is April s. | would like to correspond with
some of you boys and girls between twelve
and twenty. Thank you, auntie, for this
little space, AS l am stranger to the Let
ter Box, l will close, and if this is printed
L will come again soon. new cousin,
MAMIE WILEY.
Blakely. Ga.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: viii you
admit South Carolina girl into your happy
band? 1 have been reading The Journal for
almost year and became real interested in
the Letter Box and wanted to write before
now, but 1 failed. 1 live in a little country
town called Jackson, and have been here
about four years, since L left Columbia,
s. G. L like the country fine. We do not
work on farm-my father and l. Mother
died when I was about fifteen months old.
All the Browns write me and you shall
surely get an answer. l play the piano, go
fishing and make most of my clothes for
pastime. Who has my birthday, March 20?
L will be sweet sixteen in 1924. L like to
90 to school. l am in the ninth grade. 1
have no sisters brothers. Grace Nesbitt,
l think I know you already. l hope to see
my letter in print. I must hurry. Sin
cerey, HATTIE A BROWN.
Jackson, s. c., T. o. Box 13.
Dear Aunt Julia: May 1 come in for a
moment? | will not stay very long, this
Is my first call. am in school and under
two teachers, l cannot tarry very long.
l am seventeen years old. 1 have long
wished to join your happy band, but haven't
had the courage. I will not write any more
Tell all the other cousins to write me.
will answer all who write.
(MISS) MARGARET D0CKBRY.
Englewood, Tenn.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Please let a
little South Carolina girl join your jolly
band of boys and girls. 1 am twelve years
old and in the fourth grade at school. Lila
Wynn has my birthday, September II. L,
like most of the cousins, live in the coun-
try. work in the field, help mamma cook,