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

THE LETTER BOX
FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS
Help for the Helpless-Kindness to
All Dumb Things"
Rules
S. No unsigned letters printed.
No letter written on both sides OF
paper printed.
All letters not to exceed. $50 to 200
words.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins Here comes
another little Georgia girl 10 Join your happy
band of boys and girls. l live on a farm
about ten miles north from Hazlehurst, Ga,
and like farm life fine. What do you
Cousins do for pastime? ] read, write,
draw, Pnd play the organ. ! go TO school
and am III The sixth aud seventh grades.
so I" school ar Pleasant Grove, and do
yon wonder anything unpleasant conld hap
Peg there
DO you Cousins like flowers? l do for
one. My favorite-|flowers are ferns and
roses. SO yon Cousins like to cook? | dc.
Here is good recipe for apricot short
cake: Apricot Sh0rtcake: Drain can OF
aprcoiS and put layer Of them in glass
serving dish. Cover with Lorna Doone bis
cut placing these so that they stand mp
around the fruit Around the border Of
Lorna D0One biscuit put chopped apricots.
sprlnkled with sugar. Cover fruit pile with
Il single Lorna Doone and this lay a
slice Of apricots. Decorate with Mareschino
cherries. and when ready TO pile on
cream, whipped stiff, with tablespoon of
sugar and one-halt teaspoon vanilla; serve
Immediately before the Lorna Doone biscuit
have tims to moisten too much. I will he
going before l diSobey Auntie'S rules. All
YOU gOOQ-IOOkinp Cousins write m 7
will try TO answer all mail received. Will
leave my age for you to guess between IA
and Is. If I'm admitted l will come again
soon.
Graham, Ga. AVIS YEARLY.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
admit Florida girl into your band Of
boys and girls? / have been a silent read
err of The Journal for a long time and
decided that l would write this afternoon
Il VIII take as my subject. Florida" In
i3l2. In9n Ponce de. Leon left Porto Rico
IN search ct the fountain of Youth, '""t
which the indians said that il any one
ia thed in this fountain they would he
searching for this fountain, sighted land
on Easter Sunday in 1913 He named it
Florida because the Spanish called it Pas
the fountain of youth, he went back
to Porto Rico. where he died from
wound by PoisOaed arrow.
az Come Ia on Florida boys and girls. and
~
us. ! am fourteen years old and in the
eighth grade. Who has my birthday De-.
toner iS ~ If any one has it, write me.
from you girls and boys. and will try
and answer all new niece and cousin,
MARY l.. GRANT.
Hello Everybody: Here come again
after short absence from your merry
circle. First | want to thank auntie for
say one thing. AS you're reading along
ana 9t come across hard word. don't skip
IT, get yonr dictionary and look up the
meaning of it and learn to pronounce if
CORRECTLY BY doing this you understand
y ,,1nr, story % snd also increase your vocab-
extra trouble, III admit. bnt it also
teaches one to express himself more
fluenty.
am a great love: Of flowers. Among
SONS scarlet csrnatiOn and roses. IL any
OF the cousins have yellow oxalis will
return refS plf fhs f send me slip of it: VIII
think have chatted long enough so
VIII close for this time. Lovingly.
xou w. MARGIT Hanson.
!. S.-lnclosed find bean for Inez.
Dear. Auntie and Cousins: wonder II
you will let me visit you for few
hlhutes to have chat with the cousins?
I: like most Of the cousins: live on the
farm and like farm life fine. ] like to
real me cousins letters and especiaiJv
nose from the dear old state of Florida,
heW many of You cousins 90 to school:
an 40 od ana 1 believe every one should have
an eduGat ton. ! go TO school in the coun-
Try and / am in the eighth grade. | ann
'fT'n ero to work to be teacher.
have tbrna IL tst ana read for pastime.
L am still blessed with a father SUD
m im.t fi Miss Annie letter, your letter was
myself myself this time. Only say l am sweet
sixteen sixteen Who has my birthday. Decem.
Der 9: Guess had better 20 before
3 1attnns Aunt Jnia,s rules: will answer all
aga again II Aunt Julia will print this A
Wildwood. Fla. Route l. - - w.
NY Dearest Aunt Julia and Cousins: VIII
I Gonnr let Jolly little Florida girl join y.ur
nahly c,rcle. live in rhc dear old STATE
OF Florida. and don think | would eIcbsn@e
1t Tor any other state. As I haven't nv
nmiother. you may he sure I get lonesome
Thy s s rtner IS l,rlng ard am thankful tina.
| am like most of the cousins. live on
farm But live i'll Coronett Phospha tie
Mine. and it certainly is q beautiful place
How many of you Cousins like flowers?
sure no. My favorites are ferns and coleus.
!lbe three miles east Of Plant City.
schoe eH' 1, COUSINS | think l will start TO
ScnoOl July l. | live about quarter of
mile fr0nt Spring Head High school and
study the eighth grade Haven't been. to
Sc i1G III nearly TWO years, and YOU bet i
takes the dear old Journal, and I enjoy
reading Aunt !ulia's Letter Boz. Listen.
couS ms, Wonldn it be grand of Aunt Julia
TO nave her photo put at the head Of the
page. She Is such dear sweet lady
I'm taking a summer vArY ton now. as
an the work in the sunny south is over I'M
til winter.
Say! who has my birthday. August 9 Oh
AuntlP | forgot | I hava
the rules. Now. please print this as this
Is my first attempt TO write Will close 10y
Florida girl. viii answer all received
Your new niece and cousin
LOIS WILLIAMS.
FAM City; Fla. care D. R. Morgan.
j. ). Can anyone guess my age? Pa.
tween IA and Il.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins Please per
nit three South Carolina boys and girl
to Join your happy band of boys and girls.
We. like most of the cousins. live on, the
farm, and like it just fine. Listen. to the
ones guessing our correct ages we will give
Il real nice prize. Grace is between eighteen
and twenty-five; Eugene is between fifteen
and twenty, Henry is between twenty and
twenty-five and Joe is between twenty and
thirty. Now, cousins, You all write. for
we want TO see who gets the most letters.
Now, dearest Aunt Julia. please print this
letter for us. Your loving niece and
nepbews, MISS GRACE SHORE
EUGENE SHORE.
HENRY WILLIAMS.
JOE WILLIAMS
ANDERSON. S. c., f. No. ..
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: VIII Won
please let little Georgia girl in for jusr
little while? | have been thinking for
long time wonld write. I wrote a long
time ago but never saw it IN print. So /
thought ] would try again. ! have heen
busy all day working with my flowers.
have a good many Of them, also have some
little bantam chickens for pets. Have set
one hen on eight eggs and have three more
Now don't YOU know they will be sweet?
have some Rhode Island Reds from which
I'M raising some fries. for l dearly love good
old fried chicken. Don't you. Aunt Julia? [
am fond of music and can play anything l
want to on the piano. | have three little
sisters nnd nuo LITTLE habv broth think