Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-07-10
AUNT JULIA.

to
temptation" ringing in your ears, but for
one time l will have to yield and attempt
to join this merry band | am an old con.
sin and thank Aunt Julia sweetIv fo- her
Kindness, as 1 have won a host of warm
friends
suppose every one respectfully all Geor-
giansl are well acquainted with Sidnev
Lanier, The Great Georgia Poet Though
Georgia. has been more prolific of men If
action z5han of literary geniuses Sidney
Lanier has won more than local fame as !.
poet. He was born in Macon, Ga, in 1912,
ana dled at the immature age of 80, in 1881
having lived life and accomplished a
work that would be studied throughout
ages to come. OF the Georgia poets. Lanier
Is UNNECESSARILY the greatest. Workins
under the disadvantage of ill-bealth and
poverty, it is remarkable how much he ac-
complished in his short life. He ranks first
not onlyN among southern poets. hut is rap.
idly obtaining recognition as perhaps Amer
lca's greatest poet
In addition to his wonderful skill in put
ting his thoughts into verse form, he was
an able prose writer, an accomplished mu-
stefan and lecturer on English literature
He rose above merely local interest, and
appealed to the mind and heart of man
kind. His most noted poems are, The
Marshes of Glynn' and the Song Of the
Chattahoochee. said:
Pass not, so cold. these manifold
Deep shades of the hills of Habersham,
These glades in the valleys of Hail."
| wish to ask the favor of the cousins
to please send me their photo and favorrte
poem for my Cousins album. Thanks,
MARY SMITH.
Crest, Ga.
Dear Aunt Julia aud Cousins:
Here comes two north Georgia girls to
visit Aunt Julia and Cousins.
We have been reading the letter box
which we always enjoy and try to be guide
by Aunt Julia's good counsel.
/, Kate, am a blonde, ; feet inches tall,
weigh 104 pounds.
l, Shirla, am brunette. feet inches
tall. weigh us pounds.
We will leave our ages for You to guess,
They are between 10 and is.
What do you cousins do for psstime? W.
read write and go in swimming. We will
answer ali letters and cards received AID
dress as follows:
Miss Kate Chastain, Calhoun, Ga.
Miss Shrla MaShburn, Adairsville, Ga.
Dear Auntie and Cousins: Here comes
a jolly Georgia girl knocking for admit
lance into your happy band of boys and
girls
I, like most of the other cousins, go to
school and think every boy and girl should
strive for an education.
l live on observation-disclosures farm and
would not exchange our pretty country
home for any in the city.
You cousins who love flowers should visit
me, for we have big yard full and many
pot plants.
I sing when 1 am lonesome and like to
wander through the woods to gather wild
flowers and listen to the birds sing for
they seem to know no sorrow.
For pastime I sew. crochet, embroider
and do almost any kind of hand work.
How many of you cousins enjoy can
ming? I do for one and know how to
can and preserve almost any kind of vege-
tables and fruits. l like to make pickles
best. l really do not think girls edu-
ca ton is completed unless she knows how
to cook and sew. Then she does not have
10 run about and ask some one else to
do it for her. Who agrees with me? My
ambition is to be good seamstress some
day.
1 think the girls and boys have we'll dis
cussed the paint and powder subject, but l
want to say right here that if everybody
would attend to their own looks and bust
hands full, and especially try to do good,
be kind and help others instead OF
crticizing and trying to get them in trou-
BILE so much, they would be happier look
better and he better themselves for We
are taught to do unto others as Won would
have them do unto you" How many do
this? But L must admit that / agree with
Carey Hill, of BloctOn. Ala.
My age is between seventeen and twenty
one. All who would like to write to a
certainly get an answer. Will send all a
picture Of myself who sends theirs.
Hope all the cousins who live in middle
Georgia will write me, also those of north
Georgia. l will answer all letters received,
50 give me letter shower.
Love to auntie and Cousins.
new cousin.
ITALY CAIN,
Pelham, Ga, Route ., BOX $50.
Dear Amt Julia: Here comes a jolly
Iorr,r
admittance into your happy band of boys
and girls My mother is a subscriber to
The Journal and I like it just fine, but
do not get TO read it as much as l would
wish to tell you OF picnic trip my pu-
pills and ! had. We had talked of and
planned for the trip two weeks ahead The
day set Friday. The patrons seemed
went with US. We started for the place
chosen about 10 a. M. The place was about
one mile from Round Gap, and about the
same distance from what is supposed to be
the Lonesome Pine" spoken of in John
Fox, Jrs novel. The morning was reason
ably clear. We enjoyed our climb up the
mountain immensely, but when we reached
the top and We're getting ready for some
kodak pictures the sun hid itself behind a
dark cloud. Very soon the rain came down
in torrents. We seized our baskets and be-
gan to spread our good things to eat, as we
wished to go down the mountain empty
every one of us had indigestion for A week.
The rain kept pouring. so we soon abandon
ed our baskets and began playing games.
We didn't mind the rain much. and we had
good time, anyway. The rain ceased
about 1 o'clock. About . O'Clock start
cd down the mountain. The soil was so
wet that we could scarcely walk. When
we reached home we were SO wet and muddy
that we were the joke OF the whole com.
munity but every one enjoyed the trip. !
always try 70 show my pupils good time.
partake in al! their games. find time
for, from Cat and Mouse to baseball. [
heard some one say. What about the in
struction"" Well. my pupils and patrons
say it's excellent, so ] think we can have
a good time right along with hard study.
have had both the primary and grammar
grade pupils in my charge and cant tell
which ] like best. Last term l was prn-
cipal OF a twO-room school. When | am
not in school l work in the house and also
some on the farm. My letter is getting
long Everybody please write. Don't let
the wastebasket Sst a school marms" let