Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-26
THE LETTER BOX
FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS
Help for the Heipless-Kindness to
All Dumb Things"
RulnS

| All DuttlD LHfUSS
Rules
No unsigned letter printed. =.
! No letter written on both sides OF
paper printed.
| All letter not to exceed 100 to zoo
words.
Dear Folks: l am giving you this
time a delicious recipe for Brown
! Bread" anybody can make it and
everybody will enjoy it. Just follow
the rule carefully. Cordially yours,
AUNT JULIA.
Brown Bread
Three cups Graham flour; l cup
corn meal; l cup syrup, cane or black
| molasses; l teaspoon soda; IL tea
| spoon salt; 1 cup of seedless or
seeded raisins; l cup buttermllk.
Sift your meal and flour, add salt.
Beat the soda into the syrup until
( foamy and yellow, add buttermilk TO
| this, then flour, meal and raislns.
| Grease three 1pound baking pow
der cans, and divide mixture into
| these, steam three hours.
Be sure that your cans do not
leak, as the water will get into your
bread if they do If you have can
with q top that these can be boiled
in so much the better. II properly
made this bread is delicious, and
the most delicious sandwiches are
made by slicing and putting but
| ter between.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins May
| join your happy band of boys and girls! /
| am twelve years old, have auburn hair, fair
sixth grade at school last year, and like
| to go to school fine. have been a reader
| of the Letter Box for quite while and
think it is fine. How many OF you cousins
| live in the country? | do, and like country
| life fine. l enjoy such sports as fishing
! and horseback riding. Who has my birth
! day, December 10th? / must go now as
| Pm afraid l will break Auntes rules.
! Would like to hear from all the cousins, SO
LoRENA KIRKsEY.
Dysortyille, \. C.
Dear Auntie and Cousins: Here comes a
jolly little Georgia girl knocking for adj
mittance into you: happy band of writer's,
md wondering if it will be granted. How
! are all of you cousins enjoying this beau
| iful spring weather? 1t is just wonderful
to me, for l like spring best Of all. 1
| like to see Mother Nature putting on her
| dress of green. When spring comes it is
| TIME to go fishing and do many other won
| derful things. How many OF you boys and
| girls enjoy going to school? | just enjoy
! going and hate for the time to come for
!
| | started when 1 ten years of age.
The boys and girls of today that let the
| opportunity CT getting an education pass
are letting the greatest opportunity of
| filled, l shall have education. Some
\ people even ask the question What is an
| education torT 1t is to make better men
| and women OF tomorrow cut of boys and
| girls of today. The young people hold in
| their hand the rising men and women of
| the future. Write me, all of you. | will
try and answer all.
MISS NoLA THOMAS.
| Lumber City, Ga, Il. F. d. ..
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: viii YOU
| be so kind as to admit Two Alabama girls
INTO your happy band OF boys and girls :?
| We've been taking The Journal for a num-
per CT years, and we always look for Aunt
Jultas Letters first. We sre sure we can
| not write such an interesting letter as
some, but hope we will be welcome. Most
OF the cousins take a subject, but we will
not take one. We will leave the space for
| ro,e gl.en WRITER'S Juanita has dark
curly hair (bobbed), blue eyes and fair com
pleXon. Gladys has dark hair gray ewes
ana dark complexion. What do you cousins
uo l3t pastitmeF We read good books. play
lhe yictrola. and go kodaking Juanita is
visiting GLADYS. Her home is in Montgom
| cry: Ala. We both are school girls. We
VIII gladly exchange photos with anyone
we we want an the cousins to write. We as
sure you an answer. We would like for
| you 10 send our mail separa teIy. both ia
Gilbertown, Ala. route ?. Two new
cousins, W" nc"
(MISS) JUANTrA CRAWFORD
tMiSs) GLADYS DOGGETT.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins WI, Won,
please admit South Carolina Girl intn 80
merry band Of boys and girls? | have been
long, but silent reader of the counciI ana
Tah hardly wait for The Journal to come
hon rn'nA u Is me best paper we southerners
| nave. what about it, cousins, Yes I know
| you would think So We are having sno,e
noV weather in Sander today Wish some
u, i4 you cousins were here to go in ba thing
WIN me. There is a big pond abont 1Oo
yards from our home. / live six miIns oast
OF camden but prefer the country TO i've IN
| 20 Tue city. see most Of you cousins take
SubJeet but ! will leave that for q moro
9iteeu writer as know Aunt Julia thinks
am staying too long. But she Ia such
ueaf woman to give US a chance to gair No.
l,iehds. Aunt Julia, will YOU nIaoso MINT
IN, , Tor me and I'll promise not to stey as
, M NEXT time Who has my birthday. Jan
wary II: III | have a twin nIease r,rit
| Now all you cousins who want To corrosnoni
WIN brunette of twenty years write "a
m nt; come again, Mark Young and Mrs
Nj Mia nunaWay, your letters were fine,
exchange Lets forget for ..Wben on" ~,
| zone You'll Soon Forget" All Won co,sinn
"'''e ana send photos il possible. Au revoir'
| Con,, tMlSS) WILLIE MOORE
'"n'oe"' = o. r. F. d. ., Box "a.
! Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: As don't
| tbounhay IetlerS from boys from Georgia I
nousut l would write. l am a farmer have
! larmed all my life. love farm life h,t -
| 5otteh dlsSusted sincee the adyent of tbe
bo MeeNI. Ih1s is fine farmin" country
| 49, ~ south Georgia We raise corn. nota.
.oeS' peanuts, cotton and lots of cana Iinoo
cane, mean. How MANY Of tba o lSu?'l
| me fnpSic? | do. I am a musician 60
| n'[ ;Ii " ahd guitar and do enjoy pIa wing
puitsr a. parties and sing with piano or
| near how, "is0 pay at the Methodist church
e.; "ne' rms county. Sumter surely ba
~ ,rops inns year. and very few hnII WOO
srrto.t o'ton Is incoming now. AS like do
nLp'iohs OF folks who write I will oivo
NOR n" go. Like all great men," was
~ 80 IN log cabin and in the month 81
ESTUARY ninth day. am an ornba, ha
~ sisters living younger than myself ons
woi lem ~ married. l am 6 feet inch tsn
eves 10 pounds. have dark hair. hazel
Us medium complexion and am h.+n,F"
twenty and thirty years old The o,e o,,o zen
Va, my age will send them a box Of csndv
Won sl4's' as lt is leap year. il anv of
Georsia ., 20 queer up an old lonesome south
oisa Hddler by writing to hin, lo+ ~
letters come. I will try 10 oDsurnr 'e ~, Tue
drose also like to see pretty photos Al.
Leslie C. LEWIS b. Law
no, non -so,r' Everybody: As the June moon =
ran,t 49, lo,'n her sotteSt rays tonight / hst
.'h resist the temptation of rbaftjn Jus'
aunt Julla and her host OF nIasSont VI"
waIco,, NOW. merci oien, l knew l would he
Melcome' that big. kind heart oF o,,nt ne
IS always warm towards such A LITTLE 'n ninht
w wainn as and the doors are omen 70
49, me in 1t has been quite owbiIo
are man nave visited you and see that there
No. o." ne" races among us tonight wiz
mere are several married ladies W. ny,
b,xs proud TO have you all with us and 70
rooni' Ou give us your opinions on honSey
or nfe pnr o, ETC. for dare say there are some
marriags 200, cousins nS who are contemplating
you were guilty and am sure Won all s ~
t th me talks such things even 'p mnta
e eV@p no. for I'm nothing but kid. how
ttin. IN packing up the more imnor+o,,+
Ihlngs in my memory for future mn
ho ever happen to need them. / thinS T Tra
o ee! taxing course in housekeeninS +b;s
SplIhg, as my mother has hon :: n ~