Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-02

Dearest Aunt Julia and Cousins: We saw
at the heading OF Aunt Julia's column,
Help for the helpless and kindness to all
dumb things" We feel perfectly helpless
when we see Mr.. Wastebasket staring us in
the face, but dear Aunt Julia, won't YOU he
so Kind as to admit us? We live in the
country like most of the others and like 1t
the best in the world. We live just one
mile from the small town of Blue Springs.
1t has a large bathing pool and, of course,
We can swim Well How many of you couS-
ms like to go to school? We do. We're
juniors in Blue Springs High school. Our
teachers last year were solomon NJ. Baxter,
principal; r. +. watkins, vocational agri-
culture: Fan Scoficld, high school assistant.
The lower grade teachers were Misses Lee
Ella Baxter Marie McRae, Elma Bethune,
Maude Fuqua, Kate Ross and Mrs. X. L..
White.
As auntie says be brief, we will describe
ourselves and go. l, Addie, am fourteen
years old, have light (bobbedl hair, fair
complexion and blue eyes. I, Esther Ruth,
am thirteen years old, have dark (bobbed)
hair fair complexion and blue eyes. DON
you know we're cute? If We are admitted
Wen take for our subject, 'Flappers do not
always have bobbed hair" All of you cous
ms write to
CIISS) ADDIE LOU MEDLEY,
(M1SS) ESTHER RUTH SCARBOROUGH.
Blue Springs, Ala.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: 7 will try
my luck,if YOU all won't | am not so
ugly, have brown eyes and fair Skin. dark
hair. | haven't heard of any of you tell
how you are spending your vacation. ! live
in north Florida, and took a trip to Kissim-
NEE, Fla, POO miles south. We went in a
car and l stayed down there till l met with
an accident. | fell train and got my
foot crushed and it burt me very bad. l
then went to Cross City. Fla, and stayed
there two weeks. While there I went with
a camping party to the Gulf of Mexico and
we Went out in motor boat to fish. We
caught some fish, but the waves got so
high, we came back to land. ] came back to
town and went in the courthouse to hear
tried, while in the courthouse lightning
struck it, killed two men and twenty were
knocked Senseless, and | was one of them.
| got over the shock and now am at home
with mamma. We can go to sum
mer school two miles away, but my foot is
not well yet and ! can't walk to school.
How you cousins spending your time
blowing | guess, and [ may do that myself
next year as we are thinking of moving on
a farm. My birthday is June -. Who has
J. L M'DoNALD.
Dearest Auntie and Cousins: Surely hope
you will permit two jolly girls into your
happy circle of boys and girls: Native
has written once, but Ida has never been
permitted to enter into your happy band.
We both are farmers and certainly enjoy
farm life. We will not take a subject this
time, but we just want to say a few words
on home for what is any better than to
have a good home and TO have father and
mother with us TO make life worth living
on this earth? We surely ought to praise
them while they are living. for don't
know how they will he called away.
and life without a good home is awful.
Let's try and make our homes brighter.
Cousins, how many of you like music? My,
my, look at the hands, We are great low
ers of music and must say we love all out
door life, such as horseback riding, picnick
ing, etc. We want to say few words
about our Auntie. Ism t she one of the
grandest women in the world? Native has
black hair, brown eyes and fair complexion.
Ida has brown hair (bobbed). blue eyes ana
fair complexion. Will appreciate cards and
letters from all who care to write to two
Jolly girls. Please send mail separately.
Lovingly. ,
MISS) IDA MERRITTE
(MISS) NATIVE SMITH.
Soperton, Ga.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
admit an Alabama girl into your happy cir
Gle of cousins? | have been thinking for
some time 1 would wrote, but just couldn't
sum uD the courage to do l enjoy read
ing the letters from the cousins of the va
rous states very much. Some of them are
real interesting. Messrs. Kyle Logan ana
Willie Monroe, your letter Jolly and
full of life" ! rather enjoyed it. | snail
now tell you something of the ''chick"
am | am twenty years old: have light
brown (bobbed) hair, blue eyes. ana me
day. November 10? live on farm but
STAY in town during /the winter to attend
school. I will be senior III high sehoo
next term, which begins September |.
enjoy going to school heaps; have a
much better time during school (eyen II
there is lot of hard study than | DO our
ing my vacation. spend most OF my lei,
sure reading, as I'm exceedingly iona OIL
it, ! think each of us should ADOPT some
hobby TO occupy our leisure time. Well, as
I'm afraid I've overstepped the RUE OF
hrcvitv ia better be leaving. VIII be glad
to bear from as many cousins Will write,
and will answer all | can. y new niece an"
cousin. o,,r,v
Forala Ala. Route a.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: have ]"St
finished reading the council, and enjoyed IL
fine luther Huff, you surely did write an
interesting letter. Miss Matilda Kelly
know how to sympathize with you. Wy Ia
ther died when | was five years old. nave
two sisters dead and two sisters ana tWo
brothcrs living. / have dark hair (bobbed(
and people say | have gray eyes, but ! car
them cat eyes, and fair compleXion' and my
age is between twelve and eighteen WIN
can guess my correct age: Some or you cpus-
ms come and visit me- We would go ilsh-
ing. 90 in swimming and have fine time.
Well as auntie says be brief, had better
RIM home thank you all for this pleasant
chat. All who care to write to Georgia
girl. let your letters and cards come |
will answer all ! can new me, n.srg EP Sn"
cousin. (MlSS) THELMA fRho0lHN'
Eliza, Ga.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Well, at
Inst | have COTTON courage to ask Abundance
into your happy band of boys and girls.
Please let me 2ut6r and have q short chat
with YOU. l i've N Gay county, IN the de'}r
old state of Ad3arla and like most OF tlG
cousins live on a farm and ike II me |
90 to school at SiKc,N lille hiSh. / flnlshed
the ninth grade last term. My greatest am
hilton is o get "A euu(atton. / think every
one mus nave an e(ucation before making
a successgip life. I've been leader IN mF
grade since | entered hlgh Schooi ana nope
to cont niue Ara anV OF you cousins a mem
Der Of the Home Demonstration cIuo: 4 am
and think we learn many economical tnlhSS
that We wouldn't learn otherwise We nave
A very sweet teacher. Mrs Cicero Rudd-
| was sixteen years old March -. nave
golden. curly hair (bobbedl, and fair COM
plexion. Have Wa twin, if So send me
photo. All YOU Cousins write me for l IKE
to receive letters from boys and girls from
different parts of the country. wishing all
vJd cousins thr greatest OF luck anu Aunt
Julia, TIC for size j. = 'ery sweet woman
| know. LCylp@iy, new cousin,
tMISS) ELNIE M'DAHlEl-
Wadley, Ala, kcute =.
Dear Aunt Julia: Here am again, not
pleading for letters. though, just to make a
report on the experience I've had with ouf
council Several have requested that l 40
this. Some time last August. 1928, wanted
to locate Joe Roberts, of Rossville, Ga, SO
| wrote the Letter Box asking for him.
thought some one might know him ana ho|
write me unless there was something III u
for them so. for an iuducement for them 70
write me l offered a prize to the first one
writing me from each state. | also lett ny
age for them to guess it being between one
and one hundred, and the ones guessing
would receive a present also. l furthermo e
promised to answer all letters up to a nit
lion tTheres where l was fooliSh-ha
haD. Wen, my letter was printed October
I6. | cot over 900 letters. The maJori Y
of them were written October Ii, II and lS.
My age was guessed to be anywhere from
fifteen to nlnety-niue, mostly from thirty
five to fifty-five one girl said she was
too young for me, she being only thirty-flNe,
hut said her mother was n widow. | told