Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-02-23

| if Won will admit another Alabama gill into
your council. 1 have been a silent reaFer OF
| the Letter Box for quite a while, but now
| | am going to try to join. l, like mort CT
| the cousins, live on a farm, but I am not
| very fond Of farm life. How many Of you
cousins go to school? I go, and am in the
| ninth grade. l think everyone should strive
| for an education. There is piece CT poetry
| | am very fond of:
ny Star
Since the dewdrop holds the star
The long night through,
| Perchance the~s atellite afaH
| Reflects the dew.
| And, while thine image in my heart
| Doth steadfast shine,
| There, haply, in thy haven apart,
Thou keepest mine.
| I will not describe myself, only say l
| have brown eyes. Who can guess my age
| 1t is between fourteen and eighteen. Won
| der If | have a twin? My birthday is April
10. All Of you cousins write me and l will
assure you answer. new niece and
! cousin,
| (MISS) JAMIE GRAHAM.
Pell City, Ala, Route l.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: How is
everybody? In the happiest mood and en-
| joying life, l presume. Now, just let me
| give you an idea as to who | am and what
I
| old state of Florida. My home is five m les
I north of Live Oak and three miles south Of
the song famed Suwannee spring and river,
| which is a famous summer resort Mean
while | am a quiet country girl of fifteen
summers and in the ninth grade. We have
a fine school at Live Oak, with a faculty
of seven teachers. Some of you cousins
should visit Live Oak some time and see
| how you like town. | want to ask a
favor now before l 90: IL anyone has the
| book, kidnapped at the Altar" l would like
very much for them to send it to me, as
want to read it very much, and will return
in good condition. If Aunt Julia thinks this
worthy of space | will consider it a rare
honor and very high privilege to be ac-
! cepted as guest into the circle. Aunt
Julia, it would he untold pleasure to me
| if/you would print this. l would be glad to
| hear from some OF you cousins. | will try
ana answer all received Devotedly,
LILA MIKELL.
Live Oak, Fla.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: May I stop
| with you few minutes, as it is raining out
| here? Haven't we had some cold weather?
| l have almost frozen down here in sunny
| Florida. ! see there are quite a few letters
from Florida these days. Come on, Florida
| girls and boys, get the Sunshine state in the
lead. hope you cousins had a merry
Christmas. We had a case Of measles.
don't think Old Santa had had them so he
passed us by. Well this is leap year, how
many of you girls are going to propose? I
think l shall wait four years longer. How
| many will be glad to spring come again
| / will, as spring and summer are my IA
| vorite seasons. | will describe myself par
! TALLY, now don't laugh So for l am easily
leased: 1 am feet inches tall, gray
eyes, fair complexion, brown bobbed hair,
! countless moles, wear glasses. viii ex-
| change photos with any one who cares to
correspond with me. Love to all
(MISS) NJ. c. WILLIAMS.
Oak, Fla.
Hello, Aunt Julia and Cousins; I have
| written before and received just lots Of nice,
! interesting letters and l wish to say to those
| who wrote me and didn't receive n reply,
! please except my most sincere thanks.
may have overlooked some few, but l appre-
ciated each and every one of them. l see
most of the cousins have subjects to write
! about. l will take for my subject, "Neces-
sity." Have you ever thought that we
| grow in the power to do things by simply
| doing them again and again? 1t is only by
! playing ball again and again that We can
ever hope to play ball we'll In fact, all
! of our precious skill has acquired by doing
| the same things over and over. We thus
! gain much valuable skill even in our play,
| but we really want to play. SO in play we
| get practice in qualities without having to
| do what we do not want to do. but we get
! our very best practice in our work. Yet
| most OF us do not want TO work and we
! shirk 1t. SO we miss the training by which
| we might grow big and strong and fine
| Now. necessity is that thing which makes
| us work. If you were left on an island or
| in a forest with no one near TO help you and
you had 10 provide your own shelter and
| foood and clothing you would have little
| trouble in knowing and remembering what
necessity means. But we need many things
In this world besides shelter, food and cloth
| ing, and ali of these great needs are con-
| Stantly urging us to do our beSt-our very
best. Therefore. necessity compels us to do
the things which train us and which really
| make us grow big and strong and fine. In
is haa D
woman, but necessity is pictured as a "hard-
visaged- dame" a woman with a hard. cruel
face We hate her. She makes us do what
we do not want TO do. Necessity eompels
us to work in order to live. If she did not
do so, We would not plan great things nor
strive hard 10 attain them. Necessity is our
! very best friend. Now, come on cousins, and
write on some good subject l think it
makes your letters more interesting to read.
l see most of you describe yourselves, but
| viii only say I'm seventeen years old Did
| l hear some one say, Here's your hat; must
J you go?' Well I'm gone. Cousins write.
will answer all letters received. An old
! cousin,
NuSS) ToAGMIE M'NABB.
! Ho>ford, Fla, Route 1.
! Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: I will tell
| you about the beautiful Toccoa Falls AND
| the institute over there which was incc--
Porated June 10. l9ll' under the laws Of
| Georgia, fer providing a practical Bible
| training for Christian white young men ana
| women of small means. fitting them for
/ effective Christian service at home and
abroad 1t also covers thoroughly the com
/ mon and high school branches in its Eng
/ lish department, where needed 1t is located
! two miles from Toccoa, Ga, eighty-three
/ miles northeast of Atlanta, on the main line
/ OF the southern railway. Nesting in the
! foothills OF the famous Blue Ridge noun
| tains, TocCos Falls IS in the midS, Of pic
/ tureSoue hills, sbolHdjng in springs and
! brooks, rsviBes sGd woodland, So an sltj.
/ tude Of over ! eco feet above the sea level
/ and Is proveroially beautiful Its name Is