Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-04-12
GIVE ME- CONTENT


"a Thanksgiving Intercession)
BY James WhitcOmb Riley
Dear Lord, to Thee my knee is bent,
Give me content,
Full.pleasured with what comes to
Whate'er it be:
An humble roof-a frugal board,
And simple hoard:
The wintry fagot piled beside
The chimney wide,
| While the enwreathing flames up
sprout
And Irvine about
The brazen dogs that guard my
And household worth,
Tinge with the ember's ruddy glow
The rafters low;
And let the sparks snap with delight,
As fingers %s1ight
That mark def measures of some
/ The children Groom:
Then, with good friends, the rarest
Thou holdest true,
Ranged round about the blaze, to
My comfort there
Give me to claim the service meet
That makes each seat
A place Of honor, and each guest
| Loved as the rest.
Dear Folks: merry morning 10 every
body How are you? My, isn't spring
just glorious? After cold, dark winter l
| think springtime the best time of all the
year" | won't take any subject, though
the letter with special subject is the best
agree with you all, The Journal is
great paper. | must say the letters are
improving. Mr.. e. d. Rainey and Vera
Finch. your letters were splendid. 1. too
think every boy and girl should endeavor
to get an education. ! believe in the
| proverb. Where's there's a will, there's
way" also think a girl should study
housekeeping ms well as Latin and French.
| Befnce Beatty, your letters are always
| good. Mr. Alonzo Webb Bison City n G.,
your letter, sometime ago, describing your
| Julia is one of the best aunt's anywhere
she's so generous. The stories and Dorothy
Dix Talks are real fine. think. 1 wish
admire anyone like her l enjoy her letters
| Immensely. She's of the very finest char
acter. Private j. P. Cummings, envy
you o soldier and sailor boys your travels.
| Islands, The Paradise of the Pacific, 1
nave always thought | would like to travel
and visit different places OF interest, espe-
| FAILS.
| nave never been lucky enough to get very
lar from home. Some one said, See Europe
| II You viii, but see America first ~ An
OF you are anticipating lovely Easter,
| presume. III any or you having the hook
'On the Trail of the Lonesome Pine"
would please, send it, or lend il. ia Their, +
would appreciate it very much; would TAI
speHat care Of the book and pay postage
! songs, ITS long way back to dear old
mothers knee" and II wonder how the
Ola folks are at home and will please
send them | would be awfully glad 500
| most of you are interested in reading
ENJOY good book more than anything else
J l uoh approve of the kind that are degrad-
! ing; We should select our books with spe-
| cial care, as we should our company. We
| should want them to have n good charactar
ana good influence. Some books I've
read are, Millbank," ben Hur,' Tho
REsary' "A \, Girl OF the Limberlost.'' 'St.
Elmo like ''Millbank" best. All Won
1000 writers write more often. Here's wish
| ing everyone of you a lovely Easter. Low
| 'hsis, EUNICE MARTIN
:, Dear Aunt Julia viii you admit two
;niesfssippl girls into your happy hand Of
boys and girls. We are constant readers ~
we Letter Box and like all the letters AL
though we are wee bit partial to some OF
mem we live in the delta near the beau
Itlti cry OF Greenwood. in Leflore county
1t was named after an Indian chief Green.
| wood Leflore. We think it the rrandeS+
place we ever lived. We live near ths
waterS or the beautiful Tallahatchie. we
mSu Always nyed in the hills til last Jan
! uary our fathers moved here Oh. we
wouldn't move back for anything We are
very 1ond OF reading and think it the incest
pastlme ever. II any of you have some good
! hovels TO lend send them to us, please We
| viii return in good condition. we arc not
going to tell you all our exact age, but we
| are gong to leave it to some of Won nro
tesslonsl guessers to guess. We are be-
fourteen tun ny.
same age. but we won't tell Who's the old
EST; You may guess that, too We are
ooth blondes. We have blue eyes We
w ,pu De pleased to hear from some of you
VINO i've in the west or anyone else who
cares to write, both boys and girls W.
| VIII assure you an answer. We are fond of
an outdoor sports and~would be glad IL Won
w wi,1 u 'e.l us the sports You like best. We
| kindness in advance. Lovingly
(M1SS) OPAL ASHCRAFT
tM1SS) ETHEL M5TAY.
| greenwood. Miss. Route 4.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: have been
| constant reader of the Letter Box for a
tonS' long time and surely enjoy the nice
| ,etters. live on a farm of PAS acres and
nke farm life o. k. | live in sight OF the
| Coosa river. What do you cousins do for
! pastime? 1 crochet, Quilt and helm 1no+ber
in the house. l have one sister and we have
| lNe brothers apiece. Have a twin If so
would be glad to hear from them. My birth
aay Is March 5. Will leave my age for you
| to guess. it is between sixteen and fwentv
! | am expecting bushels and bushels of let
! iers from the cousins. Please send pictures
! If you can. Love to all
BESSIE LEE SMITH.
Sfopwell, Ala, Route l.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here come
two Georgia girls to join your baprv hand
Of boys and girls. We both go to the same
! school. We both live on farm. and like
! lafm hfe What do YOU cousins do for pas
nme How many of YOU have read the
bloie through? Aunt Julia. l like the short
letters YOU write Mt the head of our box
! ana would like to see long letter from Won
! IN each issue of our paper. All Won cousins
| come To see us this summer. We will an
sWer all letters received. Address your mail
separate TO
MISS RUBY COCHRAN.
tMlSS) MINNIE SUE ROBBINS.
! calhoun, Ca, Route 4
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins, Will Won
please let two more Georgia girls join YOUR
happy band Of boys and girls? we are in
the tenth grade at Midway High school. and
are working hard to complete this term
! what sre you cousins doing for amusement
,nese ueys' we are still playing basket
bah. We are constant readers of the Letter
Box and enjoy such interesting letters. Of
! course. We are not caring for ours IN he
! so long, for. as we are two strangers We
| know Aunt Julia wants US TO close so all
you cousins write 10 us Our ages are be-
| t"SCu A'A'Ssh anu twenty. ana perhaps our
| birthdays may be the same, on the same
day and the same month, but we are going
| to let You guess. Address your mail sem
arately. From two new cousins.
! tMlSSl JEULLE SAPP.
Hawkinsville, Ga.
Dearest Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will
! you please admlt three jolly girls into your
happy band OF boys and girls We i've ri
the country in the dear old sta.e II Ceor
ga. We are three sisters ana love each
other dearly, We have a grand time a. All
| studies; play the piano for we desr,v 1ove
music l. Monte. am between Is and %
| /, irene an between Il and 10. l. Lucille
| am the youngest.
We would like for you Cousins to Visit
us. VIII assuse you fine time we co
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