Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-12-20
THE LETTER BOX
FOR THE BOYS AND RIRLS
Help for the Helpless-kindness to
All Dumb Things"
LIIlor

"Help for the Helpless-kindness to
All Dumb Things"
Rules
No unsigned letter printed
No letter written on both sides of
paper printed.
All letters noi to exceed $50 to
200 words.
Dear Children:
If it possible to arrange it, our
| kind editor will allow us to have
our Christmas announcement of the
amount we are sending Inez, appear
in the issue of Thursday, Christmas
| day. If we cannot do this it will
appear the Saturday following
| Christmas.
Lovingly,
AUNT JULIA.
Dear Auntie: Won't you admit a lonely
Albanian into that dear old circle: |
have written before, | won't descrihe
my self. Miss Florence Bailey, you wrote
a fine letter and surely told the truth about
men. | won't tell my ideal. because it won t
do any good. Come on, Alabama; let's make
our old state ring loud. We can do il, 50 let
MS write. | haven't always been an Ala
bamian, but | surely love her just the same.
| would like TO hear from anyone who wishes
to write. | viii answer all | receive.
thank you for admttance.
(MlSS) MARGARET coon.
Bay Mnette, Ala.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: viii you
admit an Alabama girl into your happy band
of boys and girls: | wrote to the Letter
Box once before, but was not admitted, so
/ will try again, and / hope Aunt Julia
will be so kind to print this. We take
The Atlanta TriWeekIy Journal, and l en-
JOY reading it,, especially Aunt Jula's Let
ter Box and also Dorothy DiX's talk. j
live on a farm. and like farm life fine. 4
think Aunt Julia is certainly good woman
for printing the cousins letters and also
giving space in the paper for girls and boys
to get acquainted from the other states. |
90 to church and Sunday school and Il. y.
p. L. every Sunday when it ism raining.
| am a member of the r. Y. F. L., and
1 think it is nice to belong TO it. Well |
will describe myself. | have brown hair,
brown eyes, fair complexion. am 3 feet .
inches tai! and weigh 125 pounds. My age
is between twenty and Twenty-Five Who
has my birthday, June -? If | have a
twin, please write. | will describe my
ideal husband, as ideals seems to be a great
subject. He must first have good char
acter. He must not use profane language,
drink, gamble or dance He must not
smoke cigarettes and, above all, he must be
Christian His hair must be dark and his
weight not over $50 pounds, and his age
must be between twenty-three and twenty
nine. would like 10 receive letters from
the cousins of my own age. Now Aunt
Julia, please print this, as | want to sur
prise my father and mother All YOU
cousins write to an Alabama girl. new
cousin,
ro,s o1Ss, NAE RUTH w1LLlNGHAM.
2. s.-Aunt Julia, would you he so kind
as to print this little poem, as it is so
pretty?
Live for Something
Live for something; have a purpose,
and that purpose keep in view.
Drifting like an aiInless vessel
Thou can'st ne'er to life be true.
Half the wrecks that strew the ocean,
If some star had been their guide,
Might have long been riding safely
But they drifted with the tide
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: How are
You all this rainy day? | have taken to
cover and am reading some. How many
boys do you know to be flower lovers :?
Most boys claim to love girls, and I don't
see why they do not love flowers, for both
are lovely have loved both from away
back. am sure the girls would love to
see my aster patch. J have six rows. with
thousands and thousands of flowers of the
various aster colors. | cut some for nv
friends and for funerals, but my object IS
to save seed. SO, il you boys and girls
would like to raise asters next year, please
let me know. But don't you write to me
unless you are a lover of flowers and pretty
things. There are too many pretty things
in this dear old world for you to be going
around with your mouth poked out Better
look up and smile know some girls VINO
claim to be Just crazy about flowers 3"
and yet never lift finger TO help one to
grow. All country folks can have some
flowers, if not many. Come along all Won
lovers of the beautiful and tell me how 10
get the most joy out of living. l will an
swer all.
(MRD G. HAMPTON BARNES.
Roxobel, y. C.
Dear Aunt Julia aud Cousins: Good morn
ing. Aunt Julia and cousins Yes this is
little Jolly fun-loving girl from the dear old
state of Georgia seeking admittance Didn' t
near a crowd of You cousins in a corner
away over yonder say, 'WhO is she? Plea Sc
bring her over here, so we may see what she
looks like" No, | haven't time I'll stand
mere on the stage. so you all may see me-
Now, can everybody see? All right here
go. have dark brown hair (bobbed). deep
blue eyes and very fair complexion, and. of
course, I'm just like monkey. NV age is
between fourteen and twenty. NY birthday
is April A. Have / twin? If so, let me
near from you. Listen. cousins TO the
one writing the longest letter and sending a
photo Of themselves l will surprise them
with present Let me see who gets the
present 50 all You girls and boys write to
me. If Aunt Julia is kind enough to print
tHlS LOT me. II call again some day. !
nave enjoyed my visit very much and will
go. looking for lots and lots of letters A
new niece and cousin.
CMlSS) ESTELLE PACE.
Monitrie' Ga, X. f. d. No. >.
Dear Auntie and Cousins: viii Won LET
TWO south Georgia girls join your band of
boys and girls? Not very many letters are
printed from this postoffice We have A
Jolly time at school We are in the eighth
grade. and like our teacher fine We live
on a farm, and like it, too. We are menu
hers of The Methodist church. and 90 70
church, sunday school and the Epworth
league. cora has blue eyes, fair complex
ION, dark brown hair (bobbedl and is five
feet tall. /. Lizzie, have gray eyes me
dun complexion, light brown hair (bobbed
too). and am feet inches high l. Cora
am seventeen years young. l. Lizzie, am
fifteen years old If YOU cousins want 10
correspond with two sisters, let your letters
| come to
(MISSl CORA METTS
| tMISSl LIZZIE METTS.
| WiIacoochee. Ga
/. S.-Please send mail separately
Dear Aunt Julia: As You wanted a let
| ter from al! Of oar schools. I will write
| about ours Graves High school. We have
| four rooms in our school building with Ii.
| hrary and auditorium. The auditorium on
the second floor of the building is splen-
| dtdly large. light, airy. with comfortable
| vhairS: there IS spacious platform with