Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-12-20

SELL am LOOKING Tor beauty. | am 1lndlng
it, not only in the stars and the rainbows OF
heaven, but in many little living, growing
things of earth Not only do I admire the
large flashy flower, the peony and the
rose, but my heart goes out to the little
waysde daisy that has struggled just rs
hard for existence as they. Also am ,ook
ing for beauty in the thoughts and deeds of
Gods children around me. Every day | see
or read something that somebody has said
or done that makes me want to live better
and love more. l have seen enough of ugly.
things, and these l wish TO forget.
Teach to feel another's woe,
To hide the fault ! see
When ! am saying and doing wrong things,
] need some one to accuse and correct me.
Therefore my ideal wife must not be kind
and good only, but must have will of her
own-must set IL mark and require me to
toe it, Laugh if you will, boys, but al
or us need somebody 10 hold us down, and
this should be the wife's business. | don
care what color her hair and eyes may be.
but she must have mind of her own, and
be liberal with it towards me in cases of
need. l would love to get letters. end will
answer all
tMR.) G. HAMPTON BARNES.
Roxobel, y. c.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: viii you
please admit another North Carolina married
cousin into your happy band? This is nv
second letter, so / hope Aunt Julia will
PRINT this one for me. Like most of the
cousins, l live on farm, and like it fine
| am still blessed with a dear father and
mother, five sisters and three brothers, also
have four little brothers dead. My youngest
brother is tie baby, not quite a year old
and | think lie is the sweetest baby there
ever was. | won't take subject this time;
will leave that for a more gifted writer than
| am. am just a young married woman
have dark brown hair almost black, gray
eyes medium complexion, age twenty years.
Who has my birthday, January L? How
many of you cousins like to read? NV!
Look at the hands 30 up! I surely do like
to read. | have been a subscriber TO the
dear old Journal for quite while, and
surely do like to read the Letter Box and
Dotothy Dix's talks, also the continued
stories. Well, I'll be going before | break
some OF Aunt Julia's rules. A IL you cousins
write, married cousins especially. [ will
try to answer all l receive. Love to Aunt
Julia and cousins
(MRSl VERDE L. sAULTER.
Aaysville, n. c., Route l.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: After an
absence OF nearly five years l again seek
my chair, the one closest to Aunt Julia
although older than | was when last among
you, ] still have the same jolly spirit l
| mad then. Why wear long face? Let's
always be young in spirits. Say. won't
you cousins please quit singing ut AMT
Gonna Rain No Mo-" Honestly, it hasn't
ralned down in my neck Of the woods for
I
alarming. We have to use the utmost pre-.
caution in building fires in the fireplaces
for 1t so dry the dirt will almost burn.
| How many of you cousins were sorry to
learn that Henry Ford had released his Of
| fer for Muscle Shoals? |, for one was
| think he made our government the best Of
FER and would have developed that water
power and made fertilizer cheaper than
anyone else can. We Democrats of the
! solid south lost out in the last election
but let's take our medicine without muir
muir and rally behind Mr.: Coolidge and help
make this greater L. 5. A. Well. Christ
mas is just around the corner, and. Of
course. l know you're not going to forget
10 send my present. Will describe myself
and depart. Am five feet six inches tall,
weigh 120 pounds, black hair. blue eyes,
I dark complexion. male and singular
number. With best wishes TO ell. | am
an old cousin. My age is between eighteen
and thirty. Guess what it is. My birthday
is February -.
TARLEToN F. DUMAS.
Lucedale, Miss. Route ,.
Dear Aunt julia and Cousins: VIII YOU
accept these few lines and let me join the
( happy band OF boys and girls? What do
YOU all do t. amuse yourselves? I work
the farm and piece quilts and sew. l love
country life more dearly than city life. /
found peace with God when l fourteen
years old. l 90 10 Sunday school Sun
days, and sometimes l go to the 3. \. p. L.
Our pastors name is Rev. Hammic and We
all love him. and he is so kind. | am six
teen years old, have blue eyes. fair COM
pleNion, red hair (oh. yes. it is bodied. and
| like it fine); | feet inches tall and
weigh shout 10 pounds. Cousins, you all
write to me and Ill try IN answer all the
letters l receive from anyone under the ace
nf twenty-five. I love blue and brown eyes
best Of all. Lovingly yours.
MISS BESSIE HAWKINS.
care. Ca. Route ,.
Hello, Auntie. I'm back again, begging
for sdmtttance. Oh. what jolly band Of
boys and gIls this morning, with smile
on their faces. Wake mp, Bill Snow; your
letter was fine. Also Cleta Jackson. see
the Ideal is the subject now, and think
it is a fine subject. so 1 will try mine. H.
must have black hair, brown eyes, medium
complexion. l don't care fer the smoking.
I will tell you how tall I am. for I told Won
how I looked the other time l wrote. 1 am
feet 6ia inches, weigh los pounds. ! am
rather tall. I heard some one say, She is
staying n whale OF time 50 l viii slip
our in the cool weather again and let an
other one in. | will he going. with oceans
OF love and Kiss on every wave
MISS FLORA TURK.
vatkinsvins Ca, Route /.