Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-11-01

the 18th Have we twin? I guess we
had better go. All you boys and girls write
! to two cousins. Please send our mail
(MISs} MARY SHEPARD.
(M1ss) EVELYN MOODY.
Sylvia, n. c.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins; Here
comes another Alabama girl asking for adj
mittance. | never have had enough cour-
| age to write before. | am a girl of twelve
years. l have light brown hair, gray eyes
and fair complexion My school will open
September "a, and L will be glad of it. l
says be brief, ! will go. Everybody write
ME and l will try to answer all. Your new
niece and cousin
(AIISS) ALFVA BROsTROA.
Satsuma, Ala, BOX 20.
Dear Aunt Julia and Consns viii you
please admit lonely little Georgia girl
into your happy band Of boys and girls? l
have been silent reader of the Letter
Box for some time and have just decided
to write. What do you cousins do for pas
| time? | read interesting books, go to par
ties and enjoy life. How many of you cous-
ms go to Sunday school every Sunday? ] do
and have u grand time. ] have two brothers
and no sister living and brother and one
sister dead, and my mother is dead, but my
father is living. Here is my description
| am ) feet inches tall. weigh los pounds
fair complexion, brown hair, blue eyes. Who
has my birthday? 1t is January s. l will
be sweet sixteen. | will go before l break
the rules. All Of you cousins who care to
write to a lonely Georgia girl let your
SHELDON KICKS.
Adrian, Ga, Route l.
Dear Friends: Our letters all dwell too
much on the commonplace Let's make
them more 1nteres tnig We care not wheth-
| er you live IN castle or a cabin-we are
/ interested only in persons and in things
| Let's forget our everyday environment for
moment, and discuss, contrast and com
! pare our views on the vital questions ia
miliar TO all of us-questions of science
of doctrine and ct life. For instance. l be-
lieve Darwin was the greatest promoter Of
| Sciet &c since Archmedes. What's that?
! Oh, let's forget about Grandpa Monekey.
| All theories have their weak points. But
! The Joke of this one is, that most of us
would rather be the descendants of a per-
! fectly cute and docie monkey than of some
! folks we might name, every man casts his
! own shadow. And the contest lies in cast
| ing yours tarthest. But perhaps are
| living in the meridian Of our day when
our shadow falls shortest! Fortune is a
great big wheel that goes around like an
! endless reel" Dreams are but the haunt
ing specters of forlorn hope-gamt grim
and CHASTITY ghosts of another world. YOU
! the individual are the universe, the whole
| When the stars rise do the shadows fall :?
what weird, nmerciful power is it thas
! faithfully guides faltering footsteps
! down the well-trodden trail TO the carnif-
j erous shrine Of that Plutonic monster. Curl
| osity? If we but be content at first with
/ the SAVIOR of the meat. might we not some
/ day possess the meat? But only are we
| dlsllluSoned when our teeth sink onto the
| bare bone of reality. Don't those "strive
for an education" lectures sometimes tire
! your Ihey are all right, too much of the
same thing becomes monOtonous. Who will
please change the record: Well now that
! have stated the pro, who will state the
con: And who will trade a photo for one
Z nT -l,,sg,
year-old boy. Truly thine,
Laird, Colo. '-''''' ''i'A'i
Dearest Aunt Julia and Cousins: VIII
/ you Piease admit three Alabama girls into
/ your happy band OF boys and girls? WHAT
! 10 you cousins do for paStime? We all
| three are in school at Brooklyn High this
| year. Enjoy our Scheol work fine All OF
/ us have bcbbed hair. Lucille has dark
! brown hair brown eyes and dark compIey.
/ Ion Flora has light hair, blue ewes and
/ fair complexion, Noble has fair complex.
/ ION blue eyes and light hair. Any of Won
sGQa looking cousins who wish to correspond
Mltn Us SEND your photos. please. You
/ cousins please write separately. We wish
/ to see who receives the most letters. Your
| three new cousins
MISS LUCILLE CRozIER.
Brooklyn, Ala.
lMISS) FLORA FINDLEY.
Evergreen, Ala, Brooklyn ROUTE
Brooklyn. Ala.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins; Will vor
please admit North Carolina girl into YOUR
charming cifcteE l will promise not t.
say long, although | have never written To
me council before. l have been reading the
letters for quite a while aud find some II
them quite interesting | eniov readirg
Dorothy DiX'S articles very much aud
think she gives good advice. am very
fond Of music aud flowers. and reading is
one or my fayorite paStimes am ready
to enjoy pleasant afternoon or evening. II
have some good magazines or an interest
ing book. That would not suit Mr. Clair
George Neal. would it? His ideal girl does
not read fiction, read lots that is not fic-
ton. but read fiction also. I have dark
brown hair and dark brown eyes. fair COM
'pleNion am eighteen years old. From a
new cousin.
MISS LOU JERMAN.
Lenoir, y. c., Route 4.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: One and
all. will you please admit another Georgia
farmer boy into your jolly band Of boys and
girls: Oh, l think you viii. am l0ncI.-
hoy my mother and I live on little farm.
Just We two alone. my father dicl April