Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-02-21
AUNT ULIA'S COUNCIL
Friendly Meeting Place for All TnWeekly Journal Readers

! am going TO school now, taking the
enth grade; hope TO go to High school an
other year. / i've a farm, and enjoy
farm life fine, l help my father to make
and gather his crops: Also repair his build.
iugs Do you Cousins enjoy that kind OF
sport? l guess it is good for lis.
Come, Cousins, and 20 opossnm hunting
with me. l have a fine pair of dogs, and
hunting is my main snort. 49,, ,.4
churches, at Springfield Ala. We have
Sunday school every Sunday, and 1 can 20
to preaching every Sunday
do. l read all The good poultry and story
books l have, and You Cousins need not be
surprised if you see me coming to borrow
n book from you
Guess l had better describe myself and
go before 1 break Aunt Julia's rules. l am
is years old, have black hair and eyes.
Who has my birthday, May IL? Would
like to receive a card shower on that day
letters and cards ! receive, if possible.
Your new niece and cousin,
w. HOWARD SHELNUTT.
Roanoke, Ala, Il. >, b. 81.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Would you
admit another little Alabama girl into your
happy band of ooys and girls? l have been
reading the Letter Box for some time, and
enjoy reading it very much, and so l de-
i, cided to write
Dear Cousins: What are you all doing for
pastime these days? l going to school
and am in the eighth grade, I have
very nice time.
live on a farm but don't like farm
life SO very much. My age is between II
and II years. If some of you Cousins should
wish to write to me l viii lanswcr all cards
and letters received.
Your new niece mad cousin,
(MISS) FLORA COBB.
Wallace, Ala, Il. l. Box A..
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
please let two Alabama girls in your grand
circle of boys and girls? Surely Auntie will
print this, as it is our first time to write.
we live on a farm, adjoining Coosa river.
Our ages are between sixteen and twenty
on. I, Eva, am the elder. I, Vera am the
younger, but most the same size. Come on
| all of you jolly cousins, will be proud to
/ receive letters, cards and photos OF all boys
| and girls who wish to write to two lively
kids. We will answer all. Adieu to each
and every one.
(MISS) VERA SCOGGINs.
(MISS) EVA SCOGGINS,
Ragland, Ala, r. F. d. 2.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: I have
been so interested in your department, and
the letters which l have read made me want
to know you all the better so l am writ
ing with the hope that you will all take
pity on me, lonesome cousin, Chat is if
you will let me be your cousin) and write
me some nice, long letters. 1 am particu-
| larly interested in the west-a place where
l have always wanted to be. but haven t
The Journal, that you have not published
many letters from the state of Alabama, L
! trust that you haven't any grudge against
| Alabama, and its people. 1 assure you we
| are just like anybody else, and, Of course,
| L think my state is the best place in the
| world. However, l am not narrow minded
| enough to believe that you will think the
same. l live on a farm and like farm life
! fine, but believe l would like city life best.
| l have just devoured the descriptions in the
| letters which some Of you cousins have writ
! ten from the west about your home and
what you enjoy, and do want you to write
| to me. I'll promise to write you a ten
| page letter. Perhaps you would like to hear
| a little more about myself, as am new
| conner to The Journal. First, as the min
| lister says (you know that they always say
first, second and third: Well first,
suppose l should tell you my age, l am
not so old that blush and look guilty when
I tell my age. L opened my eyes to this
world just nineteen years ago last Febru-
airy. and as | liked the looks OF things I
decided to stay. Every one, including my
fond parents. declared l was the homeliest
baby they ever saw, but doubtless you re-
member the old adage: 'Homely in the
say that l have improved since then, al
though not pretty, ! don't think I'm bad
| to look upon. All who would like to write
jolly girl, just let your letters and cards
| come to a niece and cousin.
(MISS) JESSIE MAE JOHNSON.
| Clayton, Ala, Route 8.
It'll gpETAOINSHRDLU CMFWYP
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will yor
please admit another little Alabama cir
into your happy band of boys and girls?
have been a reader of the page for a Ions
time, and enjoy it very much. ]. like most
| others, go to school. Am twelve years old
and in the sixth grade. live in the coun
| try, and go to town to school, on a truck
| How many Of the cousins like consolidated
| schools? l, for one, think it is the only
way for country children ever to get an edu
cation. 1t gives us a chance we NIGH
never get if we didn't have consolidat ton
How many of you like pot flowers? L do
| have geraniumS, red. rose pink, white an(
purple hydrangea. and have chrysanthe
NUNS, the varigated and yellow. So, il
any wishes to exchange with me, would
| be glad to hear from you. VIII exchange
for most any kind of pot or yard flowers
If any one wishes to hear from a merry
little girl, let your letters and cards come tC
(MISS) GERTRUDE THOMAS.
Phil Campbell, Ala. Route 2.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: I an
wondering if 1 ought to claim Relationship
| with you all or not, because 1 am stranger
and 1 don't know that you would accep
me as a cousin and niece; however,
hope you will, since this is one way to ge
the cousins page and 1 find it more inter
esting than ever. Miss Bessie Seawright
your letter was very interesting. l am 9
rural teacher, just four miles from town
| and am very nicely loca ted. | love this
place. 1t seems to me as IL nature pro
duces more flowers here than any place
| know. AS a teacher, / find myself bring
! ing many things to pass out here, My
boys and girls are wide awake, and 1t does
| seem to that have many John Yves
legs and George Washingtons in the embry
ouc state in our rural schools but their
possibilities Of achievement are being shat
tered by their most ignorant parents, who
do not seem to realize this fact. We, as
rurals chol teachers, must prove to the
parents of the children that it is wrong to
neglect their children along these lines. II
| is not only wrong for them to neglect thelr
| children, but it is crime against their
| fellow men, his country and their God.
! love my profession because l feel the bur
den of great responsibility on me. L love
my school and it's location. This, as you
know, helps one to perform his duty bet
ter when he is pleased with his surround
! ing All of you cousins write me per
sonal card or letter and l will surely send
personal answer. Lovingly, your cousin.
(AfISS) LUTHA NJ. COLE.
| EIba, Ala, Route ]. Box ga.
Dear Aunt Julia: Find enclosed twenty
| five cents for New Years gift for lnez.
Sincerely yours,
(MRS.) SALLIE GRAHAM.
Coxey Ala.