Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-03-20

return the favor IL you will. AS 1t is al
most bedtime, will say sweet dreams TO you
all. My age is nineteen. Give me card
and letter shower. All send photos who
800" " " HoYT BARNES.
Trent, Texas.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Please let
me in again? l will not stay long. What
are all you cousins doing this snowy wealth
err? I am sitting by the fire eating wal
nuts. You all ought to be here to help eat
them. Do any of you make candy? I
guess YOU all are celebrating Washington
birthday, MS he was such a great man and
fought for his and our country. Any OF YOU
cousins that have not received any letters
from me, l will write to you soon, for
have been away from home about six weeks,
helping my aunt wait on her husband. |
love to help the sick and the needy. When
you help people that need you God will re-
ward you in time ta come. l nope nave
not broken aunte's rules. Here is another
piece that 1 a2uld love for you to print,
and then / viii so:
THE OLD VIRGINIA HOME
Tho homes Of gorgeous splendor
May suit the tastes of some,
| There's nothing quiet so peaceful
AS the old Virginia home.
As the ola colonial dWelIHE,
With its spacious rooms and nall,
And the quaint old-fa shioned fireplace
Built within Its ample walls.
English ivy ever climbing,
Unmolested In It's pace.
Now has claimed the old brick chimney,
Clothing 1t with wondGSus grace.
The old rail fence, with honeysucke,
Quite completely Is o'ergrown,
And it stays our steps and charms us
Witha fragrance all Its own.
Roses blooming in profusion;
Morning g,ories bloom at dawn,
And the OAKS, wide spreading, noble,
Tower above the blue grass lawn.
And the good old winesap orchard
Stands just back upon the hills;
Fen the windfalls seem too precious
Just to feed the cider mills.
There's a spring of freestons water,
Pure as mortal ever drank,
Shaded by ferns and laurel
Growing on the messy bank.
There are Sycamores and poplars,
Growing stately and supreme,
| Where the wild grapes form an srbor
Ger the gravel-bedded stream.
Cool, refreshing summer breezes
Seem to whisper softly, Come,
Danish care and live with nature
In the old Virginia home"
Hope to receive lots Of cards and letters.
Yours lovingly. ..,>-.--r,
Lynchburg, Va, R. F. D. l. Box 120.
| Dear Cousins: Please admit south Geor-
| cia girl into your merry corner. fh1s IS
| nv first attempt to join the cousins, so
| please don't turn me out. I am between
the ages of fifteen and eighteen, in my
second year Of high school. We have just
| finished our mdterm examinations. what
are you cousins doing for pastime these
rainy days? [ read. My favorite authors
are Harold Bell Wright, Zane Grey and
| Gene Stratton-Porter. I also play the piano
and '1isten in" over the radio. l certainly
| like to hear the music, singing and the IN
| teresting talks. We can tune in" flom
PENNSYLVANIA Tennessee, New Jersey to
Florida. l a member of the First Bap-
| fist church and of the Senior b. Y. L. T.
! I went to the Albany B. Y, p. U. conven-
| ton as one CT the delegates. We all had
good time. Did any of You cousins go:
| Well 1 must bid my new friends adieu
Won't some of you cousins write to me
(MISS) KATHERINE WILLIS.
| Blakely, Ga.
| Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: VIII You
! move over ust a wee bit and let two Mis-
/ move over iusta wee bit and let two Mis-
! take The Journal and I like 1t very much.
/ l. Eunice am almost u years Of age. /,
! Winnie, am 13 years of age. We will be