Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-04


All letters not to exceed $50 to
| 200 words.
| Ny Dear Children:
The letter from Bette Wilder
which leads our department this
week, explains itself, but [ do want
| to say to you that a practical joke is
| abominable, and there is NEVER
| any excuse for such a thing. l feel
sure that my children would not de-
liberately do thing to hurt an
| other, but you must think before
| you do such a thing as signing a
person S name to letter without
their knowledge or consent. That
| is a serious matter.
Lovingly,
AUNT JULIA.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: May
| the real true Bette Wilder come to
| your corner? L am sure you are
not used to having people write you
under some one else's name, that is
what some one did to me. Wrote
a letter to your column, and signed
my name. The description of me was
right, but the letter was not one bit
| like one I would write. I do like
friends and like to correspond, but
not the way it was written. I will
feel it an extreme favor if you will
print this letter, for the benefit Of
| my friends in other towns who read,
and probably misunderstood the
other letter.
/ don't understand why one of
my friends, if it was a friend, would
want to forge my name to a letter
1t was a poor sort Of a joke, don't
| you think? But I always like to
receive nice letters from you boys
and girls.
May I come again?
| Your niece and cousin,
(MISS BETTE WILDER.
Trion, Ga, Box SO.
My Dearest Auntie and Cousins: I wonder
| if the space I shall require will ever be par
doned? Anyway, 1 hope you will give me
| just a few minutes. l think of our he
| ories-complicated life-aId our ambition :;
| yet, however good or bad, life is life and
| cannot be nodded or changed by mans will
| alone. God works His wonders in mystic
| r;ous ways. Sometimes it is like waves,
| like love. Religion comes to us in waves
| and is unfathomable as an element, yet it is
| this very thing. When we young and
| happy we think merely Of home school,
clothes and good times. Then all of sud
| den we think of loTe or religion, whichever
| may be the case. Mans word is God in
| man. therefore our loves. And remember,
| ambition is the sin which caused the down.
| fall of the angels. Yet life requires GER
| tain amount of ambition and few tai
| ents, therefore the evolution of one into the
| other, executed in the right way, proves our
| fitness as human kird to be leaders in cur
| duty to uphold honor, to lay aside false ap-
rrehensiors, conclusions, misgiyinge and
| Wrongdong, to eschew evil and fear Col
| w is hat nd re
| the way upward? Our dear parents. | can
| remember the touch Of my mothers hand.
| 1t was beautiful touch, for l knew so well
each finger had warned me through The
| years and worked through the days OF
anxious hardships that life might be just a
| little easier for me, and if we touch lives,
moments and events we must touch them
| With clean hands, consecrated to service.
Every time you bring A gift to some one
| else your fingers touch the rays of immortal
| light. You give, and that Is really what e
| are here in this world for Aunt Julia, /
hope this is not too long and is worthy of
| Deing puollshed. Cousins one and all, write
to (MISS) JOHNNIE TYSON.
Cuthbert. Ca
| Dear Aunt Julia, and Hello, Friends! 1t
gives me great pleasure to write you all
| again. 1t has been over a year since
| wrote my last letter to you, and | hope that
| several of you will remember me. | have
| received several letters asking me to write
| again, but had rather read the letters than
| write | surely get lots of pleasure readin.
| The Letter Box. 1t certainly is a great
| thing, because so many of us get so much
| enjoyment from it. Now l don't want to
| take up so much room, but | feel that |
| must say few words to the Letter Box
| TRENDS who wrote over year ago. You
| remember | received over 600 letters in an
| swer to one of mine, in which / promised
| to answer all that l received. 1t seemed
| impossible for me to answer them all but |
not kt,,I~
| answered them every one, but if 1 haven t
| or II any of you failed to get an answer and
| will write | will answer yet and in
| ADDITION III serd You nice surprise tina
| you IL like. That's to show you all that I'm
| good sport vet. But listen! L want to
| surprise you all right here-you too Am.
Julla. When l wrote you all last I was
| single, but now I'm m married. Now 1ow
| many OF you are sorry for me? Please all
or you write to me. I'll surely be glad to
| hear from all of you and all of the cousins
| VINO have never written me before I will
| answer all the letters | receive. All you
ora fr1encs viii notice that my address has
| changed. | have been travelling about quite
| bit Tor the last year, but now have set
| tled down in the mercantile and printing
| business here at Mooresboro, n. c., with 81
good little wife to help me in my duties
and she viii act secretary in ausweriu .
| me letters l receive from you all, therefore
YOU Will receive much prompter service.
| nave certainly enjoyed all the letters I ha We
|
| and want YOU all to write to me- and
| want to see more of your good letters in tho
| Letter Box for that is what il takes ~
| Keep 1t going. So good wishes to Won all.
| am an old friend,
ELMER BRIDGES.
Mooresboro, n. C.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Please ed.
| INIT another lonely North Carolina girl into
| your happy circle of young people as | an,
qente fond of company. l, like most of
ene cousins, live in the country and like
| country life fine although old General
Green has kept us country folks fightina
| mighty hard this summer
| nave been reading The Journal Just a
snort while and l surely do like the
| cousins letters in Aunt Julia's counciI
! DO think she is the dearest Auntie to give
us place to meet and have friendly
| chat 1t l am admitted this time | will
come again as | have lots to tell l have
| auburn hair, blue grey eyes and fair com.
piexion OF course my hair is bobbed and
am great reader. All you cousins please
write, My birthdate is February "a 1902,
| nave tWia? Cousins, please write to a
lonely girl whose mother has been dead
eleven years.
Love to all.
| (MISS( MARTHA J. BROWN.
merry hlll, y. C., h. f. D. ?, Box 10.
Dear Aunt Julia: As l was not admitted
before, | viii ltry again and 1 hope Aunt
| Julia will print this one 1 have been a
| reader of The Journal for long time
| no not know what 1 would do If it were
not for the Letter Box. l enjoy it so much.
cousins: what have you been doing for
| yourself these hot days? 1t surely is hot
up here. have just come hack from a big
camping trip. certainly did have a uice
| time. | read books but best of all | have
been emoroiderins Like most of you
cousins l live in the country too and Iike
| it fine. live one mile south of I.avonia
| on the public road. How many of Won
| cousins will be glad when school starts? II
| Is only two more weeks and my school will
| start. l VIII be glad. l 80 to school at
| Lavonia, we have fine school, We have
| fourteen teachers. l am sixteen yeas old.
| have light hair, brown eyes, and fair com
| pleXlon. Now, cousins, let me hear from
| you. L will answer all letters received
| (MISS) WILLIE 10 MArLnIN.