Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-01-10
Dear Aunt Julia:

Will you open the door
And give a seat7
1 hope Mr.. Waste Basket
Has had enough to eat.
l see most of you Cousins
Live on the farm.
| likewise the same,
And see much charm
In the moist green grass,
The flowers and trees,
In the singing birds.
And the hummng bees.
l shall say few words
In regard to the home
Be 1t a matched cottage
Or palace in Rome.
When one leaves his loved ones,
Lives life of his own,
He win oft be repeating
There is no place like home.
am five feet, five inches
Am bobbed-haired lassie
With dark hair and eyes.
Some say I'm saucie;
But believe my impertnence,
I'm a sensible gaZele,
Just sixteen summers.
But you never can tell.
I'll drop my pen now
And blow out the light,
For 1t is MY bedtime
And l shall say goodnight
MABEL WHITESIDE.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: l know
you are not easily disturbed you have so
many lively girls and boys chatting so
y
more Tennessee girl for the second attempt
to squeeze in for short chat with you
ALL We have been taking The Journal for
about three years and | soon found out the
cousins letters were the dearest to me. /
think it Is real nice to correspond and be
as jolly with one another natural
cousins. am real country girl. l have
never lived in the city. 1t seems to me
that the country must be better, especially
for the young people.
How many of you cousins like musicl
truly do for one. l am not real organist
but l can play some, so you cousins come
good time. l will leave my age for you
all to guess 1t is between u and 16.
Cousins, write me. 1 shall be very glad
to hear from any one. Ny very best wishes
for every cousin and Aunt Julia.
(MISS) EDNA MASENGIL.
Yarnells Sta, Ga, Route ?, Box 10.
Dear Aunt Julia and Courins: Will you
admit happy Mississippi girl from off
the farm? What do you all do for pastime :?
read and play the organ and lots of other
things. | wish all of you boys and girls
would give me a card shower or letter
shower Either one I would like. and
would like for you all to send me some Of
your pictures. Where are vow bows and
girls going to spend Christmas? l guess
Will spend 1t at home. That Is the best
place. think for little girl like me, 1T
home with Daddy and and Mother. / will
not describe myself only say I'm fifteen
to be admitted. All who would like to
write to jolly girl, Just let your letters
and cards come to
niece and cousin
(M1SS) MAUDE WALDROP.
huntsville, Miss, Route l.
Dear Aunt Julia: Did it ever occur to
you to compare deck of playing ards with
year? There are 800 spots in deck Of
cards, representing the 800 days In the
year; ffty.two cards represent the fifty
two weeks in a year. the twelve face cards
represent the twelve months in the year:
one deck represents one century. Aunt Ju-
liza, will you please print this for me? I
wont bother you 81. soon again. Cousins. I
surely have enjoyed the nice and interest
ing letters which l have received from you
CHANDLER JOHNSON.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here is
hoping you will let another lonesome country
girl join your happy circle I certainly do
ENJOY reading the Letter Box, and wish
Aunt Julia and some of you cousins were
with me tonight. We would have Just
coolies aud coolies Of fun. I enjoy reading
GOOD books, and am very fond of music
and outdoor life Shut your eyes and i'm
asine a girl fifteen years old, with dark
brown hair. medium fair complexion and
blue eyes. ] will send my photo TO the one
that can guess my birthday or the nearest
to it. will vanish TO give place to some
more interesting writer. Come on, jolly
cousins all of you, write to this lonely kid,
and would be very glad to receive snap
shots from every one of you. Your new
cousin
(MISS) LUvIE PIERCE.
Temple Ga, Route ..
Dearest Aunt Julia and Cousins win yon
aumlt Georgia girl into your happy band?
nave been silent reader of the Letter
Box. | think it is the most interesting part
or The journal. Cousins, how have You
spent this beautiful Christmas day? / have
loyed IL very much, as | have been at home
some time on account Of sickness How
many of you cousins like to read? do
If l had to choose between money and
books, / would take books because money
can be taken from us, but when we read
DOCK no one can take that from u.s. How
many or you cousins 20 to school? do.
ana think | couldn't use my time in bet
ter way. ! so to B@selton High school
am taking second year high school work.
think every boy and girl should strive for an
ecucation. How many of You cousins 60 TO
IL. y. 2. u? | do. and think It is the best
organization in the church for training
young people. Cousins, don't you think We
10 daddy wrong by not praising him any?
Daddy, Too Don't think that l believe
we praise mother too much, because we do
not praise her enough. But | think we
should praise them both more and show that
it is true by being more obedient to them
Those who wish to write to a Georgia girl,
let the letters come to.
(MISS) MAE WORD.
Hoschton. Ga, Route ].
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins Will YOU
admit two Georgia girls into your happy
band OF boys and girls? We have been
silent readers of the Letter Box two years
Our ages are between thirteen and eighteen
Bonnle's birthday is April % Velma's birth
day is February is. Have we a twin? II
So write to us. We are running races to
see which one gets the most letters
(MISS) VELMA STEPHENS.
Calhoun, Ga. h. /.
(MISS) BONNIE YOUNG.
Paramount, Ga.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: MAY drop
IN and chat awhile | have Just finished
my lessons for tomorrow? Papa takes The
journal, and l always read all the letters
some write real interesting letters | will
take as my subject 1.-The Model Wife" A
model wife must have character above ey-
eryth1ng else, character that controls it.
self. showing itself in an intelligent eve.
IN the kindliness of the heart, in the gentle
ness OF hand, and in the grace of the move
ment A pretty little wife may make
pure wife, but woman with we'll round
ca character will not fail in any sphere
VI course, above everything else, the heart
IS TO the noble wife what the sun is to the
heavens: 1t is the great warming and light
ing which makes mans home beautiful
ana lovely, A noble wife is also woman
IN which selfishness does not live. She
gives herself to husband, to children and
TO home. aud looks upon each child com