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

fortune. "Any idiot can spend
money, but it takes brains and skill
and finesse to make money. Spend
ing money is childs play, but max
ing money is the great game in
which you pit all that is in you
against your adversary, and in
which you match your wits, your
shreWdness, your farsightedness,
your courage, your stamina, against
the world.
There is nothing Of which you
can so easily tire as spending money
There is so little we really want.
Food, clothes, shelter, a comfortable
chair and good bed. After we
have got these, we have got all that
money will buy for us. When we
have eaten all we want, millions
cannot purchase us an appetite for
more food or the digestion to assimi-
late it. We can wear but one suit
of clothes at a time, sit in but one
chair, sleep in but one bed. And
when we have got these our money
is counterfeit SO far as getting any
more physical comfort is concerned
Moreover, it is one of the peculiar
tiles of human nature that things are
desirable to us just in proportion to
the difficulty of obtaining them, and
the knowledge that we. can buy any
thing we want, keeps us from want
ing things.
"On the other hand, making money
is a pastime in which your interest
never lags, not because of the money
itself, for the dollars soon come to
be nothing but counters in the game.
but because business is the great ad-
venture, the great romance, and be-
cause success in business means
achievement and proves a man to
Don't disappoint me: Every boy and girl
write me, as | a cousin.
MISS BONNIE BALDRIDGE.
Corperhill,' Tenn. ~
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: viii you
let another Florida girl into your happy
band of boys and girls? 1 have dark hair,
blue eyes, medium complexion, and am ten
years old. The st. Luce river is back of
our house. We live in an orange, grape
fruit and tangerne grove and 1 surely do
enjoy the fruit in winter. / have a little
brother five years old We have three kit
tens for pets Mamma raises lots of chick
ems ] 90 to school at White City and
will be in the fifth grade next year. For
pastime, I play with dolls and my little
brother, and then | help mamma l VIII
close for this time for it Is the first time |
have written to the Letter Box. Tell all
'A' 'N'' GERALDINE M'LENDoM.
Fort Pierce. Fla.
Dear Aunt Julia: Seeing so few letters
from South Carolina, L will endeavor 10
write Come on, South Carolina boys and
girls. Georgia and the other states are
far ahead of us. There are just SO MANI
gifted writer's in our state as anywhere,
am sure, even if ] am not among them
Well, the subject OF Ideal husbands and
wives is being fully discussed, l see. I an
afraid if some of the cousins wait for their
ideal partners, there will be plenty of OLD
maids and bachelors awaiting. Don't you
think so. cousins: No on earth is per-
feet We all have faults. I have few
qualities ! prefer my life partner to have.
but l do not say | will succeed in getting
him | want him to be a gentleman ard
Christian above all things. l do not want
him to drink any strong drink or chew to-
bacco. l am sure if men and boys would
think what bad habit drinking and chew
ing is they would never start it. I would
like for him to have the following de-
scription: Black hair, brown eyes, DARK
complexion, height, five feet seven inches
and weight. 80 pounds. 1 see most cous-
ms are in favor of an education There is
no reason why any one should be without
an education, for just look at the wonder
full opportunities that are open to the boys
and girls of today. Cousins, l am going 10
ask favor of each and every one Of you---
I want you TO send me poem. I have a
book in which l want to put them. Now,
cousins, come with your poems, and don t
disa ppoint Well. I see most cousins
describe themselves. Will say that l am a
blonde and II years old. MY birthday 1s
November 80 Have I a twin? All of Won
cousins write to jolly bobbed haired girl,
and send photos If can. will bid you all
adieu with best wishes for the future and
with regrets that | do not know each Of
you personally. Your new cousin,
MISS NEALTHA HAIGLER.
Cameron, S. G..