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In away it was a return to the pioneer’s method of mining the soil. Today is the period of readjustment for the farmer as well as for the merchant and the manufacturer. , The farm labor situation and the uncertainty of future prices are such that prudence demands that the cost of producing a unit of crop be reduced as much as possible. This requires more crop units per acre and a return to the rotations known to be best for a given locality. The great factor in reducing the cost of crop production is the right method of feeding the crops. The composition of commercial plant foods has been pro foundly changed during the period of Potash famine. Phos phoric Acid has replaced all or a part of the Potash in Ameri can fertilizer formulas, while just the. opposite has taken place in Europe, where there was a shortage of phosphates. Now is the time to get back to normal again and to return to the fertilizer formulas that were so profitable and satis factory in the past. But this cannot be done without effort on th? part of the farmer and without sufficient notice to the manufacturer to prepare for the change. Therefore think the matter over carefully, and if your previous experience has shown you that Potash Pays notify your dealer that you wish to use fertilizers with 5 to 10 per cent, of Potash and a little more to make up for the drain on the soil during the Potash famine. And do it right away, for it takes time for the manufacturer to import it and it is only fair that he should know what your demands will be. The price of Potash nas fallen much faster than the prices of farm prod ucts so you may feel assured that you can again g-t a profit from its use The main point is to insist that the right, kind of fertilizer shall be ready for you when needed. In order to insure this, prompt action on - your part is essential. Take up the matter with your dealer at once. If we can help you write to us. SOIL AND CROP SERVICE, POTASH SYNDICATE 11. A. 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The blockade bf Germany prevented the transference of potash from one section of the world to another. Much of the en ergy which might otherwise have been expended in the manufacture of nitrogenous fertilizers was devoted to the development and exploitation of these materials for war purposes. The countries of Europe which had been importing large quantitiei of nitrogenous foodstuffs for many years were unable to obtain their usual supply by reason of submarine depredations and the scarcity of ships. It is not surprising that con siderable chaos should have arisen in the fertilizer industry, under such circumstances and that there should now have developed a world shortage of essential fertilizing materials. The call for supplies of this char acter from every civilized country is very great at this time, and it will undoubtedly take a considerable pe riod of time to put us back on a pre-war basis insofar as supplies jof materials are concerned. In this country, we are still not large users of fertilizers when the vast area we hav£ brought under the plow is tak en into consideration. It seems rath er strange, too, that those countries where the most intensive forms of agriculture are practiced have been and are still the largest users of fer tilizers. It is reliably stated that the Dutch, who have specialized in dairy husbandry and saved the re sulting yard manures obtained as a by-product with great skill and care, use large quantities of high-grade fertilizers. If this practice is desir able in Holland, a country where waste has been as nearly eliminated as seems humanly possible, it will evidently be necessary for us to institute new types of agricultural practice or increase our use of com mercial fertilizers now or in the im mediate future. The Dutch, it would appear, in spite of all the quantities of oil cake and other rich nitrogen ous foods they import, use approxi mately 200 pounds per acre of a for mula analyzing 4 per cent of nitro gen, 8 per cent of phosphoric acid and 71-2 per cent of potash. They save and use the refuse from their land and barn lots to an extent wholl v unappreciated by American farmers. The methods they pursue are most extraordinary to one from this coun try who comes in contact with Dutch agriculture for the first time. Hol land is a poor country naturally, and yet in agricultural production it stands much above us. The average yield of wheat per acre is thirty eight bushels, ours but fifteen. In this country we raise sixteen bushels of rye per acre to the Dutch farm ers’ twenty-six bushels of rye. We grow thirty bushels of oats per acre, while the Hollander raises fifty eight bushels. Os potatoes, we avo duce ninety-six bushels per acre against an average of 280 bushels for the Dutchman. It is self-evident, therefore, that he is wise in his day imd generation and the care and skill he has exercised in the handling of barnyard refuse and the material from his dairy staples represent en ergy well expended. His liberal use of high grade fertilizers has also proven to be fundamentally correct. In America we have about. 850,000,- 000 acres of land capable of cultiva tion. Os this amount approximately 500,000,000 acres have been brought under the plow and are cultivated in a rather crude way or used as pas ture. Os the vast areas of unim proved or uncultivated land we still possess, two thirds is in forests. About 60,000,000 to 80,000,000 acres are in swamps and overflow areas. The balance represents cut-over lands which can be reclaimed, but only at considerable expense. There are about 30,000,000 acres of land which will need to be irrigated be fore it can be used profitably for crop production. The fertilizer business in the United States is, therefore, in its infancy, especially if we expect to maintain and increase the average yield of our principal farm crops. It will be necessary for us to do this for several reasons, among which the following are the most impor tant. First of all, present yields are, in many instances, so low as to be unprofitable. Doubling the yield means better cultivation of the land and the balancing up of its deficien cies with essential food supplies. We may increase our holdings of live stock to the limit. We may use barn manures and green manure crops to the best possible advantage and we will still need to use infi nitely more commercial fertilizers than we have ever though it neces sary to apply in the past. As we are now a world power and competing with the producers in ev ery known land, we must be pre pared to provide raw materials at a relatively low cost to our industries and to increase our output of food crops to any extent which may be found desirable. This cannot Ind should not be done at the expense of the producer. In fact, I doubt in the present temper of land-owners if this could be accomplished even were it tried. To attempt such a thing would be undesirable and disadvan tageus to the nation and the world at large. On the other hand, one of the ways in which we can insure larger profits to our land-owners is through the introduction and appli cation of more intelligent methods of practice on our farms, thereby insur ing increased yields at lower costs. When this is done, the farmer will derive a proper increment from his labor and the ends to be achieved on the part of all the interests con cerned will be served to the best ad vantage. At the present time, the south is credited with using 7,000,000 tons of fertilizer annually. Even if we as sume that only 200 pounds is ap plied per acre, this represents the application of commercial plant food to only 70,000,000 acres of land. This is a small proportion out of the 500,- 000,000 acres under cultivation. There are those who say we are using 400 pounds of fertilizer per acre. In that event, we are only applying commercial plant food on 35,000,000 acres of our present cultivated do main. In any event, it is clear that w® still growing crops on 400,- 000,000 acres of land to which we apply no fertilizer whatever. Some tatempts have been made to determine the areas on which fertil izers should be used with certain highly specialized crops. These fig ures were worked up by Dr. Lipmann or the New Jersey Station. They represent at best only general es timates. In the south, it is presumed that practically all of our cotton land should be fertilized. We de vote 37,000,000 acres a year to this crop. We should also use supple mental plant foods, let us say on at least 20,000,000 out of 46,000 000 a-cres w e devote to corn. In the states> jt is believed rum aa«’ oo0 ’ 000 „ acre sos wheat, 10,- 000,000 acres of oats, 20,000,000 acres °£ c ?L n . an< 3 10,000,000 acres of hav should be fertilized l n the north Atlantic states, 1,000,000 acres of po aaa O aaX 3 ' ooo '°oo acres of oats, 2,- 000,000 acres of wheat, 3,000 000 acres of corn and 11,000,000 acres of hay should be fertilized. A summary o tthese figures indicates 123,000,000 acres of land which are definitely in need of nitrogenous fertilizers A of „ this land W ‘H also no doubt be benefited by applications of phosphoric acid and of potash as i Aw °nly two hundred pounds of fertilizer be applied per acre, it would take 12,300,000 tons to supply our present needs. Even then we would have only begun to supply a part of the fertilizer which will ultimately be consumed each year on the farms of the United Otc 11 eS. ■ These facts being true, it would appear that the fertilizer business is destined tp play a more- and more important part in bur agriculture. It is not going to be an easy matter for instance to secure all the fertil izer materials neded and manufac ture and distribute them with expe dition. The chances are that prices will remain relatively high fol some time on account of the long distances over which some of the materials must be carried, the demand for certain food stuffs abroad and the fact that the supply of potash in Germany and France has still to be transported long distances at high ocean rates. The American farmer is intimate ly concerned with the prosperity and success of the fertilizer industry. He will become more and more de pendent on it for supplying his soils with those amounts of supplemental plant food necessary to keep them in proper equilibrium. Unless this is done, there will be no substantial increase in the average out-turn per acre of our farm crops. It is well known to every one that the out turn obtained from a given crop is measured largely by the limiting factor in the food supply. Occasion ally, this may be calcium. As a rule, it is either nitrogen, phospho ric acid or potash The time has come, therefore, -when we need to be taking forethought for the morrow, when we must study our soils more carefully and definitely. When we must determine and ascertain their plant food requirements so that we can supply these deficiencies more cheaply and effectively. By this means we can increase production and at the same time use more fer tilizers with greater profit and ad vantage. It seems clear, therefore, from a review of the situation that fertili zation is essential to our agricul tural development -md that the suc cess of the fertilizer manufacturer is dependent upor the progress of our farmers. Hence, those concerned in these two industries should be associated in a co-operative relation ship, the one working for the ad vantage and expansion of the bus iness of the other. If a co-ordina tion of this kind could be brought about, it would be a fundamental advantage. Let us hope that our achievements in this direction for the sake of all the, interests in volved may be substantial and rap id. Plan to Instruct On Diversification MEMPHIS, Tenn., Dec. 18.—As an outgrowth of the movement for re duction of cotton acreage, agricul tural experts and extension agents in Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennes see, in session here today, discussed plans for instructing the farmers of their states in crop diversification. A committee was named to sur vey the agricultural situation and report recommendations for crops that may be grown to best advantage on land heretofore devoted to cotton. The recommendations, it was an nounced, are to be made public In a few days. The Tri-W eekly Journal 9 * Own Serial The Only Thing That Counts A Mystery Romance of Modern Bohemia By the Famous Novelet Carolyn Beecher (Copyright, 1920.) Chapter XXHi ELEVEN melodious strokes of the clock and Helen stirred uneasily in the depths of her chair. Could it be possible an hour had passed? Kato had played almost constantly, standing in shad ow, the light falling only on his face and on the bow of the violin as it swept back and forth across the strings. “I. must go,” she murmured, half rising.- “Not yet!” and again at a nod Kato played, this time a weird, passionate wail that seemed to come from a tortured heart, then to lose itself in the joy of fulfilled anticipation. To hide her emotion Helen sipped her cordial. Then Kato laid down his violin. Sloane talked. He told her the origin of the music she had just listened to, explained its mean ing. Kato had disappeared. They were alone. Something like fear stirred in Helen. She had declared often that she was afraid of no one, that she would hold her own against the world. But the subtleties of the evening had weakened her. Faintly, ever so faintly, she realized this. It made her uneasy. “I am going now. She rose from her chair. As she rose, Sloane also stood. "My cloak, please,” Helen said tremulously, angry that she could not hold her voice. “Then may Kato telephone for a taxi.” “I shall not let you go. You don’t really want to, do you?” his voice an insult. Nothing could so quickly have aroused Helen to a sense of her danger, to the necessity for getting away. For just a moment the clov en foot had shown through the silky cloak. “I shall go at once. I can get a taxi in the street,” her coulrage mounting as necessity arose. “You shall remain with me. It is now 3 o’clock. Yes, twelve by that clock. Kato arranged that. Your reputation is gone if any one sees you leaving here at this time in the morning. Come, be reason able!” The clock had been set back while they were eating. Helen distinctly recalled looking at it when she first came in and that it compared with the time she had left home. The table arranged so perfectly for two, when four had been expected—the music—everything had been planned to lull her into confidence. She ran to the door. It was lock ed. The Country Home BY MRS. W. H. FELTON After the Civil War—and Now I met an acquaintance yesterday who said to me, “How was it after the Civil War? How did the people plunge down into .poverty? We are about broke in this country now. You know —you have a good memory.” Yes, I have keen remembrance. I know we had to work for the bread we ate and whatever else we had, after the surrender in 1865. But there was this difference: We had towns and cities, of course, but the people of large wealth and prop erties generally lived in the coun try. The bulk of the south’s esti mated wealth was invested in land and negroes. When the surrender came, the negroes went, of course. This left the land idle, and where it had been overrun by Federal forces, thoroughly dismantled. But the bulk of the common people were not heavily in debt. Unless there were “security debts,” the farming classes generally made a settlement when cotton was sold in the fall. And there were no profiteers to run up provisions to famine rates, as we have seen lately. It was “hard sledding” until the first crop was made and put on the market. But everybody was poor, and they did not waste money on anything. I had a fairly nice pair of winter shoes, home-made, that I wore for dress-up in winter time, and we had some low shoes we could buy at reasonable figures for sum-’ mer wear. We were glad to have plain frocks, plain shoes, plain every thing else, when money was as scarce as “hen’s teeth” in Cherokee, Ga. We were mostly troubled about something to eat, and to get chil dren started to school. Some people took the drop down very hard. A few killed themselves, and a few tried to, but were walked and walked, every minute to keep the morphine from getting the bet ter of thepa*—and they came out of it better satisfied to live and live poor, than before they made the ex periment. The trouble at this time has been heavy extravagance when cotton fig ures were high, and big, overgrown salaries, made people lose their heads. About two years ago I went to a shoe store in a town that shall be nameless. Two colored young women were getting or rather pricing and trying on fine ladies’ shoes. I got a pair of standard make—low heels— and good quality for four dollars. The colored young ladies turned down twelve dollar boots and went elsewhere to pay fifteen. Perhaps that illustration will suffice—but I’ll give another. A very tony young lady was going to New York to take some sort of lessons, and in company with perhaps a dozen oth ers that were about as tony or thought they were. The railroad ticket man told me that the young lady’s bonnet trunk was valued at one hundred dollars, and she said they were all bought that season. That was going some—but I was not a proper judge of millinery—perhaps •—because I took off the trimming of my last summer black milan straw -—dressed it up with shoe polish un til it looked about new—bought a clean set of ribbons, and made it db. I am thankful I haven’t a dozen old bonnets bunked on me to look at, now, when a bale of cotton has to look uncommon nice to bring fifteen cents a pound—and may go to fifty dollars a bale before it stops. Think of two bales of cotton vs. a hundred dollars worth of turbans— narrow-brim, wide-brim, sailors and all the other sorts and shapes—and no pleasure with any. And the mul titudes took a vacation from hard work—or if they worked at all, they must have 60 cents an hour, or no trade. You had to beg them to listen to you on the subject of work, and then they could turn down your money by saying, “So and so will give us 70 cents an hour—or $6 for an eight-hour day.” But all that wouldn’t make them save a dollar— if there was an automobile beckon ing them to come across, and there never was such a trade heard of in farm implements, tractors, and six and eight-hundred-dollar pairs of mules. Street dresses were thought to be cheap at S9O to $125. A hat wasn’t fit to wear under sls, and the whole country went wild on spending. Little children would scream for a dime to buy an ice cream cone, or they’d pout and sulk and beg all the time their tired mothers were walk ing down the street with them, all dressed up in fine and very costly clothes. There were some “get-rich quick Wallingfords” in the land, also. They just could sell anything at almost any price. It was a wild craze to buy, to spend and to go! We are just paying the price. It is going to make lots of us miserable for a while—perhaps we will keep it in mind some years. But like bad-tasting medicine, it sometimes works a cure. I am not much acquainted with the high and mighty class, that charged the gov- “Let me out,” she said between clenched teeth. “Let me out or I shall scream.” “No one will hear you, my dear. And a wise woman knows better than to scream where it does no good. If you could make yourself heard no one would believe you remained here unwillingly until 3 o’clock in the worning.” Her cloak lay on a chair. With a movement so uicqk it caught him unprepared, she snatched it and ran to a window which was open a tri fle. She threw it up before he could reach her and would have sprung out. White as chalk with fright. Sloane caught her just in time. Ten sto ries! He shuddered. “I will open the door.” he said shaken. “But my advice to you is to keep tonight to yourself. You see my reputation is pretty well known. No man in the world would believe you if you told him that after remaining nearly all night alone with me, you went away—as you came. That is my revenge for your treatment of me.” He opened the door. Without a word, head high, but trembling so she could scarcely stand, Helen walked out, into the elevator, down to the street. “Oh. I shouldn’t have taken the elevator,” she said to herself as she hurried along looking for a taxi, thankful that her cloak was dark and made her less conspicuous. “That man looked at me queerly.” But she i, coWiforted herself with the thought that she never would go there again, never see Sloane. A stage rumbled down the street. She hailed it and got in glod of the chance to get home. One or two sleepy men were the only other passengers. When she reached the Square it ■was gray dawn. Never had the Square looked more beautiful to her than it did that morning. It spoke of safety, of the little home only a few feet away. She locked the door, then threw herself on the bed. fully dressed as she was. There she sobbed out her misery and shame until, exhausted, she fell asleep. She did not waken until Adele, returned from Yonkers, stopped at her door. “In a little while, Adele, I am not up yet.” “All right, lazy bones. I suppose you were out awfully late, I know I didn’t get much sleep. I’ll be down in an hour or two and we’ll compare notes.” (To Be Continued.) QUIZ Any Tri-Weekly Journal reader can get the answer to any ques tion puzzling him by writing to The Atlanta Journal Information Bureau, Frederick J. Haskin, di rector, Washington, D. C., and in closing a two-cent stamp for re turn postage. NEW QUESTIONS 1. What parts of a soldier’s uni form are men prohibited from wear ing after leaving the army? 2. What is the salary of a rural free delivery inspector? 3. Was the name, “California,” first applied to Lower California? 4. Please state the names of the presidents of the United States who were members of Masonic lodges? 5. What grapes are the largest and what are their size? 6. What causes moisture to collect on the inside of window panes and what will prevent it? 7. When was the salary of the president of the United States in creased. 8. Where is the oldest university in the world? 9. How many cables are there from America to Europe? 10. What was the real name of Bertha M. Clay? QUESTIONS ANSWERED 1. Q. What is the signagraph? A. It is a machine that has just ' been installed in the Southern Pa cific railroad offices in San Francis co. The chief clerk, E. A. Van Wy non, can sign 2,000 pay roll checks an hour by means of this device, which is his invention. Five foun tain pens are worked at the same time, four being connected with the one in the worker’s hand. The pens are guided by an imitation pen hold er attached to the end of a bar. 2. Q. Why is the word Christmas abbreviated Xmas? A. Xmas is used as an abbrevia tion on account of its symbolic sig nificance, the “X” or cross stand ing for “Christ.” 3. Q. Kindly tell me the correct pronunciation of the word “Italian.” A. “I-tal-ian” is accented on the second syllable, and the first “i” is short, as in the word “it.” 4. Q. How much gold is there in the world today? A. The estimated supply of gold in the world at the present time is about $9,000,000,000. The greater part of this is not pure gold, but has been alloyed. 5. Q. I often see reference to the “corn belt.” Just what states are in cluded? A. The region including Ohio, In diana, Illinois, lowa, Missouri, Kan sas and Nebraska, which are the chief growers of corn, is known as the corn belt. ~ , s . 6. Q. Will the government sell life insurance to all classes of people ? A. Civilians are not permitted to take out government insurance. 7. Q. What determines the pitch of the voice? A. The pitch of voices is determin ed by the length of the vocal cords. These cords are shorter in women than in men, therefore the former have higher voices. 8. Q. Which state elected the most women to its legislature? A. The National American Wom an Suffrage association says tha.t Connecticut stood first in this respect, electing five women to its general 1 assembly. Kansas came next, with four; California and Utah, three, and New Hampshire, New Jersey and Oklahoma, two each. Several states, elected one woman, 29 women being entitled to serve in the legislatures of 15 states. 9. Q. What has become of Solo mon’s temple? , x , A. Solomon’s temple was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 B. C. 10. Q. Where is Jefferson Davis buried? , A. Jefferson Davis died on Decem ber 6 1889, and was buried in New Orleans. In 1893 the body was moved to Richmond, Va. Nearly two-thirds of the world’s telephone systems are in the United States. It is said that there are only three mats of ivory in existence. The Chinese have a peculiar rev erence for printed matter. eminent only one dollar per annum to manage the government’s heavy business. It now looks like one dol [ lar a year was more than a plenty, : when they helped along the big con | tracts that put across five hundred j or a thousand per cent profit on their i own giant undertakings. But the country has got something ! to learn, whether we go up or go ' down; but the igssou Is Aarder to j go down- TUESDAY, DECEMRER 21, 1920. AUNT JULIA'S LETTER BOX “Help for the Helpless—Kindness to All Dumb Things 99 RULES No unsigned letters printed. No letter written on both sides of paper printed. All letters not to exceed 150 to 200 words. Dear Children: Here is a nice rule for making Christmas candy: One pound rbown sugar, one-half pound shelled nuts, one spoon of butter, four tablespons of water. Set the sugar to boil. As it begins to boil add the nuts. These should be broken into halves and smaller pieces; let this boil until it gets thick and begins to bubble, stirring constantly. When it is quite thick pour by tablespoonful on buttered plate or marble; shape into round cakes. This is best done with curved side of fork. Let cool before removing from plate. Don’t put too much grease on your plate; just enough to keep from sticking. These are called pralines, and are quite expensive when bought from a candy shop. The rule calls for pecans, but any nut is good, especially the black walnut. / Hope you will have some of this for Christmas and enjoy it. Lovingly, AUNT JULIA. Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here comes another soldier from tiie good old state of Georgia. Have been reading the letter box for a long time but this is the first attempt I have made to write. I hope Aunt Julia will let me in for I want a seat by the little Tennessee girl, Claudie Aldridge. Why didn't you give your address, Claudie? If it was not for Aunt Julia’s rules, 1 would tell the cousins about Camp Benning. It’s a wonderful place and there’s lots of things to talk about, but it would make my letter too long. Wish all the cousins could visit me and see how the big infantry school is conducted. My letter is getting long, so I will_ have to describe myself and go: Brunette, 5 feet .1 inches tall, weigli 150 pounds, age 22 rears. Now, cousins, come on with those letters. I want to hear from every one of you. Will answer all mail received. Thanks to you, Aunt Julia, hope to see this in print. Love to all, a new cousin, ELMER R. BAGGETT. Infantry School Detachment, Camp Ben ning, Ga. Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: I am a very -mall little girl of nine years old, but like lo go to school. Will you please pardon me for not writing >n “Christmas,” when I noticed it in our tear auntie’s column. But have just been putting it off. Just think, Christmas is ilmost here, and I know not what 1 am 40ing to do, but let’s all try to do some hing that will comfort some poor little •hild’s aciiing lieart. There are just lots >f children that don’t know Christmas is just around the corner. A very small, little ,'ift of some kind will cheer some of their aciiing hearts. There are so many children that have never heard of Santa Claus. We should be so thankful for what God has done for us. Now just suppose your parents (perhaps vou have none) or guardian could not get vou fruit, candies, nuts, etc., would you iiot appreciate some little gift from so ™ e one? We that know a bit more about the subject. If we have a good time let s think of the reason we are celebrating it. Lis ten’ It is the birth of Christ. Did you think of the reason we celebrated Thanks giving? Now, do let’s try to cheer some poor little child’s heart if they are not of the very first class of people. Why should we think of that for the child cannot help lt T promise to give and try to cheer some aching heart. Yours for remembrance, VERA M KAY. Pelahatchee, Miss., Route 1, Box 11. Hello, Aunt Julia and Cousins! Will you admit a Florida girl into your happy circle of girls and boys? As this is my first let ter, I will promise not to stay long. I guess you all remember Bertie Mae Spivey, of Nicholls Ga. I am writing this in her behalf. I am corresponding wi &** r j2o*. and she asked me to write to the letter box and tell the cousins that were klnd enough to write to her why she had nut answered their letters This Is the reason, she was married Sunday, the 28th, to mt. Homer Ad“ms? She thanks each /very one of you cousins for writing to her. 11 not describe myself. I am seventeen years cl<s ’ .HATTIE MAE JONES. Tallahassee, Fla- Dear Aunt Julia: Please let a Mt«e Flor ida girl join your band. I do not go'to school. I live too far to SO. Mamma teaches me at home. For P et ®.L,^ ve T sheen five pigs and some biddies, so i am not lonely. I am sending a dime for the little orphan. McDavid, Fla. Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you please let me In once more to it r 6 I guess it been nZberTf letters,“and appreciated otth 1 : J E? s x tag for tire last week and believe me I ami. believe me. I am sure we a.l will be glad, for Xmas is a lovely time. Say, cousins, do any of you like to _ read .1 do and I especially enjoy reading the letter box. Well, guess I I,ad C before Aunt Julia gets mad with me. All vou girls and boys write me. Will try to answer all letters, duke p. ei S^ V Here N is my dime for the orphan. Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: I am ask ing for admittance into your happy _ ‘ of boys and girls. I want a 6ea ... it Aunt Julia and some one that will wute tome. Well, I will describe myself. I am thirteen years of age ’. t nl o 0 c .°xninds iii blue eyes, light hair, weigh 80 pounds, the seventh grade. . . q,. n ,ia V F»ow manv of you cousins go to ruin lay i ari S tOn Win a -knswer e an’ tatteVand cards received. Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins. Mill you S a ” y Of ol^° U - I VvVl\^e a n n a t^7rmy n One rS of my brothers Wertin France, but they both returned safelv. What did you cousins do Thanks givtag? I certainly did enjoy . myself. I think Aunt Julia and the cousins are do inggrelt work. Some of yon cousins come to see me. We would have a nice time. If anv of the cousins want to write to a HW. • wTJ' >5 i.”' lia and all the ooa^“|g ) ’jrenE !W RL , ST. Morganton, N. C. Good Morning! Aunt Julia and al > cousins seem somewhat surprisedl to' see Georgia girl this morning although if 1 reallv look like a new cousin, I have writ ten once before, but guess it wasn t wor thy of printing. What have you cousins been doing this beauitful November day . I have been busy making tatting for my first doily. I have just finished it How many of you cousins make tatting. Oh, most of you I see do fancy work! As tins is my second attempt, I will tell my age, it is between fifteen and nineteen. I will hush. I will try and answer all cards and letters if written to by cousins of my aee- DOLLIE JONES. Fayetteville. Ga., Route 1. Hello Aunt Julia: I thought I wouhl join your happy band of boys and girls Hope vou will let me in. Say, cousins, what are you all doing these cold days;! lam sit ting by the fire. It sure is cold out here How many of you cousins like t 0 raad Aunt Julia’s box? I for one. That is the first thing I look for when The Journal arrives. Well, as most of the cousinss de scribe themselves, I will do likewise: Au burn hair, brown eyes, fair complexion, five feet eight inches high, weigh 130 pounds and am seventeen years old. Now if any of you cousins would like to hear from a Georgia boy, let your letters fly and I will promise to answer all I receive. Your new COUSI “’ CLIFF MITCHELL. Carlton, Ga., Route 2, Box 38. Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you admit a southwest Georgia girls into your (•harming band? My mamma takes The Tri- Weekly Journal, and I lyike to read the cousins’ letters. I was fifteen years of age June 29. Who has my birthday? I attend Cedar Springs public school, and we ride five miles each day in a Ford, as Ce llar Springs is our nearest school. My teacher is Miss Ruth Floyd .and we all love her so much. As it is the custom to describe oneself, I believe, so here goes: I am 5 feet 3 inches tall, have brown eyes and hair, brunette and weigh 119 pounds. I have one brother seventeen years old, one sister twelve, and my youngest brother is ten. My papa died in 1913. I am learn ing tlic use of the typewriter, and I find it quite fascinating. I believe I have about reached the limit allowed us, so I will move The Tri-Weekly Journal’s Fashion Suggestions Corded Round Pillow Cover and Case. Whether velvet, silk poplin, taffeta >r satin is chosen for No. 8906 is simply a matter of choice, as all hese materials are being used ex pensively. When made np in old rose velvet this new type of pillow makes a most acceptable Christmas dft. The corded round pillow cover and BOTTOM / f of R J [pillow) Aa case No. 8906 Is cut in one size and requires yards 36-inch material for puff section and % yard 18-inch for bottom. Pillow case requires yards 27-inch material. Price 15 cents. Limited space prevents showing all the stj les. We will send our 32- page fasnion magazine, containing all the good, new styles, dressmaking helps, serial story, &c., for 5 cents, postage prepaid, or 3 cents if ordered with a pattern. Send 18 cents for magazine and pattern. In ordering patterns and maga zines write your name clearly on a sheet of paper and inclose the price in stamps. Do not send your letters to the Atlanta office, but direct them to — FASHION DEPARTMENT, ATLANTA JOURNAL, 22 East Eighteenth St., New York City. and give another cousin my chair. Will answer all letters from the cousins. Your new niece, NORA NEWBERRY. Saffold, Ga. Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here comes two little Georgia girls to join your jiappy band of boys and girls. We are two little playmates and thought we would try to get in this morning for a chat. Wish you cousins were here to play with us. We sure would have a nice time. I guess we had better go. So you cousins write to us. We will answer all. Your new nieces and cousins. RUBY BARTON. INEZ WOODS. Tilton, Ga., Route 1. Dear Aunt Julia and Friends: Will you let two Mississippi girls .join your happy band of boys and girls? We have been reading Aunt Julia’s letter box and enjoy reading it fine. We only live three miles from McCall. We go to school there. We have a consolidated school, five teachers, 225 pupils, and like to go to school fine. Our fathers are farmers. Well guess we had better describe ourselves: I, Ruby, am fourteen years old, in the seventh grade, have dark brown eyes, black hair and dark complexion. I, Ester ,am fifteen years old, and in the ninth grade, have dark brown eyes, dark hair and fair complexion. We play basketball at school. We each have a cute little sweetheart, but, however, we enjoy corresponding with girls. Aunt Ju lia, please print this letter ‘as this is our first. If any of you boys and girls wisli to write to us Miss girls, let your letters fly to, RUBY COWAR.T, ESTER ADAMS. McCall Creek. Miss., R. F. D. 2. Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here comes an ol her Alabama girl to join the happy band of boys and girls. This is the sec ond time I have written to the A. J. S. 8., but by some msifortune my first letter was not printed, so I hope that Mr. W. B. is enjoying a walk and will not return until I have finished this short chat with Aunt Julia and the cousins. As it is a rule, I will describe myself. Now don’t get scared: I am five feet tall, weigli 108 pounds, have light hair, blue eyes and medium complex ion. Now, Jessie Richards, come from be hind the door. Aunt Julia, please print this and I will come again. Will send something for the orphan some time soon. Would send it now but I haven’t yet fin ished tiie article that I am going to send. Oh. pardon me if I have stayed too long. Aunt Julia, do please print this. All you cousins write to me and I will try to an swer all letters I receive. So will say good-by. I remain your new cousin, NELLIE KELLEY. Black, Ala. Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: How are you all getting along these dark, rainy uays? I guess you are going about your duties with a light heart. How are all the cousins progressing with their studies? I guess they are all like me, trying to make the l>est of them. I have been a constant reader of The Tri-Weekly Letter Box for quite a while, although a silent one. How about a description of Yours Truly? Here goes: Five feet 2 inches tall, brown eyes, fair complexion, and my age is six teen years. Have I a twin? I will answer any letters or cards. As this is my first attempt, I had better run home or I will wear out my welcome. So, Aunt Julia, please print this, as I want to get better acquainted with my many cousins. A West Virginia Cousin. CARL B. HAMRIC. Frametown. W. Va. P. S.—lnclosed please find a dime so! the baby. Dear Aunt Julia: We are two lonely Georgia girls knocking for admittance. Will you please let us in? We are. in the eight!) grade. We will describe ourselves: I. Pearl, have black eyes, fair complexion, brown hair and five feet high and sixteen> years of age. I, Verdie, have blue eyes,- fair complexion, brown hair and five feet tall, sixteen years of ago. We both weigh 115 pounds. We take Tiie Journal and we enjoy reading Aunt Julia's letter box. We like music, flowers, good books and most everything. I hope Mr. W. B. will be full without this letter. Well, we will close with lots of love to Aunt Julia and the cousins. I hope to see this in print. It is our first time to write. Your loving cousins, PEARL DYER. VERDIE DUCKWORTH. Blairsvillf, Ga., Route 2, Box 33. 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