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Atlanta has been having a pure food
exhibit, and to make It more interesting
there have been various devices to draw
the crowds. There was a wedding one
night and the place was so packed that
aix policemen were detailed to get them
out. The whisper went through the room
that the floor was sinking, and it would
be best to get out. I never ‘■a» a more
order!? crowd. As it was on the flor.r
below the Toung Women's Christian as
sociation. we have had to stay there until
it was over. At 9 o'clock a girl went up,
to our office and told me that the floor |
wax sinking. We have a booth in the
show, and I thought I'd go down and see
if the ladies having it in charge were un
easy But. dear me. when I got to the
bead of the stairs I saw I could never
get in there. A policeman stood at the I
top of the stairs on the floor below me :
and let them go down four abreast. I,
watched them. big. little, old and young, j
and it reminded me of the stream of hu- (
maniiy with old Father Time shoving
them on. Nobody was allowed to stop,
nor could one hurry. If one paused to
glance around the place on the steps was
quicklv filled by some one watching for
the chance. Thirty minutes I stood there
and watched that living stream, and by,
then I had a chance to go down, and •
Blip into the room. It truly looked'like
”a banquet hall deserted.
Another day they had a doll show, and
that was a picture; The girls themselves
were pretty enough to take prises, and
their dolls were beautifully dressed. The •
one that got the prise was a regular baby,
had long clothes most beautifully made
and even a tiny bottle of milk.
Then again. they had a baby show.
That wks also worth paying your money
to pee. I must confess that a baby only
appeal< to me as something helpless until .
it is old enough to sit up and take no- I
tire. They were there from six weeks to |
four years old. and the judges were wise ,
enough to let the prise be given to the
one receiving most votes. 1 saw about six
that I wanted to vote for. One little gold
en-haired lady not two years old was too
sweet to miss prizes all through life. As
the others happened to be near her she
would take their hands or pat their heads
or smile on them, and through the whole
hour she was sweetness personified
You know that at these pure food shows
the dealers in certain specialties give
away samples. I was horrified to see
bow many of the mothers were feeding
their babies on hot bread and butter, bar
becued meats and ham sandwiches. Two- ,
thirds of the babies lose their health from t
the foolish fondness of their parents,
know a boy ten years old who will never ;
have any health because his
fed him on peanuts before he was a
month oW
These beautiful days should inspire
every on* - of Our Household to send in [
a tettfg. New members are heartily wel
comed. but the welcome should not come ■
from me alone. There should be at least ,
three of the regular contributors In every >
issue. I am afraid that the many of you
wait for the spirit not only to move you, ’
but to put pen and paper before you. .
How manv have promised if a certain I
letter missed the waste basket to com
again and have not done so? A promise
is a promise whether made to me per
sonally. or to Our Household. What's
become of the men? Surely they have not I
left us for some other Household. Its
not right to leave everything to one side
of the family. Come back, all of you
and lend variety to our conversation by
adding your own portion of facts and
fancies
Once in a while some half doxen or more
send letters written on both sides of the
paper It does seem as if that has been
written against enough for one to 1
know that no editor even reads them. ,
We can't use them when written on both
sides of the paper, nor when the pencil
is so hard that the words can not be reed.
Others write to the very bottom of the
last page and find any old place to sign
their names. Take another sheet of pa
per. don't crowd the last lines; it's better
to leave at least one line at the bottom
of each page, and an inch at the top ot
every page.
And please, if you will use paper with
deep headings, turn it over and use the
plain side. How do you think your j
letter would look if I did not carefully
work out ail of the printed stuff
at the head of each page Prlitters
are told to print everything just as it is
given to them. Suppose you write a letter
on paper that is advertising your school,
your business or some other fellow's
business, and I let It go in as it comes
to me: John William Jasper, dealer in
farm products, fancy groceries and dry
goods, rural route seventeen, etc.
Some times I am tempted to do that
very thing, because it's far easier for you
to write on the other sides of those sheets
than for me to go over page after page
and mark it out. I am glad to help peo
ple who don't know, but when I realise
that certain letters are carelessly writ
ten because the writers expect me to
take the trouble they won't bother about,
my patience oozes out.
When I get a letter saying "I am in
such a hurry I can't correct the mis
takes. " I wonder who is busiest and usu
ally put such letters in the waste basket.
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Another sort of letter that goes to the
waste basket is the letter describing the
personal appearance and the personal
traits. It's a narrow mind that is filled
only with self and selfish aims.
If your letter has not been published
' run over this list of dont's and see where
you fell into the waste basket, and sit
right down and do better.
Faithfully yours,
LIZZIE O. THOMAS.
To Rollo
Dear Miss Thomas—l appreciate your page
wry much. The letters bring to light many
good ideas and give old and young something
important to think about.
Rollo, above all things, do good and be a
. Christian, and get an education. True, you
, may be poor, but it you crave an education
you can get it in spite of what your parents
' and others may say. I den't advise you to
leave your parents until you are 21 years old.
In the meantime, read all the good literature
and books that you possibly can. If you have
I not or cannot get the money to buy your
bocks, go to some of your neighbor men or
, boys and ask. them to lend you some "books
; Tell them how much you woqjd appreciate
such a favor; but be sure that you take good
' care of the books and return them at the
i stated time. No boy or girl of this day and
I time need say that they did not have a chance
Ito get an education. Literature is too plenti
ful and too cheap for them to come with an
excuse of that nature.
The time has passed when one can get
along at all without any learning. All from
the bootblack to the president need to be
educated. Young man, stay by your books;
learn all you can by yourself and what you
can’t learn get some of your friends or neigh
bora to explain and help you. and continue
ion this way until you are 21. They will take
| a delight and an Interest in giving you all
| the information that you may want. Yes.
one can get through the world without any
education at all. but I tell you the road will
ibe awful rugged. Go to work, young man.
|to get an education: study day and night
, when your parents haven't got you employed,
i Spend none of your time In Idleness; idleness
is the mother of crime.
Teacher, come again and arouse our boys
and girls to form a resolution and say. "I
will get an education and still be my plain
self polished." Many boys, and girla. too.
think when they get an education they are
better than any one and even shun their old
friends. Now. boys and blris. don't do that
| way; remember the ignorant boys and girls
that were your friends when you were igno
rant should s’lll be your friends. Life is too
! shert for us to make others' lives miserable
when really we all are equal, if we i.re all
good, when we get to heaven.
S. M. COLE.
Reminiscences
Rear Household: Thirteen years ago last
Tuesday. April Sth, I was In St. Augustine.
Fla That ancient city, so sleep in summer,
so full of life In winter, when visitors from
the north tnrong its streets and fill its mag
nificent hotels. The charm of that dear old
city abides with me yet and I long to go back
once more to see the gardens with their palms,
to walk along the sea-wall and looking far
out on the bay from the top of Fort Marlon,
recall the thoughts inspired by that grand view,
and dream again the dreams that filled our
1 hearts amid beautiful flowers and 'neath sunny
1 skies.
On the above date I am always reminded of a
little trip .Mrs B—. the lady with whom I
boarded—and I took to M—, about six miles
.distant. We went In a buggy accompanied by
two cavaliers on wheels. Something was con
tinually going wrong with one of them; his
wheel needed attention, and the other would
i have to stop and help him—the maddest man I
i ever aaw. Sr> they would get l«ehlnd. Mrs.
;B— wasn't accustomed to driving and looked
i neither to the right or the left, but kept her
1 eyes firmly fixed on the horse. She was very
' much upset at the slowness of our progress,
' and would say to me every now and then,
•'For gracious sakes, look back and see if those
- men are coming." Once I reported that they
i had entirely disappeared. After a little tin y
■ <-ame into view. Mr. M— limping, you might
I say. along behind. When Mr. E— overtook us
' be expressed his opinion freely of a young man
who would start out on a trip of the kind
| without knowing anything about riding a wheel
—and give somebody else so much trouble.
We arrived at last and in time for dinner.
I Mrs. B— had said all the time that we would
miss it. When we started home that afternoon,
after going a short distance through the woods.
Mr. M— was nowhere to be seen. Mrs. B—
-1 insisted that the other yonng man should go
| back and hunt for him. but be haughtily re
; fused. He said he wanted a little rest and
)>eaee going home. So he proceeded to enjoy
' himself by trying to show off and had a com
ple e smas!i-np. Mrs. B— kept wondering and
' worrying all the way about what had become
.of Mr. M—. As we drove up to the door. Mr.
E— walking and his broken wheel rcjioslng on
i the I wick of the buggy, who should come gaily
to meet us but Mr. M. He had returned by a
i shorter mute. Mr. E's face was a study.
I nardly know what has suggested it. but
' several ’imes today I've laughed to myself over
a remark on<-e made to my sister. This was in
Illinois, so none of you will have a chance to
| say tip*t you “Don't know what part of Georgia
' I've lived iu to find such Ignorance."
| My sister iieard that one of the little girls
in her neighbor's family had fallen on a large
rock and hurt her back, and that the doctor
■tad been called In. She went over to see her.
The child's mother said. "Miss Lucy, the doctor
I said that Idy Belle had a spine in her back:
; did you ever hear of such a thing?” She told
i her site bad often heard of such a thing, and
' site thought Idy Belle would recover. Her
: mother seemed greatly relieved. Love to Miss
i Thomas and all. BINGHAM.
A Ten-Minute Talk
Dear Household—Here comes another hoping
to receive a happy welcome from the House
hold. silent readers and dear Miss Thomas.
I love to read and study other people's
ideas, but for many reasons have never had
courage to exchange mine, always finding it
such a task to get up even half enough words
with which to express them. I find The Semi-
Weekly Household letters far superior to any
that I tyad.
Beulah Belle, I enjoyed your letter very
much and I find that listeners are to be ap
preciated in almost every company. And 1
just tittgred out aloud when I read of the
turkey hunt, and I wondered why more of
us couldn't wear the "pants and shoot a
gun" if we didn't get anything more than a
buzzard. Just the keeping young would mean
much to us and our loved ones. I think it
is a duty we owe to ourselfes-and our chil
dren. for just a romp with them over the
orchard or field seems to do them so much
good. Oh. how often I wish 1 could be more
like them. or. in other words, to grow with
them, for even then we'll get old soon enough.
Uncle Zeke, your opinion is fine, for how
can girls advise? Marriage should be con
sidered with great care, and how can we
that are irarried give advice? We should ex
pect the married life to be fuller of sorrows
and fuller of joys, yet there are many who
get disappointed and, perhaps, that is why
we see and read of so many broken-hearted
wives with the expression of sorrow and dis
contentment all over their faces.
Do we. as mothers, teach our chCTren the
I relation of husband and wife, and how much
■ the Bible entreats husbands td love and cherish
, their wives? I for one am constantly telling
my boys to be good to their wives, and I
make them milk the cows. wash, scour, bring
In wood and water; yet I fear that, after all.
they will not understand me. and their wives
will have to teach them lots, just as I did
mine. But. hush! I believe I hear him com
ing. and I have promised to cut enough pota
toes to plant an acre toAay. and the boys
; told me half an hour ago that they were up
!wtth the potatoes, so h« shall never know
unless by chance he meets this in print.
I live out on Sand Mountain, near Albert
, ville. Almost a year ago the dear little place
| was visited by a cyclone and much damage
was done, and the people live in greet fear of
' another, so many storm pits have been dug.
I Rut I prefer to try to trust in God and bear
1 the, consequences.
' Now. sisters, you can't tell me anvthin-
I about who<>ping-cough. I mean the trouble of
• it for I have had five very severe cases this
winter and I just allowed them to bring tn
rand by the pecks, which has served for my
, spring cleaning so far. I am an excellent
light-bread baker and would s*nd all secrets
to It. but my leter is growing too long and
time is worth too much to help fill a waste
itasket. so I will close, with a promise to
open up my heart and tell the sisters of the
creates! pleasure I have ever enjoved In this
life with my next letter. LILLIE.
Words to Put in Our Hearts
l Dear Hause'uokl: Quite a time has elapsed
' since last I made a visit to the Household.
, I would like to say a few words about bow
iwe use our tongues. Indeed, the tongue is
1 a wonderful Instrument, and its power for good
lor evil Is incalculable. WMo can describe its
THE ATLANTA SEMI WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 23, IMnr.
I untiring energy? There is nothing so much as
* tl.e tongue that shows bow wise one is—noth
| Ing that so much shows how foolish one can
I be. Indeed, we instinctively measure the depth
of one's wisdom by the length I?) of one’s
tongue. The profoundest writer, in the pro-
fonudest book in the world, has said "a fool
quickly uttereth all his mind, but a wise man
keepeth his in till afterward": und that he
that shutteth his Ups Is esteemed as a roan
of understanding. Not that silence itself is
i wisdom, but rather that there is a time to
i six ak and a time to be silent, and good It Is
' for him who is able to discern between them.
I To converse well and fluently is a rare gift,
I and he who possesses it is Intrusted with a
talent for the accomplishment of Incalculable
good. . .
If the pen is mightier than the sword, to
what then. must be the power of the tongue
compared? It becomes, therefore, a matter of
no small account that this gift, among the
greatest and best that heaven lias bestowed, be
under proper guidance. I*et us remember that
we are acountable for our words as well as for
our acts. . .
Cun you think of any talent that may be
used more constantly, and with more facility
for the promotion of good? How It soothes and
softens. «nd turns away wroth! Or. on the
contrary, I><W piercing and cutting it can be
come. , . ,
Easter is gone, some of us pass it by almost
unnoticed. I think wc should come to it with a
I heart full of thankfulness and gratitude.
■ What would this world have been had it not
I been for the death and resurrection of our
' blessed Saviour, who so freely .pilled his pre-
I clous blood for us 1 The message of Easter is
‘ to be regarded as essentially a revelation, be
ing the substance as well as the confirmation
of the gospel, because it assures us of the
permanence of the Incarnation of the Son or
God. Jesus is "the first, and the last, and
the Uving One: He was dead, and behold. He
is living for evermore." i
Rest wishes to Miss Thomae «nd all the
Household. ADA MeCARTER LANFORD.
Bowdon. Ga.
Letter From a Christian Mother
Dear Miss Thomas: I enjoy reading your let-
I ters so well I thought I would write a few
; words. I do not know how to compose one,
but will do the best I can.
I am a farmer's wife, and have been married
six years. I have two sweet little children—
. a boy five and a little girl three. I have been
;in bad health four years. The first year I
was sick I was not able to do anything, when
'my little girl was two months old I had to
go to a sanitorium. I eould not take my baby
with me. so I left her with my mother, and for
, five long weeks I did not see her. I put my
trust in the Lord. 1 knew He loved us and
knew best, so He spared both baby and me.
i I bad to care for my children and bom* a ‘-
fdirs before I got built up. It was all I could
do to go any of the time, but I kept drag
ing along until last September; my back has
I Just given away. I reckon. I have been in bed
I ever since and part of the time I could not
turn myself over. My husband has all the
work to do. He does his own washing, cooking,
milking, and everything; be is trying to make a
crop. too. ...
Dear sisters, you do not know how; I feel
sometimes when be comes in from the field,
tired and has everything to do. I think »ome
time* surely it can't be any pleasure to him.
but after all he says it is. and how sad and
lonesome it would be xvlthout a loving wife and
| mother. I can tell the little children to do
■ many little things that they can remember in
after years, that xould not be if I were not
here. Some may think they are too little to
do much bnt they can hand me a drink and
many little things that I want done. They will
stand around my bedside and wash my face
and hands and will say. “I want mother to
get well." and often look like they wish they
could do something that would make me well.
Tiwv stay with me when my husband in at
work. It does them so much good when any
one comes in to see us.
Dear sisters, do we visit the sick as we
should? You know we are told in the Bible that
the lx>rd will say unto the righteous: "I was
sick and you visited me. was hungry and you
fed me. naked and you clothed me. and the
righteous will say, "Lord, when did we do
these things." and the l>ord said. you
did it unto one of my little ones, you did It un
to me.” There are so many ways that we
can do something to make sad hearts glad.
Weak mothers. <lO not bother or worry over
things of this world, it la «o much against
you. I know this from experience; I have
worried over many things I ought not. But as
the past can not be called back I will have to
look to the future. I have made up my mind
not to worn- about things any more than I can
help. I am asking the Lord to make my last
days the happiest days of my life, even it
they are to be spent in the bed with pain and
I suffering. The blessed Ixtrd has gone to pre
pare us a place where there will be no pain,
sickness, nor death and we will know no sor
rows. And He says “I go to prepare a place
for you, and if I go and prepare a place for
roti I will come again and receive you
I myself, that where I am there ye may be als
May we have our lamps trimmed and bui.i
--! ing when He comes. I would be glad to have
post cards or let.ers from any one. I close by
asking the prayers
Ashburn. Ga., R. D. No- 1-
Appreciates Her Blessings
Dear Household—l certainly do enjoy read
ing the letters My father takes The Journal
and when the paper comes I read the letters
' first, and have received so much pleasure
I from them. I have been in bad health for
I a year, not able to do anything part of the
time, but we have enough of this already
1 without me adding mine, and I promised my
self when I decided to write that I would
1 not write of my health.
! I have been married seven years. M e have
i three children; the oldest will be six in July,
the youngest three In June. Os course, we
think thev are just as sweet as any children
can be, and I know I have one of the best
husbands that ever lived. I could not begin
to tell you all of the ways that he helps
me; it would take up too much space. It is
my daily prayer that our Father will spare
me to raise our children to be Christian men
and women, and in so doing may cause others
to follow in His footsteps.
It has been said that In lifting another s
burden we lighten our own and giving happi
i ness to another increases our own. Then why
'should w» be sad? There's beauty all around
I us; let us all be glad. There are amny things
jin this world that are beautiful, many to love
nnd much to enjoy. But. oh! the love of the
heart! I am sure had we everything else
I and had it not. we could not be happy. We
1 have so much to be happy and thankful for,
I and vet we are often just the reverse. I feel
I that I can’t close this letter without telling
I you what a good, sweet neighbor I have liv
| ing just a few yards from me. I know she
lis one of the sweetest women I ever knew,
i Whenever she thinks T am not feeling as
' well as usual she comes in and helps tidy
I the house z
; If this is published I hope It will help
i some one through some rough and narrow
' way. With best wishes for all. ROSA.
A Happy, Helpful Letter
Dear Householders: Some time ago Miss
Thomas asked us to write, not on any special
subject, but just to tell of our ponderlngs. At
that time I wondered If my simple ponderlngs
could possibly be* of Interest to any of you.
1 Georgia Bell’s letter leads me to believe that I
may be some help to her, and perhaps others.
I have been trying my hand (?> nt guessing
the photographs in “Our Picture Gallery,"
and must also write you a letter about flow
ers before the 14th. I find the pictures both
interesting bnd instructive, to say nothing Oi
the chance of winning a nice book.
I wish to tell you a little secret. Now, don’t
you dare to breathe it aloud, for Dr. Brough
ton. of Atlanta, told me when he was down
here a few weeks ago. and I wouldn't have him
know that I told you for anything. You «ee
that it came straight, also that I know how
to tell a secret, even if I can't keep one. Here
it is: Recently, I have had the x’leasure of
meeting several people from Atlanta, and they
were all very small? You all know, too, judg
ing from the picture at the top of our page,
that Miss Thomas must be a tiny little thing.
Dr. Brdugnton says that the cause of so many
t rrnall i«eople in Atlanta is due to the fact
that they are living suspended, as it were, be
tween two fears. They are afraid to breathe
lent they inhale all kinds of bugs and worms,
which might cause death, and afraid not to
breathe, as that would be sure death: so they
are waiting in suspense for the next tnan of
I science to come along and tell them whe-her to
breathe or not to breathe. Now I guess Dr.
i Broughton knows what he is talking about, for
lie is a very small man himself.
He also said that all of that talk about a
northern man discovering a remedy for the lazy
germ which exists principally here in the ■oath,
is not true, for bis mother discovered this
remedy growing on an old hickory stump In her
back yard, many years ago, when he was a
little bor.
How many of you are reading "Martin rriFn.
in I’ncle Reums’ Magazine? Is It not goodl.
Georgia Bell, you should have asked about
votir meat two or three months ago. It Is too
late now to follow any recipe for curing it.
I have tried several recipes *».- ci .ring hams,
hut like Annie Dennis’ recipe for sugar cured
lams liest, so will give It to you. To one
hundred pounds of ment allow sp'.pn pounds of
salt, five pounds of brown sugr.r. two omv-es
Os saltpetre and n half ounce >f baking soda.
Poll the ingredten’s In four canons of water
nntll nil nre melted: when the liquid Is cold
skim raicfnllv. Rob the meat on all sides with
red peppert pour the liquid over It let it
remain covered, in » “or Huht
weeks. Thon bang It to drv for n day or two.
•md smoke a week. After using this recipe
p Is well to take flour sacks, or sacks made
for the purpose, dip them tn thick starch or
flour paste, slip the t sms Into thmu and keep
tl>em hanging in a -00 l place This late In
the season when your rnent Is already salt
cured '.nnd' smoked, the best thing to do la.
nick a fair windy <lay. anil dfp each piece in a
not of boiling water <-ery quickly, to kill any
insects or eggs that may be on it. then hang
in open air and sunshine until thoroughly dry.
’Alien this is -lone, let stand over night nnd
oust ft libera*!? ”’lth pulverize’! borax. Have
a box large enough to hold the meat burled
in vour siw** house. leaving It about four
Inches abort the ground. Thon place a layer
of soft ffn’Jy stripped corn shucks In the bot
tom am! nPt tn a layer of meat. Continue in
this wav i htll it la all packed, taking care to
use a pler<y of-the shucks.
Cover twhtly as you take meat from the
box Youvlll h* pleased w’lth the result.
In rognrlMfo your tomatoes, dear. I cannot
Imagine whWcan be the matter with them.
It must be \be variety. 1 would suggest
that you try another kind. I bow my seed in
February in a large box of loose, well ferti
lized earth, keeping them well watered and
oxpoaed to the sunshine on warm days. About
tho middle of April I set them out in my
garden 4n rows about three feet apart, put
ting the plants about the same distance tn
the row. I seldom fall to have a iKnty of
delicious fruit.
Now, Georgia, let us have a little talk
about that cold you have all through the
winter. 1 I expect you sleep in a nice warm
room, with sash and blinds tightly drawn
to keep out the winter air and make your
room more cozy, do you not? And how about
your bath; do you take it just any time that
suits your convenience and you happen tn hnv>
a supply of warm water? Again, don’t you
nearly freeze when you go out on cold days,
regardless of the fact that you are well
wrapped? I am only guessing, you see. but
I cannot imagine any other condition that
would cause you. to have cold all through the
winter, and if I am correct, my suggestions
may seem severe to you. but it is what I
practice myself, and I have not had > cold of
any consequence in several years, nave the
room you sleep In well ventilated. If possible
let one sash down at the top, and another
up at the bottom. In this way the fresh air
will come in at the bottom and the stale air
which is light will pass out above. Sleep n
nothing but your night dress. On arising,
take a cold sponge bath very quickly, then
dry by rubbing the body briskly; when }W-i
are dressed you will be perfectly comfortable
and will net n<wd a wrap when you go out
unless It Is very cold. The warm bath Is also
essential, though it may not he taken more
than once or twice a week. Take all of the
outdoor exercise that you possibly can. if
you follow these simple suggestions you will
not only have few colds, but you will not
have nervousness, cold feet or any of the Ills
that come from breathing foul air. Improper
bathing and too little outdoor exercise.
Dear me, I don't believe that 1 can write
a short letter.
Mary Lou. suppose we exchange post cards?
Miss Thomas if you have not received twelve
orders for badges yet. put me down for two.
I give one to some Household friend.
Sincerely yours, MRS. EV’IRKI’T.
Ailey, Ga.
Learned From Experience
Dear Miss Thomas—As I have enjoyed read
ing your page so well I will endeax’or to con
tribute in a small way a tew things that I
have learned by experience that are helpful
in the home.
A paste made of syrup and flour and put
on as soon as one is burned will keep it from
blistering and cure quicker than anything I
ever tried.
To clean a silk or woolen skirt, stretch it
across a clean hard surface, a table or iron
ing board; take a stiff brush, dtp It in clean
hot water—the hotter the better—and then
rub the skirt or whatever is lb be cleaned.
Keep the water very hot and change as often
as it gets dirty. If there is no grease spots
it is better not to use soap, but if there is
grease use soap; then rinse thoroughly, us
ing the brush all the time, and keep it stretch
ed, and when ft is dry It will be smoother
than IF rubbed with the hands.
To clean the windows, put coal oil in warm
but not hot water; use no soap or alkali, but
use a brush Instead,of a rag.
When setting out any kind of plants to keep
the cut worms from cutting them, wrap paper
around the stalks or shanks of the plants,
leaving the roots and tops out; then set out
and they won’t cut through the paper to get
to the plants.
I have cabbage plants out that I raised out
in the open air. put out the last of March,
and have tomato plants ready to set out, but
will keep them back a while for fear a cold
snap might kill them. I have lettuce to eat
now, and’have had all this year.
MRS. B. F. LANG.
EDUCATION AND PAGANISM,
THEME FOR WRITER
Editor Journal—lt Is an easy thing to make
objection, and the "objective case" is exactly
suited to the temperament of some. Also it
is an easier thing to prejudice the minds of
many and by appeals to the so-called religious
opinions of men to hinder a good work. A
short way to destructive work is to cause
men to imagine that their temples are in
danger. The silversmiths who made shrines
for Diana, knew exactly how to stir up the
craft and cause the workmen to oppose Paul.
By shoutlzg aloud for two long hours, "Great
Is Diana Bf the Ephesians,” they hoped to
drown ths voice of truth, but failed to do so.
All efforts to hinder the work of the southern
education convention must fall in the end,
and it shall be a matter of regret for any
of our leaders to attempt to work confusion
by declaring the “tendency of the proceed
ing was paganistlc.” This is a grave charge
and It cannot be justified In any court. The
southern education convention can take care of
itself, yet as a friend of the new education
I must speak out and condemn as unsupported
by any evidence the ‘'paganlstic” charge
brought against it. He cannot be the best
friend of union and progress iti the south,
however sincere such an one may be, nor a
true*friend of the people who arrays himself
against the southern education convention.
If the convention must be rejected because
not “one reference was made to God,” then,
on the same principles the book of Ruth must
be rejected from the canon of holy Scripture.
It seems to me that the one who Is opposing
the convention conftftinds religious or Chris
tian teaching with the teaching of dogmas.
The new education is not opposed to Chris
tianity. nor to religious teaching, but it does
recognize that dogmatism is a "menace to
free and iadependent culture."
Just let Georgia be dominated by leaders of
so-called Christian Migmas that the "whole
work of the new education Is paganistlc.” and
we shall no longer have any "free and inde
pendent culture’ ’Tn the "Christian” schools
of the Empire State.
As to any "reference to the devil,” the peo
ple have been getting on without him for
some time, and In one pulpit in Cedartown
yesterday there was no “reference” made to
his majesty, and yet the congregation wax
not "paganistlc.”
If we can keep the devil out of the conven
tion and prevent any incarnation of his prin
ciple, or drive it from our borders, our alm
shall be attained.
Finally, with good will to all and an earnest
desire for the uplift of the people, we hall
wtih joy the auroral flush of the new educa
tion in the south.
Quoting after some fashion, the sentiment
of Burke, “whatever we do, let us move on.”
Cedartown, Ga. C. K. HENDERSON.
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Shade trees make up one of the most
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ward. It is easier In this way to shape
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limbs that are cut away should be saw
ed close to the tree without leaving a
stub and the scar should be painted
with coal tar. In removing a limb care
must be exercised in the method of cut
ting it, else the tree Is Hable to in
jury.
It,, is best to cut off the limb about
two fee/, from the tree at first, then to
remove the stub. An excellent way of
removing a limb Is first to cut half way
through on the underside at a point
about a foot from the tree, then to saw*
through on the upper side Immediately
stub can be removed without likelihood
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way through on the upper side, the
limb will snap at the point where the
cut was made on the under, and the
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Far as He Got
Puck.
Helen—Why. he yawned three times while I
was talking to him.
Myrtle—Perliaps he wasn't yawning. He
ma? have been trying to say something.
Well Matched
Pick-Me-Up.
Maud—Don’t you think they are well
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Mary—Rather. He’* a vegetarian and she’s
a grass widow.
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A ROLL OF A D'RUM
A SHORT STORY.
By Stuart B. Stone
MKml' 1 1 w' JO®
pWSIKIii
“Hooray for the Stars and Stripes.’’
The dark, handsome, richly-dressed lad? - had
seemed to pursue Captain Tenney ot the artil
lery for several weeks altogether. She had
praised his success in obtaining the command
of the important fortress at an age when oth
ers were mere puppets of subordinate*; she
had hinted at his charms and his dash; and,
above all. she had made great friends with
[ Master Kenneth—Kenneth, who was six and
who had the solemn, brown eyes of his de
parted mother.
Mme. Montraban was fascinating as few
women are, and she knew well the use of her
charms. The captain had dreamed of her tnre<
times and idly wondered if so tigerishly charm
ing a woman could ever be domesticated.
He was somewhat surprised, howeve.r, when
the foreign lady presented herself at his office
In the entrance to the grim, gra? - guardian
ess of the coast, the Delevan fortress.
“Mme. Montraban, I am honored," he de
clared. To show that he was indeed highly
honored. Captain Tenney colored vividly, and
madame saw and seemed pleased.
They talked of this and that, of mutual
friends in the gay world of fashion, of the
boy, Kenneth, and finally they struck the per
sonal note, whereat. Captain Tenney colored
again, an honest brick-red.
“Would you do things for me?" asked
Mme. Montraban, suddenly.
"Command me," assured the young captain.
"Wait until you have' heard," cautioned
Mme. Montraban. “It is a matter at which
you may stickle, not understanding. Yet I
assure you it it but a harmless fancy. I am.
as you know, a keen student of military af
fairs. of fortifications and naval construction
and tactics and the history of wars. It is an
odd fad for a woman, I grant you; but 1
think you will agree that I am different from
other women. You are in command here ot
one of the best-equipped American fortresses.”
"Yes,” nodded the soldier, feeling a slight
uneasiness.
"If you would let me see the plans. - ’ said
madame, softly.
"Why, Mme. Montraban ” began the
young commander; but the lady put up her
soft, white hands and gleamed her black eye*
at him.
“It is merely a fancy, insisted madame,
"and you said you would do things for me.”
"But my oath—and my duty!" objected Cap
tain Tenney, growing pale now.
“What harm is there?” protested madame,
a smile upon her full, red lips, a caress in her
soft tones, a compelling light in her great,
dark eyes. “You have said that you care for
me, Edward.” It was the' first time she haa
used his given name.
“I know,” conceded the captain, doubtfully.
It was difficult not to feel the charm of Mme.
Montraban.
“I pledge you my honor,” continued madame,
"that none shall see but myself, and you shall
have them right back. What harm is there.
Edward?”
"Oh, none. I suppose.” answered Captain
Tenney, wearily, "if you really care about it.”
“I do.” said madame; and she came nearer,
so that he felt still more her irresistible mag
netism.
“I will get them,” he said, resignedly; "just
sit down.”
The faint tap of a drum was heard without.
“I will wait here.” said madame, with a
glitter in her black eyes.
Rat-a-tat-tat! went the drum—a very small
drum—and the man paused as if recalling
something familiar. Then he started from tne
room.
Rat-a-tat! Rat-a-tat! Rat-a-tat-tat! came
the light, quick beat, nearer and nearer.
The captain paused at the threshold, remem
bering, steadying, collecting himself. There
was a light, little step without; then a long
r-r-r-roll of the tiny drum; the door swung
back and young Kenneth appeared in the en
trance.
"Hooray!” he cried, in his childish tones.
"Hooray for the stars and stripes!” And he
waved a miniature American flag.
"Thank God!” gasped the captain. "The
boy’s in time with his soldier play!”
"Your promise, Edward." urged the lady,
coming close and using her beautiful eyes.
,r ßeat the drum-beat it hard. Kenneth!”
cried Captain Tenney. "It’s the only way
against this witch of a spy!”
And Kenneth beat a tremendous, rumbling
r . r . r .roll on the tiny drum, while Mme. Mon
traban sailed angrily out, leaving behind the
plans of the grim, gra?’ guardian-lady of the
coast.
Edgar Allan Poe
The flawless literary workmanship, the bal
anced ««*ntence* which *omehow are aever
monotonous, the perfect unity of plan and sin
g’eness of effect which are shown in a dozen
of Poe’s tales have never been surpassed. They
may deal with utter impossibilities, but you
never feel this while reading them. The in
tense horror never goes far enough to produce
the revulsion of disbelief, the suggestion is
always kept a suggestion; and when you react
the climax ot ' Ligeia” or "The Tell-tale
Heart," you feel that you have been an eye
witness to the terrors set forth. The only
time Poe scores a failure is when he tries to
be humorous; and then he score* very bad
failures Indeed Humor implies sympathy with
one’* fellows, and that quality was very nearly
left out of Poe's make-up. He despised most
of his contemporaries, and was totally indlf
ferent to tne rest. The only persons he ever
loved were his cousin wife and himself: and
the second-named passion began earlier ana
lasted longer than the first.
Leaving out the abortive "grotesques." Poe’s
tales, like ancient Gaul, may be divided into
three parts. There are those which for want
of a better word we must call the romance*:
‘•The Fall of the House of Usher.” "The Pit
and the Pendulum." "Llgea" and many others.
There are the studies of monomania: "a* “The
Tell-tale Heart” and "Tfie Black Cat.” There j
are the stories with a scientific basis: as "The '
Descent Into the Maelstrom.” “The Gold-bug"
»nd the three detective stories. These last
have been the subject of many acrid and
amusing debates. It is charged that Conan
Doyle —.cdelled Sherlock Holmes on the lines
of Poe's Frenchman, Dupin: and that tho
whole spring of the tales whereof the cocaine
using ’-endoner is the hero may be found In
Poe I believe the charge to be equally true
and unimportant. If one does pleasing work
in an acceptable fashion, why should it be
counted a reproach that he learned his trade
under i competent workman? To my mind.
Toe n&c few greater claims on modern grati
tude than that of being literary grandfather to
“The Five Orange Pips.” "The Priory School."
"The Hound of the Baskervilles" and “The
Second Stain." I do not include "The Dancing
Men.” For this particular tale to be found in
the possession of one who had read “The Gold
bt.i”’ seems less a case of Inheritance than of
larceny.
The studies in monomania have never. 1
think, been caballed: not even by Maunassant.
That bit in “The Tell-tale Heart” which de
scribes the lone terror of the old man sitting
un in bed. trying to persuade himself that th*
noise he had heard was not at his chamber
door is one of the moat fiendishly perfect
tblnes of literature. But I believe that Poe
reaches the climax of his powers in his ro
mances. --Toe Pit and the Pendulum" alone
would have made the reputation of a leaser
author: the weird yet ordered horror of that
’ale haunted my boyhood dreams for months.
Yet If T coula save but one of Poe’s works
from destruction, that one would be “The Fall
of the House of Usher.” That is a tale as
near to absolute perfection of its kind as hu
man wit can either perform or appreciate.
Studv it over anl over, pick ft to pieces in
anywise you will: the wonderful mastery Is
still ’here, showing ever brighter the longer
you locv —George L. Knapp, in January Lip
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FALLS DEAD ACROSS BIER
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