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Newspaper Page Text6 vSk 1 I fSa « : jy wk *< <1 I t1 Cp T? >77 ra U Conducted By r -- :) MtSSL.O.THOMAS Ca /- —*4 All letter* written so» thia pace must have the writer'* real nine and addrea* cncloaad. Thia la not for |«blic*ttoo nor for th* uee of any one except the editor of tbl* P«««- « y«mr letter Ua» not been puhiished ibl* may be the reaaou. Addrea* leuera for ' Household to Miaa L O. Thoma*. Lock Box MJ. Atlant*. Ga. CHAT I am giving you the flower letters today, •nd I want you to be sure and save this page, for every letter has some really good suggestion. When the question of prises came up my committee left me in the lurch. They agreed with me that every let ter was good, some especially good, but the one best of all they could not agree on. Consequently, the manager of the cir culation department is going to let me ‘ send the paper a year to each one of these. Or. If you have lately renewed, send me the address of some friend to whom you would like to send it a year. Then I want all the readers to write me a postal telling me which letter you think best, and to the one receiving most votes. I will also send the book. I am pelased with these letters: they show thought and they also prove to me that you did not want me disappointed. I must confess that when so few re plied to my first request for flower let ters, I was disappointed, for I try to do the things you would have me do, and expect as much of you. This week my desk is a hank of jassa mtne. one of the girls brought them in Monday morning, and we certainly have enjoyed them. There are over three hun dred-who take their dinners at the Young woman's Christian association and al! hare to pass my desk, so you see that in being good to me she gives pleasure to rnanv » This afternoon a dear old lady brough’ me a yard of roses, it was one spray that long and loaded with beautiful pink buds and blooms. These blossoms have told us so much of what we are missing that tomorrow morning Miss Bumard and I are going to the woods. We hope to get there early enough to gather some honeysuckles be fore the dew is off. and to find the sweet shrub and perhaps a few yellow jasmine hells still ringing. • Faithfully yours. LIZZIE O. THOMAS. From An Experienced Florist Dear MB* Thomas. I tee yon call for mor* letter* on flower*, and a* 1 am a flower crank ■ad "get do better fast." I win endeavor to matrilmte my Ut le mite on what I bare learned about flower* by cultivating and watch lag them grow. It ba* been said, and truly, too. that experience is a dear teacher. but It t* a true teacher, all the same, for when I fall on a crop of any kind of the plant creation I generally find out by clooe observation the cause of the failure* in tbe past. Do you say like I often hear Mary *ay*. “I never will try any more to have such and sueb flower*, for I can t have good Itiek with them'*? I. for one. believe more In manage meat than luck. In any vocation in this life, and an often reminded that a* finite creatures all of ns have far better "hind sights than fore sight*." on any given subject. Hence the Bearcat and cheapest way to attain success in flower* aa in all thing* else, is to study their nature and read up on all tbe authentic rules an flower culture available, and add little by little to one's scanty stock of knowledge. Then puss it on and on to others that they, may profit by <«r experience and help ns because of the knowledge that we bare helped other*. I would have rnees of all the colors possible, meetly monthlies—they are hardy and will bloom eontinooualy and bear moving each year when accessary. For tbe same reasons I would have all varieties of clematis. I have eight planted t>y my porch; mid does not hurt them « and they Mooui ill summer. Then I would have dahlia*, all colon and of tbe double kinds. *!«•> all color* of double hollyhock* and canna*. Tfllcs of all tbe hardy kinds available: also gtediolss and narcissus. Then all sort* of poppie* and pbk>x. double and single, all col or*. and they c-or.-e up from seed and live all winter unprotected and bloom early: and tube enaes and hyacinth* and tulips and Vmcus. All of toe above bulbs will kep In the ground all winter if severed deep enough. I would have all kinds and colors of pinks, from tbe carna tion down to tbe old time grass sweet pinks of our grandmothers. Sweet Williams, ver bena*. all color*; chrysanthemums. all the fine aorta: then viole s. and pansies, all soloes. 1 have them In bloom now as large as a silver dollar they stayed out on tbe south side of my house all winter. To do well all flowers should be planted in fertilise-! and deply pulverized soil: for the fertilizer, stable or hen house manure is tbe best. I“nt deep in tbe soil or it will fire up in summer. Have the soil well drained: wet, soggy soil grow* water hyacinth* and lilies, but most others neo drainage. Plant tbe tall est dahlia* and bollybocks and all tbe tallest kind* farthest in the bark grounds and let them eonte on down according to the height they grow, ia amphitheater style, to tbe low growing ones. *uch a* pansies and verbenas, tn frsut 1 have only named ancli varieties a* I have often kept out all winter and not all kind* that I now have, tor I have seven fine peonla*. but they take some time •«» -ret at their best, and would not do well disturbed each year. 1 have left out tender pot plants, that I have many of. for the reason that many eonld not keep them ’hrongb the winter. All I have named e*n be transplanted and bloom each year tn open land, only poppias. and they will route (ram seed each year. f»o I will have to quit iU-t'ue middle of thia letter for fear of the It e-lt. I-nt should I deserve anv premium I hope i» will I- tbe second, and not the first, a* my paper ia out. However, let ua all <trtve to keep tbe everlasting spiritual flower* is wrr souls cultivated and blooming till the Master *ar« "Well done, thou good and faithful servant enter into the city whose flower* never fade. Sincere! v. MRS. B. F. LANG. A Busy Woman's Flowers Dear Ml** Thoma*: I have begun to pre- Mtn foe my yard, a* well a* my garden. I dug out • square enae* for my roe* cutting*— two feet long, one foot wide and on* foot deep. Then placing my cutting* well on both sides of this 1 put a lane bucket of gravel, then rich •lrlf-ed soli, then more gravel, then watered good. They are po’tlnr out new bnd* to tell me tbe roots are coming. Next November I wffi set them out where tbev are to stand I planted out my dahlia* where they are to grow and Mnom tn small bed* of rich soil. 1 dug out a Isrge space from which I re moved tbe soil below -be clay, then I put In acts gently pvouqMy on the bowels; cleanses the system e^cchioJly; assists habitual constipation pcvmaueulty To Oct its benej\d\a\ ejects.always buy tW Rename, ° t»£ CALIFORNIA Fig Syrup Co. SOLD BY LEADING DRUGGISTS SO*ABOTTU an inch thick of slacked ashes, some soil over that, then chicken manure, then soil; in this I planted m ysweet peas; they, too, are com ing ny nicely. Next. 1 will plant my nasturtium* and snap dragon. balsam and morning glories and puff vine seeds. 1 have a rose that blooms the year around and ha* no tborua: tbe blooms are orange color. I have a large bed of dole * which are In bloom ala through tbe spring. 1 am a farmer's wife, you know, but I help my busband with hl* work and be helps me. He gives roe a big cotton patch and I buy nice little things for u* both, and when I come in after the day’s work is over and feel too tired to water my flowers I soon see him watering my flower* besides my yard and garden. I do all my house work and have my cow, chicken* and pig* to look after, so you see what kind of a companion I have. Love to Miss Thomas and the Household. Lovingly. MRS. HEMTER Dear Household—l will not write of the bird* until you send them back to us from the south, but of my garden and flowers 1 never tire of talking. "Go work thy garden fair as thou canst, Thou workest never alone; Perchance he whose plot is next to thine Will see it. and mend his own." My early bulb bed is located before my window In plain view from my desk, where I can enjoy it during the cold, bleak days cf late winter, and rainy days of early spring without leaving the house. On the nights of April S. 16 and 11 .we had ice. and all flower steins snapped like pipestems when broken fcr Easter offerings, yet when the sun-warmed them they came out unharnwd. Oh. the beauty, the comfort there is tn these Ironclad flowers. This bed was planted sixteen years ag">. mixed hyacinths and tulips, with crown im perial* in the center, bordered with mixed crocuses, glory of the mw and sciile*. when the surface covered with snowdrop* these thrust down three inches. Much of the beauty cf these lie In having great numbers. For many year* it was unnecessary to lift them and divide to give better room. Snowdrop* bloom here in late February, wel coming in the crocuses, and the little blue bells and the glory star*, then bow their adieu* tn the hyacinths, which now promise to eclipse all that have gone before. The mere gorgeous tulips will mingle their first flower* with the late hyacinths, when they reign su preme, tn be succeeded by small flowering mixed petunias, which will Insure a grand kaleidoscope cf floral beauty until .frozen. In the garden are many grape hyacinths and ornothogelums. with many larger bulb*, but just now the brightest and moat glo riously beautiful is a large bed of cup daffo dil*. with great cluster* and clumps of them scattered ever the garden and lawn. here, there and everywhere., veritable patches of floral sunshine. A few day* later will bloom two additional long, wide row* of the double daffodils, trail ing down «ach side, the entire length of the garden walk, more beautiful than would be river* <>f gold tn pictures of silver. All the** practically require no care after planting except to lift and separate once In several years, and to thin the petunia plant* each spring, which will insure one a continu oua bloom frem February until November. For the busy housewife, I heartily recom mend hardly plant*, vine* and shrubs, which Increase bv division and by self-sown seeds which give a wealth of flower* so quickly and continuously with a minimum of trouble and expense. THREE SCORE AND TEN. God's Messengers Dear Miss Thoma*—l have long been a con stant reader of your Household, but I have never dared to cross it* threshold till you ex tended an invitation to flower lovers. I felt the invitation was to me. I write because I am a flower lover and not with any hope of reward. I am one of God's poor, and work for my daily bread. I change homes often, and my hothouse plants change homes with me, and 1 frequently meet the query: "How can you af ford to move flowers?" And it usually comes front one who has some selfish habit of their own. I cannct remember when I did not love flower*, and I used to grow them only for mv own pleasure, but for many year* past I have been a victim of ill health. I am not able to work and keep up a very social rela tion with the world, and I can't visit as I once did: therefore. I have learned to sub stitute flowers for calls and cards, and 1 often feel from the kind expressions that they are rsally very acceptable. I frequently move to a dilapidated place, where weed* have had full sway—lt’* my de light to mow them down and grow flowers in their stead; to give pleasure not only to my sclf. but to those who chance to come my way. My yard is usually small, but where there is room for a sprig of grass or a need, there is also room for a flower. If one will study the growth and nabits of flower* they will soon acquire knowledge of the best mode of arranging beds, planting, etc. Then get a catalogue of some .cliable florist, look carefully through to see what flower* will be best suited to your surround ings. . nere are so many lovely annuals that bloom from early spring until frost th it It is a matter of taste as to what one cultivates. 1 save all paper boxes and bags to have ready to rend out flowers. It is such a pleas ure to send flowers to the sick, and to those who, it seems, do not really have time tr> grow them, to friends who really appreciate them: to church and to the preacher's home, and everywhere God wishes a message of love. Being poor deprives me of nothing when It comes to the riches of hod's blessings and the behutles of nature. If you have never carried your flowers Into hovels and dark chambers that have been visited by the angel of death and into hospital wards to cheer suf fering humanity with these sweet messengers of G*«d's love to his children, you have not found the real joy in cultivating flowers. ENRETTE. How to Vary the Colors Dear Householder*: I bare bad some little experience wi h flower*, *o I will tell you wbat I have learned. First, there are many people who do not know wbat to do to keep tbs garden in good repair after tbe sudden brat of July ha* made it "ragged." In most cases a auccev«ion of plant* 1* nec essary. for even tbe most elaborate care can hardly keep one planting fresh through tbe whole summer. There are a few bedding plant* which can be held over the entire sea sou. but they will not be a* nice a* later planted one*. Geranium* can be expected to bloom during the whole season if properly treated about tbe first of August. It should be remembered the planting condition* in Au gust are entirely different from what they were in early spring, and extra precaution* ■ut be observed when tbe transfer, from (lots to beds, is made. Have the holes dug and watered thoroughly, and set tbe pot* beside the holes, bnt do not take out the plants until ready to plant each one. then it should be set In the hole and fine soil packed carefully about It. again watered, and the top so graded that the water will not stand about it. There are many of you. perhaps, like my self. wfcp prefer to change tbe scheme of your annual ned*. and borders tn midsummer, so a* Ito make a cliangv in coloring. To do this It I k> necessary to replant them with flowers other I than tlfoee which were nut In them early in the F-rnmer. If they were planfl-d with red i reran luma in June, by tbe first of August they I will he rank and ragged, and their place* will be well filled by white petunlna or ber- I henas. for no matter what the spring color ' setieire may have been, white can always fol- I low red. ITlierc are many places in which canna* are ■danted In the center of circular or ov*l beds | and surrounded bv low-growing bedding plant*. I Such a bed can be made very effective, bnt I god taste must govern in the matter of he ' plants chosen It la a common sight In parka Ito see red canna*. and pink geraniums in the I «ame bed. and similar "fighting" colors used together. CaUdtums are mv choice for centers of large circular beds and tn thi« case yon ’ have a wide range of colors which can be | planted near them, as almost all will blend wl h tlte calsdlum Grace Griffin, your letter of the Sth was worth reading. I would he glad to know you. as there are so few people who have your view* of «uch a matter. REI.F.N HUNT. How To Prove a Benefactor "Flowers, oh beautiful flowers! God's token of silent love." This is a beautiful world and God has gi-en us the means of making it even more beautiful. Therefore. If the man who makes two blades of grass grow where only one had grown before is a benefactor, the woman who makes a beau tiful flower grow where only weeds hnd grown deserve* at leaat the right of hl* kinship. The interchange of Ideas are beneficial, but one'* own taste and judgment la called on to form a rule as to planting flower*, the shape and else of the individual'* grounds being tak- THE ATLANTA SEMI WEEKLY JOURNAL. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1905. Now That Pads and Puffs Are Out— 01P CHOKER. p uFFS front cou.ar r . CORSET / a / \ r '' t L £ 5 ' X - Sheath | jWr/•Sz If U i C' /WJ 'F' E Cjl ’ Puffs HERES’ AN ELEGY ON A CITY BACK YARD The boast of hairfalsity, the pomp of the stay, And all that beauty buys with al! the wealth of man, Await alike the inevitable day— The paths of fashion lead but to the can. en into consideration. However, in these days of tensive culture no excuse can be given for lack of space, since the best results are often obtained within the bounds of the small home garden. The character of the soil should also be con sulted as to what to plant. Some of the cranks put special emphasis on drainage, which Is essential in some localities, but being blessed with a high dry location, clay soil, I mu?t work to the opposite that of holding moisture. My only plan is with a i>air of strong arms to dig deeply in the winter. This being looce holds some moisture from the winter rains, even then, sometimes, it is all I can do to keep my plants alive through the hot, dry summer, though usually I ain rewarded with a fine show of autumn flowers as also with early spring flowers. But while my neighbor's yard is brilliant with bright colored cannas, gladiolus, sweet peas and other summer flowers. I am forced to take comfort in my window garden for cut flower*, marigold, peonies, larkspur, prigon nette. while the aster, zinnia, poppy and pan sy have all been greatly improved. When these die down in the fall tulips, narcissi’*, hyacinth, crocus and jonquils may be set in the borders to greet the early *pring. Nothing is prettier for a window garden than a background of red and pink geranlum-t with a trailing front of double white petunias or sweet alyssum. Upon the whole the onv who loves her plants and works with her own hands is the one who succeeds. So now, with the month of flowers before us let us give oui gardens the attention they should receive, and await the rain and sunshine and the soft breezes and afterwards enjoy the beauties with which kind nature shall favor us. Sincerely MARTHA BUSH. Cottage Treasures Dear Miss Thomas—l think it is grand that we are to have some letters on flowers. "Flowers,” says Ruskin, "seem intended for tbe solace of ordinary humanity. Children love them; quiet, contented, ordinary people love them as thye grow; luxurious and disor derly people rejoice in them gathered. They are the cottager’s treasure, and in the crowded town, mark as with a little broken fragment of rainbow, the windows of the workers in whose heart rests the covenant of peace." It is to this ordinary' people X wish to direct tny letter, for I wlsih to tell them how to have flowers at small cost. Although some men do not appreciate flowers. I think almost all women do. I think that instead of going to visit our neighbors to gossip, we should go and talk of our Howers ana give them all the good ideas we have picked up on their culture, and It Is very' nice and profitable, too, to exchange seed, plants and bulbs. We all know what a nice habit lilacs, snowballs and most all shrubs have of coming up in clusters around the parent shrub; so we can easily dig down and with some sharp instru ment sever the young plants from the old me and then they will grow nicely if .one will dig up and fertilize a place for them. As for jonquils, daffodils, hyacinths, dahlias and man;' other bulbous rooted flowers, one can most always secure these bulbs from some friend, as they multiply ver;» fast. Au gust and September are the best months to put out tne jonquils, daffodils and November for the hyacinths and dahlias. After one gets these started they may be left in ground all winter by covering one or two inches deep in well totted stable manure.. Rost-s are easily rooted. My plan is a follows: In a box one foot deep and of any desired length to put a layer of small rock, then finish filling the box with sand. In the latter part of September (preferably, but have rooted some in May) secure cuttings of last year's growth about oue foot In length and push down Into the sand to a depth of four or five inches; keep moist and sheltered from nooda y sun, and in a few weeks they will begin to root, and when well rooted dig up, so as not to break off roots, and trans plant to some gooT moist location. Cape jasmine* can be rooted by taking some of the under limbs and pulling them down to the ground and laying several weights on them and covering them with several inches of soil. When rooted, this limb may be cut loose from the parent tree and planted in good moist soil. One may have a pretty bed in one's back yard by foiling Mrs. Erwin’s (of Cornelia) suggestion, which is as follows, ano was called a yellow pryamid. She says: "Select a giant Russian sunflower for the center and apex. Surround it with the seven-foot varieties and this with the five, and so on down to the miniature dwarfs for the last circle. As my backyard is too shady for flowers, will pass this on, as some can possibly use it. I ex pect to carry out the Idea in my front yard and one of my beds will be with center flower of mammoth perennial phlox surrounded with sweet williams (dlonthes barbatus), surround ing this with asters, then a circle of comet semi-dwarf asters. Another bed will be covered with coleus enough to make a complete mass of their lovely variegated foliage. Then I expect to have on bed of carnations surrounded with pansies. One cannot always buy flower seed if finan cially embarrassed, but they can almost al ways have a few flower seeds, cuttings or bulbs by asking a frienff for them, and it seem* to me that I enjoy my flowe, th«t given to me best, for it is always with sweet memories of some pleasant visit that I loos on the pretty blossoms. Mrs. Etvfn, whom I mentioned before, said in her paper read to the Georgia State Horti cultural society: "Let us make our home surroundings so beautiful that our boys and girls will find their home town* too attractive to leave for the crowded city streets." And she might well have said our country homes, too. for if any one needs encouragement it is the country boys and girls. If one hasn't a large yard they can, hy utilizing every little space, have quite pretty yards, hut they who live in the country have no excuse for not having pretty yards. And as enthusiasm is said to be contagious, we should all become enthused over our flower* and Influence some other one to brighten up a little. A lovely arch over a gateway may be made hy fastening a heavy wire several feet in length to each post and curving over the gate. Some quick growing vine may be trained over it for one or two years until some of the climbing rcses grow enough to cover it. when it will be very pretty If the rose bush is kept pruned properly. Now. with several pryamids as I have de scribed of contrasting colors and some pretty i vine ’rained over one's porch, a large bed or a border of chrysanthemums In the back ground. and every-bloominc roaes and shrubs In cluster on both sides of one's yard. I think one would have to travel a good ways to see a frettier yard. So with love to Miss Thomas and ail the Household. I will bld you adieu. MRS. LIZZIE ROBINSON. Tallapoosa, Ga. Practical Suggestions Dahlias may be grown from seed as well as bulbs. Get good seed, sow early in the spring In a box in the house and you will soon be rewarded with a lot of fine plants, as they germinate quickly. About the first of May *et them where you wish them to bloom, cul tivate and they wll be in bloom by the ttmo those grown from bulbs arc. If you get a pack i age of mixed seed you will be apt to raise some new and lovely varieties. Tubers thai have been kept in a dry place during winter are slow to start in the spring. Before time to put them in the open ground get a larg,. box. fill with rich soil and manure from th* stable, put out the bulbs like they grew ot> the old stalk, water and keep in a warm place and they will soon start to growing. Sat them out in the ground after all danger <>! frost is past. Chrysanthemum* may be grown in pots from spring- started plants. When they are six or eight inches high pinch the top out to make, them branch. Keep this up till the first of August. Also shift them in larger pots as they grow and do not let them suffer for water. After the buds appear pinch all off but one on a stem. Give them liquid manure once every two weeks. As cold weather approaches put them in a sheltered place, away from frost and you will be rewarded with fine large flowers. Roses may be started in the spring after they bloom. Get a rose, insert in soil composed cf rich loam and sand mixed, turn a glass over it and keep moist. Pinch off the rose and oil tbe leaves and new growth will soon start. Keep in a box till it is large enough to put out in the ground. MRS. DORA WALRAVEN. Carryville, Ga. Patience, Perseverance and Common Sense Denr Miss Toomas: As you have asked the Household for letters on flower growing. I will tell you something of the success we have with them. I like some for pots and some to grow on the ground. For pot plants I like fuchias. begonias, ferns. asparagus and geraniums. Most nny flower that will grow in a pot will do well on the ground. This year I am going to have a mixed bed of pot plants—such as begonia*, geranium*, plumbagoes and anything else that I can get that suits for that par ticular bed. It is an easy matter to have spring flowers, but it i* another thing when you undertake to have them through the hot summer months. It takes time and work to , cultivate and water them, but it is work that rests one even if fi does tire. For spring flowers hyacinths, daffodils, jon quils and violets are all fine and will all do well on the ground or In pots. A violet bed is truly a delight. They bloom all through the winter unless It is very cold, and then they are ready to bloom so soon after a cold snap. For summer bloomers are geraniums, fuchlas, carnations, begonias and plumbagoes. These will all grow on tbe ground also but I like them in pots best, as they seem to bloom bet ter if given a rich soil and keut watered. Don’t keep them soaking wet, though—use some of the common sense that the florist say* it takes to raise them, and water as they seem to need ii. For all summer bloomers sow the dear old petunias and phlox in beds anv and everywhere, as they are good nattired and will stand neg lect or care and bloom when everything else seems burning up. Another beauty for late summer blooming Is the aster. A mixed paper of asters will give such a variety of colors and are very much like ebrysauthemums. but they ned more mois ture -.ban the 'mums. There are so many flowers to bloom from early spring until fall that it la no easy matter to decide on just what kinds to have. For fail blooming, of course, you must have the queen of autumn, the chrysanthemum. Plant them in April in beds about eighteen inches each way. in good rich soil, and cultivate every few weeks, and as soon as the buds appear, pinch off all except one to each branch, having! kept all except three pr four branches pinched off. In August begin giving liquid manure and keep it up until the blooms begin to open, which will be some time in October, and if you have a good collection they will be a joy for weeks. Os cour*e where it is possible one shotild have roaes and flowering shrubs as well as vines. The Virginia creeper makes a beau tiful vine and one ,uat isn’t to string every spring. I like mon vines. Japanese morning glories and cypress vines for the annuals. Os course one should have ferns and aspara gus for regular house plants. There are num tiers of others that one can try and grow the ones you love. NONINE. My Flower Yard Dear Household—l have finished reading Chat in Tuesday's paper and am indeed sur prised to know that only one has written a flower letter. I am a stranger among you, but will accept the invitation and tell you all about my flowers. I have an odd-ahaped yard, but it is very pretty. I have a square trimmed hedge of arbor vitas extending from ths door to the front gate on each side of the walk. From the gate down to the corner and back again to the house I have ever blooming roses, alternating with altheas, brides wreath, flowing almand and cape jasmines. In front of these I have a row of mammoth chyfcanthetnums of all colors. This leaves a square about fifteen feet each way. In the center is a large ever-blooming rose, which I keep pruned; around this is a ring of hyacinths and a large ring of chrysanthe mums of pink and white. In the corners of this square are beds shaped to correspond with the circle*. One has a snowball in the cen ter with hyacinths around the edge filled in with verbena. Another has a large, white, ever-blooming rose in the center with gera niums around it, edged with ferns. Another has a clump of Easter lilies in the center bordered with jonquils and verbena. The fourth is filled with sweet william, bordered with violets. The end of the porch on this side i* covered with a marschalnell rose. On the parch along the L (on the front also) is a Cloth of Gold rose. On the other side of the yard, in front of the L is a square bed. It is hedged along the fence also just as the other side. This square is edged with pansies, then a row of flox. and is filled out with pe tunias. I keep my bushes all pruned to a pretty shape, and some are blooming now. They will all soon look like huge bouquets. There is but a short while only that we are without flowers of some kind. And what would a home be without flowers? Some of our geraniums were killed the blizzard, but we will get others and start over again and try to have prettier ones than ever. If you will allow me a seat with you this time I may come again soon and tell you how I raise chickens, children and flowers, all at Ri« same time and place, and my flow er* are nnt ruined either. Love to all. espe cially "Chat.” MRS. BUSY. 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Send today. THE DIXIE HOME, No 1031, Birmingham, Ala BUTCHERIES SHOCK CIVILIZED NATIONS REV. HERBERT ADAMS GIBBONS, • EYE-WITNESS TO SCENES OF CARNAGE, GIVES FIRST AU THENTIC DETAILS. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 27.—The fol lowing account of the disorders at Adana has tieen received here by telegraph from Rev. Herbert Adams Gibbons, a mission ary: "The entire vilayet of Adana has been the scene during the last five days, of a terrible massacre of Armenians, the worst ever known in the history of the district. Tbe terror has been universal and the government is powerless to check the dis orders. Adana, the capital of the pro vince. has been the storm center. “Conditions have been unsettled for some time and there has been animosity between Turks and Armenians owing to the political activity of the latter and their open purchasing of arms. Corpses in Parade “Early last Wednesday morning, while I was in the market, I noticed that the Armenians, were closing their shops and hurrying to their homes. An Armenian and a Turk had been killed during the night and the corpses were paraded through their respective quarters. The sight of the dead inflamed the inhabit ants, and crowds at once began to gather in the streets armed with sticks, axes and knives. A few young Armenians as sembled in the center of the covered mar ket and began firing revolvers into the air. By 11 o’clock in the morning the crowd had begun the looting of shops. “The military commander of Adana was by my side in the market when the firing commenced. He had not the courage to endeavor to disperse the mob; he return ed to his residence and did not venture out for two days. Found Howling Mob “William Chambers, field secretary of the Young Men’s Christian association, proceeded to the Koenik and found a howling mob demanding arms with which to kill the Giaours. We then went to the telegraph office to summon the British consul. On the steps of the building we saw three Armenians who had been mas sacred. Their bodies had been mutilated. While we were in the telegraph office a mob burst into the room where we were and killed two Armenians before our eyes. The unfortunates were supplicating the vail when they were struck down. “We managed to make our way into ths next room, where we made representa tions to the vali. This official said he coufH do nothing. He was afraid for his own life and made no attempt to protect us. Somehow we managed to go to the interior of the Konok, where we remained at the side of the government officials for the next forty-eight hours. Fought for Two Days “That afternoon the situation grew dis tinctly worse. The Armenians withdrew to their quarter of Adana, which is situated on a hill, and converted their houses that held advantageous po sitions into fortresses. Here the fighting went on for two days, during which the Armenians succeeded in beating off their Turkish assailants. “Wednesday evening Major Daughty- Wylle, the British vice consul at Mer sina, arrived at Adana and established headquarters in the house of a dragoman of a wealthy resident, where many refu gees had been received. The wife of the British consul, who was brought into Adana under fire on Thursday, tended personally many wounded women and “Adana was a hell. The bazars were looted and set on fire. There was con tinuous and unceasing shooting and kill ing in every part of the town, and ’ires raged in many quarters. “Moslems from the neighborhood began pouring into the city and notwithstanding our vehement protests, the vali distribut ed arms to these men, alleging they were reserves. Major Daughty-Wylie, at the head of troops which he compelled the vali to supply, went to the railroad end of the town, and was successful in preventing the villagers from coming into Adana. Later, while the major was attempting to pacify the town, he was shot and disabled. Missionaries Murdered. “Missionaries of the Central Turkey mission had assembled for a district con ference in the center of Adana on the day of the outbreak. They received ana protected hundreds of refugees in the American seminary for girls, and cour ageously endeavored to pacify the warring elements. “On Thursday Daniel Miner Robers and Henry Haurer, American missionaries, were killed under treacherous circum stances. “On Friday the Armenians yielded, since when there has been little murdering. "Adana is in a pitiable condition. The town has bene pillaged and wrecked and there are thousands of homeless people here without means of livelihood. It Is impossible to estimate the number of killed.' The corpses lie scatter ed through the streets. Friday, when I went out, I had to pick my way between the dead. Many Americans Killed. Sunday morning I counted a dozen cart loads of American bodies in one-half hour carried to the river and thrown into the water. In the Turkish cemeteries graves ae being dug wholesale. The condition of the refugees is most pitiable. Not only are there orphans and widows beyond number, but a great many, even the ba bies, are suffering from severe wounds, speakable. On Friday afternoon 250 so called Turkish reserves, without officers, seized a train at Adana and compelled the engineer to convey them to Tarsus, where they took part in the destruction of the Armenian quarter of that town, which is the best part of Tarsus. Their work of looting was thorough and rapid. It is said that they fired the great historic Ar menian church at Tarsus, the most im portant building in the city. They de molished marble statues and shattered important tablets. Everything portable was carried away, but the church itself resisted their attempts to burn it. For tunately, few persons were killed there. This was owing to the proximity of the American college, where four thousand destitute and homeless persons had sought and found shelter.” MISSIONARIES ARE SAFE, EXCEPT FROM ACCIDENT CONSTANTINOPLE, April 27.-There is a total of thirty-three American mis sionaries in Syria and the Cicilian dis trict of the vilayet of Adana, where the conflicts between Mohammedans and Ar menians are raping the fiercest. With the exception of D. M. Rogers and Henry Mourer, who were killed at Adana, no one of them, so far as is known at the British or American embassy, or the of fices here of the American board of com- ’ missioners of Foreign Missions, has beer, i injured. The Mohammedans indulging in massa cres and incendiarism evidently are very ; careful to avoid killing foreigners. When i in the midst of the fighting and pillaging ' of Adana, it became known to the Mo- j hammedans that Messrs. Rogers and ! Maurer had lost their lives while at- I tempting to put out a fire in the house ‘ of a Turkish widow, the fanatics ran ' away in alarm and practically deserted that quarter of the town. The mission- j aries appear to be in danger only from accident arising from the fact that they I Plan for Summer Comfort _ Y | Don’t add the heat of a kitchen f ypZZTZ^±2_L < ’‘ fire to the sufficient discomfort of 2 »—- \ hot weather. \ j Use a New Perfection Wick Blue ' Flame Oil Cook-Stove and cook in comfort. With a “New Perfection” //' U" " Oil Stove the preparation of / JI \ j j'/W daily meals, or the big weekly u sLjk “baking,” is done without ing the temperature perceptibly above that of any other room U W in the house. Another great advantage of the ™ i NEW PERFECTION VVick Blue Flame Oil Cook-Stove is its handsome CABINET TOP, which gives it every convenience of the modem steel range. Has an ample top shelf for warming plates and keeping cooked food hot, drop shelves for holding small cooking utensils, and is even fitted with racks for towels. Made in three sizes, and can be had with or without Cabinet Top. If not at your dealer’s address our nearest agency. 1 k Lamp whether high or low —is therefore free from disagreeable odor and can- . not smoke. Safe, convenient, ornamental —the ideal light, ] W If not at your dealer's address our nearest agency. % STANDAKD OIL COMPANY i Incorporated i are in the midst of frightful conflicts in which they bravely seek to protect Chris tian refugees and conciliate their assail ants. Massacres Shocking Rev. Stephen R. Trowbridge, of the American board of commissioners for Foreign Missions, who is stationed at Aintab, was In Adada on the day of the fiercest fighting. fTte made a courageous but ineffectual attempt to protect an Ar menian teacher. He ttirew his arms around the man's neck and interposed his body between him and his assailant, but the Moslems shot the Armenian dead in Mr. Trowbridge’s arms. The greatest sympathy is felt here for are alone at Hadjim, in the northwestern part of the vilayet of Adana. These wo men are now aaid to be Miss Virginia A. Billings, of Kirtland, Ohio; Miss Emily E. Richter, of Chicago; Miss Rose Lam bert, daughter of Bishop Lambert, and a Miss Baldwin. Christian refugees by the thousand have massed at Hadjim, and for ten days now the town has been threatened by Mohammedans, whose camps completely encircle it. Troops Are Asked .for Rev. W. W. Post, representative in Constantinople of the American board of commissioners for Foreign Missions, sent a telegram last Sunday to Rev. H. M. Ir win, at Talas-Cas&rea, instructing him to ask for a strong guard of troops and go immediately to Hadjim to the assist ance of the beleaguered women. Hadjim is two days' journey on horseback from Cesarea. Telegraphic communication Is very much interrupted and there has been no answer from Mr. Irwin. Today, however, Mr. Post received a message, much delayed in transmission, dated Hadjim, Friday, April 23. It says: “Our sad condition is unchanged. Ws fear fire. The people are taking refuge in the churches. The outlook is terrible.” William Chambers, an American mis sionary at Adana telegraphed Mr. Pest from that place yesterday m follows: ’•TTiere are terrible fires War the mis sion. which is In danger.” The lack of food, medical help andd shelter is very great among both Ar menians and Mohammedans in the dis trict disturbed. Mr. Peet has an admir able organization for the distribution of relief if funds to this end were sent to him. HERBERT ADAMS GIBBONS GRADUATE OF PRINCETON NEW YORK, April 27,-Rev. Herbert Adams Gibbons, who gives the first story of an eye-witness of the pillage and slaughter going on in the interior of Tur key, is a teacher in St. Paul’s Institute at Tarsus, a college of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, of Which Rev. Thomas B. Christie is presi dent. The college was founded by Rev. Mr. Christie, who was appointed missionary by the American board immediately after his graduation from Andover, Mass., the ological seminary in 1877. Mr. Gibbons is not over twenty-four of twenty-five years of age. and recently was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton Theological seminary. He studied for a year in Par is and then went to Tarsus to teach in the American college, as St. Paul’s col lege is generally known. His wife was formerly Miss Helen D. Brown, of Hart ford, Conn. Mersina, Tarsus and Adana are closely linked in the missionary work. It is un der the direction of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, who have sent a large force of missiona ries, many of them accompanied by their wives into this district. Rev. William N. hCambers, with his wife and three other American women conduct the work at Adana, while Rev. Mr. Christie, Mrs. Christie and Dr. Gib bons and his wife have their headquar ters at Tarsus. There are other nearby stations and fif ty-two out-stations The extent of the work is shown by the fact that the aver age attendance at the station meeings is 14.G30 and he number of Sunday school pupils 15,999. The missionaries conduct 35 churches, having a regular membership of 7,133. A daughter of Rev. Mr. Christie is the wife of D. Miner Rogers, the missionary referred to by Mr. Gibbons as having been treacherously killed. Spring is the most important season from a health stan<ip«>int. Hcod’s Sarsaparilla taken now ' till purify your Wood and pvt you in good ccnd,- J tion for the whole year. Get only Hood's. Ansfey Out-Ansteyed Not since F. Anstey penned his famous »tory ; “Vice Versa” hns n more amazingly fantastic' tale been evolved than Grace MacGowan Cooke's new novel. "The Flight of Robert Sevier.” in ' the January Llppineo t’s. Sevier is the professor: of chemistry nt Vnaka College, and in love ] with the daughter of the president thereof. He ' has linpp*ne<l on a most marvellons discovery—' a fluid which, when Injected Into a Urine* buoy. • renders that body so light that It will floai i throngii the’air. He decides that the matter I must !>e kept quiet until be ha* perfected his I Inven'ion, so that It may be under perfect con- i trol. and with this in view he conducts his ex periments in tecret—or tries to. Then his trou- | Wes begin. He is almost locked up as a lunatle. ] nearly forced into wedlock with a hag of the | luonntain*. and gets into a number of o her bar- . rowing predicaments. In the end. however,’ hl* I invention etu.blcs Um to rise aliote his trou- .' Wes ar.d take with him tin lady of his eiado' j A rarely good humorous story is«."Tlie Flight of ■ Robert Verier." and lhe tnnn or the nouiaA [ who c*n read it wi bout laughter i« surely fit j for ‘ .cnsoii. stratagems, amt rpnlls.” There are some excellent short stories iu this I issue, beaiaes sever.ai notable special articles, j including one on Whistler, by Harrison S. j Morris. "Walnuts and Wine" is even funufer I tbau usual thia month. Railroads Give Free Coffee; Put Away Tin Cups I ICE WA r : I sS . ' . 1•• ’ jJHL Ss The Lackawanna railroad Mas abollsh led the germ-spreading common drinking cup, substituting a penny-in-the-slot de vice which dispenses a paraffine paper cup never handled before except by ma chinery. The Pennsylvania system sends white coated porters through its trains at in tervals with free cups of coffee. 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