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8 L; \K I CJ\ il/* / G^^g**^^^^* z- 'zY & i c MissL.O.Thomas^/ —*4 An letter* writtra for Uris PM« most have the mWr'i real name and ad dreei enclosed. This is not for publication nor for the nee of any one except tb* editor of thia pa<*. Xf your letter baa not been published thia may be the reason. Add res a letter* for -Mouaehold" to ICii X.. O. Thoma*. Lock Box MS. Atlanta. Ge. I CHAT Just see what ant re lot of letters I *>aee been riving you this year. I hope I that every one of the SOO now on our yoll will send in a letter on the subject ■earest his or her heart. jh I knew that Our Household was read tn the Philippines, in Cuoa and Canada, but we may now claim a dear one in China and Chat is going to give way to Fayette today because tnat letter will be on a subject dear to so many heart*. I wouldn't boast for anything, but I don't believe that there is another llouseuold that gets so many letters | ifrom foreign countries. These are ad lp*nta*e<» that we should appreciate and do our very best to pass on to others. My Dear Miss Thomas: ¥ I have been reading ior some months the Household letters in the Semt- Wsak'.y Journal which I receive even in far-away China, and nave certainly en. r Joyed them, a hey are written in a very different spirit from so many club letter* and ought to make even a pes simist feel a little better about the World, and not think every one is going down bill just because he is. Your comments are always so interesting and helpful and it has mace me feel desir ous of knowing you better to read what you have to say. Do you think the Household can stretch a little and take tn one more member? ' Some weeks ago one of my papers got torn, and that part of a letter contain ing the signature was lost, and I have wondered ever since who the writer Could have been. She. or he, will be pure to recall the letter as it contained a description of life in China and men tion was made of “my daughter in Chi na." We found that very interesting to us and recognised many of the cus toms but were led to think that the de. ' (Kription came from north China, while we are in the Tang Ste valley. The de scriptions were mostly of the poorer afasaes so I thought I would like to show the other side and describe a home where I recently went to visit Tears ago the man of the family spent s about three years In Europe, in the Chi nese legations there, and came back borne with a little foreign furniture and a good many foreign ideas. I suppose, hut his home and family are typically i Chinese We were met at the door by the young grandson and escorted to a ■mall reception room, where we were '.served with tea and candles, and then B we were asked if we did not wish to go -ever the house and garden. By this time the whole family was trying to en- Mnrtain us, from the grand mother down to torn* little girls about 8 year* old, and < "X11 were as nice and cordial a* could be. led by the youngest eon. and the grand* ' eon we first saw Both were about 18. ■ and were our principal guides and enter tainers. We were led through r v>m after I room, and court after court, all surpris ! ingly clean for a Chines* house, but •imply furnished, and finally reached The ... Room It was a large oblong room with 'an alcove about half as large. At the far end of the alcove was a raised dais ■ with a settee placed on it. This is the highest seat and the most impolite thing a guest could do would be to sit down there. On either side of this alcove were Urge mirrors which, aa I remarked to ene of our todies, “any one of us would be very glad to possess, but could not > afford one half so large.” and all around vs set against the walls In true Chinese style were smaller chairs and tables • where we sat and chatted and drank tea. , This room was very bright and airy and looked out on the. to my mind, most aharming spot in many miles, the flower garden of this mansion. We were at length led to this byway of many covered passages, some of which . we discovered were bridges crossing little I gtreama which ran out from the central lake in the garden, and through several “ summer houses, any one of which would I have been a Joy to me in America. But p rhe garden was a work of art. It was winter, so we saw no flower*, but none „ were needed, as th espot could scarcely l J.ave been Improved. Tn the center was \ a small lake on one bank of which was ’ a pile of rocks fully 30 feet high, so ar r ganged as to form a very artistic mound with a large space on top, from which 1 we could get a view of the entire city. All around were fruit tree*, and little ’ streams running off from the lake mak ing a place which few in our American I cities can equal. We were finally led to the gentleman’s study, where he himself met us and told us about his life abroad and showed us I a picture of Queen Intona. It was an FMpcrtemce which I shall not soon forget and which shows that the spirit of China to changing, for the wealthy doors be | gin to open to let the foreigner In. We | hope that the gospel will at last make | Its way into the homes of the rich and agents wanted JKW We want men who are not actively Xj/wJB*W enlaced i* boatmens to act aa onr acenta. We pay liberal casts com /X Writ# lor oar catalogue and fall parUcs ON CREDIT M 5.00 Buggies W- Only $ 10. Cash. x Balance $5 a month. Warranted for 3 year.. Surreys 7 On, y * 25 - Cash. Balance V a month. Warranted for a years. $20.00 U,. —: CrMH Only sls. Cash. ® a^BCO * * 100,1 Warranted for 3 yr ars. parts of th. world. Ca h or easy mon’hly paymen's. Write for our free catalogue. OEMTURYMPG. 00., VS&X DepT. 743 Eaaf St. L»ut», Illa. powerful, aa it la already doing among the poor and lowly. Eince coming to China I have learned to better understand many things in the Bible than I did at home, for It seems to me that in this country, which is just now waking up after a sleep of centu ries. we can even now find many of the customs of Bible times. "The house In a garden of cucumbers" Is seen here con stantly. Little houses just large enough to sleep in are set in the vegetable fields, so that the owner can sleep there and prevent thieves from stealing his prop erty. The threshing floor to constantly used, while the crowds coming with their sick and palsied, on beds and in baskets, for the only person within miles who can help them, to be healed or as they say “to have their diseases seen," to a common sight where there is a medical missionary*. Since I have been reading the House hold letters, there have been many Inter esting ones, but I want to mention a few which have given me special pleasure. One from Anna Higgins In the December 17 Issue strikes a responsive chord in my heart. If the many lukewarm Chrto tj»ns at home could only pay A visit to China I am sure they would go back fired with zeal to make all their neighbors see what a good church member can do. I wish some of you could know sooner of our Chinese Christmas and know how they give their lives In the service of the Master they have set out to serve. It makes me ashamed of my poor service many a time, and I am out here sup posed to be teaching them. The motto of Mrs. Jolly in the same paper, taken from a most beautiful hymn, “I’ll go where you want me to go. dear Loard.” etc., is certainly a good one. It has been mine for some years and finally brought me to China in order to keep the promise contained therein. George Rhodes has the right idea and with his usefulness for right In a neigh borhood can do much toward lessening the evil habit of cigarette smoking. One of the most unwholsome sights T see in China is the advertising of American ci garettes all over the country. It makes me feel bad that my country is a party to spreading the evil which is doing much to undermine her own young man hood. The letters of Mr. Bach and Opal, Bill, and Louella. and many others have serv ed to give me many a pleasant thought, and I want to thank them all. I could write on for hours, but I really must stop, as I will say. God bless Our Household, and good-by. which means “God be with you.” Very sincerely. FAYETTE. South China. Mrs. L. B. Lang’s letter was the one alluded to. She has a precious daughter In China. Let us remember both of these worker* In our prayers. We must not be content with reading our Bibles, we must give as the Lord hath prospered us. We must not be satisfied with helping those we know and love, but— •’lf I can do something for somebody Who has never done aught for me. ' It may help to even the balance Os the good gifts from others to me. "If I can show kindness to some one Who has given me a kick and a cuff. My horizon of vision will broaden My soul will expand sure enough ” i Faithfully your*. LIZZIE O. THOMAS. How to Have a Beautiful Yard If you want your yard gay with dainty fragrant roses and other flowers this year, they should be planted early. Send right away for our little catalogue of southern-grown stock. It tells Just what kinds of roses, old-fashioned perennials, ornamental shrubs, shade trees and fruits are best for southern gardens. Write for it today. It is free. Chatta nooga Nurseries, 907 Missionary Ridge, Chattanooga. Tenn. ••• How About This? Dear Miss Thomae: Nay I come in for a little ebat, thia rainy, dreary Sunday? Have just finisbed reading the Household, and it la aneb a sunny, cheery gathering of congenial spirit* that It seems good to he there. What do you. all of you. think of the much talked of woman suffrage? I think there are many things, in both state and national govern meat, in which women should have a voice: but would they, tbe educated, thinking women, go to tbe polls with it* present gathering of mixed, and sometimes drunken men? I think not; before those who are capable of casting a vote Intelligently will go there will have to be a different arrangement for easting the vote: and all tbe rougher elements, such aa negroes and drunken white men. will have to be eliminated, or a separate voting place estab lished. What do you think of Our Household organis ing themselves into a elub of some kind, with some object in view, home study, home im provement. charity, or something that will taka our thoughts from personalities I think it would be the best thing we could do. W itb a heart full of love and appreciation for Hiss Thomas and the Household. ALLEN. THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. ATLANTA, GEORGIA. TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 191 r* Quaint Peasant Dress ZB Ml mmw WW IWWI i OSHm/ ~ "Peasant” styles will meet with ap proval of women in general this spring and summer, because they are simple, sensible and becoming to stout and slen der alike. This to a distinctly new fash ion feature, and will be popular. The gown sketched is made of mod- Persuaded Her Husband Dear MUs Tbom.ia: My father was a sub scriber to this paper before I married and i did so enjoy the letters that I finally persuaded my busband to take the Semi-Weekly Journal and it seems to me I get a great deal more benefit from the many good letters now than when a girl. Roxanna's letter touched a tender cord In my heart. I too. am a farmer's wife, and do all my house work and often find time to run out in the field and help my husband, even if it is only an hour. He says that very often that an hour of my spare time saves him many harn licks. Gee! but didn't Mr. Bach have an twful time with Little Sister? I don’t blame him, for I do not like spoiled children, and I know some just like those he spoke of and I dread to see them come around. I don't believe in father's and mother's giving away to every whim of the child for they soon become such naugnty little creatures. How many of you Householders have turkeys laying? I have one turkey ben that has layed 29 eggs since the third week In December. GEORGIA CRICKET. Back to the Farm Dear Household: I'm wondering If Miss Thomas has revised that roll yet. My name is one of the eight hundred she has on her book, but it has been so long since I wrote 1 fear none of you will remember me. I have written two letters since the first of the year and failed to send them, my ewn wastebasket caught them up readily. The page has grown interesting, varied and helpful. Beulah Bell, congratulations to you. I, too, am a young home-builder, though my time is mostly tsken up in the school room. My husband and I are both teaching. We find It Interesting and our housework is a rest and diversion in which “we" participate. Dish washing is a joyous time with us. There are quite a number of teachers in Our Household and they have given us helpful letters. I wonder which grades the majority like best to teach? I have taught first, sec ond. third and fourth grades, but if I could have only one all the time, I would take the first. The little ones are so sincere and trust ing in their attitude, so sweetly simple in ex pressions and so perfectly original and alto gether noisy that the work haa never become irksome nor monotonous to me, and I believe they do love me. Springtime will soon be here, and as ours Is a five months term we shall go back to the country, where farming, chicken raising, gard ening. etc., will give us new employment and pleasures. The rural mail delivery, the tele phone and close neighbors make summer time In the country ideal. I ean. In my mind’s eye. see now my husband as he comes in from the field with a slouched straw bat, overalls and sunburned cheeks. I'm proud of him then. He la tired and I love him a little more. He is tired but not too tired to tease. Perhaps I'll not be so long in coming again. I've forgotten the pen name I used before, so I'll all hut duplicate our writer of the "Too much and too little," and sign myself, EULALIE. Changes His Opinion Dear Miss Thomas: I have been thinking of writing ever since the badge question started again, and now that they are here for sure I can't keep still any longer. I have written only one letter so I will have to hurry up if I get a badge. As the dancing subject is up again x must tell you that I have changed my mind. In my other letter I defended dancing, but I was only a little girl then and didn’t know much about life, so many do as I did and write about things they know nothing about. The older we grow the wiser we should be. Beth lives near me. only two miles away and a better, sweeter little lady you never saw. Sylvania Stub, you started out to get a badge or kick up a racket, which was it? I. too, live near Loganville, hut I do not think I know you, or your sort of girls. "Birds of a feather flock together." I want to thank every member of the House hold for their nice letters. This page has done me more good than can every be told. The other letter I signed my real name but this time I am. CHARLES O'MALLEY. True Living Dear Mias Thomas: I used to think women bad no right to vote, but I have changed my mind. I believe any true woman would vote against whisky and all intoxicants of any kind, and if they could they would have laws that would prohibit cigarette sthoklng and a lot of other bad habits that are a curse to our country, things that most of the men don’t seem to take any notice of. Let us ail try to have peace, and not take family troubles to our neighbors. I have known people who said they never had time to go anywhere, or to take part in their children's sports or any interest in their husbands’ af fairs? I don't think they had any more to do fiian I have, yet I take time to go with my husband most anywhere. If it is only to walk over the farm or to take a ride for pleasure, or to town or church or to see some friend, end he doesn’t mind helping me with my bouse work. I have three children and three little -randchildren that I believe even Mr. Pack would like. Both of my girls are married, mv boy of 14 goes to school, but he helps me with my housework when he is here. Then I join him in his play. Would you all be horrified to see me out playing with my chil dren and grandchildren? I try to be mother, confident, friend and comrade to them. My girls and their husbands are members of the church and I trust my boy will he snon. 1-et us all try to build up a strong, sweet char ecter and be happy and make others happy. Life is a glorious thing, when our eyes are opened to the beauties of earth and sky. Live os though today w»re our last. We will never pass this way again, so do not let us neglect eny deed of kindness, let us never speak the word that stings, we mav have tomorrow, but who knows? We have today, so let us live It well. HAPPY MATTIE. Information Wanted I would like to know what will destroy in sects and bugs that get on young watermelon vines and eat them. -I plant for market and ain worried a great deal with them Thanking any friend who will advise me wbat will de stroy them. Yours truly, GEO. W. BRAY. Hammetts, Ga. toh black and white checked material, trimmed with bands of black satin, and is worn with a guimpe of sheer white embroidered linen. The hat is of white chip, faced with black satin and flower and ribbon trim med. Concerning Compulsory Edu cation Dear Miss Thomas: Have 1 forfeited iny rights to a place in the Household, or was my room good company'- I have been sick so much and when I could do anything I hav<» had so much to do, and really started two or three letters that never did get finished: bitt when I saw In the Household of February H i about the Cooking of the Husband, 1 had to | write. Some poor fellow got mad with bl* wife and thought he would throw off on her threugh the paper. 1 want to know who is going to sugar and preserve the poor wife, the mother of his children, the meek slave? She has done without being preserved so long that there has ceased to be any question about her. She has been pickeled in her husband s frowns so long that it has become a matter of course about her. She can be boiled, baked, fried, stewed and roasted all. and it is all right until she rebels, and then she is bad medicine. I know that there are wives ibat don't treat their husbands as they should, bnt look at the mistreated wives! Why not give both side* of the question a fair showing? School time Is with us, but sad to see, many are out of school that could attend. If com pulsory law should come it would hurt a few, ! but it would help a great many. There are some that are held dow n by sickness and otb> r I misfortunes that really need their children to I help fight the wolf from the door, hut the ' most lire fighting birds that they had better I be feeding. Poor people in the country -an I have their children help through crop time i and then send them enough to get a common school education. In town it 1* different, if they work it Is public work and they have to work regularly to hold their places. We parents should do all we can by kind ness and not whip when we might do bettor by kindness. We should give them our confi dence and they will naturally confide In us. Tlell those that are large enough to comprt'hend ' all we can of our business, and they will feel | more interest. They will try harder to help than when they just have to go along and know nothing. Some think children should never know any thing but work, nor know anybody bnt home folks, stay like partridges right together and with BO one else, and when life's difficulties force them with other people they ought to know just what to do. The world is a cobl, relentless foe or a kind friend, and It largely depends on how we take hold. I know there is a great deal of difference In children, but If both parents unite In fry ing to manage them, there would not be so Rarntorn Chips (Aati-dyapeptlc). Most dishes requiring deep frying are denied the dyspeptic because they are usually fried in lard, and lard does not “agree.” The following recipe will be welcomed by those of poor digestion: Peel the potatoes and slice thin into cold water. Drain well, and dry tn a towel. Fry a few at a time in hot Cotto lene. Salt as you take them out, and lay them on coarse brown paper for a flhort time. The above recipe can be followed without the least fear of disagreeable after effects. The chips will be crisp and dry—not greasy, as when fried in lard. Cottolene contains no hog fat, but is made of purest cottonseed oil; it is recommended by physicians generally. Rail Fence Philosophy Better keep our hearts clear of grudges and blackness because no, telling where lightning will strike. A day at the circus is to the plow boy what a clover field is to a corn-fed mule. Experience is a good teacher, but time is the principal of all teach ers. If we only loved ourselves as we love our neighbors some of us would feel mighty cheap. Do not delude yourself into think ing that good results can be ob tained from haphazard methods. In everything regularity is a good practice, but in good dairying It is absolutely imperative. Rest the Horse’s Feet Every farm horse should, if pos sible. be allowed to go without his shoes at least two or three months every year. In fact, it is hardly necessary to shoe a horse on the farm unless he is to go on the hard roads or work on the hard soil where he is required to do so much heavy pulling. Without shoes a horse’s hoof will grow out, regain its natural shape which is always more or less changed by continu ous shoeing. Many city horses with hoofs bound and cracked and otherwise Injured, have been taken to a farm, their shoes pulled off. and turned out to pasture and thor oughly cured within six months. In fact the farmers around the large cities used to find in this class of animals a cheap supply, many of which turned out to be first-class horses, showing that all that was needed was rest on Moth er Earth without their shoes. Ilf 1 LITER AGENTS - SALESMEN - MANAGERS 111 ANTED liw ARI I Hl STARTLING OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE MONEY FAST |Mn|lg I ■■ I IT Mlw IfaU At Home or Traveling—All or Spare Time ■■ Ml w I fair Experience not necessary. Honesty and willingness to work all we ask. 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Hill delivered an address at the Minnesota Conservation convention today, in which he urged the conservation of capital, con demned extravagance, gave the causes of the Increase in prices, and told how the situation described by him might be remedied. Great interest was taken in the speech of Mr. Hill, who declared that "we are living in an age of world-wide financial delirium: that next after the conserva tion of the land, its area, use and fertility, must come the conservation of national capital in the shape of cash and credit.” Mr. Hill said in part: “The immense increase of wealth all over the world has greatly augmented the supply of capital. The mobility of this capital, the ease by which through international ex change it can be made to satisfy a need now in one country and now in another, strengthens the impression that it is Inex haustible. The addition of uncounted bil lions to the aggregate wealth of the world has stimulated the spirit of man kind. Its availability has lulled to sleep natural prudence and quieted the alarm of moments of sanity in the spendthrift’s life. The increase of apparent resources by an easy resort to borrowing, the mort gaging of a patrimony not our own to obtain material for present extravagance, the diversion of wealth from productivj to unproductive uses—all these have gone further than most people realize. “The people of the United States In herited from its founders a wholesome tradition against debt, which is only now disappearing from the conduct of national affairs.” Mr. Hill said the national debt now tends to rise, concealed under the polite fiction of certificates of Indebtedness to cover treasury deficits. HIGH PRICE OF FOOD. “The phenomenal Increase of public expenditure has already produced a plen tiful crop of public ills. It is one of the causes of the Increase in prices now disturbing the people. This increase follows in a suggestive way the infla tion of national and local budgets. The average cost of the supplies that must lie bought for practically every house hold has Increased about 50 per cent between 1896 and 1910. During the past year, there has been a marked lift ing of the price level. Foodstuffs cost many blighted lives. Parents, don't teach your children to mu to yon and tell every little thing that gets up between them and their playmates. It will teach them to tattle, au-1 nobody will like them. Let us be sure and not get the Idea into our heads that because they are ours they are too good to play with other children. Children need associates, but try and have them from respectable families. If we older ones don’t have associates we get selfish and we should not expect children to be better than we are. I hope more parents will awake to the evil of children being cruel to animals and killing birds. I.ove to all. HENRIETTA. Toccoa, Ga. Concerning Woman Suffrage Dear Household: Allow me just a tew words on general topics. I must say I don’t feel quite so diffident since some of our best writ ers gave me such a warm welcome. The first element In unhappiness is selfish ness. How many happy hours could be spent with a neighbor if it was not for the “I am in a sphere superior to her and can never visit her,” or "she thinks herself so much my supe rior I will be Independent.” Next comes the well-to-do unhappy fellow be cause he can’t realise he Is blessed with plenty, but always lamenting about hard times, making himself unhappy and all who should chance to full in his company. A good antidote for It Is: Enjoy what you have and don’t whine over what you can’t have. We draw from the Bank FREESSjI 'fiiMHTICOFFER OF m CENTUBY oId ■ ag IJIJI IIIIIIi This is the greatest, the grandest, the most liberal and the most wonderful of all offers ever made by us or ■ B any other house. UNSURPASSED. NEVER EQUALLED. 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If preferred, you can have choice of hundreds of otheruse-M NO MONEY IS NEEDED-WE PREPAY FREIGHTS XS on everything to your nearest Railroad Sts., allowing plenty of time to examine and dd"’" M before caving us. Write at once for our FIiEE SAMPLE OUTFIT and other things. IM __ __ . We repeat positively no money required. Our methods are honest. NO LICENSE NEEDED. Special FREE Present we also give eleglit presents for appointirgoneormore agemtstoworkforus. ■ IK We give e Granite Kitehen Set or 10-Plses Toilet Set. STRtmembcr, Speciel Premium end Sample Outfit are both absolutely free. Established 189/. ■ VS PURE FOOD CO ; _4S3JjL^earl r Cincinnatl i Oj| from 10 to 70 per cent more than ten years ago. “Something is due to enormous cur rency inflation. The total per capita In the United States in 1896 was $21.41, and in 1909, it was $35.01. Although population had grown by many millions In these 13 years, the amount of money to each Individual had increased by $13.60, or more than 60 per cent. The increase in the total gold production of the world, which rose from $118,848,000 in 1890 to over $427,000,000 in 1908, has been made the basis for one form and another of credit Issues aggregating a vast sum. “The tariff is another contributing cause. It is true that it can furnish but a partial explanation. For to only a limited extent can the rise in food prices be affected by or traced to the tariff. As to commodities that we ex port, the tariff is inoperative. It gen erally affects prices directly as we be come importers. Nevertheless, the tar iff must bear its share of responsibil ity for rising prices. "Combinations which are actually in restraint of trade, which have monopo lized their field and are either controlled by a common secret management or a secret agreement to maintain exorbi tant charges are partly responsible. NATIONAL EXTRAVAGANCE. "Still more of the rise of price is due to the decline of agricultural products as compared with the increase of popula tion.” Decrease in the number of cattle and swine was also given as a reason. “When due allowance has been made for the effect of these forces that make for dearer living, there still remains a large unexplained balance,” said Mr. Hill. "This must be credited to the lavish ex penditure which has now grown to be a national trait. "Perhaps the greatest factor of all In the price problem is the wage rate. Ev erybody knows that labor cost is the prin cipal item in all forms of industry. The wage rate has been rising steadily in this country. Powerful forces are back of this movement. It has public sympathy. TJ) resist it is difficult and may be dan gerous. As cost of production is chiefly labor cost, the price of the finished article must go up If the price of labor is raised. This is just as true of the farm as of the factory. of Happiness about what we deposit. While some things come to us, such as death or heavy misfortunes, that so seriously blight our lives that it seems impossible to harbor in Idea that we can ever be nappy again, but one of the apostles says. "We shall not be tempted beyond what we are able to bear.” So by do ing our duty and trusting in God, we shall find ourselves again basking in the sunshine of hap piness. Silver Wing, I agree with you exactly on keeping children clean. I think there are de grees in dirt and it must be a very sad case when the weight of it imprisons foreign mat ter such as Mr. Bach spoke about. I think children should have plenty of outdoor games and exercise to be healthy and vigorous. It relieves the nervous strain and adds to the will power. Really I can’t understand how they could get along without plenty of sunshine. Sylvanns Stubb, you should have made a clause or two to your assertion. You are young—your letters show that, of coursa. I dare say if you had been tbe eon of a widow with limited means you should not have objected to her having a government, position which she could have managed quite as well as the big fat man that held it. Really bow many able bodied men do you know of bolding just such positions, or how many business women do you know ? Don’t you think it would look better to see a man following tbe plow or walking any dis tance through all kind of weather to team school and let some needy woman have that government Job ? 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I appeal to Benora, that aister <•s Opal’s, and all the widows and land owners io give us some letters on this. Noble T. Beal. I know you are an excellent teacher. I should like to see your program for one day’s work in a rural school of seven 8 Eula Lee. Cricket on the Hearth. Addle Iva* and all yc good writers, come often, we need your cheery letters. MARTHA JANR. DAYTONA, Fla.. March 18.—After pass ing a fairly restful night United States Senator John W. Daniel, of Virginia, was reported at 8 o’colck by one of the physi cians in attendance as being in practically the same condition as last night.
