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the reason. Address letters for ‘Household” to Miss X». O. Thomae, Lock Box
542. Atlanta, Ge.
Thia year I ive read two :>ooks that
you would do well to put in your col
lections. 'The Kingdom of Slender
Swords. y Hallie Erminie Rives, is
. the only novel that I recognize as really
with a Japanese atmosphere. The au
thor lived there several years and got in
toucn with the true Japanese character.
Most of the novels written with Japan
as a setting are by people who tarriel
<>n?y a short time, or nevur stopped it
all
• There is a proverb over there —"Stay
three weeks and then write a oook: stay
six wee’tss and you abandon the idea.
I fully realize the perils of the task and
confess that my six years residence
there taught me the magnitude of th«
undertaking.
“The Kingdom of Slender Swords
steeps one in the ueauty of the scer.erj.
the tints of sea and mountains that can
not be put on canvas nor shimmer tn
silk How vividly was pictured the
great parade, and how real was the
feast at the tea house cannot be appre
ciated except by one who has lived
there, and loves the people.
The foreigner among those priests
might seem a bit far-fetched to the
.casual reader, but I once attended a
• great gathering of tae Buddhists and
• an American. I am sorry to say. was a
| high priest among them.
[ 'The author was a brave woman to be
\ willing to encounter the criticism that
£ a book on Japan, not insinuating vile
> things, or not being an American love
6 story In Japanese colors, is sure to call
£ f«th. My congratulations are for Mrs.
Wheeler and the B‘»bbs-Merrill Publish
ing company for giving us something
■ worth while
• Another book worth while is “By Inher
’ itance.” Octave Thanet is the writer.
ar d she had done for her subject what
• Thomas Nelson Page did for reconstruc
tion days by writing “Red Rock." When
the book flrat came I did not like the
Men of "having to read it.
When I have to help clean up an un
p'casant situation. I go in and gel
- through aw soon as I can. to do it thor
ough!'. But when it's not in my prov
ince. I avoid It. On that principle I have
avoided all the so-called “Problems Nov
e’s " But Octave Thanet is a name to
pin one's faith to. so I began it. I want
every one of you to read It. The north
ern lady has a vast amount nt money to
leave some one. She is interested in the
negroes and really wants to benefit them.
Just as a deed is ready "for her to sign
she gets a “hurry call” to a sick neph
ew In Arkansas. I won’t tell you anoth
er word, but I assure you that the book
Is written by one who knows both races
thoroughly. So splendidly is the subject
handled you fail to care especially for
the love story or the mystery, though
both show touches of a "knowing hand.
After Three Years’ Absence
IKar Miss Tbcniss: If I hsd been with yon
s* <>fter in reality as I hsrf tn Imagiuatlon. I
«r«wiM not hat- to knock again for sd.nlttam
brt would be “one nf you." It has been three
K scats siarr I first falnM this interesting band t
ut llousetr Id. rs Three letters of sickness of
•nrself and family, eerious sickness of my only
son aa-r mv bosband down with rheumatism part
9f Hooteiiolders. Three years of sickness of
tin-* has been oeenpled in waiting on them.
F.«lt my soi rerorered and my husband can
g-t out and look after bls bqaiueaa once
•were. Praise he m a higher power.
After a delightful soring we are now having
r-fa In s bands nee. The thunders roll, ligtit
rtwg flashes, the wind blows and I hear the
- drip drip of the tain outdoor*.
How loerlv ft al! sounds. This morning 1
crove tn estr nearest Tillage to do some shop
... ping A* I crossed the bridge near my home,
mv ere and heart were all atone to the beauties
nf natcre t t w u fading creek, the bridge sp.in
•fag It. the fields all ready for the planting.
Hel.fa rs green wheat, th-- trees putting nut their
lea res of green, and the hills dotted all about
wftte dtrw-md and with wild honeysuckles along
th* bat ks of th« stream.
Rack nf all this the mountain* ria- in ma
jeatlc grandeur We are In the rrnttntains. but
wr can't nee the on* ne are on. only those in
th» distance How plainly is «cep the hand of
the < tea tor fa ail of this. Verily “He hath
made everything beautiful.''
I have been very much Interested in the nn
. -wercaia letters ->n child culture. Reinc the
i '—'tber of five children. I can add me testimony
that It Is hard to keep healtbr. active children
epo’leas. I never let my riill<l»«n get flltbv.
• know ehlldr-n who haven't htd a bath all
winter and I don't know bon long before. I
la»* se»n children wear thvfr clothes for weeks
at a time becan«e their mother had to do her '
own washing I look on such as that aa the
war«t forw of laafaea*. Aprons can be washed
1r »he klt'brn fa a few minutes and a child
k-n- presentable
There are a great many interesting letters in
the Household lam glad to note the vast im
Movement since the establishment of our
Urwsehold
Mr little lyearold baby girl remind* me of
Miss Thomas' niece. a< she plavs "woir and
grandma ' with the older cbiblren. Bbe smacks
her !|p* and says. "I eat yon np. "I cat vou
up.*' With best wishes to Ml** Thomas and
the Houwboid. I sign mvsrlf.
MR*. WHJ- |
Scenes in Plattsburg
Ifaar Milt Thomas: May I come again
am-n?
The beautiful days of spring are here ou«-e
■**». and the trees are loaded down with
bwds> there are two fa front of my window.
•rd I watch them just to see them burst open.
The trailing arbutns is out. but not bkwianming
very mum yet. R la beautiful tuat I »it
«M ou the porch to study my Sunday school
I <w>*n. 1 love to study my Sunday fe-iuml lea
sou* and enjoy reading my Bible.’ I. too. a.u
trying to read it through this year.
flnldier Jack Is napping; I know it for v
fart. I enjoy reading all the letters in lire
* Rousegold. but. like others. 1 ban- favorites.
J wander where Mr Ra-h is? I« lie with the
rblttotlne*. or gor.- back to ibe woods? When
IS l-arile going to give ns the secret?
* Maqy thank* to Tlnic Green for the reelin *
tn fast Tuesday's Journal. I preserve every
* «w»'- of them
I hope all the patient shut Ina cau get out
‘now. that it fa wo pleasant.
i I bad a letter from on* of til- Journal read
ers and »l»e ‘bought I ought to tell wh<-r» I
wee. I will give the name of city, so won,.-
• *mre Interested can look it up on tin- map.
< ( W* are in llaltwhnrg. X. Y... »n rhe
•bore* of Lake Champlain. Just T- mile> norm
»■' us fa the Canadian line. Hotel Cham-dain I*
In the suburb, and I* called th*- < atboljc sun
m» r arhtwd of America.
We are not far from Saranac lake, a resort
for musnixptt'e- Lake Placid is a beautiful
•nmmer resort, also Ansbale cha<in. and tnal
l» about S mile* sonth of >t«.
We have a Cni’e<l Sia'e- regimental per
of Infantry here, and the re are about 1.3» wol
dlera l<ere and ale-tit .» officers. They hat
three barrack qnartce* for tlie enll<ted n-er and
II quarters for married officers and a rinh for
•ingle officers. Then •« a big mess hall in
th- administration building and a gn>s| Mt-tl.
guard bowse The band ha* quarter* bv them
•wires, -nd the hospital steward ba*, a h- •
for hl* family. They have two Mg corrals, on
for the h-rses and one for the mules, ib-y
|K hate a ■■chine gun platoon a d i. -
to marts the gun*. There fa a Mg drill ball
• with a gymnasium and they run a canteen iti
the basement Not a cante-tt for liquor*, but one
| . where yon can get candle*, toba.-.-o and the
Svidler* ran get show ticket* and civilian
ehdbea through it when they are out of money.
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I There is also a large post nospital. commia
sarr department and baker »liop.
There are a lot of women writing of the suf
I fr.tge question, but if they could hear our
• preacher once they would give up I heir ideas
I of voting.
Rnwgan. give u» another letter on ’possum*
• and that slaters of yours: where Is she?
J I can hear the band now: they are playing
• for gnard monnt. which take place at 2:
i and then go out on the parade ground*. Three
• days a week they have a concert in front of
• tl •• colonel’* quarters.
1 can see the bottom of the wa*tc basket. *°
■ I will close. Best wishes to all the House
, trnld. COISIN MAll'K.
Box 15!.
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How to Make Yeast.
Hear Hotisehold: 1 guess you arc feeling
very blue today, seeing your garden*, flowers
'an I the fruit tree* all covered w ith snOw.
' This I* a leevril-hrcaker. Isn't it?
1 Would any of you like to know what
fa .ny inetlu*! of making loaf bread? Me like
it better than bfaeult tor breakfast, toasted
with butter or cheese. It can lie baked with
; very litle trouble after one has learned how.
Forth - yeast: One yeast cake liiswdved in a
gUss of water. <»n<- glass of sweet milk, half
! a * teaspoonful baking powder, half of salt,
i eno of sugir. let rise till morning. Pour it in
j a plate, thicken with meal and you have as
g<xa! veast cakes as you could buy.
Fcr'Tbe Bread—Pour your yeast in a tray and
make a soft dough, putting in shortening of
' either lard or-butter, a little soda, sugar. l»ak
! lag i»oud«-r. ia t rise, then knead—some say
i the longer the better, but 1 don't think It
ma.tors v *ry much. Put in a pan. well
greased. It’ will take longer in cool weather
than in bo: for it to rise. But it is generally
1 rcr iv to bake in three hours. 8 »me might say
.it is too sour, but the sugar and soda will
renc-dy that.
8-,mc *f you may have trouble with your
flower* t plants) sent by mail or express, so
I will tell yon a little help I read in The
Farm World. Most people |K»t them or put 111
IN d» Inst as soon as they arrive. And I like
I to have lost five pretty rose bushes just that
| way. Here Is bow he says treat them: “In-
I stead of potting or planting them at once, tet
I them eWme together in a shallow box or pan.
I in an opright position, and without unwrapping
them, ripen :he paper about them sufficiently
to adtrlt water, and then give them a thorough
showering. This will freshen their tops, ami
the soil will absorb moisture. Allow them to
' remain in the box overnight, giving them a
1 sc'-*nd showering if. on examination, the soil
I does not sc.-m quite midst. When unwrapped
, next mcruing the soli should tie found firm
• enough to liold together after paper ia re
> moved. If in the right condition, the plants
I car. lie fiotted or planted without exposure of
' their roots.” I was glad to find that help, for
' I know it will be of interest to all of the
* flower cranks.
■ Thank you. Mrs. Jick. if I ever make that
I trip I will »»nd you one of the cards.
ttr.ess I had better close for this time. Best
, wishes to all. NINA.
Things to Exchange
Hear Householders: May I peep iu this lovely
afternoon. We have Just bad a good rain ami
everything I can sec looks so pretty and green.
and the farmer* are so glad to see the rain
for the ground was so hard and dry that some
of them had to quit plowing. lhe gardens
will be nice in a week or two. My little girls
arc hoeing In the garden now. How are the
chicken cranks this spring? We set 48 eggs
ami got 41 chickens. *■
I know all the shut-ins are glad to see this
pretty weather. Oh, how I do want to gel
out in the yard and garden and work and
attend to the little chicks and do so many
things! If any shut-in that Ilves in a city
or thickly settled country will take my fancy
l work and sell it, or take orders for it I will
give them a fourth of it for their trouble.
If any of the readers would like to help •
shut-in you can do so by sending tor some
of mv work. I work nice Dutch linen collars
and cuffs for children ilioysl and grown people
I in eyelet; they are very stylish this year. 1
■ work eyelet covers and waists. I make cen
■ terpieces, table covers, scarfs, lambrequins .n
cvelet. drawn work and net work.
If any of the readers have any geranium
cutting* and fuchsias and chrysanthemums ot
the large white and yellow kind to spare I
' will exchange fancy work for them. I am a
lover of flowers, but have very few—mses an I
honeysuckle. I have white rabbits to exchange j
for linen nr Indian head.
V nice tea-cake recipe. Three eggs beaten
light, one cup lard and butter mixed, or ail
bntter: three and one half cups sugar, one
cup buttermilk, one teaspoon soda. Flavor th]
suit taste and work in flour to a stiff dough:
roll and cut and make in a quick oven. I have
some nice silver and gold loaf cake retype*,
and candy recipe, tetter recipe and liniment I
. recipe for a stamped envelope and a spool
Coat's crochet cotton, white. I send all for
one snoot thread. They are good.
I would like to correspond with some south
Georgia readers. MRS. A. E. CARRINGTON.
West Ifalnt. G*. y
As to That Secret
Dear Household: I come in to tell you 1 have
not deserted and carried my secret with me. I ;
am still here, and the secret, too. I thought
I could have told you all about it long ago,
im alas! It's a secret still.
The main actor in the drama wrote me a
Mfaiml letter not long ago wanting to know
what that secret was. Well. I felt like 30
r-nts. In the meantime everything fa being
kent as still aa a cat approaching a saucer of
■ re.tm. I *»c signs that mean something, and
maybe before very long I will be able to an
nounce the happy event.
One of our number has suggested that we
I form a club. I second the motion. We number
! ?CO. and If we can do nothing but express our
| opinion on every subject gotten up. or rake each
. other out about our faults, we are a failure,
i do somethirg that will lie a living mnnn
l ment after we have been gathered to our fath
! vra. I will ask Miss Thomas to suggest the
dearest thing to her heart, and I am sure the
I majority of the Household will agree to it.
I We wear a badge and what for? Just because
I we write a few letters to a paper? Suppose
I we let that badge mean something else, a re
■ minder of some good we are doing. I know
t there are subjects of vital importance being I
Id !•«■•■ sued in i -nr columns, whisky for Instance: I i
feel safe In saying It is the greatest curs- we ;
have at the present day. but you might talk to !
a drinker till you turned black in tbe face, and 1
‘ be would *till Inve his whtrky better than hl* ]
| Maker. A man Ilves in speaking distance of I
■ r.-e 75 years -Jd who owns nothing liut a wife '
• and a few chickens. Their support depends ;
* entirely on what he earns working bv the dnr.
I Out nf that he ha* to pay rent for a house. |
In- gets a very small pension, and one would j
| B*ppa** It would be hard to exist on so small i
, anwunt. and I daresay they would be right: 1
hot a few days ago he sent s.'» m a whtak.t
; dealer. Just think of It! Now that poor old
■ wife of his would have been pleased beyond
measure to have had that money to buy, not
luxuries, but bare necessities.
lb would tell you he worked for the monev '
and be has a right to do as he wants tn with (
It. and yoo might as well talk tn a stone fence ,
Isa to talk to him about drinking. There v 11!
<ome a time «<mc day when he want a drop ;
■of water for his parched tongue, and neither
I will hl* poor wife nor I.asarus be able to get it 1
i to him.
We bad our first strawberries today. While '
. they were not very large, the flavor was ex
' cellcnt. We have the l-ady Thompson, and I i
! can't conceive of any being better. The flavor i
I is perfect and they grow to be very large.
I rih. by the way. tfa>se little winter chi.-ks are ,
■ good frving sixe and you can take my word |
I for it. i bey are good.
Miss Thomas. I know you had a delightful
; trip. I feel like I know Brooksville, one of
, ;nj brothers married a lady at that place. I
planned to visit there with her. but somehow
• our plans went awry.
, With many good wishes to all. LI'CH.E.
I
Only One Girlhood
Dear Household: I made one successful at-
I tempt to join your happy hand, and hare
. thought many time* I would write ag‘in. hut
j I would think of the many good writers, and
I <onelnde to let them do the writing. However,
since reading Mrs. Felton's piece of April 19. '
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mF ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA. GEORGIA. TUESDAY. MAY 10. 191(1.
IDO WAGER QUEEN ALEXANDRIA
IS INCONSOLABLE IN GRIEF
Gives Directions in Death Chamber With Stately Dignity.
Funeral Arrangements Not Yet Made—Services Are Held
j in Memory of King—Both Houses Meet
LONDON. May 7.—Popular interest in
the new ruler is overshadowed by uni
versal grief at the death of Edward VII.
The grief of the dowager queen at the
death of her royal husband is pathetic.
Since early morning she has been in
and out of the death chamber directing
everything, personally placing the wreath
of flowers that has been received and
giving her directions with stately dignity
but at the same time Inconsolable. She
cannot be persuaded to remain in .her
room to take the rest which she is so
much in need of.
The funeral arrangements are not yet
announced, but the expectation of court
circles is that the body of his majesty
will be buried at Frogmore near the
bodies of his father, mother and son.
The burial probably will be delayed for
ten days to allow time for the arrival of
toreign deputations.
Towards noon the members of the roy
al family began to arrive at Buckingham
palace. King George, who had been oc
cupied througnout the morning with af
fairs of state, arrived at luncheon time
in company with Queen Mary. Several
wreaths from personal friends of Ed
ward were sent up to the death chamber.
STORM DRIVES OFF CROWD.
Before the palace there was a great
crowd until a sharp tnunder and snow
storm drove to cover a,l but a few strag
glers who remained to see the changing
of the guard, which ceremony was ef
fected today without the accompaniment
of a band of music. The plans for the
entertainment of Theodore Roosevelt
here necessarily will be materially mod
ified, but in just what particulars is not
yet made known.
A special service in memory of King
Edward was held in St. Paul’s this aft
ernoon and was almost national in char
reter, despite the hurried preparation.
The lord mayor of the corporation of
attended in state, while all the
departments of state, the navy and the
army were fully represented. High of
ficials in all ranks of society were in
the congregation.
The service was that used upon the
occasion of Queen Victoria s death.
entitled "Shall the Girl Court Her Sweetheart?”
I can't stay r.wa.v any longer for she wrote
my tlunglits exactly on that subject.
I bnvc n“vtr married, and guess some one
will say. "She is not competent to write on
the subject of sweethearts and marriage. ’ Rut
I have seen enough girls marry into trouble,
.to realize what It is. Think how many poor
' girls step into married life without any eon
| sideration of tvhat the future may bring. I have
I known girls to merry young men who were
I an,thing else hut gentlemen. Some girls think
ft a disgrace to live single till they are 25, for
fear of being called "old maids." I, for one,
think It fat more honorable to live out your
[ Gays single than to marry a man without prln-
< iple. One who gets drunk every chance he
I gets and comes home cursing and abusing his
' poor wife and little children. I don’t meant to
■II men H* ttat way, for they are not,
but you will find such tn every community.
Some of the writers have been discussing the
subject of "Marrying for money,” and some
think cnc ought to marry for money and work
for love. But 1 wonder how they would begin to
cultivate love? How could any woman live
I peacefully and happily with a man she could
: not love, even If ho did have plenty of money?
jlt takes something besides money to create
I love. Os, tourse. 1 think ‘it much nicer If a
young man can take his better half into a home
and provide easily and comfortably for her.
But must a man go on through life with true
love in his heart and never marry the girl he
loves just because he hasn't plenty of money?
I believe there is always away prepared where
the right kind of love exists.
Am sorry Peaceful Bachelor and Sylvanus
Stubb have such poor opinions of the girls. I
| wonder if they think all the girls are alike?
They seem to think no girls Jive single any
longer than they get a chance to mar
if. Did the girl Marye Alice wrote
about who at the age of 16 was the
I mother of two children, enjoy her full share
lof girlhood. I think all girls should not marry
■ early, the cares of a home, whether in a rich
mnn’s protection or not. takes up one's time,
i and girlhood is never one’s own again. Even
■ the hapniest married woman looks over a happy
girlhood with pl •■sure.
| XX'th nil good wishes to Miss Thomas and
| all the Household. I am. "FONELLA.”
Answers the Question
Bear Miss Thomas: I saw Mrs. Youngwife
[ wanted to know what would keep lice off of
* cabbage. I will give her the remedy a friend
I gave to me. and I am trying It on my cabbage.
I Get Cayenne pepper and sprinkle It on the cab
bage early in the morning while the dew Is
on them. You can buy the pepper already put
iup in boxes. I hope you will try it.
I 1 sure do enjoy reading all of the letters,
j 1 don't think I could be hapy to marry a
man I did not love. I don't care how much
money he had.
Girls, you that have mothers ought to be good
to them, and not let her wait on you. She
lias been your servant and has done for you
when nobody else would. Be kind to her,'for
! when she goes you will sit down and mourn,
| "Oh. if 1 had been kinder to her and made her
I happy while she was here." You will see your
i mistake then when It Is too late.
! Lulu Baty's letters touch my heart. My dear
mother was taken and It leaves a vacant place
in our home which never can be filled. My
mother left a little boy just two years old.
end I being the only girl have bad to take care
of the baby, and the bouse, too.
Girls, don’t sit in the front room and let
mother get dinner while you talk to your
sweetheart, or let her stay at home while you
go to church.
I am a farmer daughter, enjoy living on the
farm. I don’t work in the field, for I am busy
attending to my chickens and flowers, besides
keeping house for my father and three broth
ers.
Opal, why have you deserted us? Come again
real soon. XX'fth a heart full of love to Miss
Thomas and the Household,
Ccntersville. Ga. MARY CARTER.
Colema’s Real Name
f»ear Miss Thomas: I have just finished read
ing the Household letters and Chat of April
19, and can truly say It was well worth the
time I spent.
1 never thought of coming so soon when I
1 wrote before, hut seeing wnere you had for
! warded tne a letter and It had returned un
j cl aimed I decided I would write again and
i give my real name, so as none would have any
! trouble about my addres. You said you bad a
great d-al of trouble trying tn tell "o” from
I “re" and "e” from “i." so I expect thtg win
' ho one the troublesome kind, as I am Just
( up front a spell of chills and fever and am too
I nervous to write plainly, but if the waste bas-
I ket gets this i will venture again In the
! near future. If you still have that letter on
hand please forward ft once more, as I am
real anxious about it.
1 am truly glad I don’t live in the com
: munlty in which Alabama Mary lives; If 1
. did I would soon be a fit subject for the
I asylum.
1 think the subjects "Marry for Money” an?
, "Woman Suffrage” have been well discussed,
so let’s have a new one.
, If parents are not able to educate both hoys
and gtsjs. which do you think ought to have
i the education? 1 say give It to the girls,
. as they have not the muscular power to do
1 bnrd labor if they should be left alone to fight
I the battle of life. Boys are stronger physical
i ly than girls and. therefore, they can do more
| bard labor.
Well, when I started I thought 1 would just
. write - few lines, but have written lots for
! the waste basket.
All those wishing to write to Colema, please
address her as follows:
Southland. Ga. MAMIE PAYNE.
Scandal Mongers
Itcnr Household: The clouds have almost
gone away, and evervthing looks beautiful this
inorn’ng. XX’e have had frost, rain and snow,
; the first playing havoc with gardens and grape
vines, hut you know "every cloud Is lined with
silver." and we ought to be thankful that
] It was n<< worse.
One of our members wrote an interesting let
i ter not long ago (I cannot recall her name!.
• In which she snoke of our having only praise
for the dead: that we shut our eyes forever to
I their faults and only spoke of their goodness.
■ and all this Is right: it's lust as it should be.
Then she goes on to «ay that we should praise
people more while they are living and can
•enpreciate it. and I heartily agree with her. I
But there are some Ins’anccs on record and
there nre some few people In this world who
will slande- the dead. XX’bat an utterly mean
thing! Th»ir lip* are scaled forever; they
cannot defend themselves. Now. I’m going
t-» tell yon of something of this kind that I
heard and know of. A young girl In the first
bloom of youth died very suddenly one night.
Her death was attributed to heart disease, and
every one felt much sympathy for the relatives
As the day progressed the sentiment
expressed in the familiar phrase, "the
king is dead, long live the king,” seem
ed to Influence the street crowd and
thousands who had remained for hours
within the vicinity of Buckingham pal
ace shifted to the adjoining St. James
palace. From then on popular interest
from the standpoint of the street cen
tered in the anticipated arrival of King
George.
King George. Queen Mary and their
two sons, Prince Edward and Prince Al
bert, are the only members of the fam
ily who have yet seen Queen Alexandra.
It Is announced that the court will
move to Windsor castle next Tuesday.
Both houses of parliament assembled
this afternoon in accordance with the
providing that they shall
meet on the demise of the sovereign.
The session of the house of common's
was purely formal and lasted but a few
minutes. Only a score of members wei°
present.
TAKES THE OATH.
In the house of lords, Lord Loreburn,
lord high chancellor, took the oath of
allegiance to King George V. and then
some 50 persons who were present follow
ed suit. David Wolffsohn, chairman of
tiie international scientist committee, who
is visiting here, telegraphed this message
to King George on behalf of his co-re
ligionists:
. “In the name of the great representa
tive of Jewish people, I beg to offer our
sincere sympathy and condolence.
"The Jewish people will never forget
that it was under the beneficent reign of i
your illustrious father that the offer of ■
territory for an autonomous colony un- ;
der British protection was made, as an
act of recognition that will ever be grate- i
fully enshrined in the annals of our ,
history.” |
A farewell salute for the late monarch ,
of 68 minute guns, one for each year j
of his age, was fired this afternoon at :
St. James park. The salute was so timed
as to be concluded with the close of the i
formalities in connection with the proc •
tarnation of the succession of King
George.
and friends so sorely bereaved, if there wis
a breath of scandal concerning her untimely
end 1 never heard of it. and 1 lived not very
far away, only in a dlffeient neighborhood.
Months after that poor girl’s <lea>h tlur*
came into our community a girl who had been
her associate and so-called trund. and started
an evil report about her; said there was an
other cause for her death than what we at
first heard. That this version didn't spread
over the entire community was owing only to
the discretion of taose she told—no thanks
to her. A friend told me of it, with the in
junction not to repeat it. 1 »«'«1. h *
uneasy; it will never go any * arth £ r ' ~
didn't even tell my husband. Why should I
trv to poison bis mind ngalnst one that »-
lin’d thought well ot: Even it the dead gin
was erring, which I don't believe. God fa her
judge, and why should this other come int”
our midst and try to make us think evil oi
“T 1 never see that now but somehow 1
am reminded of a vulture w-.a its llo “ kP ' 1
or a grave robber who does hfa work stealthy
■nd at night. Did you ever think what
ful thing it fa to start a scandal on thel ll ng
or the dead? It any of you are ever teu ’P ,p * l
for an instant to do such a thing ask y oir
selve« if vou are perfect, and remember the
words of the Master, "l.et him that is withou.
sin among you cast the tirst u
love. Bt.suHAM.
When The Journal
Failed to Come
Dear Household:
After thinking for four years 1 would wtlte
I now make an effort to express some of my
opinions or impress them, just as you like it.
You who have not had any experience In mai
ried life or raising children should not be so
readv to tell others what to do.
If Mr. Bach, or any other, could se and
hear a. certain Si-year-old child say a part of
the 23rd Psalm and sing Sunday school songs
thev would think her sweet If her face and
dress were slightly soiled.
It is disagreeable to have spoiled children vis
it vou and look into the trunks and everything
in the house but excuse the child and reprove
the parent.
Would 1 do such a thing? If I knew the par
ent well and thought it would do good I surely
would. . , . .
Alabama Mary, try being a good neighbor
vourself and you may help to make those other
people neighborly. It is eere not for our good
neighbors we would have to move. I thins. If
we Sad no Journal Household page I might be
a poor substitute for a neighbor or anything
for we failed to get The Journal a few weeks
some three years since and I got too be very
disagreeable. But when I began to road Our
page again I saw myself to some extent as oth
ers did. Now. I am reading the Bible to help
me and of course it benefits me more than the
Household but we could not well get along with
out either.
Lucile wrote as she did to see bow much curi
osity she could arouse or perhaps she will tell
ns next time. If any of you know a sick per
son send them something to eh»er them. You
know not how much it will be appreciated.
If I have stepped on anyonf’s toes excuse
me. I am so awkward I stumuted getting past
our pelasant little editress.
The birds are singing, the sun is shining, so
with a welcome to all and a hope that our
older members will write oftener, I am.
LVTIE BELLE.
And Especially the Bachelors
Dear Miss Thomas: Please make room for this
lassie among your jolly good writers. Oh. if 1
could just write like some of you, I certaiKiy
wouldn't stay absent so long. 1 enjoy Chat and
the letters so much, and if they nere l"ft out
of The Journal for good. I’m afraid 1 wouldn't
ever look at The Journal again. But as it is
"it's the finest paper In Dixie.” Com
all ye splendid writers—Bingham. Busy Hee.
Mrs. Jack. Mrs. L. V. X'isaje and all the south
Georgians. Seldom and oh. so many more, will
just say. one and all conic again, and hero's
a special invitation to all the Bachelors t >
make their appearance again.
Now Peaceful Bachelor, don't get frightened
for I'm not considered an old maid, but mvr
be, before many year* .If it's a hopeless ca«e
at 23. I almost agree with you about living
single. I often say. " 'Tis better to live >.i
single blessedness than to live in donh'»
wretchedness.” Gee! 1 would just like tn see
you when you go out to church; and nil ♦»••.*
band of maids casting their eyes in your direc
tion. I just bet yon are a’ "little skittish"
of them.
Mr. Bach, some one has run you up a tr-—,
haven't they? Come on with another |o
for I know they all agree with you a* to d!* -
children. My! I've seen some looked like
they might have played Santa Clans and come
down the chimney.
But dirty children istn'f nil mv dislike,
fo r I think their yards, floors, water bucket
are just a* bad. Honestly. I've seen som
water buckets look like slop pails. I certa*nly
have seen a few look almost that bad. XX’-
hav* ben asked the question many times.
"How do yon keep your yards so clean?"
Sometimes I fee] like saying. "Why, wc sweep
them.” P"t ala«! we let them go on helio
Ing that the wind swoon* them for us.
Those who haven't happy homes have my
sympathy. I ean't recall the girl's name right
now that wrote of her father's nnklndnoss. but
my heart goes opt in sympathy to any one like
her. I have the very boat parent* on earth, or
I think so. and I'm sure all that know them
agree with mo.
1 say. “give me peace and harniness” in
preference” so riches and palaces.*l at horn,
with mamma and papa, or in a home of ;ny
own.
Some marry for money, some for a hom».
some just so change their name, and some just
simnly to be marrving. listen, now. I’m not
leaving yon out. for th-re are lots and lot*
of you marry for nnre love.
Tub’ B*‘v. your though** of a mother couldn’t
be beat, but oh, how rad and sweet.
Tobe, J hope you and your "bot’er half" will
find untie good healthy el ace In den* old Geo*
gla. I've never known what tt is not tn have
good health, for which I'm thankful, hut a* It
Isn't the otsoe here for a **'’»k f--m ’ fi
‘ aush.” Sincerely MOUNTAIN GIRL.
Kino Albert Says He Will
Attend the Kinq’s Funeral
BRUSSELS. May T.-King Albet an
nounces that he will attend the funertl
of King Edward.
Dowager Marv Leaving
FT. PETERSBURG, May 7.-The Em
press Dowager Mary will leave for Lon
don tomorrow.
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THE TROUBLE IN CUBA
The Race Question
Gen. Lvaristo Estenoz and a score of
other negro political 1 aders of Cuba are
all in jail as a result of their activity
in the organization of an independent ne
gro party. They are charged with at
tempting to foment a revolution and a
general uprising of negroes against the
whites, having for its purpose the com
plete control of the Cuban government
by the negroes. This revolt was sched
uled to take place on May 24. The for
mation of this new party, the projected
revolution, and the prompt, although
; high-handed, action of the Gomez gov
ernment has brought the republic of Cu
ba face to face with the first vital is
sue of its political history. Although
past political quarrels have been ex-
I tremely bitter, not one of them has in
j voivel any real principle. The cam
paigns have been simply struggles be
| tween opposing factions with nothing at
i f'take except the offices and the public
i patronage. ,
• • •
But the race question involves the
i v*ry life of the republic. Its injection
j into politics means that there will be no
; peace in Cuba until the question of negro
j representation in the government is set-
I tied finally. There is grave reason to
fear that neither whites nor blacks ever
. will consent to a compromise which
■ e.*ner party would respet . According
to the census taken in Cuba during the
last American occupation. 70 per cent
of the Cubans are white and only 30 per
; cent are negroes. But the census can
not be relied upon in determining the
relative strength of the white and ne
j gro parties.
I Characteristically contradictory, the
' negroes who are not absolutely black
, claim to be white men, but at the sama
■ time they give hearty and loyal support
! to the negro race in political and social
I controversies. The census enumerators,
; n great many of whom were negroes, ac
cepted the simple statement of every
. person as to whether he was white or
! black, even in defiance of the testimony
( of the enumerators’ own eyesight. Tn
; spite of the census showing it is as-
I serted by Cubans, both those of Spanish
! and of African ancestry, that considera
bly more than half of the Cuban people
have negro blood in their veins.
During the long struggle between the
Cuban patirots and the Spanish govern
ment a large portion of the white popu
lation was either neutral or in positive
sympathy witli Spain. The negroes al
ways were on the side of the revolu
tionists and always were willing to lay
down thei r4i ves for “Cuba Libre.” Anto
nio Maceo, the most Brilliant military
leader of the Cuban revolutionary army,
was a negro, and it is a significant fact
that his blithday is the most generally
observed of all the Cuban national holi
days. Tt probably is true that a great
J many of the negroes composing the rank
| and file of the Cuban army were willing
i to fight for the sheer love of fighting,
j and that they knew little and cared less
’ for tbe political liberty which inspired
their leaders. The immediate license of
I guerilla warfare meant a great deal
more to such as taese than did the
prospective liberties of a republican gov
ernment.
• • •
This very fact, however, adds to the
danger of the present situation because
the nature of these negroes has not
changed and they will be as willing to
join in the revolt against the Cuban re
public as they were to risk their lives
In the effort to overthrow the authority
of the Spanish monarchy. Perhaps they
will he even more willing when they
have listened, to the incendiary speeches
of negro demagogues who will play upon
their prejudices of race. It is not difficult
to imagine the Cuban plantation negro
rising to drive from the island every
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white man in authority. The white man
is in ills eyes the symbol of restrictive
discipline, and that he does not like.
During the half century preceding the
establishment of the Cuban republic,
whether in actual war or in plotting and
planning, the revolutionary leaders en
deavored always, and successfully, to
prevent a division among the Cubans
along the color line. Since the founda
tion of the republic its political leaders
of all parties have attempted to carry
out the same policy of conciliation and
compromise. But in so doing they have
invariably promised more to the negroes
than they have been able to deliver.
a a •
In the last election, which resulted In
the selection of Gomez and Zayas as
president and vice president, the negroes
were promised an e<Aial share in the dis
tribution of patronage. This promise
was broken. The Liberal party also
appealed to the negro vote by a pledge
to repeal the puritanical anti-gambling
laws which had been saddled upon the
■Cuban people by the Americans. This
promise was redeemed, and as a result
a national lottery is robbing the people,
both black and white, of every cent they
manage to save after they have amused
themselves at the cock fight*. The ne
groes are rejoiced that the restrictions
prohibiting cock fighting and gambling
have been removed; they are delighted
with the opportunity to buy lottery tick
ets; but they also feel the drain upon
their pocketbooks. Instead of attributing
their poverty-stricken condition to their
own vice of gambling, they are apt, like
a great many more enlightened people
in more enlightened lands, to charge
their financial difficulties against the ex
isting government. This is another cause
fdr discontent.
• • •
It must be remembered that the Cuban
negro is entirely different from the negro
of the United States. The negro ••
essentially a creature of his environment
The slaves brought from Africa to the
United States and those brought to Cuba
were surrounded by entirely different
circumstances. The American negroes
in slavery days were widely distributed
and nearly always were in the minority
in every community. While a few south
ern planters in the years immediately
preceding the Civil war owned large
numbers of slaves, as a general rule
there were but few negroes on every
plantation and they lived in more or less
Intimate relations to the white people.
Very, very few of them were badly treat
ed, and the vast majority were cordially
devoted to their masters. This was prov
ed during the four years of the Civil
war wh en the great majority of the ne
groes remained loyal to their old masters
and stayed at home and cared for the
families of the men who were fighting
in the Confederate army. These south
ern negroes learned to imitate the man
ners and customs of their xvhite masters,
forgot practically all of their barbaric,
customs, and actually readjusted ilie
remnants of their savage religions to
the requirements of the Baptist and
Methodist forms of the Christian faith.
In short, the American negro is civil
ized.
In Cuba the conditions were entirely
different. The negroes were massed in j
large numbers On huge plantations and 1
were forced to work by task masters
who were cruel as only the Spanish know
how to be cruel. The negroes had prac
tically no relations with the whites,
they learned little or nothing of the
habits and customs of their arrogant |
masters, and for the most part were
left to themselves. Under these condi
tions they maintained the barbaric rites'
and customs which took tlie place of re-j
IN SIGHT OF FATHER
BOY IS HIT BY TEAM
Max, the 5-year-old son of S. Braun
stin, of 118 Piedmont avenue, was hit
and seriously injured by a pair of run
away horses about 8 o'clock Saturday
night.
The horses, both pretty black animals,
so it is said, were hitched to a light
buggy. They had become unmanageable
and were tearing down Edgewood avenue
at a terrific rate of speed, when they
suddenly swerved, running up on the
sidewalk and striking little Max, who
was walking down the street, some dis
tance ahead of his father, who witness-,
ed the accident. Max was knocked un
conscious to the sidewalk. The driver
managed to get the swiftly moving horses
in the almost deserted street again and
continued on his way.
Little Max was carried to the Grady
hospital, where it is stated that he is
suffering from a slight fractur* of the
skull. He will recover.
ligion and government In their African
home. They adopted, under more or les*
duress, the Roman Catholic religion, but
they maintained their fetish or voodoo
worship. They maintained, and still
maintain, in many parts of the island, the
tribal relations and government import
ed by their grandparents from the west
coast of Africa. Voodoolsm exists to
seme extent even among the more en
ligtened negroes of the United States;
in Cuba it is the controlling factor in the
lives of a majority of the full-blooded ne
gro population.
* a a
This devotion of the ignorant blacks
to voodooism means simply that they
will follow without protest or murmur the
leadership of any negro who can obtain,
by the use of money or otherwise, the
approval of the voodoo priesthood. It
these priests, or a leader having their
support, should preach a holy war for the
extermination of the whites and the es
tablishment of a purely negro govern
ment in Cuba, the result would be a hor
rible struggle of savage barbarians on the
one side against a more or less defense
less minority of anaemic w’hites on the
other.
The color line in Cuba is not drawn
as sharply as it is in the United States.
Educated and wealthy negroes have hisfh
social standing and are deservedly reck
oned among the ranks of the best citizens
of the republic. In theory, the two races
are entirely equal. But in practice, the
white men have most of the property
and most of the power. They let the negro
come so far and no farther. The educa
ted negroes, and there are many of them,
may not be in sympathy with the radical
notions of their ignorant brothers, but
they will be unable to stem the tide of
race conflict should it once gain head
way.
• • •
Probably the negro politicians who have
been active in organizing the new negro
party have not contemplated any general
race war. They are. most likely, fol
lowing in the footsteps of the present
president of the Cuban republic who waj*
a leader in the revolution of 1906 simply
because he wanted to be president and tn
divide the spoils of office among his
friends and followers. That this revolu
tion was successful, and that its out
come was approved by the American
government, is a good and sufficient ex
cuse for the cheated and disappointed ne
gro politicians to emulate the distinguish
ed example of President Gomez.
• • •
But the trouble is that thilse leaders,
should they go irto power at the head
of a purely negro organization, would
be unable to hold in check the passions
and prejudices of their own followers.
They would be overthrown by more In
temperate and more radical and blacker
negroes and the fair island of Cuba would
lie reduced to the low level of semi-sav
age Hayti.
‘By
Frederic
J. Haskin
