Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, May 10, 1910, Page 6, Image 6
6 il ' "artk" ” v nihwi 7 MTniJW>% -«j*s?' ■'n cvm • MissL.O .Thomas^ —*4 All latter* written for this p*je must hare the writer a real name and ad drees onclo-ied. Thia ia not for publication nor for the uac of any one excspt tn« edito- of thia page. If your lette r haa not been published this may be 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. SSF v' isaydt 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!. j 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. ' EAT SPECIAL OFFER EXP IRE’S MA Y 3/, /9/O. ** ” VOUIVG fIffTV— LEARN TELEGRAPHY! qualify for ixialtlmis in a few month.. Great demand SIAT fr P .7e^’4 U " r ‘ n ‘ e ' d BPCCI '“ °«* r *«r ,r *« SoUTHE N SCHOOL OF TELEGRAPHY JI Broad St. Newnan Cl. 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. 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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. 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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