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6 K - J CH HIST MAS SKOPPIBG ■nrytody expects to make some pres ents at Christmas; perhaps they are very small presents and a lean purse compels the size of the gifts, but no matter what you buy or make, you | J should have a well defined idea in your mind as to what you must do. to do anything at all with satisfaction to yourself. First, set down on a piece of paper the names of. those who are to be re membered. Fix the amount you are willing to spend, and then what you think might be suitable for them and satisfying to yourself. After that list is completed, then set down some nice little remembrances, such as Christmas cards, etc., which can be sent to those who do not expect or desire Christmas gifts per se. but who are pleaded to know that you had them in mind. Lastly, go over your worn or cast aside things at home, and have a lot of such things ready for the needy or humble poor people who will feel bet ■ ter for the remembrance. T cannot imagine a more dissatisfying performance than to wait until Christ mas rush is on and then make a break for the stores when the clerks are al ready overtaxed as to service and the things badly picked over as to choice. I think there is too much good money wasted in these wild rushes? not to call a halt on the rush performance, es pecially for house mothers. As a rule valuable gifts should be i > confined to the dear ones of the house hold. but a little money will go a long tray in tasty little trifles that surprise the recipients with their beauty and in expensivenss. But a person should be prepared to do the work of selection in a systema tised and pleasant wax. a BILTEF VISIT TO LAGRANGE Some weeks ago I had a letter from the president of the Southern Female college, at LaGrange, in Troup county, asking me if I could find time to make au address to his college girls during the fall or early winter. After one or two disappointments, be cause a person at by age must be large ly governed by state of health and weather conditions. I finally reached La- Grange on the afternoon before Thanks giving. The day had been as balmly as June, and the citizens were out en joying the delightful Indian summer ' weather. The Southern Female college was burned down two years ago and the directors have had a hard pull to raise t enough money to build another dormi- Jtory. because the insurance had lapsed J only a few days, so there was nothing to do but begin de novo and replace the * needed buildings one at a time, or allow | the venerable institution to succumb to * the terrible disaster. * So the Baptist people put their forces to work and their own shoulders to the wheel and have just finished a large E three-story brick building on the old site. They had been occupying the new dor mitory about a week, when I reached the college and it was an inspiration to me to see and hear of the Immense dif ficulties which had been overcome by self-denial, self-sacrifice and undaunted I peraeverance. on the part of those who could not bear the thoughts of giving up. aad allowing the college to break down under unexpected misfortunes. The school is full already and every body is in the finest spirits regarding the Sister Woman! Let Me Send Von FREE This 50-Cent Box of Balm of Figs My mission is to make sick women well and I want to give to you | or any suffering woman, absolutely free, a full fifty-cent box of our V ig/ splendid remedy, Balm of Figs. I will send this hfty-cent box abso \ fe hitely free to convince anyone that I can really benefit my suffering sisters. I will send it to you to prove that in Balm of Figs I offer t any woman a chance to get well and strong—a real opportunity to enjoy perfect health every day in the year. 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RICHARDS, once—then I will gladly send you a fifty-cent box Special Box A33, Joliet, 111. of Balm of Figs absolutely free. Or if you prefer Mnu Rlchsrtß . As , Bm In need of a R to write a letter, you can address me in confidence. ItUe Balm of Figs. I will be pleased to have you send me. |h< by return mail, one full fifty-cent box, free of cost. Mrs. Harriet M. Richards El , Special Box A33, Joliet, 111. NAME ■ NOTE: I will also send you free a handsome book ADDRESS EH entitled. "A Perfect Woman. '* This book should be in Ku WB the hinds of every woman and will prove of great gfc-d sea benefit to all who receive tv I want you to have one. Eg present and the future of th einstitu tion. The energy and helpfulness of the pu pils is a lesson worthy of study and 1 consideration. They k<SM> their own rooms in order, make their own fires (In grates) and assist in the dining room also. By early rising and systematic endeavor they are able to do all these things, and it seems to freshen their 1 minds for their school books. 1 have long indulged the opinion that the education of a boy or girl means their preparation for self-sustaining ac quaintance with the active duties of later life, after their school days are over. As the world progresses there will be nec essarily some sustained connection with industrial education, and one reason why the Tech school in Atlanta is be come so popular is because the pupils are equipped for positions that will start them off promptly making a liv ing, as soon as they receive their di plomas. All study and no play will make dull pupils and while domestic service fe not play. It is a diversion that gives needful rest to the minds of pupils, and they get a disciplinary training that is helpful and instructive when the com bine such domestic industry with tueir studies. Some of the girls of the South ern Female college are able to abate a good deal of their expenses w|th ser vices, and it means everything to them, because they could not secure these ad vantages without such abatement. As all take a part, there Is no sense of inferiority or menial employment, and the president told me of the success of some of these self-sustaining pupils that was really phenomenal. I had a good audience, and told them something about conservation, a theme that seems to be ever-widening in scope and interest. It gives me great pleasure to see young girls’ happy faces. I do not think there is anything more beauti ful in the world than the face of a sweet, wide-awake, happy and useful young girl. They are the salt of the earth, the very best influences that make for the best things in human life. LaGrange has a wonderful future ahead of it as a railroad center. I can not therefore, wonder at the spirit of enterprise which enlivens their interest in their fine collegiate institutions. The citizens cannot afford to do less than rebuild and generously sustain their colleges at this point, because it means unmeasured progress and certain returns in commercial prosperity. I was delighted to see how much land had already been plowed for the crops of 1911. and without a doubt the Atlanta and West Point railroad is the smooth est riding train that I know anything about in Georgia. In every way the vis it to LaGrange was enjoyable to me. WOMAN PAYS FINE FOR 70-YEAR OLD SON MACON, Ga., Nov. 2«.—The unique spectacle of a negro woman paying a fine Imposed upon her 74-year-old son was witnessed in the superior court Fri day afternoon. Tom Brantley pleaded guilty to shoot ing at another and Judge Felton fined him 975 or six months, being lenient on account of the darky's age and infirm ities. The money was paid by the old mother, who said she was 94 years of age. THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA..TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29. 1910. TODAY’S AMERICAN WOMAN Teach Baby-Saving in the Schools, Her Slogan. s PROF. FLORA ROSE. "The chief cause of high infant mor tality is ignorance,” says Miss Flora Rose, professor of the department ot home economics of Cornell university. “It's mother's ignorance may sign a child's death warrant. The cure for this must be educational. Our educa tional system should consider every pu pil as a potential parent" At Cornell students preparing to teach are given courses on the care of feed ing of babies and hygiene, says Miss Rose. They also learn of the reproach of heredity to the health of a hild, the necessity of revering the body as the host of the next generation, and are taught much concerning disease, abnor mal industrial conditions and legisla tion affecting parents, and through them the children. The Best Thing in Life Good health is the best thing in life. No matter how dark the day, or how heavy other troubles may weigh, if the health is good it will provide a staff to lean upon that will soon change the darkness into light. Read the Bodl- Tone offer on last page and learn how you can make your body healthy. $15,000 IS PAID FOR THIRTY BARRELS OF BEANS NEW YORK, Nov. 24.—The highest price on record for beans, $15,000 for 30 barrels, has just been paid by a New York bonding company. They were neither charity beans nor prize bea~s. just plain, ordinary beans of the favor ite Boston variety. The bonding com pany sent its check for the beans to United States Commissioner Shields, of the federal court, who applied it in sat isfaction of the forfeited bail of .1. F. Ehrgott, foremrly a bean dealer in the wholesale district. In 1902 Ehrgott was indicted on the charge of having smuggled 30 barrels of beans into the United States from Canada. The duty on the smuggled beans was $92.80. Arraigned in the United States circuit court Ehrgott was held In $15,000 ban for trial. He put up $15,000 in cash with the bonding company and then left the country. Warrington Is Named WASHING!UN, Nov. 26.—George War rington. of Chicago, was appointed today by President Taft as chief naval con structor of the lighthouse service at $4,000 per annum. COLONY HOUSES FOR POULTRY The main requirements of a good poul try house are good ventilation and pro tection from storms and cold winds. Hens will not lay when weather condi tions prevent them from scratching and exercise. Many poultry houses have proven failures because the variations in night and day temperature were too great. Prominent authorities on the building of poultry houses state that ven tilation can best be furnished by leaving one end of the house open or covered with burlap or canvas, using no glass windows unless necessary for light. The idea of building a warm house should be abandoned. It Is shelter that is needed. The house should be built in such away that the fowls will not roost near the open front where they would be exposed to winds; nor should it face the prevail ing winds. A long house is more expen sive to build, for a given capacity s than one more nearly square. A long, narrow house is also a cold house, having more exposed surface for a given capacity than a square house. Tlje size of house is necessary for a certain flock will vary in different sec tions. Where there Is little or no snow and where the fowls can be outdoors ev ery day in the year, two square feet of floor space per fowl will be ample. Where the climate is such that the fowls will seek shelter part of the year, rather than go outdoors on the range, considerably more space should be provided, say four to five square feet per fowl. The idea should not be to crowd them so much that their activity will be Interfered with. Whether the shelter Is provided by en larging the house or providing cheap scratching sheds, is immaterial. Two Colony House With Cloth Window. square feet per fowl, or even less, is am ple for roosting quarters. Roosts should be made low or near the ground—not higher than two feet. PREPARING BEES FOR WINTER By E. G. Herman In considering the requisites for suc cessful bee wintering, it may be well to note that success is frequently hinged upon very small things. The neglect in attending to the small affairs of life is sure to bring about disaster. Bees starve to death with honey in the hives, and sometimes that within two inches of them, from the fact that during cold weather bees form them selves into one compact body, and when all the honey is consumed within their reach, unless the weather is warm enough for them to change their loca tion from one part of the hive to an other, in order to reach their stores, they will surely starve with plenty of feed near them. This is usually the case witVl single walled hives, hence the option chaff hives to confine the heat arisi'sj; from Spring Bee Escape. the bees. Bees usually move toward the warmer part of the hive. If the sun shines on one side of the hive in cool or cold weather, the cluster goes to that side. I have often had colonies eat out all the honey in one end of the hive, and leave the other end full. As to passageways through the combs, there is a difference of opinion. How ever, my experience leads me to con clude that they are unnecessary. It is true that they afford an opportunity for an outer portion of the cluster to reach an adjacent inner comb space if the hees happen to be located directly over the passageway and the weather is warm, otherwise they serve no purpose. I have settled down for my own part on using a woolen blanket or carpet cover, and on top of it, porous and absorbent material such as sawdust, chaff, cut straw and leaves. The woolen material next the bees conveys the moisture to the other side of the piece of blanket or carpet where contact with the absorbent material causes it to pass upward, so rendering it harmless to the bees. I suppose there is the slightest pos sible upward ventilation, a sort of slow percolation of air and moieture, but it works well, provided the entrance of the hive is not too narrow and con tracted. Bees Inhale vapor, and when this va por strikes the cold walls of the hive It sometimes congeals into frosts, melting Into water and running out of the hive as soon as the weather fs warm enough. Sometimes it merely condenses Into water and runs out of the hive as soon as enough is collected. Whether cold or warm, this vapor is being sent off all the time, only when it is warm enough it does not condense into water or ice. I It very often occurs that the entrance of hives becomes clogged wdth dead bees, and the colonies do not have ven tilation enough. One of the indications NO CANDIDATES FOUND FOR PLACE OF SENATOR BATON KOVGE, La., Nov. 34.-The proposed election of a United States senator to succeed the late Samuel D. McEnery by the Ixnitslana legislature called in extra session next Monday, has failed to develop any candidate other thgn Judge J. Ft. Thornton, of Alexan dria. Judge Thornton was appointed by Governor Sanders after the latter had announced he would not accept the elec tion given him by the legislature in ses sion at thae time of Senator McEnery's death. The constitutionality of this ap pointment was called into question. j Governor Sanders has issued a state [ ment, expressing a, desire to see Judge Thornton elected. Congressman Joseph E. Ransdell, of the F'fth Louisiana district, who has been mentioned as a probable candidate, is sued a statement today in which he de clared that he would not allow his name to be presented to the legislature. Coal Badly Scattered BINGHAMTON, N. Y., Nov. 24 Many thousands of tons of excellent an thracite coal is today scattered along a 20-mlle stretch of railroad track near here, where a Delaware and Hudson coal train of 43 cars ran away last night. Thirty-nine of the cars broke off and jumped the track, one after another along the curves on the 20 miles of ' down grade. The wreckage will block the I line for several days. All the men of * the train crew jumped and escaped. There are several reasons for this. Fowls of the heavier breed cannot fly high, and those of the lighter breeds frequently injure the soles of their feet in jump ing from high perches. Roosts should be made all the same heights; for if they are made some higher than others, the birds will all flock to the highest ones and crowd, which is undesirable. When dropping boards are used they should be low down, to permit of easy cleaning. They should be .made of matched lumber and be 20 Inches wide for one perch and three feet wide for two perches, the tirst perch placed at least ten Inches from the wall. A Colony House Showing Trap Nests Open ing at the Rear. good roost mav be made from material two by two Inches, then slightly round ed on the edges. e Poultry keeping Is most successful where the colony system prevails. The colony system means the housing of fowls in small houses, preferably por table, where the fowls have free range. The chief advantage is that the fowls are more active or busier than when confined in yarde; second, there Is less danger from outbreaks of disease, as it is possible to keep the houses on clean ground by moving them occasion ally; and third, the fowls require less feeding and care, as they pick up con siderable food on the range. Another ad vantage of this system is that the fowls will rid the farm of many Injurious insects, such as grasshoppers. Then, the colony system will fit in with crop ro tations, and for part of the year the fowls will live on the stubble fields. The Illustrations shown represent a successful colony house used at the Utah experiment station. The house has a cloth window, and the traps are very convenient, as they open from the out side. , I ( Drone and ►queen trap on hive en trance. * of this is when you see water running out of the entrance, which goes to show’ that the air inside is damp and impure. Take a stout piece of wire with a hoof on the end, and rake out the dead bees. When frost forms about the inside of the hive, the vapor from the bees, to gether with the congealing of it in the remote parts of the hiv£, gives a bluish white appearance to the surface of the combs, which by the Inexperienced, Is often mistaken for mold. ‘ The bees also must be kept dry. A substantial hive, with a tight roof, will keep out the rain. 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MASSACHUSETTS MOTHERS AND CHILDREN DINE AT NURSERIES By reason of “tag day” three nurse ries that are under the direction of the Sheltering Arms were able to give {Thanksgiving dinners Thursday to the I ittle children whom they care for dur ng the day and the mothers who work out. At the Sheltering Arms, 40 guests were served at the John Barclay nursery, 80; and at the Cornelia Moore nursery, 35. I There are now four day ’nurseries in Atlanta, which are made possible by ’tag day.” When “tag day" was begun Aiere was only one nursery. The yearly ! ale of tags has made It possible to es tablish the other three and to carry cn the work they are doing. Mrs. J. M. Christian, of 448 Glenn street, appeared in the recorder’s court on Saturday morning in order that the recorder might commit to the Home for the Friendless little Edith Wilson, a beautiful five-weeks-old baby. According to Mrs. Christian, who is a widow working for the support of two little children, the child’s mother, Mrs. Sallie Douglass, came to her home about two months ago because she claimed that her husband had mistreated her. Mrs. Christian, who is a very distant relative, took her in and then the baby was born. At first it was thought that Mrs. Wilson would recover, but she grad ually became worse and two weeks after the child's birth she died. Mrs. Christian notified Powell Wilson of his wife’s death, and he came to the city from his home, Abbeville, S. C.» Wil son carried the dead body of his wife back to hfs home for Interment, but he left the child with Mrs. Christian, it fs said, despite the fact that she pro tested that she was not financially able to support the Infant. The child, which is an unusually pretty GAYNOR TELLS OFFICERS THEY MUST BE POLITE NEW YORK, Nov. 34.—Mayor Gaynor is very proud of hie reputation as a stickler for politeness on the part of the city employes In their relations with the public. Commenting on the fact that more than seven bushels of complaints were received by his office in two months all bearing on the conduct of tenement house Inspectors, he gives the following advice to the employes of the tenement house department: “The spirit of consideration and polite ness to our fellow citizens is the spirit that this administration has been trying to promulgate from the start. You can be strict in your work, fulfilling all the requirements of the law and yet bo very polite at the same time. There is no ne cessity for roughness. We are paid by the citizens of this city and we owe it to them to be considerate and polite.’’ Want Expert Rice Men WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.—An agron omist in rice investigations is wanted by the bureau of plant industry, of the department of agriculture If you are one, and have done some original inves tigation of the rice crop; If you can write a thesis of not less than 3,500 words on the improvement of the rice crop as well as meeting other require ments, and have reached your 21st, but but your 40th birthday on the date of the examination. January «, 1311, and successfully pass the examination, you may get a position paying from fl,SO# to 32,500 per annum with Uncle Sam. The examination is open to men only. baby, has been committed to the home until some family adopts it.
