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JV LIZZIE O. ‘ ■
Have you ever stopped- to think how
many celebrated birthdays there are in
this month, celebrated people. I mean?
February 7 was Charles Dickens", then
the Uth wm Uncoin’s, the 14th St. Val
entine’s. the Ed George Washington’s,
and the 27th Longfellow’s.
These have all passed with appropriate
festivities except Tx»ngfellow’s. I wanted
to tell you of the Young Woman’s Chris
tian association children’s party, but 1
believe I will tell you who are cudgel
ing your brains as to how to raise your
next missionary assessment of a social
that you may tack on to a Longfellow
evening.
Let those who care to do so come dree«-
ed as characters in his poems. Hiawatha
and Minnehaha, to say nothing of other
Indians in that story, the Spanish stu
dent. in fact, the book, is full of them.
Have the ’Hanging of the Crane.” the
“Rainy Day." ""Children’s Hour," "Voices
of the Night.” in living pictures, and
some one to read enough from each to
make it effective. For music there Is
""The Bridge.” “Arrow and the Song."
"Lost f?hord. " You might have a muse
um of American curios in a room and
charge 5 cents to see them. Cut pictures
from advertisements or magazines for the
real object and write a line or two. or
leave the visitors to guess.
For Instance.
A hbr*» with a rider in colonial garb
bears this label; “This horse and rider
rode by nigh^.’"—Paul Revere.
A bunch of cherries w’ith the title;
•"Our national fruit.”—Washington.
A toy hatchet with the tag “Guess
again.’’—Carrie Nation.
A huge cigar labeled; "’Always with
a national hero.’—General Grant.
A horse mounted by a Rough Rider was
easy to guess.—Roosevelt.
A large sugar kiss tagged “Once a talk
ed of hero.’’—Hobson.
A United States flag can bear the card: 1
“Two Patriotic Women”—Betsy Ross and
Barbara Fritchie.
Mark Twain can be represented by two
pencil marks just alike.
Priscilla Alden represented by a doll
dressed as a Puritan maid seated at a
spinning wheel
William J. Bryan can be identified by a
silver dollar marked 16.
A bright red envelope showed who Na
thaniel Hawthorne
Eli Whitney was Aiessed by a roll of
cotton and a bottle marked gin.
A toy steamboat recalled Robert Ful
ton.
A phonograph picture recalled Edison.
A kite and a, key can be Benjamin
FYaaklin. and a talegram will find Morse.
These can be added to by putting in
any local hits you want, and a fortune
teller’s booth may be a corner screened
so that one can just drop in a line with
a pin on it. Charge 5 cents for each
one. Have a lot of comic valentines with
the verse cut off, have one for the girls
and one for the boys, let some one be
hidden to pin on a comic picture and
then the fisher hauls in his line with his
fate (?) ready for him.
Lots of fun and no hard feelings should
be the watchword, and the evening will
ever. remain a pleasant memory.
It takes some effort to make things go,
but if one tries to give others a happy
time and does not cater to pride or the
ambition to outshine a neighbor’s ef
forts, there will be a lasting benefit.
Now, in the words of the immortal Wil
liam. *’l bequeath a happy peace to you.”
Faithfully yours.
LIZZIE O. THOMAS.
KEEP BXILING AND WORKING
Dear Howtwld- These early spring days
■take «ne think of those early Bays of life
wta-a winter did not seem so long drawn out
as it baa for the last decade.
I iff enjoying the plowman’s gee haw; th"
ringing'* of the woodsman’s ax and the viriou*
harreuoie* that make country life such a de
light to ail at peace with the world and
content with
January nas been a great month for the man
not afflicted with laxinees. There has been
time sad the right sort of weather to get
■any things just right to bare a farm in
good order and the atenWls ready vgsen
Many of onr plan* bare died by the wayside,
and left u* nothing but withered flower*.
A* I read one of Mrs. Felton’s letters I at
once applied It to myself—th* only person who
succeed* must maae up hia or her mind to
keep “pegging away.” There are very few
people tn this wcrid who hare the path of
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share of thorn. So the best way over all
th* little up* and big downs is to keep peg
ging away. Many of us have lots of good
friend*—“fair weather friends"- —but a little
change of wind scatters th-m east and west.
A real friend is the one who sticks to one
thrvrgh sickness, through sorrow, through ad
versify, even to aternlty.
BUSY BEE.
MAKE FRIENDS TODAY
Dear Household: In a new year letter was
thi* remarks "I only wish I knew what the
future bolds tn store for me.” It was from
a girl friend who gives up to silent meditations
and reflects to* mnrh npon the past.
Often we are wishing and wishing for just
one glimpse into the unknown future. If we
atudc th* subject more close:v "... learn that
It does lie within onr power tb determine to
some extent what the future holds for ns. If
we are toe careless with our conscience*, al
ways returning evil for evil: if we cultivate
selffehnce* and forget to show due regard for
the feel Inge of others: if we continue to be
vain and forget that we have faults, forget
••to be glad of life baesure it gives ns a chance
to lor* and to work and to play and to look up
at the stars.” we mar erpect the future to
hold for u* nothing hut woe. shame and dis
grace.
But if we cultivate every C.odgiven talent,
have pure thoughts, a cheerful disposition, ar*
pleasant and thoughtful our friends, generous
hearted, sympathetic and rmfuse with our
smiles and kind remarks, always papctlcing the
Golden Rnle. then we may expect mnch good to
he tn store for n*. Then we can look forward
to the future with bright hopes, make the best
of today and have no fears of the future, ex
pect something good to hannen. Improve every
moment, put leisure time into some good
deed.
Time files by. "•* e-n rot recall the past,
hut we can mend the present and the future by
past experiences. Let us not get so absorbed
in onr work •that we fore“t to he glad and for
get to love. Let not labor make na so dull
and hard-hearted that wo forget how to give
expression tn onr love. If we fi>rref now it
will mar onr fntnre. Did yon ever hear of a
person not having time to devote to bls friends?
Upll. I have. This particular person plan*
• get friends In the future he is too busy
now to even think of friends. When he ac
mmnlates more of th‘s world’s goods and gets
thing* fixed cntnfortsbly, then he plan* to hav®
alt hinds of friends. Will he hare them?
Probvhlv. but ha* be not dc»l«l liims-lf of
the great nieasnre of tmvlhg them now? Wc
r.eed friends al! the time. *’-ke them t"dav
’.tve todgr and prepare yonrself for the future
Do not sit idly and wonder »ow many terror*
It hold*, bst look forward, hoping.
EI’LA LEE.
Barnesv'lle. Ga.
THE FATE OF THE APOSTLES
1 have just read th* suppose.! fate of the
apostles, and thought 1 would pass it »» to
the Householders.
St. Matthew Is supposed to have soffered
martyrdom, .or was slain with the sword In a
city of Ethiopia.
St. Mark was dragged throngb the streets
of Alexandria, in Egypt, till lie expired.
St. Luke was hanged upon an olive tree In
Greece.
Bt. John was put in a caldron of boiling oil
at Rome, but escaped death. He afterwards
died a natural death at Ephesus in Asia.
St. James the Great was beheaded at Jerusa
lem.
St. James the Lew was thrown from a pin
nacle or wing of the temple and then beaten
to feath with a fuller’* club.
St. Philip was bangid up against a pillar
at Ileripolia. a city of Phrygia.
I St. Bartholomew was flayed alive by the
command of a barbarous king.
St. Andrew was bound to a crons. whence be
preached unto the people, ttll he expired.
St. Thomas was run through the body with
a lance at Coromandel, in the East Indies.
St. Jnde was hot to death with arrows.
St. Simon Zealot was crucified in Persia.
St. Matthias was first stoned and then be
headed.
St. Barnabas was stoned to death by Jews
at Salania. ,
St. Panl was beheaded at Borne by the tyrant
Nero.
Wishing health and prosperity to all, I am
your* truly. NORTH CAROLINA GIRL.
A WORD TO THE WISE
I am thoroughly in favor of educating chil
dren, and especaulv in favor of the compulsory
law. There are so many thoughtless parents,
who keep their children from school and let
them idle away time which can never be re
gained end they reach manhood and womanhood
uneducated. Fathers and mothers, won’t you
wake up and educate your children so that they
will be of more service to their country? Let
me beg you not to put yonr boys and girls in
stores arid offices, thinking that they will get
an education, for they wll] not. they will only
get a smattering.
There was a very interesting letter written
to this page some time ago bv a north Georgia
hoy. in which he said he believed in marriage
for love, and I surely agree with him, for If
there is no love there is no hanpine**.
Girls. I hope you will read the following
and put it tn practice, for I do not think yon
wll| ever regret doing so:
“Don’t marry a man to reform him.
Tn Gnd and roureelf be true:
Don't link to hla vices yonr virtues.
You will rue IL dear girl, If you do. •
"No matter how fervent bls pleadings,
B* not by his promises led.
If he can't be a man while a-wooing
He will never be a man when he is wed.
"There's many a maiden has tried It
And proved It a failure at last.
Better tread yonr life’s pathway alone, dear,
Than to wed with a lover that's fast.
! "Make virtue the pride of your favor.
Place wrong-doings under a ban.
And let him who would win yon and wed you
Prove himself to full-measure a man.”
With best wishes to all.
' Bnrke Co. HELENA PL’RKE
RENEWS ALLEGIANCE
Dear Miss Thomas: After reading with Inter
, est several old copies of The Seml-Weeklv
Journal and Household page I am very forcl-
I bly reminded of my loss in not writing to your
m«*t Interesting column.
Having been away from home for some time
; I have failed in keeping up with yon. There
: ar* many changes since I was last with you,
and I see the page la devoted almost exclu
sively to the gentler aex: however, they are
the better writers as a rule. I was sorry
i Indeed to hear of Unde Tom’s death. Some
times when we think of the going away of
our friends and acquaintance* the question nat
urally arises in our minds what have we ever
; said ir done to help brighten that life—have
we ever spoken any encouraging words? They
cost so little. 'Tl* *o essy to pnt flowers on
th* graves of th* departed, but what the world
la craving and sadly In need of is encourags
| went right now.
When I first saw the account of Uncle Tom'*
death my mind, with sorrow, reverted to hi*
many good letters and I was glad of the fact
that I had from tlm* to time complimented
I him, and tn my feeble way tried to encour
age him to write. His letters were certainly
: worth all the praise received.
O. G. HAYES.
132 S. Pryor St., Atlants, Gs.
SYMPATHY THAT BUYS BREAD
Dear Household: I wonder if I may come In
I and talk with you.
i Mr*. Pansy. Mr. Bach. Tommy and all ye
i “racket raisers,” come back and stir things
; up-
A great deal has b*en said in these columns
I about the evil* of whisky, but a lot more could
Ihe said. There mn*t he something radically
I wrong wlfh the prohibition law when a man
can go out and buy whisky from almost any
negro, as they do in many sections. Carloads
of the rile stuff are dumped off in Georgia
every day. yet our officers stand by and let
the work go <>n.
I bare little respect for girls who will go
with men under the Influence of whisky, yet
I'*r known mm* to marry intoxicated men.
What ean a woman expect under such circnm
•fan*rs? Marriage 1* a risky buxine**. any
wav yon take it Though some drunkards do
. reform after marriage, they are the exceptions.
Wasn't it Sylvanos Stnhb* who said "the
I ariris were after the m*n with the dollars."
I no matter what kind of a character he has?
That Is true of some of them (I’ve noticed,
though the dollars often come up missing after
the ceremony, and Mery has to go to work!.
Home girl* will take “any old thine" becan*“
they have snch a horror of being called an old
maid.
Just a few words about nnknown eorresnond
ents and I'll get my bonnet and go. Dnrinat
tpany year* nt newspaper work. I've received all
sorts of |eft*r* from all sorts of people, and
made some verv good friends whom I’ve n*rer
men. but who have a warm niece in mv henr\
A friendly *or'esnond*uce w'th a well educated
perron is a great help tn tbos* who. like mv
*elf. were dcr>|e<i educational advantages. Mind.
T said a ••friendly” correspondence. Only silly
folks write •'love letters’ ’to those they’ve never
a-eo. and for “r™rin*««’ sake” don’t propo-c
to her in y<w first letter, aa one fellow did
to roe. thereby apolling what otherwWe might
have been a pleasant correspondence. ‘ for. of
course. I could not answer such a letter. I
THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1913.
~ Ki n-^doma al L wy owtl,
tTcr- " H couivt ike'world’s
**■ * itemp-
gdretamedxpne day 1 1
rru£kT reaxK iKe> to a
kitown*.
Lke Temple xArne;
or lell
V lade* +ke o£
To carve upon, ker v/alb eJi I cresve at foikme
a det4kle« ° r renown
nn ii.ni r i. ICo wear tke ivame or
JiHle io-kim I love*,
til - la dearer far
BW<Tn>« so M Ik® eao-lkly crorat))
- aaraS KaJtir-Away. (U /
'vZken. little lips'but "wlus- g /x
-per “motker dear? ► \ //
Tken. 1 forget ike
aivd. fke i>ay: CQJ
VALUE OF STRAW AS STOCK FOOD
On many farms the straw is considered
of little practical value outside of af
fording bidding and litter for the stock,
but during the past few years opinion
seems to be more favorable toward
straw as a feed for horses, sheep and
cattle. To a large extent this has been
brought about by the use of the silo
in preserving the corn crop and also
by the shortage of hay during the same
period.
With the silo to provide the animals ,
with plenty of succulent food we have ‘
been enabled to feed our cattle all of!
the oat straw to a- very profitable ad
vantage when otherwise they would re- •
fuse to eat it up clean/ The animals
are apparently more fond of straw when
fed with ensilage than either grain or j
hay.
Sheep are also fond of good bright
straw and will eat quite large quantities
in connection with ensilage and hay. The
great trouble with a great many feeders
is that they will feed out every kind
of forage and fodder crops before they
feed the animals straw and then com
plain if they fall away i>. condition when
put on straw alone.
Properly and fed in connec
afterwardx learned that he was really a very
nice man, and owned a beantiful home. Such
men are getting pretty scarce, you know.
We all know of Rebecca Whitfield, but she
following description will be as new to many as
it was to me. “She is a dwarf. 36 years old. |
and only three feet eight Inches tall and j
weighs about 35 pounds. She has never known I
a well day in her life. She suffers from
rheumatism and heart trouble all the time, and I
often from hunger and cold. She lives with
her aged mother, who is too sickly and feeble
so work, and a helpless sister 53 years old.
They live In a room 16 feet square, which a
kind man had built onto his house. They have
no one to care for them. They live in a lonely
country place seven miles from Flnleyson. Ga.”
Now, the girl who wrote that letter lives
In fsr away Illinois. Cannot we who live right
here do something for those poor women? Let’s
send them the sort of symapthy that buys bread.
With love to Miss Thomas and all.
MARIBEL I
LETTER FROM A VETERAN
I am an old soldier, 67 yeara old, feeble,
not able to work. I would like to find any one
that was In my company. 7 I was mustered into
service at Decatur. Ga. My captain was named
Boyd. Lieut. Boyd, my colonel’s name was
.Clark. Any information from any of my com
‘rades would be gladly deceived.
Y. W. HAY.,
Luxomonl, Ga., R. 1, Box 11.
HOW TO CURE MEAT
Dear Household: May I come In, this beauti
ful afternoon, and tell Mrs. A. M. Kogers how
we save our meat? Kill the hogs in dry, coal
weather, salt the meat well, pack it away In
something till it has taken salt thoroughly. In
about three weeks the meat will be ready, to
hang up to dry (or cure). When it gets well
dried off get a nice clean box and pack it
away and be sure you put plenty of pulverised
borax on it to keep away the skipper.
Chat is fine, I think every time. I enjoyed
the one on the' care of the sick so much, for 1
know such a little about the way to nurse the
sick, as we have never had much sickness in
our family.
A Mother in Israel, Lucile,- Lillian Fair. Viv
ian Folda, Florida Cracker, and a host of oth
ers. come back. I am anxious for a badge,
though I have never seen one yet. Sincerely,
MARTHA SIBBEANN.
INFORMATION WANTED
Can ony one tell me where my sister is?
She married James D. Brown. She was Mary*
Jane Wallace before marrying. When last
heard of she was In Toxa*. Any information
will be thankfully received. I have not heard
from her in ten years. Address Airs. John Wat
ters, Rockmart, Ga.. Route 3, Box 50.
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tion with other feeds I have been able!
to derive considerable feeding value out |
of straw, but I do not claim that it will
do wonders toward keeping stock in high
condition.
There are times on all farms where a
large number of animals are kept when (
it will prove profitable to feed out every- i
thing to the best advantage with as
little waste as possible, even though ’
we do not make the greatest gains pos
sible. The most success/u! farmer Is In
most cases the one who utilizes the
odds and ends of his feed to the best
advantage.
Another mistake that Is made in feed
ing straw is to expect the anima:s to
consume all that is placed In front of {
them. Don’t expect them to do this for
an animal will go without feed before
it will eat straw- that is tough and woody.
The waste will do for bedding and to
work Into manure. I consider that I am
doing well if I can get the stock to con
sums half the straw when fed in
connection with hay and ensilage.
For horses that are not being worked <
straw will take the place of hay and if j
fed a liberal ration of grain and an j
occasional handful of oil meal there will
be no loss of condition. Oat straw is
the best for feeding horses as wheat 1
straw is coarse and woody andl very
hard to digest.—W. M. Kelley.
Tells How to Keep
Boys On the Farm
Y
Thirteen out of 19 years of my life
I have spent on the farm and I will
my ideas upon the subject.
Boys are not made with dispositions
alike; if they were it would not be
hard to tell what they need to keep
them in the rural districts.
One boy will be satisfied with his
environment and like his tasks; anoth
er may despise '’ his surroundings and
hate his work; so before preaching for
the boy. to stay on the farm we should
find out what work he likes best.
If lie is not cut out for, a farmer
he may be a born builder of skyscrap
ers and I think he ought to go city
ward, and go while young. fioys are
bom for farms and born for towns,
made for, you cah find out by doing the
made for, you /can find by doing the
tasks your heart tells you you love. If
you like the least thing about the farm
I would say stay! But better be a suc
cessful, contented bootblack than a lazy,
uninterested, disappointed tiller of the
soil.
BOY’S AMBITIONS.
Many farm boys who are ambitous for
money and fame labor under a delu
sion that these things cannot be ob
tained on the farm.
They need to hear of David Rankin,
of Tarkio, Mo., who died only a short
time ago. Mr. Rankin was the greatest
farmer In the world.
He cmmenced by buying an ox team
for >8 and going In debt for a plow.
During recent years his 80,000-acre corn
field rateed more corn than that pro
duced in nine states. He was a great
farmer.
And Burbank! The California natur
alist who made the thorny desert cactus
fit for man and Least to eat, and who
produced the well known Burbank pota
to, Is a farmer who loved his plants
and improved them for humanity’s
sake.
The capable men who own and edit
our farm magazines have been success
ful farmers. There is more room for
success on the uncrowded farm than
anywhere else.
There are fewer men becoming farm
ers who could not be anything and more
(men starting to farm who would not
be anything else.
Another thing needed to keep the boy
contented is partnership. Boys who are
made to slave for tnelr board, clothes
and a little spending money until they
are 21 are the ones who run away In
the night.
If they do not get a share of the pro
ceeds realized from their own labor at
home they are going to get it some
where else.
Roy Robinson, our neighbor’s oldest
boy, is going to the city. Too bad, for
he is a promising lad, loves farming and
has not a lazy bone in his body. It’s
the fault of the family, his going away.
His father, a silent reserved man, though
not intentionally unkind, has never been
a companion to his boys. He has never
seemed to understad that the boys must
have some change in the monotony of
farm work and hunger for a bit of fun
and a glimpse of people and things in
town. Work, work, work, all the time,
except for a few brief months during
school time in winter. No money to be
earned by themselves for themselves,
but every cent given grudgingly by the
father. Then the mother, having no
girls, seems to shut herself up and out
from the love of her boys and I know
that family is anything but a happy
one. Just because they do not seem to
know how to be happy. No wonder the
boys get sick and tired of farm drudg
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that the main reason why the Robinson
bqys and many of our boys are lost to
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truth.
Boys also need liberty, amusement,
encouragement and the right to pursue
their hobby; if it is nothing more than
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Farm papers and Readable books will
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Teach him to get the habit. The so
called “book farmers” are the farmers
who are doing the things worth while.
He is a great farmer who grows two
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ITEMS OF ENTEBEST.
The early markets call for the light
weights. —j l •
Don’t overfeed the hens, but feed them
all they will scramble for anti eat up
clean. If you overfeed It is worse than
wasted, as the hens will get out of con
dition.
Make them work for their feed all day, /
then give a full feed at night.
The hens need fresh air jn their houses,
but it doesn’t need to freeze their ectabs
to prove its freshness.
Be very careful that the eggs you gre
Intending to set do not get chilled. They
should be kept where the temperature is
never below M degrees. Turn their. ■ tre- |
quently so that the yolk will not settle
to one side. We can not be too particular
in caring for the eggs if we want them
to hatch well.
Poultry houses should be built on a
south slope if possible. Where thin can
not be done, have some kind of a wind ‘
break to the north and'west. Other build- :
Ings will do for this purpose or a thick '
grove of tree*.
Remember the hens must hate a varie
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waste of their own bodies. They can not -
thrive and lay eggs on one kind of food
day after day.
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