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TIIE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1913.
“In this age of diversified industries,
yet an age of specialization, what has
Georgia done about her silk raising?”
Since this question came to me I’ve
been trying to find out something defi
nite, and have made the interesting
discovery that Savannah was once a
silk center. The trusteees of Georgia
made among its first rules the one grant
ing fif k y acres of land to each man.
He was to put the land in good con
dition, build a house on it and plant
one white mulberry tree on each ten
acres. In the minutes of the trustees
for the establishment of the colony of
'Georgia is this:
“March 3, 1741.—Received from the
• custom house a chest of silk imported
from Georgia, with the following attes
tation: We. whose names are underwrit
ten, do hereby attest and certify that
-the raw silk contained in the chest
herein sent was in our presence put
into the same chest by Mary, the wife
of Lewis Camuse, after having been
first weighed, which amounted to forty-
five pounds and two ounces avoirdupois
weight; that is to say eight pounds,
part thereof had been manufactured
and wound off by her in the town of
Savannah In the year 1740, and thirty-
seven pounds, two ounces, the remaining
part thereof had been in like manner
wound off by her the present year 1741.
And we do further attest and certify
that 220 pounds and fourteen ounces
weight of cocoons or silk balls were
raised in Savannah, in Georgia. The
silk worms being fed with the mul
berry leaves growing in said county and
had been delivered to Mrs. Camuse since
April last, in order to enable her to
carry on the said manufacture as she
has done this present year.
“Dated at Savannah, in Georgia, this
the tenth day of September, 1741.
“WILLIAM RUSSELL,
“FRANCIS HARRIS,
“Accomptants;
“WILLIAM STEPHENS,
"Secretary;
“THOMAS JONES,
“Bailiff of Savannah.”
For eight or ten years after this the
trustees Insisted on the cultivation of the
mulberry trees and production of silk,
but the industry did not flourish. The
Salzburgers at Ebenezer produced one-
half of the silk of the colony. Many
farmers tried indigo and grapes. Their
were many exeriments, for the population
by that time had grown to at least 1,500.
From time to time there have been
efforts made to make the silk industry
one of profit to the women of Georgia,
but they do not seem to take to it. Up
near Tallulah there was a successful
demonstration of silk raising not many
years ago I had samples of the silk,
and if it had been continued I believe
there would have been a fortune in it
while the craze for pongee and shantung
possessed the women. But it takes
money, patience. and optimism to make
a success of a- new venture, which these
promoters of the silk industry did not
seem to have. At all events, they did
not want to spend any more money, time
or energy on the venture.
I hope that some of the readers of this
page will find time to write me of this
line of work if it is still going on. And
wouldn’t it be interesting to get a letter
from some of the descendants of those
sturdy pioneers who. a hundred and sev
enty-two years ago, raised mulberry
trees, fed silk worms and sent the results
of their labors to the mother country?
Jn these days almost anyone can
wear a silk dress, it is not the evi
dence of gentility that it once was. The
negro girl who right now is washing
my clothes wore a silk dress when she
came for them. Nor is the most of
the silk that is bought in America worth
very much. There are some reputable
firms that will make good a piece of
silk that drops to pieces or splits in
an unreasonably short time. But you
may be sufe that they charge more
than 39 cents a yard for such material.
When I hear people railing at shod
dy goods and the general state of things,
I feel like saying, “You have helped
bring on this state of affairs. Most of
the merchants carry the line of goods
that their customers demand and the
idea that fine (?) feathers make fine
oirds drives many a wopian to ruin
or her husband to stealing.
There is no difference between the
city church and the one ten miles from
town when it comes to extravagance
and false pride. Both have their good
people and both have the other sort. Do
not misunderstand me. I like to see and
wear pretty clothes, but above all
things, I value a good name and a
, reputation for honesty. I heard a mail
i say that he was tempted to move his
seat in church because he sat behind a
mother arid two girls who owed him six
months’- grocery bill and were robed in
the season’s latest finery. Remember
that
“False honor, like a comet, blazes
broad.
But blazes for extinction.”
Faithfully yours,
LIZZIE O. THOMAS.
FOR MADAME.
Dear Miss Thomas: My father’s family were
from England, and mother made the nicest
omelette I‘ ever tasted. Somehow, I lost the
knack, got mixed with the crowd who used
flour and milk—to cover stale eggs, I suspect—
and I only found the old, true omelette last
week, and I am going to put It in Our House
hold, where it will do most good.
ENGLISH OMELETTE—Beat the^ whites of
the eggs until they will stick to the dish
when it is turned over. Add the beaten yolks,
salt and pepper and turn the mixture into a
spider in which there is a tablespoonful of
melted butter, or more if a large omelette.
Place the frying pan on an asbestos mat if you
have one; if not, put on tlie back of the stove,
where the mixture can heat gradually, and not
scorch. Have a pan deep enough to let the
omelette ride. When nearly heated through, ex
cept perhaps an inch of foamy white, fold and
put on / plate. The edge will have an outline
of soft foam to show. Crisp bacon garnished
with parsley may be served as a dainty border,
and makes an appetizing dish. When serving,
cut straight across and let some of the foam be
oh top of each portion.
CHEESE SOUFFLE—Melt three level teat
spoonfuls of blitter, add six level tablespoon
fuls of flour, stir together until smooth, add
one and a third cupfuls of milk and stir over
the fire until the mixture is thick and creamy:
then add o half teaspoonful of salt and an
eighth teaspoonful of pepper (paprika if you
have itl and one and a half cupfuls of cheese,
cut fine or grated. Stir briskly until the
cheese is melted and the mixture is smooth.
Take from the fire and when cool add the yolks
of four eggs, not beaten, and mix all together.
Then fold in carefully the stiffly beaten whites
and pour the mixture into a well-buttered bak
ing dish. Bake in a moderate oven thirty-five
minutes, serve the minute it is done, or it will
fail.
RICE PUDDING—One quart of milk, half a
cupful of rice, well washed. Put the rice and
milk in an earthen baking dish and add a lump
of butter almost the size of an egg: salt to
taste and bake for an hour in a slow oven;
stir in the crust two or three times, as this
makes it richer.
BAKED BANANAS—Select the red bananas if
7 he tvening Story
Mrs. Jennings
Blue Hour
iir.ghi. r.u i i>> W vV ••i'll' i
Mrs. Jennings’ sunbonnet, . which j
usually rested rather rakishly on the j
bauk of her head, was pulled down low |
on the broad forehad as she worked in I
her garden, as though to screen from j
passersby the fact that the well-known
Mrs. Jennings’ optimistic smile was
missing, and that between the straight
dark brows appeared the fingerprints of
worry.
She snipped fragrant blossoms from
THE CLOCK STRIKING THREE SENT
HER HURRTINCr TO HER ROSE
BUSHES.
the sweet pea vines with9ut the cus
tomary exultant thrill with which she
filled an order from the garden that
was helping her save for the education
of Ted and Phil, since father’s salary
was quickly swallowed uo by the tver
soaring cost of living, and she seemed
unmindful that an order was waiting
from Brown’s grocery for 50 cents’ worth
of parsley, double the amount in iet-
possihle. firm but not overripe at all events.
Remove one strip of skin from each agd place
them in a baking pan with that part up.
Sprinkle that part u"tb sugar and pour over a
little melted butter, or mix the sugar and but
ter and put on the peeled part. Put just water
enough in the bottom of the pan to cover it.
Bake in a hot oven until soft, usually about
twenty minutes. basting frequently. When
soft, take them up and add two tablespoonfuls
of lemon juice to the juice in the pan and pour
this over the bananas. Served with whipped
cream. ELIZABETH WARING.
BE STRONG
Be strong of heart, love on. nor let
Thy love grow faint, if thou shouldgt find
The objects of thy love all changed—
Unlovely and unkind;
For love though missing sweet returns.
Makes purer hearts in which it burns.
Be strong of voice, sing on, tby song
Though void of grace, and rough in strain,
May touch some troubled heart and soothe*.
■Some portion of its pain:
And all the jieace thy songs impart
Shall, sometime, drop into thy heart.
Be strong of arm, support the weak,
From weary shoulders lift the load,
To rest a moment's space: while thou
Walk’st by them up life’s road,
Be glad as thus thou toil’st along,
For bearing burdens makes us strong.
Be strong of soul, let -every door
Be fast against the foe6 of right;
And let its walls be strong as truth.
And proof aga»nRt unrighteous might,
'< And let thy Savior hold the keys;
| Then shalt thou surely dwell in peace.
, ANONYMOUS.
FAMOUS ACTRESS LOSES 70 LBS. OF FAT
Texas Guinan, Star of the “Passing Show” Company, Offers Her Own Marvelous
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me
from
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fat burdened
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- Texas Gu1nn\» had to perform at the
• nae it seemed the easiest thing in the
world to arrange an interview without
consulting her. The *.gtlant stage door
keeper was easily passed. The dress ng-
room was hospitably turned open by a maid,
and then—well. Miss Guinan, that is, what la
left of her. appeared.
“So you have come to learn the story
of my weight reduction, ha\^ you?*' said
Texas In her breezy style, with her glori
ous countenance beaming In smiles at her
supreme gladness, realizing how appreci
ative the world was in bestowing admira
tion and applause upon her, all on account
of the new glory of her form
which she transformed almost as
if by .magic with her own mar
velous new treatment.
“While you are not going to
f et away with my secret,” said
’exas, .“it Is true that my sev
enty pounds of weight reduction
was brought about witQ
my* own delightful treat
ment, but it cost me a
pretty sum of money *o
learn of it, and I am not
giving my secret of bow
I lost my weight free to
reporters, but I have
written a book telling
all abont this wondrous
new treatment w h i c a
rescued
tbralldom
book has
the press
free to 1
and women. as I early
learned in life that the
only way to know happi
ness was to give it to oth
ers, and if by letting the world
know of this harmless. quick
method of reducing veelght I can
do a great good, then I will
feel that I have not lived in
vain.”
“But won’t you give me an Inkling of its
eomnon' nt parts? Just a suggestion "as to
what It Is. or will I have to be content to
rend your free book telling all about it?”
“That Is exactly it.” said Texas, “lint l
don’t m'nd telling yon what the treatment
is not. It does not consist of internal drugs
or medicine: there is nothing to take in
ternally. Neither is th o re any pink colored
eamnhor water, or worthless, harmful stuff
to rrb on the body. There Is no sweating,
no bandages, no Tnrk’sh baths. The treat
ment does not consist of a single exer
cise or physical culture of any description.
There Is no diet. One may absolutely eat all
the food they desire of any k‘nd. and go
right on i duclng without depriving themselves
in any way.
“There are no enemas or flushing of the
colon, no harmful mnssng'ne. no sweating
garments to wear, no imme-glng yourself In
hot bnlhs with the tub filled with obesity
water or epsom salts, nor does it include any
m dical coneoetion of any doctor, and it has
nothing to do with any drug store prescrip
tion to have filled. There Is no formula
to carry out. no soaps to rub on the skin;
neither Is It a religions faith cure or Chris
tian Science stunt It is not a vibratory
electric massage treatment, mental suggestion
—no. and it Is not a belt or mechanical device
of any kind.
“1 have tried many such kes. I tried
drugs, pills, capsules, harmful concoctions to
rub on the body. 1 have tried sweating and
taking Turkish baths, exercising, pi "sical cul-
tnre and everything known to science without
result, and without losing weight. As 1 was
about to despair and give up in disgust all
further efforts to reduce my enormous weight,
which was two hundred and four pounds, I, by
lucky accident, learned of the most simple,
harmless, rapid, safest fat reducing treatment
MISS TEXAS GUINAN.
God’s masterpiece and the most fascinating
actress in America.
on earth. I tried it on myself with astonish
ing results. .My friends stood aghast In amaze
uient, marveling at the wondrous change in my
appearance. My fat Just rolled away. ATter the
first three days I ,oticed It beginning to leave
me My reduction, grew greater and greater
until finally, 1 was almost appalled with de
light when 1 realized the stupendous success
of my efforts mid when I awoke to the fact
that I bnd reduced 70 pounds of my fnf with
out leaving a wrinkle, and the glory of my new
figure and the grace and beauty of my curves
gave me the admiration of the world. I en
joyed tile triumph of my life and the success
of my whole career when my manager. Mr.
Shubert, on account of my glorious new figure,
made me the star of the ‘Pass ng Show,’ and,
mind yon, this very same manager had said I
was doomed to oblivion jus a short time be
fore when I tipped the scales'at two hundred
and four pounds. I was crushed and bewil
dered when he told me he could not give me
a part In the ‘Passing Show’ unless I could re
duce my enormous weight, and my heart
hangs heavy with the memory of the fat days
that are gone when my fat, ungainly figure
made me realize that I was doomed to despair
and failure. 9
“My success in reducing my own iat proves
that there* is no such word as ‘fail.’ I sim
ply would not be resigned to my fate, and
although everyone said ‘Iexas, there is no way
out of your dilemma,’ and told me that no fat
reducing specialist could reduce my weight, I
determined not to give up In despair, with the
result that I absolutely conquered my fat. My
new, great book on obesity, which gives fuil
particulars of my simple, safe, quick, harmless
fat reducing trea ent, is now ready and "ill
bo sent free to all who wish to reduce their
^'ght any number of pounds.”
.t is simply aston.shmg the furor this new
eatment is causing among the In imate friends
f Miss Guinan to whom she has given it. A
letter from the world’s most famous dancer, La
Petite Adelaide, says: “Dear Miss Guiuau: Let
me congratulate you upon the high excellence
or your remarkable new obesity treatment which i
I find reduces me as rapidly as I desire. Sin- i
eetely, Adelaide.” Other letters of praise and !
gratitude are pouring in to Miss Guinan from all j
parts of the country from those who have re
duced with her successful treatment. Louise
Brunelle, the Quaker maid, one of the ear.h’s
geiatest beauties states she lost 10 pounds the
first week with tills as onishing new treatment.
It is said this remarkable treatment is not uu-
like the treatment used by the court ludies and
famous actresses of tlie Old World, who have
been usiug u similar remedy throughout Europe,
and tlie remarkable thing is that Texas Guinan j
s the first to introduce It in America. Her
ree book, which is now ready for distribution, '
bould be requested by all who d sire quick!
sduction. It is written In a fascinating style, j
t explains how, by her treatment, Texas
uinan, who is acknowledged America’s most
accessful star, reduced her own weight seventy
rounds, -and conquered the mous er FAT.
This glorious little woman Is doing her utmost
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eyes, you may plan to reduce your weigh; at
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make life really worth while.
Write her at once, and learn the anguish she
felt when her girlish beauty started to develop
to abnormal proportions. Read of the tears
she wep. when that monster “fat" made her
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fade into oi#»»vion. Liarn how she experiment
ed, bow she tried everything and, rinuily, with
patient effort and det rm nation she conquered
her fat. Learn of these things so you may im
prove your own form and destroy your own fat
so it will not be longer necessary for you to
suffer the jibes and sneers of others. It mem
ber there is no exercising or physical culture
of any description in her treatment, no harmful
massage or worthless poison body lo ions. You
may eat as many xncals dally as yon desire and
go right on ra; Idly reducing. A most astonish
ing part of this fat-reducing treatment is
that it does not produce wrinkls or leave
the skin flabby. All who have been dieting and :
starving themselves, trying to reduce their
weight, aud who have been taking exercises ami •
internal baths aud who have been akmg in- :
terual and external remedies should write for a |
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WEIGHT REDUCTION VYHHOLT EXERCISE
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Everything will be sent absolutely free. Dc
not send any money, because it is absolutely
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Address TEXAS GUINAN. Suite 269 Lanco j
Building, Los Angeles, California.
tue$, though on an ordinary day she
would have been filling the orders in
happy haste.
But when one ‘has been told that a
new worry must be taken into one’s
life in the form of an invalid brother-
in-law, one’s skyline is apt to be
blurred by a dark cloud that nothing
can pierce.
She worked away with a very storm
of rebellion raging in her heart as she
thought of the letter her husband had
given her at lunch time from the
brother in the city who had done so
well and had so much, wherein he made
brutally plain that it was her hus
band’s turn to care for the invalid
brother; and. as memory insister upon
recalling the bitter invectives she had
heaped upon the name of the city
brother, hrr angry demand that Mr
Jennings write him at once and show
him that the greater duty lay with a
childless man of comparative wealth,
her anger was untinged with the slight
est compunction. She ruthlessly brushed
aside the thought of her husband’s fear
of how unpleasant it might be in the
city for the invalid who had ever been
his favorite brother, and she quickly
overshadowed the feeling that came to
her of the probability of the shortness
of the time the invalid would be a
charge upon her or anybody, by forcing
into the foreground of her thoughts the
additional work she had taken upon
herself in view of the college education
Mr. Jennings and she were bound
clever, studious Tei should have. Work
that was keeping her sho ilder to the
wh<jel ceaselesly and preventing her from
entering into any of tlie outside pleas
ures of her idolied boys.
As she moved toward the parsley bed
it was the latter fact which suddenly
became 'paramount. Ted’s words as he
and Phil had scuttled to the ball game
after lunch were in her ears: ‘Mrs.
Trent says, mother, that you’re the
greatest stick-at-hoine! And you know
you really haven’t been at a game this
year. Mrs. Trent’s just batty over base
ball, and hasn t missed a game this
season. She’s the dandiest rooter!”
Of course she had heard all that be
fore. and been quietly amused, but be
fore her was the picture of Mrs. Trent’s
uncared for home, her ragged boys
hanging about the Jennings' house at
luncheon and dinner. time through the
holidays, with the unvarying, “M^a says
we can stay if we’re ast,” expression on
their dirty little faces. Heretofore she
had not given Ted's enth isiasm a sec
ond thought, but today, when it had
come on top of her husband’s announce
ment, it had left a little hurt. Mrs.
Trent’s sporting proclivities were ap
plauded, while her own sacrifices, her
hard work of that summer—and seven
teen-year-old Ted was of an.age to real
ize just what she was doing for him—
went unnoticed.
She did not go about her customary
duties when she had the parsley and
lettuce ready for Brown’s grocery. She
sat on the side veranda that commanded
a view of the distant ball field. and
looked long and steadily at the flying
figures in the much talked of game be
tween the Badgers, of which Teddy was
captain, and a team from a nearby town.
All along she had told hersel:' that It
was a game she would see without a
doubt, but the “feat” she had been un-
abl# to accomplish on account of her
biggest order of the season from Mrs.
Darrel, the great lady of the town, who
was giving a reception in the evening
and wanted Mrs. Jennings’ choicest
roses 'picked not before 3 o’clock and de
livered not later than 5 . Unfortunately
Mrs. Jennings was delivery boy as well
as florist, hence the reason of "tier non-
appearance at the big game of the sea
son. And she would not be missed, she
told herself, because she knew about
as much about baseball as one of her
fragrant roses, and Mrs. Trent, of
course, was there to do such “dandy
footing” for the Badgers.
Mutiny blazed in her quiet eves as
they followed *he players. Something
there was within her crying cease
lessly that her efforts were not appre
ciated. and it was not too late, the in
sistent something whiskered, to brink-
a new order of things into her life
Let the college fund take care of it
self or leave it to father. She would
give up the garden for profit; she would
become typical fan converse as
aptly on the subject r baseball as di
Mrs. Trent; she would see to it tha‘
their 6 o’c dinners were taken in
the dingy restaurant d own on Main
street where the Trents had more
than half their meals; and, above all.
nothing would induce her to accep*
the charge her husband would put upon
her.
The clock striking 3 sent her hur
rying to her rose .bushes. H®**
figure breathed grim determination
as she carried her basket of roses into
the kitchen. In the center of the
room she paused. S range that it
should appear so unusually homey
‘I WOULDN’T HAVE YOU LIKE UBS.
TRENT POR All It THE WORLD.”
and bright and good. Suddenly as
she surveyed it with a little catch in
her throat she sat down by the spot
less table; and, just as she had stared
at the ball field, so r ow her glance,
going across her vegetable garden,
fixed Uself on the untidy Trent yard
adjoining. She could see the clutter*
back stop and the kitchen window
deplorably in need of care, and her
mind’s eye went farther and saw
what lay behind the window—a
kitchen that to her had ever been a
nightmare.
1'or many moments she sat, brood
ing. planning. Mrs. Jennings seemed to
bfc a Mrs. Somebody Klse, looking into
the Jennings’, home that had become a
second Trent home, bleak, utterly un
homelike, and she was seeing Ted and
Phil evolve into objects of neighbor
hood consideration. Then, quickly see
became Mrs. Jennings again. Her eyes
swept the roonf that for eighteen years
had been the apple cf her eye. and her
blue hour saw its' first smile. “No.”
she said softly, “1 guess not.! 1 couldn't j
change into that ij'pe. I'll just have
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^.^^.DEN TEXT: “Thou shalt love the I*ord thy God with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and
thy neighbor as thyself. Duke 10:27.
You will remember that last week we
studied the first table of the law—the
first four commandments w^iich treat
of our # relationship to God. We learned
that He must be supreme in our lives,
that our worship of Him must be spir
itual, that reverence must be shown fLJs
.lame, and that by a proper regard
for His day we must recognize His
ownership of all of our time. We
learned that it if* utterly impossible
..or us by ourselves to keep these laws,
out that by Christ’s love in our hearts
.ve might love God with all our heart,
soul, strength and mind, and thus keep
-he law. for love is the fulfilling of the
law.
Today we are to study the second
.aoie oi tne law wnich contains God’s
plan for us so far as our relationship
~o our fellow men is concerned. If we
malyze them as we have tlie first four
commandments we will find that after
God is placed our parents, that they
ire placed higher than the rest of our
fellow men, and that in a way the rev-
jiexice Wi.ich is due them by us borders
that by which we should remember
God’s day and hallow His name. The
sixth and seventh commandments deal
with our relationship to the bodies of
our fellow men; the eighth with our re
lationship to His property; the ninth
with our relationship to His personali
ty; and the tenth is all inclusive.
A further analysis of the first table
of the law will show that at the basis
of our dealings is our thought of Him,
then our words concerning Him, and
then our deeds. With reference to the
second table, (leaving out the fifth
commandment which bears an interim-
mediate relationship), the order is re-
to go along being an ordinary, every
day wife ana motner, making sacrifices
and doing my duty even if appreciation
never comes my way.”
Later, when the boys rushed in tired
but triumphant, and father came along,
with the dispirited look that had lain
in his eyes when he went away at noon
time deepened a thousandfold, the Jen
nings family had never sat down to a
more tempting dinner than the one
mother declared ready as the clock
struck 6; and mother’s radiant smile was
never more pronounced than when she
listened to Ted’s glowing account of the
game. She had had her blue hour and
she had put it away from her and could
smile sweetly, sympathetically, into
father's wondering eyes.
Strange to relate, Ted seemed to
have forgotten all about Mrs. Trent, and
it was not until he came up to her when
she washed the dishes after sending
father to the writing desk with a happy
smile on his face, that the “good sport”
was mentioned. Then to Mrs. Jennings’
everlasting amazement, came a touch of
the appreciation she longed for.
“Mother,” Ted said, lounging beside
her. “that certainly was the dandiest
dinner. And it was beastly hot cook
ing. wasn’t it? You're always work
ing for us, aren’t you?”
“But I’m going to stop, Ted. and be
come a baseball—fan. isn’t it?”
“You! Not on your life! I wouldn’t
have you like Mrs. Trent, mother, for
all the forld.’ Ted’s tone was inef-
PARIS.—The majority of the buyers
fably scornful. “Why. the Trent kids
only see a decent meal when they j
come here. Jimmy said the other day
that he’d give a farm if his mother
could make a meat pie like yours.
You know the boys all call the Trents
the ‘can family.’ because Mrs. Trent
buys canned soups and canned meats .
and canned pretty near everything. I
guess. Oh, mother, dear, you're so dif
ferent from that kind of a mother!”
Mother found it necessary just then
to fuss about the pantry. When she
came back to the kitchen Ted was
standing with father ori the veranda,
looking out on mother’s wonderful gar
den. so mother’s wet eyes went un- 1
noticed.
“Well,” she said softly, “for one
blue hour this a'ternon a certain Mrs. j
Jennings was pretty much of a goose.” i
She flashed a happy smile at Ted as ;
he glanced back at her.
“Bless his heart-—the ‘dandiest* din
ner!’ ” Her head went up proudly.
“Guess there are more ways than one.
of being a ‘good sport. Mrs. Jennings.” |
-Then she went out to'father and Ted.
versed: our deeds, our words and our
thoughts. And when we think the mat
ter over carefully we can appreciate
very ^keenly the absolute truth of
Christ’s summary of these command
ments. We could, not have a thought
about God, nor speak the words about
God, nor do the deeds for God that we
should unless we love Him as ourselevs.
Neither can we do the deeds by our
fellow men, nor speak the words about
Him, nor think toward Him as we
should, unless welove Him as ourselves.
LOVE AS SELF.
Let us look closely into each of these
commandments which constituted the
second table of the law and deal with
our relai onship to our fellow-man:
“Honor thy father and thy mother.”
This commandment carries a corollary,
that father and mother should so live
that they may deserve the honor. How
can we honor our fathers and our moth
ers? When we are small, best, by per
fect, implicit and immediate obedience;
and this carries with it a great deal
more than would appear at first sight, on
the surface. One of the faults of our
present time is the tendency of children
tc talk back to their parents; to argue
with them when a command has been
given; to obey in a sulky manner; to be
dilatory. In every one of these in
stances the fifth commandment has been
broken and the promise of a long life
has been forfeited. Think this through
carefully; immediate and implicit obedi
ence! A young man or a young girl in
the teen age dishonors the parents by
his or her attitude, in thinking the pa
rent an “old foggy” and a “back num
ber.” May God forgive every one of us
for our sins in that respect, at that age,
and help those who still enjoy the bless
edness of having their father or mother
living to give them the honor which is
due them, and which borders very close
ly to that which is due to God, since
they occu # py the position of vice regent.
The sixth and seventh commandments:
“Thou shalt not kill;” “Thou shalt not
commit adultery”—these deal with our
relationship to the bodies of our fellow-
men. No finer comment can be made
upon them than the interpretation which
Jesus Himself gave to them, by means
of which He showed that the deed was
but the expression of the desire, and
the desire was just as culpable as the
deed.
The young men of our cities and the
young women are being used largely as
the tools of the devil to break this law
which is the very foundation of society
and home life of our own nation. They
are doing this by their modes of dress,
by methods of amusement, and by gen
eral looseness of manner one toward the
other, ;Which has been growing rapidly
In the last decade.
God gave us this law because He
knew the keeping of it was the founda
tion of happiness. May God pity the
way w^e are drifting away from Him.
The eighth: “Thou shalt not steal.”
There are a gopd many thieves who
would not recognize themselves if called
such: one gets on a crowded street car,
the conductor in his confusion and de
sire to keep the schedule, overlooks hin
as he is collecting fares; he gets oh
the fear at his destination with his nicke’
still in his pocket. Who is the loser',
is he not the greatest loser? So man?
people have been dishonest in this waj
that the Pay-as-you-enter car has be
come a necessity from the standpoint of
the company. Here is a customer whe
goes into a store thinking he is dealing
with an honest merchant: the instruc
tions to the clerk are that “ne should
not sell below a certain price,” but that
he may get as much more as he can
and divide the excess with the house.
Is that honest? Here is a case in court:
the lawyer^ agree u*pon a fixed sum,
with the consent of the court; the cred
itor who has furnished the goods gets
nothing or only an infinitesimal amount.
Is this honest? We might multiply in
stances—remember what G^d says.
“Thou shalt not steal.”
The ninth commandment, “Thou shalt
not bear false witness against thy neigh
bor,” referred originally «to lying in
court. It is much more inclusive than
that; it includes that bit of gossip which
is such a sweet morsel tinder your
tongue; It includes the suggestive shrug
of the shoulders; it also demands the
w’hole truth, and nothing but the truth,
alxiut your neighbor. It also demands
no ill words about him, and the exercise
of the same mercy as you would have
yourself if you were placed in his cir
cumstances.
The tenth commandment covers the
most blighting sin of our modern life,
covetousness. If is a sin which is con
demned most severely in the Scripture.
God classifies it along with murder, l>ing
and idolatry; and one who is guilty of it
is thereby shut out of the blessings of
heaven. What is it? It is some imes
called shrewd trading today; it is com
mended by others under the name of a
saving man—It shows itself as a hydra
headed monster. It is an inordinate de
sire to have ^I'hat your neighbor has,
whether that be money, or position, or
reputation or possession. Think it care
fully through your own life. Maybe,
like the rich young ruler and like Paul,
you could measure up to the other nine
commandments and find yourself guilt
less, and then be guilty in this respect;
and James says “whoever offendeth in
one point is guilty of all.”
Again, we must come to the conclusion
we came to last week, that of ourselves
we are not able to fulfill the demands of
God’s law for us in order that He might
make us a peculiar treasure, a kingdom
of priests, and an holy na'ion. But
again we can thank God that there is a
way by which we can fulfill these de
mands of His. by having in our hearts
that love of (God that is shed abroad
through the Holy Ghost which Is given
to us, so that as we identify ourselves
with Christ, and He lives His life in us,
we may keep these laws and be accepta
ble in God’s sight.
When God uttered these words the peo
ple trembled and drew away from the
Mount, but Moses drew near. As we
contemplate the terrors of Sinai, as wo
recognize how utterly unable we are to
meet God’s demands for ourselves, we
can well appreciate how the people felt.
But Moses’ way we should emulate. Let
us draw nigh as he did, and recognize
that we have access to God in Jesus
Christ, the beloved Son, w!k> loved us
and gave Himself for us, that He might
keep the law for us, and that we might
be justified in Kim. '
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