Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, December 11, 1917, Page 5, Image 5
©Co,.'' Dear Vhildrert: You will iiollee possibly that some of the letters are not of such recent date, the reason for that is easily explained. 1 am trying to have every one in the paper, and so I file them all and take some from the week’s letters and some out of the older ones, in that way you see we will all he heard from in our time, don't you think that a' good idea? H It seems hardly possible that Christmas is so near, just think, only three weeks more and Christmas will he over. When we were talking! about suggestions I guess you girls who make tatting thought that you were luck* in your abilitv ’to wake im»st acceptable gifts, for let me tell mu nothing can be more acceptable to any girl, mother or grandmother than a few yards of beautifully made tatting, there are so many uses for it. from pillow cases to lovely waists. Come right along with your plans and suggestions. 1 * ? ,e e vou are as enthusiastic over Christmas as your Al NT .11 L.IA, p g.—I want to thank Bernice Beauty for her picture, bhe gate no address. I appreciate the picture very, very much. Orar Jiut Julia: It to with the greateat «f | pleasure that I writs to tbi» happy band «f ! (iris and IW* What bs'- r ou all been doing thto fine Thahksfinnc da« Had a s<*d I C<M » t purely " h *‘ are you aU going to ft" for it will b- somewhat <lnll. a» mv” «< «!»♦ J'"* have gone to the navy and ann>. Say. 4‘ r xtsat are you all going to vend to yvor Mv this Ctatatnaas? I tnink we ought to send them nomethiiut nice, as they are >o tor n W from home. You can make fancy tie bol lerw -net hangers, handkerchief girts tatuog bag' fan- - y hand kerchief» an> . is jtwt kwds of things y- can make lovingly. , OJiTOL . s CLEVELAND. Walhalla S. C.. Nov. 29. 1917. p. S.—Would like to eoriwpond with of these Mneeyed scaviar liear Aunt Julia It b m> cold Ibis nftw n-wn and as 1 am sitting in a eery corner by . z.ssi oak fire. 1 f**l it is J*’ f,,r to drop the roositre tny first line. We live up in north <.ecrma »n the N«w utt mountain. mU«* from Ellijay - I dear 1r love mountain life. The mountain U*’ wMeh wo live ts covered witu about L-4>’ ■ iUe,. There i. a P-.h leading ap to the , top of the mountain and »<■ children 'em tiXe« go up there and bare a pleasant time gathering wild '•berries and fruits. At t.w . verv top Is a tittle pavilion wtn-Ji the people ' cs p B -tabernacle. ’ From this you ran get a beautiful view of the surrounding roun (tor home ia near the foot of the mountain, vnd we can raise most anything. Around our loner we have some large grope and senpper <ong arbors that certainly do their duty a: the proper tline. ; srfsh all the cousins vrouM bo witn me next rrjdav and Saturday. A party of friends anti o<tr tomiiv are going about throe miles from nty home’ to another range of mountains and nMt chestnuts. I will write you later and te»| you of our adventures and success. With lev. and be<t wishes to you and all the cousins. I atn. Your loving niece and rousm. SUSIE MAY NORTHCUTT. Ellitoy. Ga. Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins Here comes a row cousin, who has been a silent reader of your letters for rorne tim-. May I describe myself? I have brown eyes K Um. *- I* ll rtrwnitate. Vnta Mas, I I stater Irw W.rta * S«F»Jy C«s ■•*•«. Ofc • Elegant Guaranteed Watch $3.95 1 g£,s al ■a&fcad atertt* nUjhw cbm. ■ It or «M«Jda<. ittij AaaMa hattag mmw tww--.'' C< ttgnred. •••«>-wiad aad gtrw ••C. w*tb io~< Aa-Vfw »4m. ▼*•* e*axa or fM» for m*». WY*b rn wwiw rt pay F««r ■ I Maia 93.94 oa«p aad .t n y«ur». Order at raaa. Oa ■er—Baf a<yaar« mMaMnctavar’aarCeaa tMaaMT ex •r« , xr“ s t*-.* v*; %n? x atataaa- Baataa C9.« 99 W. A9aoa Ota* Om*c-fb>»UU DON'T SENT ME A CENT! JUST YOUR W NAME! Let me rive you f one of my brand new, G|w^>ou -never-ased. 1918 latest model. 5-passenger Ford ,49 <*mß< Touring Cars. I hav given away a lot of them. You might aa well - . have one, too. -s I have given nice new cars to one hundred people. Not one of them paid me a nickel. They w~re actually amazed to think how little they did for the cars they got. You just ought to see the let ters of thanks I get from them. I want you to have a car. Do you want It? It’s all up to you. Don't sit around and twiddle your thumbs while your friends are all out rid in g. Get a car free and join the happy throng Send me your name today and get full particulars. You’d just as well be riding in your own car as not. EmSmUmiiKbll I want you to have a copy of my nice new. two-color, free book. It tells you all about it. Just how to proceed to get your Ford Car free. It also con tains enthusiastic letters w from many of my Ford users. Jg y<, —————— Write to me today end let me send you this book. It will open your eyes as to how easy it is to get an automobile. Don't envy your friends. Have your own car. Become the proud owner of one of my Fords. You may. What a wonderful source of pleasure it will be—a producer of health —an asset in the struggle for success. It is your duty to yourself to own one. I have given cars to old men, young men. blind men. women, ministers, bu.dner* men. farmers, merchants—even to boys and sirls. You can get one. too. Let me know if you want one. Fill out the coupon below at.d send it today. This is your BIG CHANCE! WW. ruu.. h RHOADS Alrro CLUB Maaaser A <-ap;W»l Bldg- Topeka. Km. Rboad" Antodub. ——l >*6 Capita BW» Topeka. Kansas Send me your new free book and full I particulars as to bow I can get’ a new I Ford Touring Car free 1 Name. Address ...f tan-1 hair aud dark completion l win tea re • tny age for you to guess, between fifteen and I I cslic is a very small place, and ha- ”*• I prettv scenery for m<- to tell nbout. although I WC have some grand times here once In a while. A crowd of us young folks are planning I to go to Americus Thanksgiving night to > opera. "The Fall of a Nation. I»m planning * I Tre on a farm just within ,U S.J' l **. ’’.“V*: I have lived in town most of niy life, and city life better than farm Ilf;. May 1 »■ what ha- become of our '••“V''-..' h " r ’r.. , ders. Base Hospital No. IVrt Bliss. n * x - a We|i •« i ever’ <wic frowii’Dfc aml n n w ; .-ou«in coming. 1 nill - lose, with much love to an. A new rouain. ri’ TII ftl - warl . brolie. Ga.. Nov. 2ft. 1917. Hello there. Cousins: Will you admit another Georgian tn enter your letter boa. I have written two letters before, but I *'• Wastebasket must have got them. 1 has, b , * wbil. I describe myself. I. will try not to seare you. I have Mack hair. bla< k eyes and dark .-.-mplevi.m, I am siateen years old ' ami weigh al-iiil 105 pounds. , ~ I What do yo.i all think «f th.- war. ‘ » h '« x it is dreadful. 1 have two brothers in t armi We have a fine school in «>ur little tewi* We have four literary teachers ami a imnsto teacher. My teacher is Prof. Hughes. ! 1 WVwM ,n, bc f ’ n giad to receive cards from any | the cousins. an i ESSIE GOODWIN. ' Kebecia. Ga.. Nov. 28, 1817. Pear Aunt Julia and Cousins: I am •’ ,M ’-' of eleven rears old and lire on a farm l ike other t-ovs I enjoy it. 1 hare no sister or brother. 1 will describe myself. I have brown h-ir gtav eyes fair skin and weigh about SO pounds. I am I feet. 9 inches high. I eti jor reading the cousins' letters. 1 would like ?Zy mortTto bear from yon am< the cousins, l a. to a school With one teacher for screntn grade. Her name is Miss Rachel Gilehr l<t. I a:, in the sixth grade. I have always lived up north until last winter, when we moved down hero, ami I like it down h«re very much. As this is no first letter. I will close. Vour cousin. LEON WYLIE. Keyser. N. C.. Nov. 29. 1917. , nearest Annt Julia: Please let a llttl* girl 1 of the dear old Pixielaiid join your happy hand ; of .ousins. I bare dark . omplexion. light brown hair aurf eyes. I hare one <!«ter and , one half brother. I am twelve years old and iin the ninth grade. I co to seuool at Hook erton. wliieii is about half a mile from my home. 1 l ave as pets a large dog. ami a ; lent. I like reading and strdyibg. I th'nk l, hear Mr. Wastebasket knocking, so 1 will ring off. as I want yon to print my letter before > you answer his knock. Would like to corro- ■ I * «pon<J with the .-ousins. Farewell to all. A new <w«m. BAU.IE HARRISON. Hookerton. N. C. H*llo! Hello! We are asking for a chut—two brothers. I. Tommie, am twelve years old. | and Samnel Is ton. We aro both tonn ers. We like farm life fine. Aunt Julia, we both think -you are a goo.l auul to lot us have a corner in The Journal, the paper that papa is ro anxious tn road. We are going to learn to run the car next week. Aunt Julia, I we would like for you to visit ns when bog killing time comes. \V« had better ask a riddle and run. for I see Mr. Wastebasket with a ! big. wide open mouth coming after this now. , The riddle: Twelve pears hanging high: twelve nw. come rid ini: by; each took a pear, but left • eleven hairing there. Good-by. TOMMIE AND SAMVEL MODE. p. s.will tell you n'xt time about my visit to North Carolina. Dear Cousins: Please give me a seat by Mary Llxi'c Houser, of Rutherfordton. N. C. Wimld like for you to write me. as I used | to live tn Rntberfordtou. Aunt Julia, ns nil the cousins describe themselves, hero I go: I am 5 feet tall, brown eyes and curly hair, dark complexion and weigh Ifta pounds, and I ; will leave my age for some of the cousins to ; guess. It's between sixteen and nineteen. I will cloro by asking a riddle Big at the bot tom. little at the top. something in the middle going flippitv flop. let your letters fly to ANNIE MAY SHEHAND. I Gaffney. S. C. Dear Aunt JuliaiT'ease” semi to me otfle of your dub buttons, as I wish to become a mem Ker of your hanpy band. Eenclosed you will 1 find 1b cents In stamps for s«me. Your niece. CIII.OE HVDBON. Decatnr. Ga.. R. F. D. No. 2. Dear Annt Julia an I C-maina: I wonder if yon will permit another Georgia girl to vour ‘ hapnv circle of boys and rirls. 1 have been c silent reader. I go to seliool nnd have two teachers. 1 am tn the seventh grade. 1 am ce-rteen. have dark blue eves black hair and fair comolexioo. I am four feel and ten Indies high. Well, ns this i* my first time, I will qn’.t before Mr. IVsxteliesket steps In Your loving niece. ' EMMA TAYLOR. • Rcekell-*. Ga.. Route No. 1. Dear Auntv and Commas” Please move over and make room for one more Georgia girl. I am going to start to school Monday and am elart of it. lam eleven years of age. I hare •i-rk hair and brown eves ami fair coninle-'on. f live on n torn; and like farm life fine. W’-.it do you cousin® do for pastime - ' I sew ar.d wash dishes. Your new niece ami cousin. ALA ANDERSON. Hazlehurst. Ga.. 1?. F. D. No. 2. Dear Annt Julie and Cousins: Hero comes a now cousin from the dene o i,j state <>f Georgia »o Join vour liannv hand. ! live in the coun try and like ft flee. Hew 'nhnv of von cousins litre to re»d? 1 for one. I will describe my ■“lf. I am «weet sixteen years of are. dark '•sir. Mw eves, light complexion, f’vc feet 1 ’ >gb. weigh 141 noonds. Who has mv birthday. 'I January 4? t hear v»r WasVebsaket coming, <o goo-l-hye to A "nt J"lia n"d the eonslns. | Will answer all oarda and .letters received. i J.ovinclv. ROSA BENNETT. Ad.-1, fit . Route 1. Box 91. Dear Annt Julia: A« my other letter was 1 not In print I thought I would come again. • F am busy picking -otton and 1 like it fine. 1 My school will start next month. I can crochet. and I would like to exchange with some of I you cousins. I had better close. I hear Mr. Wastebasket coming. Good-bye. EMMA BASS. Monroe. N. C.. Route 3. Dear A”nt Julia end Cousins: Will yon lot s little North Carolina girl join your happy I band? 1 am twelve rears nt nee. My father i< a farmer and I like faro, life fine. I am i going to school at Tn ion school house, and I ! rm in the fifth grade. Wo surely have some I fine times at school. What de yon cousins do t f.,r pastime? I read most of the time. I ■ have read a lot this fall. 1 wish some of you cousins were hero to go to s< boo! with me. ■ Aunt Julia, what is voir home address? I Mv father tsfcea tli" dear old Journal and I I retro do entoy ro-,|inr the letter box. Mr t birthday June 21. Marie Freer.o and Ha-.0ß0 I Parker, the answer to vour riddle is a whoel- I barrow. i« it not? This is *nv first time to I write and now. Auntie you will have to ex | cure this lone letter. Wonld like to correspond with anv of you cousins. Tour loving niece • ard cousin. ELIZABETH LAI.LER. Rutherfordton N C • t»ear Aunt Julia and Cousins: I hope you would like to have a new cousins join the letter I lox. I like to read your letters. I am going t«» school now. I live in the country and go . t a country wbool. I live about two miles I from the school building. 1 am in the fifth I grade. My teacher’s mime Is Miss Klice Hor ‘ ton. 1 am thirteen years old. My name is ECGENIA LIII.LAR. Rutherford. N. C.. Route No. 1. I l*ear Aunt Julia aud Cowins: Please move I over, cousin-, and let me have a seat by Aunt I I Jolla. I !toi-e Mr. Wastebasket is out talking Ito his friends, so 1 an get in print. J will | desiTibe myself. I am twelve years of age. My birthday is September 28. I am light rom pier ted. with dark hair. I am five feet and three inches tall. I weigh one hundred and nineteen pounds. I’m in seventh grade. I live in towu. tny father Is a merchant. Marie Freese, the answer to your riddle is a wheel burrow. Emma Kancy, the answer to your riddle ts a atevw. Aas I right? 1 nUI ctoee THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1917. RASPUTIN Devil or Sai t? By the Princess Radziwill i Copyright. 1917, Public Ledger Company. All Rights Reserved.) RASPt'TIN "A FRAUD AND NOTH ING ELSE.” I have already related that his house had become a kind of Stock Exc.hatiKe in which everything could be bought or sold, where all kinds of shady trans actions used to take phM*c. and where the most distrusting bargaining for places anti appointments was perpet ually going on. Gifts innumerable were showered upon "him which he pretended that he distributed to the poor, hut which in reality he carefully put into his own pocket. Thtr peasant. who when he bad arrived in St. Petersburg for the first time had hardly possessed a shirt to his back, had become a very rich man. He had bouctit several houses, gambled in shares and other securities, and had contrived to accu mulate a hanking account which, if cne is to believe all that has been related, amounted to several millions. From time to time, however, he used to come oift with some munificent offering to some charity or other with which he threw dust in people’s eyes. They thought that it was In this manner that he employed all the money which was showered upon him by his numerous admirers. Tt was in this way that he built in St. Petersburg, not far from the spot where by a strange coinel dence his murdered body was found, a church which was called the Salvation Churcti. which adjoined a school for girls. There he used to go often. When ever he went he was always met by the clergy in charge with great pomp, as if he had been a bishop or some great ecclesiastical dignitary, and was awaited at the door with’the cross and holy water. This church was placed under the spacial protection of the Metropolitan of Petrograd. T'itirim. who often celebrated divine service in it. at wbic.ii Rasputin always made it a point to Im- present. Bift instead of awaiting the Metropolitan, as he ought to have done, hr had the habit of ar riving after him. Mgr. Pitirim. how ever. awaited his arrival just as he would have waited for the Emperor Indeed the submiss.on which the offi c’Xl head of the clergy of the capital affected In regard to Rasputin Is one of the most extraordinary episodes in the latter's wonderful career. In fact, when one reviews all one nas heard concerning this personage one .s tempted to ask the question his appearance in St. Petersburg had not brought along with it an epidemic of madness among all those who had come in contact with him. U hardly seems possible that bishops, priests, min isters. high dignitaries, statesmen, even, or at least men having the pretension to be considered as such, should have thought it necessary to go and seek the favor of this vulgar, ill-bred, dirty Russian mougik. devoid of honesty and of scruples, about whom the most dis graceful stories were being repeated everywhere, and whose presence in the houses where he was a daily visitor used to give rise to the worst kind of gossip. This gossip was of such a na ture that decent persons hesitated be fore repeating it. let alone believing it. Like an ins'dious poison it defiled all whom it touched. One fails to realize by what kind of niagic grave men like Mr. Fabler, for instance, who for some time had occupied the highly Responsible and delicate functions of procurator of the Holy Synod, one of the most important posts in the whole Russian empire, could be made so far to forget himself as to prostrate himself before Rasputin jn his eagerness to become entitled to the lat ter’s good graces and protection. And that he did so is at least not a matter of doubt, if we are to believe the fol lowing letter which the monk Illiodore by asking a riddle: When 1 went upstairs. ; wtoom sbouhi 1 sec with a fiddle upon his knee? Well. 1 will close, hoping to hear from you so<>u. Your niece and cousin. WILD A CLAKK. | Palmetto. La.. P. O. Box 38. Dear Aunt Julia nn<l Cousins: Please move j over, Mary Smith, and give me a seat by Aunt | Julia and the <-ou>ins. I hope Mr. Wastebasket has gone tv the tnovles when you receive me, for I want to go in print. 1 will describe my self. 1 am eleven years old and a brunette. Who ba.-> my birthday—January IO? 1 am in the seventh grade. I love to read the cousins letters, as 1 nave l»een reading them for quite a while. We do not get the Semi-Weekly Jour nal. though one of my friends lends it to me to read every week. 1 will close by asking a rid- j <!!«: Why is a bookkeeper like a hen? I will close «till much lore to Aunt Julia ami the I cousins. Your niece and cousin. Palmetto. La. HELEN TAYLOR. Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: I am writing i my first letter to The Journal. 1 am eleven years old. My birthday is October 24. 1 am at- | tending Hazeldeen school, and am in the fifth i crude. Well. I will close for this time, hoping to hear from this letter soon. Your new niece, I ULMA LAXGIOKD. Toomsboro, Ga.. R. F. "D. No. .1. Hello. Aunt Julia and Cousins! Here comes | a girl from Pae northeastern part of Georgia | that wants to join the cousins. Some of you ! <s>usins move around and let me come in for a | little chat. My father takes The Journal, -and I surely do enjoy reading it. I belong to the • Tomato’ club and have made twenty-two bottles ' ct ketchup and canned some tohmatoes and ' other vegetable*. The club girls here arc busy | getting ready for the fair. I crochet and tat and would like to exchange patterns with the other cousins. 1 am fifteen years old. Chest ruts are opening now and if some of you cousins will come to Clayton we will go nutting. I surely would like to come to Atlanta and see ‘Aunt Julia. I would like to hear from the boys and girls from different states. So good- i by. COIIALEE MOZELEY. Clayton, Gr. Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you please admit another Georgia girl into your happy hand of boys and girls. My papa takes The Semi-Weekly Journal and I enjoy reading the letter box. I have been picking cotton. Come at.d help me. For pets I have a dog. cat and calf, so, you see, I don't get lonesome. 1 live on a farhm of 519 acres. As the other cousins describe themselves. I will give you mine. I nave light bair, blue eyes, fair complexion, am ten years old and weigh forty-six pounds. We Lave’ a five-months school and I am in the sixth grade. As. this is my first attempt. 1 Will Close. HANNAH ETTA HOLBROOK. Cumming, Ga.. Route 1. Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you ad mit a South Carolina boy into your happy band of boys and girls. This is my first time to write to The Journal, and I hope it will escape the wastebasket. I live on a farm two miles from Walhalla ami go to school there. I will describe myself, as I see all others do. v I have blue eyes, black hair and fair com plexion. As my letter is growing lengthy, I will hop off. A new cousin. Walhalla. S. C. JULIAN ELLISON. Dear Aunt Julia: I am an eloven-year-ohl ehool girl, and I am in the fifth grade. My teacher’s name is Mr. Cook, We have a flower garden on our school yard. The boys have a football to play with and the girls are going to get a volley ball and net nn<l each one of the sebool children is going to get a tennis racket. Aunt Julia. (Lynda Belle Harris is my playmate. 1 like her best of ail the little girls. With best wishes and much love to Aunt Julia and the cousins, I close. Your niece. Dawson, Ga. LETTIE BELLE SMITH. Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you let me join your happy band? 1 am thirteen years old and live in the country. My father is a tariuer. und 1 like fnrrn life fine. I go to school at Union, and am in the fifth grade. My teacher’s name is Miss Alice Martin, and I like her very niueb. My dcskzinate’s name is Ellaabet!’ Laller. We surely have some good times together. For pets I have a calf, a pig and a dog. I wish you cousins would write tnc long letters. I wilt answer all letters and cards received. Your niece and cousin, BESSIE MATHIS. Kutherfordton, N. C.. Route No. 2. Valuable Poultry Book Sent Free Every Poultry Raiser who wants more money front chiekens should write to F. L. Carswell, 258 Gateway Station, Kansas City, Mo., for his new book, which tells how to. Gives many scien tific borne hetpa tar my atoa flock.—CJbtvt.) wrote from his exile on the fifth ot May, 1814, to a personage very well known in the political circles ol St Petersburg: “I swear to you with the word of honor of an honest man that the letter in which I called Sabler and Damansky the instruments of ‘Gricha’ (Rasputin) contained nothing but the solemn truth, and 1 repeat it ones more, that accord ing to what Rasputin told to me on the twenty-eighth day of June, lull, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon in my little cell. Sabler really kissed tile feet of Gricha, who. in relating this story to me, showed me with an expressive pan tomime in what way he had done so. I consider as utterly false and as a bare faced lie the declaration of Mr. Sabler that he hart never prostrated himself before any one, before the sacred images. "Respectfully yours, •S. M TROUFANOFI’, • formerly the Monk Illiodore." It is difficult to say. of course, how much reliance can be placed on those asertions of Illiodore. and whether Mr. Sabler really thought it necessary to fall on the ground before Rasputin. But out of this letter one can infer that the influences of the latter was considered to be important enough tor people to trouble themselves about relating stories of the kind to show it up. Altogether, one may safely conclude, out of the very spare material which so far has conic to light in regard to the activity of Rasputin, that we have not yet heard the whole truth about the cir cumstancbs which have accompanied his sudden rise and fall, and that there must have have been in both events things which perhaps will never come to light. But all of them point to some dark intrigue in which Tie was but one of the pawns whilst believing himself to be the principal actor. One must not forget the tzar himself is most liberal in his ideas and opinions, and that it was entirely due to his personal initiative that the constitution, such as it is. which Russia possesses at the present day was promulgated. This was not done without arousing terrible animosities, provoking terrible discon tent. From the first hour that its con tents were published there were found persons who began to work against it, and who by their efforts brought about the revolution of the year 1905, with the help of which they had hoped to bring back the days of absolute gov ernment, when every public functionary was a small tzar in his own way and when the caprice of the first police of ficial could send away to distant Si beria innocent people. This abuse Ni cholas U had determined from the first moment that he had ascended the throne of his ancestors not to allow any long er. This determination, of course, was not forgiven by the crew of rapacious crocodiles who up to that day had ad ministered the affairs of the Russian empire, and they It was who determined to take their revenge for this noble and disinterested step of their sover eign. Rasputin became the Instrument of the reactionary party, which he, contriv ed to make instrumental in ( carrying out his own views and aims. His head had been turned by the unexepected po sition in which he had found himself. It is surprising that he lost his balance and that he ended by consider ing himself as being what he had been told by so many different people that he was—prophet of the Lord, having the right to say whatever he liked, to calumniate whom he liked, to make use of whatever means he found at hand to eliminate from his path any obstacles he might have found intruding upon it. His name became synonymous with that of this ultra-conservative party which was leading Russia toward its I ruin, and which always contrived to re i duce to nothing all the good Intentions {of the tzar. Rasputin was a sympbol ' and a flag at the same time; the synff- I bolos superstition, and the flag of dark I reaction. It is impossible to know to this day whether he was not also what ' everything points to, that is, an agent iof . the German government who had ' entered into German interests, and who I had during the last months of his life been working together with Mr. Stur mer and the latter's private secretary. the famous Manassewitsch Maniuloff. towards a separate peace with the cen tral powers, the conclusion of which would have dishonored forever the tzar, together with his government, and i which would have provoked such dis- I content in the country that the dynasty ■ might have collapsed under its weight. There exist at least indications that such a thing was within the limits of possibility, and, if so, those who put an end to the evil career of this danger ous man deserve well from their coun try, and the leniency which has been shown to them is but the reward for an act of daring which, though unjustifiable from the moral point of view, is never theless to be condoned by the circum stance that its patriotic aim was so great that it was worth while risking everything, even remorse, in order to accomplish it. In a certain sense, Rasputin was the curse of Russia. Thanks to him. the purest existences were subjected to a whole series of base attacks and of vile calumnies. Thanks to him, our enemies were given the opportunity to pour out . upon us, upon our institutions, our 1 statesmen and even upon our sovereign , the poison cf their venom and to rep resent us to those who do not know us iin a light which, thanks be rendered to God, is an absolutely false and untrue 1 one. Russia is far too great for such things Ito touch her. That* Germany rejoiced at i every tale which reached its ears in re jgard to Rasputin is evident if one reads ■ its newspapers. That It was in under standing and accord, if not directly with him, at least with some jjf those who were his immediate friends and habitual confidents, has been proved to the satisfaction of all impartial persons. And that he worked continually toward establishing an understanding between the tzar and the kaiser is another fact of which more than one man in Russia is aware. Whether he did so intention ally or whether he was the unconscious .instrument of others cleverer and more 'cultivated than he ever was or wculd become, is still a point that has not been {cleared up to the general satisfaction. But that his so-called influence only ex isted over certain weak people, and that the tzar himself never knowingly allowed it to be exercised in matters of state, is a fact about which there can exist no doubt for those who know the rare qualities of heart and of intel lect of the sovereign. CHAPTER IV. 1 have quoted the impressions of {Prince Lvoff in regard to Rasputin, and | have remarked that I have had per sonally the opportunity to convince my grlf that they were correct, at least In their broad lines. The interview which j 1 had with Rasputin in CTie course of j the winter of 1913-14 left me with feel ! ings akin to those experienced by the I prince. This interview took place under the following circumstances: I had been asked by a big American newspaper to sec the “prophet,” whose renowif had already spread beyond the Russian fron tiers, and who was beginning to be con sidered as a factor of no mean impor tance In the conduct of Russian stale affairs. This, however, was by no means an easy matter, For one thing, be was Mreur TiMELT topics cJ/IWCTEP BYTJftS.UHJTtLTO/1. A BLACK SILK DBESS Sight of it stirs the heart of a Houston Editor. (Houston Post.» When the new officers returned to New Orleans from Fort Logan H. Root the oilier day there was a throng of out stretched loving arms to receive them, and this little sentence appeared in the report of the New Orleans States: “Un able to repress herself, one old lady in a black silk dress broke down and wept while her son, upon whose shoulders were shining the new silver bar of first lieutenant, squeezed back his tears as he supported her.” "One old lady in a black dress." And so here and there and now and then the black silk dress survives. Don't you remember it. you who liv ed back there in the oldtime? Don't you remember when the black silk dress stood for the dignity, the fashion, the refinement, the elegance, the ceremony, the maternal simplicity and modesty of womanhood? > Don't you remember the Christian ideals, the tenderness, the infinite pa tience, the sweet voice. Ihe kindly eyes, the gentle hands, the unwavering faith, the unfailing love, the untiring devotion of the woman of the blacK silk dress? Don’t you remember how queenly she looked when she wore it, with the sim ple lace collar and cap? How year after year on special occasions the one grand robe would adorn her frail form? When the bishop came to dinner? Don't you remember how impressive it was when one of the children was married? Don't you remember how it defied the changes of time or fashion, how neat and fresh and new it always looked? Don’t you remember how later on her beloved form was always draped In black, in never-ending memory of her loved ones who had passed away, and don’t you remember still later on she appeared no more in her accustomed place and that now and then you would take that black silk dress from its place in the closet and let your tears fall upon it as your thoughts clustered upon all that she was? Have the deft fingers of fashion ever created anything so beautiful, so ador able. so altogether womanly and moth erly as that black silk dress of long ago? Ts the garish, the flimsy, the lewd, the freakish, the brazen apparel of de generate days to be compared with the stately folds of that black silk dress* you knew in the days when life was young, when hearts were pure and sweet and before the noise, the fever the vul garity, the selfishness, the indifference of a. sordid humanity and enslaved the world? And jet here and there and now and then some old woman appears in a black silk dress to remind us of that far-off time in the age of yesterday, when it** dear heart who wore it never tarnished. WOMEN'S WOBK TN ’ THE CIVIL WAR. The whole circumstance of life has been changed within the fifty years that have passed since the civil war. In nothing is this change more noteworthy than in woman’s activities—then and now. Tempting foods for the sick and the supply of small comforts could not then be bought In great quantities from commercial manufacturers. The jellies and vegetables had to be seldom in St. Petersburg. He spent most of his time at Tsarskoie Selo, where his headquarters were the apartments of Mine. W. He used to make only brief and flying visits to the capital, where he possessed several dwellings. One never knew in which one he could be foupd. as he used to go from one to another, according to his fancy. He gave audi ences like a sovereign would have done, and before any one was allowed to enter his presence that person had to be sub jected to a course of cross-examination so as to make quite sure that no ma licious or evil designs were harbored by him in regard to the “prophet.” At last, after a succession of unavail ing efforts, 1 chanced to light on a cer tain Mr. de Bock, with whom Rasputin had business relations, and for whom he procured when the war broke out an im portant contract connected with the sup ply of meat for the troops in the field. Il was this personage who finally rb ta.ned for me the favor of being admit ted to the home of Rasputin. The lat ter was living at tfie time in a very handsome and expensive flat in a house situated on the English Prospekt, a rather distant street in St. Petersburg, whose proximity to the quarters of the working population of the capital had appealed to the prophet’s tastes. When I arrived there, at about 4 o’clock in the afternoon, I was, first of all. stop ped by the hall porter, who wanted me to explain to him where and to whom 1 was going. Upon hearing that it was to Rasputin he insisted on my taking off my fur coat downstairs, and then exam ined me most carefully and suspicious ly, surveving with special attention the size and volume, of my pockets, so as to make sure that I was not carrying any murderous instruments hidden in their depths. INTERVIEW WITH RASPI TIN. Upstairs the door was opened by an elderly woman with a red kerchief over her head, who. I learned afterward, was one of the "sisters” who followed the "prophet” everywhere. She ~*ked for mv name, and then ushered me ;n'.o a room, sparsely but richly furnisheu. There some half dozen people were w«iic ing, in what seemed to be to be extreme impatience, for the door of the next room to open and admit them. Voices were heard through the door angrily discuss ing something or other. Among the peo ple present I recognized a lady-in-waitm-g on the empress, an old general in pos session of an important command, two parish priests, three women belonging to the lower classes, one of whom seemed to be in great trouble, and a typical Russian merchant in high boots and dressed in the long caftan which is still worn by some of those who have kept the traditions of the old school. Then there was a little boy of about ten years old. poorly clad, who was crying bitter lv Ml these people kept silent, but the eager expression on their faces showed that they were all laboring under an intense agitation and emotion. When I entered the apartment a distant look ot disappointment appeared on all their faces. At last the old general ap proached me and, asked me in more or less polite tones whether I had a spe cial card of admission or not. “What do you mean?” I inquired. “Well, you see,” he said, “we all who are in this rom have got one, but there and he pointed with his finger to the adjoining door—"there sit the people who have come here on the chance, just to try whether Gregory Efimitsch will condescend tx> speak to them. Sonv have been sitting there since last night. ' he significantly added. And as he spoke he slightly pushed ajar the door he had mentioned. I could see that a room. ; anything smaller than the one we were in. was packed full of persons of differ ent ages and types, all of whom looked tired. They were eitting not only on the prepared by the housewives in their in- ' dividual homes. Little comforts anil small conveniences were prepared by relatives and personal friends. Charitable societies and sewing cir cles were kept busy. There were fa mous stopping places, at railroad sta tions. where soldiers were continually fed—as they passed to and fro on fur lough. There were no glass jars invent ed to can fruit at that time. Some used tin cans, but tin cans were scarce. There was a great deal of dried fruit passed along in the civil war, and it made a relish for "hardtack.” Military feeding was very different then and now. in "roasting ear” time and sweet potato diggings the confederate soldiers man aged to forage very successfully, but it was dreadful in winter freezes, when beef was the only meat in reach and corn bread the best chance for bread stuff. The loving mothers and wives at home saved everything possible that could be transported to army camps. They lived hard at home, and spent ; many sleepless hours contriving and toiling to send comforts and delicacies i to the front. The scraping of lint to dress wounds ; went on all the time, so long as the supply of old linen sheets and table cloths held out. I know how we util ized home-woven tablecloths and work ed up the linen articles into lint for wound dressings. There were no supplies like the pres ent Red Cross supplies. The constant, 1 every-day sacrifices went on all the time from IX6I to 1565. I cut up my woolen , dresses to make “fatigue shirts" for the i soldiers, and wore homespun. I knit } socks and sleeping caps and gloves day | in and day out. Woolen socks were con, ■ sidered essential to the health of our I troops in the mountains of Virginia and j ' Tennessee. It was a marvel how much , I was done under great difficulties. ONE ON BIUY SUNDAY Billy Sunday, the famous American i evangelist, recently converted a Japan j ese who was a butler, says London Tit- I Bits. The next day his master had a ; large dinner party and the Jap was told to do his best. Course after course came on, and the guests were delighted with the dinner. At last the Jap brought out a huge cake, as a final touch, and, remembering that Billy Sun day had closed his service with prayer, the Jap figured out that he should close i the dinner with a religious sentiment. Not knowing much of the language or ! of the Bible, he decided to choose the phrasq which converted him. So the j guests were amazed to tind on the caKe lin sugared writing: "Prepare to meet i thy God.” - That reminds me when a bogus Eng- I lish lord traveled through the southern states, and put it over on a number of our citizens. The bogus lord was en tertained at a luxurious home —not ten thousand miles from Atlanta. 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