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v • l/pun”) ■' WWW My Dear Children: Happy New Year to all: may many blessings tome to you this year. You have been dear, generous children and one of the greatest thinaa you've done is the adoption of our French baby. We are only a few dollars from our goal and I feel sure that this first week of the New Year will bring a response from many of you. No doubt some one person would be willing to make up the amount, but then it wouldn't be your baby, and I know you wouldn’t like that, would you? There’s a plan and hope in my mind whereby we may be able to get more letters in print; if it pans out I will let you know at once. The way you can help is to make your letters not more than 150 words long.' Write only one side of the paper. A dear cousin from way up in Vermont wrote such a nice letter, but it was on both sides, so it went to Mr. W. B. By the way, I wonder how many of you know how to pronounce • our baby’s name. I will tell you as nearly as 1 can: Yvonne (e, as tn eve, von), Dupouy (Dupoy). Will let you have her picture as soon as possible. With much love, AUNT JULIA. • Here i» your latent Honor Roll. Tin Foil—Mary Holt. Alice Puer. sOr: Sarah aixl Beulah Fotier. *1; Nora Nix. 1«e: Ora Alexander. 10c: L. Bart Vickery. 10c; Beedy Dodd. 10c: Ellen I Gray. 10c: Mary Smith. JOc: Gladys Nichol son. 10c: Edith Chamber*. 10c: Mae Drue. lOe; Beatrice Langtloo. I®e: Anita Wade. YOe; Mary Cox. 25c; Thelma Kinssey (broth er and sister*. 23c; Etta Mae Keys. 10c; Annie Mae Evan*. Mabie Evans. 10c: An nie Davis. 10c: Ijcuta Jeffords. 10c; Lottie Vincent. 10c; Ix»i* Allison. lOe: Bessie Vincent. lOr; Enid K. I Ketterman. 10c; Miriam Holladay Hu reins. $1; Allie Free man. 10c: Ruth Hardin. 10c; Ernest Pen nln<t*-n. lOr; Anna Lee. Wr; l»os oe Nix, 20c: Addie Mae Avery, 10c: Julia Mae Bur ton. lOc: Stella laicas. 10c; Fred D. Vana. 10c; Tarleton Dumas. 10c: Della Gordon. 10c: Willie Mae Merl ami Incram Holmes. 50c: Annie Wallace. 10c: I-eola Akins. 10c; May Belle Lowery. 10e: Velva Lon Haygood. 10c: Jessie Cramp. lOc: Garnett Scott. 10c; Pauline Moreland. 10c; Jes»le Wils-m. 10c; Myrtle Holbrook. 10e; Eunice Jenkins. 10c: Irene Bimp*n. 10c; Mildred Brock. lOc; Mrs. O. D. r<w<ins. SI: Alice,Franklin, sis ter and brother. 2Or; Clyde An,lre .Vs. 10c: Lois Irene Orr. t'k: Bessie Phillips. 10c: Gladys Jenkins. lOr; Georgia Flinc. 10c: Winnie Bishop. 25c; De-naris Cherry, 10e; Bertha Tearqe. lOc; Peartie Teague. lOe: Pearlie Thoma*. 10,-: Ruth Gray, 33c: lam EUa Perdue. 25c: Ruth Spillers. 10c: Mary Lea Blackwell. 10c: Madge Idol. 10c: Fran ces Holloway. lOr: Johnnie Byrd. 10c: El lie Glenn. lOe: Mamie Parker. 20c; Alice Drew lOe. Alice Dempsey. 10e ; Aria ter Long. 10c; Maggie Rader. 10c; Bertha Har non. 10c. Dear Annt Julia-—Here I come with JOr; 10c for the French baby »«d 10c for the R. C. I got my club O. K. From your friend. ROtK OE NIX. Blountsville. Ala. Rt. 3. Dear Aunt Julia and Costatea: What ha« become of our “OM-T inter* ?'• I have just finished reading t«day's paper and didn't 'find a sirgle ra» that had written be uare. But. of epnrre. the letter* ta« n»u ill. were fine. But why don’t some nt the nnes that wrote brng ago. just after ••our club" «n organized, write? It is a gre.it pleasure to me to find a letter from some who hare written before. So. now. won’t seme of yon “first line** cousins write? I am sure that other of the cous ins will join u>e in my reqne»i. I think It is very sweet in Annt Jnlia to suggest «*tr adopt ion of a little Frosch child. •nd the have answered her nobly, of course I am in favr «f our adopting ’be child, am! I am sure that it w<-n't be long until—thanks to ••we” cousins- »lu ron tell u« that she has wri.teu for the pb-Ho aod nan.* . f oar dear baby Lot’s all form a hard of true friend'liip and pat our total am-mne “over the top” at •are. I think that it would he s’ nice if we eeold all meet at a nice little club room and discuss this thing over. I am sure that we vrould do h’tsineaa. But as thia is impossible, we will have to “send l in” oar talks and dimes. I tbiuk 'iait Aunt Julia is doing a wonderful thi f»r us children, and I s-metimes feel that L it can't he possible that 1 hare never K met her. for •!* aeeans like a “really and ■ truly” aunt. Dwta'C she cousins? And , hope some day to be able to exp: * my her vocally. And now I wish »a’tew tnore words to you all anj URB***** ■"» thrnegh: Y-m sh> wrote to r* agi-la’t ge- an a: ..-* . r t> vour le-ter* M -r this t r an an-«. r. F r I = t it imp -»ib!c for me to them al! then. But if any of you • write lo me I s'.si! t v to .m*arrr xow. I w >uid e*| <•< iailjr like to , from acme ?t the girls ail over the ► F*- 4 Se now I mtsat go for this time, ■bet will con*e again before long if j may. BeU wishes to all xml “hroSevt” ones to Attar Julia. Stecerely. ETTA MAE KEYS. * t'albc.un. Ga. Rt. 2. B x 2. P. f.- Here is a dime for enr baby. L Dear Aust Julie and Cousins: Will ■*' ain allow me to enter your .mes? As look into y ur bright faces this nt n ug ■or B broad 'mile then-, and yo-.i ► ;r, ly ■pre a go-jd re*'-a for 'mi.ing. for the war known in history Ims «-■•«■> d Mbd already «.>mr of our friends and h ved have returr.-M ic u« while oth.ws arc the way. and although some will not Mfatra I think w- have g» d n-.,»0-,« to Is* at this Yuletldc. Ann: Join, yt-u ns to tell von what «•* w«-ro pl.in doing Christmas. Well I am plab.iing rxbl.lt hunt it. : 1 :be • Brother Kal.‘it “a-.-t fnrllw-r.** I ’.i,r..ts not answer H—n all personally. But I was fairly "delnrfed” with letters. Ua’come to believe the slogan that **Tl>e Journal Covets Dixie Like the Dew. and I think it is folly for any one to say that they will “answer all letter* rwetved.’ unices ’hey ate made out of stampa Cott' in*. I have a motion t« txtt tw'.re tbe house this moruiua. I make a tuott. n :hnl NEWEST MILITARY RIFLE 1000 Shot Steal Hamilton 22 Air *• Cal. Hunting P|f| e l ’mi* mn roe* , a,ssh Ce_ So n»- - 3_ wftl y T WATCH FREE y „ rrt Otis 6»« Wrwt Wad: or LftS »V JR >4 • £«•» - “, fol h for I > A-o Loco Corman, Kogers’SJ ’ . 7. Onbri»retOTS - a.°A,-g.-aq,'.- sas Throw your _ Ik voice- FJsy v* / aoabiea you to fool all y I fj yourfrirods. Also art WjWI V 'iTyzia I // a< vewtrilnqQlmm V' Y » L/f an Ug book of Jakes. By mail !• eta. Prmeid. Elhs A3OEE NOVELTY 00. 73 SUBxfartCuaa. THE OVIJA K. •A UK A WOXDECFCL TALKING BOARD. A swers all question-, past, present and ft tare. A nnyatery “Mind Reader'* and faith, ful ••Fortune-Teller” that keeps you won •P-rinjr. entertained and upeilbwtmL PRICE ONLY *1 •*> Postage 13c additional. W rite for it today. Pay postman *1.15. try it n:-te ’lays. If not satjaned. return it and I’ll refund your money. YOGGA MAGDA. DEI7. 11. 911 Tacoma bldg.. i*Mestg«*. ASTHMA Cured Before You Pay. I wth »d -os. It 3 tettb vt LANE'b Trestrnrot . rage ratal, wiki cowtUrtetv cured wr.dir>.th< I It 3 Ots.rr.ise sevrrepert cancels eSsree Address I D. J. LANE, nt Use tMg . M-Nacys. Kaasas. | Gali Stones Cured without kai’e er sursec. A ntw book- , let written by well kmmii entist. Dr. E. D. Paddock. TreuUtn. M-s. tells ab rit a simple remedy, easily taken at bore-. ETects remark- . a*4e relief ,n sh.-rt time. E tre- .e cjsrs cured ! •uicklv. Dr. I’add rek sends ‘he bcoklet free w all sufferers. Write today.—(Advt* . ,"Ali . >*?" .. Secret 1 k » etwx P»sd»a: nt - "9wßo tstiret 1 he. ; justablr A we make Anna Kieff honorary vice presl dent of onr club. Did I bear Gippie -la vis say she would second that motion? Good. Moved and seconded that Anna. Kieff i be onr honorary vice president. Cousins let’s hear vour yeas and nays on that mo tion. Her duty will be to write us one of those cheery, inspiring letters that have - won her fame, every now and then. Her • letters are fraught with good counsel and ’ advice, and I believe we sltonld show our • appreciation of the saute by bestowing this e boner on her. I believe all the cousins will agree with me that she is growing tn Z popularity. I am heartily in favor of - adopting the “French Irnby” and inclose ten cents for same. Fact is, you _ haven t . got a stronger backer in anything you undertake. Aunt Julia, than I. Where ' vott lead. I will follow. I would love to ' »et a letter shower on February 24. my • birthday. Hark. I hear footsteps Mr. Wastebasket is coming in the front door • so I will go out the back. Wish.ng : v.m all a happy Christmas nnd a yrosper : ons New Year. I am The Cousin from ; MissimiPPi- TARLETO n DCMAB ; Lucedale. Miss. i Dear Auntie and CoWiaa: Will you make I tuuui lor a tittle Alabama girt: Ants is my • tun attempt to epter tue circle. 1 live ou 1 ,ue farm and thin, farm life is Ute happiest r of all. 1 go io sellout ami am iu the tuuitli ■ grade. 1 eujoy reading the letters trout the - evusius. Tue la-Her uux is the tirst thing ‘ 1 hunt when papa gels ui « paper. 1 thins r the luea of auoptiug A trencli baby is just ' grand. Just uust of the poor little, suf- leriug bautes, auU how thankful we should be that uur country did not have tu suiter ; w ou account or tue war, and that we are • able to iielp »sire for one of those little ones. r .So come ou, cousins, let’s do our best. 31.. .ittie sister and tuyself are sending a di... each, auu 1 huve a little hrouier wuo wau, to help wild bis mite, i cents, so here is „■ , cents for Uie trench t-aby. Well, 1 fej.- t uiy letter is getting too long. 1 will «. . cribe myself and go. lam thirteen yeui . uh., ugve light brown hair, gray eyes au . lair complexion. Would line to get letlei' f iroui some ot the couxins about my age. . wild love to ail. THELMA KIMSEI. • Dawson, Ala.. Route 1. « Dear Aunt Julia: 1 aui right on to adopt- - lag a 1 rettcu tMtuy. I uiins it la just gnunl. : a am a karuier * giiL come again, a.uiu> e.'’.Jef. Tour leiier was xine. Well, as . ..1,-Mt of tue new cousins describe lueui ...es, 1 will try, so here 1 go: Dark hair. r b .-y eyes snu .air complexion, 4 feet 4 l ... •* .ail, weigh sixty-live pounds and am i . e.ie years oiu. 1 will answer ail letters ■ died. Aunt Julia, you will find eu- - t« acd 10 cents lor tue Soldiers’ Relief cluu. • DELLA GURDON. t I Geneva, Ala., B. F. D. 1. f ——— Hello. Aunt Julia and Cousins! Here we •utue again tu join your cuaruling circle ot j ’ i-e-ys ami girls. We are two Alauauui gills. »«c wrote once beture, but guess Mr. Waste . t whs uur.,ry aud ate it up Uie lust ■ t.-mg. We hope ue will be on a vacation alter Christinas. We are new cousins aud . will <,escribe ourneives aud go, so here we I go. l’lea*e dou t get scared, cousins. Annie . 1 -was: itark hair and complexion, brown ey+s, weigh seventy-five pounds, aga t*- i twevNi tweive and fourteen years. J, Ma :,le . ( .rg.it uair and complexion, black ejes, J w-ieU sixty-tiva pounds, age between teu and twene years. Oh, we think it w n,v ® of Aunt Julia to adopt a French baby. We are sending 19 ,-ents for the baby. We will i close, if we see this tn print we will come , again. Will answer all letters received, so. • -.u-ius, get your pen and pap* r • u ' l l« l your letters fiy to ANNIE MAB EVANS. MAULE El AN’S. Atmore, Ala., Route A. *•* 1 *»‘« Dear Annt Julia and Cousins: i’ajia takes Tlie Journal and I am always anxious to see J lie letters of Ibe cousins and have decided io write a letter, tw. Listen, you all, cuirntmas will »ooa be here and it is so cold | 1 am afraid Santa won’t get to see all of I uis cilildreu. Well. a» ibis is my first letter I will describe mywelf. lam a country girl, t-r.iwn eye*, brown hair, dark complexion. If this escape* the wastebasket will come l again. Wisaiug Attut Julia aud the cou.*- .O' a merry Chrinimas and Happy New Year. i iju.mgly y.air niece, ANNIE DAVIS. I’. S.—l’iml enclosed 10c for S. R. 0. Dea: Aunt Jnlia and Cousins: I have ■ -u ..aumg the cousins’ let lei s for a toug time aud Drink them fine, and 1 wish tu join them tn favor of adopting the French lati.y, lam a little buy. live on a farm teu miles I’rmn town. Well as most of the cous ins tiescribe themselves I will try. Brown eyea, dark hair and fair complexion, be nine years old the fourth of July. 1 go to Fair- ■ view Mhuol hut it hasn’t started yet. Will la-gut tbe first of the new year. .luuue. find enclosed HI cents for Hie l .-- neb lathy. With love aud best wishes :» auntie aud the cousins. MfED D. VANN. Bome, Ga., R. F. D. 8. 1 Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here comes a country giri just “sweet sixteen” from central North Carolina, to join your large uami of Isiys an<l girls. Uh, indeed, I m fond ot Auut Julia's letter box aud think it’a so nice that the Relief club is going to adopt a littl French orphan. I’m going to do bij “bit” to help, lor I’d dislike tu tie ■ue only slacker cousin. Weil, cousins, what are you all doing tftese days? Having a delightful time. I hope. I'm having a fine I time going to school and believe me, 1 have a spivuutd teacher. Iley, Iteubeu I’reslar, you’re the peaclilaud "tarheel” aren't you? Come again. Well, as I'm a new- cousin. I’ll describe myself. I am five feet five inches high, we.gh 116 pounds, blue eyes, fair complexion, brown hair. Goodness! You all sure know bow to giggle. But anyway, ’tia better to laugh than to cry. My. my, there's Mr. W. B. looking crosseyed at me, so I'll close with a riddle, where did Noah strike the first nail? Here's wishing Aunt Julia and all tbe cousins a Merry Christmas aud a happy New- Dear. a new cousin, STELLA LUCAS. P. B.—l inclose a dime lor tbe little Fren' li orphan. 8. L. Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: May we ’ join your merry baud of school boys and Mamma hM told us alxoit Frenclt , tmbies and we love tiiose little babies that ’ the Germans nave taken their mothers and fathers from them. Mamma and paint have bought War Savings Stamps, for we all love our flag or red. white and -blue, and dearly love our preAdent. Aunt Julia, we want , to help support the French baby, so you ■ will find eti<4osed 50 cents for the baby. We wish Auftt Julia and the cousins a merry Christinas and happy New Year. Yonr cousins, i WILLIE MME. MERL AND INGRAM HOLMES. Goodwater. Ala. Dear Aunt Jt)lia and Cousins: Here we come again and. Io vote fur the little French baby. We thiffk it can be eared for very easy. Enclose ■IOO for the baby (30 cents each I. We glad to see our let ter in print. and ret the baby’s pi< tuißrtin' it in The I Journal. Our LrutT-r that is An <-amp will CHiue home on a furlough soon, ifo-hwe sure i! I>e glad to see him. you going tu do <-hri*lnias? I guess\we will •ty at home and sit by the fire. Some of ‘U cousins eime and we will have \a fine •:me. We will close, hoping you \all a merry Christmas. Vour cousins. T BARAH AND BEI’LAH POTTfcR. Vernon, Fla. f Dear Aunt Julia: I ant a little girt five I years old and a* • have no little brother I or sister 1 want to help raise the bin lance for baby. I am enclosing ten/eents in stamp*- Hoping you a merry Christmas and happy New lear. Your little ffriend. ELLEN GliWh'. Pinebb-m Ga. \ fhese FREE n ’ Loikct **-• Lnatn. txxxxwooooAj* ~ ~,.| Neck Chain, inn ... T | Wrist Watdl with ad- J J , k-atl. r strap and ■£-.%■ »u<i E” -’’ Fou '’ lovely ■Mary.ZM .&■ • ALL Glsaa FREE t« V 1 (j, f, r aelii:ig *-niy 12 of W’wtff' V H Dale Mfg. rovidence. B. I. . I THE ATLANTA SEMI-U EEKLY JOI. KN AL, ATLANTA, GA. TUESDAY, DEULM^—O 8 L Mechanical World Calling for Women 'T*«» u -1 r r V;L ;..:x L ra..i mu.——roc MISS Ivy WILSON, GIRL MECHANIC, REPAIRING PHONE Women can construct or repair i sewing machine as well as they can run a seam. They are neater, cleaner ana fast er than men in certain lines of me chanical work. Centuries of repression has not crushed this surprisingly strong nat ural bent for mechanics. War’s ne cessities brought t out over night. It demonstrates that sex has nothing to do with mechanical genius. So says M. J. Gannon, foreman, telephone repair department of th e big Western Electric plant in S>D‘ Francisco. , , Today more than three hunfffeu women’ mechanics are used by tue Western Electric in their two large plants near San Franciscff. And they will remain. They win not be replaced by men. “The aptness and skill of women workers.” says Gannon, “in onr plant "chanical ability is equal to a homf Aw (ofiducM (hi A Homely Talk On Homely Subjects As a new year is at hand and be ginnings for a new crop are in order, 1 am gciitg to take the liberty (1 should say the highly esteemed privi lege) 01 asking the farmers’ wives W ho read the Semi-Weekly if they have ever seriously considered the profit that lies in poultry culture. Eggs are selling rapidly at 7U cents per dozen at this time. A fat hen, easily brings a dollar, and the feathers are in demand. According to amount invested what do you know that pays a better interest? 1 Turkey meat brings nearly, or quite fifty cents a pound dressed. Ducks | are good eating and geese are in [ request among our Jewish iriends. - Anything of the fowl genius brings | ready money. Guineas are famous < egg producers and pea fowls furnish | the most delicate and toothsome cooked meat in the known domestic poultry world. Why should not farmers’ wives specialize with poultry? It does not cost a fortune to prepare what tiic wise ones call a "chicken run.” There are wise ones who make big money by raising choice and fancy breeds but I am talking about eggs to eat and fowls to sell in the open market at prevailing market prices. When I was a much younger woman than now, soon after the Civil war, 1 had a common sort of a chicken house, with such nests as 1 could put up with the aid of a colored boy that loved to stay with “his missus” bet ter than with his mammy, and we together managed the fowl business at that time. He swept off that dirt flooring every day but Sunday and bad stormy days. He wheel itarrowed that chicken dirt into near by gardens and there it stfrved a good purpose. I set the hens and took off the-baby chickens. We fed them regularly three times a day and put fresh water in the drinking ves sels once a day. The hen mothers had a dry place to hover their chickens until weaning time. They had shelters from stormy weather in the daytime. We saw the chickens were all driven in and locked up all of them, big and little. Times were bard, meat and money were scarce and we ate chicken the»“lndian sum mer.” I counted four hundred young ones before I quit trying to count the frisky things, and I had at Xmas time eight fat young pullets that laid two eggs like they were paid by the day for keeping busy on the job. We had a fairly good wheat crop and we fed wheat, or rather my husband din after he became enthused with our success with chickens. We had lots of company some to stay a month at a time, and it was his delight to carry out with a big wash pan full of wheat all the household going to. to see him pour a tiny stream of wheat while I called up the chickens, to fight their way un anfl down the long wheat line, until the last grain was devoured. There's lots of fun in such a frolic as that and extra good living also. We had milk and butter, plenty ot garden produce, thanks to our faith* ful colored boy, and it brought day light into a dark place, because we had lost all we had except the dis mantled plantation from Civil war depredations. We had only common sorts of chickens, native breeds, pick ed up here and there, but good care and good feeding made the mon grels do their very best. One year I adventured with tur keys and had fifty-six well grown hens and toms at Xmas time. When you go into the poultry busi ness vou may set it down in your book that you can’t lie abed in the morning and you must keep a watch ful eve and enr. after dark, and the chicken house must be cleaned up as regularly as you clean tip your kitchen or von will soon find the voting die with gapes nnd the old ones will get lousy and die off like sheep with the rot.' T have preached yon a long nis course. as vou will perceive, hut I am sure vou will trv tn remember the text nnd the exhortation to raise chickens beer use they nre good to ent at home nnd verv good to sei' when tbe price of e«-rs goes over twontv-five eents a dozen my enrlv raising we had dnroinicke chickens and blue hens chickens, and nil we-p e-ood to eat ard to furnish rges If thev had enough cat and xvere •'•onng enough tn he tender. DOMESTIC RUG MAKING There is a state institution called the Georgia Training School for Girls, located several miles front Atlanta. Ga. I am one of the directors of the institution. Among other instruc tions we provide a loom for weaving rugs. We buy the warp, ready for use and make the filling of scrans of brown guernsey socks or the strips [fashioned from worn-out garments, tin the school. Nothing is thrown out Vri_ rot. They use dye-stuffs to color the\ worn cloth strips, and when those rugs nre finished ‘h°y are not onlyV useful but decorative. I tnWnk every farmer’s wife should secure bxne of these looms. Ther are modwii construction and easily inulal«d. i' be b-* :l ytt_ht>tl coverings • man’s. They are more systematic • and keep their work benches much neater. They manifest a keen inter- ■ est io their work, and are sticking their nose into every department. They are eager for knowledge. ; fn the Western Electric plant, . women mechanics are now repairing • cords. adjusting coin-collectors, . firitchboards, keys, plugs and pto- / lectors, converting inner phone sets, /testing all telephone apparatus such as sub-sets and bells, and assem bling transmitters and receivers. The first girl was employed six months ago. None had previous ex p'-riciice. The girls receive the same pay as men for the same work, ranging from sls per week upward. “They learn very quickly to handle the tools,” says Gannon, ‘‘although at first they usually skin their fingers with the screwdriver,’’ here has been a revelation. Their made on such looms, by a skillful use of old woolen garments. Every room occupied by the inmates of the Training school is supplied with these useful and inexpensive rugs, woven by the girls, out of almost actual rubbish. A LETTER THAT I PRIZE GREATLY Mayfield, Ga., R. F. D. 2. Dec. 23, 1918. Dear Mrs. Felton: A number of tir os 1 have wanted to write and tell ; yo 1 how much we enjoy your good 1 articles in The Journal, but just put lit off. I have a wife and three little 1 children, two girls and one boy, and jwe all love you so much that we 1 named our boy “Felton” for you. He i Is now four years old. I wish you could be with us and rnjoy our home-raised cornbread, sweet potatoes, home-raised meat and sorghum syrup. I have much that I could talk to you about were 1 to see you. but I now want to wish you “a Merry, Merry Christmas” and "a bright and happy New Year,” and rnaj’ your life be spared yet many more, years to encourage and help in many ways the world through the columns in The Journal. You are and have been, a great blessing to me and I want to tell you of it while you are living, and I know when the Lord calls you home you will hear the wel come words of the Master, "well done.” Again wishing your “a Merry Christmas,” I am, respectfully F. I. Bonds Stop Clock Frank Gottwalles, an old resi dent of Fostoria, Ohio, tucked away somewhere in his home $54.000 worth of Liberty bonds, lie could not remember where he had put them and searched frantically in his home to no avail. When his clock stopped he found that the bonds were hidden away inside the time piece. Delay in Legalizing “Verbal Orders” Ties Up Industrial Work Delay by congress in legalizing vprbe.l government contracts in caus ing an industrial setback, war in dustries board o'it ials declared last week. Before industry can return to peace time production, their capital tied up in government orders must be re leased, it was stated. Laws under which the government purchased war necessities, required specific contracts, signed in a pre scribed manner. But press of work made it necessary so tfee govern ment to give “verbal orders” to man ufacturers with the understanding that contracts would be delivered later. Sudden termination of hostilities left manufacturers with big sums due them for goods delivered and with large amounts of finished and unfinished goods on their hands, made for the government on such “verbal orders.” Confusion resulted, war industries board officials point out. Proposed legislation was submitted to con gress to legalize the verbal contracts so prompt settlement could be made. This legislation is still pending. Meanwhile, manufacturers are hampered by lack of capital for re organizing their plants and facto ries for their regular business. The mendous outlays ore required, offi cials said, for purchase of materials, for reconverting machinery and for pay rolls during the period required for the manufacturers to resume quantity production. War industries board officials de clared that legislation to clear these matters, to hasten payment for goods delivered and to expedite set tlemwits on unfinished orders, is of the utmost importance as an aid to Amerimn business during reconstruc ’ion. ' Influenza Restrictions Lifted in Savannah The influenza restrictions tvliici have been on since the Ihtter par' ot’ November were lifted last week by order of Dr. W. F. Brun ner, the health officer. These restrictions had the town closed up tight as far as public ' gatherings went. There have been no movies, no soda fountains or stores open aft er 6 p. m., and only limited church services on Sunday since the ban went on. GERMANY BANS TITLES Tlie German government has an nounced that no more titles, honors or decorations will Those now existing retailed sausage making Sausage }s made from the trim mings wMch are left after the •ides, baths and shoulders have been trimm* ’ Only clean, fresh mdat sht zrd be used in mak ing sausage. Grinding —The trimmings should be cut itito narrow strips and run through a sausage grinder, mix ing one P art fa t with two parts O s lean. Seasoning—After grinding, the ine-xt sliouid be spread out thin ly on a clean table and the fol lowing seasoning sprinkled over each four pounds of meat: 1 1-2 ounces of good fine salt, 1-2 of an ounce of ground black pepper, and 1-2 of an ounce of finely ground pure leaf sage. This sea soning should be thoroughly mix ed with the meat, either with the hands or by being reground, using a smaller plate on the grinder. Keeping—(l) If the sausage is to be kept for summer use, it should be made into cakes, fried about half done, packed In stone jars and covered with melted lard. The flavor, however, is im paired to some extent by this pro cess. (2) The bulk may be packed in stone jars, covered with melted lard, or paraffin, and kept until hot weather without the original flavor being lost. (3) Stuffing into casings is also a very good method for keeping sausage. However, if this is done 10 per cent (by weight) of wa ter should be added at the time of seasoning, to increase the pli ability. After stuffing, the casings should be packed in stone jars and covered with melted lard. Casings—Prepared casings can be purchased on the market, or they may be made at home from both the’ large and small intes tines. If they are to be made at home they should first be emptied and washed well, then soaked over night in lye or lime water. After soaking, they should be scraped both inside and out, wash ed again thoroughly, and packed in salt until ready for use. This, together with numerous other bv-pr*»i*cts of meat-curing, is explained Iff Extension Circular No. 32, which can be had on appli cation to the Agricultural Editor. Department of Agriculture. Ral eigh. N. C. MTEOFOam DEMES WITH CHE OF CHILD I “Milwaukee offers herself as a living proof of the truth of the asser tion that as intelligence in the care of young children increases the death rate invariably decreases,” says a department of labor statement is sued from Washington. “Six years ago this city establish ed a municipal health bureau, and for two years previous to that she has systematically complied and kept her infant mortality figures. “According to these figures the mortality of infants under 1 year of age was in 1912 25 per cent of all the death occurring in the city. In 1917 it was only 20 per cent. This substantial decrease is attributed to the fine child welfare work carried on by the local committee.” PHILADELPHIA, Pa—Super stition is fighting “flu!” Harry Rosenberg and Fanny Jacobs "were married in the Cobb's Creek cemetery the other day. , , . There is a superstition in Russia that a marriage in a cemetery will stop an epidemic of disease. “Flu” is raging in the Rus sian Jewish colony in Philadel phia. So Rosenberg and Mrs. Jacobs. previously unknown to •ach other (that’s the rule', ■/ere induced to sacrifice them i Ives for the good of the colony. •'Flu’’ is still raging. 400,000 Childless Wives Problem for British; Easier Divorce Urged One of the most active bodies deal ing witli peace problems in Britain today is the British Divorce Law Reform union. This organization is vigorously de manding laws that will make it eas ier for hastily wedded or other un happily married couples to secure separations. “There is no question of social re form that is so urgent and pressing from a woman’s and a national point of view,” asserts A. Horatio Taylor, chairman of the legal branch of the union. , . George Barnes, member of the war cabinet, recently stated that there are about 400,000 childless war wives in Britain. Many of these marriages were hastily contracted, contends the Di vorce Law Reform union, and a re laxation of marriage laws is neces sary to enable the unhappy parties to obtain divorces and start anew. Says Chairman Taylor: “We are constantly receiving letters from these parties. We also receive heart breaking human letters from desert ed women who will not break the moral laws, but go on living out their sterile lives in lonely, silent misery, when there are men waiting to bring joy into their lives if the law would allow it. “There are endless cases of women deserted and left with families who, to get home and protector for their families, have taken the moral law into their own hands.”, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle recently gave some interesting testimony be fore the National Birth Rate commis sion. He took as a basis the figure of a half million separated couples and the statement before the recent di* vorce commission hearing that 50 per cent of divorced people remarried. Therefore, if divorces were made obtainable for the half million now separated, there would be about a quarter of a million remarried cou ples. Crediting each family with an av erage of three children, he said, there would be an actual addition to the population within a few years of 750,000. Thus he held it no exag geration to state that within a gen eration or so the ravages of war could be made up from this source alone. Sir Edward says: “Even if there are children, there is no sanctity about a home in which man and wife are constantly at log gerheads.” Threatening Fire Is Conquered in Columbus Columbus, Ga., was threatened with a most disastrous fire last week when a blaze of unknown origin gained headway in the establishment of Heard & Averett. automobile agents in the Exchange build ing, where is located several hundred automobiles and various offices, adjoined by valuable property, including the Waverly ho tel. Several big oil tanks in the im mediate vicinity added to the se i piousness of the situation until the blaze was got under control. DECLARES MARRIAGE A DUTY “Persons contracting a marriage are performing a public duty.” wrote the deputy controller at Liverpool, England, instructing the withdrawal of a summons taken out against a firm for using petrol to convey a wedding party to and from church. 7,458 WOUNDED LANDED During the week-ended December 20, 7.46 S wounded and sick soldiers were landed in the United States from the American expeditionary forces. Tlo» surgeon general's report shdws that 5,828 were landed at New YOok and 1,640 at Newport 7<ows, Dallas, Ga., Girl Reveals Her Headache to Miss Carolina Jewett Carolina Jewett will answer your question personally by mail. Make your letter short, write on one side jf the paper, give your full name and address, and enclose a three-cent stamp for reply. Only a few of the hundreds of letters can be print ed, but she is selecting the most typical for answer in The Semi- Weekly Journal. No names and addresses will be printed. Miss Jewett has at her com mand the services of women physicians, lawyers and other sxperts upon whom she may call for authoritative advice in ans wering your letter. Address: MISS CAROLINA JEWETT, The Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal, Atlanta, Ga. BY CAROLINA JEWETT Here comes a girl, living in Dal las, Ga,, who apparently still hopes for a continuance of her romance with a faithless sweetheart who married another and ignored the troth he had plighted. The letter is as follows: “Dear Miss Jewett: “I am writing to ask your ad vice—l am unhappy and puzzled, too. I kept company with a young man and I am sure he loved me and I was fond of him. He asked me to marry him and I promised I would when the war ended. He made engagements with me, but re peatedly broke them. One day we went to a social gathering and he seemed to ignore me and talked with another girl almost all the time we were there. He called on me frequently after that and we went ton another social gathering and he repeated his offense of ignor ing me and chatting with other girls at the party. Suddenly he married—the other girl and they went to another town to live. A few days ago, my former sweet heart turned up here at home and he has written me to say he is coming to see me, to spend the eve ning at my home, and that he “wants to explain." It seems to me that if he had made a mistake in marrying, he should, at least be ■man enough to abide by his bar- Physical Defects in School Children and Young Men Evils and Remedies Given Which Should Appeal to School Authorities and Pa rents Alike BY JESSE W. ABMISTEAD In a statement of the defects in American education, with sugges tions for remedying them, written for the commencement of Reed col lege, and for publication in the Reed College Record, Dr. Charles W. Eliot, president emeritus of Harvard university, one of the most noted educators of America, says the med ical inspections of school children and the medical examinations of young men called for service in the American army and navy during the war with Germany have revealed in children and young men a large per centage of bodily defects which im pair the children’s capacity for doing efficient school work and which pre vented many young men from serv ing their country during the war. It is pointed out, however, that many of the defects and disorders tn school children are remediable, but thus far there has been no general organization and enforcement of remedial processes. “The remedies for the large per centage of abnormal and diseased school children and young men,” says Dr. Eliot, ‘‘are, of course, med ical, including all the agencies grouped under th 1 ? head of preventive medicine. The medical examiner, the school nurse and the district nurse should be regular members of every school system in the country, rural as well as urban, and their work should go on incessantly, not for a lew days out of the year, but all through the year. The first duty of these permanent officials should be the detection of defects and dis eases, unt their principal function should be following up the children to their homes ’.nd instructing their parents as to remedial action. Since it will not be possible to obtain per manent improvement in society as a whole in respect to the bodily de fects of children and adolescents until the whole community has been enlightened in regard to nutrition, housing, community cleanliness, anti the medical means of controlling epi demics, this medical instruction, to be given through physicians and nurses employed at public expense, is the most legitimate kind of public instruction in a democracy become heterogeneous. The expenditure is accessary .to the accomplishment of an indispensable reform. The begin ning should be made at once, and the national, state municipal <and county) governments should all take part in the work.” Mistakes in Diet Dr. Eliot points out that the stud ies of the American and European lood supplies have brought into’view the fact that the diet of the Ameri can people as a whole has been very wasteful and poorly selected as re- the chemical constituents. “AU classes, the poorest as well as the richest, have erred habitually in re spect to both quantity and quality of their food.” ‘‘The remedy for the bad diet of the American people as a whole.” iavs Dr. Eliot, “will be found in the addition to the program of every school in the country of so much instruction ;n chemistry, physics and biology as is necessary, first, to tho cojnprehension by every pupil of the different elements which make up a complete diet for Infant, child and adult, add, secondly, to the mastery by both sexes of the processes of cooking and serving food in whole tome ways. That amount of applied science should be learned by every boy and girl in every American -chool before the age of sixteen, and no subject, except the English lan guage, should take precedence of that subject.” .... To secure for every child in the country a complete course of physi cal training is a great national ob ject, Dr. Eliot declares, and part of the expense of the course should be borne by the federal government. In Switzerland there is a program of physical training for every school, and inspectors are appointed to see that the program is properly car ried out. “The war with Germany has already taught us that the Unit ed States should henceforth and at once do the same thing in aid of the much larger expenditures of the states and the municipalities on the same all-important subject. When a proper course of physical training has been in operation for twelve to fifteen years, the productiveness of the national industries will show a wonderful increase.” Dr. Eliot says it remains to be seen whether the efforts made in Russia and America to abolish the manufacture and sale of whisky, and the attempts of Great Britain to re strict the sale of whisky, will have permanent effects toward reducing the evils wrought on these people by alcoholism. “They are evils trans missible from one generation to an other through the birth of diseas ed, defective and feeble-minded chil dren, and of children peculiarly sus ceptible to formidable diseases in later life.” He says it is the duty of all schools and colleges to impart this knowledge to the pupils, and that no vested interests and ik> class priv ileges should be allowed to interfere with the discharge of this serious public duty. Mental Tiu ' 1 -- "YgU ’ ' 1 ■ r ■ 1 >(: r I’l1’l a>fl gain. And yet—l cannot feel, in my heart, just what I should do. Do you think I should see him again. "PUZZLED.” I believe you would be commit ting a great folly, a shame upon your honor, and committing a great sin against this man’s wife if you were to see him again. Surely his faithlessness should convince you that he is not a real man. Forget him. “Dear Miss Jewett: ’“I am a girl eighteen years. I am in love with a soldier boy. He seems to like me very much, but persists in flirting with one of my friends. Should I drop him? “A. W.” If you are not engaged to your soldier man. I am af~»ld you can not very well prevent hint from flirting—flirting is'a pastime to which all young fcpks are more or less addicted. don’tTyou think? Why not make yourself tso attractive to him that he wilLnot care to flirt with other “Dear Miss Jew/tt: “My sweetheart is a soldier in France. When/ he went away, in deed the very-'day he left here, he asked me to do something and I got angry and jve quarrelled. He has never to rne, although I know where and how to ad- dress him. x' that he isi gone, that I love rim very muck Perhans I was foolish ’re-get angiy with him before he went fight. Anyway. I do want him to come back to me. Do you believe I should write him and say I am sorry? “ELLA G.” • •• If you quarreled over a trifle, it would be best to write him, as you suggest, and tell him you feel in jured that he should not have writ ten to you. Perhaps he is only waiting for some sign from you and reallv wants to write to you very much. Os course, if the re quest he made of you before he went away was one that he should not have made. I believe it would be the better wav to wait till he comes home. Perhaps things will work out best that way. conditions of affairs until the army officials were compelled to deviate from their fixed practice of denying illiterates admission into the army. “The remedy for the high percen tage of illiteracy in the United States,” says Dr. Eliot, “is to be found in an increased interest of the state governments and the national government in public education. It is an intense national interest in peace times and war times that all the people should be able to and to read the English language. ‘ “Every school program in the United States should provide at once for the acquisition by every pupil of some kind of ocular and tnanuul skill. There is no such general pro vision or expectation now, but the lesson which the war so plainly taught must not be lost on any of the authorities that control or influ ence the programs of elementary and secondary schools. . . . It is not to be expected or desired that all pupils should acquire the same sort of skill. On the contrary, variety among pupils is highly desirable, but it is indispensabile that every pupil acquire some skill. Every girl should learn to sew and cook, and every boy, when he is strong enough, should learn to use tools. Every child, whether girl or boy, should learn mechanical drawing ajji the elements of freehand drying ■ Struction i» thea* ■ begin in the elementary school be carried through the secondary school. And, in addition, every child should study the elements of cheift istry, physics and biology ip an ex perimental and concrete 'manner, partly for the reasoning of sciences, of course, but alsot for the training of the senses whidh come through the proper study oA them.” Training the Senses ■ In regard to the training uof the senses, Dr. Eliot has this to say: “In most American schools there has been a lack of systematic training of the senses, and little intelligent effort has been made to procure in cessant activity on each pupil’s part to record, remember and describe ac curately observations made by his own senses. Little systematic train ing has been given day by day in the processes of determining facts and weighing evidence. No systema tic, every-day practice of accurate statement in speech and writing has been insisted upon. Worst of ail. American schools have neglected to enlist and cultivate assiduously the interest of each pupil in his daily work, in spite of the obvious fact that no human being—child, youth or adult—can do his best work un less he is taking an interest in that work. Hence, American schools have, as a matter of fact, failed to train the great mass of children for suc cessful earning of a livelihood in the American world of today, and at the same time they have failed, for the most part, to inspire the children with the tastes, ambitions and as pirations which would guide them to a sensible and enjoyable use of their leisure.” As Dr. Eliot says, this Is a se rious indictment against the can schools; but to nrove the truth of his statement, the grownups of today have only to look back at their own school experience, when they will no doubt find that the same con ditions existed then. Our powers of observation, reason ing end correct statements are due largely, if not altogether, to the training of the home or to the trade, cal’ing or nrofessinn from which we gain our livelihood. It is not altogether for the col leges or school authorities of the country to bring nroner influence to bear on nubile opinion in snnnorr of such remedies as are suggested by Dr. Eliot, but it Is the dntv of every nerson possessing leadefshln. as well as the parents nf every child in the country, to discuss these nroblems and cause nroner measures to he taken as wiD these "•rent evils in our school life. Armv Described h Detail Information reaching the state de partment in Washingtoi from Buch arest describes them tlain force of the Bolshevik army in lussia as con sisting of Austro-Huigarians, war nrisoners. 50,000 men Yom the Bal kan provinces, 40.000 Chinese work men. and about 500,000 Russian sol diers, forced to join tie Bolshevlkl by fear of starvation. It is v orted food s very ~arce in Moscow and even the Bolsheviki are unable to obtain enough of "t for themselves. There is fear of a Bolshevik unrising and in Kiev, according to thjßse advices A Swedish press report which reached the state department todav describes conditions in Petros ias desperate. The captain of a Swedtch steamer which has just reached a Sw- nort from Petrograd reports that men envag.to ’-id his shin were so emaciated they could work six hours daily. Thev wcrjfll hungry they eagerly s -’ ed food garbage barrels. NEW EASTERN New nrr> .i.-ers e.a-u Plowing ■ ’ i i’-.g-i > y- -ash Rswarßf ■ L ■ ■ “.’I at til.. time Si" extra pocket change. . fbe Household Editor of paper invites everybody to send in keeping helps—to describe utensils, plans, etc., that have nS b< nsekeeping a little easier or a ■ more efficient. ■ We do not want cooking recipes. I If you have a plan that saves stM that saves labor and time, just out in simple language, sign your n® and address, and send it to HOUw HOLD Editor of Tbe Semi-Weell Journal. I For every one printed we will pay I cents cash reward. J Contributions not used cannot turned. Please write on one side of 1 forget to attach your addreu. HOUSEHOLD To Keep Iroua Hot Bl cse a hot brick as an and you will find that irons will retain heat Robinson. R. F. D.. No. 2. Likw ton. N. c. j To Hold Pink Color Rinse pink goods in water wP a few spoonfuls of vinegar 1 been added. Turpentine and a n solution of epsom salts are > good to set color in fabrics/ Tor Cleaning Kitchenware Sew a big button with sh edges tothe dishcloth; you wllla scraping burned o' and other “hard” 1 stances from crockery and m pots and pans. It beats all patent scouring devices for s and general efficiency. M Pierce. Logan. Ala, Important Notice Cash for au “hints” that ap in this column during January be paid for on February Ist. HOUSEHOLD ETtUtf CURRANT Sift together one cupful oftl flour,, onr-half cupful of rye fl one-half cupful of rice flour, fl teaspoonfuls of baking powderfl half teaspoonful of salt, work tifl tablesjxvonfuls of shortening antfl to a biscuit dough with onefl cup of milk. Turn on a flqfl board and roll to one-half inch tfl ness. brush with melted stitute and sprinkle with spoonfuls of brown sugar, spoonful ot cinnamon and cupful of currants. Roll jelly roll and cut in Greas® a si;.i]!',w pan, ■■•■•l • :> t-r:i n: buus cP c t.-. e , th. >• and niinut. s in a hot oven. '* n ren'i-ivt K AISIKS AND CUREfl||| tint lug, grapes concentrated, and so r. more nutritive pound, than the fruit they are made. 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