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MrsT ELTONS TALKS
CONDUCTED BY
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The farmers in my section have
given so little attention to cattle
raising and dairy products that we
axe worse off than in cities, where
children are said to be unhealthy
because they get so little milk to
drink and insanitary in quality. I
think the lack of milk and butter in
this section grows out of the neg
lect to raise cow feed, and when
cool weather approaches then they
drive all their cattle except, maybe,
I one milk cow, to town and sell them
| for beef at any price the butcher
may offer. Wintering cattle in Geor
gia should not be a difficult prob
lem. There are hut few days in
**•* vear that cattle can not browse
out of doors, and find some pickings
in pasture fields.
It seems to me to be suicidal to
kill off the cattle surplus when the
. manure is so valuable and so much
better than fertilizers that must be
put on every year, and bought at
tremendous prices from guano deal
ers. The scarcity of milk and but
ter in' the provision stores almost
amounts to a butter and milk fam
ine. It speaks loudly for a farmer’s
Jack of thrift when he can’t make
• enough of both milk and butter, and
carry it to town, where it will sell
for from 50 to 80 cents a pound for
plain country butter, and 8 cents a
pint for sweet milk and 25 cents a
gallon for buttermilk. Nothing on a
. farm gives better returns for the
‘ outlay, unless it be chickens and
eggs.
‘All that is needed is industry and
tTirift to keep a family in spending
• money every month in the year than
13 MOUITING BENS
LAY 10 EGGS ?. DAY
“Keep Kens Healthy and They’ll
Lay,’’ Says Mr. Henry. Tells How.
“I placed 10 pullets by themselves
in September, and fed them Don
Sung. The third day my eggs in
creased from 3 to 9 a day. They
have had Don Sung ever since and
have laid continuously. They’re
moulting now. Yesterday I got 10
eggs, from these ten hens, and am
•willing to make affidavit to it. Don
Sung helps make feathers and gets
tjie eggs.”—C. D. Henry, Box 51, Al
' veTtoji, Pa.
Mr. Henry’s results show that if
you give your hens the right help
they will be healthy during the
moult, and will lay. It costs nothing
to try. Accept this offer:
Give your hens Don Sung and
watch results for one month. If
you don’t find that it pays for itself
and pays you a good profit besides,
simply tell us and your money will
be promptly refunded. »
Don Sung (Chinese for egg-laying)
works directly on the egg-laying or
gans, and is also a splendid tonic.
It is easily given in the feed, im
proves the hen’s health, makes her
stronger ’ and more active in any
weather, helps her through the moult
. and starts her laying.
► Try Don Sung for 30 days and if
it doesn’t get you the eggs, no mat
ter how cold or wet the weather,
your money will be refunded by re
turn mail. Get Don Sung from your
druggist or poultry remedy dealer or
send 50 cents for a package by mail
prepaid. Burrell-Dugger Co., Colum
jtbia Bldg., Indianapolis, Ind.—(Advt.)
YOUR HEARI\
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Heart Tablets
In use 25 years. 1000
References Famished. $1.60
per hoc at druggists Tria
treatment mailed free. Address
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THOME 2 J EYE WATER
HFjfe strengthens weak, inflamed eyes.
ii<SSwj and is s i ideal eye wash. Good
MSB; since 1795. Keep your eyes well
and they will help keep you.
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today. DR. ADKISSON, Dept. W, Beaumont,
Texas.
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General Sheridan at Appomattox
As all Georgia people are inter
ested in the reunion of Contederate '
veterans next week, 1 derided to 1
write at this time on Appomattox
and as to how General Ph:l Sher
idan, of the Union army, saw it. He ■
was an active participant tn the I
skirmishe’s and battles of those i
last days of the Confederacy, when :
the fabric was crumbling into final
ruin. General Sheridan mentions
the capture of a man and a mule,
who looked like a plain farmer and
who protested against the indignity
of an arrest, for said he, ”1 am a
southern gentleman.” When they
examined the capture They found in
side his boots two cablegrams from
the commissary of Bed’s army, say
ing “the is at Amelia courthouse —
short of provisions—send 300,000
rations quickly to Burksvilltf Junc
tion.” One of the dispatches was
intended for the Confederate supply
department at Danville, the other
for the one at Lynchburg. Gen
eral Sheridan concluded that Gen
eral Crook had cut the telegraph
line and this messenger was on his
way across the country around the
telegraph break. They told where
General Bee was and also the num
ber of his troops.
Sheridan’s command was also
pinched for provisions, and he saw
where he could obtain a supply He
called up his scout commander, who
provided foul' good Union men, who
knew every by-path in the section
of country, and dressed them in
gray uniforms. They went down
the line of railroad towards Bynch
burg and they transmitted by wire
these captured dispatches, telling of
the condition of Bee’s army, etc.
Two went towards Bynchburg and
two towards Danville.
Next day a colored man was cap
tured and a letter was taken from
him. The letter read this way:
Amelia, C. H., April 5, 1865.
“Dear Mama: Our army is ruined
I fear. We are all safe as yet,
Styron left us sick. John Taylor
is well, I saw him yesterday. We
are in line of battle this morning.
General Itobert Dee js in the field
near us. My trust is still in the
justice of our cause and in God.
General Hill is killed. I saw Murray
a few minutes since. Bernard Terry
he said was taken prisoner, but may
get out. Send this by a negro, 1
see passing up the railroad to Mich
lenburg. Dove to all. Your devoted
son, William B. Taylor, colonel.”
Sheridan immediately dispatched
what he had learned to General
Grant in which he told him Dee could
not escape. General Grant came
immediately. On April 6, Sher
idan’s cavalry advanced on Amelia
C. House. There was a sharp battle,
and Confederate General Ewell lost
his command of 10.000 men and was
himself taken prisoner with other
general officers.
The next skirmish took place at
Prince Edward’s courthouse. Then
they heard that General Dee had
crossed over to Appomattox and Gen
eral Crook was following him closely.
On the morning of the eighth of
April, they started to Appomattox
station. Before they reached that
place General Custer made a detour
to cut off General Dee. When Sheri
dan reached the station General
Dee’s main body of troops was com
ing on the ground. A sanguinary en
gagement ensued, forty pieces of
artillery were captured: 400 baggage
wagons burned. Railroad trains
were burned, and the Federal cavalry
in hot pursuit. They formed a rear
guard commanded by General Dong
street up the valley. Just ,- then an
aide-de-camp from Custer filled with
excitement, hat in hand, dashed up
to me with a message from his’chief,
“Dee has surrendered.” “Do not
charge. The white flag is up.” The
Civil war was really ended. If Gen
eral Grant had not offered to Gen
eral Dee terms of honorable sur
render, that rearguard of General
Dongstreet would have tried to Cut
its way into the mountains or died
in the attempt and General Dee with
it.
That was agreed upon after mid
night on the preceding day, as told
to me by General Charles Field, who
then commanded the Virginia regi
ment. which General Dee commanded
when he enlisted after Virginia had
seceded and joined the Confederacy.
We are all familiar with General
Dee’s formal surrender to General
Grant, at the final meeting at Ap
pomattox.
How to Bleach
Yellowed Clothes
One teaspoonful of borax added to
the rinse water for white clothes
acts as a harmless bleach.
Whfen soaking clothes for the wash
add 1 teaspoonful of peroxide to a
tubful of water for the clothes.
A large lemon sliced into the wa
ter and soap used in boiling clothes
acts as a bleach.
Handkerchiefs or other fine linens
yellowed in the wash may be whiten
ed if soaked overnight in a tubful
of clear water containing 1 tea
spoonful of cream of tartar. They
should be washed' before the soaking.
Fashiongrams
Fur trims are used for sports suits.
The suits are in high colors gener
ally. Green and rose are featured
largely.
Applique flowers of duvetyn, on
satin folds of a three-piece costume,
are very smart and striking as well.
Middle Aged IwwO
Wo me in, '
Are Here Told the Best Remedy
for Their Troubles. / n- Ip I
Freemont, O.—“I was passing through the critical ||
period of life, being forty-six years of age and had all zgL' ~ 7/
the symptoms incident to that change heat flashes, it
nervousness, and was in a general run down condition, f Jljll pl 'y/////l / I
so it was hard for me to do my work. Lydia E. Pink- V V /
ham’s Vegetable Compound was recommended to me as \ \ >. • y' // / M
the best remedy for my troubles, which it surely proved k v \
to be. I feel better and stronger in every way since ZN
taking it. and the annoying symptoms have disap- Z lulALfr
peared.”—Mrs. M. Godden. 925 Napoleon St., Fremont, 'A
Ohio.
North Haven, Conn. —“Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegeta- yy~~rrrrAf /i
ble Compound restored my lit'alth after everything elso
had failed when passing through change of life. There
is nothing like it to overcome the trying svmptoms.” v 5
—Mrs. Florence Isella, Box 197, North Haven, Conn. V ’WwB
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THE VrL.AVI'A SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, !9!9
AUNT JULIA’S
LETTER BOX
Dear Children:
Right now before 1 forget it I want to pass on some questions
that have come to me. Please answer them. Can you tell me the
address of any one who will do Rag Rug weaving if the material is
all made ready? This work must be well and promptly done.
The request has come to me for the address of James E. M.
Pethel. It is impossible for me to go over all back papers to find it,
so, please James, send it in.
The rest of my space 1 am going to give to you.
Lovingly,
AUNT JULIA.
Thank you Flora Kramier for the lovely lace for Yvonne.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: I am knock
ing a_t the door for a little chat. I just
wonder if I will be admitted. Aunt Julia,
I am very sorry to say, but 1 am nearly an
orphan myself. God knows that my heart is
nearly broken, my mother died when I was
just eleven years old. 1 am twelve now.
I have the cooking and cleaning, ironing to
do, but that is nothing but my duty, God
knows. I am willing to do It for my dear
father and two sisters and one brother. Well,
cousins, I will describe myself, don’t run
out of sight. I don’t mean to frighten you
so, hush that laughing at me, Annie Rief,
blue eyes, light hair, fair complexion. s(a
feet high, twelve years, long hair. What
do you cousins do for pastime? I crochet
and do the tilings. I sure have a sweet
sister five years old, poor little thing has
no mother to quiet her. she says papa,
mama’s with Jesus. When I die If I’ll be
good, will 1 go to see her? Aunt Julia I am
going to send Yvonne something before
long. I sure think Aunt Julia is doing won
derful work. Poor little girl in a bad fix,
cousins, come on with your nickels, dimes
and dollars for Yvonne. I am willing to do
my part and I will inclose 10 cents for
her, sbnd 50 cents next time. Well as my
letter is getting lengthy I will close, hope
this will escape W. B. Aunt Julia excuse
me for taking up so much print space, so
other letters can be printed. Print my letter
if worthy. 1 will close. Love to Aunt
Julia and cousins. I am your niece ami
eousn, ELIZABETH S. GREEN.
Bostic, N. C., R. F. D. No. 2.
All you girls without a mother write me.
I’ll not promise you an answer but will do
my best in answering them.
Dearest Auflt Julia and Cousins: Will you
admit a little girl from the old state of
Georgia to join your happy band? I will
describe myself now and have the laugh
over with, so 1 can chat a'while, fair com
plexion. gray-blue eyes, dark hair, weigh 14(1
pounds, 5 feet 7 inches tall and seventeen
years of age. So there you are. Say, don’t
all of you cousins like to read good books?
I can asssure yon I do for one. And if
any of you cousins have the book entitled
“’The Rejected Bride,” please send it to
me and I will return it. Auntie, I know
yon luji! a fine time on your trip and we
cousins would like for you to tell us about
the places you saw. Will close, hoping that
Aunt Julia will print this. If any of you
cousins care to correspond with a lone
some girl let your letters and cards fly
to REBECCA CAMPBELL.
Osierfield. Ga., Route 1, Box 50. ,
P, S.—Here is a dime for the little French
girl. \
Dear Aunt Julia and cousins: What are
you all doing this rainy day? Well, as
this is my first time to write, I will de
scribe myself: I have blue eyes, light hair,
fair complexion ami weigli 81 pounds and
am four feet nine inches tall, and eleven
years old. Who. has my birthday, May 4?
I will close, hoping to see this in print.
RUTH HARRIS HEMP.
Wallace. Ark.
P. S.—l will try to answer all letters
and cards received. Good-by,
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Cousins,
please' move over and give me a seat by
Aunt Julia. Say. cousins, what are you
all doing for pastime? I am picking cot
ton. Aunt Julia. I suppose I sent the
dime if the name was signed “Whidaa.”
Say, Mrs. Anna George, mamma wishes to
exchange crochet samples with you. Aunt
Julia, mamma will crochet you tlie rose
design lace if you will send her the thread
and if you haven’t got it made yet. Say,
Ethel Stephens, are you dead? I haven’t
heard from you in a racoon’s age, and it
was an old one. Now, Aunt Julia, pelase
forget and forgive me for showing'you how
silly L am, and I will try to write my
full address. Please print this. Aunt Ju
lia, if you will forget it I will leave now.
So will close. Your old cousin.
MRS. M. L. TILLINGTON.
Eastanollee, Ga.
Hello, Auntie and Cousins: Will you
please admit a Georgia girl into your
happy * circle ? I have been reading the
letter box for some time and have just
found courage to write. What do you
cousins do for pastime? I read mostly.
How many of yon all like to read? I am
just crazy about it. Guess some of you are
picking cotton. We are almost through and
believe me, I sure am glad of it. Well,
as Aunt Julia said not make our letters
long, will describe myself and go. So
here goes: Blue eyes, light red hair, fair
complexion, five feet three inches tall,
weigh 125 pounds, aged between fourteen
and twenty. I would like to correspond
with some of the cousins. With best wishes
to auntie and cousins! A new cousin.
SARAH HUDSON.
Dublin, Ga., R. F. D. 3.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Won’t you
Allow me just a little space in your corner?
I am an ex-soldier and formerly a school
teacher, but not any more a school teacher,
I don't think. I, like most of the cousins,
am a “farmer,” tend like it better than any
profession I’ve followed. I will not have
to pick much cotton, as Mr. “801 l Weevil”
has picked it for mo.
I have been reading the cousins’ letters
for some time, and enjoy them fine.
I have one correspondent whom I think
very much of—a girl, to be sure..
As my letter is getting lengthy. I'll de
scribe myself and go. Look out there. .Miss
Thelma Riek: stop your laughing: Dark hail’,
brown eyes, medium complexion, 5 feet 10
inches tall, weigh about 150 pounds, age
between nineteen and twenty-six. Who has
my birthday—. May 4? Let your letters fldj
to H. H. KENT.
Fairburn, Ga.
P. S.—-Find inclosed 10 cents for the
French baby.' Will some one send me her
picture, as I didn’St get to see it.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins; Will you
let a Georgia girl into your merry band of
girls and boys? I will not tay long. I
will describe myself. i'lease don’t laugh:
Black hair, blue eyes, fair complexion. Who
has my birthday—August 8? Some of you
cousins guess my age—between sixtee.n and
twenty. Here’s a dime for the little French
boy. Would like to hear from anv of the
cousins. KEEDIE KIRK.
Seton, Ga., Route 2.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: I wonder
would you let a stranger from the Old
North State join your happy band? I love
to road all the cousins’ letters and find
them real interesting. 1 just wonder can 1
slip by Mr. W. B. and lie won't see me? I
wonder what you are all doing to amuse
yourselves the warm September dayss. Most
of you are going to school, I suppose.
I am sending a dime for the little French
girl. I believC I will tell you something
about how I look. I have brown hair and
eyes, fair complexion, height about 5 feet 8
inches, weight 1(50 pounds and am just
eighteen. Who lias my birthday—Septem
ber 7? I het I can say something not many
of you girls of eighteen can say: 1 neither
paint nor powder and have never been with
a boy. I have something else to do besides
go with tlie boys. 1 have been working in
tlie postoffice nearly two years.
Some of yon girls write me. I get real
lonesome sometimes. I start to work at
5:30 in the morn’ll: and get out about 6 in
the aftervo"- see I don't have time
to go with the boyi. jygfj
. cousin,
ELMA C. HALL.
Council, N. ('.
Dear Aunt Julia: Here comes a North
Carolina kid to join your happy band of
boys and girls. I am a boy of nineteen
summers, blue eyes and medium complexion.
Don’t you girls think I am good looking?
What do you cousins do for fun? I live
on the farm and you know I have some
good times. Emily Pratt, the answer 'to
your riddle is this: Tlie shortest verse in
tlie Bible is (Adam. Sheth Enosh), the first
citron.. first book and first verse. Wei],
as my letter is getting long, I had better
stop or old Mr. Wastebasket will got it.
Girls, lot your letters fly. I will answer
all received. Your new cousin.
OTIS HEDRICK.
Hillsboro. N. C.. Route 2.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will write
you all this lonely p. m. As we are two
new cousins, guess you all want to know
how we look. If you will all hush laugh
ing, we will tell you: I, Elizabeth, am
fourteen years old, fair complexion, five
feet tall, blue eyes, auburn hair. Now don’t
you think I’m sweet? I. Eula, am eighteen
years old, five feet five inches tall, fair
complexion, dark brown hair, blue eyes,
weight 116 pounds. We wish Aunt Julia
and the cousins were with us to go to the
big meeting. We think it just grand of
Aunt Julia to adopt a little French orphan..
Inclosed you will find ten cents for the lit
tle French kid. We both live in the coun
try. We prefer the country rather than
the city life. Guess we had better ring
off as this is our first attempt. Will come
again if this is worth printing. All you
cousins, boys and girls, write to us. Will
answer all received. Your new cousins,
ELIZABETH GALLAGHER.
ELLA FOUNTAIN.
Nashville, Ga., R. F. D. 2.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
please admit (a Louisiana girl into your
happy band of boys and girls? Say, cousins,
don’t you think Aunt Julia had a wise
idea of adopting Yvonne? And I also favor
Luther Huff about adopting a little French
boy, too. I will describe myself: Light
hair, blue eyes, fair complexion, 5 feet 4
inches tall, and weight 108 pounds. I am
14. My birthday is March 4.
Some of you cousins send me some crochet
and tatting patterns. Do. please, send me
Yvonne’s picture, as I did not get to see
it. I mean some of you cousins. Well,
I guess I had bette close. I will answer
all letters and cards received. I will be
glad to hear from Aunt Julia and all tlie
cousins. I will close. From your niece
and cousin,
BESSIE HEBERT,
Bell City. La.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins; Will you
please admit an Alabama girl into your
happy band of boys and girls? I have been
reading tlie letter box for a long time and
certainly (k> enjoy all of the letters. As
most of the cousins describe themselves
I will do likewise: Brown hair, black eyes,
dark complexion. Who has my birthday,
April 27? Will close with love to all. A
new cousin, _ FLORA KRAMEIER.
Florence, Ala., R. 1, Box 71.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will yon
please let a brown-eyed South Carolina girl
into your charming circle of boys and girls?
I have read so many good letters in the
corner so I decided to write. “Daddie”
takes the Semi-Weekly Journal and I think
it is a real nice paper. I certainly do en
joy reading it and especially Aunt Julia's
letter box. As I have noticed all the boys
and girls describe themselves, I will de
scribe myself. I am 5 feet 3 inches tail
and have real brown haid and eyes and I
am 17 years of age. So, if you boys and
girls care to write please let. the cards
and letters fly and I will answer all I
receive. Well, Aunt Julia, if you think
this is worth printing I would be pleased
to see it. So, by-by to all. I am your
cousin and niece,
EVA HARDIN.
Greer, S. Route 4.
.P- 8: —Find enclosed 10 cents for the
little French baby.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here
conies another south Georgia boy to be ad
mitted to your merry band. I am a farmer
boy, like farm life fine. 'Well, I guess all
are wondering «iow I look. I will tel] you:
Light hair, blue eyes, five feet eight inches
tall, weight* 135 pounds, age 18. Well,
cousins, I think Aunt Julia is doing a grand
work. Wish we could all see her. Well,
I’ll make my letter short as auntie said
not to break her rules. x So, if anv of you
cousins would like to correspond with me,
let your letters and cards flv to
_ JOHNNIE TAYLOR.
Lenox, Ga.
P- B.—Here is my dime ,for the baby.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here
comes a Mississippi bO.v. This is my second
letter, so I will not describe myself. How
many of you cousins had brothers to go
to France? I had an uncle to go. He has
been back some time. What do you cous
ins do . for pastime? I read and go in
swimming. If any of yoti cousins want to
write to a lonely country boy, they will
sure get an answer. Well, i will 'ask a
riddle and go. as I don’t want to write
such a long, tiresome letter: What is it
that has eyes but eannot see? Your nephew
and cousin,
„ J. P. JOHNSON.
Houston. Miss.
I'- S.-Am sending five cents for Yvonne.
Infantile Paralysis
STOCKHOLM.—An epidemic of infantile
paralysis has broken <m< 'm-e. Already
forty cases have been reported.
BEDTIME PENCIL PICI/'
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AL# die’s folks take him to see nThT Ml Hm
a vaudeville show and the little j~j I mMKTYJyS I
chap certainly does enjoy them. J A
Last Saturday afternoon he
went to one and ol all the things
he saw he liked the funny little’ l\
man who juggled things, the |
best. Freddie got real excited O-dUy
when the man began to juggle a k
lot of and was afraid ev-, I
' ery minute he’d slip and hurt V'
J himself with one of them. The fix/
, dots will show you what it was
the man was juggling that made. \
Freddie so nervous, |
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TO DRAW THE PICTURE, take your pencil and begin at No.
1 and draw through all the numbers in the picture going from 1 to
2 and from 2 to 3 and so on.
MARY MEREDITH’S ADVICE
TO LONELY GIRLS AT HOME
Hereafter Mary Meredith will answer no letters unless the full
’.aine and address of each person asking advice is given in the let
ter. No names will be published at any time in this coldinn, but it
is lecessary that the editor know from whom the letters come. Let
ters should be short, not more than 75 words when publication in
the paper is requested, and they should be written as legibly as
possible on one side of the paper only. ’
Letters not signed with the full name and address will go
into the wastebasket in the future.
We are two girls coming to you
for advice.
I, the twenty-year-old. am. in love
with a boy, but do not trust him.
Do you think if I was to marry him
I would be happy? Or do you think
I do not truly love him?
1, the seventeen-year-old. have
been going with a boy fourteen
months younger than 1. The only
thing I have against this boy is I
am the oldest. What do you think?
MILDRED AND MILLICENT.
ANSWER—You can’t be hon
estly and truly in love with any
one you don’t trust. Absolute
trust—implicit faith—is neces
sary for love that endures. Miss
Seventeen should not go With
boys much younger than she is,
although there is no age limit for
friends.
I am a girl fifteen years old. I
love a twenty-year-old boy more than
any boy I ever saw. How can 1 make
him love me? 1 have known him
all- of my life.
What is horseradish root? Where
doe® it grow? How can 1 get boys
to come to see me 7
A SAD GIRL.
ANSWER —A girl fifteeh years
old is incapable of knowing real
love. A girl your age is in love
with love, and not with any par
ticular boy. You may not th)nk
so, but a few years from now
you will know 1 am right. There
is no way you can “make” a
boy love you—except by being a
sweet, unaffected little girl,
courteous to everybody, being
careful not to say ugly things
about any one else, and in every
way wholesome, lovable girl.
And by the time you have made
vourself over that way, life and
the world will be such a glori
ously exciting thing that you
will have forgotten that you ever
fancied yourself in love with any
boy—for awhile at least.
I met a girl who was visiting
from another state. We were to
gether only a few times but learned
to love each other, at least she
said so, and I know 1 cared tor her.
She promised to write when she
returned home. I wrote her. She
answered on the fifth day alter
receiving my letter. As she works
in a cotton mill she gave as her
reason for not writing that she
was too tired to write, although
she stated that she had been to the
show two nights during that time.
It seems to me that she didn't
care very much or she would have
answered- sooner knowing that I
was anxious to know whether she
arrived home safely or not. Does
she care?
A SOLDIER BOY.
Answer: She did not mean to
be thoughtless 1 am sure. You
know there are times when one
is mentally, as well as physi
cally tired, and then letter
writing, even to someone very
dear, seems an impossibility.
Going to a theater rests the
mind and body, so it is possible
to be too tired to write, yet not
too tired to seek recreation.
Besides, five days is not such a
very long time to wait. I would
not be too critical. You will
never be happy if you are always
quick to take offense at little
things.
I am a girl of 20, am coming to
you for adviOe. I am in love with a
boy of thirty. I love him better than
any other boy and he seems to care
for me, but he has never told me
so. He has been coming to see me
tor three years and he writes often.
Do you think he really loves me?
What should I say to him when he
;ells me he loves me? Do you think
_ie is too old for my husband? He
lever has much to say to me. Is
Hiis any sign that he cares for me?
Sammy.
ANSWER: If he has been so
faithful, it is reasonable to sup
pose that he does care for you.
Perhaps he has some good rea
son for waiting to tell you that
he loves you, and wants you for
his wife. And when he does say
that, if you really love him,
there’ll be no necessity for an
outsider providing words for
you—your own heart will dic
tate the answer. He is not too
old for you.
I am a girl of sixteen years. Am
I too young to have boy friends?
And would it be all right to be
sweethearts with them? Is it all
right for a girl to let a boy kiss
her if they' are engaged a. year
before they are married? Should a
girl of my age make more than one
date at a time with a boy?
Should a girl and boy kiss when
they meet when he returns from
the army? When a girl and boy
quarrel and the boy wants to come
back should the girl permit him?
Should a girl go with more than
one boy at the time.
MAMA’S LONELY GIRL.
Answer: Your mother could
answer your questions much
better than I. for she under
stands your circumstances. You
are too young for sweethearts,
you should not kiss boys, or
permit them any liberties such
as holding hands, and such.
Y’ou are too young to be en
gaged, therefore, too young to
kiss boys. It all depends on the
reason for the quarrel and
whether or not the boy was to
blame. You will have to judge
for yourself whether or not lie
is likely to offend you again.
r
I am a girl of sixteen. Am -I old
enough to have boy-friends? It’ not,
bow old should I be? I have been
going with a boy that 1 1 met about
three months ago. He seems to be
a very nice boy. Do you think it
would be all right for me to go
with him? How late should a boy
Stay at night? Is it proper for a
girl to go to the door with him
when he is leaving?
BROWN EYES.
Answer —You are old enough
for boy-friends, but not for
sweethearts. There is no harm
in your going with the young
man, as long as you are merely
friendly. He should not stay
later than 10 o clock. You may
go to the door with him when
he starts to leave.
I am a girl of eighteen and am
in love with a certain boy. We have
been going with each other and
writing to each other three years.
De you think it will be worth while
in me to keep on with him? Also do
you think he is true to me? His
home is here but does not stay here.
A GIRL FRIEND.
Answer—l can’t see that you
need advice. You are friendly
with the boy, he is a nice boy,
and you want to know if it is •
“worth while” to keep on writ
ing to him. I don’t quite un
derstand. If you both enjoy the
correspondence, why shouldn’t it
continue?
If you are in love with each
other, it won’t hurt to wait
a while before marrying if he
has some good reason for want
ing to wait. If he has no good
reason, and you feel that it
would be easy to give him up,
why go with othex - boys in a
friendly way.
Patriotic Potatoes
.SUNBURY, Pa.—John Buck is
growing patriotic potatoes on his
farm near Rolling Green. He plant
ed a number of blue variety of seed
potatoes with a number of a pure
white variety. The resulting hy
brids are red, white and blue and
have been named after President
Wilson.
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It’s a woman’s nature to admire beautiful things—and especially
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To begin your set, what could be daintier than the cut-glass sugar
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r OUR HOUSEHOLD
CONDUCTED BY LIZZIE O.THOMAS
Dear Miss Thomas: h enjoy your
writing's so very much. I always look
to see your letter first and when
you don’t write I always feel dis
appointed. I enjoy your writings on
poultry and canning and keep them
for present and future use. I have
tried a number of your receipts for
cooking and canning and always find
them to be fine.
I especially like your rice pudding
and tomatoes, okrs\ and corn mixed
which kept just fine. They were so
good I wanted to know if you knew
how to can corn by itself so it would
keep, and also pumpkin? I have a
number of very nice pumpkins and
want to can them. I tried canning
sonfb last year. I just cooked them
down as I would to make pies, and
they didn’t keep. We are very fond
of the pies, and want to can quite
a few. Appreciating all the help
you have been to me and hoping you 1
will live a long, long time, to benefit i
others, I am your friend,
MRS. W. !
Leaf, Ga.
Same Canning Questions Answered
I am delighted to learn from
the letters written to me, that
so many people are canning corn.
It really takes no more care than
tomatoes or beans. The only differ
ence lies in the fact that corn must
be done quickly, the others are
better if canned as soon as gathered
but corn must be handled in at
least two hours after it is gathered
to be first-class when one needs
it.
Select corn of nearly uniform
size and proper ripeness. It it is
too ripe it will color while proc
essing and if not ripe enough
much of the food value will be lost.
Os course, the first tiling is to i
remove the shucks, silk and defec-!
tive places, break off tlie ends, then I
blanch in boiling water not more;
than five minutes unless the grains j
are large and you’ve a good idea
that the corn is not boiled through
and through, the recipes say from
five to ten minutes. I know a wom
an who uses Hickory King and says
sever, or eight minutes is right, one
that uses Hastings Prolific says
five minutes is plenty. The ripe
ness has some influence of course.
Remove from the boiling water
and plunge into cold. Don’t let it
stay there and cut as fast as a
sharp knife can go over the ears
twice. Do not scrape, just cut twice.
Pack well in glass jars, addi hot
water and a level teaspoonful of
salt to a quart. Place rubber and
jar top in place, but not tight, leave
at least an inch and a half of
space when you put in your corn,
fill the jar with hot water, but if
you fill with corn you may have a.
bursted jar for it swells. I cook
mine an hour three days in succes
sion. Farther north the cooking may
all be done in one day, l>ut there
You smack your lips over it, nW
wij because you like its taste, its |y
quality, its genuine gratifica-
J 1 tion. * It satisfies thirst. JL
h | Nobody has ever been able to sue- jjn
lil cessfully imitate it, because its quality fU’
o’l is indelibly registered in the taste of JO
the American public.
Mi Demand the genuine by full name ////
—nicknames encourage substitution. iMal
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f—r TOW rramftUi r ill BJBaJWP
r is a difference dow'a here. Though
I 1 know some .wl o cook it four
■ liours, the first day and it keeps.
; I think I’ve told you that 1 use the
i <>xes? my jars come in io pack the
canned material away. Mark a box
corn, or whatever you put in it, and
when you have used a jar from that
box wash the empty jar and put it
back. Put be sure and turn it up
side down, then a glance tells you
what jar to take out next time.
Certainly all of us know that as
soon as a jar is lifted out of the
hot water the top must be put on air
tight. Turn them upside down and
let them stay several hours to test
th° tops. , •
Too much corn prepared at oriee Is
bound to result in a failure. Do not
gather more than a dozen ears un
less you have help.. The corn will
get soaked, or water logged, if you
cut as many as six cans before you
put them in the boiler. Too much,
salt injures the quality, so please
put in one level teaspoonful to the
quart jar.
| What is worth doing at all should
jbe done right. Do not mix two rec
ipes..
Canned Pumpkin :—Here is a recipe
; that has been given to me as hav
| ing been tested. I have never canned
.any, but I have canned sweet pota
toes this way. After you have pre
pared it for just ordinary cooking
put it on and cook thirty minutes,
or until tender. Then when ready
to pack in your jars add one cupful
of sugar and a teaspoonful of salt
to a quart of pulp. Then put in your
jars and cook thirty minutes three
mornings. This is different from
the usual way, but if the pumpkin
is tender the half hour is sufficient.
I'd like to have some experience
letters from practical homemakers.
A good trimming effect for this
; season’s frocks consists of twisted
i clusters of bead strings.
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