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WHAT ABOUT FOLKS?
\V. H. Faust.
P' One of the best evidences exis
tant that we have very few origi
nal thinkers in the land today is
the fact that we give more atten
tion to horses and dogs, and make
larger appropriations from the
public funds to care for them than
we do to keep our mothers well
and children alive.
Facts and figures are stubborn
<and often unreasonable. Last
year England set aside a sum of
one and one-half million for the
express purpose of caring for the
young mothers and babes of the
British Empire. Here is a su
premely important question for
our wise ones to answer.' How
many dollars were appropriated
for U. S. A. mot here and babies?
We have one woman in congress,
perhaps more will go in the near
future. It is to be hoped that
somebody will go who have inter
est in motherhood and baby birth,
leasst equal to that of cows in
-Jfested with ticks, hogs infested
with cholera and the hatching of
fish, and the procuring of the
proper sort of lobsters.
Two of our broqd-minded far
sighted law makers have been
working on a bill to give federal
aid to country mothers, such as re
ceived by the mothers of our cit
ies, secured in up-to-date hospit
als. The Shephard—Townes bill
is of outstanding importance to
the future of our great country.
Asa direct result of carelessness
here, 250,000 babies die yearly,
who never reach their first birth
day.
For every county agent in Geor
gia who help farmers with cattle,
hogs. etc. there should be an ex
pert trained nurse to help the
mothers with their children.
How to rear children is equally
as important as how to translate
French or work rithmetie.
Germny always worked on the
principle that what you want in
the state in the future, you must
put in the present schools. How
many of our schools, and especii
ally grammar and high schools,
where the overwhelming number
of girls attend, give instruction in
these matters of an accurate and
exhaustive chrcter"?
Infant mortality is appaling; in
eases of young mothers it is al
most past human comprehension.
The most helpless object in the
world is a baby, a kitten can Took
after itself in a few weeks after
birth, but a child has to obtain
years of growth before it is capa
ble of looking after itself.
Open the eyes of your mind and
look—there goes a never ending
line of mothers, tired, often un
appreciated, weary and suffering
(often from preventable diseases)
they mrch ceaslessly onward,
young and inexperienced, take
their places in the oncoming lines,
and the helpless babies starting
life handicapped and crippled, are
in their arms. For a lack of wis
dom the people perish—twenty
thousand mothers go out to meet
God each year —250,000 children,
when twelve months of age go to
a better world. In the name
and for the sake of our future,
why not urge upon our representa
tives in congress the necessity of
founding for the U. S., that should
be on the morrow, that these
things be done?
C'jt or* of Sardines.
1 The fresh sardine Is a beftaOfuJ Hi
de fish. The scales on Its back are an
Iridescent bine-green, the exact ttnl
which the sea so often takes, while be
neath the scales there shows up the
most wonderful peacock bine. There
are bars on Its back and sides when It
first comes out of the water like those
cn the mackerel, but they seem to fade
and disappear the moment It Is exposed
to the elr. The rest of Its body Is pure
silver.
Drones In the P c*.
"It Is civilization which, has given
us the woman who tolls nob who dves
for pleasure, who takes from life gifts
for which she makes u - return.”—Ex
change.
Do you know .
you can roll
curettes for
lOcts from
one bag of
GENUINI
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SERVE YOUR AGE AND
GENERATION
Maude B. Perkins, Nat. Gen. Sec’y
Young People’s Branch
“High hearts are never long
without hearing some new call,
some distant clarion of God, even
in their dreams, and soon they
are observed to break up the camp
of ease and start on some fresh
march of srvice. And, looking
higher still, we find those who
never wait till their moral work
accumulate, and who reward re
solution with no rest ;witli whom,
therefore, the alteration is instan
taneous and constant/who do the
good only to see the better, and
see the better only to acheive it;
who are too meek for transport,
too faithful for remorse, too earn
est for repose; whose worship is
action, and whose action is cease
less aspiration.”
Anew year has begun and there
is no better thought to take with
us than that embodied in the quo
tation given above. There are
new calls to service for the young
people of this country. We have
received so many blessings during
all the years that we are apt to
What You Will in Negligees
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ZJk be tie latitude green fuif
woman this season in the choice of
negligees. They are here In enppte
silks and In transparent fabrics fol
lowing many paths In the Quest of
style and drawing Inspirations from
many lands. One has to look twice at
some of them In order to decide
whether they are really meant for In
door wear or are colorful extrava
gances In evening coats. They are
made on lines familiar to us In wraps
for evening wear. There are others
of airy materials —lace, chiffon and
georgette—that are suited to the trop
ical air of steam-heated homes or the
lands of perpetual summer and there
are many attractive but simpler
models In cotton crepe that are des
tined to give more general satisfaction
than their fancier rivals.
The wraplike negligee which has
been selected for Illustration is beau
tiful and practical. It Is made of two
colors, in satin which forms the lining
THE BARROW TIMES, WINDER, GEORGIA
settle down nd forget the larger
opportunities that we should em
brace and that we are eminently
fitted for because we have so long
enjoyed the privilege of being
Americans.
To keep alive the work of the
Woman’s Uhrithm Temperance
Union and perpetuate it through
succeeding generations is no mean
task, but it is one we are capable
of accomplishing. To the younger
women l would say that no other
organization will so enrich your
life and show you so many useful
and beautiful things to do for hu-
manity as will the Young People’s
Branch of the W. C. T. U. “The
Life of Frances E. Willard” and
the history of the growth and de
velopment of the W. C. T. V. both
furnish study that will stimulate
to activity along the many needed
reforms of the year, and what the
women of one genertion have done
we of this generation can do, De
spite obstacles seemingly insur
mountable they toiled on, worked
on, prayed on and achieved won
derful results. Let us steadily
sow good seed in this new year
and those who follow will reap
from our sowing a harvest which
they in turn will perpetuate.
New plans are provided, splen
did awards are offered, and the
year, 1921, offers a challenge to
you all. Enter upon it with de
termination to make it. the best
year we have ever had and your
life will lie richer and you will
know the joy of serving your age
and generation.
oaRD OF THANKS
We wish to thnk our many
friends for their kindness and ap
preciation shown to us during the
illness and death of our wife and
devoted mother.
May God’s blessings rest with
each and every one of you.
Mr. Joseph Shedd.
Mrs. W. E. Peppers
Mrs. Emma Coker
31 r. Bert Shedd.
Mrs. Estelle McDooley.
op well as tl waikaijd meiy
Coed If one tuusrt depend Oh tt us a
protection against chill. Ct
handaome In high blue, wtfh
Q*ed lining, but there are any num
ber of beautiful cokfr cnmbtnaflodß In
which It may be made. The lining
forms the superposed collar and ap
pears In the ttimed-back front Such
a negligee Is useful cm a Journey for
the sleeping car and In hotels and is
especially easy to get Into as only two
fastenings are required to hold It In
place. The draping Is unusual and the
management of the sleeves original
and interesting. In them and In the
soft and heavily padded cord about the
bottom the designer pays tribute to
Japan, but otherwise this negligee does
not suggest a kimono.
(©, 1920, Western Newspaper Union.)
FARMS FOR
SALE
Remember
If You Have Farms
For Sale This Year
We can handle them to
your best advantage. Place them
with us in time as we have cus
tomers from other sections and
states and if you wait too long
we will not be able to list them
in time for some purchasers.
Over 60.000 Acres
We have sold over 60.000
acres of land during the past years
and can sell yours at the right
price.
Lamar & Perry
WINDER, GEORGIA
THURSDAY FEB. 10, 1921.