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AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
BY DR. ANDREW M. SOULE
Handling- the One-Horse Farm.
Authentic reports indicate that
it cost more than 30 cents to pro
duce cotton in 1920. The farmer is
being to take, therefore, about
one-half the cost price per pound of
raising his cotton crop. This is a
policy which cannot be continued,
and so it is well now to look the
facts squarely in the face and re
alize that wherever cotton may be
grown in 1921 it must be made at
th? lowest possible cost price which
has prevailed in many years. If
there ever was a time in the history
of the south when cotton must be
came a surplus crop it is now. All
efforts and energy should be con
centrated, therefore, on raising
whatever cotton is cultivated at the
lowest possible cost. From the
present point of view it is diffi
cult to foresee hpw the price will
be substantially increased by an
other year. If this does occur,how
ever, and the crop can be made very
cheaply the farmer will be greatly
advantaged thereby and have a
chance to recoup himself for a part
of the losses sustained last year.
The man who pins his faith on
cotton alone in 19 2 1 make a
terrible mistake. The time when all
the talk about diversification needs
to be put into effect has arrived.
We can i either neglect nor overlook
this necessity any longer.
What program should the small
farmer follow out. This is a ques
tion which is agitating the minds
of,many of our people at this time.
Not only does it concern the small
operator, but the tenant farmer and
the large landowner as well. We
have given much thought and con
sideration to this question. At best
only a tentative program can be of
fered, but the one which follows has
the merits of simplicity and
adaptability.
From our point of view the man
who wishes to raise any cotton at
a profit must first of all grow his
own food and feedstuffs. This is
simply taking out crop insurance
against a possible repetition of ex
isting conditions.
As to what and how to plant, we
would suggest first of all that
twelve acres be laid down per plow
to corn. A part of this corn, may
be planted at a very early season.
The remainder may be planted along
in May or June. In any event cow
peas should be sown at the last
cultivation. Os course, velvet beans
may be used by those who prefer
to cultivate this crop. The bunch
velvet bean is probably the best va
riety to plant, while the iron and
Brabham cowpeas are well adapted
for general cultivation throughout
the state. We are inclined to think
that about the same grain yield will
be obtained from both of these
legumes. The velvet bean has the
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advantage of being much harder,
hence more resistant to the weevil.
It will also remain in the field with
out damage for long periods of time.
Twelve acres devoted to corn should
provide an abundance of grain for
tile ne.els of the one-horse farmer.
The legumes will help to improve
the land and will also add quite
materially to the feeding- value of
the crop obtained from each acre.
We think that not over eight
acres should be planted to cotton
per plow. The land chosen for this
purpose. should be well drained and
suited to early planting. Only early
maturing varieties of cotton should
be planted, and a part of such fer
tilizer as is used may with pro
priety be used under this crop so
as to insure its early development
and rapid maturity. Fight the
weevil by every known practical
means. This is a tiresome and an
noying undertaking, but it is not as
difficult of execution as some have
indicated. A systematic, hard fight
against the weevil will prove wortn
while Those who have done it in
the past will bear testimony to the
correctness of this conclusion.
Two acres of spring oats may be
planted as soon as practicable. This
will help to supply some very de
sirable hay or grazing for the live
stock maintained on the farm. We
do not as a rule advocate the plant
ing of spring oats, but it is probably
the first crop which can be depend
ed on to provide hay, and it is fol
ly to continue purchasing- hay at $-40
a ton if one can raise it at home.
After the oats, or whatever other
crop is selected for hay production,
are harvested, plant cowpeas or soy
beans. These will help to enrich
the land, provide essential grain as
food for man or beast, or these crops
can be grazed down successfully by
hogs. One might also cut and cure
them for hay. In the event this
policy is decided op we would plant
some millet, especially with th©
cowpeas.
At least one acre should be pre
pared and seeded to wheat next fall.
This ought to be efiough ordinarily
to supply the needs of the family.
If it will take two acres to ac
complish this end then plant more
wheat. The object should be to
raise enough wheat to supply the
needs of the family.
Two acres should be devoted to
sorghum and peas or soy beans or
millet. We favor the use of cow
peas and millet as a hay crop.
Sudan grass might be substituted
for the millet. This crop may be
planted by itself or associated with
a legume. When planted in drils 4
or 5 pounds of grain will be enough
to use. If sown with an ordinary
grain drill in 16-inch rows probably
12 to 15 pounds of grain should be
used. In that event w r e would not
combine it with cowpeas.
Irish potatoes should be planted
on every farm. Early planting is to
eb advised. This is a crop which
furnishes a large amount of essen
tial food for the home. It is one
of the best standard vegetables we
can raise. We are credited with
consuming about 4-5 bushels per
capita. Probably we do not use as
much as this in Georgia but in many
instances we may consume more. In
any event we should grow this sta
ple crop because it will improye the
family dietary and it can be easily
and cheaply produced if planted
early enough and given rational cul
tivation.
Enough sweet potatoes should be
grown for home use. An acre or
more will not be too much for the
average family to plant. There
should be a chance for the sale of
some sweet potatoes in the . fall, If
neighbors would club together and
put up a storage house they could
keen sweet potatoes until spring
with very little expense,' when they
surely will bring a good price. More
over there are very few families
that are supplied with plenty of
sweet potatoes during the fall and
winter months. Again they consti
tute an -essential part of the dietary,
furnishing elements needed by
young and growing children, and by
older penile as well. Let us have
plenty of sweet potatoes for use
throughout the greater part of the
year. It will save the purchase of a
considerable amount of canned goods
and other foods which come out of
stores.
Peanuts are a wholesome addition
to the deitary, especially when they
are salted. They are valuable not
only for the folks in the home but
for the livestock as well. It takes
very little effort to plant an acre
of peanuts. They grow remarkably
well, even on rather thin soil. They
furnish a large amount of very de
sirable food, and they would im
prove the ration fed to much of our
livestock.
Every farm should have at least
an all-year-round— garden. By this
we mean an area planted out on
which food crops are grown and
made available for use in practi
cally every month of the year. To
some this may seem Impossible, but
a very little reflection will show that
It is easy to accomplish this end in
Georgia. Let us grow the standard
food crops in the garden, those that
give us the largest returns for the
time and effort put into their culti
vation. Too much effort is sometimes
centered on the production of non
essential garden crops. Among other
things we should emphasize the pro
duction of carrots, cabbage, beans,
potatoes, tomatoes, egg plants,
squash and okra. Those who wish
may add to this list, but these are
the dependable standard crops that
will provide food for the longest
period of time.
On a farm of the character under
discussion one mule should be main
tained and one cow and calf. There
should be at least one brood sow and
eight pigs raised each year. The
brood sow can be maintained on the
surplus of many of the crops indi
cated. A small grazing area of two
acres will probably supply her and
her pfrogeny with much of the food
needed. In the fall these pigs can
be finished off on some of the corn
and other surplus crops.
Keep at least 50 hens on the farm.
They supply one of the best substi
tutes so- meat. There is no food of
greater importance to children and
adults than eggs. They are easily
digested and wholesome, and contain
elements which are essential to the
proper growth and development of
children. Plenty of food can be pro
duced on the average farm to keep
this many hens in a healthy condi
tion and laying for a good part of
the year. Remember that green feed
and plenty of protein and ash ma
terial are necessary for hens. If
these elements are supplied in proper
amounts they will lay for several
months each year.
Supplementary cash crops to which
consideration should be given are
sweet potatoes, sorghum and syrup,
cowpeas for grain or hay, and pea
nuts. Devote a small area of the
land to grazing crops for hogs and
the other animals maintained on the
farm. Attention should be centered
on alfalfa, rye and vetch, soy beans,
sorghum, peanuts, sweet potatoes,
rape, corn and velvet beans. This
program may be modified to meet
the exigencies of the individual con
cerned, or the climatic or soil c-' rl '
tions of any part of the state. If it
is carried into effect with any rea
sonable degree of success it will fur
nish food for a large and vigorous
family, supply the needs of the live
stock and afford a considerable sur
plus of corn, shorts, potatoes, syru’»
and other crops for sale. More cash
can be secured in this way than the
average individual believes. In addi
tion, the cotton will indeed have be
come a supplementary crop, and
whatever may be obtained for it
will represent cash values.
There should be a home orchard, a
cow, a garden and a permanent pas
ture associated with every home in
the state. These are little things
and to, many they may appear to be
insignificant but they are fundamen
tal to our progress and success. They
will best insure the health and vigor
of the family. They can never be
successfully dissociated from any
worthwhile effort to develop a per
manent type of agriculture.
Bermuda Germinates Very Slowly
I*. E. J., Brooklet. Ga.. writes:
Last May I sowed some Ber
muda grass seed for pasture and
none of them came up. The firm
from whom I purchased the
seeds wrote me that 1 would no
doubt get a goqd stand of grass
from the seeds early this spring
if left alone. If there is no hope,
of the. seed coming up I wish
to plow the land. I would be
glad to have your advice in the
matter.
A great deal of Bermuda grass
seed on the market does not appear
to be of good quality. I do not
think the seedsman is always to
blame for this by any means. As 1
understand it, much of our Bermuda
grass seed has been imported from
Australia. That is a long way to
bring it, and it could be easily dam
aged in transportation. Moreover, it
has been difficult to maintain stand
ards during recent years as you,
doubtless know. I think from now
on that the quality of seeds will
improve greatly. I presume this is
a matter that does not help the pres
ent situation any.
Establishing Bermuda grass from
seed is a slow process at best. It
is true that not much growth or de
velopment is made the first year. It
takes about two years to get a rea
sonably fair stand of Bermuda grass
from seed. The company that fur
nished you this seed probably tested
it. and should know something about
its'germinating power. If they were
of good quality, the chances are that
you will secure a fair stand of Ber
muda grass this summer. It will
likely take another full year, how
ever. to insure the ground’s being
covered. Your experience corresponds
with ours in many respects in regard
to establishing Bermuda grass from
seed.
Growing Onions for the Fall
Market
M. T. R., Wiley, Ga., writes:
Please advise me the best time
of year to plant Bermuda onions
for the fall market.
You may plant onion seed any time,
as soon as the ground warms up
sufficiently to insure rapid geitmina
tion. In this section of the state,
our lands are heavy and quite simi
lar in many respects to those pre
dominating in Rabun county. Our
experience leads us to plant onions
relatively early on that account. It
is sometimes difficult to secure a
good stand when the ground dries
out and tends to crust. We plant
our onion seed in rows eighteen
inches apart. We enrich the land
as much as possible with well rotted
yard manure and the use of from 500
to 1,000 pounds of a formula carry
ing 4 per cent of nitrogen. 9 per
cent of phosphoric acid and from
3 to 4 per cent of potash. We put
most of the fertilizer down before
planting the onions. Part of it can,
of course, be received and distributed
down the middle of the rows after a
stand has been obtained. You do
not need to plant a very large area
to produce, thousands of plants. As
soon as they are the size of a lead
pencil or somewhat smaller, thinning
should be done. Some throw away
the young plants, but if a favorable
season can be obtained, transplanting
should be undertaken. Onions should
be spaced about six inches apart in
the drills. They will require from
ninety to 120 days in which to ma
ture. It is safest to count on the
longer period. After that they will
stand in the field without any dam
age for thirty days or more when
you can gather and ship at will.
The Best Time so Plant Soy and Vel
vet Beans
R. O. C., College Park, Ga..
Writes: Please advise me at
what time soy and velvet beans
should be planted. When the
corn is planted? If not, when?
The time to plant velvet beans or
soy beans in corn varies a good
deal with circumstances. In this sec
tion of the state relatively early
planting beans and soy beans is de
sirable because they are a relative
ly long seasoned crop and therefore
need plenty of time in which to ma
ture. The velvet bean in particular
does not make a very vigorous
growth for some time after it fs
planted, and we have seldom seen it
B s Aunt Julia’s
“Help for the Helpless—Kindness to All
Dumb Things 99
RULES
No unsigned letters printed.
No letter written on both sides of paper printed.
All letters not to exceed 150 to 200 words.
Dear Children:
Did you ever hear the story of the little rabbit that wanted
everything everybody else had, and was never satisfied with what
he had? It. was in a copy of story hour favorites and was written
by Carolyn Bailey, this book or stories by different people is a treas
ure and I wish I could give a copy to every one or you, but as I can’t
I do want to tell you some of the stories, and this one I believe
you’ll like. It was written especially for wee ones, but I believe
everyone of you will like it.
It seems that this little rabbit would cry for everything the
other animals and birds had. When the squirrel went by he cried:
“Oh, mammy! I wish I had a bushy tail like his.’’ When the liUlO
>fuddle-duck went by he cried: “Oh, mammy! I wish I had a pair
of red rubbers like puddle-duck,” and so on, until one day the ground
hog hearing him said: “Why don’t you go to the wishing pond? If
you look at yourself in the water and turn around tljree times in a
circle you’ll get your wish.” The little rabbit trotted right to the
pond, on the edge was a little red bird. “Oh!” said little rabbit, “I
wish I had red wings. He turned three times, then sat down to
wait. Sure enough his shoulders began to ache and felt just like he
did when he cut his teeth, and when his wings came out he went
back to show them to his mother, but, of course, she did not know
him at all. She had never seen a rabbit with red wings. He went
around begging all the animals and birds to take him in for the
night, but no one knew him. He flew up in a tree, but his four
legs made him so uncomfortable. In the morning wise old ground
hog came along. When he heard him crying, he asked: “Why don’t
you go back to the wishing pond and wish them off?” Little rabbit
flew right to the pond and made his wish, when the wings left him
he ran back to his mother. When she knew him right away he was
so happy and never again did he wish to be something different.
Lovingly,
AUNT JULIA.
Hello Everybody: I trust all of you. are
feeling tine this beautiful spring morning,
and what are you all doing? Planting
you’re spring flowers I’ll bet. There is
nothing any prettier than beautiful flowers.
I see from your letters a great many of
you attend Sunday school. We have just
organized one at our church and I hope we
can keep the good work going, for really 1
think everv church ought to try to have a
Sunday school. Well I’ll be going, was
just a bit lonesome and thought I’d step
In a few minutes. Would like to hear
from some of you pen friends. Oh, I near
ly forgot to tell you, I’m a little country
“lassie” from the dear old state of Georgia,
the most glorious state in the union. How
many agree? Hope to hear from some of
you.
MAGGIE COLLINS.
Whigham, Ga., Route 2.
M Tap, Tap. Tap; Hello Aunt Julia and
“'ousins: How are you this fine spring
morning? Cousins, move over and let me
have a seat by Aunt Julia. I surely think
she is . a dear aunt. How about you nil?
Mr. Guy, I am reading through the Bible.
I am reading the New Testament first. I
am on first Corinthians. I started the
twenty-fourth of last February. Cousins,
you all come to see me and we will go fish
ing. I will not describe myself as I guess
you all remember how I look. Thank you,
Aunt Julia, for printing my other letter.
Hoping to see this In print, I am, your old
niece and cousin,
LOTTIE INGRAM.
P. S.—All who wish may write to me.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Gangway
there, stand by shallow water and let the
deep sea roll by. Here comes two of Un
cle Sam’s sailors to join your happy band
of boys and girls. As we have just re
turned from our winter cruise in the trop
ics. down around Panama and South Amer
ica, we arc only too glad to get back to
the good old U. S. A. and write once more
to Aunt Julia’s letter box. Now, cousins,
as our space is limited in your most won
derful letter box, we cannot tell you much
now of our southern cruise, only that it
was something never to be forgotten. South
America certainly has some quaint old
places, and if anyone should ask, the Pana
ma canal is well worth seeing. Now here’s
hoping that Mr. W. B. is on 15 days’ leave
of absence when our letter arrives. Mill
close with hopes of receiving some letters
from some of the girl cousins. So, girls,
if you wish’ to hear from two of Uncle
Sam’s “Man-of-\Varsmen” let your letters
fly to
D. HUSSEY.
W. D. WESTFALL.
U. S. S. Relief, Navy Yard, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
admit anol her American girl into your cir
cle? I'm visiting at my cousin’s and she is
writing and asked me to write, too, 1 will
now describe myself: I am four feet elevon
inches tall, have dark skin, blue eyes, brown
hair and am fourteen years of age. and will
try to answer all letters received. A new
cousin.
PAULINE WILLIS.
< St. Pauls, N. C., Box 87.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
admit a North Carolina, girl into your
happy band of boys mid girls? I have
been a silent reader es the Letter Box
for a while, so I decided to write. I will
describe myself and go. I am 5 feet I'i
inches, have dark complexion, blue eyes,
auburn hair and am 13 years of age. All
of you cousins let your letters fly to
your new cousin,
MYRTLE WILLIS.
Lumberton. N. C., Bente 2.
P. S. Will answer all letters received.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
all allow wa little farmer girl to write
to you? I often read the pretty letters in
The journal and enjoy reading them so
much. I am 11 years old, have brown
hair and blue eyes. I am going to school
now. I >mi in the fourth grade. My teach
er's name is Miss Gibbs. My school will
close on May 20. I live on a form two
miles from Elm City. I certainly would
enjoy reading a letter from you, Aunt
Julia, and the cousins.
MARTHA FARMER.
Elm City, N. C. Route 4, Box 16.
Hello, Aunt Julia and Cousins’. How glad
I nm to see so many here and everybody
looking so well. Say, will some of you
move over mid give me a scat by Aunt Ju
lia just » few moments and 1 will promise
to not. stay long Many thanks Aunt. Julia
for printing my other letter. I received
several letters and appreciated all to the
highest. 'Since I Jxst wrote ray chum
has moved away, so you see 1 bad to en
tertain myself by reading and writing.. J.
C. Howard, why did you not answer my
letter? Come on all of you and do not be
so timid for 1 am sure Aunt Julia is so
kind she would not. do or say a single
thing to you to blush. She must be
some sweet woman to be earing for that
little orphan child. Everybody hurry and
send in your bit so we can see the photo.
You all should have been with me to the
sing Sunday afternoon. Come ngaiu soon,
Mr. Guy J for your letters are interesting.
How many of you are trying to get an edu
cation? I am. and think every boy and girl
should get the best education they can.
Inclosed find 25 cents for the orphan. I
will be glad to receive letters from all who
wish to write and will insure an answer.
So let them fly. I will close now and
give my space for the more gifter writers.
A cousin. LILLIE MAE CRAIN.
Florence, Miss.
To Whom It May Concern: I would like
to correspond with some of the cousins of
the Tri ; Weekly Journal. I am a lonesome
soldier boy, nnd have no one to write to
or who will write to me, and I would he
greatly pleased if you csin have some of
the cousins write. 1 stand 5 feet 6 incdies,
weight 148 pounds, eyes brown, hair dark
brown and ruddy complexion. I would like
develop to the point where it injured
or retarded the growth of the corn
crop seriously, even though planted
relatively early. In the southern
part of the ctate where the seasons
are long you may plant velvet beans
any time up to 30 days say after the
corn has been planted. We should
think two weeks would be about the
right time in this section of Georgia.
We have corn up now to height of
about 4 to 6 inches and we will plant
these crops in our corn immediately.
Our plan is to sow the beans and
peas down the middle of the drill
rows. Where this is done it is not
a desirable practice to plant the corn
in too narrow rows. In other words,
it is best to space the corn out 4 to
5 feet. Unless this is done the corn
will likely make a vigorous growth
and so shade the beans as to min
imize their growth to a large de
gree. We think the method of plant
ing Suggested is the simplest way ot
handling this crop.
Sprouting Oats for Young Chickens
V. C. 8., Brunsw.ick. Ga.,
writes; I wish a good formula
for sprouting oats. I have tried
several means but have been un
successful in getting the oats to
sprout.
In sprouting oats we proceed as
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Girl’s Middy Dress.
No. 9.379 is a pattern which has
all of the desirable up-to-date feat
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which is well fitted around the shoul
ders and lower edge, the regulation
collar and set in sleeves, and the new
narrow plaited skirt in one piece.
The girl’s middy dress, No. 9,379,
is cut in sizes 4to 14 years. Size S
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% yard 36-inch material for lining'.
Price 15 cents.
Every woman who wants to dress
stylishly and economically should
order at once the spring issue of our
new Fashion Quarterly, which is
three times as large as the Fashion
Monthly, we formerly issued and con
tains over 300 styles, dressmaking
lessons, &c. Price 10c. Postage pre
paid and safe delivery guaranteed.
Send 25c. for a pattern and Fashion
Quarterly.
in oraerlßg patterns and maga
zines write your name clearly on a
sheet of paper and inclose the price
in stamps. Do not send your letters
to the Atlanta office. but direct
them to—
FASH ION DEFA RTMENT.
ATLANTA JOURNAL,
22 East Eighteenth St.,
New York City.
so exchange with the cousins of the Tri
weekly Journal. Inclosed please find 10
cents in stamps.
PRIVATE IRVING ADEI.BTEIN.
Troop L, Fifth cavalry, Marfa, Tex.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here
comes a little Georgia girl to join your hap
py band of boys and girls. I have been
reading the letters in the “Letter Box”
for some time, but have never written be
fore. 1 am a little girl nine years of age,
and aiu in the fourth grade. I like to go
to school and I love my teacher dearly.
Our teacher took us on a picnic yesterday
and we had a very nice time. The girls
furnished the lunch and the boys the cold
drinks. I go to the Baptist Sunday school
and church, also the Sunbeams. I have not
joined the church yet. I haven’t, any pets,
but I have some mighty pretty flowers.
1 surely do love flowers. Lovingly,
WILBA LEE LILES.
203 Peacock street, Vidalia, Ga.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
please admit a South Carolina girl into your
happy band of boys-and girls? 1 have been
a sileut«eader of the Letter Box for a long
time. I. like most of the cousins, live in
the country, and like country life fine. How
many of you cousins like to go to school?
I do for one. My brother takes The Jour
nal and I like to read the cousins’ letters.
For fear I will break the rule, will not
describe myself. Will only say lam four
teen years old. Will close with best wishes
to all. Will answer- all letters received
Your new niece and cousin,
GRACE RHODES.
Txiris, S. C., R. F. D. 2.
I’. S. —Find inclosed a dime for the or
phan.
follows: Take a pan not over two
inches deep. Soak the oats until they
have absorbed all the water they will
hold. Place them in a rather cool,
dark place for a few days and they
will sprout rathdr quickly if kept
sufficiently warm. In the winter
time it is sometimes necessary to
supply artificial heat so as to raise
the temperature of the room. in
the winter we follow this practice.
We have an oven container in which
tjie oats are placed, and the tempera
ttire is kept at a uniform height ot
about 80 degrees by regulating a gas
jet which burns thereunder. At this
season of the year the use of gas
should not be necessary.
Put the oats down into tha con
tainers in layers which are not too
thick, and supply them with water
to induce them to swell Immediate
ly, and then keep them sufficiently
wet to insure germination. This
should enable you to sprout all the
oats you want without any particu
lar difficulty. We have seen people
attempt to sprout oats by wetting
them and placing them in the sun
light. This is of course a. mistake.
Tile best conditions for growth, as
you doubtless know, are plenty of
moisture, an atmosphere well sup
plied with the same, and a tempera
ture say from 80 to 90 degrees.
■p [onely QirlyffiKoipeP
. As I see you are giving other
girls good advice, I am writing, hop
ing that you will listen to my plea,
and will advise me.
I am a young girl of 17, engaged
to a boy of 26. 1 first met this boy
two years ago when he returned
home from France. We were always
good friends and thought lots of
each other. About two months
after he came home we went to
gether, but broke up on account of
xa misunderstanding about another
girl. He went with this other girl
ten months, all the while we were
dear friends, never had hard feel
ings against each other. Then he
broke up with this girl and came
back to me. We have been going
together now nine months. We love
each other dearly and our parents
on either side don’t object. He
wants to mary me now.
But I think I am too young,
would like to finish my education,
but here is the trouble, this girl is
jealous and trying to break us up.
She appeared to be my friend, but
all the while she was my enemy.
She Ims told false stories ojj this
boy and myself, and he says that
he is afraid she will keep on until
she parts us. The reason he walls
to marry now.
I love him better than anyone else
or ever will, he has proven that he
loves me and means what he says
and my parents don’t object. Please
advise me what to do. Thanking you
in advance for advice.
LITTLE GJRLIE.
If two people love each other
devotedly to wish to marry, it
is rather hard for some one else
to step between to break them
up. You seem to be attached to
this boy, yet are undecided
about marrying him. I should
say you do not care for him as
deeply as you pretend, or else.,
like many other girls, you would
jump at the chance to marry.
Am glad you have taken a sen
sible view of it, though, and I
think if you can remain ifi
school for two or three more
years it will help you both in
your mental attitude toward
men,, also educate your mind to
a better degree than it is now.
Besides you have plenty of time
to marry, and if you are marry
ing the young man to keep him,
he isn’t worth it. If he loves
you he will wait for you.
I am a boy cqming to you for ad
vice. I am nineteen years of age,
and am corresponding with a girl
seventeen years old, who lives about
thirty miles from my home. I have
only seen her once and liked her at
first sight. We have been corre
sponding ever since Christmas. S'he
Is a real smart girl and is spoken
welljof by everybody. She also seems
to be a real nice girl. Through her
friendship I have given this girl a
box of stationery. Do you think she
cares anything for me or is just
writing to pass away the time. Would
it be any harm for mo to give this
girl a ring, as I like her better than
any girl I have ever seen. Would it
be proper for me to call to see this
’girl on Saturday afternoon and stay
until Sunday afternoon, as she has a
brother about my age. Please an
swer through The Tri-Weekly Jour
nal. Yours truly,
BLUE EYES.
It will be perfectly proper for
the young girl’s brother to invite
you to spend the week-end at
their home. Or the girl’s par
ents may extend to you an in
vitation to do the same. It would
be good taste to wait until you
know the young lady better be
fore you make her any presents
other than a box of candy. Sure
ly she wouldn’t waste her time
upon you unless she has found
you possessing an attractive per
sonality in her sight.
I am in love with a girl near my
home. She is fifteen and I am eight
een, and she is a nice girl. I have
been going with her for a long time
:fnd find that she is the best-loqking
girl 1 have ever seen. Is twice a
week too often to go to see her. She
is nice to me and has a good, pleas
ant look on her face every time I
see her. She seems to like me the
best of any one else she has ever
seen. I love hqr better than I do
myself. Please tell me the best way
to ask her to marry me. for I don’t
see how I can live without her. I
never try to kiss the girls or hug
them because It is not a nice thing
to do unless a fellow is engaged to
inarry. Ain I right? I will describe
myself: Blue eyes, light-red hair fair
complexion, weigh 128 pounds, am
5 feet 6 inches tall. The girl is 5
feet and 2 inches high, has brown
hair and blue eyes and weighs 121
pounds. Wishing to see this in The
Journal. y. h.C.
Twice a week is not too often
to call on your sweetheart. But
THE COUNTRY HOME
' BY MRS. W. H. FELTON
The Obligation of Mothex-s to Their
Children.
A dear good woman and one of the
most painstaking and conscientious
of mothers, was well pleased with
my late admonition to women, con
cerning the nurses they employ, and
I am going to copy down some of the
wise words she has written on the
“Honie Training of Children.” “D,id
you hear the various addresses on
child welfare? If you did, mother,
may God cause the meeting to be a
blessing to you and all about you!”
Do we as parents, citizens and
Americans realize our blessings, our
opportunities and our responsibility?
Do we fully comprehend the magni
tude of our duties toward our homes,
our children, our country and our
G od ?
Do we take thought of the morrow
as we should? As we sow, we shall
reap—either in ourselves or in our
children, which is the pitiful part,
and do we care enough to give it
thought?
We must not only feed our fami
lies, but we must feed them to real
ly nourish them, lest they starve. V/e
must not only clothe our families,
but we must dress them for health
as well as for morals. We must not
merely entertain, but our recreations
must be of the up-lifting kind. For
assuredly as we sow, shall we reap.
Prof. Blank, remonstrated with
some boys for playing marbles for
keeps. A lad inquired, “Professor
what’s the difference to play for
keeps or for a handkerchief or some
<>ucn?”
Our maker demands as much per
fection as is attainable for humans
to be. God gives us examples in the
harmonious workings of nature and
in the interest of animals.
Can we with intellect each with a
portion of our maker within us, be
oblivious of the higher demands up
on us ?
Should weifirst enlarge God’s king
dom, and then ignore oUr duties? We
must give our own lives—our home
life —more consideration and the
rearing of our families more study.
The precious little lives are easily
molded for better or for worse, and
by habit and example are their char
acters formed. The habits of child
hood can become a lifelong blessing,
or they may result in a life-long
shame.
The body hungers, the mind hun
gers, the soul hungers and each must
be fed aright.
Nor can any human, bred and per
haps living in immorality, and think
ing vulgarity—feed and rear our
“God-sent” children aright. Oh, moth
ers, do not trust your- child’s future
to uneducated minds.
Trust not their souls, who belong
to God. to ignorant nurse maids,
whose thoughtlessness may cause
disease and habits which our years
of patience cannot eradicate.
And above all let us be truly par
ents. Let us not indulge in habits
or recreations which may event
ually lead our children into
paths of ruin. Let us be wide-awake
parents capable of conserving our
child's health, recreation —inspira-
tions and morals—that we may
eventually face the judge of all man
kind and hear the words, “Well done,
good and faithful servant.”
Only by fulfilling our manifest ob
ligations as parents, can our chil
dren be influenced aright, at home,
TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1921.
you and she are entirely too
young to marry. You should
wait until you are at least twen
ty-one and the girl seventeen or
eighteen. “Girl and boy love”
with all of its sweetness and
imagination scarcely ever termi
nates into anything seriously.
It is the way of youth, there
fore do not rush blindly into
matrimony because you imagine
you can’t live without her, but
think seriously what “marriage”
means. You will have, to work
very hard; it takes twice as much
for two to live than It does for
one, regardless of what people
may tell you. And when the bills
come pouring in and harass you
nearly to death, your love will
lose some of its ardor, and then
you will begin to wonder why
you were such an idiot as to
marry—because you aren’t old
enough to realize all of this be
forehand.
I km seeking advice. I am a lonely
girl at home, coining to you for
advice.
I will describe myself: First of
all I am about five feet six inches
tall, weigh 114 pounds, brown hair
and eyes and age 16 years. I am
going to school now and am in the
eighth grade. I am in love with a
boy and he has quit me, without
any cause at all. Do you think he
will ever come back, and if you do
tell me whether to accept his com
pany or not. I believe he will re
turn.
Please do not throw my letter in
the waste basket and give me your
best advice. SLIM.
I suppose the “young man”
got tired, and quit coining to
see you, so why worry about
him? Put on your prettiest hat
—with a smile to go with it and
sally forth with the idea of
captivating a few more of the
susceptible males. Never let a
man know he has caused you
one moment’s worry. If in your
heart /ou love him, and it is
consuming your whole life —
fight it —it may leave you hard
and bitter, but it is the best
for you to put this love aside
and take up life from a new
Try to become interested
in some other boy. Men like a
girl whom other men admire.
They will flock around her—like
bees around a honey-suckle vine.
Don’t sit at home and mope, and
when he decides to return to you
—let him find other company
with you.
I am coming to you for advice. I
am a boy seventeen years old and
I am in love with a girl eighteen
years old, and I'dearly love her. But
there is another boy going to see
her and she seems to care more for
him than she does for me. What
can I do to win- her love? I know
that I never will see any girl that
I will love more dearly than she.
Her father and mother seem to like
me fine. If I can win her love and
she would consent to mafry me,
would it be all right for me to
steal her out some time if her fa
ther and mother should object? Do
you think we are too young to marry.
I know we would be happy together.
How is my handwriting? Thank you
for your interest in me.
BROKEN-HEARTED JIM.
You are decidedly too young to
marry. And while you may suf
fer the consequences because you
love this girl and she prefers
some one else, she knows who
she cares the most for, and you
should not pursue her with your
attentions. If she should find
she doesn’t care for your rival,
then is the time to step in and
win her if you can. Run away
marriages very often turn out
disastrously, and you would be
best off to wait a. few years
longer until you have, grown to
man’s estate before you take
unto yourself a wife. You will
realize later on the obligations
you -incur when you enter the
matrimonial compact.
lam coming to you for advice. 1
am a married woman and the mother
of 12 children. I want to know about
my sen. He ran away last July and
joined the navy and wasn’t of age
and I have never gotten any of his
wages and I want you to tell me
where I can write to find out wheth
er I can get his money or not. Any
advice from you would certainly be
appreciated.
MRS. MARY WILSON.
If you will write to “Com
mander Raper.” head of the “re
cruiting section of the. U. S.
Navy.” Atlanta, Ga., he will
furnish information regarding
your son. Send self-addressed
envelope.
or in sehool, in the streets or in the
ch u rah.
In our failure, or our neglect of
these obligations—the home, the
child —and even society and the coun
try are menaced. It is said to dwell
upon this thought. The results are
so dangerous and the menace so
great.
There is too little attention paid
to the children in the schools, and
they are doubtless receiving impres
sions—hearing things—and associat
ing with other children who have had
little or no home training at all.”
This is the admonition of an earn
est little mother? who is afraid to
turn over her little ones to ignorant
nurses—while she goes to bridge
parties and frequents movie pictures
every day in the week but Sunday.
Her heart was full of her subject.
She knows how easy it is to fall un
der the blight of bad company for
little minds.
To sum it up—it is a very respon
sible task to raise even one child,
when that child is under your care
every hour in the day—until it be
gins to attend the public school. The
little ones that are willful and hard
to control, are oftimes injured by
street accidents, but physical hurts
do not compare at all with the dan
gers that attend th© health, the man
ners or the morals of neglected lit
tle ones, whose mothers are too busy
to be troubled with the care of
them.
There is too much license—too
much liberty to spend all the nickels
and dimes that a child can coax out
of the parents who had rather give
bribes to quiet their clamor, than to
take time to interest them in a less
hurtful way.
So this discourse comes out of my
late article, on the danger of Ignor
ant, vulgar, care-takers of the lit
tle child whose parents are bent on
having a good time, and connot be
worried with their restless offspring
—where they could be more properly
cared for, in the mothers’ room, or
in the yard of the home.
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