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AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
The Possibilities of the Sweet Potato
The possibilities of the Georgia
sweet potato are almost, unlimited.
Georgia is the second largest pro
ducer of sweet potatoes. They are
admirably adapted to our soil and
climatic conditions and it is a rela
tively easy crop to grow. It makes
sn abundant yield, and but for the
4ifficulty of curing and storing would
'png ago have become an ideal crop.
»Je have found out lately how to
build storage houses, cure our sweet
potatoes, and keep them successfully
so that we can market them now
through a twelvemonth period. This
means that the cultivation of this
crop will be greatly accelerated in
the immediate future. We are now
producing from thirteen to fifteen
million bushels a year, but the time
is not far distant 'when we will dou
ble, treble or even quadruple these
yields. There is a market at home
for twice as many sweet potatoes
as we have been able as yet to pro
duce and cure out satisfactorily, and
all the states lying north of the
Ohio river would become great users
of this crop were the merits and de
sirable qualities of the sweet potato
as generally understood and appre
ciated as they should be. It will be
the duty and'privilege of our people
to make the folks in that section of
the country understand and appre
ciate the value of the sweet potato
as an addition to the family dietary.
Steps to this end are now being taken.
We can therefore look forward con
fidently to an ever widening market
for this crop.
The sweet potato is a frost-tender
plant, adapted to a semi-tropical and
tropical climate. It needs a long
growing season and does not grow
well during cool periods. It is also
capable of growing and producing
good yields on a small supply of
rainfall, if the soil in which it is
planted retains moisture reasonably
well. In other words, as far as the
climatic conditions existing in Geor
gia are concerned, the sweet potato
grows well throughout the state with
the exception of the high altitudes.
In the mountains of the northeast
ern part of the state and in the ex
treme northern part of. the state
where the is high, the nights
during summer cool, the season short
and the rainfall very heavy, the
sweet potato is not a commercial
crop. Another way to limit the area
for commercial production of this
vegetable is by confining its produc
tion to the cotton area of the state.
This confinement does not hold for
the United States as a whole, as
sweet potatoes are produced in very
large quantities along the Atlantic
seaboard far north of the cotton belt.
It happens for a number of reasons
to coincide with the cotton belt of
the state.
The parts used are produced under
ground. This alone means that the
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soil should be light to get best re
sults. The sandy loams underlaid
with clay subsoils are ideal for
sweet potatoes, and there is an abun
dance of these types in the state.
In addition to sandy loams, the clay
I loams, fine sandy loams, gravelly
' loams and even the very sandy types
I can be made to produce good yields
l of sweet potatoes. The selection of
soils should be made by taking the
sandy loam with a clay subsoil as
ian ideal. The farther away from this
j type, the poorer the soil will be.
! Very heavy soils and deep sands are
I the poorest.
During the past years, the state
I has been producing sweet potatoes
iat a rapidly increasing rate. In
1909, the crop was estimated at 5.-
000.000 bushels; in 1919 it reached
j 13,064,000 bushels. This great in
crease has been due to the stimula
tion given to the production of food
crops by the low prices paid for cot
ton in the fall of 1914, by the. infes
tation of many of the counties with
the boll weevils, and by the high
prices paid for all food crops during
the war. The sweet potato being one
of the south’s best food crops has
naturally played an important part
in the feedin gos our people during
the war when food became a basic
essential to the bringing of the war
to a successful termination. In
looking for a staple food crop, the
farmers of Georgia and other south
ern states always find the. sweet po
tato one of the leading crops. ,
This increase in sweet potato pro
duction has not been limited to the
state of Georgia as other southern
states have made remarkable in
creases. It is estimated that the
south’s sweet potato crop was worth
$35,000,000 in 1909. $60,000,000 in
1916. and the splendid sum of SIOO,-
900,000 in 1918. or approximately one
dollar for each inhabitant of the
United States.
For a long time the obtaining of
a profit from sweet potatoes was
difficult owing to conditions of mar
keting. At market time there were
too many sweet potatoes offered for
sale on the marke,ts of the state to
make it possible to obtain a reason
able price. As a consequence, in the
fall the farmer necessarily had to
sell his crop for a very low price—
often as low as fifty cents a bushel,
or store them in banks in the fields.
The storing of this produce in banks
generally proved to be unsatisfac
tory as the potatoes did not keep
well, were difficult to get during
bad weather, were often discolored,
and those storing them were without
an organization for marketing in
quantity to other markets than those
local.
With the organization of com
panies for the purpose of storing
and marketing sweet potatoes, the
sweet potato came into it's own for
the first time in the history of the
state, as these companies often paid
at the storage houses a cash price,
thereby putting the sweet potato
on a footing with cotton as a money
crop. They were large enough to
justify a marketing organization
that could investigate the markets
of the United States much better
than the individual farmer under the
old system could investigate the mar
kets of the cities of his state. It was
not an unusual thing, before the
coming of the large marketing agen
cies, for farmers to be greatly dis
couraged by results of their at
tempts at marketing. This was
sometimes due to not being in touch
with the needs of markets, at others
to poor packages, still more often
to poor grading and not unusually
to the consigning of their products
to commission men when returns
were generally unsatisfactory.
A study of the returns per acre
for the different southern states
would indicate that the states hav
ing the lowest returns per acre are
those with the lowest yields. At the
same time, the price paid per bushel
will vary with care in handling,
grading, storage and marketing fa
cilities.
The figures given below are meant
to be a guide for the beginner who
sells his crop of sweet potatoes at
the storage house in the fall as is
practiced in many sections of the
south at the present time. They are
not accurate for any particular
grower but are composite figures
THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL*
secured from south Georgia growers
during the last few years. Conse
quently they should be representa
tive and furthermore should be a
good guide. This cost is calculated
on the basis of a yield of 10 bush
els per acre; this yield is slighlty
above the average but considerably
below the production of many of the
best sweet potato growers.
Preparation and rent
of land $ 7.00 to $llOO
10,000 slips or cut-
tings 7.50 20.00
Cost of transplanting 5.00 5.00
Fertilizer 10.00 15.00
Harvesting 5.00 15.00
Total cost $44.50 $72.00
100 bushels at 70c to
$1 bushel 70.00 100.00
According to these calculations, the
net returns will be from $2 to $55
per acre.
It will be noticed that there is a
wide difference in the cost of slips
and cuttings. This will depend upon
how they are obtained and in what
quantity. Slips bought in large quan
tities are usually secured for $1.50 a
thousand, sometimes as low as sl.
When sweet potatoes are bedded and
grown on the farm the cost should
not exceed 50 cents a thousand. In
growing a large acreage for the mar
ket, it is most practicable to get
sufficient slips to plant an acre as
early in the spring as weather con
ditions will permit. Then make the
remainder of the planting .by getting
cuttings from the acre that was
planted early. Cuttings obtained in
this way will cost from 25 cents to
50 cents a thousand; this is the labor
cost for cutting the vines into cut
tings and carrying them to the field
where they are to be planted.
The yield assumed for the above
calculations is 100 bushels, yet it is
not unusual to have a production of
125 to 150 bushels. It is an annual
occurrence to have a yield of 200
bushels report.ed.
The sweet potato comes the near
est of all the horticultural crops to
being staple. It is more staple than
cantaloupes, watermelons, peaches,
cabbage, asparagus, onions, and oth
er perishable crops. In adaptability
to the state it ranks second to cotton.
The coastal plains with their warm,
sandy-loam soils are at the present
time more certain of producing a
normal crop of sweet potatoes than
of cotton, as the cotton crop can be
cut to almost nothing by a bad sea
son like the one of the summer of
1919, with the ravages of the boll
weevil being felt exceedingly severe
at the same time. The sweet potato
can be stored on the farm in a small
storage house and kept until spring.
During the great war the high prices
of all food crops stimulated the con
struction of large commercial stor
age houses. Many of these houses
.are operating as storage warehouses
where the farmers can take their po
tatoes and store them or sell them
at harvesting time.
In our publication of 1917 entitled,
“Growing Sweet Potatoes in ’Geor
gia,” it was stated: “There seems to
be opportunities for the business men
and professional produce brokers in
marketing the sweet potatoes.” With
the perfection of storage methods,
this question naturally comes for
ward: If cotton men can build stor
age places to which the farmers can
bring their cotton and sell it or store
it, why, then, should not those look
ing for an undertaking build storage
houses to which the farmers could
bring their sweet potatoes to sell or
store? This has not been worked out
by experience, yet it looks very prom
ising in view of the fact that individ
ual sweet potato growers have built
such storage houses on their own
plantations, storing, grading, packing
and waiting until the market is good
to sell.” Since that time, this idea
has been taken up by business men
and during the season of 1919 there
were stored in such commercial ware
houses for sweet potatoes about 300,-
000 bushels.
The relationship between the price
of potatoes as they come from the
field and price in the spring is about
one to one and a half or two. That
is, if potatoes sell for 70 cents at
harvesting time, it is to be expected
that they will bring from $1.15 to
$1.50 from the storage house in the
spring. This is sufficient to pay a
fair storage charge of 15 cents a
bushel and take up the loss in
weight; also it gives a reasonable
profit.
Experiments to Test
Effects of Tobacco
Show Little Progress
BALTIMORE.—Research work on
the effects of tobacco, which has
been carried on for two years at
Johns Hopkins university, with the
co-operation of other
centres, is reaching an interesting
stage, but is far from the point
where any conclusions have been
reached. Dr. Knight Dunlap, head
of the department of experimental
psychology, is directing the investi
gation, assisted by other Johns Hop
kins instructors, graduate students
and men of prominence in other in
stitutions?. Psychological tests are
being made, distinct from physio
logical experiments. The University
of Michigan is engaged in exten
sive work on the physical effects
of tobacco.
Those having a hand in the work,
Dr. Dunlap explained, are not iden
tified with any propaganda and have
avoided anything that would arouse
such a suspicion. The tests are
along lines already well known, such
as relate to memory, ability to as
sociate ideas and ability to answer
simple questions on a great variety
of subjects without falling into con
fusion of ideas.
Great care is exercised to get the
best data possible on the “unsmok
ed” individual before a test is made.
Work with one person often in
volves many hours. Blood pressure,
pulse and respiration records are
made as well as the thinking tests
“before and after.” In every experi
ment sufficient subjects are used to
give value to the results obtained.
Girl Who Mistook
Sea-Lion for Log
Gets Big Surprise
NEW YORK. —Margaret George, of
Androvette street, Kreiserville, Sta
cen Island, experienced some of the
sensations of Sinbad the Sailor when
she mistook a sea lion for a nice,
round log and attempted to drag it
home for firewood.
Margaret was out gathering drift
wood on the shore near her home
when she noticed the log lying in
the water. She waded out, got hold
of it and began towing it in when,
to her astonishment, it appeared to
move. Then she poked it to satisfy
herself that she was mistaken, and
the log rolled over.
Frightened, she ran and told boys
in a nearby boathouse what she had
seen. They were skeptical at first,
but two of them finally accompanied
her to the spot and the discovery
was made that it was not a log but
a sea lion. They noticed that there
was a deep cut in its head as if it
had been struck by a motor boat
propeller.
Shortly after it was pulled from the
water the sea lion died of its injury.
The lion was taken to the Charles
ton Boat club, where it has been
placed on exhibition.
Bold Black Bears
Hinder Train Service
In Quaker State
ELMIRA. N. Y. —New York Cen
tral train crews on the line that runs
south from Corning into the coal
fields of Pennsylvania are having a
new experience. Black bears and
rattlesnakes are interfering with the
time schedules. A special coal freight
train slowed up when a huge black
bear walked leisurely upon the track.
He refused to move until the cow
catcher nosed him more or less
gently aside.
Letterßozx
“Help for the Helpless—Kindness to All
Dumb Things”
RULES
No unsigned letters printed.
No letter written on both sides of paper printed.
AIL letters not to exceed 150 to 200 words.
Dear Children: When you have such a long story one time I
promise you will have more letter room the next. I hope next week
to publish an honor roll. I am getting so anxious for us to be about
our good work. Lovingly, AUNT JULIA.
Hello, Aunt Julia and Cousins: Please
let me in as it’s cold and lonely on the out
side, and I want a seat by Aunt Julfa, as
I am afraid that so many youngsters might
excite me. Delia Thompson, I am interested
in church work and boost my church and
Sunday school everywhere I go, for if you
don’t love your own church who else can
love, it? Aunt Julia's little story in April
the 30th, impressed me very much, as it
seems to appeal to my standing as I have
a desire to accomplish great things step by
step, I think that we all should have some
purpose in life to live for and live to that,
although the way may often seem dark and
gloomy before us, no matter how hard we
try to reach the goal. We should take our
troubles as stepping stones toward higher
plains, and never despair and give up, nor
sit and wait for some one else to win the
race for us. Sure we must fight if we
would win. r see some of the cousins laugh
ing and wondering who it is dcing this
writing. I am a plain simple country girl,
with black hair and blue eyes. Live on a
small farm in southwest Georgia with my
father, mother and one sister. Would lika
to correspond with any of the boys and girls,
as I am often lonely.
Miss SARAH YATES.
Bainbridge, Ga., Route A, Box 86.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Wil’ you
please admit a little Georgia girl into your
happy band? Wonder how you cousins arc
enjoying these fine days, fine I hope. I am
sending a penny for the orphan baby. Cous
ins, it is so interesting to go over and read
such nice letters on a rainy day. How many
of you cousins like to read good story books?
I dp. What do some of you cousins do
thesft fine days? I play in the playhouse
and in my little garden. I sure do have a
fine time. I would like to hear from some
of you cousins soon. Your little cousin,
LAZELLE CROSBY.
Adel. Ga. R. F. D. 2.
Dear Auntie and Cousins: Will you let
a Georgia girl in your happy band of boys
and girls? I live on a farm, two miles from
Plainville. I go to school at Plainville.
Will describe myself, so, don’t get scared.
Here I go: Red hair, brown eyes, fair
complexion, 5 feet 5 inches tall. I have
written twice before but did not see it in
print. I will let you all guess my age—
it is between 9 and 13. The one that
guesses my age gets a card. If Mr. W. »•
doesn’t get it first. I am in the fifth
grade at school. Our school was out the
4th of May. How many of you like flowers.
I do for one. I guess I had better be go
ing before Mr. W. B. gets in. Will answer
all letters and cards received if I can. a
new cousin, gu?IB DESNIS .
Plainville, Ga., R. F. D- No. L
Heyo! Aunt Julia and Cousins: Wonder
what you cousins are doin 8 . tl,is
ing. I’m looking at the ram. I, like most
of the cousins, live on a farm, and like
farm life fine. It is the rule to describe
oneself, but I will not—l am so ugly you
all would run. But, listen cousins, I am
not the onlv ugly one that has written to
S Letter" Box.’l will leave my age for
von io euess, it is between Jo and -u.
if you cousins wish to cheer U1 ‘ cnely
girl, let your letters
Dearest Aunt Jtilia’and Cousins: Wonder
what you all are doing this rainy morning.
reading the Letter Box for qui
a while, decided I would write. I live in
the country and like the country far better
than the city. What do you cousins do foi
nistime? I read and help papa on the
farm and help mother with tlfe house work.
I am real fond of flowers and music. I like
all outdoor sports. As the cousins say 1
the rule to describe themselves, I will not
follow the rule. Will only say I am sweet
sixteen. Cousins, let the letters and cards
fly. I will promise to answer all I re
ce'ive. With love to Aunt Julia and all the
cousins. Lovingly, bIXNIE HUNTER.
Jasper, Fla., R. C, Box 7i.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: wil }
let a South Carolina girl into your ha|, py
band of boys and girls? I have been a reader
of the Letter Box for quite a while. 1 will
describe myself, as this is my * lrst
temnt to write: I am 5 feet 4 inches tall,
weigh 110 pounds, have medium 1^ ro ''' n Jk"”;
blue eyes and medium complexion, fourty
years of age. What do you cousins do for
pastime? I go to school and play basket
ball Our school is out the 27th of May.
How many of you cousins like to receive
letters? I Jo for one. I am going to look
for a letter from some of you cousins, so do
not disappoint me.
Your new cousin,
MISS NEATHA HAIGLER.
Cameron, S. C., Route 2.
P s.lnclose 5 cents lor the orphan.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
let another South Carolina girl into your
charming circle? I live ou a farm, anil 1
love to read your letters. I am thirteen
years old and am in the sixth gra<!e.
am going to describe myself: I have brown
eyes and blnck hair and fair complexion. 1
attend Sabbath school at the Baptist
church every Sunday. 1 guess I had better
„ o before I break the rule of staying too
Fong. I would be glad to hear from any
of vou who care to write Lots and lots of
love. CORA M’QUAIG.
Cheraw, S. C.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
please admit a little Georgia girl into your
happv band? I have written twice before.
II guess Mr. W. B. got them. Any way, I am
going to try my luck again. I live on the
farm, about 8 or 9 miles from Carroll
ton. What have you cousins for pets.' I
iiave a hen and chickens. I get very lonely
away out here. I have a sister and brother
older than myself and a brother younger.
My sister and father work in Atlanta, so
I get very lonelv. Aunt Julia, please print
mv letter, so I can get acquainted with some
of the cousins. I will not describe mj
self. If any of you want to know how I
look just write me. I will leave my ago
for vou to guess—between 12 and b>. t
will close. Write to me and I will answer
all letters received.
Carrollton. Ga.. R. No. 1.
Nobody home! Oh, here you are. Why,
I surely thought all of you cousins would
be at home sewing on your new
and I would get a few minutes t«lk <
Aunt Julia. I suppose MU W. B- thought
this was his birthday and he would just
walk around in the rose gulden. A "’*
Julia, I have been keeping house for my
dear grandmother while she is off on a
visit and every night and morning, when
go to feed the chickens, some sparrows
come out and help the chickens cat th ir
n’ here comes Mr. W. 15. a>hii
lOohotI Oo hot ffon J so I n.ust run. Aunt Julia
please don’t forget; that I amsod taUed
R CTH A ' HARDIN.
Senoia, Ga.
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little calf. Guess we had better bring our
letter to a close, as this is our first. If
we see It in print we'll come again some
time. We would like to hear from some of
our cousins in Tennessee.
Your new nieces,
MYRTIS and MYRL BRECHELN.
Montpelier, La.
Dearest Aunt Julia: I will
lines to let you know I V,.’’
lard of the living and enjoying fin .
and I hope vou are also. Say. 'V.
music teacher, get your roll book andl take
iny nnme, as I have < e<'i<le<l 10 J a tl ‘ P
Bible. I think it is real nice of jmi tn 1,
up a Bible reading class. Our Baptist
preacher, Mr. Charles Hester, asked us all
to read the Bible through and I promised to
read it. I am going to school now. Dur
school will be out in three weeks from
Mondav. the 25th. My teacher, is Miss Ila
Virginia Lewis, and I like her fine. Auntie.
I certainly wish you and I could b<* together
iunt n ncC. tiecause 1 know you are a jollj
woman. Well, I guess 1 had better close
l»y asking aU to write. With love to one
and all.
An old cousin and niece,
DUEL STRICKLAND.
Slocomb, N. C.
Hello, Aunt Julia and Cousins! I have
been feuding your good letters for a long
time and decided I would write. 1 hope I
will tie admitted, as this is my first attempt
to write. So. cousins, don't laugh, for I
nm a woe bit bashful, and you might get me
confused and cause me to make a blunder.
Well, T guess you are wondering What I
I look like, so please don't giggle and I will
tell you the best I can. Now, are you ready?
The Tri-Weekly Journal’s
Fashion Suggestions
No. 8.975.. -Girl’s Dress. Ths
surplice style, so popular in dresses
a«d blouses for grownups, has been
borrowed tor this neat little frock,
The child’s dress. No. 9,099, is
cut in sizes 2 to 10 years, Size 4
requires l'/ 8 yards 36-inch material
with %-yard 36-inch contrasting.
, Price 15 cents.
Everv woman who wants to dress
kJ SgKSgg \
stylishly and economically should
order at once the latest issue of our
new FASHION QUARTERLY,
which is three times as large as the
fashion monthly we formerly issued
and contains over 800 styles, dress
making lessons. Ac. Price 10c. Post
age prepaid and safe delivery guar
anteed. Send '2sc for a pattern and
FASHION QUARTERLY.
In oraering patterns ana maga
zines write your name clearly on a
sheet of paper and inclose the price
in stamps. Do not send youv letters
to the Atlanta office, but direct
them to—
FASHION DEPARTMENT.
ATLANTA JOURNAL,
22 East Eighteenth St.,
New York City.
All right. > have blue eyes, liilt bair, fair
complexion and between ten and sweet six
teen years old. I live on a farm, and like
farm life fine, but get a wee bit lonely
sometimes. I would like for all you good
looking cousins to write to me. 1 will try
to answer all.
Your south Georgia cousin.
ALFRED H. SANDS.
Sycamore, Ga., R. F. D. 2.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
admit a north Alabama boy into your happy
circle? 1 have been a silent reader of the
Letter Box for some time and have become
so interested that I could no longer resist
the temptation to write. I, like most of
you, live on a farm, and like farm life fine.
I live one mile from the Tennessee river
and five miles from Scottsboro, which is
our county seat. I hope all of you cousins
are enjoying this beautiful spring weather.
I am for one. How many of you like to
read good books. I like nothing better. I
have a large collection of books, which are
very interesting. What do you cousins do
j for pastime? I go fishing, also hunting. J
i will not describe myself this time, only say
that 1 will be eighteen May 25. How many
i have my birthday? All of you oousins wlsli-
I ing a correspondent let your letters fly to
REUBIN KNIGHT.
Scottsboro, Ala , Aoute 4, Box 93.
Hello, Aunt Julia and cousins! Here
comes a merry little girl from the state of
old Georgia. I have just finished reading
the letters and think they are just fine.
John W. Guy surely does write a niee letter,
also ail the cousins. Say, cousins, do you
all remember me? 1 surely did get lots of
niee letters from the dear cousins, but I
am sorry to say that I didn’t get to an
swer all: but. they were highly appreciated.
I lost some of the addresses, and you see I
didn't get- to answer all How many of
you cousins like to read “Miss Mary Mere
dith’s Advice?’’ I surely do for one, and
“The Unwelcome Wife.” I see where lots
of the cousins are joining the Bible reading
class. No one can find a better book than
the precious word of God. Well, cousins,
1 guess, you all are saying you wish Hint
little girl would hurry and move, so I will
be going. I would like to hear from some
of you dear boys and girls, with your pic
tures, but will not promise to answer all:
so come on, all who are between twelve and
nineteen years of age. I will tell you all
my age; It is fifteen. So by-by, one and
all. Love to Aunt Julia. I remain.
SUE MITCHEL.
Carlton, Ga., Route 2, Box 38.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here comes
another South Carolina girl asking for ad
mittance into yonr happy band of girls and
| boys. I, like most of the cousins, live on
, the farm, and like it fine. How many of
! you cousins like to read? I do, and read a
good deal sometimes. Cotreirs, how do you
all like Aunt Julia's stories? I surely do en
joy reading them every one. All of you
cousins who live on the farm get your hoe
• ready to chop cotton. Oil! doesn't that sun
shine hot? But never mind; we'll go ahead
and de the best we can. Well, I had better
be going. If I am admitted I will write
again. Some of you cousins near my age,
which is nineteen, write to me. I remain
Your new cousin.
LILLIAN WOOTTEN.
Westminster, S. 11. F. D. 3.
Dear Aunt and Cousins: It lias been
nearly a year since 1 have seen one of our
Journals. I used to write to the Letter Box
when I lived at Eggleton, W. Va.. but have
been living with my sister at Potsmouth,
Ohio, since Thanksgiving. I miss The Journal
so much. I think I’ll subscribe soon, for I
am lonesome without our Letter Box. Where
are all of my cousins when I used to hear
from so ofte'n? Now, Mae Reynolds, you
shut up. I can just hear you laughing at
me. Hello there. Mr. Brown, Miss Morris
und Miss Williams! Where are you? I
wish you were here to go to school with
me. We surely do have some fun. I go
to the Portsmouth College of Business. I
will soon finish the first part of book
keeping, then I’ll study shorthand and type
writing. Now. I’ll close and let some one
else talk a while. If any of my old friends
at Eggleton see this, please write to me.
My address is New Boston Station, Ports
mouth, Ohio. I hope to hear from all of
1 the cousins. With love to Aunt Julia and
all. MISS EEVA HUGHES.
Portsmouth, Ohio.
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I parts of sifted ashes and table salt
with just, enough cold water to hold
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•piopely Qirb
Please give me your best advice
for I am anxious to get an answer to
these questions. I am loving a boy
of twenty-two, trying to beat three
girls’ time. Do you think I can? He
said I could. Also told me he
wasn’t going with the girl who likes
him best any more. She loves him—
just runs after him. I was told that
he ran from her one Sunday. Got
some one to hide his hat so he
wouldn’t have to go with her. Do
you believe he likes -her? She says
they are going to get married soon,
but she has never seen him but once.
He says he don’t like the other girls.
I treat him nice and he is nice to
me, but he is not so nice to the
other two girls. Do you think he
loves me. Please answer,
BILL.
This boy you mention must be
quite a “lady killer” to have
three girls in love with him and
he has to hide his hat to keep
from going with them. And you
are acting equally as silly, let
ting him see how deeply smitten
you are with him. The only way,
and the most lady-dike way for
you to act, you should not run
after him, don’t be in his path
every where he wishes to turn.
Make yourself scarce, let him
seek you out, let him do the
courting. And be above the tricks
and arts of the other girls. In
doing so, you will make him re*
spect you, and at the same time
see there is something worth
while In your character, which
will cause him to appreciate you
in your true light.
I have been reading advice you have
given to other girls. I thought I
would write you. This is my first
time so I would be very,much pleas
ed to see this in print. First I will
describe myself, fair complexion,
light hair, blue eyes and rosy cheeks.
Do you think I am pretty? I have
a few freckles —will you please tell
me what will remove them. What
colors will suit me best? I am four
teen years, old, about four feet and
eight inches tall. I weigh about
eighty pounds. Do you think I am
too large to wear socks? I am In
the seventh grade. I have a real
sweet teacher. How is my hand
writing? Would you box your hair
if you were me? I started to have
it boxed, but after my bangs were cut
I backed out. I have several boy
friends, but not any special one, for
I am too small; don’t you think so?
Is it all right for a boy to walk home
with a girl from school? My nick
name is “Bill.” Thanking you for
advice. Hoping to see this in print
soon.
“TULIP.”
Your description of yourself
sounds like you are pretty,
Don’t spoil it if you are. by be
ing vain and conceited, for it de
tracts so much from a girl. Any
good proxide cream will help to
remove the freckles. Wear a
hat and keep out of the wind and
sunlight when it is too strong.
You should- be able to wear most
any color, but blue is especial
ly your color. Your handwriting
is very neat. Don’t box your
hair. You are too old to wear
socks. No harm to have a boy
accompany you home from
school.
As you give other girls advice I
thought I would write. I am not like
most girls about sweethearts. lam
twelve years old. 4 feet 11 inches tai.
I weigh eighty pounds. I have blue
eyes, fair complexion, medium broxvn
hair. Do I weigh enough for my
height? What colors will suit me
best? Am I too tall to wear socks Z
How is my writing? I am in the
fourth grade. I haven’t been going to
school a whole term. I had to stay
home after mother died.
GEORGIA PEACH.
You are a little under weight,
but you are still growing and
after you get older you will
gradually fleshen up, provided
your health is good. Blues in
most any shade will become you,
also coin color and greens and
delicate shades of pink; white
is always good to wear especially
when nice and clean. It is too
bad you had to stop school on
account of your mother’s death,
and I am so sorry that you are
without a mother’s tender, lov
ing care. You can greatly im
prove your handwriting if you
will practice writing and you
will see how much nicer you will
write in six months from mw.
THE COUNTRY HOME
BY MRS. W. H. FELTON
WHO IS thy neighbor?
“Who Is Thy Neighbor, He whom
thou
Hast power to air or bless.
Whose aching heart or burning brow
Thy soothing hand may press.
“Thy neighbor? ’Tis.the fainting
poor,
Whose eye, with want, is dim,
O enter thou, his humble door,
With aid and peace for him.
“Thy neighbor?—He who drinks the
cup
When sorrow drowns the brim
With words of high sustaining hope
Go share thy lot with him.”
“Thy neighbor? Pass no mourner by,
Perhaps thou can’st redeem
A breaking heart, from misery.
Go share they lot with him.”
The immigration bill before the
United States senate has real and
tangible connection with “Who Is
Thy Neighbor?”
The drives for money, to rescue
the starving Chinese, has also con
nection. as to neighborliness and
brotherly kindness.
“Go ye into all the world and
preach the gospel to every crea
ture” would indicate a close relation
to those who “sit in darkness” in
heathen lands.
The suffering Armenians and the
indifference of so-called Christians
to the horrible massacres, and the
brutal tyranny of Turkish soldiers
are a standing reproach to modern
civilization.
The poor people In your own
neighborhood who are begging for
work to feed the hungry and to
pay rent, are, in my humble opinion,
your nearest neighbors, but the oth
ers farther off.
Airplanes
When the history of the world war
is truly written, and the school chil
dren of that era read the history in
the schoolrooms of these United
States, they will say: “What made
the folks so backward about air
travel?” Os course aged grandmoth
ers, like myself, are not expect
ed to get out in the open and beg
for the privilege of a passenger seat
in a flying machine, but I mean the
people who are venturesome and
eager for excitement. There are
numbers of folks—rich ones—who
crave an Alpine experience—climbing
up precipices—tied to guides by
strong ropes, etc. It is obliged to
be safer in airplanes, with experi
enced air-pilots, than on the slip
pery ice on a steep mountain side.
People race in automobiles with
dare-devil recklessness, and, of
course, they occasionally pay the pen
alty for their reckless daring. I
would, considering the real danger
of the airplane and the racing auto,
take my chances in the airship—if I
had the racing mania. It is a fore
gone conclusion that airplanes are
here to stay, like the automobiles and
the steam engines on railroad tracks.
I do not know, of course, how it is
to be finally worked out, for prac
tical purposes, but the day is com
ing, and with almost comet speed,
when the airplane, in peace-times,
will be in constant use, and way sta
tions will be safely erected, for land
ings at such locations and the genius
of some wise inventor will so perfect
these airships that they will be
greatly patronized in cases where
speed is the desideratum and money
in sight to pay for the trips.
Before I was born there was only
one railroad in the south—running
SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1921.
Here come two Mississippi girls
for your good advice. We are going
with two boys and they seem just
crazy about us. One is seventeen
and the other is twenty-five years of
age. We are twenty-two and twenty.
I, twenty-two, am going with the
boy seventeen, and we are engaged to
be married soon. Is he too young for
me? He is the only boy that I can
ever love. I, twenty, am going with
the boy twenty-five. He asked me to
marry him and I don't think enough
of- him to marry him. I have anoth
er, I think more of than he, but he is
far away, has asked me to wait for
him. I have been going with both of
these boys about three years.
Would you advise me to wait for
the far-off boy? I don’t think I could
be happy with the other one. So
please give me your best advice, as
we need it. Print this in The Tri-
Weekly Journal.
MISSISSIPPI GIRLS.
The boy seventeen is too
young for you, a girl of twenty.
Especially to marry just now.
Why jdon’t you wait a while and
give the boy a chance to make
a living. He is not a grown man
and won’t be, according to law.
until he is twenty-one. At least,
let him be recognized by others
as a grown-up, before you decide
to catch him in the matrimonial
net. To the girl of sweet and
twenty: There is no law to com
pel you to marry the boy of
twenty-five, and it is wrong of
you to encourage him with the
hopes of marrying you some day.
Y"ou are not playing quite fair.
Os course, if you're in love with
the man who lives “fur-fur
away," and he has asked you to
wait for him and you have reason
to believe he is sincere in what
he says, then be true to your
promise and wait for him, for I
dare say you have already told
him you would wait. But it cer
tainly is not quite an honorable
thing to encourage the other boy
to hope of marriage with you
if you don’t mean to marry him.
I have been reading your good ad
vice to so many boys and girls, so
I want you to give me some, too. I
am fifteen years old. Am I old
enough to have boy friends? And
have them call to see me? Is it any
harm for a girl my age to receive
friendly letters? My aunt thinks it
is. While one of my boy friends was
over at my home and he asked me to
kiss him and I refused. He got angry
with me. Do you know why?
Hoping to see this in print.
Respectfully.
LONLY MABEL.
I do not think you are too
young to have a few boy friends.
And it is not going to you
to exchange friendly letters wdth
boys. But don’t write endearing
message to boys. In first place
they will make fun of you. and
also you never know into whose
hands the letters will fall. So
keep your letters free from any
thing which will cause you regret
later. , Let the boy get angry.
The w’orld wasn't made entirely
for him, and don’t let the boys
think they can kiss you.
As I have seen where you have
been giving other boys and girls
good advice, I am coming to you
for a little. I have a few pimples
on my face. I would love to know
what I could get to cure them, as
they don’t look good on any one’s
face. They don’t hurt much only at
times. Your advice will be appre
ciated. I am sixteen years old. I
hope to see this printed in the next
Journal. Thank you very much.
Sign my name (WAITING BOY).
Don’t wory about your pimples
—they will go away later. You
will outgrow them. Get plenty
of “outdoor” exercise. Drink
lots of water and eat green
vegetables, and cut down your
meat eating to some extent. But
the best of all is “outdoor life.”
You will find a wonderful im
provement in your looks. Bathe
face carefully, first in warm wa
ter, lastly cold, to take away the
impurities.
from Augusta, Ga., via Aiken, to
Charleston, S. C. My father owned
a country store in DeKalb county
(where I was born), and generally
bought his store goods In Augusta,
and the goods were transported by
wagons, at heavy cost, from Au
gusta to the upj-country. But he
craved to see a railroad, and he
made the trip to Charleston, and I
have an old letter in my possession,
written from Charleston, after he
had arrived safely, over a railroad,
built mostly on trestles. My moth
er had anxious fears about the rail
road, and he wrote his young wife
a consolatory epistle to calm her
anxiety, and he thought it was a
"moderately safe way” of convey
ance for passengers.
The famous "inclined plane” at
Aiken remained in use for a long
time thereafter. My father con
cluded I should travel that far be
fore I entered my teens, and I have
vivid recollection of that wonderful
journey to Charleston —more than
seventy years ago—and the ascent
and descent at Aiken, S. C.
This airplane discourse is the re
sult of reading today of the ar
rangement of “America’s first model
airway.” It crosses Ohio, Pennsyl
vania, West Virginia and touches
Maryland. There are scores of cities
lying all along this air route. There
are moutains to be crossed. The
rivers will need no bridges, and I
am impressed that air routes will
be enough cheaper to attract busi
ness people who will use airships
for transportation of the mails, light
merchandise and passengers who are
willing to pay well for getting there
quickly. It has been known that
people have bought the privilege of
a railroad train, at least an engine
and one car, to ‘‘annihilate space"
in times of great urgency, or a mat
ter of life and death. An airplane
driven by a well groomed sky pilot
can beat these mile-a-minute rail
road engines down on steel Mils, in
tersected by switches, crossing
other railroads in network profu
sion all along the terra firma route.
When the sky pilot gets aloft in
the clear blue ether he "can see his
way clear,” and if the weather is
propitious, he can race with the
eagles and “light on the landings”
with the ease of bird travel, over
plains and mountains, and all that
now interpose in every-day rail
travel. ~
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