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SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
For Oct. 21. Israel in the Midst of the Nations.
BY DR. MARION McH. HULL
Golden Text: "Look unto me and
bo ye saved, all' the ends of the
earth.” Isa. 45:22.
Nestled along the eastern shore of
the Mediterranean (the very name
of. the sea means ‘‘middle of the
earth), is a narrow strip of land.
It IS bounded on the north by moun
tain's, on the east and south by des
. erts, and on the west by the great
sea. It is only 150 miles from north
and 45 miles at its widest
.part. If you could pick it up and
place it on the state of Georgia it
would only cover the northwest one
fifth of the state.
a ’ Yet it has within those narrow
limits almost every variety of cli
*takte. There.is perpetual snow on
the -summits of Mt. Hermon in the
north, and tropical heat in the val-
• ley of the Jordan, 1,200 feet below
*sea level. It has the invigorating
air of the mountains round about
Jerusalem, and the balmy salt air
"of the coast. You can find almost
every kind of soil there —from the
loamy soil of the plain of Esdraelon
to the barren rocks of the mountain
that grows, from cotton and wheat
so olives and oranges. In its hills
are found metals in abundance; and
NTs''Wat er courses are capable of pro-
Uiueing hydro-electric power suffi-
■ eient to furnish light and heat and
power to every factory and home
• within a radius of many miles.
That little land is the center of
the world, geographically, political
ly and religiously. Not only is ij
situated on the sea whose name
'means middle of the earth, but it is
'the bridge that connects Europe and
Asia; the eastern hemisphere with
th* western. It is the center of the
.population of the world; it is nearer
• the millions of China and of India,
millions of Africa, the millions
of eastern Europe, and of western
Europe and the Americas than any
.other one place.
'' Tt is the political center of the
’world. The real problem of the
World war was as to who should
.-.have the control of Palestine, the
bridge of the nations. Germany
jigeded it for the completion of her
Berlin to Bagdad project and her
'eastern trade. England and the al
lies needed it for trade and access
Egypt.
■ It is the religious center of the
aworld, for out of it came those
‘thjngs we discussed last week —the
knowledge of the true God, the
.moral law which is the basis of
civilization, and the law which is
the foundation of all of civil law to
day. Out of it also, came the Christ
*who. is the one outstanding figure
3>f .the world today in every land,
heathen and so-called Christian. And
.while at present there is no active
'.positive influence from that little
land, its past history enables it to
'occupy a unique place and power in
thre -religious life of the world even
today. Os its future in this re
•speot we shall call attention pres
ently,
-. Israel’s Land
That bit of land belongs not to
.England but to Israel. It is true
England is at present in possession,
“hntf the title is in Israel. God gave
‘that' land to Abram the day he and
■Lot 1 separated. He repeated His
promise of the land to Isaac and to
Jacob, ann then to Moses; and after
-Modes’ death, to Joshua (in one of
the passages selected for the lesson
today). In Deut 32:8 we learn that
God has set the bounds of other na
tions with reference to the number
.nt the children of Israel. While
Isi-ael never possessed all of her pos
sessions, God's promise was not al
tered, and the title is still in» Israel.
Last week we learned that God
had chosen Israel to be a missionary
nation, to be a kingdom of priests,
to- be a witness to the nations of
,-Him, the one God. It is quite nat
ural therefore that God should have
.chosen as a place for His people who
had such a unique responsibility a
land with such a strategic position
as this land. The death of Moses
rhight have made some of them won
-der if the promise would not be real
ized, so God confirmed it to Joshua.
•Note that He says ‘‘Which I do give’’
~ . • “that have I given.” Moses’
..de*th had no effect on the validity
of God’s promises.
In that land their glory was to be
in the keeping of God’s command
ments. As they keep God’s com
mandments other nations, in the
-midst of Hvhom they had been placed,
would say, “Surely this great nation
is a wise and understanding people,
for what nation is there so great
„w;ho hath God so night unto them
-. f . and what nation is there so
‘gteat that hath statutes and judg
ments so righteous as all this law?”
How good was Jehovah to this
people! The land that He gave them
■■was'a good land, a land of brooks of
water, of fountains and depths that
..spring out of valleys and hills; a
land -of wheat, and barley, and vines,
a,nd fig trees, and pomegranates; a
•land of oil, olive and honey; a land
of plpnty; a land whose stones were
of iron and out of whose hills they
might dig brass. God drove the
Canaanites out of this land and
katve to Israel vineyards that they
had-not planted and fields that they
•had not sown. In this He was not
-umjust to the Canaanites, for they
had failed in their trust; He was
gracious to Israel, for they had what
they did not deserve.
..And yet how little did they appre
ciate these blessings. They failed to
keep* His commandments, the keep
ing of which was to be their glory,
and they were satisfied to take pos
session of only a small part of what
God had deeded to them. True to
His “word, because of this God scat
tered' them among the nations and
let? dheir goodly land become a deso
lation in the hands of a hostile peo
ple. . There is not a nation worth
mentioning today that has not its
quota of Jews. Distinct they are,
.intermarrying within their race, and
thrifty. But Israel among the na
tions is different from Israel in the
midst of the nations. Among the
nations today Israel is not witness
ing to God as the great and holy
God;, but Israel scattered has allowed
her testimony to be obscured by her
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lust for gold instead of God; and her
witnessing is not for God.
The World’s Capitol
But God’s word is still sure. Israel
shall yet possess her possessions. In
Isaiah 2 we have a description of
a period yet future-—we hope it will
not be long delayed—when the Cap
itol of the world shall be located at
Jerusalem. The inspired writer says
it will be “in the last days.” He
describes the glories that shall be
in those days, and the blessings that
shall flow out from that world Capi
tol. Not London, not Washington,
not Rome nor Constantinople, but
Jerusalem. It is when He—the
Christ then returned —shall judge
among the nations that universal
peace shall be realized, when He sits
on the throne of His father David
at Jerusalem. That land, now deso
lute, shall become as the garden of
the Lord. The ploughman shall
overtake the reaper and the treader
of grapes him that soweth the seed.
Already we see the beginnings of
the fulfillment of this promise.
Every month scores of Jews are mi
grating to Palestine. More than forty
colonies have already been estab
lished, and wherever the Jew has
settled the fields have, become most
fertile, under the hand of Jews who
have beert merchants —not farmers—
for generations! Banks, co-opera
tive associations, development com
panies, schools have been formed. A
miracle without parallel in the his
tory of the world has happened—a
language that had been dead for
2,000 years and more has been re
vived. The Hebrew language—not
Yiddish—has become the official
language of the schools—of the He
brew university!
Alas, there are some rough times
ahead, for this work of rehabilitation
and repatriation has been done in
unbelief; and it is only when God's
plan and God’s way are followed
that peace and power can come.
Having rejected the servant of Je
hovah, the curses that were fore
told have come upon them. They
have turned from the One whom
God sent, and prophecies—their
own prophets—tell us tha| they -will
turn to one who is not the true
Messiah; after a time he will break
the covenant he has made with
them and persecute them unmerci
fully. It is in the time of their dis
tress, “the time of Jacob's trouble,”
that they will turn to the One they
once rejected. “They shall look upon
Me whom they have pireced and
shall mourn for Him as for an only
son.” Zachariah said this. He uses
a word for “me” that is composed
of the first and last letters of the
alphabet—alef-tav. In Rev. <l:7, 8,
Jesus, the ascended Messiah, speaks
to His servant John, and says; “Be
hold He cometh with clouds, and
every eye shall see Him; and they
also which pierced Him; and all the
kindreds of the earth shall wail
because of Him. Even so. Amen. I
am Alpha and Omega.” I am the
alef-tav, the first and the last; I am
the “Me” of whom the Jewish
prophet .spoke.
It is then that Jerusalem shall
become the world's capital—when He
shall sit upon the throne, when the
government shall be upon His
shoulder whose name is the Won
derful, the Counsellor, the Mighty
God, the Everlasting Father, the
Prince of Peace. Os the increase
of His government and peace there
shall bfe no end, upon the throne
of David.
Yes, God gave His chosen people
the strategic point of the world; He
gave them a land that was in the
midst of the nations that they might
be His witnesses to all the nations.
Because they failed Him and were
scattered among the nations is no
evidence that His plan will not
succeed—it has been delayed only;
for when He brings them back into
the land that He gave to Abraham
and to His seed forever (note the
word), and their hearts are turned
to Him whom they once rejected.
God’s promises to Abraham will be
completly fulfilled; God’s purpose in
choosing Israel will be completely
realized, and God’s plan in placing
them in the very center of the
world will have been appreciated,
through Jesus the Christ, His Son
our Savior, the King of Kings and
Lord of Lords.
Henry van Ihjke |
01923 IM.PUBLIC SYNP
SILLY STREAKS IN WISE
MEN K
So doth a little folly him that is in
reputation.—Ecc. 10:1. •
Wisdom in the abstract is per
fect, rounded and complete.
But wisdom in the concrete, as
we find it embodied in those
whom we call wise men, always
has cracks in it.
There are faults in the gold
bearing vein.
For example, the silly streak
in Solomon, most sagacious of
kings, seems to have been his
insatiable fondness for the fair
sex.
It is not our place to judge and
condemn the personal passions
and prejudices of the wise. But
we shall do well to recognize
them as weak points.
The fortunate thing is that
they seldom coincide. When we
put them side by side thev tend
to correct and neutralize one
another.
That is what is meant by the
proverb, In a multitude of coun
sellors there is safety.
It is not because the many
know more, but because when
they meet together they joyfully
detect and expose one another’s
silly streaks.
One Person alone, in all his
tory, is free from flaws. Read
Sidney Lanier’s poem "The Crys
piL what Pontius
ilate said of Jesus:
“I find no fault in him.”
Ford Not Ready to ~
Decide on Candidacy,
His Secretary Says
DETROIT. Oct. 12.—Henry Fora
does not wish to make a definite
answer at present as to whether he
will be a candidate for president, E.
G. Liebold, his personal secretary,
said today in commenting on news
from Nebraska that the Detroit man
ufacturer's name will go on the bal
lot in the presidential primary elec
tion in that state.
The fact Mr. Ford has not -with
drawn his name from th© Nebraska
primary does not mean that he ap
proves or disapproves of the activity
in his behalf by the progressive lead
ers in Omaha, Mr. Leibold added.
“Various interests throughout the
country are i ,g a constant effort
to have Mr. Ford answer the ques
tion' “Will you be a candidate for
president?” Mr. Leibold said. Mr.
Ford does not wish to answer this
question at the present time either
with ‘yes’ or with a ‘no.’ He is not
a potential candidate in the general
sense, but he is not saying he will
not be a candidate.”
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Dear Children: —This last week I
have had occasion to visit a dog
hospital in Atlanta, and I Wished
that some of you might have been
with me. It was an interesting
sight.
Some of the dogs were very ill,
others had minor troubles, quite a
few, I am sorry to say, were there
because some careless motorist had
injured them.
The dogs are kept in good-sized
crates, clean excelsior on the floor,
and a nice clean pan of water where
they can easily get to it. There is
a grating made of iron rods in front
of the cage, this slides up and. down.
The doctors are very kind and gentle
to the animals left in their care.
I didn’t know whether many of
you had ever visited one of these
humane places, and thought you
might be interested in the way they
were run.
Lovinglv, .
1 AUNT JULIA.
In the announcement recently
made in this column of the marriage
of two young people it was erro
neously said that the Rev. Mr. Eng
lish of Morven, Ga., performed the
ceremony. We are informed by Mr.
English that another minister offi
ciated.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: How’s
everybody? I’m fine. Well, 1 heard some
one ask who is that? It is an old country
girl wanting to join the happy band. I
surely do enjoy reading the Letter Box,
also the “continued’’ stories in The Jour
nal. I haven’t read The Journal in about
two months, so am sending in my subscrip
tion today. Well, as I said, I’m a country
girl and enjoy it just fine, not that I’m
so smart, but just where I can have plenty
of room. Well, cousins, without the least
of procratination write me a letter. A
cousin,
MISS BULAH BELLE BROWN.
- Rochelle, Ga..
Dear Aunt Julia ifnd Cousins: Will you
please admit two Georgia girls into your
happy circle? We live on a farm and like
farm life above all others. I, Idelle, am
seventeen years old, and I. Bernice, am
fifteen years old. Our ' school has just
started today and, Oh, how glad we are.
We are both in the seventh grade. We
will take for our subject, "Education and
Kindness.’ First we need to seek for an
education. What would this world be
without the people who are educated? And
next, if we strive to be a school teacher
We have got to be kind and gentle to each
and everyone. If we don’t be kind we
surely will have more hard roads to cross
than we would if we were kind and gentle.
I, Idelle, live three and a half miles from
town, and I, Bernice, live four and a half
miles from town. So you see we are "coun
try crackers.” If all you cousins want to
correspond with two good Georgia girls
just let your cards and letters come We'll
answer all received. Your cousins,
MISS BERNICE HODGES
MISS IDELLE MURRAY.
Pearson, Ga.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins; I have been
* , R ., nt read *'r of The Journal for quite a
while, but, after reading so many good let
ters ln the Council, or Letter Box, I am
writing a few lines so get acquainted. I
live in the country, and like it fine, when
n is not too far from town. Please, some
of the cousins, send me a few songs, any
that you may have, and also, if anv of you
have any discarded books, I will return the
favor with samples of crocheting of any
or Stitch I have. With best wishes to
a11 ’ ANNIE R. ENNIS.
Reidsville, Ga., Box 67.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here comes
another North 'Carolina girl to join you all.
We do not take The Journal, but I read the
letters most every week, and think they are
just splendid. I live in Kannapolis, N. C.,
at present, but when this letter is printed
I will be living at Cramerton, N. C. I am
thirteen years of age. Who has my birth
day, October 4? Do all you cousins like to
go to school? I do and am in the eighth
grade. Well, I guess it is time for me to
go. I would like to hear from all who care
to write. From a new cousin,
LOUISE LEMMONS.
Cramerton, N. O.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: This is a
glorious morning and I must avail myself
of the opportunity to write. I have often
intended to write, but from day to day
that pleasure was postponed. You are a
jolly bunch and if I am admitted I am
sure I shall enjoy myself. J, like most of
the cousins, live on a farm. My home is
between the towns of Henderson and Fin
ger. I have spent quite a bit of time in
town and have lived real near town and
must say I like that better than being
away out in the country. I do not do farm
work, but I do enjoy all kinds of sports,
such as hunting, fishing, horseback riding,
etc. Especially do I like to ride horse-back.
Am going to rise early tomorrow and go
squirrel hunting' with my brother. Someone
come and go with us. I can do all kinds of
housework and surely do my part, too. For
pastime I make tatting and embroider; am
very fond of reading and read a lot. I have
so many authors I like so well it is use
less for me to try to mention favorites.
I'll not take any aubjeef. but if I were
to I’d write on "Friendship.” Friendship
is a most patent factor in our lives. It
acts as an incentive to higher and better
things, is the one great force that keeps
us sustained when things look blue and
our hearts are heavy. The more we love,
the better we are and the dearer our
friendship the dearer we are to God. There
is nothing that makes us any bigger,
broader or finer in anyway than having
real friends, and in order to have friends
we must be a friend. Sometiimes we do
not know and appreciate some of our very
best friends until it is too late. My senti
ments are to be friendly with everyone un
til you know positively they are unworthy.
I could write a lot more, but fear I’ll
make my letter so long Aunt Julia will
refuse to prin’t it, and I surely do want
her to if she considers it worthy. I have
had three years in high school—went one
nine months term in Oklahoma. I taught
last winter. In some ways I liked teach
ing. and in some wars I do not. There is
joy in it and an unbelievably rich reward
in the love of the students and In their
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Dear Folks: —I am wondering if
any of you ever make brown bread,
and if so, if you have had the trouble
that I have had in cutting it. Mine
broke all to pieces until I found the
way to cut it that I am going to tell
you about. Take a stout, but not
large, piece of smooth twine. Put
this around your bread at the point
you wish it cut, draw the ends from
each direction, and as it pulls to
gether it will cut as smoothly as
you please. You can then cut another
slice. If you use the tall cans to
cook your bread in, when you have
sliced from the top down, you can
then pull your twine straight through
the middle and each slice will be cut
nicely in half. Cordially,
AUNT JULIA.
Mrs. T. B. Rahn, Crystal River.
Fla., asks that any one who has
owned and operated an auto knit
ting machine, write her their ex
perience. She will appreciate the
favor and if possible do one in re
turn.
Miss Mattie Lillie Wardlaw: I
doubt if your black fur can be dyed
any other color. The Footer Fye
Works, Cumberland, -Md., specialize
In such work. A letter from them
will give the desired information.
Better enclose a stamped envelope
for reply.
Mrs. M. P. Sanders, Sebastopol,
Miss., Box 11, has three solid gold
rings, one wide band ring, 18 karat;
one amethyst set, size six, and one
with large reddish brown set, size 8,
that she wishes to exchange for
clothes. Better write first.
Mrs. C. B. R.: Am so sorry, but
I am unable to give you the ad
dress you desire. You find it hard
to dispose of such work except
through exchanges. There is a
Woman’s Exchange located in the
Connally building, Atlanta. You can
take out a membership and put your
things there. There is also a 20
per cent commission required. They
sell things very well. Write them
for further information.
“Laurora”: I am taking a great
deal of pleasure in securing the in
formation you desire. Will go to the
radio room in a day or two and
will also try to get you a copy of
the Service poem. If not too long
will print it.
Mrs. F. B. Barrett, Roanoke, Ala ,
Rt. No. 2, would like to correspond
with some one who has Buff Leghorn
chickens.
appreciation. lam not an old maid teach
er now,' not by any means; am a girl who
believes most in love, sunshine and smiles.
Good-bye, cousins, write to your new blue
eyed cousin,
TOMMYE ELLIS.
Finger, Tenn.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: As I don't
see any letters from the coal fields, I
thought that I would write. I do not work
in the mines, but work on the tipple, load
ing railroad cars with coal to be shipped
south, and some goes west also. The coal
is hauled from the mines with motors, and
then the slate is' picked out and the coal is
loaded into railroad cars and shipped to dif
ferent parts of the country.
This surely is a rough country here, noth
ing but high mountains. There are no
farms here; the people make their living
by working at the mines. They have good
schools here and also good churches. This
is not my home; my home is in North Caro
lina, although I stay in West Virginia a
great deal since I left the army. I served
twelve months with the American army in
France. If anyone wants to know anything
about the coal fields, just write me and you
will be sure to hear from me. From
M. R. BILLINGS.
Pageton, W. Va.
Aunt Julia and Cousins; Here comes a
Kentucky boy asking for admittance into
this happy band of boys and girls. I’ve
been taking The Journal for two years and
have surely enjoyed reading the many let
ters in the Council. I have written to *
number of the cousins, and mus tsay they
are jolly people. I’ve often thought I wou.d
like to be one of them or one of you. but
somehow I didn't write until now. Won’t
you please let me in? I live on a farm,
eight miles from Nicholasville and twenty
miles from Lexington (the Blue Grass Cap
itol). This is the hurley belt, and a very
beautiful and wealthy part of the state;
lots of good highways and pretty homes. I
.live in a two-story, eight-room bungalow:
lots of good shade in the yard, really too
much for the good of the crops, as I spend
a good part of the time in the shade read
ing. Like most of you, reading is my
hobby.
Kentucky is noted for its good moonshine,
beautiful women and fast horses. If you
don’t believe me, come and see for yourself.
If Joe Roberts sees this I wish he would
please write me. He worked for me four
years ago. His home at that time was in
Rossville. Ga. The last I heard of him he
was in the army, but his time is up by
now. I suppose. If anyone knows anything
concerning him, or where he is, please let ,
DOROTHY DIX DISCUSSES LIFE
TALKS ON HEART AND HOME
The Meanest Husband Is the Man
Who Is Good Oytside His Home,
but Bad as Soon as He Is in
it—He Breaks His Wife's
Heart Slowly
IT IS a curious thing that the vir
tues o£ the home and the virtues
of the street are not always the
same, and that many a good man is
a bad husband. There are plenty of
men so impecca-
ble in-their con
duct in public
that they are
held up as exam
ples for the
youth of their
community to
imitate who com
mit crimes worse
than murder
against their
wives and chil
dren.
I have known
men honest to
the last farthing
in all their deal-
Ki iflT
Kn
.."WH
ings; men who
would have scorned to have given a
false weight or measure or misrep
resented the goods they had to sell;
men who would have died rather
than betray a trust- or accept a
bribe; men who would have cut off
their right hand rather than let any
tainted money stick to it.
Yet these men, who are so honest
with other people’s money, are not
fair enough to give their wives one
single penny of the money they earn
by working fourteen hours a day for
them and their children. I have
seen the wives of these men humili
ated into the dust because they did
iot have an extra nickel with which
to pay a friend's street car fare, or a
quarter with which to treat the
” io -ndn ’.’aiu-'i’ wfio 'Wdf
ways buying soda water for them.
I have seen these women cringe
with fear, like' a beaten dog, when
they had to present the monthly hills
to their husbands. I have seen these
women insulted almost beyond hu
man endurance when they went like
mendicants to their husbands asking
for the money they had earned ten
times over.
I have seen honest men such tight
wads in their own families that they
made their wives and children steal
and lie to get the things they were
entitled to have, and that their fa
thers and husbands could afford to
give them, and were too stingy to
give them.
I have known men who were so
ber as the town pump. Men who
proudly boasted that they had never
touched liquor, or tobacco in any
form. Men who had never played a
game of cards for money, or gone to
a horse race. Men who were pointed
out to the young men as models of
temperance that they should follow.
I have' seen these men give way
in their own homes to bursts of tem
per that we j temporary insanity. I
have heard them curse and swear
like madmen over such a trivial
thing as a burnt roast, or too salty
soup. I have seen their wives fawn
and flatter trying to keep them in
good humor, and using almost su
perhuman dexterity to keep any
topic out of the conversation that
would ruffle their husband's sensi
bilities.
In such households I have seen
the children hush their prattle the
minute their father's key sounded
in 1 the latch, and seen them sneak
away to where his eye would not
me know, as It is very important that I
locate him real soon.
Who has my birthday, September 11? I
would like to hear from my twin if I have
one. My age is between one and one hun
dred. To the one who guesses it I will send
a prize package, and the first one who
writes from each state will also receive a
present. I read where some of you get so
many letters you can't answer all of them.
I wish I could get that many. I would an
swar a million, anyway, if not more. I
would like for all the cousins, old and
young, to write and tell me what to say to
get lots of letters, and I’ll know how next
time. I will not describe myself this time.
I may be good looking for all you know. I
will only say I’m not red-headed, cross
eyed or fraekle-faced. I will promise an
answer to all who write to
CLYDE TEATER.
Nicholasville, Ky., Box 121-A, Route 5.
Hello, There, Aunt Julia and Cousins: Do
you remember me? It has been somewhere
about three years since I wrote. I was four
teen years old. I am now eighteen years
old, was eighteen the 18th of September.
Who has my birthday? Guess most of you
girls and boys are going to school. I am
not going, I am clerking in my father’s
store. I live in the little town of Kennesaw,
I like my home fine. I live in a large house,
ten, rooms, besides the store. It is built in
with the house. Electric lights in every
room. Cousins, I have lived in the country
all my life until last August the 7. and my
father traded for this place. I always
wanted to work in a store and now I know
something about it. You have a right smart
of work to do. How many of you cousins
go to Sunday school I do. We had- a sing
ing over at the Methodist church Sunday aft
ernoon. The singers were from Atlanta, one
of the best quartet singers I ever heard. It
was worth going to hear them sing. I won
der how many of you are going to write to
me. I have thirty correspondents. I write
a letter almost every day. I certainly do en
joy getting letters. Why don’t some of you
soldiers write? We girls like to read your
letters. I surely do lige to read Aunt Julia’s
letters. I would like to see a long letter
in the paper every time from her. I can
hardly wait to see the paper. I live just a
few steps from the postoffice. Aunt Julia,
please print this. One of my brother’s died
September the 11, he had typhoid fever five
weeks before his death. I will appreciate
letters and photo from any of you cousins who
care to write. I will answer every one if I
can. Lovinglv your.niece and cousin.
(Miss) PAULINE COTTRELL.
Kennesaw, Ga., Box 67.
Hello! Open the door and let two old
cousins in. Probably some of you cousins
remember us, as we have written before.
Now, cousins, don’t laugh, for we are bash
ful and don’t like to be laughed at. But
will say we live on a farm and like farm
life just fine. Will some of you cousins
please send us the song. “Lips That Touch
Liquor Shall Never Touch Mine?” We will
return the favor in any way we can. We
won't describe ourselves, but will say we
are between seventeen and twenty-two.
Who has our birthday? Alice’s is January
5; Maude's is October 12. Have we a
twin, if so write, .Guess we better hustle
before we break the rule, but if this is
printed we will come again, and bring
something for the orphan. So all you boys
and girls come on your letters, as we
are going to race to the mall box and see
which one gets the most mail. From
two jolly girls,
ALICE BOWDEN.
Searight, Ala.
MAUDE CHANCE.
R. 1, Box 76, Searight, Ala.
Dearest Auntie and Cousins, too: May
I enter your merry circle for just
a little chat? Will try not to
detain you so long If you will just draw
the cord back and let me step in. Oh,
such a jolly circle as you all have. Why,
I don't see how any one could fee bash
ful among so many happy youngsters, for
I feel as if I am acquainted with every
one of you already.
Now, I’m just wondering how many oi
you remember me. No, this isn't my first
visit to you, it is m.v third, but as it has
been quite a while since I last visited you.
Probably some of yon have forgotten me.
Just now L wish to thank auntie for print
ing my other letters, and I also extend my
thanks to all of the. cousins who wrote me,
for your letters were very Interesting and
I enjoyed them immensely.
Cousins, how are you progressing these
hot days? I suppose most of you are,
like myself, preparing for school, are you
not? M.v school starts September 20, and
I will be very glad for I dearly love
school work. Yes, cousins. I'm right beside
every one of you who are Interested in an
education. I really think every one
should strive for the best education pos
sible. and while we are young, while our
minds are fresh, and while the oppor
tunity is given to us, is the time to start.
Even while we’re so young we may not
realize how beneficial an education is to
any one. but I'm sure in years to come as
we grow to be great women and men. we
will then realize how useful it is. and
will appreciate every useful moment we
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1928,
fall upon them, in the hope that they
might that way escape his wrath.
I have seen them sit silent and
hushed at the table, hoping against
hope that he would not single them
out for his tirades, and when they
had to ask him if they might go
somewhere, or do something that
they desire .to do, I have seen them
shake as a criminal might in the
presence of a hanging judge.
I have known moral men who
were faithful to their marriage vows.
Men who never philandered with a
pretty woman, or took a second look
at any petticoat except those hang
ing on their own wash line. Men
who were vatnp-pnoof.
But I have seen these same men
as cold and hard as a rock to their
own wives. I have seen these men
let their wives starve and die for
a little appreciation, a little tender
ness, a little love. I have known
many of these men who never spoke
to their wives after they were mar
ried except to find fault with them,
never to notice or praise anything
that was well done, but to have an
eagle eye for every blunder and
every mistake. I have known these
men never to take their wives out
to any place of amusement, never
to devise any pleasure for them,
never even to make them a pres
ent.
I have known men who were
spoken of as “such good men.” They
were so friendly. So kindly to ev
ery one. They always visited the
sick, and went to funerals, and
headed donations. They were al
ways so pleasant and companion
able.
I have known men like that who
took out all the nerves and temper
they did not dare show customers
and clients upon their families.
Sometimes they were men who were
I too much gentlemen to swear and
i curse, but they held a more lethal
weapon over the heads of their wives
and children. When anything dis
pleased them for some unknown rea
son they would pass into the gloomy
silence, a silence that froze every
body and everything and sent the
temperature down to zero, and his
would last for days and weeks.
I have known plenty of men who
I spoiled what might otherwise have
been a happy home with their
grouches, and made it a place of
torment from which the children
fled as soon as they were old enough
to leave.
I contend that the meanest hus
band is th© man who is good outside
of the home and mean in it. He
is the most contemptible bully and
coward in the world, because he
vents his spleen on the only people
who are in his power, and helpless
to defy him. He is the meanest
husband because he respects the let
ter of the law of marriage, but
breaks its spirit.
Not all the injuries are physiol
ones. A hurt heart can ache more
than a wound. A bruised soul is
worse than black eye. Sarcastic
speeches stab deeper than a knife.
A man’s selfishness is a more dead
ly rival than any vamp.
• As an illustration of woman’s in
consistency it is often remarked that
women leave good men, apparently
without reason, and stick to men
who ar© drunkards and jailbirds, and
rounders. But the women know
what they are doing. They know
I that these men have some quality
■ of generosity, of tenderness, of gen-
I tleness. of pleasantness, that makes
j them, bad as they are, better hus
[ bands than many a good man.
(Copyright, 1923.) .
spent in the dear old school room. It
doesn’t matter what age we may live to be,
we will never get too old to learn new
things. So let us not be satisfied with .he
knowledge which we have but try to gain
more so that we may be more useful to the
needy t ones in the future than we have been
in the past.
Virginia boys and girls, are you asleep?
Wake up, get your pen and paper and see
if you can’t write some interesting letters
as well as the other states. I believe you
can. Just look, they are miles ahead of
us and if we don’t get busy in a short
while we will never ne able to catch them.
North Carolina cousins, come on with your
interesting letters, too, for I was raised in
dear old North Carolina, therefore, I enjoy
your letters a great deal. Have only been
in Virginia a little over three years, so I
haven’t forgotten you yet.
Oh, goodness, auntie, I didn't know I
had gone over the limit so tar. Really I
didn’t mean to be so rude, but, please par
don me this time, won’t you?
Remember. I am just a little girl sev
enteen summers, m.v birthday being June
27. Have I a twin? If so, let me hear
from you. Now, if any of you wish to
correspond with a jolly country kid. just
let your letters fly away up here in old
Virginia to the signed name, and they will
be appreciated and I'll try my vety best
to answer all. Lovingly,
Just an old cousin.
(MISS) ZELILA SMITH.
Box 206, Farmville, Va., Route 3.
My Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will
you please let a little Georgia lassie in
your happy circle of boys and girls? I have
been a render of The Journal for quite a
while, and I think it is one among the
best papers in the south.
I am a farmer’s daughter and like it
fine. I notice that most of you cousins
write on subjects, but I am not going to
take up the space in -trying to discuss any
subject, this time. If I did it. would be
on mother, for I think mother is the best
friend on earth that anybody has. Cousins,
won’t you agree with me?
If any .of you cousins want to hear from
a jolly girl', let your cards and letters come
and I will assure you an answer.
Sty age is between 15 and 18. Who can
guess it? Have I a twin, January 7 is my
birthday. Please write to
(MISS) LOUISE KNOWLES.
Hawkinsville, Ga.
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H© didn’t fly as far as the rest.
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