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SUNDAY SCHOOt LESSON
For August 31st —Jesus Talks With a Samaritan Woman
John 4:4-42.
BY DR. MARION McH. HULL
Golden Text—“ God is a spirit: and
they that worship Him must wor
ship Him in spirit and >’i truth.—
John 4:24.
Jesus’ ministry in Judea was brief.
Jle left the cities because the sophis
ticated city people were coming to
regard Him only as a miracle work
er. In the country districts the peo
ple received Him gladly, but the
Pharisees stirred up strife because
His disciples were having greater
success in baptizing than were
John’s: so He left Judea to go back
to Galilee. “And He must needs go
through Samaria.’’ The province of
Samaria extended from the sea on
the west to the Jordan river on the
east, and lay directly between Judea
and Galilee. To go from the south
tern province to the northern, one
must needs traverse Samaria. There
was a ridge road running along the
mountain range north and south
Jerusalem to Nazareth, and
was much the easiest route to travel;
but it was not used by Jews. So
bitter was the hatred of the Samari
tans that they would not even go
through their country; but took the
trouble to descend the steep road to
the Jordan valley, cross the river at
the fords just north of the Dead sea,
go through the hot valley road on
the east of the Jordan, and cross the
river again at the fords just south
of the Sea of Galilee and climb the
mountain again, rather than put foot
on Samaritan soil.
J he origin of their hatred was this:
the Assyrian king had con-
and deported th e best
of tl< people, he had acted on the
commonly accepted policy of eastern
conquerors of sending some of his
own people to occupy the conquered
territory. These had intermarried
with the Jews who had been left,
the scum of the people. The depopu
,gd territory had been overrun bv
wild animals, particularly lions, and
the heathen now living there cqn
geived the idea that the God of the
land was not pleased and was thus
cursing them. Accordingly to appease
this God, whom they did not know,
they asked that priests of his be
sent to teach them his ways and
thus save them from the lions. They
thus added to their religion .another•
and by this they had learned some
thing of the laws of God.
N>he i ZerUbbabel and Ezra f,nd
hn? 9 y iah came b«ck after the Baby
oman captivity, their offer to assist
anu e e UI d ’ n s the t€m P le was refused
and from then on the racial bitter-
Js baX reaSe rl ° ne hated th c other
if nnr 0S the Other hated 'he one
if not worse; There had been some
Tn th SeO « S i deedS ° C violence
n the early days of Jesus’ life so
. th e race hatred at His day was
its highest point. s at
But He must needs go thro-mb
mornino-’ • Syrian sun and the
moimngs journey had wearied Him
sat do point u « f exhaustion so
on into n fb Wh t ’ Ie His ‘h’seiples wen®
away toh,>v toWn . a fi hort distance
day lunch p,Ovls,ons the noon
geV mteH rcat ™ mrort <o those who
Jesus was' f Xha . USted t 0 know that
lil-l Li ■ ° tlred jJe didn’t feel
like- takmg another step. When vm,
that tired. j us t think of Him'
The well was a famous spot, it
cob had a h >arC m gr ° l,nd that Ja
cob had bought from the .sons of
WhGre fhaL horrible
thin„ had happened that had given
B‘meon and Levi their names of
bloody sons. Jacob had afterwords
made a gift of this well of living
water, as they thought of it to his
son Joseph. it is one of the few
tbat can be positively
wit?th d Y havin » had associations
with the time of Jesus. The well
was a very deep one and a very freely
JhT °PY that ls whv ’ ’hey
t \°t'ght of it as living water.
While He was seated there rest
ing, a woma,n came up from the
nearby town to draw water. It was
a regular job for her; at hast twice
a day to come out from her home
draw water and carry back a bucket
on each shoulder. When she reached
the place, she saw this stranger sit
ting there and wa s doubly surprised
when she recognized in Him a Jew.
His features were so distinctive that
there was no mistaking His national
ity. And when He spojte to her.
her surprise knew no bounds. It
wasn’t what He said or the way He
said it; but the simple fact that a
Jew had spoken at all to a Samari
tan.
It was a very simple, a very
natural question lie asked. “Give
me a drink of water please.’’ [hit
her surprise kept her from comply
ing with this simple request which
any person with any humanity
have granted at. once without
qutwioa or ado. Instead she asked
ratlrcr tartly: How does it happen
that thou, being a Jew, askest drink
of me who am a won Tan of Samaria?
.> This was a, good invitation for an
argument; but Jesus didn’t argue.
He rather ignored her question and
replied: If thou knew the gift of
God and who is speaking you would
have turned the tables and asked me,
BEFORE TWINS
WERE BORN
Was Very Miserable. Felt Lots
Better After Taking Lydia E.
Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
Wyocena, Wis. “ I took Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound be-
fore my twins were
born because my
sister used it and
recommended itto
me. Iwassolcould
scarcely go about
my daily work I
was in such mis
ery. But after I be
gan taking the sec
ond bottle I was
feelinglots better.
I took three bot
tles and a half be-
|r '
hit
F j|]
fore I was confined and finished the
bottle while I was in bed. 1 got up
feeling fine and have taken care of the
twins alone ever since. I recommend
the Vegetable Compound highly and
will sing its praises in the future.’'—
—Mrs. Ida Gerbitz, Wyocena. Wis.
It is remarkable how many cases
have been reported similar to this one.
Many mothers are left in a weakened
and run-down condition after child
birth. and for such mothers the care
of the baby is well-nigh impossible.
Not only is it hard for the mother, but
the child itself will indirectly suffer-
Lydia E.Pinkham’s Vegetable Com
pound is an excellent tonic for the
mother both before and after child
birth. It is prepared from medicinal
roots and herbs, and can be taken
in safety by nursing mothers.
THE ATLANTA THLWI sKKLY JOURNAL
and I would have given you sure
enough living water.
She is bent on an argument; so
she replies: You have nothing to
draw with, and this well is deep;
how then are you going to give me
living water? Are you greater than
our father Jacob who dug this well
and drank out of it?
Again He refuses to argue; but
continues: Whoever drinks of this
water .shall thirst again, but whoso
ever drinks the water that I shall
give him shall never thirst; but it
shall be in him a well of water, not
just welling up like this one, but
springing up and overflowing into
everlasting life.
lie had refused to argue; He had
been trying to create in her a desire
for something He had to give; and
now she replies: Sir, give me this
water, that l thirst ngt, neither come
here twice a day to draw. Poor tired
soul! She was earthbound, and sin
bound. She had no conception of
anything higher than her head, and
that makes her case all the more
pitiful. Xyhere there is nothing high
er in life, even drawing water twice
a day becomes dreadful drudgery!
Now stop a bit and look back. The
Master had had to be rather abrupt
with Nicodemus, who was living a
perfectly correct and righteous life,
in order to make him feel his need ot
Him as a Savior. He ifns a different
problem here and yet the same. He
and the woman are diametrically op
posite. He is holy; she is sinful. He
is free and heavenbound: she is sin
bound and earthbound. It is His job
to take her from the low plane on
which she is living and lift her to the
high plane on which He is living.
To have been abrupt with her as He
was with Nicodemus would have
driven her away. To have said to
her (even true as it was) “You must
be born from above’’ would have
made her laugh and go away.
See what He has done —He arrest
ed her attention first by a Jew ask
ing a Samaritan a question. Then
He aroused her curiosity by talking
about a gift and His identity and
living water. Then He created in
her a desire for what He had to give
—all the time avoiding carefully be
ing drawn into a controversy—until
she asked for It, even though her re
quest showed her motive was low
and selfish. Not once has He attack
ed her -conscience, not once prodded
her for her sin, although He knew
all about her the moment she ap
peared. Nor had His knowledge made
Him avoid her, as might be the case
in modern days with those who pro
fess to follow’ Him.
Now the time haS come for Him
to lay bare her life. He cannot give
what she has asked for and what
He so much desires to give her until
sin has been removed; for the living
water springing up is the Holy Spirit.
He would give Him to her that a
life of union with God may be possi
ble; but even He cannot do that
where sin stays. So He said,'as if to
have Him share with her what He
is about to give: “Go call thy hus
band and come here.”
“Sir, I have no husband,” she said.
That woman was an artful dodger;
it was well nigh impossible to cor
ner her.
“Thou hast well said, ‘I have no
husband,’ ” He replied, “for thou hast
had five husbands, and the sixth is
not married to you. with whom you
are now living.”
He made the confession for her
which she needed to make and hesi
tated to make. But note that was the
last of it; not one word more of her
sin did Jesus speak. He didn’t care
to embarrass her; He merely wanted
her to know that He knew, and that
she couldn’t get what lie had to give
her until she had put away sin
ning.
She wasn’t cornet-fed yet. Notice
her effort to divert His attention
from herself and to engage Him in
an argument. "Sir, I see you are a
prophet. I should like, therefore, for
: you to solve, a problem that has been
i a vexed one for centuries. Is Jeru-
I salern or Gerizim the place to wor-
Iship?”
But Jesus will not be ‘••••ned from
j the trail; He is on the quest for her
soul, and nothing can turn Him
| aside, until He has won her. He un
; veils to her what Nicodemus couldn’t
I have understood —the spirituality of
worship. "Neither here nor in Jeru
salem,” He answers, “but anywhere,
| any time, any soul recognizes his
need of God. God is a spirit, and they
I that worship Him must worship
I Him in spirit and in truth. The Fa
|ther seeketh such to worship Him.
1 Was He not seeking her now?”
Once more she tries to dodge. Her
question had been answered. There
| has been gradually awakening in her
heart a consciousness of her sin and
I her need, and an unrecognized long
| ing for something she didn’t have.
I but which He had. With a far-off
I look, she said: “1 know that the
■ Christ is corning, and when He comes
; He will tell us all things.”
' And then Jesus told that poor sin
! per of Samaria what lie hadn't been
j able to tell anyone else before. "I
I ;hat speak Unto thee am lie.”
j Did she ever give Him that drink
I of water? Did she ever say, 1 accept
i you as the Messiah? Did she ever
i draw the water she came for to gup
| ply her household needs? There's no
; record of it.
i But she left as the disciples came
up—they may have interrupted the
> conversation; while they were sur
-1 prised beyond words that .lie was
talking with a Samaritan woman,
lie was not hungry now; and the
sense of fatigue had all gone. It was
refreshing to Him to give livt”„
water to a thirsty soul. Tn the .
will of God —seeking worshippers—
. was better to Him than meat and
drink. Yes, it was meat ;uid drink
I to Him.
As for lite woman —she was a new
creature who left the well. She be
lt.me a flaming ev’angei, jasr telling
her friends whbm she knew. And
they came anil found Him to be the I
Saviour of the world. He stayed two j
days with them, at their invitation. |
and blessed days they were. They I
forgo; He was a Jew, and He loved |
them all the more because t hey were
des-pisv J Sa ma rit ans.
His disciples were even more stir
prised when He talked with them
further, for seeing these Gentiles,
these despised Samaritans, who
come to Him made Him look far |
ahead to the white harvest fields of I
the world.
This story in the Master’s life is I
full of suggestions to His tollowcrs i
;>> 1-« ylt is a wonderful illustrating !
of (.envcrsatKiial evangelism, of I
wayside service. ot seizing oppor- i
tunities. of Master teaching, of '
spiri’u ,1 service and worship. Th deat ’
with each of these only vvo-.Jd run |
this study too long. Perhaps the ’
tiling most needed to he impressed '
is the fa< t th it by i well side or ,
along tbe road. with people you
casually meet vou mav find just the 1
one who needs to be lifted from a !
low level of life to the highest plane i
es spiritual living. They may be I
earthbound and sinhound —but if I
you arrest their attention in a natu- '
;.vv tk- n then- cesire fc something
i '>ii h.x ' vbi. j ibt'y hax cn •. i
j xx ill not h ive to attack, their con
AUNT JULIA’S COUNCIL
A Friendly Meeting Place for All Tri-Weekly Journal Readers
Pear Aunt Julia and. Cousins: Will you let
a little North Carolinii girl join your happy
band ot boys and girls? I live in the country
and am a farmer’s daughter. I am ten years
old; my birthday is September 29. have I a
twin? I have light, curly hair, brown eyes
and medium domniexion. I have one sister
and three brotberi, so you see 1 don t. get
very lonesome. All you cousins write, 1 will
answer all if I can. I guess I better be
going as Aunt Julia says he brief. All of
you cousins write to a little country- girl.
With love to Aunt Julia and all the cousins,
SAI.I.IE lIAGIN.
Red Springs, S. C., Route 4.
Pear Aunt Julia and All the Cousins:
Please admit a girl from the dear old state
ot North Carolina into your circle. 1 have
wanted to write a long time but am afraid
-of the wastebasket, as you see 1 am not a
gifted writer. bike most of the cousins, I
live in the country and like it, too. 1 won
der what you cousins da for pastime. I am
busy nil the time. Mamma is sick and 1
nave all the housework to do. and also work
some in the field. 1 am thirteen years old.
dark hair, bobbed; brown eyes and medium
complexion. How many of you cousins like
to read? I am a book worm, 1 like to read
all the good books 1 can get. AH you cous
ins write to a lonesome little country gill.
I -will answer all it it takes me n year, so
let your letters and cards come to
(MISS) ALMA 11.VG1N.
Red Springs, N. C., Route 4.
Dear Aunt Julia ami AIL: Knocking again
for admittance into your happy band of boys
and girls. 1 appreciate all the nice
I received from the cousins. I want to also
thank Aunt Julia for admitting me before.
For m.v subject I will take "Christianity.
Christianity is the greatest factor in the his
tory of any country or individual. If a per
son is a true Christian he can be trusted
and depended on. Christianity is good for
the young people, it throws the right, kind
of influence around them and encourages
them to greater efforts for their own good
as well as others. Christians are always
ready to help others, to encourage them and
make their lives more beautiful. It has
often been said, ‘‘Don’t mix politics and re.
ligion. But 1 believe when the "political
pot” is boiling every particle ot Christian in.
fluence that can possibly be put into It
should be put there. No organization or
country is greater than the individuals that
compose it. The reason the United States
is the great country it is, is because it is
a Christian country, because in obeying the
mandates ot Christianity it is ever ready
to lend a helping hand. In time of earth
quakes, famines and fires, the people of
our country readily respond to the calls of
other countries and thus they have gained
the respect and confidence ot them. In
politics the effect of Christianity is shown
when a good, true man gets in office, and
wipes out greed, avarice and graft, and
uses his influence for the good ot his com-,
nmnity. When we have a true, consecrated
minister in our pulpits he commands the
love and respect of the people, and he corks
alike for the intellectual, moral and Chris
tian welfare of the community. We should
also have Christian teachers in our schools.
When the mibd of a child is like plastic
clay, the teacher should be the one who will
train it. spiritually as well as morally and
physically. The children of today’ will he
the men and women of the future, and if
we wish out- country to be great and grand
we, the young peope, should be trained and
should be Christians and work for the
establishment of Christianity throughout the
world. To sum it all up, Christianity is 'he
cornerstone upon which the world is built,
and if, for any reason, Christianity should
lose its sway, then the greatness ot our coun
try would crumble to dust. May the day
soon come when Christian influence will
extend to the entire borders of the earth,
and Christ shall reign'supreme. 1 will be
glad to hear from any who would care to
write. I would appreciate a card show-?r.
My V't'tliday is August 19. I will be sweet
sixteen. Good luck to all. From an old
cousin,
(MISS) LILLIE MAE SINGLETON.
Chase City, Ya.. R. F. D. 3.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will yon
admit a little blue-eyed boy in for a little
chat? Thanks, will make my stay’ short.
Mighty glad to see such tender smiles on
so many bright faces. What a jolly band
of cousins. If heaven is a happier place,
don't we all want to go there? No. I don’t
want your verbal approval for I can read
the sanctioning expressions on your faces.
Move over just a little and give me a seat
by Liitlier Huff for just a moment. Thanks,
mighty glad to see you. Luther. I judge
from your recent letter in Ute Letter Box
that you are a preacher, but pardon me
for this remark. Am certainly glad to have
the opportunity of exchanging ideas with
you. especially the “Flapper.’’ Now. ladies,
please excuse our frankness in discussing
the subject before you. Well, it may seem
as though we both agree at first on the
pleasure. seeking ladies—you know ever
since Adam and Eve were placed In tile
Garden ot Eden, amid the splendors of
this garden of abundance. Eve reached to
the point where she was quite discontented
with her present situation, blit—suddenly a
spirit came to her saying, “Pluck ye of this
fruit and enjoy the great pleasures that
are in store for you. She did so. and
brought trouble and strife. instead of add
ing to their store of happiness. According
ly. women inherit an adventurous spirit in
pursuit of happiness. you may trace their
adventures from tbat day down through
medieval and modern times anil you will
find that the feminine sex have long sought
refuge from their slate of depression and
not only until the present day have they
been able t-j accomplish their long sought
for desires. Men must seek for prosperity
and women for happiness to bring happi
ness and prosperity into their homes. As
we live in America anil have approached
one step higher in civilization, let happi
ness predominate. If the Indios desire to
improve their appearance in having their
hair bobbed ami using paint and powders,
let them do so, for in beautifying. Joy will
come t<> them in a certain degree. if we
can’t have liberty to see for Joy. we will
certainly be found in misery. As to being
any harm in these little luxuries, there is
but. very little, who nre not critics, that
are capable of criticizing t licit- use. Come
mi, yon bobbed haired kids with those
knickers on. and tell the close observers
that In the 1 wiled States of America we
will never have an amendment passed to
prohibit these little liberties. Hoping that
1 haven’t worried dear Aunt Julia with
Illis and Imping to get. a nice letter shower
from the Jolly cousins, your loving cousin,
„ ~ HENRY BYERS.
( iiiherson, X. (\
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins- will you
please open the door and let another North
< arolina girl in for a few minutes’ chat?
I live in the country, about two miles from
the little town of Carthage. N. C , and I
like country life fine. How many of von
cousins like to go to school? 1 do for one.
I anr a junior at the Sandhill Farm Life
school. Tlio school is about 5'., miles from
t’.irth-tge. N. C. As 1 see iome of the
cousins are describing themselves, I will try
and tell how- I look. I am a brunette, have
nrown (bobbed) hair ami brown eyes. My
age is between fourteen and eighteen. Who
can guess it .’ All of you cousins write to
me. and all who can send photos. Your new
cousin,
„ (MISS) ESTHER HOUGH.
Carthage, N. C., Route 3.
Hello. Aunt .Tulia and cousins! It’s pleas
ant t<g be writing yon all again. I hope I
ain net intruding. What are you cousins
doing for amusement these warm summer
days? I hope yon all are enjoying xpur
vacations. The joys of summer make one
glad they are living. I am a farmer girl,
and in love with all nature. I see most of
the cousins take a subject. I will not take
one this time. If ) were to take a subject
it would be on "Friendship." for what would
our lives be to us without friends? It would
be a dreary life. I should think. Well, as
auntie says to be brief, I must hurry on.
I am a blonde, age between sixteen and
twenty. Will some of the cousins plea>-
send me the song. --When It's Orange Blos
som Time in Loveland I'll Be Waiting at the
Church for You?" Also “Poppy Time in Old
Japan. I would like to receive letters and
: aids from all the cousins. Will answer all
I mail received. Your niece and cousin.
(MISS) EMMA S. MOTHERSHED.
Lancaster, s. ('.. Route 3.
Dear Auntie and Cottsir <: Here I come
■ again to join your happy p ;ln d of boys and
! girls after ait absence of about three years.
What do von <oii-ins do for pastime? As
1 am a farmer s daughter you may know
I 1 ian find plenty to keep me busy, and
have very little time for amusement. I
wish all of you oopsing could be with me
[ now for we have a let of watermelons and
| <-omo cantaloupes. - How many of you like
to read? Just look: About all. I think. 1
do., .some of v,m cousins W |to have the
” h - v Eleanor H. Porte, :
, 'be I rail of the Lonesome Pine " bv
John Fox. Jr.: - rhe Girl of the limbo-.
! lost” a- 1 ' I -l.bli- " bv s rir- ■■
■ • and r ■ R» '
please loan them to me, I win take
good < ire of them and pav nosta -o
ways. Write f ■ as lon■ wmt one taap"
of each. I am a brunette with bobb-d
hair. I will 1.0 sixteen v, sr , of s-e The
' 'u-’nk ran, auntie, for admitting
sciences, for they will be c.wakened
too. And withal be sure not to let
them sidetrack you into .■ q ar - P
menr : -it keep your eyes ex e>- ’on
them to
M y At"- !>- be so.; t ,f ; ,'i a
mlni.'t’y d .y.
me. All of you cousins write to a Georgia
girl. With lots ot love.
(MISS) AUDREY SIZEMORE.
Farmington, (Ja.. Route 3
Dear Aunt .Tulia: Hero wn arp again.
Please open the door and let us in. Wo
surely do enjoy rending your Leiter Box, and
Ihiuk Aunt Julia is a grand nuntie. We
thank Aunt Julia for piinting our letter.
We received many nice leltefs, and niiHwerett
all we received. Margaret has blue eyes,
fair complexion, dark brown hair (not
bobbed). Fannie lias blue eyes, black hair,
fair complexion. Susie has blue eyes, fair
vomph‘.\ ion, blond hair (bobbed). Esther has
brown eyes, dark complexion and light
brown hair, and we are all great chums.
We have been eating watermelons and
peaches this morning. We are farmers’
daughters and wouldn’t exchange lor city
life. We will let yun all hear about our
ideals next time. If you want to hear from
four jolly girls, let your letters come.
mir letters first «me that
writes will get i>7ioto.
(MISS) M ARG A R K’L AVK RY.
( M ISS tFAXX lEA V E RY.
(MISS) SUSIE SALTER.
(MISS) ESTHER SALTER.
Camilla, Ga., Route 1.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
let a Pennsylvania girl into your happy
band of boys and girls? I read The Journal
and do not see many letters from Penn
sylvania. 1 live on a farm and like it fine,
would not trade farm life for the city. I
wrote one letter before. Ini I as my letter
was not printed thought I’d try again. I
suppose you are wondering what 1 look like.
Have dark brown hair (bobbed), dark him*
eyes, dimples and a fair complexion. Will
answer all letters. Your loving cousin.
MAR GL E RIT E SU M X ER.
Crooked Creek, Pa.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: As I am
a widow and very lonely I decided I would
write to your paper, as I have seen so many/
nice letters in the paper. I have two chil
dren, a girl 13 years cld and a boy night
years old. I am 40 years old. My birth
day is February 4th have 1 a twin? M.v
brother lives with me to help me care for
my children. I would love to hear from
the cousins. Well, 1 had better be brief.
Lovingly yours,
(MRS.) MARTHA MELVIN.
White Oak, N. C.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: How are
you all enjoying this hot weather? I sure
ly am having some time. I live in Eton
but dm visiting «iy cousin. Myrtle, in
Georgia. We do have a good time going
to meeting as the} have a new Ford. 1
have light brown hair, blue ryes and
medium complexion. My school is out and
1 surely get lonesome as 1 have nothing
to do. r hope 1 will receive lots of let
ters from you boys am! girls. A new
cousin, (MISS) MAYBLE MOORE.
Eton, Ga.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: I would like
to (hat with you jolly cousins for a little
wJiile. Talking is my greatest fault, so it I
get too loud just call me down. 1 won’t
mind a bit, for I’m used to being told my
faults. 'l’here are just “oodles” of subjects
1 should like to write upon, but not today,
for there’s a glorious and beautiful day out
side, a-eallin’ and a-callin’, and I’m going
right out and into the arms ot it pretty
soon, it’s a beautiful world, the great out.
of-doors, isn’t it, cousins? And I’m glad—
glad that I’m one of those upon whom has
been bestowed the eyes, the ears and the
heart which allow me to find joy and happi
ness in the sunshine and flowers, peace and
contentment in the silent woods and hills,
and strange longings and wonderful
“dreams’* out under the sun. Say. auntie,
why don’t you describe yourself? You
needn’t he afraid; I should like you, uo
matter what you look like -yes, auntie. 1
would like no, love you. If you ever come
out this way, won’t you come and spend a
few hours with me? I'here would be for
lunch a big plate of doughnuts, a big, brown
square of uncut gingerbread and a pitcher
of ice-cold buttermilk. And. say. auntie, 1
wish you could taste some of my half-baked
cakes. When you had been refreshed wc
would go for a walk in the woods and stop
at the waterfalls and throw stones at the
frogs, just to see them splash. Then we
would go back to “the place called home;’’
we would get us a cool, fresh glass of clear
water. Auntie, won’t you come and see
me? I’m not like most girls: I’d rather take
a dip in the pool than to go to the movie
that’s all the “rage,’’ whatever that may
mean. Um not ashamed to acquire a coat
of tan, to go barefooted or to walk the pig
pen fence or—anything that most girls would
scorn But, mercy.’ Auntie says be brief,
and it’s up to me to shake the dust of At
lanta from my oxfords in a hurry. If some
of you girls and boys will write me I’ll ap
preciate if and will answer all.
• MISS) J ESSI E MA E JOH X S 0 X.
Union Springs, Ala.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
please admit another Alabama girl into yonr
happy hand of boys and girls? I have been
longing to write to the Letter Box for a
long /Ime, hut I was afraid I wouldn’t le
admitted. My mother has been taking the
dear old Journal for several years, and I
always enjoy reading the cousins’ letters
best of nil. Like most of the cousins, i
live on a farm, and 1 wouldn't exchange
farm life for city life. What do you cousins
do for pastime? I rend, play ball, go fish
ing and ride horseback. Mr. Lewis B. Low,
you have my birthday, February 9. All who
care to write Io a blue-eyed, brown.haired
(bobbed), fair-complexioned, jolly girl let
your letters and (‘aids come to a new cousin,
(MISS) MAXIXE GOOLSBY.
Laurel Hill, Fla.. R. F. 1). 4.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: T am ask
ing for a chat with yon. I am a Georgia
girl and would like so much for you hoys
and girls t.» write to hip. I enjoy reading
letters and will promise lo answer all
letters. I have blue eyes and brown hair.
1 am between IQ and 15 years of age. See
if you can guess my agp. If you guess
right I will send you my picture. Your
new cousin,
CAR ME X WOODRUFF.
Walnut Grove, Ga.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Is there
room fsr a little Georgia girl? 1 have been
reading your letters for quite a while and
enjoy them very much. 1 am between nine
and 13 years of age. See jf any of you
can guess m.v age I’ll send my picture to
the one that guesses it. | am not very
pretty, hut maybe you won’t be afraid of
me. 1 have blue eyes and golden brown
hair. Now, all of you hoys and gills write
to me. I will answer ail letters. Your
new cousin,
GEXEVa WOODRUFF.
Dacula, Ga., It. F. D. Xo. 1.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: How’s
everybody tliis pleasant Sunday night? We
are enjoying life fine. Cousin*, don’t you
all love Aunt Julia for being so kind to
we children? Wo surely do. We think
she ia just wonderful. We have both been
silent leaders of the Letter Box for quite
a while, and it is always a pleasure to
read the many letters from the different
states. W e have dark hair, brown eyes,
and both have fair complexion. Our ages
are between 16 and 22. Our birthdays are
October 1 and September 12. Have we a
twin? Aa we are new cousins we will not
try to make our letter too long. Wp will
close by asking all who see this to writp to
two cousins from North (’arolina. Please
write separately. Our postoffices are the
same Lots of love to all.
IRENE SMITH.
LIBBTE MILLER.
Tmk Hill, N. C.. R. F. D. 3.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins; Will you
please admit an Alabama girl in tn vom
happy band of hoys and girls? I live on a
farm, and like farm life fine. I have two
sisters, one married, and three brothers, two
married and one at home. I have been
thinking for some time about writing, for I
enjoy reading letters from all the cousins.
I have dark brown hair, dark blue eyes and
fair complexion, and my ago is between
seventeen and All you cousins
write to me. 1 will be glad to have letters
from all of you. And send your pictures.
1 will gladly answer all mail received. A
new cousin,
(MISS) CORA GLENN.
Verbena, Alt., Route -j.
Dear Journal Folks: As rainy Sundays
•ire almost a< lonesome as "bine" Mondavs
I will try to write to this happy band.
I lease open the door, for it is thnnder
in? outside and has been raining. I did
not go to Sunday school this morning and
seems nun-:! long. Listen, cotisins.
1 have a litt e plan. If it suits Aunt Julia,
let her tell us when her birthday is and
? 1 . " f us readers write her a card.
TVouldn t he mt> h. hut would let her
know that we appreciate her Guess vou
an are wondering how 1 look but yen' can't
tell much by the description. Will sav my
auo is I, and m y birthday is the 22nd of
'•o?'i?l be '' 1 t' losl ls tl|p writers take a
>p(ciai subject to write on. but I will
eave my spa ,. P fer „ „, orp wrh r
' J V e t" n !l farln of a p res. 1 ]ik» to
read. How many cf vou read Dorothv fur
i’uYAi 1 n°' M ' SO " ,e
Journal Our reveal meeting starts tl) e
fottrin fattirday > n .TuH. Wi«J, SO m» of the
week md a: w rh Unt Sp " Prt rbo
"-.k-eud wth ms. O „ r gt a p PS „ it | ,
and we could eat grapes and apples
and peaches and have a great time. M-.
- so I wiil
S' ■'%: “hi"'"™-"
aTe tbe "ords ot any ot your
Colle-c VAR -< STONE.
College Dark. Ga , R. p. p j
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: This
"u
i ■ -X’ ’ k p souhwest Georg’i <
- ' ' ' ' s ” ” We ’oat,
DOROTHY DIX DISCUSSES LIFE
TALKS ON HEART AND HOME
How to Get Rid of GraTtlng, Self 1
Invited Relatives —Curing the
Father Who Is Jealous of His
First, Child—The Wife Who
Resents Her Husband’s
Dodge Dues
DEAR MISS .DIN —What should I
one do about grafting? rela
tives? My husband is only [
the average working 1 man, getting
a moderate salary, vet. we have a
number of relatives who seem to
think that we
should always
Z* be giving Hum
f
and that they :
a. perfect
grj rigid to come, i
jgpg . ,11 i 111. >l■■ aI ■ ■
hotel of on I' j
ER house. We. do .
without many
\ things we need
~J ourselves in or,
♦’ .> y A der to give to
• « tliese people who
Y .ware able-bodied
hF and just as able
■ma-. .. . vwme .. ,».»»» to wol k aS W 6
ire. They are never grateful for
anything we do for them, but they
are furious with us when we refuse
them anything. What do you think
we should do about it?
SIMNE.
Answer: I think of all the pests
in the world sponging relatives are !
the worst. Dikewise, they are the I
hardest to get rid of. It is easier ■
to free your house from the Argen- |
tine ant than it. is from cranky j
Aunt Sally, and to drive away the I
rats than the nibbling cousins.
Perhaps the parasitic relatives are ,
a hang-over from the patriaehal days i
in which the head of the family
looked after all of the trible to the
remotest generation and supplied
their needs. At any rate, whatever
the reason, the clinging vine rela
tive who clasps his or her tendrils |
around your pocketbook and clings j
to your doorstep is still with us, and i
still believes that , the blood bond is ,
good for a handout.
Everybody who lives in. the conn- ‘
try knows what it is to have hordes ,
of self-invited city relatives descend
like a cloud of locusts upon them in I
summer. Everybody who lives in the |
city knows what it is to have a i
small apartment pat-ked like sardines ,
iq a box with country cousins who :
\yant to see the-city without money :
and without cost. Everybody who ■
has a steady job gets a continuous |
stream of begging letters from rela- i
tives who are too temperamental to j
work. Everybody has an Aunt Jeru- ■
sha or an Uncle Hiram who arrives 1
self-invited and stays on for an end- '
less visit, and who is so disagreeable i
that he'or she sets the whole >
by the ears.
Why we al] stand these inflictions, |
Heaven alone knows. Probably be- )
cause we are just too cowardly to |
defend ourselves. Possibly because :
we are all still victims to the old
superstition that we ought to be ,
fond of our relatives, no matter how j
unlovely they are and how they treat
us. So we continue to be the goats |
of the lazy, greedy, worthless, stingy
deadbeats.
Os course, the remedy for this_.,is |
perfectly simple, and it is in our own
hands if only we have, the nerve to |
use it. It is merely to say “No” J
good and hard to the next requests i
for money and to shut the door in
the face of the next self-invited ;
guest. Os course, this will make I
enemies of the panhandlers, for there
is no wrath like that of the grafter |
who is foiled. But along with their j
dislike you have won their respect,
which is something you haven’t now. I
Dear Miss Dix—l have been mar- j
ried several years. The first few i
years were spent very happily and ,
mv husband was always nice and '
kind to me, but after a- child was j
born to us his attitude changed. He '
has always been jealous of the child, j
seems to have no affection for her, |
and has become cold to me.
Do you thing there is away of I
bringing back his love for me, and |
making him love the child?
HOPEFUL. I
Answer: Many men are apt to be ,
jealous of their first child for a j
while, hut this feeling usually wears I
off in a short time if the wife and ’
that aro not good—such a’ weeds and grnsy 1
in the fields. And while I am telling abo-it I
where I live I want to tell yon that it is 1
eertainly hot weather here now. 1 am a I
"hook worm." 1 have read three good books '
this summer: "Her Father's Daughter.
"Sis'er Sue” and "Barriers Burned Away." |
I will be glad when school starts again,
for 1 have always liked to go to school. I
will lie a junior in high school this year.
I will not describe myself this tme hut i
will say tbat 1 am 15 years young, and like ;
to have a good time. I like to write let- I
ters and also to receive them, so when yo-i ,
cousins see this letter (if it is printed! I
everyone that likes lo write just sit down i
and write to me. for I will answer all that j
I receive. A Georgia Cracker.
I MISS) .MARY I.EE ROACH.
Daisy, Ga.
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mother has enough tact to handle
the situation diplomatically.
You see, up to the time the first
baby comes, the husband has been
the cock of the walk, the one on
whom the wife expended her devo
tion, whom she flattered and caress
ed and tried to please. Then along
comes King Baby and husband is a
deposed monarch. Wife neglects
him. She loses interest in him. She
won’t play with him any more, lie
is nothing but baby’s father, a slave
to work and make things for baby.
Can you wonder that trie man
doesn’t enjoy having his nose put
out of joint, and that he is jealous
of the little pink fist that knocked
him out in the first round?
Perhaps you made this mistake of
being all mother, instead of being
wife first and mother afterward. Jf
you did, retrieve your mistake and
win your husband back again by
turning the home spotlight on him
Devote yourself to trying to please
him. And if your daughtei" is old
enough, send her off to school for
a year or two. That would be good
for her in any case, and it would
give her father a chance to miss her
and find out that he loves her in
spite of his jealously. The absent
treatment cure is a specific for all
domestic problems of this nature.
* * *
Dear Dorothy Dix—Do you think
it is right for a husband to belong
to lodges and organizations of which
his wife is ignorant, and also to
carry life insurance unbeknown to
her? It seems to me a man has no
business to belong to any order if
his, wife does not know it, as his dues
haVe to be kept up and she should
know where the money is going.
WIFE.
Answer: Who makes the money,
lady? Don’t you think that the man
who works and earns a dollar has
a right to spend a few cents of it
on himself, in any way he pleases,
without giving an account of it to
his wife? Don’t you think that a
grown man who is old enough to be
married has a right to join a lodge
if he wants to, or to make any move
whatever without asking his wife’s
permission ?
Evidently your conception of a
wife is a jailer, and it doesn't take
much of a Sherlock Holmes to deduce
the fact that the reason why your
husband doesn’t tell you what he
does because you nag the life out of
him and begrudge him every penny
that he spends on himself.
I believe that every husband and
wife would like to be confidential
with their wives and husbands, be
cause we all like to talk over things
that we are interested in; but that
when they are not confidential it
is because their husbands and wives
make it impossible for them to be
so by their fault finding and criti
cisms.
Just remember this, sister, that
every husband hates the wife who
ties him to her apron strings, so un
do the knot in yours.
DOROTHY DIX.*
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FARM EDUCATION
BY DR. ANDREW M. SOULE
Protecting- Cabbage and Turnips
Against Insects
A. R., Bowman, Ga., writes:
Please send me literature con
cerning the control of worm and
insects on cabbage and t,urnips.
Worms and insects which attack
cabbagel and turnips can be con
trolled in one of several ways. I have
used a mixture of equal parts by
weight of calcium ar,senate and air
slaked lime for this purpose with
very good results. Calcium arsenate
evev iugbefit grade ma£ con-
tain a little free arsenic. It is tor
this reason that we recommend and
advise mixing even the best grade
of it with an equal amount by weight
of air-slaked lime. When this is done
there is little if any danger of the
tender foliage of cabbage and tur
nips being injured. When the lime
is left out, however, serious burning
may occur, as I know from personal
experience and observation.
A very light dusting from time to
time with the mixture suggested will
control cabbage worms and other
insects of the leaf-eating type. You
can put on a very light coating with
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plants. Take a fine piece cf cotton
cloth and put some of the mixture
inside of it. Tie the corners together
and shijke the cloth gently over the
plants as you walk btween the rows.
A heavy coaling of the plants is not
necessary, and too frequent poison
ing is not recommended. We wash
o- • cabbage after this treatment and
have never suffered any injurious ef
fects from the use of this mixture.
The tops of the cabbage and turnips
will naturally be thoroughly washed
off after a hard rain.
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