The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-05-28
KINGDOM CORRESPONDENCE.

| have a pretty collection Of embroideries
| Center pieces and dolies) to exchange for
anything of equal value; also Corticelli
home needle work books The embroider-
les gre very pretty-howers are worked in
| their natural colors and the borders in
| white. VIII the readers of Womans
| Kingdom aid me in getting a situation as
| companion for invalid lady?
Mrs T. Tihin. Argenta, Ark.-Wil the
sister who offered white crowder pea seed
for exchange please send me one pint for
three yards of lace 2h inches wide.
would send lace first. but have forgotten
her address. Also would like to exchange
some lace for cabbage bean seed, such a $
| Mrs. King. Of Texas, described in last
! weeks paper. Find inclosed > cents to
| be used where most needed.
Miss Cora Simpson. Pittman Gave
| have taken The Constitution for a
long time and think 1t the best paper
published. / so much enjoy reading the
/ Kingdom page especially Aunt SuSie'S
| Heart TO Heart Talks" If any of the
/ sisters wish Il beautiful new style shirt
waist pattern | Will cut them and SEND
! to all who will send me some postage. L
| will also send the late style sleeve pat
! tern which looks nicer on a young lady
! than nice shirt waist Always send
| waist and bust measure. Enclosed find D
| cents for Aunt Susie's souvenir.
Elvira Witherspoon, Oak Forest, Miss
| one of The Constitution sisters wants TO
! know how to make spoon bread. / viii
| try to tell how make 1t: Scald one and
| a half cups of sifted meal. then put in a
! piece of lard the size of an English wal
| nut. stir. add two eggs one teaspoonful OF
| soda. a little salt and enough sour milk to
| make tho batter as thin water. Serve
whilo hot with butter. You may have to
| make IL seve.a al times before you Will be
| successful. II | have - little cold rice
| left from a meal add TO the batter; it is
| nice without the rice.
Mrs. II. ID. Patterson, Durham. n. c.
| Do the readers of the Kingdom column
know If wooden clothes. blankets. etc.
| are put in a cotton bag Qlour sack) free
! from holes, tied securely and hung in
| any dark room or closet out of the way
! moths will not trouble them. When any
/ children had whoOping cough We stewed
garlic In lard and rubbed the spine we'll
/ every night; had littlc trouble.
I'll be so grateful for remedy 10 keep
] swallows out IF chimneys; they trouble US
! so every summer.
The recipe for buttermlik yeast is ex-
4 cellent and little trouble.
Mrs. J. r. Kilgore. Blshopvile. s. c.
| Win some one among Q readers of The
| Constitution kindly inform me as to
| where l can obtain peacock feather fly
brush? ! am particularly anxious to get
one very soon l give recipe for chicken
| cholera which never fails ii commenced
in time Compound one ounce sulphuric
acid, one pound coppcrae and one gallon
Of water. Dose, three tablespoonfuls I'm
ono qukt Of water every other day. Use
| the medicine until disease Is checked. 1t
is well 10 give Il dose occasionally, any
way, Il is sure preventive of
cholera as well as cure. I keep on hand
quart of the medicine prepared instead
] Of hsrNr. Il
strong. II the sisters viii try the above
recipe ! am sure It Will prove blessing
10 their poultry. / never have mites
in not having nests within the fowl house,
but arranged in my fowl yard. ! also
use lime freely In the nests and have the
fowl house whitewashed inside once or
twice during the spring and summer and
! keep the premises cleanly otherwise.
Mrs. NJ ]. ParDue. lancaster s. C
'Tis said that 1t is more blessed To give
than to receive. That Is doubtless true.
However. I feel that | have been blessed
in receiving the many good letters of
Aunt Susie and the sisters, which ! read
in The Constitution. Do any of the sis
ters know what became Of the young
knight who Travelled around the world
with two greyhounds for an Arkansas
girl. He spent the holidays of 1897 in
this town working as a typo. l met him
ergy. and cordial and genteel in manners.
lie seemed to be entirely enthuSed on his
mission and | would be glad to know II
his hope was realized. Some time ago
l wrote To Mrs. Mary p. Warren, Hunts
vile. n. G. She proposed that all who
would send her self-addressed stamped
envelop she would send n receipt for
saving all kinds of fruits and vegetables
without Jars or preserving powder. | am
very anxious to.have II and will be glad
to hear from her at once. l extend to
Aunt Susie my deep sympathy III
her recent bereavement for realize what
Ii is to long for n touch of a vanished
hand and the sound OF voice that Is
still"
Mrs. ]. r. Lucas. Isbell. Ala have
answered all letters that | received with
stamp, although a great many are I'M
answered. | have several requests to de-
scribe the white Holland turkey. as they
have never seen the bird or read a de-
scriptlon of them. Adult males weigh
TWEEN y-nve to thirty pounds; females
weigh fifteen to eighteen pounds. This is
the mammoth strand. These are pure
white in plumag. red legs and feet: they
are great layers. gentle and not inclined
to wander So far as the bronze: they are
hardy and | like them much better than
any variety l ever raised. l am partial 10
white fowls. ] admit; they look 50 clean
and cool in the green grass with their
white plumage and red combs. This is
one reason why / raise the white Plym-
outh Rocks. but not the only one " any
means. They are good layers, gentle
mothers. The little ones grow fast.
Hawks are no worse for them than color
ed ones. Some think nuX vomica will kill
hawks. i don't know, but 1t is healthy
for your chicks; il helps to keep off YER
min. l have made some pleasant eX-
changes ard hope all will be pleased in
turn. If your chicks do not hatch pure
white doni think YOU have been cheated.
Some in most every flock Will hatch blue
isn <olor or smoky. but always feather
white. If any of you sisters can send me
some burr clover seed by September / will
return the favor by sending you white
Plymouth Rock eggs If YOU want them.
How | would have loved to have been
with Aunt Susie on Memorial Day.
Mrs. Hattie G., Pittman. Gal have
been an admirer of the Kingdom for a
long time and wish to express my thanks
to the kind editress and good sister for
the many kind words to young house
wives, zone of whom am which," and
the many valuable suggestions offered by
the sisterhood in geneKal
The Kingdom has been Il training school
to me, where We learn from the expert
ence of others many useful things; where
help and sympathy flow so freely for
those who deserve them.
/ have only been married a short while
and life Is full of promise to me- The
great volume of the future lies unopened
before me- l know not what ii contains.
ly and trust the future to One that makes
no mistakes.
Sisters, my husband has a cute little
device which anybody can make in lit