The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-10-08

say. than the modern wayY Yes. per-
haps: but good. sound. commonsense
way.
Mrs. l. p Rainey. Lady Lake. Fla
Perhaps many of my friends viii wonder
If I'm the Conant Rainey. Yes. I'm the
same one. We have bought n very pref
tv home here IN Lady Lake so as to be
near school for our children. Aunt Su-
sic. would you like a nice silk quilt. all
made by the Kingdom sisters? If 50, |
will begin by making a square ten inch
es square. and each of the sisters who Is
able to make one. all of best qualities;
each to cmbI Older her name and state
on the square: and all who are not able
to make u square to send to you 10 cents
In silver. and after you receive enough
squares to make the quilt. take the money
sent and pay some nice seamstress TO
line and finish 1t. BY this way so many
can contribute toward it. ] think 1t
would be very nice souvenir to re-
would enjoy and put in every stitch with
love and good wishes. Did any of you
ever sec the beautiful ostrich plume Ja-
ponica? 1t blooms in long. feathery. fra
grant clusters. Then l have seed of the
pretty chataulpa, which Is a beauty
then the beautiful bird of paradise that
Is beauty in foliage alone. but crown
ed with its rich colored. birdlike blooms.
Is grand to behold; can be grown in pots
or out doors. and i have seed of pink,
coral and wistaria vines: but too well
known for description. Mine are beaut-
full this wear and have been loaded with
the beautiful blooms that are a grand
feed for bees. We took fifty pounds OF
honey from one hive tEis season, and
know the bees took many pounds of
honey from those beautiful flowers. So
many have written me for cuttings of
my roses. l have thirty varieties. |
can't possibly send cuttings free. | have
or three cuttings of each kind If you
will send me four yards of any nice
cloth suitable to make little girls school
dresses. WIN send a package of the seed
OF each tree and vine mentioned above
for four wards of domestic, Bingham,
good quality indigo blue calico, towels,
table napkins. each one to send as much
postage as they think II Will take 10
send a large package.
c. l. r.. Glory. Fla-I have Just fin
ished perusing the lines of our Woman's
Kingdom. over which we have such a
dear and competent queen-Aunt Susie
and / decided TO write and tell poor mo
body's John" how far he is "off the
track" in some things. Poor fellow, won
der what kind CD fairy prompted him Il
speak so chartably of the girls? lie
surely hasn't any sisters, as ones brother
would. | dare say, feel a delicacy In So
openly denouncing his sister. Twenty and
eighteen additional years and still bach
elor! Well. | would say that he Is wise
if the kind of girls he spoke of are the
only kind he ever saw or knew. | dc
not mean the kind he rates far above
rubics." but those poor girls that enjoy 50
much the picnic, parties and beauN. Ism
II quite unfortunate that some OF our
"old bachelors" and "nohody's JOhnnies
couldn't be girls for a while and show us,
instead of telling MS, how to be model
"nobody's Johnnes?" Yes, Mr.. John,
II would be an advantage" decidedly II
the married ladies'" would advise the
girls more as 70 how and what TO, do
for probably you. then, might have beer
easier TO please. and happier, That is, II
advice had been given several years ago
Now, ! will tell "Nobody's John what ne
IS ''off the track about. He made a
broad mistake when he said the most OF
the girls left their mothers to work while
they enjoyed themselves. I can say
know great many. many girls that 40
not do that way. while | only know one
that does. and she has many sisters Older
than she who help her mother. can also
say that my mother does not cook. wash
iron. scrub milk, Churn or do nnNthine
like II seems that mothers Of Nobody
Johns" acquaintance have to do She IS
twenty years older than ! and Is almost
rs youthful looking as She IS now
away from home (snending vacati ION
from her arduous CD duties with heI
friends One Of our neighbors calls us
1.-TWO girls together" Let US hear from
other girls on tn --hic-t which Is new
for thought. Long live Aunt Susie and
Mr.. John,
Mrs. Hattie T. Whiteside. Keysville. Va.
4 few weeks ago q lady ASKED how 10
put up corn for winter ! Will tel my
way. I get good corn. not too hard-
silk with a brush. a new scrubb!ns brush
q splendid: put I'm largepots or boilers
and boil from ten to fifteen minutes take
W; with a sharp knife cut from
cob; put in bread pan, run In the not
stove for few minutes, take ana put IN
plates and dishes, put in sun 10 diy. IN
weather as II has been this summer. \
lady ssked for ice cream. put elBnt
eggs, one pound Of sugar ana one "a PIE
spoonful of essence of some KIND 10 one
gallon of milk; beat the eggs ana sugar
well together; let milk come TO Don
then pour in the eggs ana sugar. sur
10 keep from burning, take up IN ABOUT
two minutes, let cool then put in essence.
/ see whore one lady says put halt cup
of soda IN your churn to make the nut
TER gather | would not like TO eat butter
that had 50 much soda in it. don mink
It Is healthy. If YOU Viii give your COWS
plenty Of salt every day and a spoon
ful Of soda and sulphur once Week ana
when YOU churn nave Your milk ABOUT
20 degrees, / don thlnk you WI Ihu any
trouble to get butter. J got mine eve J
day in half an hour and a nice large vel
low ron il is, too. IT warm put III zee
or cold water; # too cod set the cream
Jar IN warm water Tor while btIote
Why Is It that so many ladies' ana girls
who want homes write 10 me 10 htlp
them ana when | look ana write until l
think / ind good homes and write them
about The pluccS | never hear from them
any more Kingdom friends. stop and
think. | am widow with children TO
support and "A great deal OF WORK ana
business to attend 20. and my own cross
is AT times almost too heavy for my
weak shoulders, but 1 nave never seen
q day / was too tired 10 lend helping
hand 10 some poorer person than am.
But when | try 50 hard TO help them /
like some response IN some way. / am
now very much Interested in the way Mr..
H. l.. Swift Le0ni, Mich..is trying 10 save
the little outcasts in Chicago. | have sent
some money to nelp save a boy and Will
send some more. want the book. Give
the Boy a Chance 10 is said to be a
splendid book | will take a boy to raise
il can get one without adopting him. l
cannot do that. | Will give boy of
twelve or fourteen a good home. board
clothes and free schol education. church
and Sunday school advantages. | cannot
promise more, but VIII do more If can.
/ think taking and training those little
children is "a grand and nUbiG work that
viii live on and on long after we are
gone. / thiulSthe piece written by NO
body's John" was splendid Yes, the girls
should be taught that II is not all of life
To i've or all Of death To die That II Is
the duty they owe God and man 10 make
the world better and brighter each day
by their being In il. ! wish TO say to Bill
Arp 7 have scrapbook have been
making for years that think one of the
finest selections Of poetry | ever saw.
Would he glad to help him II I only knew
his address. address is Charles II. Smith,
Gainesville. Ga)
Annie Ingraham. Byhalia Miss
"Home, sweet home" What a wonderful
effect these words produce. The absent
boy as he is listening TO the familiar
strain thinks of father, mother, dear, OF
the love and care that always surrounded
him in that little cottage home now so
far far ay1v Ills twilight now and he