Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-08-20
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know that all who have been reading
the poems written by Miss Margaret A
Richard will be pleased to know that
fGood Night. Little Girl Good Night.
has been set 70 music. The words are
beautiful and the melody exactly suits it.
I am sorry that I cannot tell you the
price. but a self-addressed letter TO Miss
Richard viii give you the desired inform
alton
To my mind. nothing comes ahead OF a
sweet song. am sorry that I. cannot in
dorse many OF the so-called popular
aongs" There are many OF them that do
not help ones mental uplift. and some
that are positively ugly. heard a moth
er say that she was careful to give her
little children only pretty pictures. copies
Of the old masters and prints that she
could tell them pretty story about-and
that as they grew older they did not care
for the coarse things that so many chill
drsn enjoyed.
It's the same way with music. Give
them the best you know. not fOolishness.
ard then unclean things will not appeal
TO them
We are singing songs every Sunday
that are q hundred years old, and their
grandeur appeals TO us quite as much as
Il did TO our great-grandparents. Some
but a multitude has been printed that
did not last a year.
These rainy days are playing havoc
with the campers. Some OF them trudge
right through the mud and enjoy their
fresh air and free and easy life right
through the rain. Others have given
Il up
A large crowd OF girls. with several
married couples to chaperon them are out
II the woods enjoying their vacation and
tonight I am to be their guests. Remem-
bering the suggestion of red bugs in the
grass. I asked one OF the girls how they
managed She said they did not manage
that they simply fought for living. The
grass in our yards seem free from req
bugs did not think one would be troub-
led unless the blackberry bushes and de-
cayed logs were rubbed against. AL my
life l have loved the woods. and have
not suffered much from hed bugs because
! never went in the woods without bath
ing as soon as / returned home. There
Is nothing like a good lather and goo0
Finsing on and rubbing down to rid one Of
red bugs
have found sand spurs as far north a.
Michigan. but they do not know any thins
about our red bugs. In some states they
are called jiggers. while IN other states
that miserable little flea that fastens itself
on cattle and chickens is called the jig
gers. or chigger. The rose by any other
name may be as sweet. and you may
call the little pests what you please. both
the black and red ones. continue as mel
cIless and aggravating.
Have you read the request in a recent
paper 70 write a card or letter to The
semi-Weekly Journal and tell them what
part of the paper you like best2 Many OF
you are waiting for the other one to do il,
and IL may be that so few Of the House
hold friends will write that the manage
ment win take your silence for indiffer-
ence and leave this department out.
Would you like Ike that?
On the other hand. IL more people say
they want a certain department that one
may be given more space IL is the bust
mes Of the manager TO put in the paper
the things that appeal TO the greatest
number of readers. Their ambition is to