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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-23
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feef quite sure that when we read
OF the struggles that Miss Withheld
had 70 get a little learning we who have
had advantages as weII as health WI
feel ashamed 10 think Of how little We
appreciate our blessings. We accept
health and the blessed privileges that
attend Il with the same indifference
that We do the sunshine and the rain
Saturday I heard some one say, 4
see nothing TO be thankful for this rain
has wet me To the skin
II you were in IL. you will remember
that II was a very penetrating rain.
warm spring rain nat soaked into the
ground swelled tile buds and encOur-
aged the rootlets as well as OverfiOwed
the rivers and filled the valleys. Even
with the rains OF March. I don't believe
the average OF rainfall has been
reached. and next summer the earth
may suffer; then there viii be more
complaining
I wish that you could see the florists
windows: II seems 10 me that each one
has an artist to design the effect. Last
week one was in purple. from faintest
lavender TO deepest shade. The lilacs
and hyacinths made a beautiful cOmbi-
nation. Another was a study in yellow,
ana Il truly looked like a golden glow
vas cast on the street
I am again going to offer prizes for
the best flower letters. A book will be
the nrst prize and a years subscription
next These letters must not be over
nve hundred words and must be here
by April Is. The three best after the
two prize letters will receive an Allan
"a souvenir.
After these cool days I believe we
can begin digging in the yards. 1
started TO put out M pansies last week.
but took counsel with a weather
prophet and am glad that did noe.
for they would have been drowned. Pus
on your thinking caps and write me
letter. Who knows You may get the
souvenir, II not the first prize.
Last week. in looking over bundle
or old papers / found a little book with
the names OF all those to wnom sent
a post card for those very first letters
70 this department / could but com
pare that book and our present register
10 see how many are holding out faith
-ul 10 this time.
Time has passed so swiftly that some
viii hardly realize the years that have
gone Others have counted them with
tears and signing. longing for things
that cannot he. some with as much sor-
row have laid their losses and burdens
at the feet OF their Comforter. and per
chance with guivering lips. have striven
70 help others see the light that was
"Uever on land or sea
While handling that little book. ana
wondering IL we had even halfway
lived ID to our opportunities. Irwin
hitter came. and ] took "a as an oT>en.
and thank him for sending il. I remem-
Der a letter that received when those
first prizes were offered. II was from
a man who. evidently. had been writing
20 second-clsss papers and had been
fooled. for ne said. Il am expecting about
as much from this letter as I'd get II
I dropped II in the well. I'm a fool for
wasting a stamp" Well the friend who
was helping me with the hundreds OF
letters that came was indignant. but
/ said NO. don't blame him. he knows
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-23
LIQUOR MEN FIGHT
LOCAL OPTION QUESTION

CHICAGO, March 9O-Action deter
mined upon today in the criminal court
by Alfred Austrian, of the firm of Mayor,
Meyer & Austrian, revealed the fact that
plans are under way for a determined
attack by the Illinois Liquor Dealers as
ISOLATION on the local option law put in
force in many cities, counties and viii
lagos throughout the state in recent
elections.
The first move in the coming battle
was made when Attorney Austrian went
to States Attorney Wayman and, after
a conference with the prosecutor, agreed
to a stipulation by which the case of a
saloonkeeper at Lyons will be submitted
to the court in the form of briefs on
the legal questions raised, the facts be-
ing admitted.
The issue raised is of extraordinary
interest in all cities and counties where
local option is in force, and the decision
of the supreme court will probably be
the constitutionality or non-constitutiOn-
atty on local option laws now in force.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-23
Answer Quickly. Please

Dear Miss Thomas; ] have been reader of
The Journal for some time, and especially en-
JOY Chat" have never ventured to write
for your department. but thought I'd come in
this evening and get acquainted with you and
am a married woman and one OF the hap
pIest on earth. 7 have the very best OF hus-
hands he is always pleasant and kind to me.
feel like life would not be worth living IL
we were not happy together. Where husband
and wife truly love each other married life is
the MANIFEST life anyone can live We have
two bright little boys. the oldest age four. the
Youngest age two. and o. how I long to raise
them right.
I read 50 many good letters and get so much
good advice. I come this evening asking the
sisters for more advice.
can anyone tell me what will keep tomatoes
from being sour. Ours very fine, hut are
perfectly sour when pulled off Of the vine.
We are lovers OF tomatOe soup and like them
almost any way but they are too sour to eat,
kind OF seed or fertilizer used under them
Can anyone tell me? Will appreciate IL so
mach.
Can any Of the sisters give me a remedy that
will keep me from taking cold. generally
have cold all through the winter months.
Sometimes Il settles in my chest. then in my
head. II anyone knows any reemdy that win
prevent II will they please give II to The
Journal ra~derS and nerhaps help some other
sufferer besides myself
Would ike TO know the best way to keep
hams. also the middlings. 10 keep them from
getting rancid.
I viii give the sisters a few tried remedies:
Kerosine applied TO a burn Immediately viii
prevent IL blisterng and heal quickly, even IL
IL Is very bad.
Equal parts Of sweet oil and honey I'm tea
spoon doses as often you like to give it,
and a good expectorant Is the best thing on
earth for whooping-cough.
Make a poultice OF scraped sweet potato and
bind on 2 rising breast is fine.
For fear this my first letter. Is growing too
lengthy. close wishing each and all Of YOU
good luck GEORGIA BELLE
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-23
After a Long Silence

Dear Miss Hummelshine, l was last with
the Household, Old Father Time has wrought
many changes. Some that our best
friends have gone to distant abodes. while
iothers have gone to the land from whence
no traveller returns"
and another year with its pleasures and sor-
rows is to be revealed and to many 1t Will
bring sorrow, as we know that into every
life some dark shadows must pass, but we
must hope for the best get ready for the
worst and take what God sends
Christmas passed off very pleasantly with
us until the ''old bach" CD was seized with
an attack OF grip, and, goodness! what a
time l had no one knows. He had one Of his
pettish spells. / reckon, as all old oachs are
peevish, and, girls, beware of them. 1 could
hardly stay in his sight, as he was forever
asking me IL l thought he would die, ana
pected he would. but not to worry about me,
as L could get me another ONE and, would
you believe It, he hasn't 'grunted" since, and
our menagerie has been calm and serene
ever since.
Old Woman. the pleasure Of knowing you
haze accomplished such a deed as showing
those dear girls the error of their ways gives
you the peace that passeth all understand
ing" does il not?
Education without good common sense is
a poor thing and when you see a person II
has made a fool of Gf l should use the ex-
pression) you can put it down there is some
thing wrong in the top story"
Some people think that to take a high school
or college course and catching a few big
words is all there is to be done, and they
are a long sight worse off for it, makes them
too grand 10 work and are, as l heard a
preacher say once, ID little patch of nothing
with no fence around it,"
Muriel. | won't advise you, but If / were
in slsui1-r circumstances l would take the
young man. I believe a reformation might
bring a change and you'd be happy ever
after and. besides. the widower's "tumbled
bed property could cause you more trouble
than the young mans bitters.
But YOU need not take either. as a better
chance is worth waiting for. and you should
be governed by the dictates of your own con-
science.
Lillith, if you will separate your tube roses
they will bloom more freely, as I've tried
them both ways.
I.anette, where art thou? Come tell US Of
the pleasant hours you are spending: also
Mrs Rhoddy and many others that are IA
vorites
Gracious me! how my %thinking apparatus
has wandsredi With love and best wishes
to all especially our hostess sincerely.
SYLVIA.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-23
1 Picture for Remembrance

once. during the early spring. / took a drive,
and saw something which has remained with
NE during long years Of shut-in life, pic
tree noble I'm strength and proportion, it's lower
branches ouIsnread II inviting the passer-by
20 pause and rest beneath its shade, its upper
limbs somewhat lifted I'm harmony with the
taperiug trunk. the slender apex OF which point
Ell straight toward the sky as II In prayer or
thanksgiving 20 God. So some souls. full OF
faith in the AIl-Father and OF magnanimity
towsrd men. are al the same time beseechtng
blessings Of heaven and hestowing favors upon
mOrtals. receiving freely because freely and glad
II trey give.
Yet this tree. towering so nobly toward the
skv. might have been passed unnOticed that day
aS doubtless many trees equally as bcauti-
full. except that. supported by its trunk. and
~ ming and INTERVENING among Its branches
a delicate iessamine vine in full and fra
grant bloom. How lovely were Its long sprays
dropping downward. yet how fragile, their point
81 leaves. their slender stems, their waxen
golden bells. all having the appearance Of be-
ing as es,hcmeral as the fancy Of dream-a
picture PAINTED upon the mind one moment only
20 be effaced the next. By its act IN giving
the vine support IL seemed the benefactOr said
10 its beneficiary: Look up; grow tall; be
glad.''
Aud the jessaInine vine. thus admonishcd and
uplifted. responded freely, aspiring proudly to-
ward the sky when otherwise IL would have
louly trained along the earth. So completely
had Il become part OF its support, Its
roots entaugled with The roots among which IT
grew. its branches intermingled with the
branches by which IL was upward lifted toward
the light. thnt separation Of the two would
have meant destruction aud death TO the vine,
though the tree could have borne IL and lived
ON. sim strong and beautiful.
Is Il not emhlelnatic the love one may feel
for another. upon whom she may be dependent
for hone and happiness? All the fibres OF her
I,ein. become entwined about his, and IL the
two are torn aSunder her life's blossoms wither
aud die: its branches fall 10 the earth, bruised
and broken Stin do the hreezes sweep across
the fields hut they bear on their wings no balm
for her bleeding wounds. Neither do they any
more move her bells TO sof, music. nor carry
afar with them on their onward way sweet fra
GRANGE. as OF old
MARGARET A. RICHARD.
Newnerry :. c.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-23

tiers. 1 am Just home from New Orleans, La
where / went to get my dear little girl baby
that has been there for three months under
going operation for cleft palate and hair
lip, but she was sick all the time while there
and could not stand the chloroform they had
to USE therefore, the operation was not a
success. She has middle ear trouble; that is,
catarrh of the middle ear, and this caused a
lung disease to set in, and pneumnoia was
the result. She is not fully recovered from
it yet. I left her there three months ago.
and two operations were performed on the
roof of her mouth and palate, but II did not
stand. She will be two years old next june
and OH she does look so bad now, but 1
have become reconciled. She is such dear
sweet little girl, and only girl, too We
will try another time to get ii fixed, but do
not know when. 1 feed her on butternilk
sweetened with Louisiana moasses, and 1t
makes her as fat a pig. When she was
day old me let her nurse the bottle
with sweet cows milk diluted half and sweet
ened with sugar; also boiled the water and
milk, but she did not grow any. We then
changed 1t and gave the cows milk,
but that did no more good than the halI
milk finally decided we would try the
buttermilk and molasses, not believing any in
that as the other nourishment failed to DO
any good. We had almost lost hopes of ever
raising her. We almost knew she must die,
but God has spared her to us, and, Oh sisters
of the Household page l need your prayers
for the next operation to be a success. She
Is almost a skeleton now, but so much better
than when I took her from the hospital l
am giving her the same nourish1ent 1
you that chance to read this, If it is printed,
has a child marked this way, try the nourtsh-
ment l am trying and you Will have a fat
baby, but mine is not healthy by any means,
having catarrh of the ears, all caused from
her mouth being open and breathing too mucn
cold air. Enough on this.
Carolina Pat my money is my husbands,
and my husbands money is mine. If l chance
to make any / put il in the pocketbook 20
USE and IL he has it and l tell him l want
four or five dollars. he says: Take it,
That is the way l make my money and I get
what I want, too. All L have to do is to
make my wants known and they are at once
supplied. I not eXtravagant do not
want as much as some women, l know. My
husband and 1 live in peace and harmony
and we live in the country on the farm.
do not like city or town life. Give me
country home on the farm.
Listen, Miss Thomas is building her big
fire. but hope this will not be consumed
by it. So will ring off All pray for my
hubby. my little girl and myself Much love
! TO all. I am
MISSISSIPPI FARMERS WIFE.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-23
Music
Lesson Free
IN YOUR OWN HOME

A wonderful offer to
every lover of music wheth-
er a beginner or an advanc-
ed player.
Ninety-six lessons (or a less
number. if YOU desire for
either Piano. Organ. Violin. Gui-
tar Banjo. Cornet. Sight Singing,
or Mandolin will be given free to
make our home study courses for these
instruments known i'm your locality You
will get one lesson weekly. and your only
expense during the time you take the les
sons will be the cost Of postage and the
music YOU use. which Is small. Write al
once. II will mean much to you
TO get our free booklet. IL
will place you under no obliga-
ton whatever TO us II you never write
again. You and your friends should know
this work Hundreds Of our pupils write:
wish I had known Of your school be-
fore Have learned more in one term In
nv home with your weekly lessons than
in three terms with private teachers. and
at a great deal OF expense" Every
thing Is so thorough and complete" THE
lessons are masvels oftsimplicity. and my
Il-year-old boy has not had the least trOu-
BILE to learn" One minister writes: LAS
each succeeding lesson comes I am more
and more fully persuaded I made no mis-
take in becoming your pupil
Established ISsS-have thousands OF pu-
pills from seven years OF age to seventy.
Don't say you cannot learn music till
you send Tor our free booklet and tuition
cher. II will be sent by return mail free.
Address L. 5. SCHOOL OF MUSIC, Box
AZ Is Fifth Ave. New York City.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-23
MURPHEY GAMBLER
TO Be CHAIRMAN !?
REORGANIZATION OF RAILROAD
COMMISSION MAY RESULT IN
NEW OFFICIAL BEING MADE
THE CHIEF.

Whether or not a fight will be at
tempted on Murphey Gambler as Governor
Smiths appointee. vice Galloway, to thd
state railroad commission, II is certain
at least that there's good deal OF ar
gument to be heard, if one has the time
to give ear to it, around the capitol.
Strength TO the opposition of Mr. Cand-
Ter mot all of which is non-partisan and
impartiaD has been lent by the attitude
of some two or three state newspapers
that have hurled their arguments over
the heads of the people.
But whether the fight will ever amount
to more than that is doubtful. Attorney
General Harris unofficial opinion on ths
matter, declaring that Mr.. Gambler Is
under the law, distinctly eligible 10 tins
position Governor Smith has appointed
him to, is we'll known. The fact that
The Journals representative, who ELECTED
the opinion, was not able to get Judgs
Hart to speak unequivocally as attorney
general does not alter the fact that Judge
Hart has spoken unofficially what is sure
TO be his official legal opinion.
And Judge Harris official opinion Oh
the mooted point will fix the governor
action once and for all, if some fighg does
grow active on the observation-disclosures,
of course, an unprecedented step is taken
10 carry the matter beyond the governor,
and that is hardly probable.
Nevertheless the criticism continues.
Except for the satisfaction OF moment .
argument, however, no one of the casual
debaters has disclosed a disposition ms
any quarter to do more than talk. The
railroad commission is just now coming
in for its full share of prominence.
1t is whispered, too, that reorganization
of the commission may put Mr.. Gambler
at the head of it in place of Chairman
McIendon. Mr.. Gambler, however, viii
not stand for the rumor, and Chairman
McI.endon airily dismisses it with some
well-pointed bon mot.
'I don't care whit for politics, says
the light-hearted chairman, genially. !
wouldn't contest for any office in the gift
of the state. 1 am not politician and
don't want to be. In my opinion, the
game is not worth the candle.
Chairman McLendon has already ex-
pressed himself as delighted that Mr..
Gambler has been appointed. He says he
believes the selection is the most for
tunate that the governor could possibly
have made He has addressed a letter
of congratulation and welcome to Mr..
Gambler and has received a reply equally
as cordial from the new appointee, who
calls him "My Dear Guyt." The chair
man and the new commissioner were col
lege mates. and it is known that feel
ing of mutual personal regard has ex-
listed between them for years past.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-23
Good Thoughts Well Expressed

Dear Miss Thomas-The Household is con-
tinually receiving praises by those who write
10 II. 1 sure that many who are its silent
readers praise II in their own hearts.
1 don't think one could read Chat a whole
year without having been bettered. But
must say that when you give the House
holders ways TO make cakes Jelly, etc. the
ardor with which / read Chat on general
subjects freezes. When 1 go to the table TO
partake of these things I always assume
non-compulsory- educational attitude, anyway
that is my father. grandfather and great
grandfather ate them without knowing much
about how they were made can I.
The good the Household is doing we can
never know. But we do know that many
tears are dried; many aching hearts are
soothed; many tired hands are rested; many
being made to catch a broader visl"'
real life with the thoughts that are given
from the Household pages.
II is often asked viii we know our loved
ones in heaven. Christ, speaking to his dis
ciples. says: I'm my Fathers house are many
mansions; if it were not So would have
told you. / go to prepare place for you.
And II I so and prepare place for you.
will come again and receive you unto my
self" These words do not say that those
disciples will not know the Master and each
other but the only thought in 1t that would
be comforting to those who had been with
the Master so long and now that He was
going away, is that Il will come again and
receive you unto myself.
Revelations H:4 tells us of some of the
things that will pass away-pain, DEATH sor-
row and CRYING. And these are some of the
things Of this life that crush out our JOY.
The very teachings of the entire Bible puts
before us at all times life. Its teachings i'm
press us with the shortness Of life here, but
in heaven the eternal one. JOY is not ours
on earth all the time, but over there ii i.
The eternal life is a continuation of this life.
Without a life here there is no promise Ct
the eternal one. We are rewarded here in
part for what we do; but heaven is the final
and eternal reward. Heaven is the reward
that Christ told His disciples about, and be-
lieve that IL will be one that those followers
Of The Master will enjoy beyond any earthly
experience of Joy and they Will know each
other better than they did while on earth
The length of this letter prevents me from
saying a few things on thoughtlessness and
marriage.
With best wishes to the Household for deep
thinking and noble living, and love to Miss
Thomas. IRWIN.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-23
WAR ON CORSETS
WAGED BY QUEEN

BERLIN, March 20.-According to tele-
grams received from Bucharest, the Queen
of Roumania has initiated a crusade
against corsets by issuing a manifesto to
the women and girls of Europe, appeal
ing to them to boycott this injurious ar
ticle of dress.
Carmen Sylvia" appeals to women's
vanity and common sense. She points
out that the corset disfigures their nat
ural beauty. besides inflicting serious in
juries on their health. She appeals to
mothers to instill their daughters with
a profound dislike IF the corset.
The manifesto will be circulated in
large numbers in a dozen different Ian
guages.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-23

no better. He has not had the right
sort Of experience" I've often wondered
IL he changed his mind when he got his
souvenir. or if he valued that card from
far Japan. Those cards cannot be
bought. they were sold only one week to
celebrate the 25th anniversary of Japan's
entering the postal union.
In my book of daily reading under the
date of March 18th. / find this: The
wind is sweeping along the highways
and blowing open the first young flowers
Of the year. Nature is stirring and
pulling and pushing up and out, into
light and joy. and liberty. What a
sweet privilege it is to live and TO grow;
10 breathe. to expand, TO progress, and
u go on progressing throughout eternity.
My wish for you is that your heart may
be like the spring highways; and that
the winds of opportunity may not pass
you By. but that they may blow open
the buds OF purity and gentleness that
lie folded within you and carry their
fragrance i-to all the world.
My wish for you is a Iorgiving spirit.
May the breath of heaven scatter all
clouds in your sky, and blow away all
unpleasant thoughts. Forgive as you
wish TO be forgiven.
Again. ] wish for you a useful life.
Let head, hands, heart and feet be
engaged in active service; allow 20 part
OF your being to grow old and rusty
through neglect. Polish the gold and
silver OF your character, and it will shine
so brightly as to throw its luster into
the lives Of others. I wish for you Gods
blessing"
And so wishes this one who is
Faithfully yours,
LIZZIE o. THOMAS.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-23
(5y Associated Press.)

CHICAGO, March 1O.-"Kill the stocking
taxi" a countrywide movement against
certain features of the Payne tariff bill,
which will be participated in by more than
100000 women, is seen in plans just
launched here.
Chicago club women have determined to
enlist the National Federation of Women's
clubs in an attack on the schedule in it's
application to stockings and stocking ma
terials.
Features of the Payne bill which retain
the present high tariff on wool, silk and
cotton stuffs and even increase the tariff
on cotton stockings of every description
are also being discussed.
A special meeting of the Illinois Fedora