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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-23
The Two Types

Dear Householders: The call for the return
Of the old members has been repeated, and
feel impelled TO come again, though l dare
say there only few who remember me.
have read and enjoyed all the letters and
chat and not one has failed to benefit me in
some way.
Dugan's advice TO the girls was fine-just
such as every mother should give girls and
boys. Young girls cannot be too careful Of
their conduct. They should first of all guard
their thoughts, for ''out Of the abundance of
the heart the mouth speaketh," and perhaps
one unGunrded expression act may cause
some one to make an unklnd remark about her,
and when once such remarks are started they
continue to travel and grow until that poor
girls reputation, If not her character. is gone
forever. Girls. never do say anything in
the company Of young that would cause
you to blush for your mother TO know. IL you
conduct yourself properly you need never fear a
gentleman making any advance or attempting
TO take any liberties with you. Should a man
attempr to DO so then and there is the time
for you to discard him. STAY in your place and
nine times out OF ten he win stay in his.
And. boys, be just careful of your conduct
you would expect a girl to be of hers Treat
every girl Just yOu would have some other
fellow treat your sister. Should you find that a
girl is not as modest and ladylike as she should
be. drop her acquaintance. 1t Is much better
for both boys and girls to be alone than to be
I'm the company of undesirable people.
/ have recently had brought to mind the two
types OF girls, and think II every girl and boy
I'm Georgia could see them in the way I saw
them. they would surely be careful.
One OF these girls has been the cause of the
death OF young man and the incarceration OF
her father In the county tail.
The other girl is exactly the opposite kind.
She has recently paid me a visit. and consider
her model girl. Her language is pure, her
manner di2nfied and modest. and her every
word and action marked her a pure, true
girl 1t is a genuine pleasure to know such
girls.
think Holly Leaf wrote as she did just TO
start sensa ion. I fail to how any woman
who loves her husband she SAYS she does can
fail TO find any service for him too humble TO
afford her pleasure II she loves her husband
and his children in the right way there Is hut
one excuse for her discomfort and that is pure
unadulterated laziness. and q too lazy
to care for her home and habies-well, IT might
he best for not TO attempt to express my
opinion on laziness-space. IL nothing else, for
bids
Since last writing to you we have changed
our home from the hillv section OF North Geor-
Cia to the wire grass section OF South Georgia,
and I am glad to- soy that have so far found
tie change perfectly satisfactory.
see that NV pencil has away with me
and I find myself perilOusly the waste
basket that / must hurry away.
Much success and happiness to all.
POOR MANS WIFE.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-23

Dear Household-I have been thinking FOR
some time would like TO join you but gus
I too timid. We are having very warm
weather with occasional showers.
The farmers are getting off their last cars
Of melons, which have been fine. Crops are all
very good. vegetables plentiful where the
soil has been worked.
am n flower lover. too and have a good
many roses; also ported plants and beautiful
rorch climbers. There magnolia, olive,
cedar. holly and other evergreen trees TO cheer
us in winter.
] guess she does not love her husband, or tnat
he Is not as attentive as he should be. 1 thinK
q would be better for her II she were more OF
an everyday woman IL Is said that the
everyday woman Is the backbone OF the world
II she r. 4 mother she rears her children wise
~ and tenderly teaching her sons TO be hon
orable. manly men, and her daughters TO re
g-Sd womer.- Perhaps she Is not beautiful as
far as features 20, but she Is benutifu with
the expression that sweetness and nobility OF
love lend 20 her stendfsst eyes and tender face.
she knows Just how TO hold the love OF her
husband and children. around whom all her
ambitions center Her face may be lined by
rncked bodies. her hands rouchened by toll
for those she loves. but her blessed mother-hesrl
is pure and fresh. She Is a hCmemaker. and
she is not restlessly seeking "a career and
stretching cut unsatisfied hands for the I'M
known. what she wants is love and home, which
she usually gets
RUSv Bee the letter received from you was
a pleasure, indeed. but ] not the one that
signed her name "Brokenhearted Mother" though
/ have been drinking deep OF the cup OF sorrow.
My dear mother died last October and on the
l7th Of January my daughter married and laft
US. ] was lonely, feeling that my cup was
full. but, alas! for me. for on the 18th OF FEB
ruary my dear son. Just entering manhood, tell
a victim 10 pneumonia Oh, how 1 loved him.
and how my poor heart wrung with grier
TO see him breathe his last. He was a good boy
and we can only say Our Father knows why"
/ am glad that will have to regret
the trials the sadness. the sorrow up yonder.
When think Of the home in heaven and how
the Father rewards for the little service done
down here, IL makes want 10 do more Tor
Him.
enjoy all OF the good letters. / think I am
personally acquainted with Country Woman.
ANNA.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-23

and healthy. Louisiana is noted for sugar, ric"
and pretty women. As to the men, | think IL a
prize was offered for either the uglicst or hand.
soonest I think this state would stand a good
chance to get the prize. In the southern part Of
the state be raised almost all the kinds of
tropical fruits that can be raised in any OF
the southern states. We have great variety oil
fine flowers. This is fine potato country, In
fact. 1t is is the home Of the sweet potato
We have some beautiful cities and towns
some fine public buildings, fine churches anil
school buildings. And IT would do you good to
attend some of the city Sabbath schools, you
could not go away without feeling better.
Opelousss is an old town and beautiful
place. W. II. Sparks, who wrote The Memory
Of Fifty Years." practiced law there for many
years.
small town. And they are building postofflce
that will cost $4,000. They have three good
churches and fine schools. We have some good
country schools and some not so good First
grade teachers IN demand. They get from
$50 TO $50 per month, paid up monthly.
While have a great many good things.
there Is room for improvement; we need better
roads and more system in farming, and the law
enforced.
In some sections they are using labor saving
implements. and have system In farming, and
they nre doing well. We find some that work
by the rule Get Through Quick" and they are
not doing much You may be sure. We need an
enterprising spirit in some parts of the country,
and I wish that some could be led to see that
II was to. their interest TO have good roads.
good schools. and labor-saving implements
for the tiller Of the soil and the housekeeper.
Some pillow one hundred acres with two
mules 10y using cultvators.
l would like to know In what part OF the
state Opal lives. I have been in every city and
town OF much size in the state. We have a
great many good women that doing a great
work for the cause OF humanity and the cause
Of Christ. and we have good men that help In the
good work. great number Of the crippled and
helpless receive all. Every state should provide
for those that are not able to take care OF them
selves. He that glveth to the poor lendeth to
the Lord"
Wishing all a bright and happy life and a
home in that beautiful land I am,
Yours truly UNCLE TOM.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-23
REAL RAILROAD HEROINE
IS THIS 1O-YEAR OLD GIRL

SEATTLE, wash.-High up in the Cas-
cades, at the station of Ashford. on the
line of the Tacoma & Eastern railroad,
there is a little 10-year-old girl, Laura
Winston, who faced a crisis upon the out
come of which human lives were saved,
and she won.
The girls mother, Mrs. Belle Curry,
is station agent and telegraph operator
and she is there alone with her daugh-
ter.
Mrs. Curry was suddenly taken danger
ously i'll. There were trains running in
both directions, orders to be taken and
sent ahead, and none to look to except
this little slip of a girl
The little lass is made of the right
stuff. At leisure times she had learned
the Morse code and had even talked
over the wire with other opei ators on the
line.
And she Jumped in" received orders
and took charge o the section like an
old timer" She knew that the slightest
slip might mean a collision and a fearful
loss OF ME. that the freight from the
north had TO get SIDING" orders to wait
for the passenger nOrthbound. And there
was no slip.
Inc IelndThaDIe achievement Ol tle uS-
mure little miss was Immediately made
known to the men at headquarters, and
1t Is said that her performance is to be
remembered in a substantial way.
Il knew that something must be done
quick, so 1 did the best / could" This
is all little Miss Winston had to say~tO
the reporters.
But her mother is about the proudest
mother alive, and every trainman on the
line feels a glow of pride and admiration
for the blue eyed girl whenever they think
OF how she won the day-a day that will
go down in the history of the road as the
birthday of a real heroine.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-23

and made me feel like a new person,
and it shall always have my praise. "
Mrs. W. p. VALENTINE, 902 Lincoln
Avenue. Camden, Nj.
Gardiner, Ne. - was great sUf-
ferer from a female disease. The doc
- -. -=5SsiJ, have to go 20 tSs
hospital for an operation, but Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound COM
pletely cured me in three months. -
Mrs. s. A. WILLIAMS, r. +. ID. No. IA,
Box 30. Gardiner Me.
Because your case is a difficult one,
doctors having done you no good,
do not continue to suffer without
giving Lydia z. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound trial 1t surely has cured
many cases of female ills, such as in
fiammatiOn, liberation, displacements,
libroid tumors. irregularities, periodic
pains, backache, that bearing-down
feeling. indigestion, dizziness, and ner-
vous prostrati0n. It costs but tTifle
TO try ii, and the result is worth mil
lions to many suffering women
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-23

deceived thereby is not WISE
Tobie T. Beall your letter In our Household OF
the 25th was fine.
/ have Just been reading Little Maids letter
ami l want to congratulate her on being "a
skillful with the pen, and she must continue
TO write sue letters the one of the 25ta.
Did any OF the Iouseholders attend school
at Sparks Collegiate institute the spring OF
1903? ! there from January until Mag
Compulsory education has been ably discussed
/ fully indorse II.
My letter is so long that l must stop If
want to miss the waste basket.
/ am going to give you little verse to help
Won when you are hot and lazy:
The luck that 1 believe in is that which comes
with work,
And no one ever finds It, who's content to wish
and shirk. s7
The men the world calls lucky will tell you,
every one,
That success comes not by wishing, but by
hard work bravely done.
Respectfully, NUNEZ.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-23
CHA

sara. where were you Thursday 1
honed three times and all the answer 4
auld get was something about your vaca-
lon. You don't mean TO say you have
ad \ vacation since / saw your
.sHad a vacation2 I've had the time
my life. I've been studying real estate
gents. Work was so light in the ONCE
nat Miss Jenkins and decided to divide
Ii and had started TO the country. was
al q the once when the boy ran 20 tell
IS that a message had come for me.
cent back. most reluctantly, and found
ayself talking to real estate agent he
ranted TO go over there and see me about
wonderful bargain But 1 wanted to
.et of 50 I said I would so by his o Ice
left my grip at the drug store and went
ID to hear the fairy tale -
s'You. the lady with seven dollars In the
iank. talking about buying property!
Am you please tell me how you do it?''
wait. and you will see how 1 don't.
IT. Beach vas the agents name, and he
eemed quite a nice man. but just the
iane I kept my mind from getting hyp-
sotized The place was WORTH forget
iow much, the rent was thirty-five a
month. and as the man had decided to
ell IL BY Saturday night he would take
town and the balance at thirty a month.
asked some searching questions and ap-
larenty got straightforward answers. So
took car and went TO see for myself. -
You were that much like the man from
Missouri"
Yes. / went over il carefully, and I
Incidentally learned a lot from a girl out
here.
Il went back and told him of the actual
condition OF affairs. and offered him FIVE
hundred less than his price. 1 expected
aim TO Indignantly reject il; but he did
aot- He was either surprised at my catch
ng on TO conditions or stunned at my
ierve. I can't say. Anyway. he said that
se w0tld have to talk to the owner
.'But. sara, that sounds like a big prop
5sitIon. thirty-lve dollars a month from
three thousand outlay"
Yes. Il it would continue at thirty-fve.
but the rents were padded. You have
.ead~0f sailing a gold mine At any rate,
{ had TO stay in town that night and call
Mr. Beach up next morning After
dept over IL my nerve failed me. and
went for Ben TO pass his judgment. He
. a darling, never too busy to help any
she who calls on him. We went to see the
place In the meantime three men had
been ont there. Ben said had good
Judgment. and pointed out a few more
lhlngs that 1 hadn't seen He told me to
stick TO my price. and il didn't get it
70 be sure the purchaser who paid more
would get the worst OF IT,
And then he asked me a very search
ng question: Where Is your money!? I
old him that I thought Of mortgaging
ny cotton patch. and IL that did not
i51d out. he was my next resort He
aughed and said he thought the mort
sage would come to pass. Then went
see the agent and he told me that
he man was offered twenty-five fifty
ash. and Il was a big temptation. Well.
; said. let him take IT, I knew my cake
vas dough. Imagine my surprise when
1e said for me not TO leave town that
lay as he was not sure he would take 1t.
% here am. feeling like am on see
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-23
Poor Old dad"
Dayton Herald.

There are days fraught with trouble
for dad" To begin with, it is spring
time, and the ever-stronger call of the
do as he did in the days when he was
younger and nimbler. He must show his
son how a curve was thrown in the
good old days" Perhaps he does the
running broad jump and walks on his
hands. OF course. he pays for these in
discreet pleasures with many an ache and
pain. And to add to his troubles, be is
compelled to beat carpets and NOW the
grass. Poor old dad
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-23
Charity and Reform Fashionabl,


Smart women here, well in England, are
interesting themselves in kindly and merciful
missions and also in municipal reform and
even in some more stirring questions, says
Vogue, but they do not "go in so warmly
for more serious questions as the English woman
of position does Today even there seems to be
a division. Mrs. oliver II L. Belmont is a
thorough suffragist and Mrs. Clarence Mackay
the duchess Of Marlborough, has taken up Sc
riously and actively many Important questions
such as prison REFORM treatment OF young chill
dren, animals, hospitals and perhaps Just a bit
of politics. She is following the example of
the women of the Churchill family Mrs. Corn
wallis West, who was formerly Lady Randolph
Churchill, and a girl our own Miss Jenny
Jerome, has been notable figure In many OF
the great movements In England. The kindly
countess of Aberdeen Is In America, believe,
on a mission TO collect funds for stamping out
tuberculosis in ireland. These great ladies do
not trust the work to deputies. They go in
themselves and lend the power OF their presence
at all meetings, and they have accomplished
much good.
Last winter was not very brilliant socially.
and these questions and others became the fad
OF the hour. Mrs. Belmont. however, is a clever.
and she seems TO have the courage of her con-
victlons. She is going about her mission in
the right way. The duchess Of Marlborough is
TO be with her later, and although she may not
take an active part in the suffrage movement,
she will do much to help her mother and thus
sid materially the cause. Personally, l am
not in sympathy with IL, but ! am always glad
portant movement II may, however, lead TO
other reforms which necessary, and much
good sometimes come from chaotic condi-
tons. .--
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-23
Facts About Louisiana

Dear Household: I surprised to learn
that Opal was a Louisiana girl I did not know
anyone else was writing to the Household from
this state.
A great many people have a false idea about
the state. They think II Is a low. marshy com
try. and some amusing things have been said
and written about Ii.
II they Will take trip through the state on
the Iron Mountain road they would conclude that
we have some pretty high hills. II is true VIC
have great deal Of rich level lsnd. as fine as
can be found anywhere. but Il Is not wet. Have
you read what Mr. Allen says about st. Charles
parish7 he says land is assessed at 81, 900 per
acre The most OF Ne state IA high and dry
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-23
THE INSURANCE
MANS SCHEME

The insurance man had been doping his sys
tenn with psychology and he made up his mind
one day to work form Of auto suggestion on
his victim.
He had been camping on Browns trail win
ter and summer. all to purpose Now Inc
was going to stop all monkey business and show
Brown that he could have made him come
through long ago, but was Just endeavOring In
his platl, unassuminS way to be The gentle
man.
He crme into Browns office with the air
of man who knows what ehe's about nr would
like to know the reason why. He pulled out a
long sheet Of paper, drew chair up alongside
the little table near Browns big roll top desk.
spread the sheet of paper out before him, and
began to ask questions.
Lets see; what is your full name, Brown 20
he inquired casually.
Brown gave him a queer look but gave him
all three of his Names smilingly.
Then the Insurance Man asked Brown the ex-
act date of his birth, whether married or sin
gle, the ages of his father and mother at the
time Of their death. what they died Of and a
lot more interrogations, all of which Brown an
swered just cheerfully as IL he had been
giving testimony in COW case before justice
The Insurance Man noted that he had HIS big
application blank nearly filled He chuckled to
himself.
Its a shame to take the money" he thought
but there's nothing like just exerting the force
Of your superior will once in a while"
Here" says he briskly addressing Brown
and handing his fountain pen him, at the
same time indicating with his finger the place
for ones signature ''just you sign right here -
ance Man didn't see 1t. He was too busy
thinking about what good one he get
ting over the plate.
Brown Nook the pen and placed 1t on the line
the man had indicated Then he stopped and
looked up helplessly.
wen. move my baud for me, why don't you -
snapped Brown sourly, and the Insurance Man
pricked up his ears.
"All you have to do is just to sign your name
here" he says
"Uh. huh! That's all / have to do, hey -
observed Brown. We'll. long i've got
paresis and can't make up my mind my own
hook when l want one OF these blanks filled out
with my deposition. you better write my name
out for me, and III make my mark. And just
take this from ne, old pally; whenever | want
anybody to come in and mesmerize me and show
me where to sign my for whatever it is
that this calls for. Ill send a special messen-
ger over to let you know"
81 guess l didn't quite get II over" reflected
the Insurance Man, while he waited for the
elevator 10 take him downstairs. II never had
much faith in those condemned psychological
schemes about the influence Of one mind over
another, anyway"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-23
Answers the Call

Dear Miss Tbomas-When I read the House
hold page Of the 18th inst, l wanted TO &c
with you all right away. thought tho page
was lust as you said. And l thought the IlttIp
poem at the first Of the page, Don't Marry a
Man 10 Reform Him." fine and TO the
point.
IL the girls would only practice the rule
there would be more happy wives.
am one of the boys tas they are calledD,
but not one that drinks. was taught IN my
childhood not 20 drink, and I still prlc-
ticing what ] was taught. and II is pity all
the young men cannot realize that wine rs
mocker, and drink IL raging, and whosoever lie
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-23

this valuable medi-
cine, Lydia E. Pink
hams We getable
Compound. / SUI
fered from terrible
headaches, pain in
my back and right
side, was tired and
nervous, and so
weakIcould hardly
S stand. Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta d.
BILE Compound re-
stored me to health
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-23
To a Critic

n yours the only way
Thaf al who seek must go.
To reach the lands where grow
ne poets desthless bayT
Who set you NJ 10 say
whirh hearts have caught lies glow
Who gave tt ycu to know
A seals voice false CT true
Slnce Il speaks not 20 you.
are there none else TO bears
An unknown singers air.
Scorued b. the learned few.
The multitude doth cheer
Tnen- though you still condemn
Nv heart must voice its hymn.
Ard 70 tiis sweet hope cling
y. 7. 3.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-23
uto-Intoxication

Baltimore American.
How cid Bob and Jack come to go q.
such a jag?"
They met some conviviaI friends, who
persuaded them to go on a motoring
trip
Il see. A clear case of auto-intoxica-
ton
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-23
MORE
PINKHAM
CURES
Added to the Long List due
to This Famous Remedy.

Camden, Nj cit is with pleasure
that add my testimonial to your
already long ist-hoping that it may
induce others to avail themselves OF
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-23

s -.
Hmanbem rnspaaE W ~
there's ne yhatd the oudm creature T cannot fol- water words cannot
help themselves waterman
sink " h
them til oh d will n d h
gGyemm Keep h it every
f ~ Of
d from
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-23

Eyes" said Mrs. Lapsling, "Johnny's all
right now. When he was bitten by the strange
dog l took him to doctors and bad the wound
ostracised right away."-Chicago Tribune.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-23

Catholics redoubled their activity, and
the Church of England assumed great i'm
portance and undertook a work of great
proportions. The missions began to be
more or less successful at once, but 1t
was not until within the last fifteen years
that remarkable progress was made.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-23

Pat-An' phwat the divil is chafln' dish?
Mke-Whist! Uts a fryin' pan that's got in
to society.-Boston Transcript.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-23

Yet after all. the missionaries have con-
verted very few Hindoos and practically
none of the higher castles. They Nos
lens. as elsewhere. are not touched by
missionary efforts. The great majority
of the converts to Christianity come from
the Animists and from the ranks OF other
creeds. In Burma many Buddhists are
being converted.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-23

Under the protection of the crown. the
missionaries came in from England.
Scotland. Wales America and the Luth-
eran' countries of continental Europe. The