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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-08-13
Thoughts About Work.

Dear Miss Thomas: / hope you Will pardon
me for calling on you again so soon. | wish
10 express my thoughts about Aunt Mary's
and Mrs. Hard Works letters. l lake to write.
] can't help feeling IL Il great honor TO be Une
Of TIE Household.
Aunt Mary your letter was fine. I'm always
glad to hear older members. talk and express
thelf thoughts. 1 feel sure you are right In
what you say In regard to fast girls. l see
where / have made many mistake and where
l could have done far better but l feel glad,
indeed, that ] have done as well as | have,
for / could have done much worse In many
ways. There Is not any perfect-no, not one.
1t seems sweet to live and learn. l long very
much TO make a noble and useful woman-a
woman whoGe heart is pure and true, who Is
tender toward ali suffering and sympathetic
with those in trouble and ready for any self
denial for the comfort Of others; woman
pure and good in every detail Of life, ami
when done with this beautiful world may Jesus
guide me safely to the home not made with
hands," and / hope to hear Him say, "Wen
done, thou good and faithful servant"
yet hope TO live and make many people
happy. I'm very much In sympathy with
Mrs. Hard Work, but think she has taken ne
wrong view. Just because has a lot Of
work TO do isn't any reason one should go
abont all frowned up like the hawk had Flown
away with ones last chicken. / have to
work very hard from early until,
times hours after dark. l am the main hoe
grass do all the milking and feeding
the hogs and cows. also the sewing. / gen
orally iron after supper in hoeing time, and If
my work isn't as hard as Mrs Hard Works
wonder II her John is 20 tired and worn
out that he frowns at her and never dreams
of smiling. l guess they have forgotten those
charming afternoons they used TO spend
pleasantly together. l guess they smiled then.
I'm smiling this minute at the very thought.
] believe IL Is stylish 10 leave off most Of
your smiles after marriage, and most OF peo-
pie will follow after the style. II 1 thought
my love would be like Mrs. DesOlates', Holly
Leafs and Hard Works / would never dream
of getting married. good husband deserves
a good wife. and I'm they are all very
much disappointed and unhappy If they make
a mistake, no matter how good or bad they
may be.
. have expressed the ideal Of a lady. Now
word 10 the boys: drunkard is simply not
worthy Of any kind OF a wife, and II ali the
girls were Of my disposition there would ne
none Of that kind married. If a girl ever loves
boy that VIII indulge in drinking she nae
better be careful. l had much rather see ana
know Of one quitting than for him to promise to-
A boy should be careful Of his associates
a girl and if one goes with fast girls II
is likely to be his ruin.
When we r. al what the I'm our House
hold write we can tell very well what sort
OF girls are their companions. IL must be nw-
full 10 lose confidence in people. Sincerely,
OLIVE BEE.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-08-13
Just to Renew Old Friendship

Dear Miss Thomas: Once again as an inter
ested reader I come to let my appreciation be
known. and I feel all should do so who enjoy
the good chats and letters. And I feel all would
like 10 10 so. IL time and opportunity permit
ted. So many. like myself. have to be con-
tent 10 receive the gifts the gods send" not
being able 10 help contribute to the enjoyment
Of others.
when last I wrote to this page / promised
myself a visit 10 Atlanta and TO Our dear edl
trrss. ! went 20 Atlanta. hut before had the
pleasure Of seeing ''Meh Lady" I had a serious
accident. Had 10 be carried 10 the hospital
until home folts could for me and be car
ried home n cot As the train pulled out
~ the city I The Journal building for tho
first fine. and realized that the pleasure / had
anticipated visiting there would have to be post
r, ne6 Indefinitely.
I make this explanation for my prolonged alb
sence and hope TO be renstated IN good stand
Ing. and want to assure the good writers that
they rely on me always. appreciatiye
reader. The Chats and some Of the letters are
fine. and very helpful OftpntmeS full OF good
counsel along many lines. Hoping 10 be
shle To write a long letter sometime in tile
future close with best wishes to all. Sincerely,
MRS. E ]. MINIS.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-08-13
Disapproves of Divorce

NJ Dear Miss Thomas: Reading so many
good letters I'm the Household makes me want
to write again. No doubt there are many others
who could fill my space with better letters
than | can write, but l want 10 thank those
that gave me advice on the question asked
Uncle Zeke. ] know the men are not all ras
Gals. but lot OF the boys land girls, tool
don't care for anything except big time. ="
like to be with lively people and enjoy hav-
ing fun as far as It's right, but / always try
10 say and do what l would not object 10
mother knowing, and l think If all would do
that there would be fewer ruined boys and
girls, unless their mothers didn't care what
kind OF company they kept, and l think there
very few Of that kind.
/ wanted to tell you that I'm not grievlng
and bothering myself to death over my trouble,
there may be some good luck for me in the
future and II / give to trouble ! don't
expect to have anything else Life is too short
TO spend IL i'm a way that would not profit
anyone. Miss Fowlar, l have read the verses
In the Bible that you referred me 10, ana II
all true. I knew the Bible didn't approve OF
divorce and don't want TO do what is wrong,
Rolle come back again. hope that you've
not given mp getting an education. 1 tnlnE
children ought to mind their parents, but ]
think they ought TO give their children I'll
education II they are able. Fathers and moth
'ers ought not TO think If they didn't get pm
education and have gotten along all right with
Vut Il that the children could. or course. some
few do well, but there more that do not
succeed. My father and mother were not able
10 send 10 college before / married, and
things with me now l see the need OF
an education. II it's the lords will to give
me strength l will be able to pay my way
and 20 10 school some more In the future.
Some one may say that may be a long time,
but we never get too old to learn. Father
would do all ho could to help me, but | have
sisters and brothers younger than myself, and
we don't know how they will get an education.
The children have a very poor showing In TINS
section. Our schools have all been torn up 1or
three or four years by two or three men being
stubborn and wanting to rule everything, and
they have nearly ruled out of a school.
Just look, my pen has run away with me.
Sincerely. ANNA '. TA1LOh.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-08-13
Only One Moral Standard.

Dear Miss Thomas: Much Is written about
wOman's duty, why not touch on mans duty
But II would probably do little good, as he would
Women blessed with good husbands ought to
thank God every day Of their lives, for many
men keep their good words for outsiders, and
az home their evfl natures are turned loose.
cannot see why the morals OF a man should not
be exactly as pure as those OF women / cannot
conceive how a OF immoral character can
possibly expect a respectable woman to live
happily with him. Why should any man ask
more Than he gives.
And in training children. why leave all the
teaching to the mother? | suppose the business
man in the city necessarily spends most Of his
time away from the home and most Of the
farm II Is not so. and l think il much the
fathers place to do the teaching as It is the
mothers.
I think # is Just as natural for girls 10 put
confidence IN their father and go TO him for
advice. and for boys 10 go 70 their mother as
II Is for water TO run down hili, and the father
who Is not willing TO take his daughter to his
heart and teach her the ways OF right and
virtue are not worthy OF the name OF father.
II Is true that the mothers and the young
women can do a great deal TO elevate mankind
I think every teacher. minister, doctor, and
every one whose business or opportunity II Is
70 teach the young people Of the present, should
take more pains TO teach the awfulness OF the
secret vices and sins. Some people seem to
think that women alone need 10 be pure / do
not think God intended IL that way. And /
also think II mothers would take as much pains
IN teaching their boys their girls there would
not be 80 much immortality.
A great many seem 10 have the mistaken idea
that a young man may go In any kind OF COM
psuy. do things that would ruin a girls char
setter and ret be respected as much as II he
did behave himself. Do you not think young
man should be careful OF his character as he
would he OF his sister's7 And. mothers. do you
not think Thst places which not fit for your
girls are not III for your boys
Mothers and sisters do great deal TO
raise the standard 81 men. This Is a subject I'm
which I am deeply interested and there are
great many things I would like TO say but
nv letter Is long now. I win close. asking Gods
blessings for ell. AUNT ETCIE.
Martin Ga.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-08-13

soon the melancholy days" will send
messengers TO announce their approach.
Look for their beauties. and do not let
the suggestion that summer is dying cast
a gloom over you. for the sun will shine
and balmy breezes blow, just as they
have when summer was queen.
II you have not done so in the past,
begin now and find something to be
thankful for in everything that comes
your way.
Shakespeare says, and we can echo It,
and this our life, exempt from public
haunt
Finds tongues I'm trees, books in running
brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in every
thing"
Faithfully,
LIZZIE o. THOMAS.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-08-13
Linen for Frocks
From the Rcd Book

r IUIH Tue heu BOOK.
Linen Is FAR and away the most popular NJ
the materials for summer frocks
The princess frock, which is sleeveless sn5
scooPed out at the neck so that It may be
worn with dainty blouse or guimpe is at ono.
so good looking and so convenient that II is hard
to see how we could dispense with ii in our
wardrobe.
For sutings, stripes are very popular
The favorite combinations are lettuce graen
and white, russell and white. and matlve and
white. the stripe being narrow.
Most of the coats have long, rolled back
revers. in self colors
a rather unusual effect shown in 4
wood brown linen suit with slight black
stripe. 1t unexpectedly pretty.
Spots are also much in evidence this year
A curious example of this was a smart oat.
meal colored suit with revers OF spotted cur
rant and white foulard.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-08-13

are overcropped and have all their housewohk
TO do, life becomes a tragedy.
IL does rot make any difference now muei
woman loves her family, tired nature VIII
sometimes assert itself. Long days or lahOr
and nights Of watching over restless teethlnS
babies viii make the best Of us into WRECKS
physically and mentally.
I cried all the way through that poor httle
woman's letter and l would send her mes
sage. She asked for bread and received stone
for sympathy, and has received two "preach-
ments' NJ 20 date.
Aunt Louisa, you gave splendid mite ser
mon, but / don't think that Is exactly what
Is needed to M this case Mrs Holly Lear
needs the REST Cure" and II l could only go
every day for a week and do her work ana
care for the babies she could just pretend she
was having a vacation, and have a chance 10
bout face" get better grip on herselr aud
take up her burden OF life with renewed spirit
and a determination not 20 stumble again.
Cast thy burden the Lord when II be-
comes too heavy and you Will receive strength
for the days work.
MRS. CHESTER II. TEAK.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-08-13
To r,AnrEs-rREE-

To prove its remarkable effects, will send
you in plain sealed wrapper. free. a sample
package of Pearson's Female Regulator, safe
and astoniShingly effective for Falling of Womb
Whites. Ulceratlons. Ovarian TumOrs. Profuse
Menstruation. Change Of Life. Backache. Bearing
Down Pains, etc. Send name and address TO
]. D. Pearson. Phi. D., Dept. H. 341 f. Washing
ton ST.. indianapolis, Ind. Pearson's Female
Regulator sold at drug stores. $1o0 box. 81
boxes $500, or sent direct receipt OF price.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-08-13
Sponge Cake.

Two cups of sugar, six eggs, leaving ont the
whites OF three: cup boiling water, two and
oue-half cups flour. one tablespoon baking pow
der. Fea' the yolks a little, add the sugar,
beat Fifteen minutes. Add the three beaten
whites and the cup of boiling water just before
the flour. Use any flavoring preferred
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-08-13

Who says women are not invent
ors? 1t was q woman who first used
the word "near-silk," in speaking OF
a certain kind Of cotton goods, and
from that beginning all the other
near-articles" have taken their
names.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-08-13

''My uncle used to smoke his pipe and blow
smoke rings that would float across the room
and ring the doorknob."
my uncle" said the the other liar. drcamly
used to blow some that would ring the door
bell. Puck.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-08-13
I've feel so tired. my heart and I.
We scarcely cn-n 10 lnnk af own

I'VE feel so tired. my heart and /.
We scarcely care 10 look at
pretty child the blue heaven
Poor. tired child, So young n De a VIE anu
mother 81 two little children! No wonder mar
Ia an Overweight moment she sat down and
sent out that despn.rins letter. winch musT
have stared her horribly I'm the face wneu
he saw Il IN black and white. Sometimes
IL takes shock 20 bring 20 a realization
20 where they are drifting. and I know she
las heen overwhelmed with remorsc ana penI-
tence long before now.
Mrs. IOSephus. didn't think you quanrIed
20 SIT In Judgment little Mrs. Holly Iraf
BY your own confession Won entirely care
free: like lily 81 the field. you tolI NOT.
reithcr 10 ron spin. and yet your every need
= supplied. every wish gratificd. Having 10
aahsS. Won cannot know the terrific STRAIN
both mental and physical. that u puts upon
mother 70 nOurish nad tel uHOn even one
child. and then, u, Mrs. .'eiton says, they
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-08-13
True SVmpathy.

Dear Miss Thomas: Never until read little
Mrs. Holly Leafs pitiful letter ana 1 realize
tho paihos ~ those lines had always looked
lspon as ovcrdrawn sentimentalism.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-24
Games Yesterday.
Demand Bleacher Roofs

NEW YORK, July 24.--Roofs
for baseball bleachers are demand
ed by Alderman Frank Bowling,
who introduced q resolution to
that effect today. The board vot-
ed to investigate the matter. The
resolution reads, in part:
Whereas, in the great ball
parks of this city all the comforts
and convenienees available to pa
irons are centered In. the shelter
ed grand stands, leaving those Wis
itors whose income is too small to
allow them to participate in the
benefits of the covered stands ex-
posed to the burning rays of the
summer sun and possible hurt
therefrom, although on their pat
ronage rests the financial success
of the game:
Resolved, that the board of al
dermen respectfully calls the atten-
ton of the league baseball club
owners to the great need of pro-
viding covered stands for all
classes of patrons, and request that
they take this matter under i'm
mediate consideration"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-24

Once in a while somebody hobs
up to say that with a team from
the sand lots he could beat the
Maps, Tigers. Cubs, Pirates. Giants
or some other high-salaried team
at its best. All of which goes to
show that the discontinued fan
knows not whereof he speaks. For
the sober truth is that there
aren't, today. enough first-class
players in all this broad land for
for two eight-club major leagues.
The same conditions obtained in
the days of the old 12-club Nation
al league. There were three or
four first-class clubs, and there
were eight or nine clubs that had
no chance. The number of dis
tanced" clubs made the race I'M
attractive in at least eight of the
cities.
With SO or more leagues, en-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-24
LOCAL BOYS SHOW
GOOD FORM IN
TRACK MEET

(By United Press Leased Wire. }
SEATTLE, July 24.-Seattle
won the handicap athletic tourna-
ment for Y. NJ. G. A. men yester-
day. with Vancouver, B. c., sec
ond: Kansas City, third, and Tia
coma fourth. Every man on the
Tacoma team won at least one
point.
Gerard of Tacoma won the 220-
yard dash and took third in the
100-yard; Watson was a good sec
ond in the half mile run; Morton
got second in the broad jump and
Mills got third in the high jump.
The standing of the teams was
as follows: Seattle, 28 points;
Vancouver, 20; Kansas City, II;
Tacoma, Is; Everett. g.; Chicago.
s.; Philadelphia, 6; Portland, 5.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-24
CONTROL Is The THIN
Mathewson, Worlds Greatest I
Pitcher, Tells Secret of His
Success.
BY Tip Wright.

Nine men out of ten, If you ask
ed them who the greatest pitcher
In base ball was, would answer,
"Christy Mathewson of the New
York Giants"
Matty has led the National
leagues pitchers again and again.
This year, with Donlin and Bres-
nahan gone, and Seymour not in
form, and the team weakened gen.
orally, Matty is carrying nearly
the whole burden for McGraw.
So asked Matty the secret of
his success.
Whats there to this pitching
game, anyway" asked. whats
the important things? How do you
dope IL out?"
Control" said Matty. That's
SO per cent of it. Getting the ball
just where you want 1t, figuring
the batter's weakness, and laying
the ball just exactly there"
"And the rest
"Luck-having things break
right behind you-that's 80 per
cent. Speed is only 10, and
curves only 10 per cent more.
81 won a game the other day
when l pitched only four curves in
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-24
RAlNR BALL DOPE
|lYN By Cha LiIEl0 Old Nan
8EMA CElrns<E betes3


Ibracing 400 or more clubs and
5000 or 5000 men in active SER
vice, 1t is remarkable that there
are SO few players of major league
caliber.
s'All this Is no discredit to the
minor leagues. A 2:45 trot at the
fair grounds is liable to prove
more exciting than a free-for-all in
the grand circuit, but 1t does not
follow that a contender in the 2:45
could get past the flag before the
free-for-all had been won.
The truth is that a vast army
of scouts is searching the country
all the time for players able to go
the major league pace, Hi4RherF,
batters and fielders of the right
class need not play for nothing for
another "a hours If they@ ne
ability to go along the df-
mahded by the patrons of ma
jor leagues. - i
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-24
1i|Ii'|i|l |||l! ;||E r.
on l:2g Sc iSygSg Ii

Question: pitcher bunting
good pitcher prevent anyone
How he it,
He the ball shoulder
high high ball. Pitchers
easily
Also hook ball
whips
Why Is 1t hard shoulder-high bal7
A. mi
and 70 insure dumping in fair territory must Just
right tribe below
becomes fair foul ny while f he strikes It the bottom
while holding
bmes difficult because impossible the ball
squarely while high
(To BE CONTINuEp-)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-24
TO PLAY TENNIS
ON ROOF

The roof of the new Y. M. C.
A. gymnasium is now being pre-
pared for a tennis court. The
canvas was stretched over the top
yesterday and today the wire cage
will be erected. There is room
on the building for one big double
court. 1t win be entirely encIos-
ed so there will be no difficulties
in the way of playing at this high
altitude.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-24
7'ODA US SPORTING NEWS
ROL Err THROWS OLSON

grappler demonstrated mis- SUI
premacy by throwing Olson In AZ
minutes on a neck and knee hold
and again in 26h minutes on 9
leg hold and half nelson.
Olson gave Roller one OF the
hardest tussIes of hds experience
and the exhibition was exciting
from beginning to end. The East
|ener showed superior speed and
science, but this was more than
Offset by Rollers wonderful
strength.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-24
AT SPOKANE.
GAME AT FERN
HILL SUNDAY

Fern Hill will meet Everybodys
on the ball field at Fern Hill to-
morrow. The Everybodys trounc-
"a the Fern Hill fellows once this
season and they say they can do
It again. The Fern Killers, how
over, have a different notion about
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-24
HILTON SEARCHING FOR
BODIES OF WIFE AND SON.

A. A. Hilton is now at Lake
Killarney, ireland, making an eff
fort to recover the bodies of his
wife and son who were drowned
by the upsetting of a boat on the
lake June 20.
Mr.. Hilton writes that he will
take divers to the lake in an eff
fort to recover teh bodies.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-24
Opening Of Indian Reser,
vations Registration
July Is to Aug. 5thN

Every day until August 18th
the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget
Sound Railway will sell r6nnd
trip tickets from Tacoma to. Lind
for $3.50, good until August nth.
Round trip fare Lind to Spokane
$4.92. Ticket office, GIT Pacific
avenue, phone Main 1854. office
open Sunday from 10 till II
H. j. NANNY a.
Commercial Agent.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-24
BREAKS RECORD
IN AUTO

(By United Press Leased Wire. }
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, July
24.-Louis Chevrolet yesterday
broke the automobile record on a
circular track In a race with
Strang and Dewitt, making 30
miles in 81 minutes 22 seconds.
The previous best time was 52:4S.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-24
To OPEN RACE
MEET At RENO

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
BUTTE, Mont, July 24.-Will-
lam Murray, starter for the Butte
Jockey club, announced today that
he would open a race meeting at
Reno, New, on August IT. The
will run Is days or more.
Following the Reno meet Muir
ray will open "a days meeting
at Ogden, Utah.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-24

slugger, always draws a line be-
side the plate with his bat. Then
he makes a bluff to bunt SO as to
draw the infield in. This done,
he slams the ball.
BAN JOHNSON, president of
the American league, has made a
rule that should appeal to base
ball fans all over the country. Any
umpire who allows a game to run
more than two hours comes up
on the carpet and tells why.
YALE athletics took in $780,
S96 and cost $107,397 in the past
year, according to a report just is
sued. Base ball and foot ball were
the big paying games. Track and
rowing, as usual, played to a
loss.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-24
SEATTLE MAN ENERGIES WIN
NER OVER INDIANAPOLIS
WREsTLER AFTER STRENU-
Gus RATTLE.

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SEATTLE. July 24.-After one
Of the hardest struggles in his mat
career. DR.. B. F. Roller, of Seat
tie, emerged winner last night
over Charles Olson, the Indiana
polls wrestler. The physician