Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-23
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Atlanta has been having a pure food
exhfbi.. and TO make il more interesting
there have been various devices TO draw
the crowds There was a wedding one
nicht ard the place was so packed that
six policemen were detailed TO get them
out The whisper went through the room
that the floor was sinking. and II would
be best 10 get out. / never saw a more
orderly crowd. AS it was on the noSr
below the Young WOmen's Christian as
ISOLATION. we have had TO stay there until
Il was over. At O'Clock a girl went up
20 our Office and told me that the moor
was sinking. We have a booth IN the
show. and I thought I'd go down and see
II the ladies having il in charge were IN
easy But. dear me. when / got 10 the
head OF the stairs / saw / could never
get in there. A policeman stood at the
TOP Of the stairs on the floor below me
and let them go down four ABREAST
watched them. big. little. old and young.
and il reminded me of the stream OF hu-
manity with old Father Time showing
them on. Nobody was allowed to stop,
nor could one hurry. II one paused 10
glance around the place on the steps was
quickly filled by some one watching LOT
the chance Thirty minutes / stood there
and watched that living stream, ana oy
then I had a chance TO go down ana
sin into the room II truly looked ike
"a banquet hall deserted"
Another day they had a doll show ana
that was a picture. The girls themselves
were pretty enough 10 take prizes anu
their dolls were beautifully dressed the
one that got the prize was a regular baby.
had long clothes most beautifully mace
and even a tiny bottle of milk.
Then again. they had a baby show
nat was also worth paying your money
10 see. / must confess that baby only
appeaIs 70 me as something helpless until
Il is old enough TO sit UP and take no
tice. They were there from six weeks TO
four years old. and the judges were wise
enough 10 let the prize be given TO the
one receiving most votes I saw about six
that I wanted TO vote for. One little gold
en-haired lady not two years old was too
sweet 10 miss prizes all through life As
the others happened to be near her she
would take their hands or pat their heads
or smile on them. and through the whole
hour she was sweetness personined-
You know that at these pure food shows
the dealers in certain specialties give
away samples. I was HORNED TO see
how many OF the mothers were teeolhs
their babies on hot bread and butter, bar
bacued meats and ham sandwiches Two
thirds Of the babies lose their health rom
the foolish fondness OF their parents 1
know a bow ten years old who viii never
have any health because his grandmother
fed him on peanuts before he was
month old
These beautiful days should inspire
every one OF Our Household TO send IN
a Isttss New members are heartily Wei
coined. but the welcome should not come
from me alone. There should be at least
three OF the regular contributors In every
issue I am afraid that the many OF you
wait for the spirit not only 20 move you,
but TO put pen and paper before you
How many have promised il a certain
letter missed the waste basket TO come
again. and have not done so2 A promise
Is q promise whether made TO me per
sonaIly. or 10 Our Household What's
become OF the men2 Surely they have not
left us for some other Household Its
not right 10 leave everything TO one side
OF the family. Come back. all OF you
and lend variety 10 our conversation by
adding your own portion of facts and
fancies.
Once in a while some half dozen or more
send letters written on both sides of the
paper. II does seem as If that has been
written against enough for every one 10
know that no editor even reads them
We can't use them when written on both
sides OF the paper, nor when the pencil
Is 80 hard that the words can not be read
Others write TO the very bottom Of the
last page and find any old place TO sigh
their names. Take another sheet OF pa
per. don't crowd the last lines; it's better
10 leave at least one line at the bottom
OF each page. and an inch at the top OF
every page
And please. If you VIII use paper with
deep headings. turn il over and use the
plain side. How DO you think your
letter would look IL I did not carefully
work out all OF the printed stuff
at the head Of each page. Pristers
are told 10 print everything just as it Is
given TO them. Suppose you write letter
on paper that is advertising your school.
your business or some other fellow
business. and I let 1t go in as it comes
to me: John William Jasper, dealer in
farm products, fancy groceries and dry
goods rural route seventeen, etc.
Some times / am tempted to do that
very thing. because it's far easier for you
10 write on the other sides Of those sheets
than for me TO go over page after page
and mark IL out. I am glad TO help peO-
pie who don't know. but when 1 realize
ten because the writers expect me to
take the trouble they won't bother about.
my patience oozes out
When l get a letter saying II am in
such a hurry I can't correct the mis-
takes I wonder who is busiest and usu-
ally put such letters in the waste basket.