Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-10-29
Keen LIN Your Grit

Dear Household: In recent isues OF The Semi
Weekly Journal / notice some OF the House
holders have been saying they did not want
the Household withdrawn. The editors surely
not considering Withdrawing IT, are they
Never that We simply can't afford TO do With
out Miss Thomas and the Household. II world
not be The Journal without them-no, not for
me. So speak up. all ye old timers, and ye
new ones, too don't let them deprive US or
SO much pleasure.
! agree with you, Penelope, about some people
always looking for the accounts Of murders
suicides divorces and the like in the newspa-
pers; then complaining of their being "filldd
up" with such things, when the fact is. that 5
all they try to see. Some people go along
through life looking only for the shadows; they
never anything bright and cheerful. Well,
that doesn't suit me; look for the sunny spots.
Murders suicides and calamities we Will, no
doubt. always have; everybody has their trou.
bios, l suppose. But don't let my Own troll
bles trouble me. and least OF all, those Of other
people. / am sorry for them-help them IL
can. but I don't do any useless lamenting and
complaining.
when the day is gloomy
Sing some happy song;
Meet the worlds repining
With a courage strong.
Go with faith undaunted,
Through the ills OF life:
Scatter smiles and sunshine
Ger its pain and strife"
That's me-or the way 1 try to be.
Mountaineer, ] heartily agree with you on
compulsory education. Having bad some ex
rtrience in teaching myself can readily APP
preciate all your Views. For II any one Is IN
a position to know the great need OF a compulsory
education measure, those who teach surely ought
to he.
Some say we should not try to make people
do that whcih they do not want TO do. But II
isn't exactly that way The children-or most
of them-want to go to school, or would II given
an opportunity; but their lazy, iliiterate unaln-
bilious parents block their way. They are the
ones we want To- make" They keep the chill
dren out Of school; cause them to grow up in
ignorance and sin and crime as you have aptly
said.
Some say Ignorance is bliss" Well, 81 am
from Missouri" IL certainly never was to me.
II Ignorance is bliss" wisdom is more bliss
full, is my version of 1t.
Learning always happiness TO me. have
an uncle in the legislature End my father has
good friend in the senate, so will use what
the passage Of suitable compulsory education
measure.
Gwendolne, 1 am sorry your diwoded sisters
appropriate your beaux. But you need not ex-
pect anything else of them; that's the way
widows do; appropriate for their own" every
thing that suits their fancy. That's the rea'
son l an so awfully afraid Of a widow she
mcht take a fancy 10 me, who knOwsI Strange
things have happened. OF course, IL she were
wealthy and coed and kind-well, that's another
But before / take up too much space 1 Will
give a little poem from a leading home journal
that 1 think is goodI others may like 1t also:
KEEP UP YOUR GRIT.
"tIang on Cling on! No matter what they say.
Push on! Sing on Things will come your way.
Sitting down. and whining never helps bit;
Best way to get there is by keeping up your
grit
Don't give up hoping even when the ship goes
down,
Grab spar or something-just refuse to drown.
Don't think you dying just because you're
hit
Smile in face OF danger and hang on to your
grit.
Folks die too easy-they sorter fade away;
Make a little error and give up In dismyn.
Kind Of man that's needed is the man OF ready
wit,
To laugh at pain and trouble and Keep up his
grit"
MR.. BACH.