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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-23
EDUCATION AND PLAGIARISM,
THEME FOR WRITER

Editor Journal-It is an easy thing to make
objection, and the objective case Is exactly
suited to the temperament Of some. Also 1t
is easier thing to prejudice the minds Of
many and by appeals TO the so-called religious
opinions Of men to hinder a good work. A
short way to destructive work is to cause
men to imagine that their temples are in
danger. The slversmiths who made shrines
for Diana, knew exactly how to stir up the
craft and cause the worlkmen to oppose Paul.
BY shouting aloud for two long hours Great
Is Diana Of the Ephesians." they hoped to
drown the voice Of truth, but failed to do so.
All efforts to hinder the work OF the southern
education convention must fail in the end,
and It shall be a matter Of regret for any
OF leaders to attempt to work confusion
by declaring the tendency OF the proceed
ing was paganistic." This is grave charge
and IT cannot be Justified in any court. The
southern education convention can take care If
itself, yet a friend Of the new education
I must speak out and condemn as unsupported
by any evidence the paganisttc' charge
brought against it. He cannot be the best
friend of union and progress in the south.
however sincere such one may be, nor a
true friend of the people who arrays himself
against the southern education convention.
IF the convention must be rejected because
not lone reference was made to God" then,
on the same principles the book OF Ruth must
be rejected from the canon Of holy Scripture.
It seems to me that the one who is opposing
the convention conf66nds religious or Chris
tian teaching with the teaching Of dogmas.
The education is not opposed to Chris
tianity, to religious teaching but IT does
recognize that dogmatism is a menace to
free and Independent culture"
Just let Georgia be dominated by leaders of
so-called Christian S1gmas that the whole
work Of the new education Is paganistic" and
we shall no longer have any free and indie
pendent culture Tn the christian" schools
of the Empire state.
As to any reference to the devil" the peo-
pie have been getting on without him for
some time, and in one pulpit in Cedartown
yesterday there was no reference" made to
his majesty, and yet the congregation was
not 'paganistic."
II we can keep the devil out Of the conven-
ton and prevent any incarnation of his prin-
ciple, or drive it from borders, our aim
shall be attained.
Finally with good will to all and an earnest
desire for the uplift of the people, hail
with Joy the auroral flush of the new educa-
tion in the south
Quoting after some fashion. the sentiment
of Burke, whatever we do. let move on
Cedartown, Ga. G. X. HENDERSON
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-23
Appreciates Her blessings

Near FIousehold-I certainly do enjoy read
ing the letters. My father takes Inc JouIhal
and when the paper comes 1 read the letters
first and have received so much pleasure
from them 1 have been in bad health for
a wear not able to do anything part OF the
time but we have enough Of this already
without me adding mine, and l promised my
self when 1 decided to write that "ouio
not write of my health.
have been married seven years we nave
three children: the oldest will be six in July
the Youngest three in June. OF course, we
think they are Just sweet as any chlldren
can be- and 1 know l have one OF the best
husbands that ever lived. 1 could not begin
to tell YOU all of the ways that he helps
me. il would take up too much space. IL is
nv daily PRAYER that our Father VIII spare
me to raise our children to be Christian men
ana women. and in so doing may cause others
TO follow in His footsteps.
II has been said that in lifting another, s
burden we tighten our own and giving happl-
ness TO another increases our own. Then why
should we be sad? There's beauty all around
US: let US all be glad. There are army things
in this world that are beautiful, many TO love
and much to enjoy But, oh! the love OF the
heart! / am sure had we everything else
and had il not. we could not be happy. We
have so much to be happy and thankful for.
and vet we are often just the reverse. feel
that 1 can't close this letter without telling
Won what a good sweet neighbor I have liv-
ing lust a few yards from me. know she
is one Of the sweetest women ever knew.
Whenever she thinks I am not feeling as
well as usual she comes in and helps tidy
the house.
If this lis published I hope 1t will help
some one through some rough and narrow
way with best wishes for all. ROSA.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-23
Learned From Experience

Dear Miss Thomas-As I have enjoyed read
ing your page so we'll will endeavor to con-
tribute in a small way a few things that l
have learned by experience that are helpful
in the home.
paste made of syrup and flour and put
on as soon as one is burned will keep II from
blistering and cure quicker than anything 1
tried.
To clean a silk or wooden skirt. stretch II
across a clean hard surface. q table or iron
ing board; take a stiff brush dip II in clean
hot water-the hotter the better-and then
rub the skirt whatever is To be cleaned
Keep the water very hot and change as often
It gets dirty. If there is no grease spots
II is better not to soap, but IL there is
grease use soap; then rinse thoroughly, US
ing the brush all the time, and keep 1t stretch
ed, and when 1t is dry II will be smoother
than II rubbed with the hands.
To clean the windows, put coal oil in warm
but not hot water; no soap or alSaH, but
use a brush instead of a rag.
When setting out any kind of plants to keep
the cut worms from cutting them, wrap paper
around the stalks shanks Of the plants
leaving the roots and tops out; then set out
and they won't cut through the paper to get
to the plants.
have cabbage plants out that I raised out
in the open air, put out the last Of March
and have tomato plants ready to set out, but
will keep them back a while for fear cold
snap might kill them. I have lettuce to eat
now, and have had all this year.
MRS. B. r. LANG.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-23
Letter From a Christian Mother

Dear Miss Thomas: enjoy reading your let
tiers so well thought l would VIE a o IeS
but will do the best l
am a farmers wife, and have been m9rrleu
six years. have two sweet little ehnur ti--
a boy five and a little girl three ! nave oeen
in bad health four years. The first year
was sick was not able to do anything When
my little girl was two months ola l haa 70
with me- so / left her with my mother, ana Tor
five long weeks did not see her ! put my
trust I'm the Lord / knew He loved US and
knew best. so He spared both baby and me-
had 10 care for my children and home af-
fairs before got built 5Sd SP Su was s s STSE
Ing along until last September; my back mas
just given away, reckon. l nave peen ~ Deo
turn myself over Ny husband has all the
work to do. He does his own washing, cooking,
milking, and every thing; ne Is trying 10 make
Dear sisters. you do not know how feel
sometimes when he comes In from the Ielu'
tired and has everything to do l think some
times surely IL can't be any pleasure TO hlm;
but after all he says II is, and how sad ana
lonesome IL would be without a loving wire ana
mother. / can tell the little children TO 90
many little things that they can remember IN
after years, that would not De w t.t mo- 20
here Some may think they are too httle 70
do much but they hand me drink ana
many little things that / want done. They VIII
and hands and win say, II want mother to
get we'll" and often look like they wish InSyy
could do something that would make me weii
work 1t does them so much good when any
one comes in to see us.
Dear sisters. do we visit the sick as we
s,ould? You know we are told in the Bible that
lie Lord will say unto the righteous: u was
sick and you visited me. was hungry and you
fed me, naked and you clothed me. and the
righteous will say, Lord. when did we do
these things" and the Lord said when you
did IT unto one Of my little ones. you did II un-
10 me-" There are many ways that we
can do something to make sad hearts glad.
weak mothers, do not bother or worry over
things OF this world. 1t is much against
you know this from experience; have
worried over many things l ought not: But as
the past can not be called back / Will nave 70
look TO the future. / have made up my mlhu
not to worry about things any more than can
help l am asking the Lord to make my last
DAYS the happiest days of my life, even II
they are to be spent in the bed with pain and
suffering. The blessed Lord has gone 10 pre-
pare us a place where there Will be no pain
Sickness nor death and we viii know no sor-
rows And He says II go to prepare a place
for YOU, and if l go and prepare place Tor
Won / wifi come again and receive you "
myself that where am there We may be ais -
Nav we have our lamps trimmed ana Dul -
ing when He comes. I would be glad 70 nave
most cards or letters from any one. close Dy
Mrs DEvoRA DANIEL.
Nn L
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-23

untirfng energy? There is nothing much as
tie tongue that shows how wise one is-noth-
ing that much shows how foolish one can
be- Indeed, we instinctively measure the depth
OF ones wisdom by the length 90 OF one $
tongue. The profoundest writer, In the pro-
foundest book I'm the world, has SAID "a TOOL
quickly uttereth all his mind, but Wise man
keepeth his in TIN afterward' and that he
thai shutteth his lips Is esteemed as a man
of understanding. Not that silence itself is
wisdom but rather that there Is time to
speak and a time to be silent, and good II Is
for him who IS able TO discern between them
To converse well and fluently is a rare gift,
and he who possesses II Is intrusted win a
talent for the accomplishment Of incalculable
good. -
compared? Ii becomes therefore, n matter OF
no small account that this gift, among the
grea test aud best that heaven has bestowed De
under proper guidance. Let us remember that
We are accountable for our words as wen as TOT
our acts.
Can YOU think of any talent that may be
used more constantly and with more facility
for the promotion of goods How II soothes ana
softens. and turns away wrath: Or, on me
CONTRARY how piercing and cutting II can be-
come .
Easter Is gone some Of US pass II by almost
unnoticed / think we should come TO Il With a
heart full Of thankfulness and gratitude.
What would this world have been mad II not
been Tor the death and resurrection OF our
BLESSED Saviour, who so freely spilled his pre-
cious blood for u.s. The message OF Easter is
to be regarded as essentially a revelation, pc
ing the substance as well the confirmation
permanenee Of the incarnation Of the Son OF
God Jesus is 1.-THE first. and the last. ana
the Living One: He was dead, and behold, He
Is living for evermOre."
Household ADA McCARTER LANFoRD.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-23
"reminiscences

Dear Household: Thirteen. years ago last
Tuesday. April 9Th, was in St. Augustine,
80 fun Of life in winter, when visitors from
the north tnrOng its streets and FIJI its mag
city abides with me yet and l long to 90 back
once more to see the gardens with their palms.
10 walk along the sea-wall and looking far
out the bay from the top OF Fort Marion,
recall the thoughts inspired by that grand view,
ana dream again the dreams that filled our
hearts amid beautiful flowers and meath sunny
skies.
on the above date I am always reminded Of
little trip Mrs. b, the lady with whom
b0arced-and I took TO NJ, about six miles
distant We went I'm a buggy accompanied by
two cavaliers wheels Something con-
wheel needed attention. and the other would
have 10 stop and help him-the maddest man I
h wasn't accustomed to driving and looked
neither 70 the right the left, but kept her
eyes firmly fixed on the horse She was very
much upset at the slowness Of our progress
and would say to every and then,
For gracious sakes, look back and see IL those
men are coming" Once / reported that they
had entirely disappeared. After a little they
came into view. Mr.. NJ limping. you might
say. along behind. When Mr.. r overlook us
be expressed his opinion freely Of a vonne man
VITO wOuld start out on trip Of the kind
without knowing anything about riding a wheel
-snd give somebody else so much trouble.
We arrived at last and in time for dinner.
Mrs b had said all the time that would
after going a short distance through the woods
Mr.. NJ was nowhere 10 be seen. Mrs. B.
Insisted that the other young man should so
hack and hunt for him. but he haughtily re-
fused lie said he wanted a little rest and
peace going home. So he proceeded TO enjoy
himself by trying 10 show off and had COM
ple-e smash-up. Mrs. b kept wondering and
worrying all the way about what had become
OF Mr. NJ As we drove up to the door Mr.
E walking and his broken wheel reposing on
the back Of the buggy, who should come gaily
to meet US but Mr.. VI. He had returned by a
shorter route. Mr.. Els face was a study.
I hardly know what has suggested il. but
several times today I've laughed 20 myself over
remark once made TO my sister. This in
Illinois. none Of you will have chance to
say THAT you Don't know what part OF Georgia
I've lived in to find such ignorance.
Ny sister heard that OF the little girls
in her neighbOr's family had fallen on a large
rock and hurt her back. and that the doctor
nad been called in. She went over to see her
The child's mother said. Miss Lucy. the doctor
said that Idly Belle had a spine in her back:
did You ever hear OF such a thingT" She told
Ter she bad often heard Of such a thing, and
she thought Idly Belle would recover. Her
mother seemed greatly relieved. Love 10 Miss
Thomas and all. BINGHAM.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-23
To RoIIo

Dear Miss Thomas-I appreciate your page
very much. The letters bring 10 light many
good ideas and give old and young something
important TO think about.
Rollo. above all things, do good and be a
Christian. and get education. True, you
may be poor. but II you crave an education
you get IL in spite of what your parents
and others may say. / don't advise you TO
leave your parents until you are q years old.
In the meantime, read all the good hterature
and books that you possibly can. II you have
not or cannot get the money TO buy your
books. go 10 some OF your neighbor men or
boys and ask them 10 lend you some books.
Tell them how much you would appreciate
such a favor; but be sure that you take good
care Of the books and return them at the
stated time. No boy or girl Of this day and
time need say that they did not have chance
10 get an education. Literature is too plenti-
ful and too cheap for them TO with an
excuse Of that nature.
Tie time has passed when one can get
along at all without any learning. All from
the bootblack to the president need to be
educated. Young man, stay by your books;
learn all you can by yourself and what you
can't learn get some Of your friends neigh
bors TO explain and help. you, and continue
on this way until you are q. They VIII take
a delight and an interest in giving you all
the information that you may want. Yes.
one can get through the world without any
education at all. but / tell you the road Will
be awful rugged. Go to work young man,
when your parents haven't got you employed.
Spend none OF your time in idleness; idleness
is the mother Of crime.
Teacher. come again and arouse our boys
and girls TO form a resolution and say, 7
viii get education and still be my plain
self polished" Many boys, and girls. too.
think when they get an education they are
better than any one and even shun their old
friends. Now. boys and birls. don't do that
way; remember the ignorant boys and girls
that were your friends when you were igno-
rant should still be your friends. Life is too
shcrt for US to make others lives miserable
when really all are equal, IL all
good, when we get TO heaven.
s NJ COLE.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-23
SOME POINTS ABOUT
THE ART OF PRUNING

Shade trees make up one Of the most
beautiful adjuncts to the home, and
pruning of the right sort is essential to
the shade tree. In pruning, one should
begin at the top and continue down
ward. 1t Is easier in this way to shape
the tree and time, too, is saved. All
limbs that are cut away should be saw
ed close to the tree without leaving a
stub and the scar should be painted
with coal tar In removing a limb care
must be exercised in the method of cut
ting it, else the tree is liable to in
jury.
It. is best to cut off the limb about
two feet from the tree at first, then to
remove the stub. An excellent way of
removing a limb Is first to cut half way
through on the underside at a point
about a foot from the tree, then to saw
through on the upper side Immediately
stub can be removed without likelihood
at the trunk. When you have cut half
way through on the upper side, the
limb will snap at the point where the
cut was made on the under, and the
Of damage.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-23
Edgar Allan Poe

The f!awIess literary workmanship, the bal
anced sentences which somehow 10 are se I'VE
gieness Of effect which are shown in dozen
Of Poes tales have never been surpassed They
may deal with utter impossioiItles' Dnt you
tense horror never goes far enough to produce
the revulsion of disbelief the suggestion is
always kept a suggestion; and when you reach
Heart" you feel that you have been an eye
witness to the terrors set forth. The only
time Poe scores a failure is when he tries to
be humorous; and then he scores very bad
failures indeed. Humor implies sympathy with
ones fellows, and that quality was very nearly
left out of Poe's makeup He despised most
of his contemporaries, and totally indif
ferent to the rest. The only persons he ever
loved were his cousin wife and himself; and
the second-named passion began earlier ana
lasted longer than the first
Leaving out the abortive "grotesques." Poe's
tales, like ancient Gaul, may be divided into
three parts There are those which for want
Of a better word we must call the romances:
The Fall of the House Of Usher" The Pit
and the Pendulum" "Ligea" and many others
There are the studies of monomania: as The
Tell-taIe Heart and THE Black Cat" There
are the stories with scientific basis as The
Descent Into the Maelstrom, The Gold-bug
and the three detective stories These last
have been the subject of many acrid and
amusing debates 1t is charged that Conan
DovIe -.-aelled Sherlock Holmes on the lnoS
of Poe's Frenchman, Dupin; and that the
whole spring of the tales whereof the cocaine
using Tondoner is the hero may be found in
I
and unimportant. II does pleasing work
in an acceptable fashion, why should IT be
counted a reproach that he learned his trade
under . competent workman? To my mind.
Foe n6S few greater claims on modern graft
tude than that of being literary grandfather to
THE Five Orange Pfps'' The Priory School,"
The Hound of the Baskervlles'' and THE
Second Stain" do not include 1.-THE Dancing
Men" For this particular tale to be found in
the possession of one who had read THE Gold
bl-'' seems less a case Of inheritance than Of
larceny.
The studies in Eloncmania have never. L
think been euualled: not even by Maunassant.
That bit in 1.-THE Tell-tale Heart which de-
scribes the long terror Of the old man sitting
ln I'm bed, trying to persuade himself that the
noise he had heard was not at his chamber
door is one of the most fiendshly perfect
things of literature. But I believe that Poe
reaches the climax Of his powers in his ro-
names -Tne Pit and the Pendulum alone
would have made the reputation of a lesser
author: the weird yet ordered horror of that
tale haunted my boyhood dreams for months.
Yet II could save but one Of Poe's works
from destruction. that one would he THE Fall
of the House of Usher" That is tale al
near 10 absolute perfection Of it's kind as HUI
man wit can either perform or appreciate.
study it over anil over. pick II to pieces IN
anywise you win: the wonderful mastery is
still 'here. showing ever brighter the longer
you IocE George L. Knapp in January Lip
pincotus 5.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-23
A Ten-Minute Talk

Dear Household-Here comes another hoping
TO receive a happy welcome from the House
hold. silent readers and dear Miss Thomas.
I love to read and study other people
ideas. but for many reasons have never had
courage to exchange NINE always finding IL
such a task TO get up even half enough words
with which to express them. find The Semi
Weekly Household letters far superior to any
that I read.
Beulah Belle I enjoyed your letter very
much and l find that listeners are to be ap-
preciated in almost every company. And |
just Uttered out aloud when I read Of the
turkey hunt and I wondered why more Of
us couldn't wear the pants and shoot a
gum IL we didn't get anything more than a
buzzard. Just the keeping young would mean
much TO US and our loved ones. 1 think It
Is duty we owe to ourselves and chill
dren, for Just a romp with them over the
orchard or field seems TO do them so much
good Oh. how often l wish l could be more
like them, or. in other words, 10 grow with
them. for even then we'll get old soon enough.
Uncle Zeke, your opinion is fine. for how
can girls advise Marriage should be con-
sidered with great care, and how we
that are married give advice? We should ex-
pect the married life to be fuller Of sorrows
and fuller OF joys, yet there are many who
get disappointed and. perhaps that is why
We see and read OF many broken hearted
wives with the expression OF sorrow and dis
contentment all over their faces.
Do we. as mothers. teach our chESren the
relation OF husband and wife and how much
the Bible entreats husbands Is love and cherish
their wives? I for one am constantly telling
make them milk the COWS. wash. scour. bring
in wood and water; yet l fear that. after all
they viii not understand me- and their wives
will have TO teach them lots. Just as l did
mine. But, hush! ! believe 1 hear him COM
ing, and have promised 20 cut enough pota-
toes to plant an acre to.say. and the boys
told me half an hour ago that they were Up
with the potatoes nc shall never know
unless by chance he meets this in print
live out on Sand Mountain. near Albert
VILE. Almost a year ago the dear little place
was visited by a cyclone and much damage
was done, and the people live in great fear OF
another, 50 many storm pits have been dug.
But l prefer 10 try 10 trust in God and bear
the consequences.
Now. sisters. you can't tell me anythin-
about whoOping-cOugh. I mean the trouble Of
Il fer ] have had five very severe cases this
winter and l just allowed them TO bring IA
sand by the pecks. which has served for my
spring cleaning far. I am an excellent
liEht-bread baker and would send all secrets
to a. but my Letter is growing too long and
time is worth too much 20 help fiIl a waste
basket. so I will close with a promise "a
open up my heart and tell the sisters OF the
Createst pleasure have ever enjoyed in THIS
life with my next letter. LILLE