Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-12-10
CHAT.

Mrs lack touches a chord in my heart
when she tells OF the uplifting that Wo-
men can do by rendering and being enter
tanning at home There are 5000 sub
scrfbers 20 The Semi-Weekly Journal, and
the contents OF the paper must be varied
20 suit the many minds OF its multitude
Of subscribers. 1 don't like the blood
and thunder" nor the whisky advertise
r-lents any more than many OF you do
but we are ont the only ones taking the
paper. You will notice that they are not
on our pages. and that is quite a con-
cession for the advertisers would PAY
more To call them family medicine
But 10 return TO Mrs. Jack and the
Measure she gets out OF foreign travel
There Is no plessanter way 20 spend thS
long hours this winter than 10 get maj
OF the world and follow Professor PARKS.
when he touches a country, get your
vaor-anhv and look az its map, see what
sort Of country Il is. and who are us
neixhbors. Learn the name OF the capital
and its king and clip out anything your
ewes see about il. for IL is well known
fart that what our mind is on our eyes
80 most. The very day that professor
parks' first letter was published l saw
n ID HoweIl's book. called "A Roman
Holiday in the library. and l took my
only hour and read a description OF thOse
very scenes
z-,s,ana fsA almost on the verge of
-.voIutgon. the hands that hold the rud-
A. must he brave and the eyes far see
tnv or there will be something more thah
hot words over there II Is only ht'le
more than a hundred years since france
vr-atered her streets with the blod OF IN
nocent people. The system was at iau .s
As Mirabeau, that tribune OF france SAL
.sThe ship only needed pilot Marle
Antoinetfe allowed her preyuoioes -
blind her. and the king was tne ISL
Of a system OF training that mace hsuIe-
S..ss ~ is kings instead Of men,
vaar before the war between Russia
"a Ianan I talked TO Russian ofrleers
and saw that they had the same opiilioi,
~ Tapan that the nobility of France hao
~ the common people, and today you see
,1,a results. I do hope that England VIII
not lei ureiudice or her pride blind her.
There are some Socialistic errors on the
ueopIe's side and some just causes OF
complaint The taxes are not equally as
tributed. as well as can judge. II seems
that many Of the estates have not been
assessed for taxes in 800 years, IN other
words. the landlords are paying the same
taxes on land that 90 years ago was val
ued at 81 an acre On the other haho'
every income IS taxed and every time
any money is inherited certain amount
must be paid to the government SO you
see the rich pay some pretty heavy taxes
that the middle classes and the poor get
cut OF.
yapan hasn't the same land tax that we
have, but everybody pays more taxes IN
the long run than we do II man CT
woman gets as much as $50 month. a
certain PER cent goes TO the government
Think OF every school teacher. clerk or
even postman having to pay SO year
ortmore as an income tax
The many friends Of May z. Mcmillan
viii sympa.hize with her in the loss Of
her mother. who left this world for a
home IN heaven November 10. To all who
sorrow our spmpathies go forth, but we
must not let our sorrow blind US to {
fact that our loved ones are gone TO the
land Of peace and happiness. They are
where there Is no more sorrow nor sigh
ing and IL viii only be a little while be-
fore they can welcome US II we live a
life OF righteousness and love.
Faithfully yours.
LIZZIE q. THOMA;