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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-07

we found we had everything right for
gliding then we knew we were ready to
fly. So now we are putting in an engine
of six-horse power. 1t is an engine es-
pecially built for our machine and Is.
really, a little beauty. Within a very few
days. 1 think, everything will be ready.
Then I am going to fly. just like those
Wrights. Won't 1t be lovely?" And Miss
Shaffer laughed a ripping, infectious lit
tie laugh that matched perfectly the
bright, eager light in her eyes.
NO" she said, seriously, in answer
to a question, 81 have not thought OF
failure. We can't fail. you know, be-
cause right along we have known just
exactly what we are doing. 1 really hope
to be the first woman in the world to
make a successful fight with an aero
plane.
You see, brother has been Interested
in aeronautics all his life. He studied
air currents from the time he was able
to read, it seems. 1 have followed his
studies. too, and have kept up with the
latest improvements in planes, just be-
cause the subject is intensely interesting
to me-"
Miss Skaters fight will be an event
Of not a little importance in San Fran
cisco social circles. The fair aeroplanist
is we'll known here socially, having been
a member of prominent sorority in the
Polytechnic High school in this city. La
ter she went east to a finishing school
at jamestown, N Y. She returned to the
coast when her brother began his expert
ments and since then has been a prom
inent figure in the city's younger social
set
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-07
Says Cinthia Grey

Dear Miss Grey: What will remove
freckles? G. E. r.
A.-Peroxide of hydrogen or lemon juice
and cucumber Juice in equal parts will
bleach the skin, but nothing will per-
manently remove them. Freckles aren't
half bad things, and life is too short to
worry about them.
Dear Miss Grey: Would you advise me
to refuse wine in society or not?
MISS c.. H. r.
Aft you don't care for wine or have
scruples against it, you should refuse 1t.
The surrender of your individuality is too
high a price to pay for society or for
anything else. If you yield to ridicule or
urging, you mark yourself down a moral
coward. If you decline, do so quietly, for
if you argue the question you are as Ill
bred as are those who urge you.
Dear Miss Grey: VIII you tell me how
TO clean a white knit shawl? What can
do for little white Jumps on my skin?
Will you kindly give me a receipt for
cake making?
YOUNG HOUSEKEEPER.
A.-The best way to clean the shawl
is to wash it in white soap suds and
gasoline. Be careful about fire.
Open one of the little white Jumps with
a clean needle. If you find you can press
out little hard white kernel then that
treatment will remove them all. If there
is no kernel inside, you should consult a
doctor, rather than try to treat you
self.
To make good. plain loaf cake, cream
One-half cup butter. add two cups gran
uated sugar, sifted, four eggs yolks
beaten, one tablespoon vanilla, and a
little grated nutmeg. Beat all this to-
gether thoroughly, add three cups flour.
sift twice with three teaspoonsful baking
powder; add one cup milk and fold in
carefully the whites of the eggs, beaten
stiff. Add, II liked, a cup chopped nuts,
currants or raisins. This makes large
loaf and must be baked at least IS min
utes.
Dear Miss Grey: VIII you tell me how
to remove shine out of old materials, es d
pecially on mems trousers. NJ. c. B.
A.-There is nothing which will per-
manently remove the shiny appearance.
Spongeing and pressing with a damp cloth
between the iron and material. will par
italy remove the shine, but it soon re-
turns.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-07

! there are whose daughters have heard
no wise counsels concerning their du-
ties to God. their teachers and school,
mates, IL has only been a drill on out
shining, and undressing their classmates.
4 am no pessimist, and do not believe
the majority of mothers are in the last
category. but there are some.
I heard a young woman say that she
is what she is, In spite Of her mother.
She is a fine Christian worker. and q
cultured young woman. Her mother
wanted her to be a society girl, and did
not care for her to study very much.
The girl said that her mother often
told her that Il was the silly butterfly
that got the best men. Then she laugh
ed and said Here / am twenty-four and
haven't found my best man yet"
1 often watch the girls who come to
the Young Women's Christian associa-
ton and think of the homes that some
of them will one day make. There
have been times, 1 remember them, when
the bachelor girl was quite a mannish
edition. 1 have in mind one who came
to Atlanta for a weeks visit, she wore
her cutaway coat, had heavy walking
shoes and carried a cane. 1 had sew
eral girls in the hotel with me. most
Of them business girls, but dressed in
the house quite an attractive place for
the young men. We tried to get this
up-to-date young woman to join US, but
II was like mixing oil and water.
Some one suggested sending for a GER
tain young man who parted his hair in
the middle, wore ladies shoes and talk
ed with a lisp. 1t was thought that
the bachelor girl, and sissy might en-
Joy each others society, but alas, Sissy
was out OF town.
Since 1 have been back from Japan I
have not met that type Of the bachelor
girl. AS is so often the case, the pen
dulum swung pretty far out at first,
but things are evening up and the true
type of business woman is as womanly
as her sister. and just about as many Of
them make their own clothes. Often
admire embroidery and am told that II
was done at noon in our Rest Room OF
at odd minutes in the Office 1 know
one bride-to-be who has put her mono
gram and many yards of hemstitchIng on
the table linen and towels that she will
begin Housekeeping with, in the otherwise
idle hours Of a very busy office life.
But I have wandered a long way from
the mother busy with the school clothes.
1 hope that every mother will teach her
children that real ladies and gentlemen
are real from their youth up. That snobs
and illbred girls and boys cannot expect
to become really nice after they are
grown; they may get veneer, put there
will be times when the boor will show.
I will be glad when school starts, I
miss the children who pass my door. For
four years they have passed and it's like
watching garden of MOWERS open to
note some of them, others l regret to
see growing far away from the manly
little boys and dainty misses the were.
But thus 1t is and I am often told that
1 must not worry over evils l cannot
change. Its line upon line and precept
upon precept and believe that the good
mothers and fathers will win in the long
run.
Faithfully yours.
LIZZIE o. THOMAS.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-07
The Return

found q road the other day; an old fam;i
That led me on end on snd on as onen pc
ruSe tale.
he borse that bore me. Evening Star.
But JSore me onward ike the wind. toward
my hearts desire.
We reached that spot az close OF day, my
toughest childhood home.
tFor I had left IL in my youth with wander
Inst 10 roAml;
Those esiidhood days came rushing back; 1t
seemed but yesterday.
scne lazy COWS were On the lawn when
came en- the gate.
A blre Jay called out shrIn and sharp and
flew OFF with its mate;
The burr Of Insects filled the air. the breeze
q autumn smells.
And far of from the pasture came the souhd
OF cattle bells.
ne cid house loaned dim snd dark and ~
win So sober i1 w walls. like some ST.
But win the last red CLEAN Of day a crimson
And barnsd in each old dusky door; In every
glass a lame
And As went from room to room. o. ecstasy
Lived those dear. sweet days again. a care
Aps ~. the touch Of mothers lips. Ike
roses on NY brow;
Twas death 10 pain those lips Of hers; o.
could ! feel them now.
once rnore / lived that sweet. free life;
ifs changing Joy and pain.
Reheld down that broad expanse OF SKY ana
field and plain:
Tbs plain seemed vast. the sky 50 near, In
that far distant day.
II looks small. 50 meager now the SKY
far sway.
Once more I sat on fathers knee and heard
his voice sincere.
A from the Book OF books be read those
words Of strength and cheer;
And then there came the patter-pat OF little
baby feet.
And mother singing at her work. It sounded
strangely sweet
Rrt Il, the red light left the west. the
ersrfpx air grew chill.
The crimson lights all flicksred out. the
house grew dark and stills
And then / knew. bitter truth, and tears
unbfdden start,
For stfIl those voices echo thru the bushes
Of ny heart
Thea slowly comes the knowledge. my long
As SLOW As climbs the midnight moon above
some battle fields
All strewn with dead and dying men; ay,
then. alas. I know.
That this old structure's but the tomb OF
childhood. long ago.
MIIINION RALPH SMITH.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-07
A Few Plain Facts

Dear Miss Thomas: | feel embarrassed to ask
permission to join your happy band OF gifted
writer's I am not educated enough to come up
with them but oh, how l do love to read the
many good letters, especially those that seem
60 be from people who are leaning on the Ever
lasting Arm. It's sweet to talk to such people.
and II | can't talk II does me good just 10
write and say howdy do! l am living out on
farm and enjoy Il very much. Il live near the
church and enjoy tue services and the Sunday
schools. 49,
interest In Sunday schools. I don't see what
they can promise their children themselves
10y keeping them at home, they don't appreciate
the COOL gifts from God they would try to
raise their children for Him. instead of letting
them stay at home and ramble off and play or
visit. or course, some parents can teach their
children at home but do they? I know some
that profess to be Christians and don't do much
Of anything to help their children learn the
right way. Sometimes II takes great tribulation
TO make some people get right with God.
have always had a desire. from child, to
serve the good Lord and the older / get the
sweeter my life becomes. We all have faults.
oh, what sweet privilege for Gods children
to sing the good hymns OF praises.
I sincerely sympathize with Mrs. Hardwork
and Mrs. Holly Leaf. Mrs. Hardwork must not
have started right with her husband or she
would not have much to do. II COM
petent to give advice ! will say that married
men and women have to stand up for their
rights and not make a baby a slave OF the
other. But be kind and faithful TO each other
in the true Christian way. Take all OF your
troubles to God and get comfort. Seek the Lord
and you will find help and then you smile
and sing the song, My Heavenly Home is
Bright and Fair" If your husband is able to
do without your help In the field you must
learn 10 gradually leave off little and insist
on his helping you and he will love you better.
Human nature is queer mixture, and there
are some people you must make know their
places and your worth to get along with them.
MRS. JOLLY.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-07
OPAL as a Chaperon

Dear Friends: THAT sister OF mine" came
west and ] came west too. to take care or her,
OF course SHE Is doing the society Act'
and the widowcrs, and / am trying 10 DO the
snme. We are seeing Oklahoma U. 5. A.,
and find the west and the widowers mucn
'"rhat sister of mine" also finds few of
the young men 10 her liking. but as usual.
like the widowers and the widowers like
sister, and she is enjoying herself very much,
doing business in the same old way. ] argufy
the matter with her. saying It does not mat
ter II I am the one instead of her that likes
the western widower. that II she will take
him rs she caught him 1t will be all right
with me- Now. II that is not generosity !
don't know what is; but she said she had
discovered. yes, discovered. a man with soul
/ hoped Il was a good one. big one, for II
must take us both. for that is a bargain we
dark secret until one or both get settled. so
please don't tell IT, By the time | got
law ! made the discovery that she was IN
love with q mere man, she did not question
whether he had soul or the wealth OF the
WcFterncr.
This state OF affairs lasted until we went
on into Texas to soldiers reunion. where.
in an hours time, she had captured the pres
ident of the affair. another wealthy wldower
and southern aristOcrat. n very consdera bic
man. / said. but In the words of our old col
orcd mummy she is 'biggity'' now and the
with the dollars don't count. She decid-
ed 10 try the novelty of being in love with
two men at once. She says the soulful brown
eyes Of one haunts her. and the bright inp
glad IL II two men and not one man with une
soulful brown eye and impsh blue eye,
TO haunt her, for l. her long suffering sister,
draw the line Mt n freak.
We have visited northern Arkansas Texas
and Oklahoma, in fact we seeing the wild
and woody west with all Its features. The big
Indian chief nc longer stalks In a stately
manner and few clothes plains he wears
a big hat and other paraphernaIia belonging
70 gentlemen. but often talk in their own
lingo" which is beyond my dull comprehen-
SIGN, when / have an opportunity OF hearing
them 'Jabber' TO another. This coun-
try has some small timber. but is level and
beautiful. and Is good farming coun-
try. Cotton and corn have been injured
bv hot winds. but prospects are good
We like the west with its vim and 60
but our hearts turn with longing sometime
TO dear old Louisiana and the southland Will
claim fits own when the winter winds DeRIn
10 blow. / have seen only one paper Of
our Household since June. do not know
what you have been saying. But send greet
ing TO all members and love TO all old
friends; hoping members will meet
with us often. and our old members be with
us always. Lovingly, OPAL.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-07
Especial Correspondence

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. Aug SO.-By
some of her friends she is called 1.-THE
Katherine Wright of the Pacific coast"
She is Miss Geneve Shaffer, "a
Francisco beauty just past her 10Th birth
day, whose one great ambition is to be
the first woman in the world to navigate
an aeroplane.
1t is not a school girl notion, either,
upon which this ambition is based, but
practical knowledge, gained from long
aerial navigation.
Miss Shaffer is the only sister of Cleve
T Shaffer, member of the New York
Aero club, who for several months has
been conducting experiments in San Fran
CISCO Shaffer is now putting the finish
ing touches on an aeroplane constructed
along new lines. In all his work since he
has been in the west. Shaffer. who is but
% years old himself, has been assisted
by his beautiful sister. Throughout she
has been his closest adviser and most
intelligent helper.
"I am pretty busy" said Shaffer when
asked to exhibit his nearly completed
plane "You would better see my sister.
She can tell you as much about the ma
chine as can. In fact, if we are sue
cessful. more than half the credit will
be hers" -ts
Miss Shaffer smiled brightly when her
brothers tribute was repeated to her.
Our aeroplane," she said, readily as
Stunning joint responsibility, Just grew,
you know, like Topsy. 1 mean it was
built first as a glider and we used it in
several flights of about 200 feet. When
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-07
A Transnlanted PansY

Dear Householdeis: Once more nave piu
adieu 10 dear old Georgia and have moved 10
Illinois. ,,..,. .n-oa
I am keeping house. have nice little three
room cottage, all papered and fixed up nicely
have a bed room and parlor. The Kitchen ana
dining room are combined. like THIS plaLe
fine. for ] have nice neighbors. we nave
a nice Quiet little town here, with piehIy
OF good houses for rent, and II some OF you
who are in a crowded town where you can
even get shack 10 live in will come up mere
Won can get into a house all TO yoursel,
We are living within so wiles OF 81. LOUIS.
At present II is hotter here than IN OF
around Atlanta on account Of this being such
a valley like country. The soil here Is very
rich: they never have to use fertilizer ana
thew raise immense crops OF wheat and corn,
but cotton is unArown here. very rev OF Tue
people OF this country ever saw cotton grow
ing. =. 49, ,.oor-
Nv. but isn't II hot7 IL any OF my Geor-
gin friends have cause 10 pass this way l
wish they would bring me a jug OF good cold
Georgia water out OF the northwest corner OF
isSi Uopkin's' well. The water here mas Wig
gle tails in II and has TO be strained throuGh
a cloth and boiled before using. II tastes
like salts Now. don't think ! am knocking
this country, for ! am not ike IL nne'
and hope to stay here a while
These August days are hot and dry, nut
/ am still a happy wife and mother
DE Soto. Ill. MhS' fANSl'
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-07
BIS Party Saved Its Bacon

Kansas City Journal.
William Shakespeare has been elected mayot
Of a town In England.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-07


How the words struck me, but they just go
on anyhow" Many poor women are today hav-
ing lfe's battles TO fight, with perhaps a sinful
husband 10 contend with, and yet wear smii-
ing face and tell you, II you ask into their az
fairs. "all is well aud John is the best that
A womanly woman will struggle with the
world and themselves TO the bitter end trying
10 keep up appearances, knowing wei some wo-
man Is standing ready with bow and arrow, as
It were. to shoot at her. saying all manner or
A woman who has a good husband cannot
sympathize with one who hasn't.
Watch out Mildred Moore, you may get caught
in the net. II / were I'm your place, TO oe sure
that ! did not. i would try to stay on the sue
OF single blessedness. l am sure Holly Lear
loves her husband. but there is something SAD .
who have husbands who neither love nor re-
spect them, and expect them 10 go on any.
how" Such men don't seem to know what
fond hearts they are crushing-never reah1e
what a wife suffers and how gloomy the outlook
Is 70 her. Outside the walls, a few yards away,
he IS where he cannot hear the sound OF the
Mother mother hold me-" She has washing,
ironing nending. sewing, cooking oh, count
less burdens yet II he is kind and appreciat,iVe
heart afresh at the least spark or glimmer OF
admiration.
they are 70 build. but alas how they vanish
away. l. too pictured what lovely home
would have when my John and I kept house.
II is all well enough for a glri 10 pan anu
all that but no use to come down on those
who have failed. We all love our husbands.
There As hardly a woman that does not. For
them we live, for them we work and are al
WAYS true to them, fondly hoping 10 reclaim
them and so many die with that roma nope
unrealized and live to see some OF their own
dear bows 90 down in the fathers footsteps.
There are not a few poor wives VINO see thslr
dear boys 60 down on account OF the cnoiCe
they made when yet a girl. oh, girls, you do
not know what a marriage vow means and' boys
Won know not how a fond mother prays ana
suffers for her son-how she rejoices ar MS
nrosnerity or Rrieyes over his fall l am a
mother OF four boys and also four girls. feel
sure some. IL not all, will just go the way
,ron't fathers and mothers walk in the right
way3 49,, ~
Yes. Wild Rose your letter was grand. II
we would honor our mothers more there "ouIu
not no so many heart pangs 1t all comes back
when we become mo.hers .-,-,D>-soDy
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-07

dens to bear, and II we will do our duty they
will not seem so heavy. The blessed Master
never puts more on us than can bear, so we
ought not to complain.
Leila Mae. you ought to be ashamed Of your
self. No sensible girl will flirt. You say a
girl can be a flirt and lady, too, II she
knows how. / don't think there are many that
know how. like the girls that Dugan told us
sbsut just as we'll as / do flirt, but don't
like either one. l think girls should be very
careful how they act
Pauline. 1 feel sorry for you, but l cannot
say whether you did right wrong. l would
not advise any girl to marry a man who drinks
although my husband drank when we were mar
ried, but, thank the dear Lord, he has quit. He
has not tasted a drop in over four years, but
It is not every time that you can reform them.
The best way is 10 be kind to them when
they arc drinking. Never scold. as 1t only
makes them worse Just good, kind talk when
they get sober
We have been having a series Of meetings,
and there is nothing l enjoy better than go
ing to a good old meeting.
Mrs r. F. Bagwell's letter was fine. and
rhould be a fair warning to young men against
evil pastime.
will, II I may. ask all the good writer's to
return. Wishing Miss Thomas and the House
hold abundance Of good luck and many blessings,
I am MRS. WEGLEN.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-07
Enjoys All the Letters

Dear Miss Thomas: Please let me talk awhile
with Bible Student. / dearly love old people
and I know she must be OF the sweetest
best old ladies in the country. What a beauti-
full life she pictured for / enjoyed her let.
ter so much. II all sounded so good that l had
20 read Il the second time.
Mrs Z. A. NJ. also gave us a good letter 10
yesterdays paper I agree with her that we will
All feel better and look young longer II we
will smile as we go along. All have our bur-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-07
G. II AT

Soon the children viii gather their books
and start to school The busy mothers
are now deep in the mysteries OF
school clothes. and planning all sorts
OF things FOR the girls and boys who
viii for the first time leave the home
and start to school in another town or
city. There are mothers who are put
ting in stitches laden with love and
fond hopes. others whose stitches are
as heavily laden with love, but ambi-
ton Of a worldly sort is there Some
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-07
,Jimmy's Luck

Hear about 4. mmy?" asked the lanky
youth with the bat and balls.
NO" responded his chum. What's
happened to him.
Lots. He found a quarter in de
street, went to de ball game, got hit
wild a ball an den got licked when he
got home"
Gee whiz! 1 guess OATS what you'd call
trouble coming from an unexpected quar-
ter."-Chicago News.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-07
But They MARRY just the Same

Dear Miss Thomas: / have been a silent
reader OF your Household for some time ana
have often wished I was one OF the band. In
these communications we can Judge the flow Of
human nature better than elsewhere. Like the
old darky said. Some have II tough and some
have IL easy. but they just go on anyhow.