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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-06-17

and the teacher gets the blame. when really
at least half OF II should fall upon the par
ents. I make IL a rule when l see that q
child isn't doing good work, to go 10 JUS
mother and tell her the situation-but don
let the child know about it-and II that moth
er is interested in her chld's progress, these
is soon a change for the better. Not all teacn-
ers do that so / would like TO tell each
mother to find time to watch her childs prac-
tice; see that she gets in more time, II posi-
home work, don't feel it's no trying.
have seen pianos. not fine ones, but good sec
ond-hand ones. go into homes recently where
an emphatic mo" always given IL the
subject came up for the girls to get an In
strument and then take lessons. Now the
parents are delighted. They enjoy the even,
ines: friends go in for a little MUSICAL and
the girls are doing splendidly, yet they have
their share Of work in a country home where
no servants are kept.
I am a bousekeeper well as teacher.
MALICE.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-06-17
Lies Sweetest Moments

Hsrr Housphold: Girls think they have naro
<srue in life but the best moments OF our hves
soue 50 oddly. so Unexpectedly. so quietly and
-<r-oh.rusfvely that II is no wonder they pass
8 ->-r,@f~..s We live on and s new light is shed
fsrEH-flfe,s happenings The moment We begin
10 think about Il, 20 Try 10 grasp our happiness
with both hands. as II were, Il Is apt 10 take
= wfu<s and ~ away. Once we begin saying nov
'rhspuy We are and the whole aspect Of affairs is
chsnEed The door Is opened TO the wrong sort
O. thought for perfect happiness We remem-
s-b<r the flight OF time. the brevtty OF life. the
changes that are bound TO eone-a Thousand
thIurs disturb Us. No. TO be quite happy we
must forget all else In the joy Of the present
ruou,ent LIES sweetest moments come uneX-
rleasures that were carefully planned have ever
cnne up 10 those which are the result OF chance
are happy accidentsT' Some women have told
Us that the hsppiest moments or their hFes nave
k~en found IN the lore OF some good man
Engaged lovers are not always 50 very happy.
Means are lacking. perhaps. or health: parents
! TIE hours we expected 70 have been full OF
bliss are marred BY little worries. The perfect
moment does not arrive.
- wien and where shall the sweetest moment
bel Is Il when the first-born child is laid In q
-wuuan's armsl That may be the best moment
9 q an. but sometimes the tired arms are too
feeble TO hold the child
- Ike Wild flowers ufe's sweetest moments.
Messing rs Just when We are not looking for
then such the sweet moments OF youth
and childhood. 50 little known while they were
there, good 10 remember in the years 10
cone. LIES bitter moments. when we suffer
them. are instantly recognized We may con
zeal them from others. but never from ourselves.
IN this they differ greatly from our happiest
moments. that happy tine when I was 90 mis-
enable II IN only By looking back that we
-krgwwhen We really were happy or when we
were really miserable.
saThe heart knoweth its own bitterness. :"
: Equally true Il r. that the heart knoweth its
cwn joys. Jog bubbles up sometimes from sources
that no one understands but those who can
grs, -
meats may come 10 quite old and TO quite poor
people. and to people ws think IN need Of pity.
Thank God for this. IL r. Just az certain ss
ftst-there Is such thing Greatly plying
whom the world calls happy" Now don't LET
ny departure be q happy moment.
Sincerely. MRS ANNIE LEIGH
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-06-17

go out to a missionary sermon is that they
know they ought to help this good cause and
they are afraid they will become touched on the
subjects and give little mite. They go to the
dancing schools and pool rooms, and everywhere
else they can throw away money. But IL they
should up against a missionary cause and
give $500 they could not sleep because they
happened to make the gift in the Lords house.
l am entitled to a badge; l just keep neg
lecting to make my order l certainly would
like TO know II there are any OF the Household
living in my neighborhood. II / have ever had
the pleasure Of seeing one member l never
knew g.
Practical Pete. Vera Noble, Aunt Louisa,
Ethel Vincet. Gladys, Uncle Sol, Beatrice Ella
Kicks. Colleen, Little Maid, do all you can TO
help dear Miss Thomas.
Kindest regards to all. NELLIE.
Douglas. Ga.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-06-17
DEPUTY FATALLY STABBED
WITH HATPlN BY WOMAN

GLOBE. Ariz., June 15-Although Dep
uty Marshal G.. W. Morris was danger
ously wounded by hatpin, which pene-
trated his abdomen Monday while at
tempting to arrest a woman, he did not
realize the fact until today.
The woman fought desperately beating
the officer over the head with bottle,
and he did not notice the tiny wound
in which the steel had broken off I'M
til examined yesterday. He will probably
die.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-06-17

3fewer weak ana alb
ling women. Irreg:
Iular and painful
ip eriods and such
TROUBLES would be
relieved at once In
amany cases. Lydia
liz. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound is
fine for ailing girls
land rundown wo-
men. Their delicate
organs need a tonic
land the COMPOUND
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-06-17
PRICE OF BEEF DROPS,
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?
And the Remarkable Part Is
That the Cheaper Price Ap-
plies to the Cheaper Cuts

CHICAGO. June 1.-THE first change
made in dressed beef prices in three
weeks by wholesalers went into effect
today and 1t was reduction of half a
cent a pound.
What added particular Significance to
the reduction announced was the fact
that it affected only the cheaper cuts of
dressed beef, bringing No. 8 rounds to
s IL cents and No. 1 chucks to IL cents.
as contrasted with and 10 cents re-
spectively previously.
These are the cuts on which an in
crease had been predicted.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-06-17
To YOUNG Wife

Dear Young Wife: will tell you what DO
for nv chickens and hens when they are
ashes IN their coop. where they will have easy
access to it. also sprinkle freely over them
have my hen house whitewashed twice year
inside and out that keeps the lice away.
mt Stacked lime on my cabbage plants. cucum-
Der vines. squashes. in fact on nearly all my
vegetables. also. wood ashes Is good. and am
never troubled with bugs eating the plants;
but YOU must repeat often, when you see them
s9sin attacking the plants. I live in Massachu-
setts and am much interested IN the Household
column. ,.,..
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-06-17

gives new ambition and life from the
first dose. Mrs. GEORGE STRICKLEB
Hudson, Ohio, r. No. 8, Box 80.
Hundreds of such letters from
mothers expressing their gratitude
for what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound has accomplished for
them have been received by the Lydia
E. Pinkham Medicine Company, Lynn.
Mass.
Young Girls, Heed This.
Girls who are troubled with painful
or irregular periods, backache, head
ache, dragging-down sensations, faint
ing spells or indigestion, should take
immediate action to ward off the seri-
Gus consequences and be restored to
health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. Thousands have been
restored to health by its use.
, If you would like special advice
about your case write cOnfiden-
tiaI. letter to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn. Mass. Her advice is Tree,
and always helpful.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-06-17
MOTHERS
WHO HAVE
DAUGHTERS
Find Help in Lydia E. Pinka
hams Vegetable Compound

Hudson, Ohio.-"1f mothers realized
the good your remedies would do dell.
cate girls believe there would De
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-06-17
To One in Paradise

MARIE, Of Massschusett.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-11

at time riding over the vast areas
Of Texas. I dressed in overalls and
jumper and riding my horse as well
as any cowboy. It wasn't TIL I
reached civilization that anything ever
went wrong with my nerves Why in
Texas they don't have nerves
4 hadn't been on the stage very long
when the accident happened which de-
veloped my nervous consciousness. It
occurred in Bob White I was sup
posed TO handle revolver and IRE it
at the proper instant. Naturally. girl
from Texas should not be afraid OF
frearms.- and so, of course, I wasn't
It seems, however, that the property
man. as is their property to do, bor-
rowed the prop, and used it in the
afternoon for target practice. There
was a bullet left in the chamber, and
when fred the gum snapped the
trigger a little prematurely-I felt
sharp pain in my side. Said I to my.
self: Tex, you've hit yourself with the
wadding of a cartridge. and I went on
with the scene. At the end of the act
my shoe was full of blood The doctor
said, Ny girl. there is a bullet inside
OF you Nonsense said L 1t was
only blank cartridge Perhaps you
think-fr was said he, but it's a bullet
nevertheless, and he thereupon watched
me faint and then they took me off to
a hospital where, as he had said. they
extracted a bullet from my side and
supplied me with a little silver tube
to make up for what they took out
with the bullet
My father was in Texas at the time,
and the first thing he knew about the
affair was newspaper story, neatly
embellished by the aid of a, clever i'm
agination into a tragedy. or a near
tragedy rather. in which I figured as
the heroine of a mysterious shooting
affray. There was only one mysterious
thing about the episode and that was
how in the world could girl dt was
a A gun if you want to know. con-
tinue through an act with missile
like that tearing at her life AS a
matter of cold fact. 1 didn't realize
was heroine at all until 1 found the
blood in my shoe.
It's great to be an actress. isn't it?''
1T HoUGH it has only been four
years since Miss Guinan went on
the stage she has already under
taken the task of putting a younger
brother through Cornell, and he's get
ting along nicely Said she: "I told
him that if he made the football team
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-11

Bestriz until the latters ears must have
tingled and burned.
TT was in fact, through the sister
of Beatriz that Miss Guinan got
her first chance to shine in light
opera. 1t happened in Princess
Chic" which was one of Slocum's pro-
ductlons, and Miss Guinan understud-
led the fair Vera, with the result that
on one right when the latter was i'll
she was given her part and landed"
But aside from that" said Miss
Guinan, "I want to see Beatriz make
good in San Francisco as she has
everywhere else. She will have the
prma donna role-that's the one that
carries the big songs, you know, and
though she will only appear four
times with the company, three times in
San Francisco, beginning Friday (that
was last Friday nighD. and once in
Oakland, 1 wish we could take her
along with US. She has a wonderful
voice, a striking personality, and If
she hadn't married George Middleton.
whose only fault is that he took her
away from the stage, she would have
made reputation as a singer and ac-
tress which would, by this time, have
more than eclipsed her sisters earned
fame.
by the way" she went on gener-
ously. with the big spirit Of the west
in her voice. there is another player
who was discovered by Mr.. Slocum
who has made a big success in the
east. That is Forrest Huff now sing
ing in The Chocolate Soldier There
may have been some of Mr.. Slocums $
productions that have sought the
storehouse-and it's wonderful how
big a storehouse the place must be for
discarded productions-bu his players
keep on going and make names for
themselves and for him. I'm proud to
be candidate in the list of eligibles
for fame. though for a while it looked
to me that the only fame 1 would
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-11


I'd send him my weeks salary. AS yet
there has come no draft against me,
and SO I suppose he didn't make it,
Sure Mr.. Slocum makes one work
But his people love him.,
The said Mr. Slocur, being owner
and proprietor of the theatrical prop
erty called THE kissing Girl" AMI
therefore manager of Texas Guinan,
bowed humbly from his seat on the
other side of the bed and intimated
that for a patient the pretty Miss
Guinan had talked quite enough
Nothing of the kind" said She I'm
having a pleasant little time, and be-
sides if you will not interrupt me for
a minute I'll give Mr.. Anthony nice
little boost for you.v
According to Miss Guinan, Manager
Slocum manages to get more work and
more rehearsals out of his players than
any other living manager, and manag-
ing at the same time to keep every
body good humored and sweet tenn
pered. I'VE do what he wants us to-"
L
exactly know why. If he calls extra
rehearsals he makes 1t seem reason
able that they be called and we all
come at once. This is a secret and not
for publication He was for six years
the manager and exploiter of Richard
Mansfield, who was the greatest stage
crank, I'm told, Nthat the world ever
endured
That's hardly accurately interposed
the manager. Mansfield was one of
the most charming of men, while be-
ing at the same time one of the most
exacting. He demanded what he
wanted and insisted on getting it. Me-
diocrity worried him. Incapacity an
noyed him and rank incompetence
drove him mad. He brought to his
work fine mind, broad Imagination
and a quick sensibility. If anybody
failed to understand him and his aims
it threw him off his equilibrium-but
he never lost his temper unless he was
given cause
Anyhow" continued Miss Guinan.
paying no more attention to the argu-
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-11
Children of the Stage

II HE Gerry society need not worry
about Willie and Nellie Helm. 5u-
venile actors at the Empress,
whose ages are perhaps mendaciously
mentioned by papa and mamma as at
least 16. Whether Wil1ie's age is 16
or more or less isn't matter of par
ticular consequence in view of Winie's
fame as actor and his content as a
youngster.
Much is being written in the eastern
papers of the child problem" of the
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-11

ment than a pretty woman should.
anyhow, you managed him for six
years, and any actress or actor will
tell YOU Mr. Anthony, that that itself
is a record which involves the finest
tact and diplomacy. 1t was Mr.. Slo-
cum who discovered Marguerite Sylvia,
too, and, by the way she is singing
with Mary Garden in Chicago now and
is making a tremendous impression.
Vera Michelena is another of Mr.. Slo-
GUMS discoveries, not to mention her
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-11

ever enjoy would be that which comes
to the niece of Senator Joe Bailey and
wife of clever artist
Speaking of the senator, let me
hint this little hint. I'd rather be a
singer in musical comedy. flying hither
and thither over the big country. than
to be a society girl in Washington.
Honest to goodness. was a society
bud there, once upon time. but I
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-11

sister, Beatriz Michelena Middleton
And here. gentle reader. tradition
favored by gossip and accepted by
rumor fell with an awful thud. Act
resses and singers are not a jealous
tribe; but, on the contrary, are fre-
quently full of generous impulses and
kindliness. Guinan, who assumes the
title role in The kissing Girl" pro-
cseded with q eulogy of the pretty
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-11

stage-whether the young OF our spa
cies should be permitted to appear
in the theater IN the role of actors.
was curious to observe. then. what
kind Of youngsters these two at the
Empress theater might be and 10 learn
II they were happy, normal kids with
healthy tendency to mischief. or it
they were abnormalftfss exploited BY
paternal shrewdness for the dollars
they could make.
The result OF my somewhat super-,
fetal investigation was entirely reas-
suring. Only one circumstance seemed
to stand in the way OF their permanent
happiness as youn gster-they would
outlive 1t and have to be grown up
whether they wanted to or not. Nell
lie, in particular, has arrived. I should
say, at that age where childishness
trembles at the brink OF maturity and
Willie will have to have a new sis
ter" I'm afraid. before very long.
OF Wfllie's youthfulness there can
be no doubt and in chat In his dress
ing room where he stood somewhat
abashed In the presence OF what to
him was a strange phenomenon-an IN
terviewer-he exhibited all OF those
charming evidences Of little boyhood.
'Oh. but he loves the theater. since
he was years old he has been a play
er. The footlisnts are as familiar to
him as the gas CRATE is to city bred
and smothered youngsters. HIS father
-
Altoona, Pa. and only gave up his
own work. which was, he says. rernu-
nerative, because Of the. great talent
his progeny evfnced at an age when
boys and girls usually are charges IN
the nursery.
Certainly Willie Is the funniest
youngster I have ever seen. His COM
edy gifts are instructive. Born Of
German parents he has the Teuton
outlook. and Is philosophical even at
1S. He doesn't quite know why he is
so funny and declares that there Is
no method in his art. but just an in
stinctive groping for laugh. Perhaps
when he's older he will know why he
is funny, he says. and viii be able to
aHd4S &c VII II uS SuCceeuS IN this
and can pin a joke as fast as a boy
pins butterfly. he will have accom-
plished a marvel that no one else has
ever achieved
NVF LILLE and his sister are fortu-
M nate youngsters. If anybody wor-
ries over them and says how
sad that these children should have so
little of a regular chId's life" that
commiserator should go out to the
plunge baths every other morning and
witness Willie and his sister at their
aquatic.
You see.' said Mr.. Helm when the
two children had wandered OFF in the
darkness OF the stage to be on hand
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-11

T EXAS GUINAN-and that's her
real name. too-fretted herself
sick last Wednesday and 1 was
afraid that this interview page
would have TO go through the
presses with another's picture and not
the likeness Of pretty Texas. The
doctor was in her apartments at the
St. Francis and so was her manager,
John P. Slocum. Both were worried.
II was 2 heart attack. said the doctor.
@'Its nothing at ALL" said Miss Guinan.
please sit down and talk to me. The
only trouble with me is that I'm lone
some and 7 worried myself into this
bed but I'll be all right tonight. It's
nothing but lonesomeness," she re-
2. med positively, while Manager Slo-
N n wondered. not selhshly either,
what was TO happen to his show at
TIE Savoy II the pretty kissing girl"
wasn't on the oscuIatory job when the
curtain rang UP three hours hence
'Tu be there all right reassured Miss
Cuinan. and glad to get there, too.
This being left alone is what gets on
my nerves"
said I CALAMITY, There's no reason
in the world why you should ever
suffer from loneliness.
Thank you for those kind words"
she said laughingly. but you see, my
husband Is in Boston. where, a slave
10 duty. he makes cartoons for news
paper"
Texas Guinan was born in Texas.
Even before she came into the world
o add CLINT Of sunshine and comedy
her name had been selected by her
ether. whose devotion to his Lone
STAR state was to be exhibited in the
edicstion Of his boy to it. AS it
opened luckily, I think, Texas was
girl. but the name was given to her
just the same. for states. like ships.
are feminine shes grand old
Etase. is Texas" said Texas.
That's a sentiment easy TO follow"
SAL Manager .Slocum. who declared
that Texas was the life of the com
spa1y. never bored nor unhappy, always
cheerful and optimistic, even when a
long string Of one night stands had
worn the nerves Of the rest of the big
company 10 shreds.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-11

never fooled myself into believing ]
was having a good time. This life on
the road isn't all that may be claimed
for it, and there is an inexpressible
feeling OF loneliness that comes over
one every once in a while, no matter
how congenial the company may be,
but I'd never trade it for the resump-
ton of career of society bud, and
niece of a senator in Washington
Talk about work. Why I acted more
continuously in Washington than ever
I have since was professional on
the stage"
~ about this time it was 5 o'clock
X Miss Guinan needs rest" said
the doctor politely, but firmly,
She has performance tonight. you
know"
With which gentle hint, and over the
protest of the pretty singer, who in
deed looked tired, I was induced to
leave, but reluctantly, while Manager
slocum. following behind. said. when
the door was closed: "She has been a
very sick girl today. For awhile I was
dubious as to the outcome. whether
there would be show tonight or not.
But she's got pluck
The next day, over the telephone
came these Kind words:
rs this you. doctor?"
NO" I said in my most natural man
ner.
isn't this Anthony"
Sure, said I, "it is. but not Doctor
Anthony"
Excuse me, but I call you Doctor
Anthony just the same. Your visit
yesterday afternoon really did me good
1 was afraid they told you that you
shouldn't have come. If they did, don't
believe it. I'm all right again today
and if it isn't too late Wen have that
interview all over again in more
conventional way 1t takes more than
one heart attack or the visit of dozen
interviewers to disturb the Nequanimity
of a girl from Texas"
I think that is true. for there is in
the personality OF Texas. Guinan that
hearty whoIesomeness which suggests
out of doors and jovial. genial frank
ness as of one of whom it is possible
to say without offense, She's a good
fellow"
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-11

<kR TY father" said Texas, was
M the first white child ever seen
in Waco, Texas. 1t was in
that great state that 1 learned TO ride
iHnd hunt and do other sportsmanlike
Hhings usually barred to girls. Father
sSnd 7 have often spent days and weeks
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-03

Clarence Nichols, of Vinton, who
with Judge j. NJ. Parker, of this city
was nominated as republican candi-
date for judge of the Seventeenth judi
cial district at the recent Belle Plaine
convention, spent Tuesday in the city
Mr.. Nichols is we'll known thruout the
district and state as a lawyer, n has
a wide acquaintance among the attor-
news of his city, whom he has met
both personally and professionally.
Mr.. Nichols home paper, the Vinton
Eagle. in its issue following h recent
convention, takes great pride in the
honor conferred upon one of Virton's
native sons. The Eagle pays the fol-
lowing tribute to Mr.. Nichols:
"Clarence Nichols, OF this city, was
nominated as one of the candidates for
Judge of the Seventeenth judicial dis
trict Of Iowa at the republican judicial
convention held at Belle Plaine last
Friday. This paper is pleased with
Mr.. Nichols nomination. He has the
unuualihed endorsement of the repub-
leans of Benton county n also his
nomination Will meet with the approval
of many citizens who are not members
of the party. Every republican law
yer in Benton county hoped for his
nomination and are pleased with 1t.
"Clarence Nichols was born in Vinton