Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-08-02
A KIND WORD.

A KIND WORD.
How little it costs. IL we give II a
thought
To make happy some heart each day.
Just one kind word. or tender smile.
As we go on our daily way.
Perchance look will suffice TO clear
The cloud from a neighbOr's face,
And IN press OF a hand in sympathy
A sorrowful tear efTace.
Il costs so little I wonder why We give
so little thought?
A smile. kind words. a glance. a touch.
What magic with them is wrought"
Julia came 10 me with tears in her
eyes: usually she is so bright and happy
hearted that / was amazed as well as
grievsd One is so prone TO think that
all who laugh and give a CHEEKY word
when met are the ones whose hearts are
free from care.
II must talk il over with you" she
said. II believe that I have reached the
end Of my patience as well as my OPP
timixnn-"
Briefly, the story was this: She has a
brother who CANDLES: he is a good bust
ness man and makes friends wherever
he Is. but about the time ne really gets
on his feet" he begins 20 see where
hundred or two dollars could be used
10 advantage and then the fever grips
him There has never been time when
he would win, even as much as he would
lose but that never feazes him; he dips
right into the next game and loses again.
This sister has helped the wife for ten
years They have moved three times TO
different towns, and 1t has been the same
old story.
All night long he was out this time
and Julia got a phone message from his
wife TO go TO his place Of business and
see what had become Of him She met
him Just as he was coming out. after
talking TO his partner. ana ne was dress
ed In hts very best clothes.
'.HsIlor' she said. why are you so
late, and what means your good clothes?
Il had business across town and had
10 put on all the style mad to bring
across a big deal
We'll. I am going TO your house TO
spend the night. so Cont make any en-
gagements."
she braveiy dried her tears and said:
'It's bad enough for hini 40 gamble and
leave the support OF the rnildren TO me-
but when he begins TO lie about things.
am heart sick One is perfectly help
less when dealing with a liar. am
tempted to tell him I wash my hands OF
him. He is doing well. and his business
a. growing but he simply cannot stand
. prosperity. For three or FOUR months
I've been able TO use my salary for other
purposes and he actually talked about
payine me back the five hundred dollars
nat I have paid on his home Tonight
am nbt going TO allude 20 cards; am
cong 70 tell him of some plans for help
ing our sister and make him feel as II ne
should do as much for her as I've done
for him
. I had to confess that she had hard
nr
men and women who had TO De kept al
hard work all the time for the salvation
o. their souls There are people who tell
lie. who do not drink. steal or gamble
I zuppose but one certainty Is helpless
when trying 10 help any one whose WORD
amounts TO nothing. II seems 10 me that
common sense would teach one that no
body IN going to be fooled all the time.
T,Isa gets rs a week. she had all the
hnsl.sss qualities OF her brother and to-
day would be rich woman out LOT tne
<s-t .he has supported his family. AS II
g. n abe were TO be stricken down tomor-
row she would only have about nun
dred dollars 10 keep her OUT OF charity
ward In some hospital
we belong to a club tLat has verse OF
Rene so-- - an answer at roll call' anu
here is one that she has used;
.sD,e when me may. I want II said OF
80 nv those who knew me best, that
givays pIucked a thistle, and planted
cover when / thought flower Wouio
rrow.' .,o.
cnc. more we tear a leaf OF our calen-
ar for nineteen hundred and ten' AGAIN
we change the date month OF our letters
md begin to readjust our ideas Tor the
mast present and future summer Is
1x.ninz. those who have children 70 SEND
20 school and those who teach will begin
"a get things in order We who nave
l,e16 the lines Of labor in slackening nm
rarx all the summer will gather them
closer. viii add more energy. and VIII
nick I'D. once again. the loose enos.
Some who. for eleven months. nave
turned the grindstone for others 10
sharo~n tools may now put in a substi-
ruta for August and relax tired muscles,
take a full breath and In September
axsfn take up the toll and responsioii-
~
In nv earlier years puzzled over the
fact that September was latin for seven
October for eight, November for nine
ana December for ten. yet those months
we're not so numbered in the calendar
Of the year. Then found out that pride
ana a love Of fame had added two
rnonths to the year. July was named
for Julius Caesar. then Augustus Caesar
changed sextilis. the sixth month OF the
primitive Romans. as well as the Jews,
10 AUGUST on dCCoAhl VI A-S
and the fact that he entered his nrst
consulate IN that month.
We owe much TO the Romans, even our
culture and Christianity. for we were
Teathensr in the twilight of the ages.
wearing skins OF animals and preying
on our neighbors among the British isles
when Caesars army divided Gaul. built
roads and opened the way for mission
aries TO teach us not TO kill victims for
tho Druid-gods.
When We take OF our money. or time,
70 send 10 the far away nations we are
only doing what was done for us-Just
paying our debts
Faithfully yours.
LIZZIE o. THOMAS.
" R-Wiu Disseminated Old Maid and
THAR