Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-10-20
A HELPFUL LETTER

Preserves. jelly. marmalade, fruit-Juices
pickle, jams should be kept In glass. Thes
should he put in covered box for a week
20 70 be sure they win keep, then wrapped
paper and placed upon dark shelf Name
may be pasted on the outside. They viii keep
for several years this way.
when there is a scarcity Of fruit. as we
have this year. jam and jelly may be made
specks, cut up Feelings and core, cover with
water, cook until tender, strain add cup OF
sugar 10 cup Of Juice. boil until Il jellies Rub
or a pound OF sugar TO pound OF fruit, cook
until thoroughly done, when Il will be as stiff
as batter. place in jars and seal tight.
Jams should be eaten first during the winter,
cooked properly they viii keep as long as pre-
serves.
Tin cans should not be placed in the sun, but
should have a dry. airy room. as tin Is apt TO
collect moisture in warm. rainy weather.
N yonr beds were not enameled or the wood
work gone over this spring. do so now. Beds
snd bed clothes should be summed every week.
Make practice OF this, then II rainy week
comes your beds win not be In a bad eondi.
ton before another sunny day. box OF
enamel is cheap and Is the best way to keer
apply the enamel and be sure 1t Is dry before
putting on the mattresses. Where wooden beds
are used dust and wash or with warm Nh % ,her
oughly with a bug killer and var1ish, and there
will be no bugs. DO not let beds touch the
walls.
A 0uflt or FURNITURE paper HbOulu " hSSN
between the mattress and springs. This pre-
vents the mattress from becoming iron-rusted
A Quilt should Be used between the sheet and
mattress. Quits and sheets can easily be wash
ed hut II IS hard Job TO clean up mattress,
though this Is needed occasionally.
A slip Of white cloth made 70 ct tightly over
mattress and slipped on like R1SW , sss
these slips may ne washed once or twice
year.
some prefer blankets to quilts. but where
late and where economy Is an item the old
fashioned quilt Is good one. Select only suen
pieces as will not fade and Of the same mate
rial, that "a. calicoes. ginghsms and muslns
- fbemSelwes Select = sfmnIe patfern with
straight seams. use a fine thread. and stitch on
the machine with moderately long stitches,
together use a thin batting and line with a
soft outing. This makes a quilt as warm and
soft as blanket. Muslin quilts should be
for invalids or for summer use.
The fan garden should be well under way,
and such vegetables are not needed for the
table should be canned for winter use. Turnips
and rutahagas should be planted and growing
II not already planted, a part OF the garden
should b In eollards, cabbage or turnips. There
need never be an empty row in the garden.
Nothing should ever be carried out a garden
that cannot be eaten-roots, grass. weeds should
be left on the ground as mulch. unless an
unusually wet season occurs. and the weeds ana
grass Is very large 50 that there Is danger OF
I
these should he given 70 the cow or pig. II
one does not eat cabbage, then collards should
Be set ont, as they stand the winter wen and
OF hogs. patch Of oats cut every day for
the COW makes splendid butter, and except for
yery cold weather may Be srt every Gay "a sft Ter
turned under in the spring in time for garden
ing.
Ashes, poultry cleanings, sweepings from the
yard should be put in the garden. hut don't
Ia ~
broken crockery. sticks and planks In there
gully is the place for broken crockery and
tin cans. II planks and sticks are not burned
dump them In the gully, too. Decayed vegeta-
bles should he burned or buried. as these cause
sickness and sometimes mosquitoes. Garden
SEED should Be GATHERED as they Hpen; VIEW few
ripe gather she'll beans. etc. dry melons,
pumpkin seed, and put in packets or bottles.
Faste1 up and label Have 2 box or basket 3Ss 70
ready for use when needed.
AN ENDORSEMENT
Dear Household Friends: Magnolia gives us
a true statement OF a true occurrence and
wishes to know II the other girl Is to be held
f her mt s5S Which pq resulted %sR
his marrying the latter within two or three
days after their first meetingi
This affair took place In our own state and
40 recently that the different county papers
are not through commenting on Il yet. SO
many mistakes creep into newspaper articles
not the editors fault. but that Of the persons
writing these articles. that the parties con
cerned sometimes wish there were no newspa-
pers for the time being.
/ win to you Householders that I know the
party OF the first part She Is worried
greatly because the mother OF the girl Is angry
with her for having introduced the man to
her daughter. She is a sweet. kindhearted
Christian girl. and Is always ready and willing
70 promote the happiness OF others. ! have
known her personally for many years. She
looks upon marriage seriously She had no Idea
OF marrying the old man, for they had Onl
/ exchanged about two letters each before he
arrived. and nothing had been said Of the