Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-11-03

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But this is enough current history for
this time. Faithfully yours,
LIZZIE o. THOMAS.
AN OLD FAvoRITE RETURNS
4 Dear Household Friends; II is sweet TO be
remembered. and when l my name among
those asked for by Kitty Wells, laid the
paper aside. showing ! would not try 10 re-
sist the impulse 70 write letter 20 our House
bold to express my appreciation and send my
thanks to Kitty Wells for her kind remem-
brance. While I have not written TO our
Household much for the past two years, have
kept up with IL and some OF my pleasantest
recollectiops are connected with our paper.
will speak briefly OF my short married
life. I wandered around with my drummer
for a few months and then returned to the
home Of that sister or mine to be visited by
him whenever he could come, and then came
widowhood.
Georgia Girl, Bingham, Caroline Pat. draw
near and listen; in fact, all We who Nsed to
sympathike with me when / used to tell you
OF the way she did her beaux and mine. She,
! the gay and lovely. the irrepressible, went out
TO Texas and was captured by a cowboy. She
may settle down. butsI doubt il. ! am partial
! to that cowboy brother; be did a good turn.
One widow Is enough in any family. Yes,
like him very much, even If he does lasso me
occasionally.
hope that II is not tor late to mention
some letters that we bad this summer that /
especially enjoyed. The one tint Rowgan wrote
about those sheep and the boys splendid.
wish that he would write. again. snail
never forget bow that letter cheered me during
some long and lonely hours. I wonder IL 1t
is not real duty that owe to Others to
write just such letters when we possess the
falentl That lettre did me more good than
can express Come to our Household with your
cheerful letters and make US forget our cares,
In the s,r,. n,ne- A,,-,eI WHIT o,xa an in
teresting description Of her Asummer vacation.
II was a well told tale. /. too. have ofen
wished 70 see the mountains She says, Il
may never see that country again; l don't
think I shall" IT you do not that par
tlcular place again. sIuriel. imagine yVu
stand a good chance 70 see other parts Of
the world, for your letter shows that you are
not 90 be daun ed By trifles- Come back and
tell rs what you have done lately.
Another writer that hope win soon return
Is Busy Bee she must tell us about the pro-
tracted meetings. I bore she is well.
Honor Brgal. one almost enyies you tse
next best thing Is TO read your letters about v.
| MoiIie Brady. isn't IL strange how people
tSo.s es6ls Nth whom vog bosrssd never
thought bow much better they could have en-
Joyed your papers and magazsnes after they
was 70 get ahead OF the others and devour
the contents Of those magazines before any other
one could get 70 them.
Well. hope that my friends will welcome me
back to charming Household: let's make
orr maze what II has been all the time a
cheerful Household. q lovely home nlaoe thai
we win ell turn 10 and all love. 1t Is TO me
the most interesting page OF the whole paper.
Let's have big meeting-let's dol OPAL.
WHILE THE BABY SLEEPS
Over month ago my heart made sad
BY letter telling me that very dear friend
vas dead. Only the day before I had received
sweet letter from her. written on the morn
ing Of her last day on earth, for that night
she died suddenly.
II was my pleasure TO lend her reading mat
ter and to write her long. newsy letters. for
she was not in good health and did love 10
read Even now In another room is a bundle
OF magaslnes. etc that selected and
wrapped. expecting TO carry them over the
IS miles that lay between rs but she's now
ENJOYING Rest, blessed Rest. free from ali care
and pain.
She was a rood woman, devoted 70 her
church. faithful worker in sunday school
she will De sorely missed In her last letter
she was telling me about a neighbor being
s s,n, an. ana inat she took her some nourish-
Busy Pee. your letters remind me Of her
20 now youH have 70 be my FREUD. won't you ?
The guide mon has gone to town The
Precious Treasure Is sleeping. MY dinner ls
cooking. Busv Bee. there's cabbage. M oniy
yog would come IN N.Y. I'D be 50 proud.
/ rted In her trrnk-Miss Thomas was telling us
about II in Chat. and Inst night decided that
4 must Mfite aDout another letter, Il Is also
Il IN trunk,
Once. yehr ago. girl in her teens wrote
bucget and sent n a cert3in lady. The lady
rephed kindly criticizing where il was needed
she wrote long letter. The girl had sense
enough 70 acre3t II In the kind spirit in which
! "a was written. In the letter WINS a compil-
meat also. that made little thrill Of 10Y run
/ through the girl. II said she had talent TO
write though now some Of her expressions were
crude. but 70 study modern authors. and 81
on. and improve neep down In the girls
| heart was buried an ambition n write things
| AlthouGh she has not vet realized that amhi-
/ tinn- she has now enrolled as a nupfl under
9 system where such Is Taught. and shall mt
Il forth the hest efforts endeavoring to succeed
And. II she ever dies. she won't forget g GER
/ tain letter In her trunk, that helped TO spur
/ hr onward.
/ Were It not for this spd Mrs Felton's
Country Home, The Journal would not he 81
welcome here, for in my opinion these are its
/ best features.