Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-07-07


Last Friday night I left Atlanta for
Madison. Florida The higher the tenn
perature climbed the more wanted 20
get out OF the range OF high buildings
and closer to the shimmering water.
told some OF the girls that was about TO
think myself a hot weather Jonah. ev-
erywhere I went was told that IL was
the hottest weather ever known In
Asheville the thermometer registered
higher than had been known IN twenty
years, in Atlanta somes one said that the
weather bureau had never registered
higher and when I got TO my mother >
she said: II don't think that ever knew
the weather to be hotter" Now am once
more IN Jacksonville ana any letters sent
10 me In care Of the Young Women's
Christian Association viii reach me.
I have had some good letters that I
will have 20 cut. They are six and eight
pages of large paper. and none OF US
want TO monopolize. 50 the letters that
are too long must be cut. Then here
come letters that are sewed or pinned to
make one long sheet. Please don't do
that. I want every page 70 have q mar
gfn 1T the top OF at least an inch. and
hex Won not to crowd the name in after
Won have written on the last line Your
name must be written plain. and come al
the end OF the letter. sometimes md
letters that have the last three or four
lines 50 crowded that nobody can read II
except the writer An extra sheet OF
paper win not put you out much ana VIII
call down blessings by the printer
Now that I have told you why some OF
the letters have not appeared Is sent in,
I am going back TO the subject OF my
visit home. The chicken lovers would
enjoy seeing the yard. not 3 small yard
either. full OF Buff Orpingtons. won't
Try 10 tell you how many there were. L
can only tell you that they were grad
uaIly disappearing. going 10 the Trying
nan and 10 the broiler. When was there
A March the first eggs were set and
have tried to keep up with them ever
since have never heard the complaint
OF eggs not Matching out have this year.
and some OF the folks tell me that the
mites have been exceptionally trouble
some. often have a little quiet laugh
over one incident OF my girlhood. There
was a young man who had always lived
Al the city and had never come in con-
tact with mixes He went 70 a small town
and as IN luck would have 1t, he was
located in a room that was infested
During the day he went to friend apd
said. Il don't know what TO do. | seem
40 be alive with small spiders. and every
foot seems to carry a red hot coal"
have not had the misfortune TO get the
little spiders in a long time but
SIN have dread OF them and believe
that eternal vigilance is the only way 10
have chickens and not have mites
had to have a laugh over MIS-
ApriFs letter, the part that tells Of the
advent OF the visiting children. Tor 1
know some that are far from angels
and the fond parents think them all
that's perfect was given a little pic
mic while 1 was in Atlanta. the Clover
girls had a picinc one evening at the
park. It rained just before We were
ready TO serve the supper and all the
picnickers, there were dozens of parties.
had to go to the pavilion to eat their
suppers. We had a table engaged, but
Of course we could not be selfish and
we shared it with another party. think
that was family party. and you should
have seen the way the children walked
across the table. Fortunately we had
laid our umbrellas as q dividing line.
and IL was their own things that were
being i'll treated but it was disgusting
to have to watch such behavior.
While I was at home the grand
mother told me some OF the smart
things that my small neice had said 1
am going 20 pass them on to YOU She
heard the men talking OF approximating
the cost of something. that seemed
large and imposing word for the little
three-year-old 10 mango. so that after
noon when she had her dolls ranged
across the door and her mother had 70
pass she was told to move them With
a twinkle OF her eyes she said. "Oh.
muver. don't approximate my business"
She receives a lot OF attention from
the family and from friends and IL
takes her mothers constant attention
10 keep her a sweet child On one oc-
casion her mother was preparing 70 go
away from home for visit and the lit
tie lady was rather obstreperous. moth
ing seemed to satisfy her AMI finally
her mother had to punish her. She ran
to her grandmother and threw her arms
around her neck and said. ~Dranmuver.
you win have TO 90 with US 10 pro-