The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-15

Many years ago, Wnen sweet girl
graduates read their essays on the
school room rostrum, there was
pretty little blonde who had this sub
ject. The weapons she dwelt upon as
being peculiarly feminine and effective
were tears and tongues. They were
moreover represented as reins and
whips with which to control the SUI
perior strength of men who are in
clined to be self-willed not to say ty-
rannical without some degree of re-
straint from the gentler sex.
Never mind. I've been reading that
new poem about the fierceness of fe-
male creatures, and it is nothing after
all bat tribute to the sincerity, ear
nestness and profound devotion of the
supposed to be weaker ones to their
ideals and convictions and dependents.
In ancient mythology both the fates
and the furies took shape is women.
This essay, however, is to be on the
weapons used by women in hunting
those elusive and soaring eagles who
spread their wings upon Uncle Sans
silver dollars. Not only the women
who must use their brains and hands
to earn their daily bread and butter
but the fortunate ones who have
''check-books of their own" pursue aft
er these birds. 1t is proper now to
earn what you give to good causes
to bestow your kind feeling and hearty
efforts and self-denial along with the
current coin.
A certain fine lady from Rome who
was delegate here to a missionary
convention said she earned all her
money to be given away by cultivating
popcorn and peanuts. These products
of her small patches were carefully
harvested, selected and prepared for
market in most attractive form and
were very profitable indeed.
Speaking of peanuts reminds me
that certain farmer near Smyrna
has been striving to induce his neigh
bors to plant the small red peanuts
that are so richly favored but tedious
to prepare for market. He says the
fruit dealers in Marietta will buy
bushels of peanuts if they can get
them So this is to remind ladies
who have gardens and farms to plant
popcorn and small peanuts next year
as an experiment. Very simple and
small implements suffice to cultivate
these crops and the time and strength
given to flowers could be divided with
the food plants.
Perhaps the most profitable weap-
on of industry this winter has been
the crochet needle with which tur-
bans of wool are made One Mariet-
ia lady who sews for five children and
wrestles with servant problems in a
big house has made numbers of those
warm turbans and Tam O'Shanter
caps. A great many were given as
presents but so Industrious has she
been these winter evenings she has
made nearly forty and has earned
about twelve dollars for her benevo-
lent fund.
needle is the most effectual weapon
a woman can WELD in spearing dollars.
And that reminds me of very intelli-
gent mulattO woman whose husband
had been missionary in Africa, and
had died there leaving her with two
children to provide for. In relating
her experiences in Liberia she said {:
"A knowledge of sewing is the surest
means of making a living a woman
can have. With needles, scissors and
thimble, and the ability to use them,
a woman can earn money wherever
clothes are worn"
Since hand-sewing is so fashionable
and fancy stitches are used in furnish
ing garniture a clever needle woman
can be always busy and profftably So
Marietta has numbers of enthusias
tic workers who embroider dresses
cloaks, and other garments elabo
rately.
Mrs. Charlie Cogburn, who won first
~ lHO lOi variety VI lduCy WOIk dI lie
county fair recently had display OF
crocheted and embroidered pieces in
credible in number if you did not see
them with your own eyes.
Mrs. W. F. Roesel has some window
curtains of scrim bordered with wide
crochet that she did several years age
while visiting one of her sisters il
Bremen. The thread used was made
in Germany and so was the scrin
and the crocheted edge is Joined t
the lacey goods by an invisible sean
and the effect is very pretty. Mrs
Emma Haynes has a beautiful Gro
cheted bed coverlet made by he
daughter when she was only sixteen
1t was done with coarse sewing thread
and required dozens of spools. There
are flowers and borders and lines al
of perfect accuracy and yet ever!
stitch was done by one girls hand,