Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-07-19

cans packed in even the best factories.
Not long ago three cans of tomatoes
were opened and four pieces, not whole
tomatoes, made up the amount in all
three The girls fill their cans with
tomatoes and then pour in the juice.
No water is used. The two-pound cans
sell readily for a dollar and a quarter
a dozen. so you see the profit a tenth
of an acre gives a girl, besides her sur
plus, for she usually pays for the plow-
ing and work done by her father by
supplying winter goods for the family.
at market prices.
hope that some of the homes that
have not yet taken up the work will
send OF and get the outfit and begin
&c can their surplus. Just a few cans
a day will amount to quite lot by
the end of the season. If you do not
care to invest in an outfit you can take
your glass jars and ill them and use
the process l have given several times.
1 know one woman whose stove has
reservoir and she keeps a jar or two in
there during the cooking Of every noon
meal.
Remember, there is no excuse for
any woman putting anything in her veg
etables to make them keep. Laziness
and fifth are the only things that one
has to war against. Many of you know
that certain medicines must not be TAX
Ell many days in succession because the
system cannot throw them of readily.
That is the case with every preserva-
tive. / know one family who used TO
think their beans and tomatoes must
have "just a simple thing their drug
gust sold" I noticed that before the
winter was over every member of the
family was sick with a stomach trou-
BILE. / asked doctor the effect of salt
cylc acid and was told that little was
not actually poison but it is cumula
tive and a diet of canned vegetables
put up with il would undermine any
constitution. Vegetables with alum
put in should be soaked carefully &C
cording to directions.
With the Camp Fire girls and the Cam
ming clubs one feels sure that Americas
next generation of women will have
sound bodies and sane minds. Too much
work and isolated homes formerly made
the per cent of farmers wives in the In
sane asylums something over 25 per cent.
Now there are neighborhoods who give
canning picnics and every woman meets
her neighbor and sees how work may
be nghtened by methods more progress
sive than her own. I never have gone
anywhere without learning something; II
need not be on the line of the work in
in my life in the near future. So many
times il has seemed to me that some
opportunity has presented itself Just aft
er 1 have had the chance to fit myself
for it. Misspent hours are sure to rise
up at no distant day and reproach one.
How often do / hear women and men
say. "Oh, If / had been made to study,
TO have regular hours, to take advantage
of my opportunities. yet going right on
and disregarding the opportunities then
within reach. trained mind and train
ed hands are a heritage almost any
parent can leave a child and that is
what cannot be stolen except by ones
own evil habits. Better than heaping
up wealth and shaving to add to ones
acres is the line upon line, precept upon
precept" capped by daily examples that
hard working, God-fearing parents can
give the next generation.
Remember in all things, whether in
a club or working alone, that love is
the lightener, and sweetener of your la
bors. If you would live you must love-
for when love dies the soul shrivels."
Divide with some one or you will not
receive the full measure of pleasure from
your efforts. Chase happiness and II
fees from you, stop to help a fallen
comrade and happiness is right at your
side. Success as the world views it does
not always include happiness, it is often
bartered and happiness may have been
given in payment.
Faithfully yours
LIZZIE o. THOMAS.