Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-08
Daysey Mayme
and Her Folks
BY FRANCES L. GARSIDE.
LYsANpER JOHN AT CHURCH.

As rule. man doesn't go TO
n church because If his convic-
tons. but because Of the convic-
lions Of his wife
This explains why Lysander John
Appleton sat in church one morning,
looking, with his wife on one side Of
MIN and his daughter on the other, like
the thin piece Of ham in a railroad
sandwich
He had been told to keep his MIND on
the preacher He did.
"When tac preacher" ne sohioquized,
watching his wifcs pastor step down
from the pu.Ii;, "tiptoes across the
church a a meeting to speak to some
deacon The women present wouldn't be
n biz surprised to learn that he has had
q private tip She world is coming to an
end. ana IL go.u~ 70 let the deacon in
on the secret.
LysanGer john laughed. a Gig from
his wifea elbow reminded him he was
IN holy place.
The preacher gave Ids text, there was
singing. and tren he began with his
sermon.
L suppose" houelt Lysaraer John.
getting some idea Of the preachers r.
marks. "tEat +l,e reason preacher al
ways scol6s is that he catches sight Of
his wife in the congregation, and for
gets any one else is present.
With sigh or envy at the preach
ers privileges Lysander Johns mind
wandered away. losing the Gist Of what
the prea cher "a 'I.ed about and retain
ing only al occasional name, on which
in . preoccuptI way he hung a
thought.
Excavations in Nineveh," he
thought, will Is cubiish positively that
the food was due TO some noodoo get
Ting VI "a picnic When It began to
sprinkle Noah. knowing what hoodoo
can always do began to build the ark.
It's nothing but "a shower said the
hoodoo. 1t iii pass off by noon And
he lust went "a getting watemelons
and sandwiches together, and didn I
give up hope till he was buried in blue
mud 10 his ,losr. Wonder why
The Bible never. tells what Noah did TO
the contra ctors II must have been
sweet Joy 10 watch them all drown
before they had a chance to send in
Jheir bills. The preacher could
make that story Of Gain killing Abel
lot more interesting TO the women II
he would tell how Eve got along with
no women neighborB to come in and
clean the house for the funeral and run
10 the milliner's for a mourning bon
net. / suppose wheh man
commits suicide the first question st.
Peter asks is why he didn't wait till he
got his Invitation. a.. Amt It queer
though, that woman VIII believe n
whale swallowed Jonah, and won't be-
lieve the lee st little fish stony her hus-
band tells" Adam had good luck,
after all. His wife never made him
carry big basket Of food to the woods
hat the family might cat it there. |
wonder why Genesis doesn't say more
about the way Adam and Eve lived
their outdoor life. How they caught
Ash how they cooked them, how they
trapped birds and animals, and all
hat. How their tent was made. and
a lot OF other things they had to do
would have made Genesis such good
guide book TO take on u summer outing.
I wonder"
lie didn't know what he was wonder
ing. for. With every effort honestly
made 10 follow the preacher, his mind
was following a little, gently sloping
path Of its owu-so gently sloping he
didn't know when he had reached the
end of it.
But his wife knew. For snore was
tho signal! Lysauder John had dis
slaced his family by falling asleep!
He Knew