Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-06-29

love
And a little Whit OF play;
Let a wise old book and a glance
above
Complete a well-spent day"
She was a young woman and not
much interested in gardening. chickens
nor the conservation OF food" She had
a new magazine in her lap and a bored
expression on her face And this Is
what she said: Il wish that never
could hear of conservation of food, nor
CANNING. nor all the other things that
make up conversation these days why
nut up twice as many beans as You
need? Mine Will spoil any way. Next
year there can be a garden just as
good or better than the one I have now
And it's pure extravaganza TO can fruit
AZ our house We like preserves and
Jelly, and the pies made OF things an
season Henry insists on keeping out
A fourth of our income he put tWo
hundred dollars in those crazy oonos
and wears his smile from ear 10 ear
We have biscuit once a day. and both OF
US despiss cOrnbread, but he says as We
may eventually have to eat II the plan
10 follow is 10 commence now 1 wish
that I could go TO the moon till this eX-
Sftement dies down"
Her companion looked shocked, but
said nothing did not know her. out
as her glances had included me In her
little outburst I thought that I'd do the
hest that I could 10 help her see things
from a pIeasanTer point or view Anu
after our ways parted l got TO thinking
that she is not the only one or that sort
81, nov in these United States, and
I'd tell some OF you that Mrs. Burrlss'
whose letter you read. and her sort are
the ones 10 use for fine examples You
remember that she said that right now
every man, woman and child has part
in this great conflict She also gave
her sons
what can I do" asks some one who
thinks that economy has always beeA
a part OF the days plan l know man
who dearly loves sweet things you
amt use as mild a term as likes; ne
ra.-1,- ,r,rs his sweet tooth" along with
his wife. But he IL taking exactly halI
as much sugar in his coffee, and MS
wife Is not sure that he will not get 10
no sugar one day in the week THIS
seems a small thing. But take even
fourteen spoonfuls OF sugar and see
u-bat n does towards making a pound
that's real self-deniaL and that Is also
a fine lesson in thrift Never was there
a truer saying than the one about the
woman who can throw more out OF the
Kitchen window than her husband can
shovel in the door.
I, But please don't get the idea into
your heads that all OF the saving 10 to
be don. by the women Nor must we
harin and end on canned goods and su-
gar How many are going to let tooac-
co come under this head and begin oy
giving I'D a very unnecessary FORM OF
extravagance7 do not ask you to tell
n IN a
the matter over with God As you 90
vour urork think about the women and
children that are in France and Bel
gfum. not simply hungry but starving
and see il YOU are not Christian enough
10 let at least half Of your tobacco
money go TO them
"As a man cor woman) thinketh in
his heart, so he is" we read in Gods
Word. and IL We cannot share our lux
uries with starving people who have
been so unfortunate as TO be in the way
OF that terrible war-god. the German
emperor. then that heart is in a bad
condition.
some men pride themselves on only
ten cents week for tobacco. i am not
intimate enough with the snuf dippers
10 ask them about their expense. but
they tell me tobacco. like whisky must
ne given up gradually. That the snun
users are terribly cross" IL that mar
cotic is taken from them. Well. let the
ten cents a week be stretched to fifteen
cents for two weeks. This seems like
a small thing. but not one of Us liveth
10 himself or for himself alone.
There - an army of snuf users. AMI
even two cents a week from each one
would tide many a life over the starya-
tion period.
Starvation. my readers, is not sim
pie hunger It's a terrible disease
knawing the vitals. a painful thing that
I pray our heavenly Father may never
get 10 this country.
Don't get the idea into your heads
that our pantry shelves must be loaded
FOR selfish reasons. There may come a
request for every woman to contribute