Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-07-20
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CHILDREN FOB CHAR
ACTER.

TRAINING CHILDREN FOB CHAR
ACTER.
In the beginning of this heart-to-
heart talk with pupils, with teachers,
with patrons. with those who are inter
ested in these state agricultural schools,
hoping that they will prove blessing
and a benefit to the children and Will
conserve the intelligence and morality
of each community where they are To-
Gated, l have decided to ask you to
consider one question and only one at
the hour. Every one of you has an
ambition to do something or to be some
thing, to be esteemed among your
nelghbors and have people say Of you.
Il like him COR herr. He is fine
fellow. He stands we'll in this com
munity I'd trust him anywhere. He
lis an honest man; he will not defrauo
his creditors or Islander his neighbors.
You can rely upon him. His WORD Is
as good as his bond
That sort of comment goes straight
to the heart of his parents. They Will
not regret any sacrifice they have mace
for the sake of his education or we'll
being. and his family are not Obliged
TO spend for wealth or position, or
Influence of any sort, if the child is
solidly right on the inside of him ana
vouch for him.
The question I wish to ask is, what
is the greatest thing in the world TO
the individual who seeks 1t Tor MINI
self? Wealth can take wings ana lily
away, and poverty can thrust ltseH on
the back door steps and enter In spite
of our best efforts. Banks can DreaA
and men you have trusted can deceive
you, and disaster may overwhelm your
courage for the time being.
Therefore money is not the greatest
thing in all the world. Wealth is OF
great value to communities, but the
mere possession of great wealth mas
never contributed to the moral or splr-
itual force Of any one.
The greatest capital, that gives more
force to the individual, is his CHARACTER
not his reputation, for the reputation
Is often different from the person that
eniovs such repute. At last ana es-
sentially, the best training that can oe
given to children is the character tne
real thing, that stays here therea1ter'
I'M PURCHASING VEGETABLES.
while everybody that has had a DIT OF
Ground has during this year attempted
to raise some vegetables, and the gem
crafty of housewives nave very gooo
IDEAS as to the use of them IN Ioou
preparation. there are nevertheless
whole lot of people who do not gro"
them. and another whole lot Of young
bousekeepers who depend entirely on the
green grocer who sends them OUT upon
an order In this era of conservation Oh
resources and scarcity Of money II is
ouite well to urge the housekeeper to
20 In narson and select the things they
nurnose TO eat, and to place BEFORE the
members of the household as good
foodstuff. .
Never buy potatoes that are sprout-
ing to eat When a tuber sends out
sn~outs the time has come to quit eat
ing If. In buying tomatoes, reject those
with spots on them. Evenly red thcy
should be for first-class preparation.
Don't buy corn unless the silks are
brown. Corn is immature with green
silks. Press the corn kernels with
finger nail to see if it is juicy or tough.
In buying string beans, let them be
brittle and the bean very small. IN
buying celery, get bunch wlth crisp
white and green leaves. Use the out
side stalks for soup and the inside for
the table Your fresh beets should have
dirty roots and green leaves. In buy
ING meas the pods must be green and the
peas small.
Beets should have dirty roots also
showing they have not been soaked 10
revive them after a long wait in sell
ing.
SQUASH should be so tender that you
can prick them with finger nail.
Onions should be firm and hard. If
there are soft places, they Will prove
to be damaged.
Cabbage should have firm, hard heads,
with outside leaves nearly removed ana
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Beets must not be bruised, or they will
boi1 white. Winter beets can be banked
in drv dirt and sand and kept through
cold weather.
Stale vegetables are not good ever.
When they are fresh, and therefore
healthy, they are far better for the
human system than an all-meat Diet
in warm weather Go and look
at your vegetables when you buy them.
APPENDICITIS.
Hardly a week passes that some
friend or acquaintance of mine is not
operated on for this affection. Young and
old are subject to it-and it has become
so common to apply the surgeons knife
to extirpate this troublesome appendix
and recoveries so general that the pr1n-
cipal dread in an operation for the trou-
BILE Ees i'm the action of the heart under
the strain of an hnaesthetic. Il the
system is in normal condition and no
complications, the chances are almost
as good as i'm tooth pulling, to recover
What | intended TO write about is the
probable use of the appendix in the hui
man system and what purpose does 1T
serve in it's peculiar situation. so nearly
connected with the vital organs of our
bodies and yet so easy to get along
without after its forcible removal from
the body. And why is 1t that it can al
most attain to putridity before it sends
out a hasty s. .. s. warning of danger?
And also, why is ii that the world
of doctors did not realize earlier the
urgent necessity for extirpating this
very uncomfortable and apparently use
less part of the body? 1t stands to rea
son that appendices we're put inside of
us when Adam and Eve were created,
and il is a possible surmise that the
rib taken from Adam may have left an
unfinished organ that wanted to grow
into something of value like the lungs,
the heart, the liver and such like, but
being stunted or dislocated out of its
Mace il could not make full connection