Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-02-22
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give you strength to face the crisis
with a heart as brave as did the wom-
en- of the sixties.
Some people think the reason the
men now in France have not shown a
single yellow streak" is because they
were mostly volunteers. That's the
way Germany would like for you to
think.
Read what the boys at Camp McClel-
land said were their. reasons for enlist
ing. and if you have none of your own,
you who have been a drag TO your
men folks" take these to heart:
TO learn self-control. To guaran-
tee the safety of my mothers and sis
ters. To kill few Germans for what
they did to Poland. To help free the
German people from kaiserism. To
show that my blood is red, and that
my back is not yellow. Because the
country needs me. Because God called
me. l never did anything worth while,
so I've dedicated my life to my coun-
try in order that it might be of use
to some one"
If you can't be brave, back up to a
wall; don't let the Germans know you
have the yellow streak. If you can't
bid them God speed" when they leave,
then keep your mouth shut KAISER
ism is not becoming TO an American
woman.
Faithfully yours,
LIZZIE o. THOMAS.
TusCumbia, Ala.
Dear. Mrs Thomas: l read your let
ters in TIL journal and am much n
terested IN vour Chicken Talk" Now
| do not have anything to do with
chickens, except to eat them, as those
with whom | live have entire control
mother when she was living. and liked
it very much. And my mother, whom
7 always thought knew the best ways
of doing things, said you got more
eggs by feeding corn than any other
feed.
At to meat. the women here have
eaten very little for years, but there
is always meat in the smokehouse. for
the head of the house" was born IN
Greece and raised in Turkey, and has
lived there ever since.
AS to sugar here, we drink coffee,
but no sugar in it. When my health
was good l drank coffee with plenty
Of sugar and cream in it. AS the old
song says, for that is the only way
coffee is nourishing. Now, I drink only
whole milk. But we consume guam
titles of jam and jelly, for that is
about the only way we like fruit, eX-
cept dried.
We like cornbread-there are so
many good ways of working it. We
like biscuit, too. ] think potato bis
cult the best ever, but we make them
without eggs.
In a former letter you wrote about
singing theater songs. 1 am glad you
did. Now, I love to sing them. 1 sang
them to my mother as long as she lived;
am singing them yet, though age and
many years of suffering have impaired
my voice. Still, 1 thank God l can
sing.
When l was visiting my cousin ct
Black Mountain two years ago, my
cousins wife said, 81 do love to hear
you sing You sing so sweetly." How
] wish that 1 had sat by her side and
sang all the songs l ever knew, for
she is now listening to the Heavenly
Choir. Wish 1 had space to describe
Black Mountain and vicinity. Suffice
it to say, it is the prettiest place l
ever saw But the trail of suffering
is over it all" AS you perhaps know,
it is a resort, a refuge for the unfor-
tunate victims of tuberculosis Not
in the town proper. but outside in cot
tages and there are two sanitariums
in two miles of the town. Doctors
claim that the odor of the pines. spruce
and other fragrant trees, with the high,
pure air and nourishing diet, heal the
lungs. Be that as it may if one can
not get well, it is a lonely place in
which to die.
Yours truly.
MISS EMMA HOGUE.
Shelby n c., r. Z. d. >.