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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-08
MesFELTONS TALKS
CONDUCTED BY
fSas VIII. FELTON,
i. < .cEss FROM Am AGED rayEMD

LIZ x q FROM AE ACfLD E2IEND
1 feel quite sure the readers of
The Semi-W eekly Journal will en-
Joy hearing of my aged correspond
ent, who will be ninety-two years
old in a little over three months,
and of her husband who is ninety
six, and both are well, comforta BILE
and happy in their country home in
north Georgia.
She writes me: II guess you will
not remember me, but L remember
you very well. 1 met you at La
years ago, where you addressed the
little chat together. Then I have
been reading of you in The Semi
Weekly Journal all these years. l
know you so well l desired to re-
member your late birthdate, so 1
worked for you an emergency pin
cushion and needle case to carry
in your handbag. 1 am the inventor
of these, because L once needed a
needle and thread when I could not
repair my dress, and 1 was twelve
you would have a shower" on your
birthday as L get various showers on
my birthday. Sometimes picture
cards, sometimes candy, sometimes
handkerchiefs, etc. My husband was
ninety-six last March and we both
nave real Soou uedlln ana i've III
the country We read great deal,
If 1 was gifted with your pen
could tell you a great deal about
war-times. l enjoyed your remi-
niscences of the COS very greatly,
etc" The lovely token was made
most artistically of heavy white
silk cord. My name was beautifully
| worked in dark red silk cord and
really it is a most astonishing piece
of work considering dear Mrs. An
derson's age.
Also I received a picture of Mrs.
Hemphill, of Athens, over 102 years
of age. 1t was sent me by her
son, Mr. Robert Hemphill, of At
enty-five) and only living child.
He is reading to his mother from
her family Bible in the picture. 1
enjoyed these lovely remembrances
! far more than 1 can tell you, and
they were so entertaining to think
about.
The Lord has graciously spared
these very excellent people to a very
| long and useful life and they are
all cultured and enjoyable persons
people you like to know and who
| have served their day and genera
ton we'll. If my age and Mrs. An
| derson's and Mrs. HemphilPs are
| counted together (eighty-four, nine
| ty-two and one hundred and two
| years. there are 27S years account
| will agree with me. There are real
| ly many pleasures left to us aged
| ones in the Arctic season of our
lives, and where memory is good as
| it here happens the recollections are
very fine indeed.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-08
DEAR MARGEPY
BY MARGARET WILDE
Continued from Last Issuey

When I was in Room the place
was overcrowded with patients, and
l only remained there a few days.
A room next to me had a door be-
tween, and one day they brought a
Colored baby in it from town and
I saw the anxious mother passing
my door, like a lost soul. 1 man
aged a few words with her, until
some one would order her away
from my door, leaving me chuck
ling to think it was words neverthe-
less. Her baby fell backward in Z
tub of washwater; >hot. Scalded it Sc
vercly. Just a little colored baby,
but its mothers love was more in
tense and a deeper, finer thing than
the white-skinned ladies who cuddle
dogs to their hearts instead o. ba-
bies! She managed to tell me all
most always seemed to think I'd un-
derstand their hopes, longings and
troubles. 1t was her only baby. lit
tie Opal. She was washing. Opal
fell in the hot water They rushed
her here Opal cried fretfully at
times and I couldn't sleep. but l
was only thinking of her burns, and
how well she stood it. The mother
would snatch a few words with me
every passing opportunity. She
soon learned to duck her head and
scoot away from my door when foot
steps sounded up hall. 1t left me
laughing to think I'd learned more
her to fly. Finally, Opals mother
learned to open the adjoining door
to our rooms, and would open 1t
barely enough to poke her head
through and talk to me. I'd cheer
her up; she'd cheer me. We were
kindred souls; this, our first such
experience in hospitals. One night
| believe she dropped off to sleep,
leaving the electric fan breezing
madly on Opars naked. bandagei
body.
That night, about II, she awoke
and alarmed the place I heard her
lthe walls are thin and doors open
for ventilation) crying, ooh, my
Opaps dying. Pray for my baby"
Hurried footsteps sounded and some
one worked frantically over Opal,
who seemed to me to be dying, or
choking, with Group. THAT internal
fan; artificial trouble maker" de-
cided. Then I heard the sweetest
prayer 1 thought it a sister, until
"Save my baby; my Opal, Lord
Jesus" was borne to me. I knew it
was the mother softly, agonizingly
pleading for her baby's life. And
Margery, I cried a little. And then,
I added my prayers, too. The next
day Opal was better and soon left for
nurses then. I was new and they'd
not tell me things, but 1 missed
OpaIs sma poking her head through
the door crack, then suddenly duck
ing like I'd hit at her, when she
heard steps sounding the retreat
alarm. When 1 was in that room
they brought up a Hindu for an oper-
alton. Rolled him in a chair by
my, door, He was, squatty, and fat
and made me think of big toad
frog blinking his black eyes fun
nily. Then, when they rolled him
back afterward, on the stretcher, 1
was afraid he was dead, and the ele-
vator's squeakings gave me the
trembles. I thought it weird sight,
The white-robed nurse at the head of
the procession, like unearthly hosts
passing along to the tune of my time
next" queer old tune, but I march
ed through bravely and am waiting
for your letter.
Hopefully,
DEANE.
ntinued)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-08
MARY .MEREDITH'S ADVICE
TO LONELY GIRLS AT HOME

1 am lonely girl of twenty,
coming to you for advice. I am an
orphan girl-neither a mother nor
sister to go to for advice. That's
why I am coming to you; I keep
am in love with my third cousin.
He has asked me several times to
marry him and 1 told him to wait
awhile. 1 don't feel like 1 would
ever be happy if 1 had to give him
up. He says L am the one he loves
best: He is a nice boy. he does not
fist church. He is a good boy in
every respect. He is twenty-one
years Of age. We have been writing
to each other since October. He
comes to see me every Sunday. My
father has never said anything
objects to my other boy friends be-
cause they drink. I gave UP my SOL
der friend because my father did
not want him to come to see me.
DO you think 1 am doing wrong in
going with my third cousin? Do
cousins marrying? l am sure he
does not think it anything wrong
He says ! am his choice, and that
he will never be happy until l prom
Use to marry him. Do you think l
am too young to marry?
blu T. Il Ed.
Answer-If you really love
your cousin-and l believe you
do-and he loves you, L can see
no reason in the world why you
should not marry him and be
happy. There can be nothing
wrong in the marriage of cous-
ms as far removed as you are
and if you love each other, you
are quite sure to be happy So
marry him, if YOU want to!
What should a girl five feet high
weigh? What colors look best for
a girl with brown eyes, black hair
and medium complexion? How can
develop my neck and chest?
Which should speak first, boy or
girl? Should a girl of fifteen go
with boys of twenty-one? How
shall 1 entertain my class? Should
l have parties at night?
Answer-From 10 to 10
pink, browns and some shades
of purple - practically any
color except bottle-green and
violet. 3. Massage will some
times develop the neck and
chest. Use cocoa-butter and
massage we'll into the neck and
chest every night. Exercise and
deep breathing, before an open
wjrGoW is also good. 4. The
girl has the privilege of speak
ing first. 5. 1t is all right for
you to have, rs friends, boys of
twenty-one. But you are too
young for sweethearts. 5.
Play games and have guessing
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-08
HOT WEATHER HEALTHFOR BABY
of cool water is the best summer
drink for the baby.
Feeding the older Baby


drink for the baby.
Feeding the older Baby
After the baby is a year old he
should be fed four times a day if he
is healthy, and should have nothing
between meals. This rule is espe-
cially important in summer when the
heat is severe. Many mothers find
relief in the care of fretful babies
by feeding them all sorts of things at
mon thing to see a child under two
years of age munching a banana, a
cooky, or a stick of candy. Babies
who are thus fed are doubtless among
those who easily develop summer
diarrhoea, a disease responsible for
the deaths of thousands of babies
every summer. The mother who has
the best interests of her baby. at
heart will refuse to give him thNse
articles of food which are unsuited
to his age, and will insist upon feed
ing him only the right kind of food
at regular intervals.
In the second half of first year,
fruit juice, cereals, dried bread,
vegetable soup and yolk of egg
should be gradually introduced into
the diet of the baby. During the sec
ond year he should have cereal and
milk morning and night an egg, or
vegetable soup, with bread and but
ter and milk at the midday meal. His
other meal should be very simple,
consisting chiefly of milk.
The children's bureau, United
States department of labor, Washing
ton, D. c., will be glad to send pub
locations on these subjects free Of
charge upon request to any mother
dress, with a request for the bulle-
tins
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-08

contests. Ii you Will write me
again, giving. me stamped,
Self-addreSSed envelope, l will
be glad to suggest some games
for you. 6. You may have par
ties at night, though they
should not last later than 1880
o'clock.
Here We are, coming to you for
advice. We are three chu~oe and are
all thirteen years old. We are in
love with three boys, 16 years old.
We go, with these boys every. chance
mighty good. We are all three pref
ty, and we know it, too. These boys
think we ought to kiss them every
time we see them. Do you think we
ought to do this? Do you suppose
they meant to marry us? If they do,
are we too young to marry?
BROWN EYES, ROSY CHEEKS and
CURLS.
ANSWER-What I would like
to do-frankly, I'd like to scold
YOU very hard 1 think you are
three very silly girls, and if
going to come to grief. Girls
thirteen years old should have
their minds on something besides
boys, wondering whether six
teen-year-old boys want to marry
them them. Why, of course those
DOSo uOh WALL " yOu'
They are just amusing them
selves with you. Haven't you too
much pride to let yourself be
fooled so easily? Drop all
"sweethearts," have lots of boy
and girl friends, plenty of
healthy, wholesome fnun and
amusement-but leave love-mak-
ing and marriage alone until you
are older.
Please give me little advice.
am II years old, am five feet four
inches tall, and weigh 135 pounds.
Am l too fleshy? 1 have dandruff
bad. How can 1 cure it without in
jury to the scalp? My finger nails
have dirty. dingy look, no matter
how careful I may be in manicuring
them. Is there a preparation 1
could put on them to make them
look nice? What can I put on my
hair to make it fluffy? 1t has a
great deal of oil it in. and wants to
stay slicked on my head. Is it i'm
her dress is not up until it is dis
graceful.
HAZEL EYES.
ANSWER - Your weight is
just about right for your height.
A good tar soap will sometimes
correct the oily condition of the
hair, as we'll as dandruff. Tine
ture of green soap is also good.
A good shampoo, rinSing the hair
thoroughly until there is no nos
sibility of their being any soap
left, and then, drying the hair
thoroughly in the sunshine, and
fresh air. will help. Try wash
ing your hair once a week until
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-08


: operation. 1t relieved me from
Iay troubles. so I can do my house
work without any difficulty.
advise any woman who is afflict-
ed with female troubles to give Ly-
dia z. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound trial and it will do as much
flor them Mrs. MARIE BOYD,
1i21 5th ST., N. E., Canton, Ohio.
Sometimes there are serious con-
ditions where a hospital operation
is the only alternative, but on the
other hand so many women have
been cured by this famous root and
herb remedy, Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, after doctors
rave said that an operation was
Aecessary-every woman who wants
to avoid an operation should give
it fair trial before submitting to
such a trying ordeal
II complications exist, write to
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co.,
Lynn, Mass. for advice. The result
Of many years experience is at
your service.-(adv)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-08

She who has not as many frocks
as she has invitations does the
wise thing when she orders black
dance frock. Nor is economy and
service, as you probably know, the
most appealing thing about the
frock of black. For most types,
it has becomingness to it's credit
too.
Can't you just see the piquancy
of this model told in black taffeta
and Chantilly, either real or a fair
ly good imitation? Despite all ap-
parent evidence to the contrary,
there is nothing insuperably diff
ficult about the line of the dress
either. The surplice bodice vir-
tually explains itself. Then the
skirt adopts big diamond-shaped
supplements of taffeta front and
back which join at the sides. Lest
the gap be inartistic, or lest it
necessitate too much lace, though,
there is filling at the sides of
gathered taffeta and after that an
amazingly pretty touch when the
lace of the rest of the skirt is
fulled and carried out over the
taffeta. Don't miss the fetching
upward flare of the lace sleevelets
and the butterfly bow of the lace
in back.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-08
AUlN 7 JULI!A'S
LETTER BOX

Dear Children:
suggestions picture writing
things lose all freshness become tawdry
friends
) keep the picture
A criticism of a
'nicknacks is
ings far the best
have the letters about Friday
Letters Won't of write thoughts
suggestions cousins to read also?
Lovingly,
AUNT
Belle crochet
both sides of the cousins will
reading
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-08

Be astonished, ah, We heavens! and
Aunt Julia. and cousins, be you thunder
struct@ as I know you will be when you
brown-eyed, black-hnired, fair-complexioned
north Georgia boy has stepped into your
merry band for little fun and amuse-
very great lover Of Ugh! Isn't he ugly?
believe I heard somebody say. Oh, Aunt
Julia, put him out, l believe heard an
other say. Well, don't be frightened for
/ am just a nature-loving country boy,
and 1 never harm anyone. All, we'll, eou-
sins, have gone on long enough with my
foolishness, SO / guess 1 had better quit
ter If any of you good looking cousins
think you would like to correspond with
an hsnest-to-g goodness country boy, just let
your letters fly. 1 will answer all letters
. ans cards received Alden, adieu!
HERBERT CANTRELL.
Fairmont, Ca, R. f. D. 8.
P. S.-Aunt Julia, find inclosed ten
cents for the French kid (Yvonne).
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
please make room for two more south
Georgia girls? We live out in the country.
been taking The Journal for long time
and like it fine. We go TO school and are
in the sixth grade. We crochet and make
Eating for pastime. Our mother died
most of the time. Wen. as our letter D is
getting long, we'll describe ourselves and
go. i, Jessie Lee, am four feet ten inches
fall, weigh ninety pounds, have gray eyes,
brown hair, light complexion and fifteen
years old. I, Bessie. am five feet tall.
weigh ninety-six pounds, have blue eyes.
brown hair, dark complexion and thirteen
years old Wen ring off for this time
Some of you cousins write lis. Goed-by.
From.
JESSIE LEE AND BESSIE ALLGOOD
Cobbville, Ga.
Hello, Auntie. Nephews and Nieces Won
Ger what you cousins are doing these beau
riful days of early summer. 7 am having a
fine time as there is no field work | eau
do, although l like farm life very much
I wrote once before, but it has been some
time ago, guess you all have forgotten you
had such a cousin. But I'm here again.
will give you another description of my
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-08

much suffer-
ing, and two
doctors decided
that 7 would
b q v e to & q
through an op.
Grafton before
7 could get ell
''My mother
who had been
helped by Ly.
dia e. Pink.
hams Vegeta.
BILE Compound,
advised me to
try it before
c1,hraifffn- 60
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-08
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-08
HOW MRS. BOYD
AVOIDED AN
) OPERATION

Canton. Ohio.-"l suffered from n
f,,,.le trouble, which caused me
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-08

be kinder to him, ana yourself as
well. If you keep him dangling,
when you don't care for him, it
will only be twice as hard to drop
him later on
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y
well. If you keep him dangling,
when you don't care for him, 1T
will only be twice as hard to drop
him later on.
am very much in love with boy.
He tells me he loves me and wants
to be with me a lot, but my parents
object to my being with him so much.
What must L tell him when he wants
to carry me home from entertain
ments. rs it proper for a girl to
wink at a boy, when he winks at her
first? Is it proper for a girl to wave
at a boy when he is too far away to
speak, and the boy waves first?
Answer-If you are old to defy
your parents-that is, if you are
sure that you love this boy well
enough to give up your family
for him-but I believe from your
letter that you are too young for
this. Abide by your parents. de-,
cfsion until you are old enough to
choose for yourself. Explain your
parents attitude to him, and L
am sure he will not misunder-
stand. No, it is not proper for
a girl to wink at a boy. 1t is per-
missible for a girl to wave at
boy, provided she knows him
we'll, and he is too far away to
speak. tA.........
1 am girl seventeen years of age.
Am I too young to marry? l am in
love with a boy of IS. He says that
he loves me dearly and also has
asked me to marry him. Should
marry him or not? Please advise
me what to do. .
WAUNITA.
ANSWER: Yes. / think you are
at least year too young to mar
ry. 1t would be much better for
you to wait until you are about
twenty, for then you will be
much more certain of happiness.
A girl of seventeen or eighteen
takes a great chance when she
marrieS - for ones ideas and
ideals change rapidly, at that
. age.
Wait at least year-and then,
if you still love each other, you
may go ahead and marry.
I am a girl twenty years old.
have brown. curly hair, fair COM
pIexion and hazel eyes.
Do you think am old enough to
go with one certain boy all the time
[ have been with him nearly every
Sunday for about a year and q half.
I love him better than any boy I
have ever gone with. and he seems
to love me better than any other
NO NAME
ANSWER: You are old enough
to give up all boys for one. II
YOU have known this boy so long,
1 see no reason why you should
not be sure of your love for him.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-08
1 think you would be perfectly
safe in marrying him.

1 am a girl of seventeen. I don't
like boys only as friends. They
never call at my home or write.
Other, girls not as old as I have
beaus. They tell other girls they
must let them know when [ visit
them They want to come. but they
never do come. Tell whether it's
with them?. 1 wonder if it's my
looks. I've brown hair. brown eyes,
fair complexion. dress nice. Would
black taffeta be suitable for me? I'm
five feet and weigh 100. I'm just a
little bashful. but no more than I
can help. 1 can't think of anything
to say. They say blush. L don't
think I'm bashful enough but what
1 could be popular with young folks.
WILMA.
ANSWER: Perhaps your bash
fitness makes you so quiet that
the boys don't know how to talk
to you. Try to forget yourself
and think of others. Find out
the sort of things the boys like
to talk about and prepare your
self to discuss those subjects.
Try SO hard to make everybody
else have a god time, and before
you know it, you'll be having a
good time. too.
Black taffeta would be little
dull for girl your age. Why
not some pretty color? You have
brown hair, brown eyes, fair
compleXion-you should be able
to wear brown. blue and almost
all light colors. Why not a dark
blue or golden brown taffeta,
with creamy lace at the neck and
sleevs to relieve the severity of
the color.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-08

Uncle Sam has been forced to go
into the dressmaking business. 1t
happened this way: The ordnance
bureau of the war department had
left on it's hands 100000 yards
of a specially made silk intended
for use as wrappings for cartridge
cases. To prove that the cloth is
suitable for dress goods, Colonel
E. E. Garrison had a dress made
and fitted to his secretary. Here
is the dress. The colonel says the
goods should retail for two or
three dollars yard. Bids will be
opened on July 10.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-08
Salad Dressings.

With all salads the success of the
dish rests first on the dressing.
It is very essential that all salad
ingredients are cold. To crisp the
lettuce after cleaning and washing,
it should be drained or shook dry,
put into dry napkine or towel and
placed in a cold place.
Celery and cabbage are put into ice
water for one hour. then drained
dried and put in a cold place. Dress
ings must be cold, also the plate on
which your salad is served.
Always bear in mind how essential
it is to garnish the salad, if only
with a dash of paprika. 1t adds sc
much to it if served in an attractive
manner.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-08

am a girl seventeen years Of age.
Am too young to marry? 1 am in
love with a boy of IS. He says that
he loves me dearly and also has
asked me to marry him. Should
marry him or not? Please advise
me what to do.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-08

summer with me and we will go fishing and
wading as there is big pond near our
home. Cousins I must thank you for your
kind attention and 1 must go, for 1 see
Auntie frowning and Mr.. w. B. is knock
ing at the front door with a stick in his
hand ''All'' OF you cousins write to me
and I will fry to answer all your cards
and letters. Yours lovingly,
BONNIE LEE WILLIS.
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|ZK@(t51pGG'
Potato, Peppers and Carrot Salad.


One quart cold-boiled potatoes, 1
cup finely cut celery. one-half cup
finely chopped green peppers, 1 cup
grated raw carrot, one-half cup graf
ed or chopped onion, 1 teaspoon salt,
one-half teaspoon pepper, cop boil
ed dressing, 2 cups shredded lettuce,
l tablespoon finely cut parsley.
Dice the potatoes small, add the
celery, peppers, onions, salt, pepper
shallow bowl or deep plate with let
tuce leaves. Pile the mixture in
center. put the shredded lettuce
around and on it put the grated raw
carrots Cover TOP of potato mixture
with the rest of dressing and sprin-
kle little grated carrot and chopped
parsley over the top. Be sure you
use coarse crater for the carrots.
If you do not. it will look mushy
If one does not have a coarse crater,
put the carrots through coarse food
chopper, but crater is best.