Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-23
Our HOUSEHOLD
CONDUCTED BY LIZZIE q THOMAS
Thrift Stamps and Orphans

Have you seen the new Thrift
are still laying aside at least a
stamp occasionally-I persuaded a
girl to dispense with silk hosiery and
put the dollar she saved in stamps.
She said they looked so lonely that
she "scrimped around" till she got
four more and then she found her
self really interested and wrote me
! last week that she had bond,
| bought with her stamps. 1t took
her two years, but she is worth
more than just that bond. She has
acquired the habit Of looking at
money as a power to be applied to
more than fine clothes. She still
dresses well but she is now a help
! to girls who do not have as much
! to spend for they unconsciouSly try
| to look as well as she does, and if
she wears good Isle they can do the
same.
I maintain the fact that the high
| cost of living is not what we pay for
necessities, but comes from the lux
uries and waste.
The cotton growers need all they
Louisiana for their sugar, the men
in the corn belt, the wheat coun-
try the dairy and stock people. But
| look at the men and women who
scorn cotton clothes, even need a
harmonious blend from shoes to neck
wear, both men and women. I am
sometimes amazed when L see the
extravaganza of people who should
| know better.
Do not misunderstood me, I en-
| joy pretty clothes, and there is moth
| ing that I think more attractive than
a pretty girl, modestly dressed. But
for mercy sake dress within ones in
| come. And this leads me to the orig
inal idea: Don't waste your money
give Gods tenth to him, pay liV-
| ing price for necessary expenses and
put some money aside for the pro-
verbal rainy day. l do not want to
| be a jeremiah, but common sense
| teaches us that there are times when
unexpected calls for cash must be
faced and these Thrift stamps will
solve the problem.
He that giveth to the poor lend
eth to the Lord" and Cast thy
bread upon the water and it shall re
turn unto you after many days or
In OJn6r WOTuS, WITCH YOU IlSCN IL
[ shall publish the honor roll next
| week. 1 have sent fifteen dollars to
| the Near East Relief association. l
60 hope I may send another fifteen
next week. After we get sixty dol
lars which will board one of those
| che hundred and eighty thousand
| orphans, we must send some money
| for clothes.
have had two letters from people
| willing to take one into their homes
| and raise it, but that cannot be
| done, their government knows that
the boys anu girls of today will be
| their men and women in few years
! and to send them over here would
! even more serve to decrease their
| population. Good food and COM
| Portable clothing can be sent them
| az less expense than Il ship-load
| could be cared for. over here. There
! is p "Children's Home Society in
| Georgia, Florida and Mississippi
} that makes it their business to place
children of those states in homes
wanting to adopt children. Until
you definitely decide on the child
| you are going to have for your own,
| please send me the money to help
| in this fund. Can you not be one Of
| five to send me dollar, or one Of
| twelve to send me five dollars.
| These dollars and even dimes will
| certainly return unto you when you
| least expect it and prove Gods prom
| Use true