Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-27
The Country Home
BY MRS. W. H. FELTON,
surf Bathing at st. simon,s Island

Surf Bathing at st. Simon's Island
Some of my neighbors have been
down at St. simon,s for a number alt"f
delighted. They had built house on
the beach, and there was nothing to
hinder their enjoyment, and they had
plenty of money to live well, and
their playground was described to be
While the mercury in the "gablee
in the 90s, day and night, these good
people had to put on their coats in
the evenings, because the, ocean
breeze was so cool and refreshing.
Then I have seen number of
photos, printed in the Rotogravure
section of The Atlanta Sunday Jour-
nal, of the delightful surf bathing
down at st. Simon's, and I am now
promising my aged self that I will
pay visit in 1922 to this wonderful
watering place on the South Atlantic
coast.
When I was only bit of a girl
not yet advanced into my teens, did
Brunswick in the midsummer of
My father had to go there during
what was called the session of an
inferior court, to procure signatures
of some witnesses who had moved
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citizens of Glynn county.
Always ready to make his little
girl happy, I was allowed to go with
him. There was only " one NJ OF f,, Two
or carriage Of your own, or to ride
on the Central railroad to Macon, and
next day get aboard the train to Sa-
Vannah--a two days trip from At
lanta. On reaching Savannah we
could take. a steamboat. on third
until sun-up next day, and then we
could land in what they called the
beautiful anchorage in Bay of Bruins
wick. Ga. Now, the Dixie Flyer"
can leave Jacksonville, Fla, at $50
p. m. and I can eat late breakfast
| in the town of Gainesville, less than
twelve hours ride from the growing
| little city of Brunswick.
Brunswick had experienced boom
| in those early days, which I have
Iapsed. May it never have another
| My friends have brought home
photos, taken when the party were
| all in the surf, and the younger folks
were down in the water-except their
heads and heels. 49,.
Being only landlubber myself,
those water sports were very tan
talizing to hear about. and also to
see them beautifully pictured in last
|
| A Travelled Cat
| AS the story goes, American auto
mobiles are sold to purchasers in
Australia. These motor cars are
their long journey-on the opposite
side Of the world globe that we in
habit. When the workmen of De-
troit, Mich, placed the car, closely
Grated, on the railroad that carried 1t
to the nearest shipping point, no.
house cat was nailed UP and inside
| the crate.
The same oversight prevailed when
| the Grated auto car was placed on
the car thousands and thousands Of
miles, either on the Atlantic or Pa
cif1c ocean; most probably the latter
There are lines on the map showing
routes across the Pacific ocean, go
ing by way of Honolulu, Hawaiian
Whether the cat had a mouthful
to eat on the trip is not stated. Per-
haps some mice might have been in
the, hold of the vessel, but if they
mouse could have advsntured into a
place. where the smell Of a cat pre-
vailed.
To make a long story short, the
cat was alive when The long ocean
trip ended, and has become quite a
pet, BECAUSE IL mas certainty enjoyed
foreign travel. It is said that cat
has nine lives, and you may think
you have killed a cat eight times
hand-running, but it can stand the
racket and get around lively until
the ninth tragedy.
In my younger days I generally
contrived to keep a pet cat. My ear
lest grief that has Embedded itself
In my memory was the shooting of
my kitty" when it was thought that
a, mad" cat had been located around
the premises. My mother and my
baby self were shut up in the house,
while a man with a gun chosed down
my pet and shot it.
Time and many changes in long
life have not obliterated the mem
pet was carried off, and I understood
the parting was forever. Kitty was
my own, like my doll, and there was
| a sense of injustice to the pet, and
in a manner injustice to me. Now
that I am very old, I decline to fall
in love with any sort of a pet, and
| thus allow it to annoy me with the
| apprehension that l may neglect 1t,
and it might possibly be ill-treated,
in my employ.
There is, however, a neighborly
cat who comes promptly from some
| where when he hears me pounding
steak, or the smell Of friend chicken
gets on the outside. In the hope that
so long as the neighborly cat makes
me a visit, L try to make her visits
interesting to her while she remains.
Some time soon while I have some
recollections of my dogs Chat used
to own, that may possibly interest
other dog fanciers) which I will
write down. I have also owned a
few ponies and saddle horses that I
remember with great appreciation of
| their friendliness to me.
These domestic pets mean great
deal to children and appreciative
| groWn-upS.
The story of the travelled cat is
concluded by the remark that those
auto people in Australia are exceed
| ingly fond of her feline majesty.