Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-02-24
Our HOUSEHOLD
CONDUCTED BY LIZZIE O THOMAS
A Parable for Reformsrs

Twas a dangerous cliff, as they
freely confessed,r 2Si 70
Though to walk near it's crest was
SO pleasant;
But over it's terrible edge there had
slipped ''.'
A duke and full many a peasant;
So the people said something would
have to be done,
But their project did not at all
tally,
Some said, PUT fence around the
edge of the cliff"
Some, IAN ambulance down in the
valley"
But the cry for the ambulance car
ried the day;
For it spread through the neighbor-
ing city;
A fence may be useful or not, it is
true,
But each heart became brimful of
pity
For those who slipped over the dan
gerous cliff;
And the jewellers in highways and
valley
Gave pounds and gave pence, not to
put up a fence,
But an ambulance down in the
valley.
For the cliff is all right if you're
careful" they said,
And if folks even slip and are
dropping,
1t isn't the slipping that hurts them
so much
AS the shock down below when
they're stopping"
SO day after day as these mishaps
were occurred,
Quick forth would these rescuers
sally
To pick up the victims who fell off
the cliff
With their ambulance down in the
valley.
Better guide we'll the young than
reclaim them when old,
For the voice Of true wisdom is
calling;
To rescue the fallen is good, but
it's best
To prevent other people from fall
ing
Better close up the source of tempta-
ton and crime
Than deliger from dungeon or gal
ley;
Better put a strong fence round the
top Of the cliff
Than an ambulance down in the
valley.
(This splendid recitation is given
by request. 1t was originally pub
lished in Life.)
1Ale AStuy OF the SILVER star
Away across the sea is a land
where part of the people are Chris
tian, as you and | are, and where
the rest of the people try to harm
and kill the Christian people. In
this land, in great house, hidden be-
hind high walls, lived little Araxi.
AraXi could remember day many
months ago when tall, fierce-looking
men who were called Turks rushed
no
lived with her dear mother, and
brothers and sisters. The strange
men were so big and Araxi was afraid
of them. The leader of them pointed
a gun at the little girls father and
brothers and said, you must come
Then they took her mother and little
baby brother roughly by the arms,
while little AlaXi, whimpering, was
seized by one of the men as he said,
Now to the desert with them"
The desert! In the midst of icy
January! AraXi shivered at the very
thought, but her mother whispered,
Come, we must do as they say, or
we will die, too They went out
of the house with the soldier guards,
who were not at all like our brave
soldiers who fight for the good of
people, but were bad men who
thought they must kill all Christians.
The guards made AraXi and her
mother, who was carrying little
Stefen, walk in a long line of other
little boys and girls and their moth
ers. AraXi's mother was very white
as they marched through the deep
snow and ice in the desert, and once
as cold wind struck the poor wan
derers she let AraXis hand go in or
der to hold the baby brother closer
to her.
1t was then that Araxi got lost
The poor little girl trudged along
and tried to find her mother. the
snow blinded her and when she felt
some skirts brush against her she
caught hold of the hand. Then