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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-04-14

Farmer Browns boy tramped
down the Long Lane. He didn't hur.
ry. He knew that Bowser had
chased some one and got him cor.
nered. He knew that Bowser would
stay right there, and so there was
no need of hurrying.
II wonder who it is that old
scamp has cornered this time" said
Farmer Browns Boy to himself.
"Probably he has chased Peter Rab-
bit into that old stone wall. He'll
stay there all day if 1 don't take
him away. L never did see such a
persistent fellow as Bowser..'
When Bowser saw Farmer
Browns Boy coming he became
more excited than ever. He barked
twice as fast and hard as he had
been barking before. The nearer
Farmer Browns Boy got to him the
harder Bowser barked. But Sammy
Jay, who had been screaming eX-
citedly, became silent. He flew to
another tree little further away,
and there he sat without making d
sound. Blacky the Crow flew high
overhead, and he, too. was silent.
But both Sammy and Blacky were
quite as much excited as was Bow
ser.
Now Farmer Browns Boy had
expected to find Bowser barking at
an opening among the stones of the
old stone wall, so he was very much
surprised when he drew near
30 & a n
cling about the foot of a small tree
and looking up into it.
$50 you're freed soma one" ex-
claimed Farmer Browns Boy. Il
wonder if it can be Bobby Coon"
He began to hurry. He could see
that some one of quite good size
was crouching in a crotch Of that
tree, and he couldn't think Of any
one as big as that who would be
likely to be in a tree excepting Bob
by Coon. But somehow that didn't
look like Bobby Coon. The coat was
the wrong color.
"Well, / never.' exclaimed Farm
er Browns Boy when he reached
the foot of that tree and could see
clearly who it was that Bowser had
driven up there. well, I never!
If it isn't Johnny Chuck! I never
expected to see you in a tree! 1t
must be that Bowser surprised you
where there was no hole for you to
get into. I have heard that Chucks
sometimes climb trees, but I never
was sure of the truth of this. Now
know. Bowser, you rascal, keep
stillr"
Bowser looked up. He looked up
at Johnny Chuck, and then looked
up in his masters face and quiv-
cred all over with eagerness. He
wanted his master to shake Johnny
Chuck down, but of course he
couldn't tell him so in words. He
didn't need to. Farmer Browns Boy
understood the look in Bowser's
eyes perfectly. He shook his head.
Nothing doing, Bowser," said he.
Nothing doing. You've made trou.
bic enough for Johnny Chuck for
one morning. You just follow me
back home and we'll give Johnny a
chance to get down on the ground.
where he belongs"
He made a sign which Bowser
knew meant that he was to follow.
Such a look of disappointment as
there was on Bowser's face! His
tail dropped and his head hung low
as reluctantly he followed at his
heels. Two or three times
he stopped to look back. but each
time his master snapped his fingers
and Bowser promptly followed on.
Copyright, 1923, by t. W. Burgess)
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OUR HOUSEHOLD

and few have come up and are at
a standstill. Shall they quit? 1t
would be just as foolish for them to
say whats the use?" as for us to
say we are going to cease our eff
forts for higher, more helpful lie.
Sorrows humanize the race" and
it's only after we have shed tears
and sorrowed over hopes misplaced
that we can really comfort the sor'
rowing. BLESSED are they that
MOURN" said our Savior, and the
words has a deeper, fuller meaning
to us after we realize that they were
spoken l1v "a man of sorrows, ac'
Quainted with grief"
Let each day be a renewal of our
efforts, and as we strive to be more
and more ready for the summons to
go higher, we must also be helping
some one. "He who gives gets, "
and it must be awful to be aware
some day that our concentration
on self has made us neglect the one
we might have helped. I have been
told by missionaries that the Chi
nese who have never had Christian
teaching are afraid to rescue a
drowning man or woman because
they fear the evil spirit may take
vengeance out OF them. Some OF
US who know the Golden Rule act
as if we are afraid of similar fate,
for we let the selfshness in our
hearts make us neglect a weaker
timid struggler.
April is much like our lives. We
have the cold winds of adversely,
the sunshine of kindness, the rain
and frost and Vivifying warmth all
mixed as seems best to our heavenly
Father, and the thing for us to do
is accept each and try to let our
example, our precept, help some
other life, and let us all be grateful
for the many blessings that have
fallen in our lives. There is seldom
time that we cannot say, cit could
be much worse" and there is sell
dom a misfortune. that we cannot
make a stepping stone to higher
things.
"Thou hast given so much to me,
Give one more thing, a. grateful
heart. ia,
Not thankful when it pleaseth me.
AS if Thy blessings had spare days
But such heart, whose pulse. may
be Thy praise"
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Rock of Ages

By Request of Subscriber)
Rock of Ages, cleft for me-
Thoughtlessly the maiden sung,
Fell the words unconsciously
From the girlish, gleefliI tongue.
Sung as little children sing,
Sung as sing the birds in June
Fell the words as bright leaves down
On the current of the tune.
Crock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in thee"
Felt her sole no need to hide,
Sweet the song as song could be
And she had no thought beside
All the words unheedingly
Fell from lips untouched with
care.
Dreaming not they each might be
On some other lips a prayer
Crock of Ages, cleft for me-"
Let me hide myself in thee"
Crock of Ages, cleft for me-
Twas a woman sung them now
Pleading, and most prayerfully-
Every word her heart did know;
Rose the song as storm-tossed bird
g Beats with heavy wing the air
Every note with sorrow stirred,
Lively Sy llGtO4S ~ oS
Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in thee"
Rock Of Ages, cleft for me-
Lips grown aged sung the hymn,
Trustingly and tenderly-
Voice grown weak and eyes grown
dim.
LET me hide myself in thee"
Trembling though the voice and
low,
Rose the sweet strain peacefully,
Like a river in it's flow
Sung as only they can sing
Who behold the promised rest
"Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in thee"
Crock of Ages, cleft for me-"
Sung above a coffin lid;
Underneath, all restfully,
All life's joys and sorrows hid
Never more, storm tossed soul,
Never more from wind or tide,
Never more from pillows roll,
Wilt thou need tbyself to hide.
Could the sightlesS sunken eyes
Close beneath the soft, gray hair;
Could the mute and stiffened lips
Move again in pleading prayer,
Still, aye still, the words would be
LET me hide myself in thee"
Time flies, sunshine and rain, heat
and cold, joy and sorrow, laughter
and signing. 1t all comes to most
of US. Nearly third of this year
is gone, and as We look over that
part of the past we see so little
accomplished, so few of our plans,
our hopes or our ambitions have ma
terialized. We wonder what was
the matter, and some of us become
SO much discouraged that we say:
"Oh, what's the use of trying, it's
the same old treadmill."
But that is a mistake. We must
not be cutters. We must keep up
the effort and some of the things
we have hoped for will come to pass,
Some of the seed we have tried to
sow will bring forth even an hun
dred fold.
This cold, wet spring has been a
trial to the gardeners, some of the
seed have frozen, some have rotted
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-04-14
GIRLS! LEMONS
BEAUT|FY AND
WHITEN SKIN

Mix the juice of two lemons with
three ounces of Orchard White,
which any druggist will supply for
a few cents, shake well in a bottle
and you have a whole quarter-pint
of the most wonderful skin soften
err and complexion beautifier. Mas
sage this sweetly fragrant lemon
cream into the face, neck, arms and
hands, then shortly note the youth
full beauty. softness and whiteness
of your skin.
Famous stage beauties use this
harmless lemon cream to bring that
velvety, clear, rosy-white complex
ion, also as freckle, sunburn, and
tan bleach because it doesn't irritate.
ADVERTISEMENT
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fully good now. do every thing that
comes along, and we all take your
medicine as tonic when we don't
feel just so. Lam thankful for what
the Vegetable Compound has done
for my health and for my family. -
Mrs. MARY SAIECHECK, 944 28th St..
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Letters like these testify to THE
value of the Vegetable Compound.
These women speak from the flllness
Of their hearts. They describe as cor
rectly as they can their conditions:
First, those symptoms that affected
them most conspicuously; and later
the I1 dlsappeearanceof those symptoms.
They are sincere expressions of graft
tude; For nearly fifty years Lydia E.
Flnknam's Vegetable Compound has
been so praised by women.
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Tax Revision UntimeIy
Senator SmOot Believes

WASHINGTON, April 11.-Belief
that it would be inexpedient for con-
gress at its December session to I'm
dertake revision of the federal tax
laws was expressed by Senator
Smoot, Republican, Utah, who is in
line for the craftsmanship of the SEN
ate finance committee, after a dis
cussion today of tax problems with
President Harding.
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THE QUESTION BOX
FOR EVERYBODY

Rules
l. All questions must have full
names and addresses signed. If it
is desired that names do not appear
in the paper, add your initials or
some chosen name in addition to
your full name.
2. All questions must be written
on ONE SIDE of the paper only.
8. No legal or medical advice can
be given, either in the Question Box
Or by personal letter.
4. All letters requiring persona;
reply MUST inclose stamped, self-ad-
dressed envelope.
5. Letters for the Question Box
MUST NOT be included in letters for
Aunt Julia's Letter Box. The Ques-
tons must be sent separately and
must be addressed to Aunt Julia S
Question Box. The Atlanta Fri eek
ly Journal, Atlanta. Ga.
Dear Folks: Surly spring gives
us the Cleanup" feeling. So many
requests have come to me as to the
best way of freshening up furniture.
I really hesitate to give a formula,
and end by saying, use mine at your
own risk. I take warm water and
Ivory soap, 60 over the furniture
with this, wipe with a clean cloth
dipped in 1uke-Warm water and
then rub all over with O-Cedar oil.
I have never failed. My furniture
is mahogany and rosewood.
1 am asking you to forgive my
short columns for a week or two,
as L have serious sickness in my
family.
Cordially,
AUNT JULIA.
Babs: I think you mean Zane
Grey's Riders of the Purple Sage"
Il most fascinating, readable book.
Leathea-If you will soak your ma
terial, cotton of course, for your pill
low covers and chair backs in a
strong solution of salt and apple
vinegar you will find that they will
be almost as bright as new at the
end of the summer. I shrink and set
the colors in all of my colored wash
goods in this way.
Candy: Pound up your peanuts if
you do not like them whole, make
your candy this way. Put the de-
sired amount of brown sugar. use
two cups and five tablespoons of
water in an aluminium or granite
boiler, add water in the above pro-
portion, a good size piece of butter;
allow to boil, stirring constantly as
1t thlckens; try beating a bit in a
saucer when it creams; beat rapidly
and pour quickly on a buttered mar.
bic slab or dish. If you wish the
nuts, add just before taking up, and
be sure to put in a teaspoon of va.
nilla.
Belle: There is a very attractive
wide hemstitching done by machin.
cry, and while it does not take the
Place of the work done by hand. it
can be used in places where it is
Tot possible to pull the threads for
tn!s work. 1t is used a great deal
THIS year, and quite a bit of creme
de chine. The Southern Accordion
Flaltlng company Whitehall street
AtIahta, is one very good place
mere are others, of course.
Manners: Write to Miss Ral,o
6runner' Cole Book company, about
tne book on etiquette. The best one
IS 9z.9o' L think, but there is a
very very good one at $1.65. Now
am not quite sure as to these
plIces' so you had best write ii.
iectly to her. Indeed. 7 thin1. a
look OF that character might Vol
ne IN every home. We"
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Something to say;
What can it be-
Two little words
Remember me-"
ROSA LEE EDWARDS.

Dear Folks Maybe some of you will re-
member me (Emma), as 1 have written
three or four times before. But this time
I'm bringing new cousin; she is a ''reglar
feller," and I'm sure every one of you will
like her. She is a blonde, too. We wish
some of you were here with us today. We
are clerking and, of course, sampling every
thing in the store that's eatable. But we
do that every day. And listen! We have
some high water here now. The river IS
all over the bottoms, and we have some very
swell times riding in the boats and fishing.
Of course. we don't fish while the water is
so high, but that's our main sport in the
good old summer time. Better come see us
and try your luck. We like the idea of
having the pictures in the Letter Box very
much. hut we don't know what You have tn
do to be thusly honored, Will some one
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L was all1ng and
couldbarely do my
h ouse work and
washing I was so
rundown, jus t
from having one
child. / took a lot
of medicines and
had doctors. Then
/ gave them all up
and took Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound
and 7 fool u0pdor
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Dear Children:

Dear Children:
just a word about your school
debates. When I get a letter just
few days before your debate is
to take place, 1 am unable to get
the information you desire, write it
out so you can study it and get it
back to you in time. You must also
allow for some delay in my getting
Through my heavy mail.
l Just love to help you and hope
you will write me in time so that I
can.
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THE LETTER BOX
FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS
Help for the Helpless-Kindness to
All Dumb Things"

No unsigned letters printed.
No letter written on both sides of
paper printed.
All letters not to exceed $50 to 200
words.
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WOMAN,S HEALTH /.
RESTORED
She Claims Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound Did ItAfter
Everything Else Failed

Milwaukee, Wis. az feel that I
ought to let you know about my case.
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Lovingly,
AUNT JULIA.

Hello. Auntie and Cousins: Let me in,
please, for I'm almost freezing this old cold
qay; Give me seat by Elmer Bridges for
ike good boys. This is my first attempt
at writing to this delightful corner. 1
couidn t resist any longer after reading so
many nice, interesting letters. I've been a
silent reader for quite a while and have
enjoyed 1t immensely. Aunt Julia, 1 was SO
glad to hear of you sending that check to
Miss Martha Berry. 1 just know it was
greatly appreciated. You couldn't possibly
nave given it to a more worthy or needy
cause. I've lived near the Berry school all
my life and am a former student of Berry
L IN personally acquainted with Miss Berry
ana dearly love her. l know what a wonder
full help she has been ~ US country girls
and boys If You cousins could visit the
schools and see what Miss Berry is doing
for those little orphans that she protects
and educates. you would every one be glad
to contribute considerably more than you
ever have. I thank you, Aunt Julia, for
helping dear Miss Berry's cause that much
and also you cousins for maxim git possible
to send that check.
[ guess my letter is getting lengthy so
III not describe myself and l don't want
any of you to run away. My age is be-
tween ten and twenty. I'll leave it for you
to guess. Hello, there, Roland Pettyjohn,
[ guess your age to he twenty three. I'm
looking for that photo Write again, we
like to see letters from Crackers Neck. ;"
Your new cousin,
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BURGESS
BEDTIME
STORIES

BY THORNTON w. BURGESS
OF friendships that alone is best
That stands the unexpected test.
johnny Chuck.
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POUNDS per acre? Will College
No. / be satisfactory variety
of cotton for this section of the
state?
There is only one objection to
using College No. 1 cotton in South
Georgia. This strain is not resistant
to the wilt disease, which is more
or less evident in your section of
the state. If you plant this variety
on land infested with the fungus
which produces this disease, you
VIII probably lose the greater part
of your crop. We think it would be
better for you to plant Toole cot
ton, as this is quite strongly re.
slstant to the wilt fungus, 1t is
grown successfully by many people
in the vicinity where you now re-
side. You should have no difficulty
in obtaining high-grade seed of this
variety at a reasonable cost,
In your section, we recommend
the use of 700 pounds of fertilizer
per acre. Put 500 pounds under the
bed and mix it with the soil before
the land is listed. Use 200 pounds
as a side-application. For your Sec
ton, we would recommend the an.
plication of formula containing
10 per cent phosphoric acid, per
cent Of nitrogen and 4 per cent of
potash. Such a formula may be pre-.
pared by mixing together 400
pounds of sulphate Of ammonia, l ,25O
pounds of high-grade acid phosphate
and $50 pounds of muriate of pot
ash. You need to add enough rich
dirt to this mixture to raise the
weight up to 600 pounds. Or bet
ter still, you may take the materials
suggested and mix them together
divide into three equal parts and
use one-third per acre.
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(Miss) EVA MARGARET HURT,
Powersburg, Ky.

Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins As I have
never seen a letter from Dewey Rose.
ing the cousins letters for some time, so
thought l would visit them and Aunt Julia
this afternoon if 1 may. Aunt Julia, please
as l am just a little blue this afternoon.
will not spend much time in describing my
sseltw as some of the cousins object to that,
but 1 will say 1 do not have bobbed hair
nor do l paint, although 1 do not disap-
prove of either. If bobbed hair is becoming
to any one then wear it bobbed. I'm sure
it would be lots less trouble. Mother Ma
ture has solved the paint question for me
when she gave ME plenty of color. l enjoy
reading as much as any one and have read
numbers Of good books, also do lots of fancy
work. piece quilts. COOK. wash dishes. sweer
and in fact. most anything that is to he
done in the house aud work little on the
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-04-14
DOROTHY DIX
DISCUSSES
LIFE
Do You Have to Be Alone? Develop
Your Own Resources and You'll
Be Good Company For
Yourself.

VIZ HEN Senator John Sharp
w Williams retired from politi-
cal life at the close \of con.
gress, some one asked him what he
was going to do. He replied that
he was going back to his old home
in Mississippi, to his old friends and
old neighbors, and to his books and
his hooking birds and his flowers,
and then he added:
II will not be lonesome, for in SO
yearys L have never once bored my
self"
1 think the thing that most Of us
will envy Senator Williams more
than We do his long and brilliant ca
reer; more than the honors that
have been heaped upon him; more
than his fame as a statesman and
an orator, will be the fact that he
has always had an entertaining
companion in himself.
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BREWSTER MANNING.
Armuchee. Ca. Route ?.

Hello, everybody! May I step in for
just a few minutes chat? viii promise
not to stay too long: If I were to take
subject it would be on Kindness" A
word of kindness is a seed which, when
dropped by Lchance, springs up a flower.
A Kind word and pleasant voice are gifts
easy to give: be liberal with them; they
are worth more than money. Kindness
is like a calm and peaceful stream that
reflects every object in it's just proper
ton. The violent spirit, like troubled wa
tiers, renders back the images of things
distorted and broken, and communicates
to them that disOrdered motion which
arises from it's own agitation. Kindness
makes sunshine wherever it goes it finds
its way into hidden chambers of the heart,
and brings forth golden treasures; harsh
ness, on the contrary, seals them up for
ever. Kindness makes the mothers lula
by sweeter than the song of the lark, the
care-laden brow of the father and man
of business less severe in their expression.
There is nothing like kindness in the world.
Little drops of rain brighten the mea-
dOws, and little acts Of kindness brighten
the world"
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Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: AS L hap
pened to be one of those who were re-
quested to send their photo, I'm sending
one of mine with this letter. NooW' don
you all throw the paper down and run wheh
YOU see one from South Carolina. This was
made March 10, just week ago: 1t was
dark and cloudy and the picture isn't very
good, but, as l had been requested 10 sehd
one. 1 will send it on.
How many Of you keep the photos in the
Letter Box? 1 do. Don't you think the
Letter Box gets better every week? want
to tell all of you who have had letter
printed since the first day of March that l
certainly enjoyed them. 1 will not try to
name you, for 1 would use so much space
Ernest HOLMAN, you have my birthday
Mine is the 9th of November If | were
to discuss the paint and powder question
with you ] would be here so long l never
would get the door open any more.
I will be going now, for 1 certainly want
to he admitted again some time, as l am
fond of this jolly crowd
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CHRISTINE M'CULLAR.
Water Valley, Miss, Star route

Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will Won
PIsease move over and let me come in for a
IittIe chat? I have been a silent reader of
aunt Julia's counsel for a long time and
letters. l live in the country and I wouldi't
exchange with any city kid" I think the
scenery is so beautiful out in the country.
There is large cliff near here where we
go on picnic trips some times. What sports
40 you cousins like best? l like horseback
riding best of all Elmer Bridges. come
again. your letters were fine. I would
Ike to guess at your age but I am a wee
PIT tmid. ! will not describe myself for
rear of making some one run, my age is
between eighteen and twenty-five. If any
OF you wish to correspond with a Kentucky
lassie, address
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Dearest Auntie and Cousins: May be adj
h INTO your happy band again? 1t has
been almost six months since | wrote To
your jolly band. 1 want to thank auntie
for printing my other letter. and ali Who
wrote to me. l answered every letter I re.
eelved. 1T kept me busy for a long time.
Some of the cousins still keep up CORE
spondence with me. Retha Bryant, of Darl-
1ngton: s. c., your letter was fine, if you
see this, write me. Listen. all of you cous.
ms. write me a long letter or a card. IN
answer all mail received. I hope can get
some more correspondents. as 1 am lonely
at times. Your old cousin.
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farm, too, sometimes. We bovo - -,
N fidl OF flowers both yard flowerS 49, a., az
rn rT~e rs: l. am about to break Aunt Juli"'s
hue burr,, ny staying so long, So l will have -
FURRY to away, Will some of you cousins V write
ans~er ri neee,. girl? will try to
cousin. ~ ~ on, received. new
Dewy Rose. Ga. Rnnte ! nZA d-hoND.
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please tell us? We notice Aunt Julia in
sists on short, interesting letters. We know
short SO gOOd-by. We> are going to he
awfully disappointed if somebody doesn't
write to us. So long.
EMMA SMITH.
DESSIE MINOR.