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Boxer, the young Bear who with
his twin sister Wool Wool, had been
sent out to make places for 5hem-
selves in the Great World, had dis
covered the real reason why they
had been turned out of their old
home by Mother Bear. There were
new babies there. Yes, gir, there
were new babies there. Boxers nose
was out of Joint as the saying is.
Instead of being pleased, he was
jealous.
Now, jealousy is the meanest feel
ing that can take possession of any
body 1t leads to anger to sulki-
ness to envy and to other bad feel
ings. At first Boxer was simply
very angry. What might have hap
pened to those helpless babies under
the old windfall had Boxer got in
there before the return of Mother
Bear no one knows. But he didn't
get in there. Mother Bear returned
just in the nick of time, and she
gave Boxer one of the greatest
rights in his whole life. In that
fright he forgot anger and every
thing else.
But after he had fully recovered
from that fright, and had found
that Mother Bear was not after him.,
he began to grow angry again. 1t
was jealous anger. He felt that he
and Wool Wool had been very bad
Iy treated in being sent out in the
Great World to make their own way.
| They hadn't, you know. They were
big enough to take care of them
selves, and it was high time for
them to be doing it. But Boxer just
| wouldn't think of it in this way.
He blamed those helpless babies
under the old windfall which had
been his old home. Yes, sir, he put
all the blame on them.
Its all their fault" he kept NUT
tering to himself, as he prowled
about in the Green Forest, always
taking care never to go very near
| that old windfall. ut is all their
fault. That was my home and Woof-
| Woof's. and they have no b-si12.S
there. If ever ! catch them I'll MAKE
them sorry. I'll teach them a lesson.
Yes, sir, that's what I'll do. III
teach them a lesson. I guess they'll
never drive anybody else out of u
home. There must be two of them
I'm sure ] heard two cry. l don't
see why Mother Bear didn't PIT
them out when they first came. Nv.
but she was ugly when she chased
me away from that windfall!"
So as Boxer wandered about
through the Green Forest he kept
thinking and thinking about thos5:
new babies in the old horne. He
couldn't get them out of his head.
And the more he thought of them
the more suky he became. He felt
| that he was q very much abused
young Bear. He thought only CT
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-05-26
A BEDTIME STORY
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS

himself. He didn't give thought
to Wool Wool. By this time he had
almost forgotten her.
Probably had he not discovered
that there were new babies in the
old home he would by this time have
been contented and well satisfied
young Bear. He didn't need Mother
Bear any longer. He had no use for
that old home. He probably would
very soon have left Mother Bear
had she not driven him away when
she did. But the discovery that there
were new babies and that Mother
Bear had no thought for any one
but them, made all the difference in
the world.
And so Boxer sulked and suIked
and sulked, and was as bad temper
ed as a young Bear could be. Doz-
ems of times he was tempted to go
back to that old windfall. But he
didn't do it. Every time he was so
tempted he remembered that ugly
growl of Mother Bears and how
dreadful her teeth had looked. He
would shiver at he thought apd
wander off in another direction.
Copyright, 1928, by T.. w. Burgess.)
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THE sCHOOLHOUsE TRAGEDY

The newspapers have filled their
columns with the gruesome story OF
a holocaust in South Carolina
schoolhouse where more than 70
men, women and children were not
only burned to death, but so nearly
consumed by the flames that s.
could not be identified, and were
buried in one grave, like flesh
crisped to blackness and ashes.
1t must have been horrible sight,
for it is fearful to read about.
1t was a great mistake las now ap-
pears) to collect on the second story
floor, 800 people, big and little, with
only one little staircase to descend
by-and while kerosene lamps are
far safer now than 40 years ago,
there should have been more than
one lamp to see the way down and
out.
1t proved to be horrible death
trap, and those who witnessed the
awful scene will be haunted by it to
The end of their lives.
I had a new barn with six mules
and horses burned up several years
ago. l have never forgotten that
horror, but when these charred re-
out of the dismal debris, it was all
that was left of husbands, fathers,
mothers, wives and their own little
children! The scene beggars descrlp-
! ton.
There are mnay things connected
with public schools that can be
made better by the exercise Of aver
| age common sense-in the preserv-
i'm Of nd
! This public school business in Geor-
gia is the most expensive thing with
| in the states limits. 1t has become
evident, to my mind, that very small
| children, under the age of 7, to
| speak plainly, should not go to
| school and be managed as more
| adult pupils are supposed to be-.
Baby children Of 6 should not be
made to go up stairsteps to occupy
upper story school rooms-and in
case of fire there should be ground
| floor exits which can be promptly
available for little ones to escape.
| In this schoolhouse tragedy there
was only a possible jump from sec
| ond-story windows, and from what is
| published nobody knows how many
little ones had their bodies stamped
to death by the feet>of heavy adults,
| frenzied by their surroundings.
And that door, which was wedged
! tight with q mass Of rrenzied people,
and could not be opened to save their
lives. Actually boxed in a second
story room, and cremated, alive!
Common sense would indicate that
anybody Of common discretion would
understand the necessity for outside
steps-or some sort Of fire escape.
The whole thing is sickening! We
are spending tens of thousands on
all sorts of frills and follies, in school
management and surplus demon
schoolhouse in South Carolina
should have shown the hazard of
that second story room, with only
one little staircase in case of panic.
UNCLE ROB'S LAST LETTER
He's Chained Up "Tin Lizzie"
My dear Brother Tom. with pen in
my hand
I taken my seat, endeavrin' to
| write,
Of some of the doins in this neck
Of land
That don't go with me by dad
blamed sight.
There's been some changes since
you went away,
Of fust one kind, but mostly an
other,
And who's goin' to work and who's
goin' to pay,
Is givin' me a dickens of bother,
A lot of folks busted-in a bad
What money they had jst fooled
away;
They got some of mine with their
dad-burned tricks;
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GIRLS! LEMONS
BEAUT|FY AND
WRITTEN SKIN

Mix the juice of two lemons with
three ounces of Orchard White,
which any druggist will supply for
a few cents, shake we'll in a bottle
and you have a whole quarter-pint
of the most wonderful skin soften
er 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 a freckle, sunburn, and
tan bleach because it doesn't irritate.
ADVERTISEMENT
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THE COUNTRY HOME
BY MRS. W. H. FELTON,

Their notes past due and the
devil won't pay.
But fust I must write of things
about home
LAS fur as health goes we're all
very welD;
They've done one thing they ort to
let alone,
And where it's gwine to end I jist
can't tell.
Now, there is Sister Sues boy, Tom
Sam Jim,
AS wild as a buck a jumpin' the
moon;
A fine chap he was once when you
knew him,
But now not wuth a tinker's
picayune.
AS good to work then as ever I
seen,
Till Sue went and bought that dad
gummed flivver,
Twixt flappers, flivvers, swimmin'
holes between
He's busted Sou up clean as a
shiver.
I talked to Sue then, and Sue
talked to me
The way that things about home
was a gwine;
Twas natural, 1 'spose, she couldn'
quito see
Her boy was runnin down stream
with the line.
He calls me gov'ner, and sometimes
calls me INK;
His Ma he calls Maternal An
cestor;
Now where in the world did he get
that bunk?
And why's that boy a tarnation
poster?
He's mean and saucy, stubborn anG
lazy
I swear that boy is goin' to kill
Sue;
sometimes think they've just run
him crazy
Then flappers, flivvers and, swim
min holes, too.
Then me and Sue fell talkin' to
gether
The way that things about home
was a-gwine,
And Sue talked on and wondered
just whether
Twas best to take up the slack
in the line.
He's done quit work-he says it's
out of style
Just fools and fiddles and flivver's
about;
And out all night with flappers al
the while;
A plumb lounge-lizard and 3
worthless sprout.
Now Sue sold her stock last fall
in the mill,
To pay off sthe note for that
blamed tin can;
She's now sellin' eggs to pay HI!
gas bill,
And last week mortgaged her last
piece of land.
Then Sue talked to me and talked
to Sue; ...
We'd talked and worried our poor
heads dizzy;
I thought and though till
thought the thing through,
Then got log chain and chained
that tin lizzie.
Your Brother Rob.
Dear Readers of Country Hom'
Column: My good old friend ha!
"drapped" into poetry. He know
what he is writing about. Some
time or another I'll tell you wha
a good citizen, wide-awake and al
of that which is excellent that hi
stands for. ...,
MRS. W. II. FELTON,.
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DOROTHY DIX DISCUSSES LIFE
TALKS ON HEART AND HOME

the result of dyspepsia than they
are of premeditated meanness.
II women could only appreciate
the effect that the way they are
fed has upon the character and dis
positions of their husbands, and
upon their husbands success, the
cooking schools would be jammed to
the doors with married ladies seeking
to acquire the art that turns roar.
ing lion to- cooling dove. that eats
out of your hand.
No more would hungry man, af-
ter hard days work, be set down
to a. dinner of overdone meat and I'M
derdone bread, or else fed messeS
out of paper bags that his wife had
bought as she hurried home from
her bridge club or the matinee. All,
no. Wife would have the fear OF his
liver before her eyes, and realize
that if she upset his stomach with
indigestible food that it would make
him cross and irritable, and that he
would be nasty to get along with, ana
that it would be folly to ask him for
money for new hat.
Napolean said that an army trav$
eled on it's stomach. So does every
man. Ninety.nine times out OF g.
hundred his wife's housekeeping sets
the measure OF a mans achieve
ments. The undernourlshed, araemid
man who never mas any good whole
some food at home lacks the strength
and the courage to tackle a big job.
Also he is the man who breaks down
with nervous prostration by the time
he is middle aged. 1t Is the men
| whose wives feed them well and
wisely who are able to carry on un-
til three score and ten.
Tt would be interesting to know
how many men have had their
careers wrecked by bad breakfasts.
The man who sits down to cup
of lukewarm, poisonous coffee, and
sad slice of burnt toast, and an
egg whose character is not above
reproach, starts the day in inood
that makes him see everything with
jaundiced eyes. He is so pessimistfc
! that he would turn down the most
gilt-edged proposition on earth. He
| is so irritable that he is ready to I'M
suit his best client, and snap the
head off Of his biggest customer, and
he is so full of the glooms that
everybody avoids him as IL he had
| the leprosy.
Just because he had mean break
fast, and was hungry and nervous
and cross, has made many a man
make the wrong. decision in business
and slam the door of fortune in his
face, and throw up a job that he
| spent the balance of his life repent-
ing. w.
AS for keeping husbands love-,
no other way IS so potent as to
| keep him healthy, and well cared.
for, and comfortable. It is only the
neurotic who is on still hunt for
new sensations and thrills.
If you will observe closely, you
will find that all the affinities and
soul mates have a lean and hungry
look. No man Wanders far from his
own fireside who finds a better din
ner there than he does anywhere
else. Nor is there any other such dis
courager Of philanderings as that
stuffy feeling you have after .eat-
ing that makes you want to sit down
and browse instead Of chasing chick.
ems.
All Of which brings us back 70
the original point, which is that the
Orientals who apostrophized their
wives as the joys Of their liverss
said something. ~ r
Copyright. 1929
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-05-26

There is nothing you can seed at
this season Of the year that would
likely make a permanent pasture.
Tame grasses are best seeded, in the
fall. The land should be carefully
prepared for this purpose and lib
orally fortified. Following it for
part of the season is good practice.
By this means, you can, destroy a
large percentage of the weed seed
which will terminate from time to
time throughout the growing sea
son. You do not state the character
of your land. If it is moist bottom
land, then you can probably grow
red top, white clover, alsike clover
and orchard grass on it to consider
able advantage. If it is upland soil,
we do not believe you will find any
thing better to utilize than Bermuda
grass and 1espedeza. A good catch
crop to follow oats might be cowpeas
and millet. This combination makes
an excellent hay, if it is cut and
cured at the right time. You should
use an early maturing variety OF
cowpeas with millet. We find Ten.
nessee millet the most satisfactory
strain to grow. Sudan grass can
also be planted with cowpeas or soy
beans. The Laredo mad the O-too-ta
are especially valuable for hay pro-
ductiOn,~
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fections is not the heart but the
| liver, and that love potions really
are efficacious- because they contain
drugs that stimulate that organ.
OF course, this is hardly news, for
all of us know from personal ex-
perience that, whether We see the
world through a rosy haze and over
| flow with the milk Of human kind
ness. or whether we opine that
everything is going to the demna.
! ton bow-wows, and long to murder
every one of our fellow creatures,
| Is not g. matter of reason, or con-
science. but simply a matter OF
liver.
A lean, and sallow, and bilious
optimist is as rare as a white black.
bird. Pessimism is the country of
the bilious, just as optimism and
good cheer and amiability are the
characteristics of those whose livers
are hitting on every cylinder.
The knowledge that it is the livaer
and not the heart with which they
must deal should be tidings Of great
joy to women, and especially to mar.
ried women, for it furnishes them
with a good working plan for solv-
ing their two great problems: (a)
how to manage a husband; (b) how
to retain q husbands affections, and
keep him a perpetual lover.
1t has always been hard to do
anything with the heart. which is
a tough and stringy bunch of
muscles, little amenable to outside
influences. But the liver is softer
organ, and one more easily touched,
more open to argument, as it were.
Therefore, the wife who appeals
to her husbands liver has a far
/ better chance of success in her I'M
dertaking than she who attic apis to
speed up or slow down his heart
action. Above ALL, the knowledge
that the springs of emotion are in
the liver gives to her the secret
couture that enables her to make OF
him the sort of husband she wishes
Now there are two types Of hus
bands. Ore is grouchy and glum
and about as pleasant to have
around the house as a sore he AIDED
bear. He never speaks at home eX
|
his food, he RACES over the bills. He
slaps the baby. and spanks the
children, and swears at his wife
and at the sound Of his key in his
lock of an evening even the cat
takes to the cellar.
The other type of husband is a
ray of sunshine in the home. He Is
genial, and kindly, and affectionate
Interested in what everybody. has
been doing, full of appreciation ant
praise for all that his wife and
children do, and at his coming every
eye brightens, and every hear
sings for joy.
How to change the grouchy hus
band into the cheerful husband Il
task that millions of women have
essayed in vain. They failed be
cause they worked on the mans
heart instead of his liver, for grump
mess and ill-temper are far oftenei
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was crying for. Since | have been
taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound l feel younger than
did ten years ago, and my friends
all tell me look younger, and I owe
it all to the Vegetable Compound. !
do all my homework for a family of
seven now. l will be glad to answer
any woman who writes me in regard
to my case. Mrs. JOHN MYERS, So
Union ST., Greenville, Pa.
Many letters similar to this have
been published testifying to the
merit of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound. They are sincere ex-
pressions from women who describe
as best they can their feelings be-
fore and after taking this well-knoWn
medicine.
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|7HEGUIDEPoST
| by
! Henry van Dyke
Rich and Poor
@Io23 REPUBuc SYnD

Rich and Poor
The, rich and poor meet TO-
gethef.-Prov. 22:2; Matt. 25:14
80,
EQUALITY of e condition is
nowhere written in the
Christian program. In fact,
the parable of the talents i'm
plies a continuing state Of in
equality.
Yet the real curse Of the one
talent man is not the poverty of
his portion, but the .n3anness
and selfishness of his heart.
He is a Stacker, a shiTker,
striker, a lockout man, a para.
site.
His unused talent becomes
fungus.
That the rich and the poor arc
likely to be with us as long as
men differ in ability and indus
try, is clearly intimated in the
Good Book as well as in the dry
tables of political economy.
But the Good Book adds pre-
diction of woe to the rich il they
suffer the pride of wealth to
divide them from the poor.
go to, now, ye rich men,
weep and howl for your miseries
that shall come upon you.
Your riches are corrupted
and your garments are moth
eaten.
your gold and silver is
cankered; and the rust of them
shall be a witness against you,
and shall eat your flesh as it
were fire"
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lit did wonders Tor
me. / was down
in bed when !
started to take it
and weighed 95
pounds. / had hot
flashes and was so
nervous and weak
that everything
would get black
and / could not
see. I would sit
and cry and did
not know what /
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THE QUESTION BOX
Rules
FOR EVERYBODY

Rules
/. 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 personal
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 CUES
tions must be sent separately and
must be addressed to Aunt Julia's
Question Box, The Atlanta Tri-Week
ly Journal, Atlanta. Ga.
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Dear Folks: I am glad that some
of our "men folks" are interested
in the Question Box, especially
when they ask questions about Ell
quette. 1t seems fine to think that
they are not so absorbed in the ut
terly material things as to be lost
to the niceties of life. To be a
herman" as they express it, does
not mean to be "rough-neck, or
tough, In fact, the very manifest
man I know is as gentle in his man
ners as any woman, and you can
believe me when I tell you he comes
pretty near TO accomplishing any
thing he starts out to do. He is
never inconsiderate' of the members
of his family. Whenever he has to
say mo" to a request, he always
has an excellent reason for refusal,
and his family, realizing this, never
question his decision. A little kind
ness goes a nightly long way in this
world.
Cordially,
AUNT JULIA.
l.
a lady enters the room. 1t is never
correct to stand with Tc@~ hat on
when talking to. a woman, be she
young OK old. Of course, when it
is raining, cold or very hot, a
Thoughtful woman will request you
to put your hat on.
Violet: Your letter was very good
indeed, but you know the rules.
We cannot break them by putting
your letter, in with a pen name.
That is only done in the Question
Box when the real name is furnished
me. In the Letter Box, signatures
must appear. If you will authorize
me to use your name I will be glad to
publish your letter. '>.
Beauty: My advice is, if you have
an eruption on your face, see
doctor. Do not eat greasy food,
keep your system in good condition,
use plenty of water and soap moth
ing helps like cleanliness) and from
a reputable druggist get a good
cream for use on your face at night
Be sure when putting on this cream
not to pull the face down. Rub
from the mouth and upward.
Jessie: l do not know whether
Florida has a library commission.
I hope so. You can find out by
writing to the department of edu
cation at your state capital.
Mary Lou: White canvas slippers
will be worn this summer. You Will
find that bon ami, a good stiff brush
and water and a little elbow grease
used in careful scrubbing will keep
your slippers of canvas or linen very
white. Be sure to scrub your shoes
only when they can be put in the
sun to dry. Long drying sometimes
leaves a stain.
Beatrice Harris: Your letter was
good and showed a lovely spirit.
was about to print it when your
postscript caught my eye. Are you
sure that Mollie would not get the
paper and read what you had writ
ten of her illness which you say
the family does not discuss with
her? II you feel sure of this, write
me a note and I will then publish
your letter and I am sure the cou
sins will be only too glad to write
to her.
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Summer Hats

AS the summer advances, hats OF
lace and maline are seen in large
numbers. Frequently huge bows and
streamers of filny materials are
grated onto leghorn or Milaa
FICTION
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Dear Children: With the eXcep-
ton of hearty good morning to
you, the Letter Box will be yours.
1t is a great temptation to me to,
talk with you at length, but once
in a while 1 get very generous and
give a larger space to you,
Lovingly,
AUNT JULIA.
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BY DOROTHY DIX
II You Would Have Your Husband
Healthy, Wealthy and in Love
With You, Give. Him Good
Food

w ! ! E 3 y ::
Oriental
addresses his
adored one,
not as 1.-The
darling OF my
heart" but as
1.-The joy of my
liver" it APP
pears that he
speaks by the
card. For 4
learned SCien.
fist has just
established the
fact that the
seat Of the af-
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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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CHANGE OF LIFE
LOSES TERRORS
For Women who Rely upon
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege.
table Compound

Greenville, Pa. -" took your med.
icine through the Change of Life and
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Cut the Dat Crop and Then
ReSeed the Land

w. H. P, Cedartown, Ga,
writes: II have about eight acres
of oats. Is there anything I can
SOW over them now to make a
good, permanent pasture?
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Pity the Kings Guard

LONDON.-The allowance made
for feeding the kings guard at St
James palace has been reduced 4C
per cent.
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Boxer Grows Sulky

A sulky person is a bore;
Nothing less and nothing more.
Old Mother Nature.