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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-01-31
A BEDTIME STORY
BY THORNTON ". BURGESS

This 81 our New Yorw wish to you:
Just happiness the whole year
through.
Danny and Nanny Meadow Mouse.
Safe in their nest in the little cup
board in the great man-bird, as they
called the airplane, Danny and Man,
ny Meadow Mouse talked and talked
and talked. The airplane was locked
up in the shed for the night and there
was nothing to disturb them. Danny
told all about his adventures and the
strange people he had met. He told
about Gator the Alligator and Grand
ma Pelican and Barter the Snakebird
and Egret, the snow cousin, of Long
legs the Heron. Nanny told how
nothing had happened there until
that very afternoon. Then the great
an-bird had been rolled out of it's
shed and the dreadful noise had be-
gun. OF course, Nanny meant the
engine had been started.
IT wa enlightened almost to death,
Danny Meadow Mouse" said she,
smuggling a little closer to him. you
see, 7 thought that great man-bird
was going to fly and take me away
where I never never would have a
chance to see you again. [ was
afraid to go and I was afraid to stay.
But here we are together, and you
must promise never to leave me
again. Say that you never, never
will, Danny"
"I never, never, never will, If I can
help it," said Danny. And with this
promise Nanny had to be content.
Now, while they had been talking
in the night strange and wonderful
thing had happened. An old year
had passed out and a new year had
come in. Danny and Nanny didn't
know it, but it was so. So it hap
pened that when morning came the
great man-bird was once more rolled
out of its shed. The engine was
started. The aviator climbed into
his seat, and presently they were all
up in the air. You see, that aviator
was going to give an exhibition in
order to celebrate the New Year.
That was the strangest New Year
Danny and Nanny ever had known.
The sun was bright, the air was
warm, Mr.. Moclzer was singing, there
were flowers in bloom, and if they
hadn't known that it couldn't be
| they would have thought that it was
midsummer. In fact, their coats
were too warm. They actually were
uncomfortable.
The great manbird kept going up
and coming down. Sometimes the
aviator took some one up with him.
| Sometimes he went up alone and
made the great man-bird swoop and
dive and turn over and do just such
wonderful things in the air as the
best filters among the birds do, and
some things that even they can not
do. And all the time Danny and
Nanny Meadow Mouse were in the
big man bird. They were actually
enjoying it. You see, they had been
flying so much that they no longer
were afraid. Besides, the big man
bird was now their home and the
aviator was their friend.
So in this strange way they spent
New Years day, and it was a happy
day. 1t was quite as happy New
Year as ever they had spent at home
when the Green Meadows were COW
cred with snow and ice. Being to-
| gether again, they were so happy
that right down in their hearts they
wished everybody else happiness,
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-01-31
DOROTHY DIX DISCUSSESLIFE
TALKS ON HEART AND HOME

ness and comfort, and we'll being
are the most important things on
earth, then you have called down
certain misery on your head. You
have made 81 god of yourself, and
you feel that, like a god, you should
be exempt from the ordinary human
lot. And when you find that you are
not, and that you have to know
sickness and sorrow, and the death
of your beloved, and disappointment,
and failure, it wrecks you. You lack
the courage and philosophy to stand
them.
'.And when the dark hour comes to
the selfish self-centered person, he
or she has nowhere to go, no one
to turn to, for no one loves an
egoist. You often hear old people
complain Of their loneliness. They
are paying the penalty for just such
a life as you are planning. They
thought of themselves first, last
! and all the time in their youth, and
| now nobody thinks of them. 1t is
kismet.
did you ever know greedy per-
son who was satisfied? Never. The
more he or she gets the more he or
she wants. And often after such
| people have grabbed, and robbed
and looted, until they have piled up
mountains of material things-when
they wallow, piglile, in their pal.
| aces and limousines, amidst heaps
of gold and jewels, they break their
| hearts for the intangible things
| their grasping hands cannot bring
them.
Real love, friendship, companion.
ship, the faithful, loyal devotion OF
a husband or wife-sons and daugh.
tiers who are growing up to be an
honor to ther1-you never knew a
selfish man or woman who had
! these. And without these every.
thing else is worthless.
and did you ever notice that the
things the selfish grab for them
selves, turn to dead sea fruit in
their grasp? I have known many
women who have taken other
women's husbands away from then
They said they had a right to their
own happiness and to the men they
| loved But [ have never known
any woman to build house of hap
piness that endured on the wreck CT
a sister ,won1an's home.
IT have known many selfish hus
bands and wives. I have known
| tyrannical husbands who browbeat
timid, little. women; husbands who
took the best of everything fol-
themselves; husbands whoae wives
and children shuddered with dread
when they heard their key in the
front door at night; I have known
selfish wives, who worked their hus
bands to death to pay their bills
wives who were lazy lcefers, who
never lifted a hand to make thei.
husbands comfortable; wives whc
sacrificed their husbands to theil
nerves and tempers. But, I never
knew a selfish husband Or wife who
was happy, or who had q happy
home.
For the selfish wish TO have love
in addition to everything else, anC
love they know they cannot have.
And so, my dear" I said, "yol
will find that selfishness doesn't 1,a1
even in q material way. IF ycu try
to grab everything in sight, tn;
world will fight you to a finish t.
keep you from getting it. But +
you are modest and put others be
fore yourself and ask no more thar
your fair share, the world hands vol
your hearts desires on a silver
salver."
| Copyright, 1920
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-01-31
OUR HOUSEHOLD
CONDUCTED BY LIZZIE O. THOMAS

stock And if YOU have the sort of
weather we have get the eggs as
soon as they are laid. Some of you
may remember that 1 wrote about
Manson's eye worm, and 1 am sorry
to inform you that it, or some form
of eye trouble, is very prevalent
right now.
1 heard the superintendent of a
big poultry show say that this sea-
sons show had more than one blind
in one eye hen or cockerel out Of
each hundred. That's serious.
told you at the same time that
Conkey's Poultry book, which you
can get free from any dealer, or by
sending them a card, tells you all
the symptoms of every disease. Here
is what it says Of Manson's Eye
Worm: "In certain sections of the
south this parasitic disease of the
eye has become rather common. The
worms are white, small and thread
like, a little over half an inch long,
and the thickness of a fine sewing
needle, being thiclIest in the middle
and tapering to both ends. The first
symptoms are uneasiness and
scratching at the eyes. Inflamma-
ton is accompanied by an album
dance Of tears, the eyes stick to-
gether and a cheesy matter gathers
in them"
The eyes must be treated with a
mild wash of some sort and you may
get the worm if you use an eye wash
in a medicine dropper and then wipe
the head gently from the beak back
and force it'out Of the corner of the
eye. The cheesy stuff, and all
cloits or soft paper used must be
burned. Roup also is highly con-
tagious so burn the stuff you get
then.
Plenty OF you are getting baby
chicks now. Be sure you have a warm
receptacle for them, give them but.
termilk and later eggbread that has
been well dried out.
Remember that you can have your
baby chicks too hot, as we'll as too
cold, hundred is. about right, I'M
less you have a brooder, If so, have
it exactly like the maker says, no
two are made alike.
And remember that they must be
as carefully handled as a child. Don't
stuff them, but keep them busy when
they are not asleep. Did you ever
notice them all lying stretched out
like little puppies? That shows they
are comfortable.
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which was just the rich wish for
New Years day. They made that
wish with all their might. And 1t
must have come true, for every one
else seemed to be happy.
So Danny and Nanny Meadow
Mouse began the New Year way, way
down in the Sunny South, and didn't
know that up in the north where
they had come from all their friends
still there were sure that they were
dead and thought of them little bit
sorrowfully on this happy New Year
day.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-01-31

privileges, you Will be COld-ShOQl-
dered out Of the way. When they
see that you have no consideration
for any one else, no consideration
will be shown to you.
>"You can see this illustrated in a
thousand different ways about you,
Who are the merchants who pros
per? Not the ones who take every
unfair advantage of their competi-
tors, and who wiring the last cent
they can possibly get out of their
customers, but the men who play
fair in business, and who are liberal
to those who buy from them.
"Who are the girls who have the
most men hanging about them?
Never those who monopolize every
man who comes near them, and
who never, by any chance, intro
duce any man they know to another
girl, but the girls who share their
beaus and their chocolates with
other girls, and try to drag other
girls into their good times.
"Who are the people we do things
for, whose interests we promote, to
NllS4At NC 4ONC ~ S4NC lllIuSSt L "
the grafters? To those who impose
upon us? To the unappreciative
and ungrateful? Not much. We
would die before we would let them
get anything out Of us, or put any
thing over on us, and every time
they climb up a round of the ladder,
we kick them down.
1.-THE people we help along, and
boost, are those who are looking out
for the other fellow instead Of them
selves; who are always ready to give
a helping hand to any one in
trouble; who consider the convent
ence and pleasure of other people,
and who modestly take the lowest
seat in the synagogue instead of
pre-empting the highest one.
Believe me, my dear, just as
honesty is the best policy, so I'M
self1shness pays better than selfish
ness. 1t actually gets you more.
''Then there is your own soul to
be reckoned with. Did you ever
know an egotist who was happy?
When you make yourself the center
Of the universe; when you consider
everything that happens in reference
to yourself; when your own happi
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-01-31
She Walks lis Miles
Rather Than Travel
With Strikebreakers

LONDON. Jan. 2S.-Ntiss Dorothy
Jewson, new labor member of the
house of commons for Norwich,
started Sunday with a woman friend
to walk from London 10 Norwich, a
distance of 115 miles, to fulfill an
engagement TO address her con-
Stituents.
Several trains were available, but
Miss Jewson refused TO use one, say
ms she regarded the men working
then as strjkehreakers, in view Of
the fact that a railway strike is now
in progress.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-01-31

a great medicine for any one in
nervous. rundown condition and ]
would be glad to give any one advice
.bout taking it. think there is no
better medicine and give you permits
lion to publish this letter. Mrs.
ANNA SMITH, 54I w. Norwood ST.,
indianapolis, Indiana.
The important thing about Lydia
E.Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is
hatitdoes helpwomen suffering from
he ailments common to their sex.
If you are nervous and rundown
md have pains in your lower parts
md in youx back, remember that the
Vegetable Compound has relieved
,ther wome.g having the same symp-
.oms. For sale by druggists every
Khare.
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Selfishness Doesn't Pay. If You Try
to Grab Everything, the World
VIII Fight You to a Finish
and You VIII Never
Find Happiness
i ma Happiness

66T AM going to look out for
lnysclf first, last and all the
time" said a young girl to
me the other day. II am going to
take everything l want, and can get.
from life"
well, you won't get much" I re-
Piled
"Why?" she asked.
Because" I said, you will find
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-01-31

the whole world
banded against
the grasper. AS
soon as people
find out that
you always grab
the best of
everything for
yourself t h e y
will block your
way, and see
that you do not
get it. w h e n
they find out
that you ride
rough shod over
e V cry ones
rights a n q
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-01-31

While nursing my
baby, and hearing
some talk of Lydia
E. Pinkham' S Veg
etable Compound,
| began taking it.
From the second
bottle | noticed a
big improvement,
and l am still TAX
ing it. l am not a
bit nervous now,
and feel like a diff
fa~ar,% v>orSnn r
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MALITSA MERRITT.
LeakesvilIe. Miss. Route q. Box so.

Dearest Aunt Julia and Cousins: VIII You
please admit another Georgia girl into your
band nf Jolly boys and girls? I'll try not
70 stay long This il my first attempt to
writes. VS. take TIE Journal, and I surely
enjoy reading the letters, and also what
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-01-31
NERVOUS, RUN
DOWN MOTHERS
Worn Out Caring for Children and
Housework-See how Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Helps

Indianapolis, Indiana. 81 was in
,crv nervous and rundown condition
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With love 70 all.
MISS PAULINE TEIGPEN.

Dear Auntie and Cousins: How are Won
cousins this beautiful afternoon? As for
ourselves VS. sre just a. Jolly as can b..
VS. sre two little Georgia country crack
e-s, and would make very good monkeys IN
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TradesviUe s. c. IA . L II Ne

Dearest Aunt Julia ana Cousins. r4o-, ?
come again 10 join you~ circle Of bows and
I.FIS; n has been almost two wears since T
wrote last, but don't guess sill Of Won
have forgot ne. I live in the old hills Of
North CaroIns, where there Is plenty or
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tMISS) LANDRA JOHNSON.
CMISS) ONYS SAWYER.
F7VIIH IWNIFIIN TITPI NTH.
T. Send mail separa teTv.


Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: I have
been reader of The Journal two or three
years and will say that ] enjoy each and
every article published, especially the let.
tiers from the cousins. We are having such
beautiful weather, I just can't refrain from
writing few lines of the beauties of nature
created by our heavenly Father that can't
ever be duplicated by the hand of man. AS
an ex-sailor 1 have had the pleasure of see
ing both the rising and setting of the sun
on land and water see her as she climbs
forth over tn ewhitecaps and blue rolling
waves only to sink down in the west behind
n mountain Of white foam leaving as is
disappears picture that can't ever be
painted by the hand OF an artist, then on
the other hand We the rising sun in the
east peeps forth over the beautiful, towering
trees that bring forth many joys of a beau
tiful spring morning. that makes any one
feel that heaven must be nearer earth than
at any other time, though surely the beauti
tul scenery has not been complete until we
see her in the western horizon sink down
behind the snow capped towering hills that
seem to rise M above the beautiful heaven
with one to witness the scenery except
lone condor on yonder peak that sleeps
through the night after one perfect day.
Hoping to hear from some Of the cousins.
II 4TT- ny
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privileges, you will be cold-shoul-
dered out Of the way. When they
see that you have no consideration
for any one else, no consideration
will be shown to you.
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GlenYille- Ga.

Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: I am send
ing gift for the little orphan. As I can't
think of anything to write I will close
the orphan an especially good time ar the
school. CLATDE HINSON
Camden, 5. c., Ronte 1, Box 81.
&
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Citra, Fla.

Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: ! have
never written to the Letter Box before: /
have been silent reader for long time;
enjoy reading the letters very much.
rcspondence from somewhere. Lots of the
cousins were telling about their pets IN
their letters. ! have quite a few dog
and cat and two pretty white rabbits.
love them ali very much. I Nove all kinds
Of flowers, especially poses, violets and
peoples Some Of You cousins write to me
and I'll surely answer any Of them, I'm
sure you will all want to see our dear OLE
Georgia. because l. like many boys and
girls who write to The Journal, come from
Georgia. Now remember to write to me
and tell all about your state and the
town you live. Love to all.
tNISS) MARJORIE CLYATT.
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Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: VIII Won
admit little Georgia girl into your happy
band OF boys and girls? I 70 to school
and am years old and in the fourth grade
My teachers name is Miss Myrtle Davis
from Dahlonegs, Ga. My mother. two broth
erS and l live alone in the country. Ny
father was a federal prohibition agent and
was instantly shot down three years ago
last June We miss Linn, OH so much
| will he glad to get letters from all the
boys and girls
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-01-31

This 81 our New Yorw wish to you:
Just happiness the whole year
through
Danny and Nanny Meadow Mouse.
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Daar Aunt Julia and Cousins: Win you
let an old cousin have a seat near the fire :?
1t is so cold outside. 1t has been ten
months since my last visit. What did you
cousins do during vacation?
Some of YOU cousins and go to
school with me. We would have a
big time. There are only six in my class.
Three boys and three girls. Our teacher
is Miss Leila Blanton of Yaldosta, Ga l
think she is real good. So
You boys and girl don't think me bad
for not answering your letters. l often
think of you.
All YOU boys and girls write to me. I
must be going.
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tMlSS) MNhJOh1h CLAAA1 L.
Nashville, Ga.

Good Evening Aunt Julia; May I come
in out Of the rain? Thank you, Aunt julia,
ana chat with the cheerful cousins for
awhile How many of you cousins so to
school? I do. and am in the seventh grade.
Like my teacher very much. I am fifteen
years old. My birthday is October 1G If I
have a twin, please write to me, Now l
want all the others that will to'wrjte me-
too) live in the city and like city life
better than country life, although l have
lived in the country almost all of my life.
1 like to visit the country in the spring.
when the trees are green and flowers are
in bloom. l also like country sports, espe-
ciaily fishing and horseback riding. How
many of You cousins like to read? I surely
do. Ny favorite authors are Mrs. Georgia
Sheldon and Mary J. Holmes. With love to
all. will bid YOU alden
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(NIISSl FRANCES HAALIONS.
FITZGERALD. Ca. West SuItana Drive.

Dear Auntie and Cousins Please pardon
me for visiting again. SO soon, but please
let me explain / had letter in the conn
Gil few days ago aud had several guessing
at my age. | have received so many letters
! never can answer them all in the worId
Several of You girls guessed my age cor
reetlT. | was eighteen December 10, so
am due some of YOU q Ford ride All right.
come on and Wei surely take it. I have
answered lots Of the letters hut find it al
most impossible to answer them all. / wish
to thank every one OF Won that wrote me.
Every letter was nice and interesting ori
II ven haven't gotten an answer please don't
Your cousin.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-04-18
The w. B. Store
BERNm1GF1ANTS
Eighth and HOquiam
EASTER GLOVES

We have received shipment of Fowne's
Gloves in both the Kid and Filosette.
The new one-button glove with fancy
cuffs and contrasting lining, colors of
beaver, mode, pelican, almond and black
with white kid.
The Filosettes are, the pair--.--$ 1.75
-Fownes Two Button Kid at $3.50
-Fownes One Button, Fancy Cuff $3.50
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-04-18

ParrfcK =. crowley. wno, haIf = cen.
fury ago. quit his fathers little farm
TO become B railroad messenger boy,
vas elected president Of the New York
Central lines. one Of Americas wealth
lest and biggest transit systems.
Osborne Cutler Wood. son and aide
Of Governor General Wood Of the
Philippines. has resigned from the
army, in which he held q commission
as second lieutenant, and the resigna-
tion has been accepted by President
Coolidge.
Congressional legislation with ma
tionwide mobilization Of public senti-
ment to assist the government in en-
forcing the prohibition laws, formed
the keynote Of a platform adopted by
the Woman's National committee for
law enforcement. in session at Wash
ington, D. c.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-04-18
IRRIGATION PROGRAM
CHANGE IS ADVISED

Washington, D. CA comprehen-
sive overhauling Of the governments
reclamation program. involving the
charging off IS total less OF a27. 391.-
146 of the approximately $3.50. 600, 900
invested, and providing measures of
relief to thousands of farmers and
protection of further federal expendi-
lures on irrigation Of the arid wastes
of the west. Is urged in a unanimous
report submitted to Secretary Work
by the special advisory committee on
reclamation.
Declaring conditions are serious on
many Of the 2s projects located IN Is
western states, with three already
having failed, the committee stated
that of the S148.OO0.OO0 already spent
in building irrigation works, t1s,6e1..
146 will never be recovered. with g
probable loss Of an additional $780,
900. the whole representing losses in
constructiont TO supply water for lands
found to be Of little or NO return
value.
The principal recommendation of
the committee is that repayment Of
construction costs be based on the
actual crop production Of the farm
lands rather than the present system
Of a fixed percentage of the construc-
tion cost per acre, which was held to
be "inelastical and unscientific."