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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS,
SATUHDAY, JUNE
ROYS ?^ m c e JJ° ries and anecdotes OF
\jvJ I O interest to the little men
THE LITTLE
Conducted By PETER PAN.'
and leave household
PUZZLE3.
A Chime that Rings Like Bells.
(B y Rose Seelye-Mlller.)
Geographical Puzzle.
1 * void expressive of actual ex
istence; ■■ ■Wi detter of alphabet
an / ” wind expressive of real being
.Inlie letter; a quality.
j Three-fourths of the word bell; and
s fountain.
4. A popular woman; a natural db
Tl5 ion of l“ a - Remov , Iai
(Remove central letter from each
word and leave as follows:)
! From something painful, and leave
small dwellings.
! Something that restrains, and
leave utensils used by masons,
3. Suffering, — w
Ut 4. n Refuse from burned material, and
leave an exclamation.
5. To purchase, and leave near at
^ Something that secures, and leave
something that means a command.
can MR. ROOSEVELT FI8H7
A writer In the current Harper’s
Weekly, discussing President Roose
velt's recent remarks to the students
of Harvard about the uses and limita
tions of athletic sports, has some things
to sav In regard to the president's ca
pacity for stimulating moral aspirations
in the young. If he haa defects In this
line, says the writer. "It Is in the ur
gency of the desire to have everybody
hit the line hard. Kverybody Is not
built to do that, and a good many per-
eons prefer to express themselves in
some other way. Daniel Webster—a
very thoughtful man—loved to fish.
Grover Cleveland loves to fish. The
odore Roosevelt can hit the line a pret-
tv good lick, but we don't believe he
could fish If he tried ever to hard,
though he might cut bait."
MAGICAL BOYS’ CITY.
At Winona Lake, Ind., a, boys' city
Is to be established this summer, with
Judge Willis Brown, of the Salt Lake
juvssille court, In charge of the make-
believe municipality.
The Winona Boys’ City or camp Is
the newest enterprise to be undertaken
by a summer assembly, and the class of
bovs that nre being gathered up for It
are from Sunday schools, Y, M. C. A.’s
and other organizations. In a number
of cities, too, boys are forming neigh
borhood clubs which are made up of
their personal friends, and they are
choosing adult leaders to take them to
Winona Lake. The plan of the big
camp is to have it made up of small
camps from different places, but all
under one general supervision.
Judge Brown will have a number of
assistants who are well known In Juve
nile work, and at the head of each
group of boys there will also be an
adult from their home town who will
keep a watchful eye on them. While
there will be perhaps 600 or 600 b6ys
in camp they will be under the Imme
diate charge of moybe forty or fifty
men. who are to give practically all of
their time to the welfare of the young
sters. A feature of the camp which
appeals to these adults Is the dally
conference that Is to be held wlien
Judge Brown and other speakers will
talk on questions' relative to the "boy
problem,” and all of the adults will
participate in round-table dlscusstoni.
The boys’ camp Is to be open for.
three weeks, beginning July 26, and
July 30 a municipal election will be T .
held. A boy mayor Is to bo elected. L* s ' y ® r ?-Sf 18 ”.Pof
each camp will choose on alderman and mmiit de
these officers will organize a city gov- “>6 children. The duty usually de-
The Picnic Season in Full Swing.
h*ppy? ntSlnr'chlldSn 0 .1*. ln Every day special cars, filled with
from the rdcturesoo.' !£ii?. arri 2 5 » hrou * h ,‘ h ® "‘reels of the city to end
gathered In ar»nn« U .» Ba Jly morning finds pretty, restless children
the cars bound '}£I ?iL va , rl0 ! 1 * P 0,n ‘" In the city, from whence they take
trousers’are ciem? r n«!s 8 e P c 2 8 grounds. Faces, hands, frocks, blouses and
potions and . v»— "“.I "very face Is aglow with sweetest antict-
At the ^®. ht wl,h the pure Joy of being alive and well,
long summer 5^* ff* swings and many devices for the enjoyment of the
thing! to^!I ^,n° on , bl * *•““ «™»> with their burdens of good
body reallv esree ?*5'«? y t. day m * h "“ Bad wreck of pretty clothes, but no-
lMt the menw cro^d.^ 8 boya , ft " d Slrls have had "uch a good time. At
a green hrannh*h!![£* ar * packed lnto the car ". **ch boy nnd girl carrying
ing veils® 0I P® " on VenIent tree, which, accompanied by deafen.
,ng waved ln chlldlBh glee at the passing cars,
over their «unn^ e< Lhn?.5' ore ’ a P d ‘ h ® weary little children almost nod
all about the "b!« day of th!fr Hve.°'' 0rta t0 ,eU marnma and papa
who5^S*^ m i “ un ^7 , t V“ b n un d^iS v,nff ln h " Wflk8 mtle boys and 8lrlSi
plcn^-t t o m h°. rn . 1 oM ‘Jr “■« neighborhood chlldren-who didn’t go to the
before th. th# <p ‘ endld ‘Imes, and It really Is sevdral days
Derore,the effect of the Innocent frolic has quite worn off.
nlcs thev "l bo .I? ad ^ b ® Georgian write Peter Pan about the plc-
Si V ( .,rih! h b n to this summer? Can’t they tell what games they play-
fni whilh .xi grounds, the ilp and everything connected with the out-
uosm l b8y ?P^ oy ? d ’. or dl “ not enjoy, as the case may be? Write
at once, on one side of the paper, directed care of The Georgian, to
I PETER PAN.
THE PRESIDENTS SONS,
Archie Roosevelt, one of the younger
sons of President Roosevelt. Is a sturdy
little chap, and takes after his father
in ills utter lack of snobbishness. One
afternoon Archie happened to be at the
house of one of his schoolmates, where
a fine lady of Washington waa calling.
S i le ^ was t0 ^ thc waa the son
of the president and attended the pub
lic schools. The lady asked him some
questions about his studies and then
said:
"Do you like a public school? Don't
you And that many of the boys there
are rough and common?”
Archie straightened back his shoul
ders and replied emphatically:
“My papa says, that there are tall
boys and short boys and good boys and
bad boys, and those are the only kind
of boys there are.”
When Teddy, Jr., the oldest of the
Roosevelt boys, was seven years old
he was taken on a Journey with his
mother, and was greatly excited over
the prospect. The night before he
started his father said:
"Ted, you must take good care of
your mother while you are away. I
shall leave her In your charge.”
That night when Teddy knelt for his
little prayer, he said: "Please, God,
take good care of papa, but I’m going
with mamma myself/'
The year that young Theodore went
to Groton, Mass., to a preparatory
school he waa Immediately put on the
football eleven, having Inherited from
his father a loVe for strife and whole
some athletics.
He played football with his whole
heart and soul, and was always to be
found where the scrimmage was thick
est, and the struggle the fiercest. On
the occasion of an «**portant game be- 8
tween two schools Teddy had been
playing most brilliantly, when toward
DREAMS.
At last I know where they are kept,
. My own. own dreams;
At night I found them when I slept
But now It seems
As If I .only have to co
A little way.
And I can flud them all, I know,
By night or day.
I do not even shnt my eyes,
I sit and wait
nd pretty soor
A little gate;
All things I want come through to me,
And I can bo
A sailing, sailing on the sea—
Heave ho! Heave ho!
With pirates nnd with Indian braves
And robber hands
I hunt and ride, nnd live ln cavee,
In foreign lands;
I hunt big buffaloes, and lynx.
I’m sitting here.
the end of the game he got the ball
and made a wild dash for the goal. He
almost made a touchdown, when the
opposition fell on him in a body. For
several minutes there was nothing but
a squirming mass of legs and arms,
Teddy, of course, was at the bottom
when he struggled up, his face very
white, they asked If he was hurt.
"Oh! I’m all right," Teddy tried to
assure them, for he was eager to get
back into the fray. s
Just then one of. the Instructors ar
rived and saw at a glance something
was wrong. Teddy reluctantly sub
mitted ton an examination,. It waa
found that his collar-bone was broken,
The lad walked off the field, and few
among the spectators knew he was se
riously hurt.
Hew FisKcs Car? for Their Yeuhg.
eminent, make Its lawa and aee that
they arc enforced.
It Is the Intention to make thia Boys'
City as near like a genuine municipality
as possible, with the boys on their hon
or, and in entire control of It. The
camp management has arranged all
sorts of day and evening diversions for
the boys, so that they will not have any
Idle time while they are at the lake.
The day amusements will Include
"hikes" ln the woods and along the
lake shore, fishing, boating on lake and
canals, swimming, baseball, tennis,
handball, field meets; kite flying and
the like. Camera clubs will be organ-
lied, prizes will bo given for photo
graphs and tho boys will be taught,
how to make lantern slides of theso
pictures.
Authorities on nature will lead
crowds of the youngsters , Into the
woods to study birds and trees. A big
assembly tent Is to be erected ln the
woods where the camp Is to be located,
and here at night all the boys will be
brought ln to mass meetings to hear
story tellers, see moving pictures and
"mong the musical features will bs
conceits by the Salt Lake Juvenile
Baud of forty well-trained boys. The
hoys in the camp who take their musi
cal Instruments will bo organized Into a
big orchestra. Choir boys are being
gathered up from over the state, and
they will be the leaders In a chorus
that Is to Include every boy In the
camp.
ORIGIN OF TERMS “UNCLE SAM,”
’’BROTHER JONATHAN,” ETC.
"I'ncle Mtm.”—Tho American government
was called "Unde Bam" because onu Sam
uel Wilson, government Inspector of beef
sad pork at Troy, N. Y„ In 1812, had a way
of marking hie barrels with bis own Initials
<ed "U. B.," meaning United States. A
workman, who wae something of a wag,
*aw the letters and remarked that he sup*
I'osa,! they stood for "Unde Ssm." The
Joke was retold until it became a common
‘"Slag, and the general government hse
been so nicknamed for nearly 100 yearn.
Brother Jonathan.’’—More than a century
fe° the United Btntee was known to bog-
land nnd other countries as "Brother Jona
than" It wee because George Washington
S*» greatly Intlunced by the opinions^ Of
Jonathan Turnbull, of Connecticut, end had
• way of eaylng, "Well, I muet coneult
Brother Jonathan,” before be made da*
The term became local and then
drifted l0 g ,. nerl i nM .
■errymnnder."—Eldrldgo Gerry of Mas
joehuaetts redlstrlcted the state to his own
“d'antage In 1811, and when some onelook-
fd at the new district and remarked that It
™kcd for nil the world like a salamander,
™5 el “ replied: ‘‘Better »sy Gerry
mander, And eo the name wae born and
1 else replied:
, . - And SO the name wn. iwru;
fvdlitrtctlngP* 18 tept *** nt 1111 * ucb P° ,1Uc **
’ UngtiH ’—Borgheee, n corrupt man of the
I'.n 11 1 ,rI ? “»ys of history, bad such a
Jel l. 1 !. ot f r*mlng fictitious checks, notes
7,7 “ ll ]*. of exchange, playing on the cred-
, lrn<1 ere. that anything In the line
‘"rged paper became to the Westerner
remained 8 ' 0t h®* 01 ' * n<1 ®° ,l1 * name b °*
V er?,2f* Bowie of early pioneer feme In-
whi h i broed-bladed, sharp-pointed knife
*hbh haa since borne his name.
Lime K OVERTAKEN.
™® h®*’ little boy, you've forgotten
■r„ J ,? ur ,Buyers
There'S' dear God up In heaven.
, 5 n tell-tale droop to your bonny
head,
"d the hand! of the clock toll eeren.
1 Ah' Isif;. '!*!!? boy, you nre fast asleep,
Of ‘be dear God esy.
B t .LiT e° nodded his evening prayer,
‘lit frolicked the livelong day.
volves upon mother or sister or nurse.
In any cose, brother or the butler
would consider It a task outside hts
province to see that no harm enme to
the little ones. Out at the zoo, too, It
Is usually the mother who stands guard
over her young, who watches and
cleans and pets and plays with them.
But pay a visit to the aquarium, a
fresh-water aquarium In Its natural
state. Thero It is the gaudy-colored
father who floats motionless a few
Inches above the cup-shaped nest,
bright-eyed, keen and watchful, or dart
with a flash and a rainbow swish to
lure away some curious submarine In
truder. Among the fishes, at least of
the rivers and lakes, custom has placed
the burden of care of the young ln moot
cases upon the male. This Is merely
one of a number of Interesting facts
shown by Dr. Theodore Gill, associate
In xoology at the United States Nation
al Museum, as the result of a series of
studies upon parental care among freah
water fishes published by the Smith
sonian Institution. ,
An Injustice to the Fish.
It has been the general Impression
among naturalists from the days of
Aristotle- that fishes are Indifferent to
their eggs and young and leave them
entirely to the care of Mother Nature.
And through the teachings of natural
ists, therefore, the Idea that sea ani
mals have not that Instinct which Is
practically universal among land ani
mals to care for and to protect their
offspring, oven to tho sacrifice of their
own lives, has been spread abroad.
"Oliver Goldsmith In 1774," says Dr.
Gill, "told his readers that fishes seem,
all except the whale kind, entirely di
verted of those parental solicitudes
which so strongly mark the manners
of the more perfect terrestrial animals.”
Many to the present time entertain that
b °Drf Gill has devoted much of his life
to the study ot natural history and Is
one of the foremost authorities of the
country, not only upon Ichthyology, but
upon most subjects connected with nat
ural history. Hts recent studies show
beyond a doubt that this Idea Is far
from the truth; ln fact, the species
which manifest cars for their young are
’ he. "that the nres-
the cups of acorns around the nuts,'
and ln this ■ manner they are carried
and protected until they hatch.
Floating Neat of Eggs.
Probably many an angler has hap
pened upon a mass of fish eggs floating
In a stream or lake, to all appearances
deserted by the parent fish. , But these
are not mere foundlings to be hatched.
There has been much work expended
upon this floating nest. Perhaps Its
simplest form, explains Dr. Gill,
found In the many colored flsh of par
adise which a floating nest of a mere
conglomeration of air bubbles held to
gether by a sticky substance from the
fish's mouth. Other flahes gather to
gether to bind their rafts, twigs and
fallen leaves so that a floating nest of
this sort looks like little more than a
bulk of mud and river waste. There
Is one species, the sticklebacks, which
Is even equipped, spider-like, with spe
cial web-maklng organs to weave a
binding thread tor the materials select
ed for the nest. And It Is the general
rule that the care-taker Is tho male.
Dr. Gill not only discusses these and
other methods of protection to young,
but upon the philosophy of parental In
stinct In Ashes says: "The attribute of
parental care must be regarded as an
outcome of selfishness, or. If you will,
self-love, a result of the sense of pro
prietorship. The eggs are the fishes'
own, and therefore they and the result
ing larvae are to be cared for as such."
Woman !
IMATROMONIALt
- ...IDEALS...
By. DOROTHY DIX.
TJ? ono of tho Ironies of .'life that the
thing that comes up to our Ideal so set*
— * fancy:
dom Area <
supper when we know wo ooght .w- ««.»-
lug bread and milk. - We loug for chiffons
and laces when wo are cousciuuh we suoUlu
8nend.our money for serviceable homespbn.
\\ o enjoy novels when our sober Judgment
i i should be Improving our
minds bv studying history and philosophy,
willing to do without the ne-
luxuries ^ only we'might hpve ,the
■ yagnry of the human mind extends
to people, and, generally speaking, no com*
oany Is so attractlre to us as that which Is
wyl for our manners aud f
The most Important phase u t im» .ui.jbc.
is reached, however, when a man or a woin-
a i? s rolled upon to decide whether lie or
she will marry the one who sets bis or her
pulses thrilling, or the one who realizes
every specification of what a good wife or
a husband should be.
•~iV£ f i >rtuna . te, * v ' thoso wh0 Qro ro®* 4 filled
with Inward graces are most often lacking
In outward attractions. Tho girl who Is In
dustrious and domestic and economical and
pious and possessed of all tho‘virtues that
a woman to make her a real helpmate
to ft man generally possesses a knobby fore-
head, skimp hair, no figure nnd a taste ln
dress that sets your teeth on edge. On the
other hand, the filrty and frivolous maiden,
who hasn t got ouo single quallAcation to
recommend her for the Job of wife, is a
perfect compendium of charms that makes
her every man's heart's desire, even though
he^knows that he will be taken In If he gets
t jL*L? au * e earnest young man,
who tmlther drinks, nor smokes, norplays
the races, but who leads the Epworth
League and. la getting on In business, and
bears a ylslhla stamp ot being O. K. on
flntl *° marry whom would
be like putting your money ln the snvinga
bank, ninety-rune times out of a hundred
wrears bis hair too long nnd hla trousers too
short, nnd ahlffles when he talks, and steps
on your dress every time ho comes within
20 feet of you.
Whereas the man who Is a hopeless detri
mental, Ind whom It- would be suicide to
marry, Is good to look upon, good to talk
to; good fun to go out with, and knows
every short cut aud by path to a woman's
affections.
Individual, but It Ts pretty hard on the oue
who must chooso between them.
Many a man has sighed as he asked him
self why the homely rich girl that Jt would
be so advantageous for him to marry had
not the melting eyes and winning ways of
the poor girl who bad snared bis fancy.
Many a girl has wspt salt and bitter tears
Into her pillow wondering why the rich
widower who was courting her could not
he young and slim and dance the tw’o-step
like some poor clerk that it would be ft
2-hvH-flnt fate to marry.
But, considering that one must generally
choose between the ornimental and the
useful, which should one take in a life
partner?
I ehould any that a man should always
choose his fancy and a woman her Ideal.
A man starts Into matrimony with n cer
tain capital of love that Is more apt to di
minish than to Increase. If a woman has
not fired his 1'iaglnatlon before the wedding
day, nothing Miort of a miracle will enable
ler to start a combustion In it afterward.
If In the days of courtship she has raised
no thrill In his breast, to her dying day,
no matter what she doet, she will never
make bis pulse !>eat one throb quicker.
Dally observation shows that even men
who were wild olmut women before they
married them calmed down Into mighty
matter-of-fact, unsentimental, unromautlc,
unattentlvo husbands is soon as the cere
mony was over. Therefore a man does
wisely to choose tho woman who appeals
most strongly to bis taste and raises most
commotion ln his breast, no matter what
drawbacks she has.
Women reverse this attitude toward mat
rtmony, and a woman should pick out the
man who satisfies her Judgment rather than
her heart. If she can not find • man who
docs both. This la because women’s of-
foctlons are as adhesive as a barnacle, nnd
will attach themselves to anything In their
Immediate vicinity. Even If a woman mar
ries without being much In loro, sho will
prow to love her busbsnd If be Is good to
Besides, other things than love enter Into
woman'e life. A good home, a comforta
ble Income, a settled position In society are
not to be despised, and more than these
is the freedom from anxiety. The woman
who never has to'tear her hair about other
women, who - -- ‘
night to open
band. Is happily married, no matter whether
she's got any romantlo Illusions about her
husband or not.
Then thero Is this also to be considered—
that our fancies are exceedingly fragllo
things, and Inst a very short time at best.
Close acquaintance with a charming acap
grace sheers off the grace nnd leaves onl„
the scrape Into which a woman has gotten
by marrying him. If you will look about
you carefully you will see that the women
who nre trying to reform husbands are
DEPARTMENT DEVOTED SOLELY
TO AFFAIRS OF THE LITTLE WOMEN
Conducted By MARJORY DAW.
GIRLS
PUSSY WILLOW IS A8LEEP.
mu ilotn* mttitli palpltntlnx orer It. They
are. doing It In tears nnd dluguat.
_ . i i n gm,., a , the
. _ , .. _ woman who msr
tin tbs man whom her sound common
■enss approves never regret. It.
_ thrifty woman will make her home
atroctlve, though It may be ■ hut In the
wilderness.
Women sometimes loss
A RE8TLE8S CHILD.
By May Prsston.
Meek as milk Is little Gretehen
When her picture's drawn,
But I tell you she's a wretch in
Church on Sunday morn.
She's not still a single minute;
And the seat Is small
I can tell you with her In It.
For ehe tires us all.
sight of cn
to luelgnlflce
TV
"tVu JS" '» more thnn peep;
t*vIrk lbllt ,b * MBd m ”" C “ m,d *°®
town eyes opened, the tiniest bit,
more thnn peep:
so numerous," says he, "That the pres
ent article must be restricted to those
which are inhabitants of fresh water.”
And tho curious methods of protection
adopted by different families of sea
anlmale, or even cousins and aunts of
the same family, ore not few. Dr. GUI
has gotten together practically all that
Is known among naturalists on the sub
ject.
Selecting a Neat.
'Naturally the most common or fre
quent mode of care Is the simplest, he
says, "consisting of little more than
selection of a site for the deposit of the
female’s eggs and subsequent guardian
ship of these eggs by the male." The
place selected Is usually cleared of
stones and weeds, and In the cleared
spaces “he eggs are laid. Home how-
ever go further than this. A certain
catfish in Queensland Is always very
careful to nose and splash and ■ w *®h
stones up from the river bed and pile
them In n heap over hcr eggz-
Then Acre are a lot of tribes among
„„r American and African fishes that,
mstetn" laving ‘heir eggk In a cer-
tain spot ahd 5 watching them carefully
whfle they hatch, carry them about In
their mouths for weeks at a time. And
JI sLvth American watess there swims
a very'distant cousin to our catfish.
whVch^has a method of attaching eggs
a mrss w Jhe skin. The skin o the
a ••»«*** ...» omitnrt thnn "liko
A wronged woman should be Implacable,
but rarely la. 8he la more likely to for
give and forget.
It la supposed that the Injunction to turn
the other cheek if one la smitten was d!
rected eicluslyely to women.
Women are eunnowd to bide behind ■
smiling face all the sorrows of an aching
any succeed in practicing the de
ception.
The woman who betrays the anguish of
her soul to the world forfeits her claim
to the sympathy of her sincere friends.
If women would only reallzo that few
nre interested In their woes or their am
bitions, they would not ao often become
tores and nuisaucet.
Women rarely underestimate their own
worth. Proper dignity and self-respect com
mand the ftunilrntlon so much desired by oil
Egotism In a man la trying; In a women
It la Insufferable. •
very little toward It.
share In tbe reflected glory achieve.. „
their husbands to which they bavo contrib
uted sometimes.
Retting up rival claims for fame and
popular favor generally ends In Inspiring
criticism and disgust
A noble woman Is not easily discouraged,
■ I . « IlirgS TO me BUHL - 1 u" ,,| v w ,‘iiiau lg. UV4 riiziiy MI uui Dg gtl,
_ -WTLl!’ y ALLEN "DUOifGOOLE. fUh then grew, out around them "Ilko and often dl.plnye greater heroism thnu .
Such an awful little fidget
Is this restless elf.
We shall have to tell the midget
She must calm herself.
During hie lest Illness Cumn. the greet
Irish wit, was one day told by the medlcel
attendant that he seemed to cough with
more difficulty then he bod done the pre
vious dey. “Thst'e odd enough,” replied
the sick one, “because I've been practicing
nil night."
don pawnbroker exposed for sale in hie
ebop window for fire dnyn n hundred-guinea
(3600) diamond which ha priced at 2n 3d (66
cento). The article found no parchnner.
nnd the weger was won by tht pawn
broker.
man would under like circumstances.
Thera Is no time In tho life of man when
he cen do without a woman, ln Infancy
nnd old ago he la dependant upon her ten
derness nnd cire; In middle life nhe In his
helpmate end Inspiration.
Tho acknowledgment of one of tht great
est men of the world. “All that I nut or
con be I owe to my angel mother,” Lincoln,
should be in Inspiration to nil mothers to
emulate the mother of Uucolu.
rrobably the lest thought of mont per
sons ts of their mother.
Women should make their homes jo at
tractive that neither bashnmln nor children
would whtb for clubs In which to speud
tbelr leisure hour,.
It ,peeks volumes for wives snd mothers
Why sre men so selfish? Because tbelr
mothers nnd wives hero msde them so by
anticipating their wantn and waiting upon
them.
' By Roy Winchoeter.
Now does Pussy Willow
In the hollow deop
Rock her little kittles
Till they’re all asleep.
Safe from winds of winter—
Wrapped In softest down— 1 *
Tacked up closely to their chins
In their cradles brown.
March will find them waiting,
And Impatient grow,
April showers their cradles burst-
May new charms bestow.
Merry children's eyes will dance
'V)]|'I1 they 800 them sprout.
And we’ll laugh to hear thslr cry—
"Pussy WIDOW’S out!"
—The Housekeeper for May.
MISS SHARP'8 DISCOVERY,
. Miss Sharp's Select School was the
school of Eastown; no matter how
many little primary schools bristled
over the village, girls away wound up
at Miss Sharp's to be "graduated"—
and as fast as tho other girls grew
pp. there were new ones to take their
places, and many fond mammas, whose
bwn tender years has blossomed under
Miss Sharp’s watchful eye, were glad
to know that their Own little daughters
were being well guarded, so for. many
years Miss Sharp kept up her prestige.
This good lady exercised the strong
est Influence ovor her pupils savo ln
one direction; like a certain Biblical
lady named Eve—they were very fond
of forbidden fruit, tho fruit In this In
stance being tho green-sprlng fruit
which their young appetites craved,
and older and Wiser heads always de
nied them. Miss Sharp laid a special
embargo on green plums, for June
apples being out of school time, were
of course beyond' her Jurisdiction.
But those half-ripe, IuscIoub plums—
the delight. of every school girl who
din secrete a handful—were . Miss
Sharp's abomination, and rigid was
the examination to which she subjected
any unfortunate who was under suspi
cion. On many occasions, when the
culprit doubled and turned—and so
baffled her searching Inquiries, she had
been known to stand the whole school
In front of her and administer Jamaica
ginger down the line, with an Impar
tiality that was appalling.
"Just to provide against possible In
digestion and Insure more candor next
time," ehe would observe with a grim
smile, which sent a shudder among the
suffering Innocents.
On a certain spring morning, when
green plums were most plentiful, Miss
Sharp opened school In a perturbed
state of mind; several articles had
been reported mlaslng from day to
day during the past week, and the
girls' studies were seriously Interrupt
ed while they. hunted up lost pencils,
rubbers, penholders and so forth. The
articles were so trifling that only some
petty thief would have taken the
trouble to secure them, but the incon
venience was most annoying, and Miss
Sharp determined at length to mount
guard after school hotirs and catch the
raecal red-handed.
So absorbed was she ln this annoy
ance that for the day ehe relaxed her
vigilance concerning the plums, and
the girls managed to smuggle enough
for a feast ln the folds of their hand
kerchiefs and In the bloused fronts of
their shirt waists.
There were two special girls—Jessie
Brown and Annie Marvin—who were
popular with the vlllago youths, and
less fortunate girls hovered around
them as the centers whenco all plums
flowed, and on this day of Miss Sharp's
absorption, they devoured unmolested.
In the afternoon Mias Sharp, after
apparently barring and bolting the
school house as usual, hid herself In a
far-off music room, leaving some blank
books and pencils os decoys, upon the
various desks. She strongly suspected
that the bay who swopt the floors was
responsible for tho shortage, but sho
wished to catch him ln tho act before
accusing him, and so sho waited.
Soon the click of the latch' was
heard, and he came In as usual; she
watched him carefully os he climbed
up and down after his broom, and sure
enough, she actually saw him pockot
two pencils! She was about to pounce
upon him—Indeed, she had quietly fol
lowed him to the large school room—
whon a sound from the rear of tho
building made her pause and shrink
Into the shadow again.
Two well-known, eminently respect
able boys were creeping In at the back
windows, each one carrying a largo
bundle; and they stole softly to the two
desks, belonging to Jesele Brown and
Annie Marvin. They raised the lids,
and Miss Sharp heard a thumping,
mmedlately as the rattle of green
plums—and then she boro down upon
them. The sweeper heard, too, for ho
stuffed something more In his pockets
and hid behind the stove.
"Ah. now I know who has boon steal
ing on my premises!” she cried, eyeing
them sternly, as they edged away from
her Into a corner. "Now, I know who
opened my girls' desks and carried off
their belongings. Gentlemen's sons—
young fellows who should know bet-
ter—I’m ashamed of you—ashamed for
your fathers when they have to pay
lines In court tomorrow, for I’ll have
you both up for tho annoyance you've
caused me. I know now where all my
pencils and rubbers and knives and
blank books have gone. Empty your
pocket* I"
The poor fellows grow red and Indig
nant. "We've never stolen from your
school, nor anybody rise's! ” they de
dared.
'You may say that In court" repeat,
ed Miss Sharp, "for I've determined to
arrest th* thief, whoever he may be.”
There was a faint clatter behtnd the
stove, as of the dropping of certain
articles, and the sweeper vanished
through the ride door. Mies Sharp saw
him but ehe made no sign, only turn-
in- her grim front to the culprits she
had ln mind.
They were quite pale now, and much
fluetered, for nothing would convince
the old lady that they were not guilty
of petty larceny. And yet. If they tried
to'clear themselves and showed what
they had been doing, their favorite*
would have no more stolen treats that
season.
"Come, come,” aald Miss Sharp,
'confess at once, or I'll send for an
officer. What have you Just taken
from those desks? Show me at once.”
"We put something In," they blurted
out In desperation at laat.
"Let me look!'* she demanded. They
opened the desks, and dlaplayed a sea
of green plume, upon which Miss
Sharp gazed with horror.
"Take them out at once—at once!
she ordered. 'In your hats—If there
Is no other way."
They obeyed her, feeling very small.
Indeed.
"Fling them out of the window!” sho.
commanded.
They hesitated. Green plums were
dear.
"As far as you can,” she Insisted.
They obeyed her meekly.
"Now, never let a green plum come
near this school again. Go home and
think how lucky you are not to be up
for stealing. And If ever I catch
Som? Letters to Marjory Daw.
_ .. , _ Ruffin, N. C., June 3. 1907.
. , Marjory Daw: I am a little girl living on the farm. My papa
takes The Georgian and I like ta read the Sunday reading, and my little
friends' letters so much.
‘ J live a mile from the station and a mile and a half from school. But
I like to live In the country so much because everything Is so comfortable.
I like to hunt the wild strawberries and pick blackberries and dewber
ries. and besides we have Just lots of fun catching flsh.
For pets I have a kitten and a calf. We have three little dogs and two
large ones. Perhaps some of the little friends will send me a pet name for
each little dog. I would be so glad. Hoping to see this In print, I am,
Your new friend,
CORA MOORE HARRELSON.
r- ... Flalnville, Ga.
Dettr Marjory Daw: I'm a little glfl 10 years old. I am In the fifth
grade. I live In the country and our school te email. Wo have only two
teachers, and they are both my sisters. I like to go to school. I have one
little brother; he Is g years old. I have four sisters at home and one off
teaching school. I take music lessons from one of my sisters, and I lov*
music. I am afraid I will write too much so, goodbye.
Your little friend,
MARGARET JIARTYN.
_ ,, , _ _ Winston. Ga., June 6, 1907.
Dear Marjory Daw; I send you a short story for the first time. I live
In the country on a farm. Papa takes Tho Georgian. I read all the chil
dren s stories, your friend,
JANET BARROW.
_ ... _ ■ Cass Station, Ga.
,, Dear Marjory Daw: I am a little girl living on a form. I am 10 years
old. My father takes The Georgian. I like to read it very much, especially
the Saturday edition.
I read'about the two boys and a mad dog. I sure did like It The piece
In Ittat week's paper about Miss Hartley's birthday gift was fine. Those
little girls were kind. Don't you think they were? I sure will be glad
when. our school starts again, for I am like Maud Allea I Ilka to go to
school. But I am also glad when vacation time la near. I liked Allis Mae
Wooten s letter line, and hope she will write again.
I will close for this time. Hoping to soe this letter In print, I remain,
as ever. Your little friend,
CLARA BELL.
„ . . Hoschton, Ga.
Dear Marjory Daw—I will again take the sweet pleasure of writing
you. Oh, my! let me tell you, I received a nice letter from "E. E." X
surely appreciated It so much. I am going to write her a nice letter soon. I
wonder how many of my friends are going to Jamestown. Papa wants us
all to go with hint. We all went to the World’s Fair at St. Louis, and had a
nice time.
I bought two rabbits from Mrs. S„ and mamma had me a pen built 11 by
7 feet, covered with wire netting. She selected a lovely place In the back
yard under a beautiful peach tree. I have four rabbit houses Inside the pen
and one Is painted red, one blue, one pink, and one white, atrlped with
green, with regular doors and windows In It. Tho rabbits get In there and
look through the windows. They surely look cute. I will send a story 1
composed about "John’s Goats." ,
I will close, as I want to put ln my story about "John’s Goats.”
MAUDE LEOHR ALLEN.
A VI8IT TO THE GRAVE
OF GEORGE ELIOT.
A lady went to Hlghgate near Lon
don, to visit tho grave of George Eliot,
one of the greatest of English novel
ist*. Entering Waterloo Park, she
paused to read the funny little placards
prohibiting children with measles
visiting the place, and went slowly
down one of the many charming path
ways edged with box, and bordered
with English holly trees. Indeed she
feaatod her eyes greedily upon her
surroundings, and felt that George Eliot
who died some years ago, must rest
well content In the cemetery adjoin
ing so beautiful a spot. Nearby, there
was a large bronze statue of Sir Sid
ney Waterloo, who was once a mayor
of London, and who presented this
beautiful park to Its people. Just as
she was about to pass under the arch
of Hlghgate she saw a party of bright
looking girls, walking two by two and
accompanied by their governess. Very
English they were, with oxtremely
■ hnrf fffiWn a onrl alfhnito'h n i ♦ 1'
short gowns and although about 1.
their hair was flowing luxuriantly nnd
crtmply, oh so crimply.
The lady politely requested the gov
erness and tho young girls to Inform
her how to reach George Eliot’s grave.
Neither the governess nor the young
girls knew. Fancy any ono living near
London, any one whose duty It Is to
Instruct pupils, and even the pupils
themselves—fancy none of them being
able to direct the way to such a fa
mous author's gravel
In despair the lady turned and gazed
at the hundreds and hundreds of grave
stones, monuments and mounds before
her. The roads were so muddy, and
the cemetery was so up and down hill,
many of the tombstones were eliding
from their proper places, and were held
up from the ground by unsightly beams
The tombs were very odd. Great
monuments mark the spot ot various
graves, the spoco being so small that
the bodies evidently have to be placed
In the grave on top of each other. Nev
er were graves so crowded—never,
elsewhere, was there such an Irregular
slanting cemetery. But where was tbe
last resting place of George Elliot?
An old grave digger, observing the
lady's helplessness, came kindly to her
assistance.
Whom might you bs looking for,
miss?” asked he.
"If you please," replied the lady, who
had learned to say "If you please” and
“thank you,” every other word since
her arrival ln London, "If you please
can you direct me to the grave of
George Eliot?"
"Well, now, mlee, may I make bold to
aslf whether he was burled here lately,
or during the past few weeks?"
The lady thanked him politely and
fled. She went away without seeing
George Eliot’s grave. Strange, here In
tho town which was once the home of
the poet Keats, and of Coleridge; where
the famous crumbling old stone marks
the spot where Dick Whittington sat
as he listened to the bells of Bow
church colling him to come back to
London to be mayor, and where not far
out on the Health Highway you come
upon the “Spaniards' Inn,” mentioned
by Dickens In "Barnnby nudge," and
also the headquarters of Dick Turpin,
ths famous cutthroat and robber-
strange! I repeat, that no one could
direct this lady to the grave ot the
equally distinguished George Eliot.
JOHN'S GOATS.
By Janet Barrow.
Once thero was a little boy who had
everything he wanted. Ho had goats,
wagons, calves, colts, dogs, cats, rab
bits and every kind of toy. One day
Hugh Beard came to play with him and I
they did not know what to play. At
last John (for that was his name) said: |
"Let’s hitch up the goats and go by:
for Nellie and Fanny Jones, and take ‘
them to ride."
"All right." said Hugh, ‘let's do.”
So they hitched up tho goats and
went by for the girls. When they
reached Mrs, Jones' and told her xvhat
they had come for sho called the girls.
After they got ln tho cart, Hugh Bald: i
"Let's go by for Mary Sambers and
Alice Gordon."
They agreed, and they went by for
the girls. Alice lived a mile from Mrs.
Jones, and Mary lived In sight of the
schoolhouse, which was half way to
Alice's. When tho girls got In the little
cart was full. Now John's mother
didn't know where he was, but sup
posed he was out playing with Hugh.,
After a while she splod something and 1
she ran to the window to see what It
was. She was more than surprised
when she saw John nnd Hugh and sev
eral girls in tho cart, and the goats, Jip,
and Bill, pulling such a crowd. Shei
didn’t know what to think, but the ran I
down the street and called John ati
loudly as she could. Ha turned around]
to seo who wus colling him, but when I
he saw his mother he said;
"What do you want?”
She said: "Aren't you afraid that,
that load Is too heavy for those goats?":
He said: "No."
She said: "AH right then."
After half an hour he unhitched his I
goats, anti they played a while, and th* !
girls thanked John and Hugh for their I
ride. Finally John said: "Let's hitch.
up tbe calves and take them home.” 1
So they did and then the boys wenti
back to John's home.
Hugh said; “John, I have got to goj
back home now. Won't you go and!
spend the night with me?’’ !
"Well, It you will ask mama. masH
be I com"
So Hugh asked John’s mother and
the let him go.
J
THE FIRST GREAT LIGHTHOUSE
The Pharos, ot Alexandria, which
waa considered to be one of the seven
wonders of the world, on account of Its
grandeur and utility, Is perhaps the
first lighthouse of which we have any
definite description. It stood on the
Island of Pharos, at the entrance ot the
harbor of Alexandria, and Is said to
have been constructed about three hun
dred years before the Christian era by
Sostratus Cnldlus, and was dedicated
to the "Gods protector* of the safe
guard of Bailors.'' The height of the
original tower Is given os 460 feet, but
Josephus writes that the light waa vis
ible at a distance of about thirty-four
miles. This would have necessitated a
height ot about 660 feet.
you—'' But the boys never heard what
would happen. They were off like a
flash, leaving Miss Sharp to enjoy her
double triumph.
Two crestfallen glrie viewed the
empty spaces In their desks next morn
ing, which th»y had expected to find
filled with green plums, but Miss
Sharp said nothing. A meek boy swept
through the rooms next 'day, which
bristled with an unusual supply of
tempting ware*, but never touched
one; and more remarkable still—noth
ing In future was ever missed from the
girls’ belongings.—Exchange.
BIRD TROUBLES.
Birds havo trouble enough of their
own, for all thoy sing so cheerily, Som**
times you. can hear thorn glvo pitiful
frightened cries, or you may often hear
them scolding with all their might and
main. It Is only the cat that they scold,
but often thoy havo trouble with thslr
own bird neighbors. Tho bluejaya, or*
regular little thieves, and will eat
bird*' eggs whenover they can. Th*
other birds know this and they always
set up a big scolding when Mr. Blue*
Jay comes anywhere In sight.
Crows are thieves ot other birds, too,,
and perhaps owls ara the worst of sIL
for they cat tho little birds themselves.
Then another trouble that th* birds]
have is ln bringing up other birds* chll*J
dren. It Is a great nuisance. The Eng*]
Ilsh cuckoo always lays her eggs in i
some other bird's m st, and thinks no
mors about them. Tho cowblrd, •
common black creature, with a dusty]
brown wife, never brings up his own]
children. Tho eggs are left ln tha nest I
of a little bird like the sparrow, and;
she finds that when all the eggs In her
nest are hatched she has a strange,
greedy-looklng child, who soon Is larg- j
er than she Is and who wants all tha
fattest worms.
Birds are also troubled by the snakes
and squirrels, who eat their eggs. So
you see they have cares enough, with
out being bothered by boys. i
RHYMING ENIGMA.
The correct answer to the riddle pub
lished In last Saturday's Issue Is th*
word "match." Seo if you can die-.
cover what "prosperous Western town"!
correctly answers this rhyming
enigma:
My first Is In dirt, never In soil;
My second In women, never ln girl;
Sly third Is ln long, never ln broad;
My fourth Is lti Violet, not In Maud;
My fifth Is In fetch, but not In bring;
My sixth Is In cry, but never ln sing;
Sly whole Is a prosperous .Western,
town,
As you will see If tbe lines you tool*
down. .
Point Barrow, Alnska, Is Uncle 8nm'g
furthest point north. A letter from In-,
dlsnapolls to I'otnt Barrow goes first by!
train to Santtl". mlli'a; then by ocean,
•teenier to Voltes, 1.600 miles farther;
rarth and west; then by dog sleds orer Ice
end snoe- 2,700 miles more to the north end
west. Tho letter travels In one directloal
S 800 mites, all tho dlstntice to American ter-
tory.