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.June 5, 1912]
caution to the four winds and?and
b! ashing."
Florence smiled rellevedly. "That's
just it, Jessica," she nodded. There are
two things that might be said about
everything, but the trouble is that only
one is apt to find expression."
"And that's no joke?excuse the
slang," declared Jessica. "Oome on,
girls, let's talk it over carefully and
decide what we want to do. Fair field
and no favor, fellow clubhists. Everybody
speak her mind without fear of
criticism. Earnestine, you begin."
"I'd never thought of ourselves just
flint wnv." mmnliod tho hnstpss ""Rut
I'm afrail we can't deny it I'll be glad
to try to overcome my bad fatbits If I
know what they were."
"Just my sentiment."
"And mine."
"Let's make the experiment anyway.
Get reproved if we're spiteful, suspended
if we criticise unkindly and expelled
if we gossip."
The girls laughed at Jessica's wholesale
disposing of the situation, and an
animated discussion followed. Later,
fifteen names were signed to a little
pledge which promised only kindly
speech, anl charitable comment at all
meetings of the G. G. G. Club from
that day on.
Guy was waiting in the parlor, bass
horn in hand, as his sister made her appearance
that evening. His recent in
itiation into the High School Orchestra
was an honor which weighed heavily on
Guy's youthful shoulders, elated though
he was to carry It
Parents and older sister being long
suffering and patient, and neighbors too
far away to protest, the young musician
tooted distractedly at every leisure
moment anl made his accompanist seriously
consider the use of padded earmuffs
during practise hours.
"Ilow'd you come out?" he demanded.
"Suffrage for women in this commonwealth
is now an accomplisred fact,
I suppose?"
"Xot accomplished, though the entering
wedge has been introduced. Give
us time, Bubby, give us time." Florence
answered as pleasantly as if no
torturing half an hour confronted her.
"Organized, I suppose?"
"Very much so, thank you."
"Gabble, clack and depart, of course."
"Oh, Bubby, don't spoil yeur first suggestion.
We based our name on that."
Guy grinned sheepishly. "Guess I've
forgotten, Floy. What was it?"
"You accused us of meeting to 'gab1)10
orlrra-l- -? ?*
n'hFiic, K"iMwp ana go. we named
ourselves the G. G. G. Club."
"Not?Florence, are you crazy?"
"So, Rubby, quite sane and normal,
the three first initials being as far as
we followed your suggestion; but we
thank you for even small favors."
"What's the rest of It? What do the
Otters stand Tor?"
"Oh, curiosity, thy name is youth,"
anfl Florence reached for the music
' ook nB if to dismiss the subject. Guy
flushed through his tan.
"TiBn't curiosity. Just plain interest
I 18 my sister's affairs. Go on and tell,
Hthcre'B a Rood girl."'
"Pledged to secrecy?so use teasing.
Here's your pitch." Florence struck a
bounding chord then whirled about to
fac? her brother.
It's an experiment,, Dubby, and our
''am? describes It, but we aren't going
,0 lalk about It till we are sure we can
make good. I'll tell you some day If
succeed In what we have undertaken
" and 1 think we shall."
't was perhaps six months later that
G. Q q. dub met with Florence
Ensor. Once mode Guy was busy with
1,18 books In an adjoining room, and
*^f'ther by accident or design, cer,aln
K is that he was very quiet and
Conspicuous, as If absorbed in his Lat
lr' "fammar.
^sve you heard the latest about Kate
THE PRESBYTERIi
Grimes?" asked Jessica during a lull in
the babel of sound.
"Gossip boat is launched/' commented
Guy silently, grinning wickedly as
he waited for further particulars.
"So. What?" This as one voice from
the Club.
"Every one eager for a nibble," said
the listener to himself. "I wish Floy'd
keep out of suoh nonsense."
"She got her musical scholarship?
good for four years at the Conservatory.'
"She did? How did you hear?" One
voice and another chimed in. Guy shook
his head. "Now Miss Grimes, prepare
to be dissected in the most approved
style."
"I'm so glad," exclaimed Earnestine.
"She wanted it so much."
"And worked for it bo hard," added
Alice.
"She deserved it. It is fairly won
and that's sure." Jessica's voice was
positive. "That girl's been a perfect
inspiration to me, the way she has
overcome obstacles and studied and
practiced in all the odd minutes when
I'd have been loafing."
"Girls, let's all put in together and
buy her a splendiferous bouquet for
her Recital. One she can wear."
"The very thing. Her evening dress
isn't new and flowers will help out a lot.
Not that her clothes matter, when she's
so tremendously talented."
"She's always neat and dainty, however
inexpensively dressed."
"Speaking of dainty things, isn't
Pauline Haines' Irish crochet exquisite?"
"Yes, and she gives so much pleasure
with it. She's always sending a filmy
bit to somebody who appreciates it and
doesn't have much."
"Dike EJurie Grey. I never saw such
a thoughtful girl as she Is."
Half an hour later, Guy gathered up
his books and rose to his feet. "Me
for the solitude of my own apartment,"
he declared to himself. "I've received
a mental shock that makes study in
this atmosphere Impossible. But I'll be
ready for Floy when the rest are gone."
He was, too?caught her about the
waist as she turned from the door after
the last goodbye, and whirled her to
a seat in the hall chair. Then standing
before her he awaited an explanation.
"Are you cultivating wings and
turning into angels?you girls?" he demanded.
"Not that we know of. Why?" Florence
raised a demure face.
"Praising Pauline Haines and Kate
Grimes to the skies. They are the ones
juui viiunu iuic iu aiuiun me moi nine 1
eaves dropped. Didn't leave a shred
of either big enough to mention."
"We don't do that any more, Bubby."
The upturned face took on a sweet
seriousness.
"I see?I observe. It's the why and
wherefore I'm trying to get at."
"Just the Golden Rule, Guy. We
are trying to treat others, whether absent
or present, as we'd like to be treated.
That's all."
"Well, It's a Jot." Guy backed off
and sat down on the stairs. "If you
knew what a difference It makes to a
fellow that overhears, you'd know It was
a lot."
It makes a difference to us all, Bubby.
We wouldn't go back to the old way for
anything."
"Tell me about it, sister. "Guy's voice
was earnest and Florence folded her
hands and began.
"It's very short and simple. After
we'd talked things over and decided
to turn over our new leaf, W3 looked
up the word 'gossip* In the dictionary
and found that one of It's old meanings
was 'friend, or neighbor*. W3 decide*!
to use that definition, obsolete thourh
1* is, and rescue the word from it s
present ugly associations as far as we
c.'uld. So we gossip about people Just
. s free'y as ever, only we try :o make
k N OF THE SOUTH
what we say mean friendship. Would
you like to know our name now, Guy?"
"Deed 1 would *'
"We are the ? r! a Good Gossip Club
We don'? m;nu eil.ng now, because we
have tested i: ar.d tl.lnk it ?.* a success:.
Want to bo ?? i* : orary in jmber 7"
"No, thank you. I was wondering if
I couldn't start one for the fellows. That
sort of stunt doesn't come under the
head of 'Woman's Rights,' does it?"
"By no means. Women never want to
monopolize anything that is good."
"I believe that's the truth. It won't
hurt us fellows a bit to fall in line and
try to make our sisters as proud of us
as we are of them. Good scheme?"
"Couldn't be better. You'll find out."
"Sure thing. We'll get together tonlp'ht
J5av Flnv will vnn H/v o fowAi*
for me?"
"Certainly, Bubby. Get your bass
horn." ?Baltimore, Md.
REPORT OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE
ON SABBATH AND FAMILY
RELIGON.
Presented to the Assembly at Bristol
and adopted.
Your committee on the Sabbath and
Family Religon is profoundly sensible
of the vital relation these two causes
sustain to the religious life of our
beloved Church, and also of the importance
of a strict observance of the duties
which they impose on all our people
in order to their spiritual development
and usefulness.
I. The Sabbath.
The eplendid report of your Permanent
Committee on the Sabbath and
Family Religon, which has been placed
in our hands, gives some encouraging
Information in regard to the awakened
interest in the proper obesrvance
oi uie saDDatn oay, notahiy the ract
that during the past year many thousands
of letter carriers have been relieved
of Sabbath work by the closing of
Carrier's Windows in the post offices
of the principal cities of our country.
This, together with other movements
of wide influence for the protection of
our Sabbath indicate, we believe, an increased
sentiiment in our nation in
behalf of the sanctity of the Christian
Sabbath. But while there are some
movements along this line that give
engouragement to the lovers of the
Christian Sabbath, there is much to discourage.
The report which came into
our hands from the Presbyteries show
such a disregard for the Sabbath, along
lines which many consider unimportant,
as to call for the most positive
pronouncements on the part of th's
General Assembly. We call attention,
in this connection, to such evils as the
habitual patronage of the Sunday newspaper,
the railroad trains, picture shows
and theaters, on the Sabbath day. These
evils have become so popularized In
many sections of our land that unwary
church members are being led astray
thereby.
We therefore Recommend:
1. That the General Assembly condemn
these forms of Sabbath desecration
and call on all our people to disapprove
of them, anl abstain from them,
as evils which are not only Jeopardizing
the sanctity of the Sabbath, but also the
Spirituality of our beloved Church and
the religous life of its members.
2. We further recommend, that our
people continue their efforts to secure
the closing of post offices, and Carrier's
Windows, on the Sabbath day,
and that they use their Influence as
Christian citizens to have enforced all
civil laws enacted for the purpose of
making the Sabbath a rest day, such
as the closing of places of business,
drug stores, soda fountains and ice
cream parlors, cigar stands, etc., that
the sanctity of our Sabbath may be
preserved.
(tf23) 19
II. Family Hellgion.
The fa.nily being the foundation of
the Church as well as of the State, the
character of- that divine institution determines
the character of Church life
as well as of the citizenship of the
Nation. Our beloved Church has always
stood for family religon as the
sine qua non of the Christian home,
and of Scriptural church life. The
lamentable fact is shown in the reports
which come up from our Presbyteries,
that there is not only no decided lm- \
provement among our people in regard t)
to family worship, but in some instances P
there seems to be a positive decline. 1
It is evident that with tho
material prosperity, which characterizes
our whole country, there is a corresponding
decline in family religion. This
fact, in the judgment of your Commit- j
tee, calls for the most earnest and
prayerful consideration on the part of
all our church courts.
In view of the fact that the causes
committed to your Committee on Sabbath
and Family Religion lie at the
basis of everything that contributes to
the welfare individual Christian life,
and also of Church life as well, therefore,
we wish to emphasize two recom- |
mendations made in the report of your
Permanent Committee, viz:
1. That the General Assembly requests
the Session of each church
within its bounds to appoint a day of
Special Prayer for a revival of Family,
Religion and Sabbath Observance, and
that on this day a sermon be preached
on the vital importance of Family Worship
and Sabbath Observance, and how
these are linked together by our Heavenly
Father for the welfare of his children.
2. That the Assembly heartily commends
to all our people the little book
authorized by the last General Assembly,
and published by our Committee
of Publication, entitled "The Faxily
Altar," and requests that pastors and
sessions take immediate steps towards
putting it in. all the homes of our people,
especially in homes where family
worship is not observed.
3. In addition to the above, and as an
aid to a better observance of the religion
which God requires of Christian
homes, we recommend: That all
of our Da8tOrs arid Roarinno J
? ...... U C U1 g6U
to require, with more earnestness, that
parents present their children for dedication
to God in the ordinance of Baptism
and that such dedications always
(Continued on page 21.)
DIFFERENT NOW.
Since the Slugger, Coffee, Was Abandoned.
CofTee probably causes more biliousness
and so-called malaria than any on?
other thing?even bad climate. (Tea is
just as harmful as coffee because it contains
caffeine the drug in coffee).
A Ft. Worth man says:
"I have always been of a bilious temperament,
subject to malaria and up, to
one year ago a perfect slave to coffee. At
times I would be covered with boils and
full of malarial poison, was very nervous
and had swimming in the head.
"I don't know how it happened, but I
finally became convinced that my sickness
was due to the use of coffee, and a
l(MU 1--- AS
Him ictus uiau a year ago I stopped
coffee and began drinking Postum.
"From that time I have not had a boil,
not had malaria at all, have gained 15
pounds good solid weight and know
beyond ail doubt this is due to the use
of Postum In place of coffee as I have
taken no medicine at all.
"Postum has certainly made healthy,
red blood for me in place of the blood
that coffee drinking impoverished and
made unhealthy." Name given by Postum
Co., battle Creek, Mich.
Postum makes red blood.
"There's a reason," and it Is explained
In the little book, "The Road to Wellville,"
in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. Thev
<ro genuine, true, and full of human
Interest.