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THE YOUNG SOUTHERNER
All communications and contributions intended
for this department should be addressed to Mrs.
Louise T. Hodges, 83 East Avenue, Atlanta, Ga.
By the Sea.
Slowly, steadily, under the moon,
Swings the tide in its old-time way;
Never too late and never too soon,
And the evening and morning make up the day.
Slowly, steadily, over the sands
And ower the rocks they fall and flow;
And this wave has touched a dead man’s hand,
And that one has seen a face we know.
They have borne the good ship on her way,
Or buried her deep from love and light;
And yet, as they sink at our feet today,
Ah, who shall interpret their message aright?
For their separate voices of grief and cheer
Are blended at last in one solemn tone;
And only this song of the waves I hear—
“ Forever and ever His will be done!”
Slowly, steadily, to and fro,
Swings our life in its weary way;
Now at its ebb, and now at its flow,
And the evening and morning make up the day.
Sorrow and happiness, peace and strife,
Fear and rejoicing, its moments know;
How from the discord of such a life
Can the clear music of heaven flow?
Yet to the ear of God it swells,
And to the blessed ’round the throne,
Sweeter than chime of silver bells—
“ Forever and ever, His will be done!”
—Scrap Book.
With Correspondents.
The winners of the prize for the solution of Miss
Richards’ charade are:
Lillie Sheats, Thirza M. Marble, James Leake.
Their names and addresses have been forwarded
to Miss Richard.
Others whose correct answers reached me later
are: Paul Ward, Vida Bryant and Buren Clyatt.
Dear Mrs. Hodges:
I read with interest the letters in the Young
Southerner, and would like to come in and have a
short talk with the correspondents and readers.
I see that some select a special subject for dis
cussion, so I will take one word, “Watch,” for
my subject.
Watch is one of the most important commands
given to us in the Scriptures.
Let us take each letter in the word as an initial
and see how many different things we are to watch:
First, W, our wills. Let us watch our will that
it may be at all times the will of our Heavenly
Father.
The second letter, A. Watch our ambition, and
try sever to covet or desire anything that we
couldn’t be sure is right in the sight of God.
Next »s T, our tongues. May God keep our
tongues from evil and our lips from speaking guile.
We never know the value of a kind word nor the
sorrow that a harsh one may bring.
“Speak just a word for Jesus,
Tell of His love for men,
Someone, distressed, may listen,
Willing to trust Him then.”
Fourth, C. Watch our companions. We are of
ten judged by the company that we keep. Let our
Conducted by Louilse Threete Hodges.
associates be such as will lift us up rather than
drag us down.
Fifth, H. Watch our hearts. If our hearts are
clean our lives will be clean. Also, watch our
homes. We are, to a great extent, our brother’s
keeper. We Young Southerners should live con
secrated lives in our homes. The dearest place on
earth is home, yet sometimes our greatest tempta
tions are met in our homes.
With best wishes for the Young Southerner,
Your new-comer, L. K. S.
Dear Editor:
My uncle gets the Golden Age every week, and
as I am visiting him I have the privilege of reading
the Young Southerner, which I enjoy very much.
My home is in Memphis, Tennessee. Perhaps
your young readers would like to hear something
about that city.
Tennessee has a very interesting history, and I
am naturally proud of my native state, and, es
pecially, of Memphis, the largest city. Memphis is
situated on the Mississippi river at the head of
navigation for large steamers. It has broad
streets, with many shade trees and beautiful parks.
There are many handsome public buildings and nu
merous educational and charitable institutions. A
splendid steel bridge spans the Mississippi river;
this was first opened in 1892.
Five miles from the city is a National Cemetery
in which are more than 14,000 graves.
Memphis is one of the largest cotton markets
in the United States.
Tennessee has produced a large number of great
and prominent men. I have a brother named after
the first governor, John Sevier, and, of course,
he is proud of his name.
The industrial interests of Memphis are numer
ous and important, but it would take too much
space to enumerate them.
Tennessee has much of the most beautiful nat
ural scenery in the United States. Lookout Moun
tain, near Chattanooga, is famed for beautiful
scenery.
There is a great deal more that I would like to
tell you about my native city and state, but it
would make my letter too long.
Very truly yours,
Seaborn M. Morse.
Dear Mrs. Hodges:
I am a subscriber to the Golden Age, and enjoy
reading it very much.
While I am not exactly a boy, I am child enough
to like to read the page you edit. In looking over
last week’s issue of the paper I noticed the charade,
and while I am not especially quick at solving
charades, I found the answer to this one at the
first reading, and decided to write and tell you
of my appreciation of the paper and of the editor,
“Earnest Willie.”
I have had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Upshaw,
and I feel that a bit more of sunshine has come
into my life from the acquaintance. I think that
his life is an inspiration to the young people with
whom he comes in contact. I send him my kindest
regards and best wishes for success in his new
field of work.
With best wishes for the continued success of
your department, I am,
Yours sincerely, Robert L. King.
The Irishman’s Way.
An Irishman got out of his carriage at a railway
station for refreshments, but the bell rang and the
train left before he had finished his repast.
“Hould on!” cried Pat, as he ran like a mad
man after the car, “hould on, ye murthen ould
starne injin—ye’ve got a passenger on board that’s
left behind.”
The Golden Age for October 18, 1906.
Interesting Facts Compiled For the
Young Southerner.
The library in the British Museum is said to
contain over three miles of book-cases and the
total number of persons using the reading room
in 1900 was 198,566.
It is estimated, from the experience of printers,
that the letter E is more frequently used in English
composition than any other letter, and that the let
ter S is most often used as an initial.
The longest journey ever accomplished by a bal
loon was 1,193 miles. This distance was covered
in thirty-six hours and forty-five minutes by M. le
Comte de la Vaulx in this balloon, Centaure, in
October of 1900.
North America is the leading apple-growing re
gion of the world. It is estimated that a hundred
million barrels are annually produced in the Unit
ed States and Canada. Most of this enormous
yield finds a market in the United States, though
some are exported to England and other coun
tries.
A species of ant living on the semi-arid plains
of Texas is said to plant, cultivate and harvest
crops of grass. The space cultivated by one col
ony usually has a diameter of 10 to 15 feet. All
shoots of undesirable plants springing up on the
“farm” are nibbled off as rapidly as they appear
among the crop. When the harvest of the protect
ed grass is ripe, the ants collect the seeds and
convey them along the roads which they have
previously prepared through the field, to the grana
ries in the hill.
Do the Hard Thing First.
Suspended above the desk of a Pittsburg bank
president is this motto: “Do the Hard Thing
First.” Ten years ago he was discount clerk in
this same bank.
“How did you climb so fast?” I asked.
“I lived up to that text,” he replied.
“There’s not much else to tell. I had long been
conscious that I was not getting on as fast as I
should. I was not keeping up with my work; it
was distasteful to me. When I opened my desk
in the morning and found it covered with reminders
of work to be done during the day, I became dis
couraged. There were always plenty of compara
tively easy things to do, and these I did first, put
ting off the disagreeable duties as long as possible.
Result: I became intellectually lazy. I felt an
increasing incapacity for my work. One corn
ing I woke up. I took stock of myself to find out
the trouble. Memoranda of several matters that
had long needed attention stared at me from my
calendar.
“Suddenly the thought came to me, 1 1 have been
doing only the easy things. By postponing the dis
agreeable tasks, the mean, annoying little things,
my mental muscles have been allowed to grow
flabby. They must get some exercise.’ I took
off my coat and proceeded to ‘clean house.’ It
wasn’t half as hard as I expected. Then I took
a card and wrote on it: “Do the Hard Thing
First,’ and put it where I could see it every morn
ing. I’ve been doing the hard thing first ever
since.”—Selected.
Watching a parade in which the stars and stripes
were an important feature, was a fair Canadian
with strong British proclivities. In commenting
on the merits of the display, she pettishly remarked
to her companion: “That American flag makes me
sick. It looks just like a piece of checkerberry
candy. ’ ’
Senator Hoar, standing near, turned to the young
lady and said: “ \ es, miss, it does; and it makes
every one sick who tries to lick it.”