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10 THE YOUNG SOUTHERNER The World As It Is. The world is not so bad a world As some would like to make it; Though *whether good, or whether bad, Depends on how we take it. For if we scold and fret all day, From dewy morn till even, This world will ne’er afford to man A foretaste here of heaven. This world in truth’s as good a world As e’er was known to any Who have not seen another yet, And these are very many; And if the men, and women, too, Have plenty of employment, Those surely must be hard to please Who cannot find enjoyment. This world is quite a clever world, In rain or pleasant weather. If people would but learn to live In harmony together; Nor seek to burst the kindly bond By love and peace cemented, And learn the best of lessons yet, To alwavs be contented. V Then were the world a pleasant world, And pleasant folks were in it, The day would pass most pleasantly To those who thus begin it; And all the nameless grievances Brought on by borrowed troubles Would prove, as certainly they are, A mass of empty bubbles. American Order of Golden Age. The Pledge. I hereby make application for membership in 4 4 The American Order of The Golden Ag*e, ’ ’ and I promise to do whatever I can whenever I have op portunity toward making the world better and hap pier. I will try always to speak kindly to and of others, and I will always be kind to dumb ani mals. I will try to acquire all I can of useful knowl edge, and will, so far as I can, encourage my asso ciates to do likewise. In my sports and recreations, as well as in my work and studies, I will try always to be agreeable, just and honorable, and will engage only in such as tend to health of body, mind and morals. Name Postoffice State Honor Roll Order of the Golden Age. Henderson Reid, Cumming, Ga. Annie Tanner, Sandersville, Ga. Velma Tanner, Sandersville, Ga. Leon Jackson, Welaka, Fla. I. M. McElroy. Jr., Newton, Miss. Ella Geraldine Samuels. Chattanooga. Tenn. J. T. B. Anderson, Jr., Gonzales, Texas. Mary Sims, Round Mountain, Ala. I am proud of those eight names—the first to sign our pledge and to be enrolled as members of our Order of the Golden Age. I feel sure that the efforts of these young friends to keep the pledge will result in greater happiness for them selves and for those with whom they are associated, I hope to have very many more names and letters, as I wish to see our Roll of Honor grow rapidly. I know that our boys and girls wish to have a part in making the world better and happier, and the 44 Older” and pledge are intended as remind ers, 44 lest they forget.” L. T. H. Conducted by Louilse Threete Hodges. With Correspondents. Dear Mrs. Hodges: As a mother and a reader of The Golden Age, I wish to express my approval of the plan you have adapted to secure the co-operation of the children in good works. Your Order of the Golden Age, with its pledge, will, I think, prove interesting and helpful, both to the young people and also to their parents. Tak ing such a pledge as you have prepared will cause our young friends to be on the lookout for oppor tunities to do something for the good of others, and will stimulate their efforts to acquire knowl edge. The Association will also promote sociability. I hope to see very, very many names on the Roll of Honor. I am in hearty sympathy with the fight The Golden Age is making on whiskey and the saloons. I trust the day is far distant when our coun try will be freed from this source of so much crime and suffering. With earnest wishes for the success of all plans for securing the interest of our young people in good work Sincerely yours, (Mrs.) Harriet L. Johnston. Dear Mrs. Hodges: I have signed the pledge card that I saw in your department, as I want to do what is right, by God’s help. My papa takes The Golden Age, and we enjoy reading it. He is the pastor of the First Baptist church, Gonzales, Texas. We have a large Sunday school. About 125 members wege present last Sunday. While I am a Texas boy now, I lived in Georgia until I was six years of age. I wish that ;ne Georgia boys could see some of the big droves of turkeys that are driven here to sell. There were about 600 in one drove yesterday on the plaza. One month from today will be Christmas, and I am glad, for I like for it to come, as my little sister and I have such a good time shooting fire crackers. I wish you a happy Christmas. Your friend, J. T. B. Anderson, Jr. Dear Mrs. Hodges: I have just signed the pledge for membership in the American Order of the Golden Age. I hope, with God’s help, to be able to keep the pledge, and I hope it will help me to be stronger. My birthday was yesterday. I was twelve years of age, and I want to make new resolutions to do all the good I can. I hope the editor got more presents than I did. It is nice to receive presents, but the Bible says it is more blessed to give than to receive. I am a member of the Young People’s Union, and wish to study the Bible and learn what it teaches. I like to read The Golden Age. I know it will help me to learn many helpful things about the world, and to be more earnest in all that I do. With best wishes for the Young Southerners. Annie Tanner. Dear Mrs. Hodges: I have signed the pledge, and am enclosing my application for membership in the Order of the Golden Age. I think it is a splendid pledge, and I hope a great many boys and girls will join the Order. I am sure it will help us to remember to try to do all the good we can. It is an encouragement to one to know that others are interested in the same plans for helping the world to be better, and it makes us feel more like brothers and sisters. I have been very much interested in the letters The Golden Age for December 6, 1906. of the Young Southerners, and I hope to see many more. I wish great grandmother, or some other grandmother, would tell us more about 4 4 old times.” I wish, too, Wat more of the boys and girls would tell us what they wish to do when they are grown up. I like to hear of their plans. In my next letter I may ten you what I wish to make my life work; it would make this letter too long for me to tell you now. With best wishes for the success of the Ameri can Order of the Golden Age, and for all the Young Southerners, I am, Your true friend, Ella Geraldine Samuels. Dear Editor: Will you please publish this letter for me? My father has been taking The Golden Age for nearly a year, and I see so many letters that do me good. I like to read your letters, so I thought I would write one, too. The Golden Age is a good paper for the young people to read. My father is a farmer and a preacher of the Gospel. I will close for this time. If you will publish this I will write more next time. Your true friend, ’ Mary Sims. Jenny’s Lesson. 44 Jenny,” said a very tired mother to her daugh ter one afternoon, 4 4 will you help me sew this braid on your sister’s dress?” 4 4 Oh, mother, how can you ask me to help you when you know that it takes all my time to make those pictures?” 44 What pictures?” inquired her mother. 4 4 Why, a lot of us girls met yesterday at Katie Easton’s house, and formed a club—we call it the 4 Busy Workers,’ because we will be always helping the poor. We are making pictures for the poor sick children in the New York Hospital. Do you not think it a good plan?” 4 ‘Perhaps it is,” said her mother absently. So Jenny, leaving her mother to sew on the braid, started upstairs to make pictures. She had not been up there long when Katie Easton came in. 44 We11, Kate,” said Jenny, 44 1 thought you were never coming.” 44 1 would have been here sooner, but we had com pany for dinner, and Chloe had so many dishes to wash that I stayed to help her.” 44 We11, Kate Easton, you shock me! The very idea of your helping your servant,” said Jenny, very much surprised. 44 Now, look here, Jenny, didn’t we girls form a club, and each promise that we would do all we could to help others?” 44 We11, that hasn’t anything to do with helpinng servants wash dishes,” said Jenny. 44 Yes, it has, too. I couldn’t go out trying to help other people, all the time knowing that mother or some of the servants would be glad of my help. Do you think you could?” After a pleasant afternoon, at tea time Kate went home. As soon as she was gone, Jenny came downstairs, and went to find her mother. 44 Mother,” she said, 44 have you the braid sewed on Nettie’s dress yet?” 44 N0,” replied her mother, 44 1 have not been able to get it done.” 4 4 Then I will help you, mother, and after this I mean always to help you first, and then work for any others I can help.” And after that Jenny always helped the people inside her home first, and then helped outsiders all she could.—Exchange.