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UOatlon for prisoners which is now being adopted in all New York prisons. She says that much of the crime she has met has been the result of ignorance, particularly with our large foreign population and she thinks that an education even in the most sim ple branches might prove an eectual bar to further crime. Prison Libraries. Mrs. Booth spoke also of the need of good prison libraries; she said that many men have never before had an opportunity to read and that they probably never would have again, but that while in prison they read good books with eagerness and often with most beneficial effects. She urged the donation of even one good book by each person who was able to give it, to the prison nearest at hand. Not a book Our 77 ental Tlenu Tor 1907 The Golden Age offers its readers a bill of fare ab solutely unlike any other visitor to your home. Our Distinguished Contributors DR. G. CAMPBELL MORGAN, OF LONDON, universally recognized as the most profound student and interpreter of the Bible in the world, will contribute every week through the year a series of articles which con stitute a “TRACK THROUGH THE BlßLE’’—a radiant analysis and interpretation of the Book of Books which will be an intellectual feast for thinkers of every name and spiritual light, especially for the devout student of the Book that defies the “hammers” of infidelity and carries the hope of the Nations. It is nothing less than remarkable that a paper as young as The Golden Age has secured the exclusive serial right in America of the greatest work of the greatest Bible thinker of our times. HON. WILLIAM J. BRYAN, that Christian Statesman and powerful advocate of civic righteousness, will contribute an article early in the year on the “Dignity and Necessity of Work,” dealing especially with the prob lems of student life. Mr. Bryan feels strongly on this subject and his ut terances will be awaited with expectancy and received with enthusiasm by our readers. GOV. R. B. GLENN, of North Carolina, whose powerful life and elo quent tongue have been trumpet calls in the Cause of Right, will contribute a stirring article on “A Governor’s Responsibility to God and the People.” HON. MARK BOLDING, an able Atlanta attorney and a man recently famous in college oratory and debate, will furnish for The Golden Age a series of brilliant writings on “Lessons from the Life of Abraham Lincoln.” DR. LEN G. BROUGHTON, pulpit Editor of The Golden Age, who has the distinction of preaching weekly to the largest sustained audience in America, will continue his burning messages in The Golden Age. Dr. Broughton recently returned from a visit to London and ho has the dis tinction of having gathered about him the largest and most enthusiastic con gregations that have greeted an American preacher in that great metropo lis in recent years. ALEX. W. BEALER, who has just begun a series of quaint articles of unique and graphic style entitled “Clippings from the Ancient Press,” will continue them well into the coming year. “WHAT WE THINK OF WHAT WE SEE,” conducted bv the Manag ing Editor, Arthur E. Ramsaur, will continue as a department of supreme interest, touching as it does with subtle hand all subjects of national and international interest and treating each with clever commentary, both grave and gay. THE EDITORIAL STANDARD will be vigorously maintained and readers will grow more and more convinced that in THE GOLDEN AGE they indeed have a publication with “A conscience and a backbone”! THE YOUNG PEOPLE’S DEPARTMENT will be conducted by the Editor in Chief, because of his peculiar sympathy and interest in all yountr life, and every effort will be put forth to make this a distinct and inspiring feature of the paper. The Golden Age, Lowndes Bldg., GEORGIA The Golden Age for December 20, 1000. discarded or unread, but a book of good fiction or travel or biography which should appeal to the bet ter instincts of the reader and which should do so in a forceful way. The Origin of “Little Mother.” When asked how the term Little Mother originated Mrs. Booth said she scarcely knew; that the men somehow gave it to her naturally and she could not say with whom it originated But the phrase was universal among “her boys” and that it was even used in new prisons which she had never visited. She said that she was once asked to speak for the first time in the Jeffersonville (Ind.) Reformatory and when she entered the chapel she was surprised to see above the chancel the words “Welcome, Little Mother”! SPECIAL ARTICLES ON PERTINENT SUBJECTS will be contributed from time to time, precedence being always given to those subjects which ful fil the policy of the paper: “Piety in the Home; Power in the Life; Purity in the State.” SPLENDID SHORT STORIES with stirring plots and noble purposes will be a fascinating and uplifting “course” in our menu for 1907. YOU ARE MISTAKEN If you think you can afford to do without THE GOLDEN AGE. It fills a place no other periodical enters. The South has never before had a paper covering this field. Tell your neighbors to make room in their next year’s reading for The Golden Age. Dr. A. R. Holderby, a veteran Presbyterian pastor, writes as follows: “Tou are making the greatest, bravest, best paper this section has ever seen.” Pres. K. G. Matheson, of I lie “Georgia Tech,” says: “I thank you for your ringing editorials on the liquor question. For a long time we have needed such a clarion voice in a paper for the home and the citizen. The Golden Age fills a place all its own.” Rev. J. T. Christian, Lindale, Texas, says: “Seven or eight papers come to my home, but The Golden Age is the one the family ‘fights’ over—everybody wants to read it first.” The following list of premiums for regular subscribers and renewals: NOTE OUR SPECIAL TRIAL OFFER TO INTRODUCE THE GOLDEN AGE INTO NEW HOMES. From January Ist to September Ist, 1907, SI.OO (without premium). Note also list of high grade periodicals published elsewhere in this is sue which can be procured at greatly reduced rates with THE GOLDEN AGE. FREE: The Golden Age will be sent free one year to every one who secures a club of only four subscribers at $2 a year, while each subscriber will get a premium. Or, without premium, the paper will be sent 8 months for four subscribers at the trial offer—sl until September Ist. STUDENT WORK FOR THE HOLIDAYS. Suppose you don’t lose all the holidays in play! A number of girls and boys are now in different colleges of the South because they were plucky and tactful in working last summer for The Golden Age. If you need mon ey to help you through the spring term, write at once for especially liberal terms to students. But don t wait until you hear fiom us to begin work. Secure primuses from your friends. Study this page announcement. Make a conquest your community. Your neighbors will admire your pluck and industry. Use your vacation well. Spread the good news about the great new thingy in The Woman and the Leader. It is impossible to convey in written words the charm of manner which characterizes Mrs. Booth’s personality and her whole life seems replete with the most noble purposes and the highest principles. She has comparatively few assistants in the field of her special work, but she says that occasionally some one offers to assist her in her prison visiting and she always welcomes such volunteers as there is much work for all who truly desire it. In the so ciological history of this country we believe that the name of Maud Ballington Booth will hold high place as a leader of reform work in the prisons and that the future will testify to her power and influence even more strongly than does the past and the present. 15