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DO IT NOW.
By Nixon Waterman.
If you’ve found a task worth doing,
Do it now.
In delay there’s danger brewing,
Do it now.
Don’t you be a by-and-byer
And a sluggish patience-tryer;
If there’s aught you would acquire,
Do it now.
If you’d earn a prize worth owning.
Do it now.
Drop all waiting and postponing,
Do it now.
Say, “I will!” and then stick to it,
Choose your purpose and pursue it,
There’s but one right way to do it,
Do it now.
All we have is just this minute,
Do it now.
Find your duty and begin it,
Do it now.
Surely you’re not always going
To be “a going-to-be,” and knowing
You must sometime make a showing,
Do it now.
THE NUT PARTY.
By A. L. Bean.
Here they all came scampering into
the house like so many wild Indians.
Sue hurried them in, for they had just
reached her home as the rain began
to pound on the window panes like
marbles, and a terrific storm was brew
ing.
It was a gay, happy crowd of girls
and boys, who were returning from a
hickory-nut hunt, with their baskets
heavily laden. Some of the girls were
frightened at the vivid flashes of light
ning and the loud-rumbling thunder,
but Susie was always calm and serene,
and had the happy faculty of impart
ing her serenity to those around her.
She could always, in hours like this,
recall the sweet promises of the Bible;
so when the storm raged and the
strong wind blew down the shade
trees, Susie was calmest, and said:
•‘Let us find Psalm 56:3: ‘What
time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.’ ”
Then she talked of the wind, and of
the good God who rideth upon the
wings of the wind; and so interested
did they become that they got a Bible
and hunted the verses and committed
them to memory.
The storm subsided, and Susie took
them into the sitting room, and Genie
said it was so bright that it made her
think of sunshine and rainbows. The
beautiful tint of the wall throughout
the room conveyed the effect of sun
light. Lucy asked Susie what made
the rainbow, and Susie explained that
a rainbow was caused by a refraction
of the sunbeams, and asked them if
they noticed that the darker the cloud
has been the brighter the rainbow.
Lucy repeated her merry rhyme:
‘•Rain, rain, go away,
And come another day.”
which it did; and Susie brought in a
large tray of nuts, and said: “Now,
our nuts that we have gathered are
too hard for us to crack, for they will
first have to be taken from the hull
and then dried, but we will have a nice
time over these.”
John proposed that the one that
could tell where each nut came from
should receive a prize. “See, here are
the peanuts, or goobers: where were
they raised?”
Several of the boys and girls said,
■“Why, Georgia, of course,” but Su
sie, who had often studied of nuts,
now said, “Why, North Carolina, of
course.” And then the walnut: why,
they all knew that was English. And
the almond, one bright eyed little boy
declared, was from Spain, but they
also could be made to grow in the
most southern states. And they all
thought almonds were very nice for
philopena, whereupon some of the girls
and boys began to play that old time
game, and had much pleasure catch
ing each other.
They drew near the fire and had
a merry time naming their nuts and
roasting them on the shovel, which
Genie declared reminded her of
Hailoween, the night when the fairies
make merry.
Mamma came into the room with a
large dish of doughnuts. “Now,” she
said, “guess where these came from.”
A good many of the girls thought
Boston, originally; but be that as it
may, none ever excelled these partic
ular doughnuts which the young peo
ple ate and made merry over.
Genie had been very quiet, and when
the boys inquired if she had lost that
‘little unruly member,” she replied by
throwing in their midst several pen
wipers made of the peanuts by her
deft fingers. They were typical Chi
namen, with their long queues and al
mond-shaped eyes—-such an exact rep
resentation that Hop Lee would be de
lighted with the resemblance. She
hadn’t made many, and as she threw
them up such a scramble as they all
had! But Genie said: “Remember,
you cannot all have one this time; and
I have a verse for you, boys. See
Romans 12:10: ‘Be kindly affectioned
one to another with brotherly love;
in honor preferring one another.’ ”
“What a delightful time we have
had!” said John; and the girls said:
“Yes, indeed.” “And how beautiful
and brilliant the lightning seemed!”
“I know I will not be afraid next time.”
“And such a nice surprise Nut Party!”
RULES FOR LETTER-WRITING.
Have you. any unkind thoughts?
Do not write them down:
Write no. word that giveth pain;
Written words may long remain.
Have you heard some idle tale?
Do not write it down.
Gossips may repeat it o’er,
Adding to its bitter store.
Have you any careless jest?
Bury it, and let it rest;
It may Wound some loving breast.
Words of love and tenderness,
Words of truth and kindliness,
Words of comfort for the sad,
Words of gladness for the glad,
Words of counsel for the bad —
Wisely write them down.
Words, though small, are mighty
things
Pause before you write them.
Little words may grow and bloom
With bitter breath or sweet perfume.
Pray before you write them.
—PANSY.
AN ANGEL IN THE HOUSE.
When you are world-weary and soul
sick, talk with a little child. As the
clear, trusting eyes are lifted to yours,
a thought of the immeasurable dis
tance you have blindly traveled from
that sweet trust will touch the world
frozen fountain of your tears; and just
as the little head, unquestioning and
confiding, leans upon your breast, so
will you yearn instinctively for the all
father, whose loving arms are our best
and safest shelter. That man or wom
an must, indeed, be past redemption
whom “the little one in the midst” can
not bring nearer heaven.
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OLDEST DOLL IN THE WORLD...
The oldest doll in existence is prob
ably a little rudely-carved figure in
wood in the British Museum. It was
found in the sarcophagus of an Egyp
tion princess who had died in her child
hood three centuries before the Chris
tian era. When the mummy clothes
were removed the child’s tiny fingers
were clasping her precious toy.
The Golden Age for August 13, 1908.
COURTESY TOWARD CHILDREN.
Great injury is done not only to the
present happiness of children but to
their future character and conduct by
lack of politeness in our intercourse
with them. Their possessions are
their own. How often do we forget
that! They are ridiculous trifles, tuey
are worthless and in our way, yet we
have no right to throw them out or
burn them, without warning or consul
tation. A sister’s or an aunt’s gentle
persuasion will do much to gain pleas
ant consent to yielding up the treas
ures which encumber too much space
or are laid down in improper places.
A box or basket provided to hold these
priceless sticks and stones, and once
or twice a little pleasant aid in gath
ering them, and the collector will be
gained over to what he sees will surely
preserve his property and at the same
time the little fellow will have learned
respect for other people’s property
and the proper way to ask leave to
touch and handle.
While mothers are busy with their
overwhelming duties, it often hap
pens that to an elder sister much
care of the children who are able to
amuse themselves is given, and here
she will have a delightful chance to
help them to acquire the attractive
manner which is such a help in future
life, and give them practical demon
stration of the comfort and joy of a
home governed by courtesy to old and
young alike.
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WASN'T DELICATE AT ALL.*
A young man, not regarded as a very
desirable suitor, had called upon a
young lady a number of times, each
time to be told by the maid, “Miss
Florence is not well today.”
One day, in response to his card, the
young lady’s mother, who was a re
cent accession to the newly-rich ranks,
and whose education was not as sure
as it might be, appeared and explained
once more to the young man that the
daughter was nor. well.
“I am very sorry, indeed,” said the
young man as he rose to go, “that your
daughter is so delicate.”
“Delicate?” sniffed the mother.
“Florence delicate? Not at all. Why,
she is the most indelicate girl you ever
met.”
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NOT SURE OF ONE OF Th- TWO.
A district visitor once went to see
an old ScotCxi woman who was dying.
Noticing that her talk was all about
herself and the minister, he said:
“Well, really, Jeanie, I believe you
think there will be nobody in heaven
but yourself and the minister.”
“Ah, weel,” said the old woman,
“an’ I’m no’ sae sure aboot the minis
ter.”
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