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6 MissL-O.ihomas^J- —<4 All letters written tor fjj* gage n>u<: b»»* the writer's res! name rn.l address enclosed. This Is not for nubUestlon nor for tbe nee of any one except tbe editor of thia page. «f jnsr letter baa not been pobiisbed >lds n*«r l * 'be leasou. Address leMers tor "HoustliOM ' to Miss l_ «. Tksasas. lxx-s Box SC. Atlanta. Ca. CHAT ll I 1— " X am fortunate in having a letter from Japan that will show you how some of E the mission work is done. I have an dea M that your knowledge of mission work is I about as limited, or vague, as mine was | till 1 went over there. I This letter was written by a young wo fr- man from Georgia. Many of you may t know her. If you do not know her you . i; know xm® of her family. n»r they l.a e s , made a name for themselves that the • J state is proud of. I Doer Mr. Ijimbuth: I must thank you I K. again for sending me to Japan. But 1 ; t ought to be twins. One of me does not get half around. Are you planning to ; ? send us one or two helpers f*»i ■ U memorial next fall? We could use the B two and not feel in the least extrava- , gant. I wonder if Miss Bonnell has told ; | you of the great opportunity for build-, fJ ing up a great evangelistic work right ' j" around the Bible school? She will, if she t- has not. Wc know that you know it al- t ■ ready-the possibilities, if we had the | workers—and that your problem of sup- • ply and demand is a problem of but one < i solution in the Divine economy. "e I see the wonderful opportunity for evan- j ‘ gelistk- work in the homes of our kin- | P dergarten patrons, and the homes of the t members of our cooking class, all of the • I higher and more influential class, and j Which are now open to us. One of the , strongest appeals came recently from the * Wife of the superintendent of education | of this ken (state) She called for the ex- ! I press purpose of asking about the | Christ an home, sad that she wanted, to learn all that she could to make he> i i home a happy one. We called to see her. tthe first of our New Year calls was on ' tier and she would have us come in and Showed a genuine appreciation of the vis- I ft The children, all of whom eame regular ', to Sunday school, were as cor- I- dial, and as frankly pleased as the moth ! er. who is far above the average in re- I finemer.t and intelligence. During the | call she said she hoped to come to see us many times this year and learn abort £ "the way" her own expression. r. The superintendent is himself quite F,' S»:«Udiv toward the mission schools. He attended the closing exerci«s of the kin r dergarten (Lambuth memorial) where ■ l he saw his little girl taking part in ths K Christian exercises, with evident grati P kcation. He also took time to go over g the new buildings of Palmore institute. I w>th which tie was much pieased. One ft*. thing he says is lacking; it should be I )• filled with pupils in the day as well as be a night school. As a night school it p r - aerxes a noble purpose, but it seems a | pity not to have a cay school there also • It would be no trouble to get the chil dren. but where are the teachers? 1 **rvf. Asiiiua. vs tvwansei Kakuin. whom j you will remember, sajs this same su- ; I periniendent would like to have a Bible Class taught in his home. Neither he nor 1 his wife are yet Christians, but he says j F that bis home is tilted with happy Chne- | tian song.-. He is but one of several we have heard of who have asked for such k teaching. Judge Ota, of the local court of Kobe. Who was formerly a member of Miss f Gaines English class, has formed * , class among his fellow jurists for the • S* study of English and the Bible. He , & asked us to take the class, which we f j diu gladly. Miss Garner and I each giv- ! ? ing one afternoon a week. There are nine j I juogee. one or two lawyers and several , iindents composing this class, forming I as earnest, intelligent a body of men as I one could wish to teach. We meet at i Judge Ota's heme and sit on the mat- ■ ting around a long low table, on which ■ | are placed text and reference books. Sev f era I have a fairly good knowledge of Eng- ■ lish. but speak little. There is a pa- * tience and perseverance about these stu dents I have seldom seen equalled. They • are anxious to get English, and get it r they will. At first not many of them ' | cared to study the Bible, but Judge Ola was firm, and held to his original condi- . | tion that no one should join the English j class that would not study the Bible. Miss Garner is now teaching them Ro- j I mans, at their request, and they seem ! very Interested. Judg® Ota Is the only ! Christian among them. It is a remarkable ; illustration of pe-sonal influence. With ; ■tore Christian judges like this one what ■ tnight not we expect in the way of trans- ; formation of corrupt courts of justice? One of the most interesting events ■ I of the holiday was an evening at home. & when we entertained the judges and their I ~ wires or as many of the wives as could I I be induced to come There w®re about 19 : L. guests altogether. We had d’ssected i i proverbs. English and Japanese, drawing t contests, the representation of well-known Japanese books, and kept them inter- j • eetad Os course we had "honorable teaj | and cake." after which we had music. I K cannot adequately describe this strange I scene, nor ever forget the impression It made on me. We began to sing hymns, first In English as the men were anxious to learn to sing in English: then we pro f Vtded all with Japanese hymnbooks, and - the wives and all sat around the piano and sang. It seemed as sacred as a - place of worship. They sang off the key. and In an alten tongue, but that made no difference. And they enjoyed It. Os course the women did not at all under f ’sand. hut they sang the words of love | and praise to our Ix'rd and King soberly an<T thoughtfully. Since then we have E heard that several of the ladles want to •- Join the Bible Hass with their husbands. It H oni»e unusual for them to go about with their husbands, as you so well ft was my purpose to write of the New | Tear, and to tell of the joyous Christmas ■ snoot with the Jannnese children, of our E Christmas In the school. the tree for the students, for the kindergarten, the I Surdav school, hut I fear that I have exhausted your patience already. Sinccrelv yours. “WILLIE I- PARK." This letter has been just a month on & ’ the wav: school begins there in April. * with six weeks' vacation in July and Au gust and a short one at New Year. T B hope that Miss Park will tel) us more oi i her work there. Kobe is consecrates F ground to all southern Methodists, as It Is there our beloved Dr. and Mrs. Um f buth. father and mother of our secretary, were buried. They opened our work there and to this day we have found no better plans, nor locations than old Dr. I.am buth's wisdom laid out for the work. Pray for that Bible class, and also that more workers may be sent to help those » cn the field. Miss Park does not tell us. but I hear from other sources that she Is making wonderful progress wit h the language. When it is about your bedtime she is getting ready for the day’s work. When 1 I was over there it strengthened me to | think that over here at the close of the ’ day in America many were praying for I the work I was trying to do. us take • her for our especial prayer-partner, and ! if we cannot go. let us pray for God's ■ richest blessings to be poured on her and the work she finds over there. Faithfully yours. • LIZZIE 0. THOMAS. ( What to Reinemoer and to Forget j Dear Householders: Fcrget to be discontent -1 ! . Fcrget that there are greater deeds on earth | 'to be done than these of which your life’s 1 , work consist. J Forget the faults and mistakes of others, j Forget tl>e disagreeable things that come Into ’ ! your lives that .anr.ot be avoided. • Forget, wfctn touay brings suns'iine and fioweis ar.«l the fathomless blue, that tomor- • row may Lring the .lark, lowering oouus and ' ' sorrows. » z-i ; Kerr.ember to be* thankful each day for the - blessings that a b< untiful hand has strewn I . around vour path. Remember that a smile begets a smile, love 1 begets love, and all people arc blessed, when. ! J If onty for a n.on.ent. they are forced to forget J their own sa<’.nrss In beholding a happy hope . ful fellow traveler. " I Remember that there never has been a hu man being bern v.ho has not a spark of the I divine nature in him. therefore there must be something good in alt. if we will only remem -1 ber to look for It. I Remember shat many disagreeable thing-. I may be made less ro by thinking helpful, hope- I ! ful thoughts. ! Remember that a kind deed never loses its 1 • 1 e ward. ■ Remember that kind words never die and i that unkind words live equally as long. • Remember that we are livin’ ir a- p-eat I eternal now and have the promise of no other 1 time. Remember that all the kind deeds we hope to do and all the kind words we hope to say •oust be said and done now. ' Rollo. I think you'll never be sorry if you . push forward and obtain an education, even at • the cost of your share in your father's love lend property. F .tlw think that you are not 1 only not foolish, but wise in striving for an ! education. [ , rh * r * ,r * many kinds of fools in this world. , educated foo>s ar.d vneCucated ones, but edu cation or lack of it did not make them so. for fcols are bom and not made. Respectfully. LYDIA. Good Times in Florida Dear Honsebold: ITas any one missed me? I am afraid not. hut. after reading Miss T.tomas' appeal to the Householders to come often, here I am. I have the spring fever, via; to plant: so I am up bright and early, before "Old Sol" even shows his face, and am out in my garden work ing. I am doing nearly all the work alone and find real pleasure in it. 1 have greens of all kinds to eat now. Also have squashes, beaus (four kinds-, peas, several varieties, melons, tomatoes, corn, lettuce, celery, beets and cucum ***** n P- r,ln have a garden all the year around. Os course sometimes a cold snap may come and kill the tendereat plan's, hnt it never gets eold enough in the "Land of Flowers” to 1 kill al! vegetables. We were eating garden - I j>ees. strawberries, etc., on April the fth. This I last winter was unusually mild, having only one 1 severe cold snap. People are so afraid’ that the eold might come and kill vegetables until arc slov. to plant. Although this la a sandy belt, we can. with proper fertilisers. ; raise most anvthlng I am only using bsrn i yard fertilizers on my garden and everything Is | flourishing. | If snv one donhts mv shove ststement let I tliem attend tbe West CVast Florids fair, held | bere every November, and see what we raise. llt would surprise msny who think Florida a j sand ted fit tn raise only mosquitoes. I see a' mosquito *0 seldom that I have forgotten how 1 .hey look end almost how they hlte. T’-c Florida Chautauqua closed its two months' session here on March 27. We have a lovely auditorium, seating three thousand or more. If any one would like to know more about the Chautauqua and its work here. I would he glad to Inform them. Sufficient to say that this Chautauqua, with President Wallace Rnice at | its head, has brought more enlightenment and (knowledge into Walton county than its public I arhcols. and 'he latter are excellent, too. Tbe | Presbyterian I'nlon of Missionary Societies will convene here on April the 20th. bringing dele gates from far and near. Miss Tate, a mlssion | ary from Corea, will lecture to us then. Come I over to DeFunlak Springs. Fls., and enjoy the Ifeaat of good things prepared for tboee who wfil reach out and take them. "RI-ITIRED SCHOOL MARM." An Interesting Letter • Dear Miss Thomas: 1 have wanted to write- Iso long and now that it seems the opportunity is come I esn't find where to begin. I wsnt to say that I sympathize with Rolla. I I think an education fe worth all else. I mean lof tbe things we call ours as we Journey to ' wards that other Home. I enjoyed that talk on the fireless cooker, i whether Irvin did or not, and I mean to try Jone right away. The birds have all come back now. Our little ; folke startea to feeding tbe sparrows long ago ! and they have four nests in our large oak in tbe I yard. “The mocking birds hold church out In Itlie grove," Doris says. "And one sits up high with Ills whl e vest and long coat behind aud talks the most, and lie's the preacher." I I never doubt It. and yesterday morning the : blrda didn't come, and I heard an awful funny | whistling. She and Hilda, too. were in the ■ tope of the cherry trees, being birds thent -1 selves, and I just got out in time to prevent ; their flying to the ground. ■ The children all are fond of flowers. I have isome pot plants hut no yard flowers. I wish snipe one would tell me what kind of flowers to try Io grow In a hard clay yard, with cl.lckens . and a large oak. I love the wild flowers, too, - an<l sometimes I wonder why so many of them j are blue —just as if 'be dear sky had lightly kissed them and scattered a perfumed powder I far and wide. I Mrs. Felton gave ns some good sense about the new summer rlggery. the other day. When mv fashion sheet eame for the spring I asked I the good man what he thought about them—ls ■ they were not nretty. Be said. "Yes. mighty pretty: they *ll look exactly like they were I botding their breath." (Well 1 hope to com* again, so I will stop. Much love to all. and. Oh. yes. save a pin • for me. When can we them? REBECCA JENKINS. A Letter of 'Thanks Dear Household—As I cannot write to all personally. I wish to thank, through the deny Semi-Weekly Journal, all those who have re membered me with dimes, letters, magazines, post cards and stamps. Imagine my happy surpris’ when my matl came pouring tn from alfferent '-art*. Oh' how It fills my heart with gratitude tn know I am remembered al! over this broad land. You each have a warm place tn my heart and a remembrance in my prayers. Wishing t« hear from you often. I am your shut-in friend. JL'DSON JENKINS. Toccoa. Ga.. Route No. 2. Another Happy Wife Dear Miss Thomas—After a long, long while 1 I'm coming back for a visit with the House • holders. Man’- changes have come into my • life since last 1 wrote. Then I was a merry >! maiden: now I'm a happy, farmer's wife. ► Mrs. Isaac, your letter was very good, for I. too. believe that God will direct and help us. if we ask Hint, in choosing our life part ners Carolyn, dear, how much I enjoyed your letter; truly, you have pictured my own happy . home tn some par's of your letter. How 1 much mere blessed it is to have a kind, iov . ing husband than one that only observes the rules of Ttlgh <?> society. I shall always be thankful that I asked the Lord to help me I in making the choice 1 did. I chose my ,nus band. a man of »joderate means, rather than 1 another who was what the world calls "a • better chance." t So. Carolyn, let's never be lacking in our appreciation of our own. Mav God bless and I prosper you In your new home. • I Frank Snell, you are certainly right about iI a woman trying to hold her husband's :ove r | So many times we find Indifference on ths (part of both after marriage. Watch, then, lest there be a blighted home. Many good wishes for Miss Thomas. Lov c finely. AUBREY. J— - - Why I Moved f Dear Household: This has been a pretty 5 Sabbath day and during the evening I com menced reading Our Household page of April ’ 1(. I don’t think I ever saw as many good ’ letters as appeared that time. But my sym -1 nathv was around by Uxa latter of "A Brokeu- THE ATLANTA SEMI WEEKLY JOURNAL. ATLANTA. GEORGIA, TUESDAi, mat 4, IW9. Heart’d Wife." and that is why I come again now. I don't fel capable of giving ber ad vks that will master her care, but 1 feel like saying this: A wife is more excusable tor separating from her husband for drunkenness than for any other crime, and 1 think that your case would warrant a separation, though you anti you alone can be the judgb of that It surely must be a heartless wretch wli>> would place whisky to the lips of small chil dren. Ills own or anybody else's. i I think that my wife Is worried some be- I cause I have moved away front the old settle ment In which we were raised, and I feel a delicacy in teLiog h«r why. but here is my I renwons: We hate two small boys and the whisky influence has a majority up in our old , nome. and 1 am Ji.-st fool enough to oppo.e ; raising boys In a community of that sort, an ' ! more especially as some of our boys’ uncles drink whisky, make whisky, sell it and dabble in It. So I am resolved to keep my boys clear 'if even seeing a person intoxicated, which ! would be out of my power'back In our home I community. You can talk to a child and tel! them of the evils of whisky all you plea”, but if they mm i uncle, aunt, cousin taking bitters and a sweet [ ened dram now and then they will naturally , begin to inquire about It. and the first thing j you know they wi’l be wanting to do like ! wise. It is said that whisky has a haluclna tion or power about it that tan only be de scribed by a reformed drunkard. We have many relatives and friends in the old home community who are dear to us. and ve couid make enough meat and bread up here, hut am I not doing right to move away an<l only see them once a year, to keep mj hlldrcn fiom being under the Influence ot ' .I i* ky.’ That is the question for me. Folks .irinlt whisky here, tut It Is different. These 'are strangers end It does not have the effect ’on a boy to s’r It among strangers that it , does among kinfolks ; 1 have a word ab-.ut go'.nc to church, and I close. I will say that I don't go to church , near as often as I should. How many of us 'do? Fut then what do w» go for? One Sun • day afternoon at a neighbor's house I sat ■ quietly listening to a conversation among some ■ friend*, a few of whom ha I been to churcn I tb.a’ day. The conversation was first about tho ■ beta, then the ciresse.-. then the shoes, ribbons, ; lac* trimmings and a certain boy with a cer tain fittt. st last I got In a word edgewise, and 1 : asked. "Dots or’.on-' remember the preacher’s .tevt or euh’wtT' They could not t»ll it. Fin ■ ally •■’no of the.n said she remembered what j lite pnaeb-r '<■ ked about. I asked what. She I said. "He told eb .'it a little fellow, ah’ ■ thought. 1’ was Davy Crockett, killing a great • big man who war eltven sett tall and awful ! stout." I ask»d who -was tho big rnan. She 'said she had forgotten whether it was Samson, > Benedict Arnold er Jvdas Tscnriot. Now. let me remark that the Bib’e says something ab.-ut "All is vanity.” but I am sure none of von will be •> tain as to let dressing dtsiuib jour minds that way. Yours truly, UNCLE ZEEK. One Girl’s Experience ■ Dtar Household--Once in the early spring 'time, when beautiful roses wer» blooming their beauty »nd fragrance rr.akinr this eartr. a veritable Paradise I stood with the man I loved and heard the minister pronounce us man and wife. I was. oh so happy, for I loved him. nev*»r once doubting his love for me. And. oh! th<- happy anticipation of the future which seemed to hold so many joys in store for us! When I tnbiurht cf the little home that wag waiting for me. where I was to share tas I then thought) his joys and sorrows, my cup of happiness seemed ready to overflow. A nap pier girl than I was that lovely spring day never donned a bridal robe. But, alas! how i soon was my happiness destined to be turned ' Into sorrow. Tiw roses of summer had not perished before ' this same man who had vowed to love and protect me had turned to rend me. as ft were The sorrow, the anguish and the humiliation that he caused q?e can never be known except by those who have experienced the same thing; and these. I nope, are few. I was only a bride cf less than a month when he began treating me cruelly. I begged him Io tell me why he was treating me thus, but he assigned no reason. You may rest as sured that this state of afftfips did not exist long until I had thoroughly made up my mind to leave him and return to my parents. After I left him I learned that his motive for being so cruel to me was to cause me to leave him because he had thought my father would present him with some money when w’e were married. This being all he was after, as he was disappointed about the money hls so-called love for me dlett. > My sorrow seems so great—almost more than [ I can bear, vet It Is no more than many others have undergone, and I shall try to bear it bravely, knowing that some day our heavenly Father, who doeth al! things well, will show me why it was best. Many months have passed since this great sorrow came into my life, and the wounde/l heart which I then thought would never heal, feels not quite so sad. My hopes are all blighted: my girlhood dreams were destined never to come true, yet I shall not say that my life must be a failure. By the help ot God I will do what I can to turn my sorrow into a blessing, and aspire to higher anu nobler things. One consoling thought that I have Is that through it all. while he was treating me so cruelly I never gave him cne cross or unkind word. I will say to thoxe who are so opposed to any one bring divorced, perhaps you would think differently If you had an experience like mine I wish to sav to Rollo: "Don’t give up;" I never step trying. We always get whatever | we wknt if we will only strive and work to that end. Dear Annie Peavy, please write again. 1 always enjoy your letters; also many others whose names I have forgotten. With much love to dear Miss Thomas and the entire Household. I am ERNESTINE. vine Who Can Rejoice Dear Miss Thomas: Will you please open the door and let one more stranger into your in teresting Household? Many times have I thought of writing to this page and have writ ten several letters, but could never piHc up courage enough to send any of them off. I love The Semi-Weekly Journal best of all the papers that come to our home. Rarely ever read anything tn It but the Household, as my time for reading ts quite limited. I am a mother of a large family, and I do all my work except washing, ironing and milking, which keeps me so busy that I hardly have time to read except at night. Broken-hearted Wife, you certainly write a distressing letter. My heart goes out in sym pathy to you more than I have words to ex press. I. too, married when I was quite young a man that drank. He didn't promlst me that he would quit, but said he would guard against it. I knew nothing about the whisky habit, never having seen any of the effects of it In my father's home. I loved my husband, and determined the whisky should be no barrier between us. but we had been mar ried only a few months before I thought I had made a mistake. But ns I have already ; said I was raised by high-toned parents and I stood firm, determined by God’s help to make not only a sober man. but a Christian of him. Now I am glad to tell you It has been fifteen years since he tasted whisky. He won’t ever, go into a fount and take a glass of soda water. To our heavenly Father I give all the praise. Tell your husband if he hasn't any respect for himself and no love for you, for his chil dren's sake and the good of his country and for Jesus' sake to quit hls dr*hk and help you to bring up tbe little one* that God has given you two Tn the way they should go. Now. dear Miss Thomas, if you will be so kind as to print this I will (with your permis sion). come again and tell you why I sign my »»">« FORBEARANCE. The Influence of Flowers Stop for one moment and look about you. In the days of sn early awakening spring, do you not fee! a deep sense of joy In seeing Mother Earth take up her new labors and provide a new and beautiful scene for our eyes to feast upon? Nay. more—do you not feel every nerve vibrate with thankfulness to Him who clothes tbe earth in green and opens every tiny flower for our hungry eyes; who fills the golden bells with fragrant odors that float on tbe gen tle breezes; who gives to each little petal its dainty coloring, and who gives to each slender ! vine its graceful curve? Through nature we are drawn nearer to ns ture's uotl. It Is a duty as well as a privilege not only to love flowers ourselves, but to help others love and appreciate them. Teach the children to lose flowers. Give the busy little folks a ! garden of their own. them studv, plan I ano work in one little spot where their minds may expand and grow—where their muscles may be exercised aud developed; where sheir taste tnny be cultivated, and you will soon find their little hear.a softening from having the rare of the frail plants. They will experience Joy tn seeing the result of their labors in the lovely-hued blossoms. The responsibility '| of caring for them will strengthen a child's character. It will replace selfishness with ten • der thoughtfulness for helpless thing*. One cold day in early spring my babv sister i came to me and said, "Frank. I do not think my Easter rose will get cold tonight. I have wrapped it up in a warm flannel." When I went to look at the tiny bush, sure enough, the I I dear child had tucked her doll's flannel close about the bush. She wore flannel, and her favorite rose must be provided for. See’ Gtve children the flower seed they want , whether you think they are pretty or not’ Every flower that unfolds bolds an interesting ' secret of its own. We do not have to seek the choicest rose or rarest lily to get lessons of truth, strength, patience, sympathy, persever ance. willingness, and purity—though I grant you that not on* of these treasure blossoms has lived without having given to our great wide, busy world more sunshine. And sunshine is r what the world needs—sunshine without, sun ■ shine within. Sow sunshine, grow sunshine, I?give sunshine to others. scatter it abroad. I' brighten your own -te with sunshine, make the world purer and better with your sunshine, ! and you wtU have lived. VRANK. Keen Fraulein Lands Big Contract; After Another Now from Jim Hill i ft I flunt/ II w I FRAULEIN CAROLINA STOETE. BERLlN.—Pretty Fraulein Carolina Stoete, who Kaiser William called “the cleverest young business woman in Ger many,” is considering going over to the United States and laying a little business proposition before E. H. Harriman and Jim Hill. As she is now doing for the Belgian state railways, she wants to collect the WHO WOULD BE KING A SHORT STORY BY S' Mr. Placid Peters sniffed at ths crumbly chocolate cake and tossed It into a gully. "It’s a measley outrage,” he protest ed, "the kind of stuff the American housewife offers; gentlemen of the road these days.” Mr. Indolent Inman bit Into a fried peach pie and spat It out at a passing dog. "The tramps o’ this here country orter organize.” he declar4fi "Hoboes is losin’ their sperret.” Mr, Peters produced a cold potato, took one fastidious critical bite and made a telephone wire ring with th® mis ile. "I weary o’ this here tramp life. I wish I wuz a king an’ lived in a palace q' diamints!” “Ho!” sad Mr. Inman. “Youse got a ambition like a farm lad movin’ to town with one dollar and the fourt’ reader.” “I have,” declared Placid. “I would wear a purple robe with gold nickels danglin’ all over it. And I’d have a big tank o’ champagne with a windmill pumpin’ it up all the time, and the purtl est woman in tne world wavin’ me to sleep with a peacock’s tail.” Mr. Inman sat down on the glad spring heath, that he might more fully enter into the spirit of this life of dreams. "Yes,” he announced, “me, too. Wouldn't it be nice to dine on pheas ant’s tongues and extra dry ev'ry day! w ’-KQPQU U TrtTLP SPimr" I'd have my name in letters of sapphire on a big sign on the front gate. And I’d give the president a million dollars to name the biggest battleship the ‘lndolent Inmen.' ” “That’s right.” agreed Plaqid. “If you an’ me had filthy lucre. I reckon we’d have a time. I’d marry the queen of Paris and you could be the duke a la Chattanooga. But we’ll hit the trail for the Hotel Barnloft-on-the-Pike. The settin’ sun is settin’ in the western sea.” The discontented ones fell into the rail road-tie gait of vagabondia and tramped on for a mile of wonderful beauty. Birds twittered about, and blue and pink and yellow blossoms stuck up their heads from the roadway. It was spring on the open road, and the discontented ones were from nowhere, bound nowhere and knew no bound nor fetter. Yet they pined for other things. A turn in the road showed a scudding thing on a distant rise. The scudding thing Ailed the air about it with dust and it was getting bigger all the time. Now it had reached the hollow at the feet of the discontented ones, and something hoppened. The scudding thing scudded no more. Instead, it dragged along and came to a wheezing halt. The mechanism of the big, red touring car was tired. The discontented ones ambled up with listless curiosity. When they reached the sick automobile, they sat by the roadside and enjoyed the dilemma of their betters. There were four people in the car. One was a great, fat man. who puffed and panted, worrying the chauffeur with unanswerable questions. “Confound the luck!” he growled. UNCLE SAM WILL HONOR ' HEROES OF THE CONFEDERACY WASHINGTON, May I.—Granite mon uments are to be erected by the United States government to mark the resting plifTes of the unidentified soldiers of the Confederate army in the cemetery at Al ton, 111., and in the Green Lawn ceme tery at Indianapolis, Ind. The bodies of 1,353 such soldiers were buried at Al ton and 1,620 at Indianapolis during the civil war. In the cases of these men it was found impossible tn identify the newspapers left in American railroad pas senger coaches and convert them into pasteboard on which tickets can be printed. In exchange for the privilege, she's willing to furnish the railroad with all the tickets it needs. There’ money in this unique business. The company she heads over here Is earning 15 per cent per annum on its .contract with the Belgian state railways. ■TUART B. STONE. 11 “The bottom is out of Reading. I can’t tool around here!" There was a richly-dressed lady In the car—one that could see no more in life, f looks showed true. Now she addressed the banker: “Come up here and sit down, you oi crank. You’re not the only one wor ried. Lord, I wish I’d never seen you!” “You’re good at spending my money, though,” rasped the fat man. The girl in front took a hand. She was 1 a maid of passable charm, but there was too much knowledge, a too great bored ness in her young, blue eyes. “You two make me tired,” she scolded ‘ in a hard, nothing-is-new voice. “Shut 1 up your vulgar brawling.” 1 'The too-mature girl sighed, and the fat millionaire sighed, and the ugly dowager person sighed. But the chauffeur did not sigh. He merely crawled out from under the red car and shoved a lever and the thing scudded away again, bearing its 1 burden of over-rich miserables. Mr. Indolent Inman arose from the I verdant roadside and jolted Mr. Placid Peters in the side. “Come on. Placid; I’d 1 rather coil up in a cattle car and live on scrappings and cold bread forever. They ain’t no happiness in this here marble halls business ay-tall.” GLIMPSES. Very much in favor as a spring fabric is serge; the supple, fine and smooth varietj-, which is dyed -in such wonderful shades and which conforms so beautifully to the lines of the tailored suit. The tailored skirts are unlined, smooth over the hips, with a certain fullness at the bottom. As for the underskirt, a return to the dainty unstiffened lingerie petticoat is promised—a charming phase of femininity. How lovely are the new scarfs, made of the sheerest material, fairly covered with tiny crystal beads and weighted by heavy rilk fringe. These come in all delicate colors. I some of them being shaded, almost white at the middle with a deep tone of the same color at either end. They are long and ample in width and, because of the weight of the meads, will cling to the shoulders in very graceful lines. , Soutache trimming will continue to be the mode of modes this season—fine soutache in silk or in mercerized cotton, large motifs and loops of soutach.e all kinds with tinted laces will ornament gowns of every description. Especially will this be seen in costumes of linen, where soutachlng will replace embroid er}’. Manv chemisettes of fine batiste will be elaborately worked in soutache with sleeves to match, as well as whole net dresses and vests of net. One would do well, therefore, to set to work preparing bands of the same or even working patterns on whole summer gowns; for after the design has been stamped It is very simple and quick in the making. Novelties in ribbons for decorative purposes are unusually beautiful and variegated this season. Some of the hadsomest among them are in sash width, and show a delightful de sign cf large butterflies In rich, exotic color - ing over a snowy white surface covered with I trailing vines of wistaria. Others are literally i laden with stupendous garlands, wreaths, and stray bouquets of roses and violets In the loveliest tints, printed over pale blue or silver white satin background, which is covered with 1 a Rococo scroll design in dull finish, I The fad for jet motives—pastilles, squares. > ellipses and diamond shaped sections—has also brought metal motives of all sorts Into promi- L nence. These are shown in Florentine, dull ' finish In all tones of gray, blue, roses, mauve, > beige and metallic green, either applied In a ’ careless, unsymmetrieal way to tulle bands cr separately sewed to the hat they are to deco ’ rate. The effect Is as though these motives 1 were literally strewn over the surface of i the hat. I Large and small lozenges and paillettes In . nacre or moonshine effect are exceedingly ef fective when used In combination with fine tulle or lace, decorating hats and turbans for ■ demi-saisor. as well as later wear.—Vogue. I ! WANT DUTY REMOVED ON DANISH CABBAGE j NEW YORK. May L—Two hundred » ■ members of the New York Produce ex ’j change have organized to induce con • I gress to place Danish cabbage on the free ■ • list in the tariff law. The duty at present [ i is three cents a head, and they claim I i there is a demand in this country for this i vegetable which cannot be supplied by I home production. i j One of their principal arguments is that |' of reciprocation. In 1907 Denmark pur- ■ chased $23,384,989 worth of American pro ’ ducts, of which more than $17,000,000 worth 1 went into Denmark duty free. There is . . no duty on American wheat, corn, meats, I 1 oils and allied products, and therofore i these members of the produce exchange i declare that Denmark’s cabbage should be admitted into this country duty free. remains of individuals and give each grave a separate distinctive headstone as provided by the act of congress ot March 9, 1906. The Alton monument will be a plain shaft with an apex like the Washington monument and will be 57 feet over all. The Indianapolis memorial will be an exeffra 25 feet wide, about 8 feet high and 9 feet, 10 inches deep, surmounted by a plain granite shaft 25 feeat high. 'PLYMOUTH- BETHEL- W YOOfflMESOmwv 4 .Lr~- / Jkooklyn li Taber.naci.e4 BROOKLYN, N. Y.. May 2 —Pastor C. T. , Russell preached at the Brooklyn Tabernacle | 'today, taking as his text the words, "I will | pay my vows unto the Lord now tn the pres- ] ence of all hls people. I will take the cup ot I salvation, and call qpon the name ot the I Lord." (Psa. 116:14. 13.) He said: No less than ten times does the Prophe. I David refer to his vows to the Lord; the pro- I prietary of so doing and hls appreciation of 1 the responsibilities thus incurred and his de- i termination to fulfill his vows. The word vow J is rarely used today except In respect to clerical vows, marriage vows. The word vow has to considerable extent been superseded by the .word promise and other words which signify an obligation to the Lord, a covenant or agree ment, as. for instance, we speak of our cove nants with the Lord, meaning our vows or uti lisations. The word consecration is frequent!} used to express this thought of avowed obe dience and sacrifice to the Lord and Hls cause. Thus when St. Paul writes, "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God. that ye present ycur bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God. which is your rea sonable service," he is exhorting us to conse cration—to an avowal of fidelity to the Lord, to the extent of death. Much is said in the Scriptures respecting the making of such con secration vows to the Lord. The Scriptures contain severe warnings against the making of vows to the Lord care lessly. assuring us that it would be better to make no vow at all than to vow and to fail to perfform to the extent of our ability. It is in harmony with this, that our Ix»rd forewarns us to sit down first and count the cost of disciple ship, so that there may be no falling back or even looking back subsequently. He de clares. "He that puts his hand to the plow and then looks back, regretting his covenant or vow of sacrifice, will not be accounted worthy of a share in the kingdom." The Scrip tures abcund with exhortations that we take heed to promise the Lord nothing that we will not fulfill to the best of our ability. Permit me to quote you some of these instances. "When thou shait vow a vow unto the Lord, thy God, thou shait not slack- to pay it; for the Lord thy God will surely require it of thee •it will be sin in thee to ignore it). . . /. That which is gone out of thy lips thou shait keep and perform, even a freewill offering unto the Lord thy God."—Deut. 23:21-23. "When thou vow’est a vow unto God. defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. Better is it that thou shouldst not vow. than that thou shouldat vow and not pay (the vdw).”—Eccl. 5:4-5. "Praise waiteth for thee, O God. In Sion, and unto thee shall the vow be performed. O thou that heareth prajher, unto thee shall all llesh come."—Psa 65:1-2. • "Vow, and pay unto the lord your. God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.”—Psa. 76:11. "My praise shall le of in the great congre gation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.”—Psa. 22:25. "Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the Most High: and (then) call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shait glorify me. But unto tho wicked (covenant breakers, vow breakers), God salth. V/hat hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldst take my cove nant into thy mouth? Seeing that thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.” -Psa. 50:14-17. "Thy vows are upon me. O God. I will ren der praises unto thee. For thou hast delivered my soul from death; wlft thou not deliver my feet from falling?”—Psa. 56:12-13. “I will abide in thy tabernacle forever; I will trust in the covert of thy wings. For thou, O God. hast heard my vows: thou hast given mb the heritage of those that fear thy name. ... So will I sing praise unto thy nam. firever that I may dally perform my vows.’’—Psa. 61:4-8. "I will pay thee my vows, which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was In trouble.”—Psa. 66:13-14. PROPER VOWS VALUABLE. As we have seen from the foregoing illus trations a vow represents a promise or cove nant with God. respecting some matter not strictly called for by Divine law. That is to say, whatever is demanded of us by justice is an obligation, and could not properly be considered a sacrifice of consecration, sued as the word vow would Imply. It is for this reason that specific vows are not outlined and commanded in the Scriptures. The entire decalogue is commanded; love for God and tor our neighbor to the fullest extent is com manded. but the cow is merely suggested as a possibility to those desirous of making an offering or sacrifice to the Lord. Similarly the Divine law, which commands that the human nature be restrained from sin and be obedient to every law of righteousness, does not command that we shall consecrate our lives to the extent of sacrificing them, even In the Divine service. A thing demanded and commanded cannot be a sacrifice. Thus the apostle, whne urg ing upon all believers consecration, does not command It. nor even hint a penalty upon those who do not consecrate. He merely urges, saying, “I beseech you. therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God. that ye pre sent vour bodies a living sacrifice, holy ac ceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.” Whoever accepts the apostle's sug festlon sacrifices hls human rights to ths Lord and his cause and the expression of such a sacrifice or consecration is a vow—an avowal. While it is true that those who make a vow of consecration and who fall to perform it in spirit will be less esteemed of the Lord than those who never made this vow. never theless there is a great blessing connected with such an avowal of lovalty to God, to the extent of self-sacrifice. Those who never make this consecration, this vow. will in no sense be sharers of tho heavenly kingdom and its high spiritual reward. This does not mean that God has no other portion, no other bless ing, for those who refain to vow. for those who refrain to come into consecration. We have previously shown that In the Divine purpose there is an age of restitution Just in advance of us. the. blessings of which thf Sciptures assure us will be for all the fami lies of the earth. (Acts 3:19-21.) But we re mind you that the high calling, the election of this gospel age. guarantees to those who make the vow ot consecration to the Lord and who perform It faithfully a still greater bless ing than earthly restitution, and heavenly spiritual nature with glory, honor and Immor tality and participation in the Divine nature. God is now Justifying believers through faith in order to give them an opportunity to con sectate themselves, to make their vows unto the Lord and to show their love and loyalty by keeping these vows. In view of this wno will say that God has not attached a great blessing to this vow of consecration—to all those who present themselves in sacrifice to Him. HOW VOWS MAY ASSIST. The will is the proper ruler of human life; but the fact is that a great many people are without this ruler and guide as respects the higher things of life. Early in life the will usually decides for name and honor and wealth .to be secured as honestly ana as easily as possible. The will represents the sentiment of our strongest or preponderating characteristics cr mental qualities. In a majority of people these are not the highest qualities or the mind, but rather the lowest. Selfishness, ac quisitiveness, combatitiveness. destructiveness and animal pazsion lie at the base of the brain and are usually persistently cultivated, encouraged and gratified, with merely certain limitations of decency, honesty, respectability, associating with them as a venere. A phrenological examination of the head shows other higher and nobler qualities f the mind in every case, but with many the upner series of the mind are comparatively unfurnished and unoccupied. The owner of the frame lives almost continually in the cellar. Why is this so? Because the lower organs have to do with the necessities ct every day life. And the owner of tne brain often finds it inconvenient to consult the higher elements of hls organism, because these usually through conscience wouia t»e inclined to reprove hls course of life. His justice would frequently forbid commercin' transactions which hls lower nature desires to put through Hls benevolence, his spirit uality. hls veneration for God and His word, if allowed to speak, would thwart hls semsb plans and resolutions. What such a naau needs to do is to make a vow to himself that he will seek to live in I harmony with hls own convictions—that he will • not allow tbe baser qualities of hls nature to rule him. but will regulate those qualities by the noblest and best sentiments of which be is possessed. We suggest that this vow be to himself, because it could npt be a vow to God. God's law commands his 'best and. in ''ring according to any other standards he is living in violation to the divine law written In his very constitution, represented in the organs of bls’brain. True, our fallen brains are not per fectly balanced, nevertheless, a measure of the divine likeness is to be found in every human brain not idiotic. If the whole world could come to appreciate these fa'-ts and if each person would vow to himself to live hls own very best—according to ills own highest ideals—in full harmony with the measure of the divine likeness which lie possesses, the world would straightway be com paratively a paradise. True, many things would still be amiss, but tbe will, the most important factor, if right with God. would bring a measure of peace to every heart, to overv home, to every land. every UU ‘ A ' XFW HEART NEEDED. "Create within me a clean heart. O Lord, and renew a right spirit within me.” (Psa. 51'10 > Tbe man or woman wbo begins reforma tion of life by vowing to himself to live ac cording to his best nntural ability will find himself disappointed still: because of the im liosMldHlics of harmonizing a|l the various qual ities of iits mind under present conditions con nect* •’■ with the reig-.i of sin and death tn the world. He will find that to will may be present v.itb him. tmt to perform tbe will of his nobler mind will be an impossihilty. because through heredity and through commercial cus toms and through bls own habits of life bis lower organs are fully developed and stronger tu their combination, while the organs reptesent ing bis nobler sentiments are relatively weak, inexperienced and out of accord with the sin and death condition which prevail on every band. It is asked why this is so? The scriptural reply is that we were born In sin and sbapen in iniquity; anti in sin did our mothers con ceive us. (Psa. 51:5.) Tbe Bible tells us cf the origin of sin in the disobedience of Eden. It tells us of the sentence of sin. And we ate bow that eentcnee has l>ound and enfeebled our race on i s way to the tomb. Hie effort to live tighteously, soberly and justly in this pres ent world is so great that if there were no future prospects, no divine promises of future life, we might well consider, as the apostle suggests, whether we might not better eat, drink and be merry and die rather than fight a continual warfare against so heavy an odds. GIVE THE WILL TO GOD. The scriptures inform us of the divine pity for-our race in Its fallen condition; yea. that J God perceived all of our distressed eondi’.ions !>efore He created us and even then planned a remedy. "The Lamb slain from before the foundation of the world.” The Bible shows us that Jesus was that Lamb of God to take away the sin of tbe world. It shows that before He can deal with the world, according to the divine arrangement. He must purchase all o< iis rights and interests by Ids own perfect life. As a man He must demonstrate his own right to eternal life as a human being and then, in order to reattain spiritual life and to give to us restitution to human rights and perfection He must sacrifice those human rights which be nad purchased or won by his own obedience. In our Lord's sacrificial experiences these two tilings were accomplished. He kept the law ai.d had a right to all of its blessings as a man. He sacrificed (hose rights in the inter- ! csts of the world of mankind. He received a leward of life eternal on the higher spiritual plane. The next thing in order is to give to mankind the blessings secured by hls sacriflcufi death. Our Redeemer might have consummated the entire work of uplifting hntnanitv from sin and death back to all that was lost and which He redeemed bv His 6wn sacrifice. But God had - higher and a grander message which ! wou* still further illustrate the length and I breadth and height and deptn of His justice. I wisdom, love and newer. This plan, which God is pursuing, calls from amongst the re deemed race those who have hungry and thirsty hearts for righteousness and harmony with God. By various processes these are "called” and chosen, instructed and tested and made readv as the members of Chrlat. God's • jewels. They are promised a close relation ship with their Lord in the future, represent ed by the nicture of a bride and queen In relation to the king of glorv. It is to these after they have believed that the Lord make known His gracious numoses. Such of them as respond with zeal have the anostle’s exher- ■ tation to take upon them a vow’ of full con secration to the Lord unto death and then to live ut> to the terms of that vow to the best of their ability until the close of life. This vow. unlike the other we suggested. Is not to themselves, not to other men or con gregations. lodges societies, but to God only. While it is true that the vbw to tho Lord will not end our reanonsibillties, but z merely begin them, it is also true that we cannot come into relationship with the Lord at all. except by making a consecration vow. It is the vow in advdhee that the Lord ac cepts and responds to bv the begetting of the H.-.ly Spirit. Whoever, therefore, has failed to vow unto the Lord with consecration has failed to be begotten of the Holy Spirit and will have no share with the church's glory He mav not have called It a vow; He may not have called it consecration; He may not have ■ called it anything, but the vow of consecra tion must, nevertheless, have been His—ut tered c-r unexpressed, before he could become a member of God’s spiritual family. Thus our Lord’s vow of consecration was ” expressed in the words. "Ln. I have come, as in the volume of the Book it is written of me—to do thy will. O God.” The will ot the Father was that our Lord Jesus snoul.l have the opportunity of presenting Htmself a living sacrifice cn man's behalf. Our Lord accepted this and Hls acceptance was Hls con secration vow of obedience, even unto death, even the death ot the cross. A man might have the Intention for davs or months cr years to purchase a piece of property which he knew was for sale, vet the intention did not purchase it, nor did it rive him any right or interest in the property. Bin wnen the desire for the property reached the point when he went to the agent and signed a contract for the purchase and made a navment on account, then he had interest in the property. Simi larly God has a wonderful proposition for us. We heaff about it for vears and more or less believed it. yet we had neither right nor in it until the time came when we accepted the Lord’s fhvor and surrendered to ■ Him our wills. That surrender of ourselves. | our rights, our interests, our Ilves, in what- - ever terms we made it. few or many, words or thoughts, constituted our consecration vow. which became to the channel of God’s grace In Christ BIND THE SACRIFICE WITH CHORDS. Our original consecration cow. even If care fully made, we found to be but an imperfect one because of our imperfect knowledge of the trials and resnonsibilitles and difficulties and the Lord's trequirements. We found need for new cows covering new features or guard ing weaknesses. Such vows we made for our own assistance, although it might be said that everything ncesible was included in our origi nal vow. Those who follow this course bind their sacrifices the more firmlv and the mor* closelv to the altar of sacrifice and corre spondingly are assisted in the narrow way and in maintaining themselves in the love at God In conclusion, then, let us not vow hastily, but soberly, wisely. u« bring nurseries under all reasonable restraints of thought and word and action—restraints to God and not to men or creeds. So doing, undoubtedly our cup of blessing will more and more overflow. NEED A MAGNIFYING GLASS TO READ THIS PIGMY TESTAMENT ’ K y ; *i wi Exact size of Orr’a Bible. DES MOINES, la., April 29—Thia la said by its owner to be the smallest Hi Ole in the world. The photographs shows its actual size. He is Jos. Orr, representative of the American Bible society, and when he reads this book he is forced to use a magnifying glass, wmen is carried in a pocket in the back of the volume. x'he Bible is an inch wide and an inch and a half long. prohFlaw is taken TO FEDERAL COURT MONTGOMERY, Ala.. May I.—Undis mayed by their defeat in the circuit and supreme courts of Alabama, counsel for the F. W. Cook Brewing company, that has waged such a stubborn warfare on the state-wide prohibition law, started another legal move today in the federal court here. They filed an amendment to the original bill that was argued at such length in midwinter, seeking an injunc tion against the attorney general and So licitor Phil Stern, restraining the en forcement of the prohibition law. The renewal of the fight in the United States court before Judge Thomas G. Jones is based this time on an alleged violation of the fourteenth amendment to the federal constitution. The fight before hinged on several grounds, but this phase was not insisted on, in just the manner that it is brought up this time. Difference of Opinion May Upplncott'a. Kitty— Mrs. Carleigh thinks her son, Harry, is the salt of the earth.” Janet—" Well. I can't see why. I think he is about the freshest thing I ever met.”
