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" 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.
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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
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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!
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’-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.”