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Pleasant Fields of Holy IVrit
Save for my dally range
Among the pleasant fields of Holy Writ,
I might despair.
—TENNYSON.
The International Sunday-School Lesson
Third Quarter. Lesson V . 1 Kings xvi, 23-33. July 31, 1904.
OMNI AND AHAB.
I HE throne of the Northern
Kingdom was the shuttle
cock of ambition for half
a century. Seven kings
had it and four of them
got it by violence and mur
der. Reigns were brief
anS d'-nasties interrupted.
The exodus of the Levites
deprived the nation of a
saline element. Civil war
broke out. Conditions wax.
ed worse and worse, until
one king set the torch to
Ins own palace and Tirzah, that synonym
of beauty, lay in ashes.
The history of the Southern Kingdom
presents a marked contrast. Almost the
entire period is covered by the reign of a
single monarch, Asa, one of the noblest
men who ever wore a crown. No such
black succession maintained as did in
Israel. One need not go far to find the
cause of the opposite fortunes of Israel
Book of Kings, ft was made 850 B. C..
b«ars the name of Jehovah and Omri, and,
confirms Bible history and geography.
Household Letters
CONTINUED FROM SIXTH PAGE.
THE GIRL I AM NOT. | til, when we had been exchanging letters
To the writer of the letter signed Un- for several months, we sent each other
now.. I wish to aav- “Como again- I our Pictures. 1 was very sorely disap-
nown, I wish t , , ,’i_v pointed, for the pictured face of my cor-
:rongly approve of a “ , y f" respondent was far from being ‘a thing
* to l° f beauty.' However, I could not give up
• but wo«W Hke to those dear interesting letters without a
known
strongly
I knew you.'- I too
the woman I am not,
be, but sometimes when my faults, partic
ularly what mamma calls my “one fault," ' be to ’ and see her for myself,
a violent temper, overcomes me I confess ! ..j wont> t saw and j 8 urrei._™, -
‘jte girl I am not the ideal girl proceeded to fall hopelessly in love with
afar. When I sit down and take a the dear girl, never giving another
struggle, so 1 decided the best plan would
adored, I
that tj,
seems a o
deliberate look into my real self and thought to that disappriliiUing Qld photo
The inscription on the Moabite store I weigh my faults against my good qual- which was calmly reposing in my grip,
is in ancient Phoenician and covers tVir- Uties, these latter seem so few and poor j Indeed, the picture was not a good like-
ty-four lines. It is an interesting incident ! compared to the graces of my fair ideal, ness, the soul did not speak clearly
. . .. . . „ . .. & . .that I almost despair. j through It.
at when the Arabs found the archaeo- . we grow strong by striving to | “I went to see her whenever I could,
logists anxious to secure this stone, [overcome and tb*>ugh we may not conquer j for ‘there were others.’ I was not the only
they became suspicious and broke it up j we cgn continue to try to live each day j inoth fluttering around that one particu-
into small, pieces, to be used as amulets, -better than the one just past. j lar flame. At last my leave o? absence
Not understanding its historical value. ! As to the fast girls about which Un- could be extended no longer so I pro-
they thought the reason it was wanted ^ told us I am sure if they could ; ceeded to learn my fate The last night I
%___ ® I hear some of the remarks those atten- ; was to be in town she refused all en-
was that it possessed some magic spe^- y ve -. young men make to each other ! gagements for me—bless hpr dear heart—
The infinite patience of the archaeologist I concerning them they would not be quite : and then—oh! well—when X went to the
so exihilerated over the ‘‘attentions’’ paid 1 T * 11
them.
Having a host of cousins and their
chums who pour into my appreciative ear
all their little love affairs. I know some
thing about the “quality” of such atten
(a class of workmen not generally un
derstood or appreciated) is illustrated in
the recovery of the fragments. the
restoration of the stone and its transla
tion. It is in the Louvre in Paris.
Two golden calves seemed an incident
so small that it might be winked at.
They were only graven reminders of the
true God. They were far apart. One was
at the northern and the other at the
southern boundary. Their setting up was
an insignificant affair, not worth making
a fuss over. But no! That was the crevice
in the dike. Through that small orifice
and Judah. The former drifted further |came all t-he putrid flood of idolism. The
and faster from that national rectitude ! beginnings of evil should be resisted,
which alone brings national peace and
joy.
It has been aptly said that every age
thinks itself a crisis, but no one can
doubt but that the advent of Ahab
brought a supreme issue in the history
of Israel. The chronicler feels justified
in giving all the balance of his book to
the narration of these dark and stirring
scenes. Allah's name means “Father's
brother.'' the suggestion being that
Ahab is Omri’s other self in impiety.
Just at this juncture, Jezebel, a female
.Tudas Iscariot, cast her black shadow on
Hebrew s history. She is another Irene
of Constantinople, or Catharine de Med-
Icis of France, or Shakespearean Lady
Macbeth. She is the inventor of priestly
inquisition and first supporter of relig
ious persecution. She was masterful, in
domitable, and implacable. Her father
had killed his brother in
the Zidonian throne. Such was the fierce
and fanatical blood that flowed in her
veins.
It was an evil day for both Tsrael and
Judah when Aliab took the woman to he
his wifi. The pains and penalties of
Spurious
Exhibitor
T was at an ordinary small
fishmonger's shop in the
back street of a suburb
that T found him. Some
kippered herrings, the mid
ribs of a halibut, a piece
of ice and some parsley
composed the stock, and
the odor was such as one
expects In such a place.
He himself stepped for
ward from a little glazed
counting house as I enter
ed. He was a short, spare
man, with a dried up appearance like
order to get the herrings, and a worried look about
the eyes He was dressed unobtrusively
In a fishmonger's apron.
“YcsSIr?" he said. “Kippers is cheap,
too—’’
“Thank you” I said, stopping him. “I
am not wanting any fish today. My pur
that choice perpetuated themselves for ! pose in coming is to interview you, if
a thousand years. It was tinder her ma
lign influence that positive i-ffolatry was
established. Calf worship had, it is true,
been previously established and was un
authorized and corrupt. The calf was,
however, everywhere recognized as a
symbol of Jehovah, and tinder this sign
he was still worshiped. But with the
advent of Jezebel the Baals supplanted
.Teh ivah. A great Baallto temple was
built in Samaria with the evident pur-
p< pe of surpassing that of Jehovah in
Jerusalem. Eight hundred priests in gor
geous regalia served at the altars. The
pi mp of a sensuous cult was substituted
for the simple and speaking rites of an
elevated theistic religion. The essence
of the faith of Israel found Its expression
in the simple creeij “Jehovah, Israel’s
God; Israel. Jehovah's people.” But In
place of the revered name of Jehovah
it was deliberately proposed to substi-
t qe the t* ante cf the Baals. Tt was a
you have no objection."
“Interview me?” He looked almost
suspiciously vacant.
“For ‘Black and White.’ ” T said. “Yon
are, 1 believe, Mr. Tosh, by profession a
fishmonger, but you paint in your spare
moments, and you sent in a picture to the
Royal academy?”
The little man gasped,
“How did you know?” he said.
“It's our business,” I said magnificent
ly. “The public likes to know these mat
ters, so We find out. I may as well tell
you that, as a fishmonger, you're much
more likely to make a hit with anything
you paint Chan you are as a mere artist.
Mere artists are too plentiful, and they’ve
been to art Softools and spent their lives
ir having opportunities studying. You,
of course, never had any opportunities?”
“Not many," said Mr. Tosh. “I—
You’ve always loved art. however,” I
even as a
hotel that evening I was verily treading
on the tops of those ten-story buildings
and I felt as though I was the only man
who had ever heard the softly-murmured
words, ‘I love you.’ Well, I am going back
for her in about two months, and when
lions, and yon «... .heir reclpi- |if„f ,S£SVgninoS
TlCyonr l.U.r, and SSSSSmS.”' W "" «*—
sketches. Twilight, won’t you write j j .fi ave tried t
again? Little Mother, please give this lit
tie girl a seat in the Household.
GERTA.
HER DEGREE.
‘Every woman must have her fad, you
see,
Canary, cat, club or else—a degree.
No taste have you shown for the first-
named three;
But much time you’ve given to the last,”
said he.
“A. M. and Ph.D. attest the store
Of knowledge you’ve gained from learn
ing’s lore;
Next, by loyal fervor swayed, a P. O. C.;
Ancestral culture and family tree
Made you colonial dame, which gave
C. D.;
Then a daughter. P. A. R., the degree.
Now, something I’d add to the last.
Please hear!
Not E. for to me you've always been
DEAR.
DARLING’S the degree. T’d confer,” said
ho.
“That one nbo\e all I’d prefer,” said she.
—MARY PETTUS THOMAS.
THEY ARE NOT INCOMPATIBLE.
Elka, is the study of the art of beinj
to enter the Household be
fore. if I ever do get into it Mother Mob
shall never close the door on me again.
MAS DBVENIA CARDO.
THE TRUE ARISTOCRACY.
Fanchon’s sweetheart must be a very
patient young man, if he is waiting for
her answer until she can arrive at a
decision from the advice given her in the
Household.
Several have, adyised her not to marry
him because the social standing of his
family was considered lower than hors.
They seem to forget the fact that one
can rise above one's early environments,
and that the brilliant story of American
history has many such figures .adorning
its pages.
Old traditions of family and of wealth
are not going to do us much good any
way. They count for nothing beside
character. I am tired of the old story
of Mayflower descendants and aristo
cratic forefathers. T long for the time
that is coming when honor and principle-
constituting a stable character—will he
the standard by which gentle men and
gentle women will measure their brother
man.
Well-bred men and women will not
honor a manly man or a womanly wom-
agreeable and that of learning to cook an an ! the less because of his or her
incompatible? Why not learn both? I ancestry
am sure the average girl has plenty of
time if she will only use it in this way.
And I very strongly imagine some of that
acquired pleasantness would vanish when
confronted by the disgusted impression
of a husband, as lie surveyed soggy bis
cuit, scorched corn bread, etc. I am a
farmer's daughter, and enjoy making
the kitchen tidy as well ns the parlor.
I can't understand why a girl can’t learn
housekeeping in conjunction with the
higher accomplishments.
I imagine that Elka's case Is the ex
ception and not the rule. Even if a
girl learns to cook well, after marriage
she is not apt to he tidy; to have a
place for everything, and everything In
its place, hurrying hither, thither every
thing helter-sclter. and unable to find
anything she wants. This is my obser
vation.
Mother M. E. B., T wrote to the Writ-
ler’s Mutual Benefit League, inclosing
stamp for particulars, and have re
ceived no reply. My full name and ad
dress was written on the outside in case
it should not be delivered. Can you
tell me what to do? I do hope I won’t
be stuffed in a pigeon hole, and my ques
tion remain unanswered as before.
POLLY PODUM.
I hope you have received a reply from
the league ere this. T only knew of
their business when they sent me manu
script to revise. M. E. B.
AN
blow at monotheism. In the place of the j interrupted. “Exactly: and
God u-pro to be substituted “gods ; child you used to paint.” . .
one iron were w uu _ , | vorabiy impressed by your brilliant and
many,” namely. alT the local deities of Mr. lo. h nodded. . [cheerful family. “That strange fellow over
fertility—with all their shameful and Do you remember if . there with overalls and leather cap—who
murderous rites. Including the burning ; beat you for drawing upon the white.- , Ig he anvhow? -
of children. To such a foul depth, had
Israel fallen!
The cumulative nature of sin has a
startling illustration In that the sa ^ c
superlative terms are used to descr.be
the sin of son as well as of father. Each
did worse than all before him.
John .Mia .son. T like everything you
write. The principles of socialism are
dear to my heart.
T. N. Cog. your letter is good and true,
and it is much to be. regretted that such
prejudices and sentiments exist among
the farming class.
The “shutins’ have my sincere sympa
thy. I should be glad if Mrs. Bryan
would publish Will Ward Mitchell’s ad
dress.
ORION KLESMER.
“EVEN AS A CHILD.”
(To our Household brother—gifted Will
Ward 'Mitchell—sick and alone in far
away Kansas, those lines are inscribed in
token of his well-known fondness for
children:)
How calm and sweet the baby looks!
No dark dream mars its sleep,
No memory of sin to mnKC
Jts guardian angel weep.
Its feet have never strayed in paths
To sinful mortals known;
Its hands are pure as those that weave
Garlands about God's throne.
I
The baby sleeps and dreams and smiles, 1
As angels smil e above:
Jts little breast is the white home
Of peace and trust and love.
“Even as a child.” the Savior said,
We must be as a child, <
Ere we v.in walk the golden streets
Amid the Undefiled.
—SMILING JONAS.
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hopefully. “No? Well, it's a pity we can't
work In any of these details.”
“My uncle used to boat me,” said Mr.
Tosh with a eudden Inspirations
“What for?” I demanded.
“Running away from school. He
brought me up. ”
“Quite so,” I said. “You were an or
phan? It was your habit to steal away
from school into the woods and watch
! the sunset, while you ought to have been
The 1 advent of Elijah makes it an epoch - doing subtractions? It is to this that
of absorbing interest. It is the descrip- you attribute your ability to depict clouds
THE TEACHERS' LANTERN.
AYIth Ahab a new and vivid section of
Hebrew history begins. It closes with the
destruction of the house of Omri by Jehu.
Its imoortance is indicated by the fact
that its incidents are recorded at length.
ENGINEER’S STRENUOUS
STU r*T:
May I inquire if this is the House
hold? Thanks. Mother Meb. Frankly,
kind mater, for quite awhile I've been fa- I .
A PLAY ON THE NAMES OF SOME
HOUSEHOLDERS.
j Now. kind mater, don't sneer at one of
washed walls of his cottage?” I inquired, j well, as I’m a “new arrival” in the , to throw Vbrick 8 aBe” "sur^To
No.” ! family, and being uninitiated in the pro- ! throw it clear above my “Brownhe-id ”
“Perhaps your mother did?” I said \ vailing rules, will sa.y to the startled ones, f an
“Your intruder
my “Brownhead.'
you not have enough “Patient;
an operating engineer and “Grace Darling,” to "allow ThiT'di
for an electric, light and water works ! B ’ — allow tnil = “ l
! and trees, and—’
’Vlgiires are my subject,” said Mr.
| Tosh in rather a hurt way.
“It doesn’t matter.” I said. “You gain-
! ed your insight into the human figure by
watching the London crowds in the Lon-
t.
character. “A companion of fools . and every day the yearning grew strong- myself am not afraid of scaring out as
er. But yonr uncle, a practical man, him
self a fishmonger—would not hear of it.
He apprenticed you to his own business.
Y’ou loathed it. You were limited to the
study of still-life. The only drawings you
were able to make were of lobsters and
your inspirations were drawn from— ”
I had paused to see if Mr. To-sh were
assenting to my sketch of his early life
and struggles—which I wished to have ac
curate.
"Haddocks.” he said, completing the
tion of one of the decisive battles of
the world—the battle betweeen Jfhovah
and Baal. It is both the glory and the
shame of the nation.
Abab's foolish choice of a wife resulted
in lasting dishonor. Companionship ^ don streets. You longed to be an art!
shall be destroyed.” There was a general
law against marriage with a heathen.
For a king to violate that law was all
the more reprehensible because of the ex
emplary power of his high position. Aet
Ahab considered it a. light thing He was
unwarned by all previous visitations
which were in vain as far as be was con
cerned.
Jezebel is odious in the last degree, hut
she must be treated with historic fair
ness She was a vigorous woman of a
vigorous race. Her name is linked with
the classic names of Bolus, Pygmalio
and Dido.
Samaria was a nam destined to become
familiar and significant. Its origin as
here given, is exceedingly interesting.
Omri’s removal of his capital from Tir
zah to Samaria was like Constantine s
removal from Rome to Constantinople.
The new site was exceedingly advanta
geous—for strength and beauty. The
name is derived from that of the owner
of the hill, Shermer, from whom it was
purchased at a price which is curiously
a matter of record to this day.
\ stone cries out in witness to the ac
curacy of Scripture. Thirty-six years ago
a missionary in Syria found what is now
known as the Moabite stone, and which
is said to read like a new chapter in the
power house in Alabama.” And as this is
Sunday night my engine, dynamos and
pumps are lightly loaded and consequently
running nicely, and as everybody is off
the .street during church hours. I de
cided tp <lo a strenuous stunt and break
in the Household—in that way I'm sure
of admittance.
In this first visit I wish to he “ca'm
iand serene.” At any rate, l won’t “turn
j the (calciums) lights on the widowers and
i—old maids, nor “pump up” the platonic
j love bubble. But Cousin Reddy is being
j so fiercely criticized, analyzed and minl-
j rnized by the girls (?) (past and present),
i also discussed and “cussed” by the male
I free thinkers of the Household, I offer him
my oily right hand and would encourage
! him to brace up and come back at ’em
! ag'in. and amplify hts code of procedure
preliminary to—popping the question. I
many “rats” by shooting into the culi
nary department as Cousin Reddy, be
cause I am a "mere man,” a benedict of
four years* training (and not an eligible).
But apropos to his businesslike idea of
gression? There now, “Dew Drop” that
frown and look pleasant while 1 cat a
“Georgia Cracker,” for we must ail soon
go round by tile way of "Virginia,” and
some one must get “Reddy” to “Marie;’
“Edna,” or “Marie” “Aldrich.” Docs
that seem like a “Paradox?” There,
don't be so “Desolate” or “Constant”
either, but take a. “Cucumber Green;” he
cafeful not to "Slip,” and we will get an
“Old Bachelor” and an “Old Maid” lo
shed a “Sunbeam” on our way while wo
go to see the “Hermit.” And as we jour
ney along maybe we can have “Mary
Pettus” Just a little bit, and who knows
but what we may find a “Diamond in the
Rough," if some “Cricket" has not taken
it off? And now, while we take our
“Heartsease” in this beautiful shade,
some of you working girls please "Sher
lock's” hair, but be careful to preserve
every tiny curl, for when he becomes a
noted barrister, as lie is destined to be in
the near future, you will all want to
remember him as your champion. How
for Lorn this place looks! “Fin?” ta,
you are too "Homespun” In your ideas-
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matchmaking, will suggest that the mar- j Why. that “Glenn” down there lboks
ried state very often assumes the en- | as though some "Knight of the Road”
vironments of “real” human existence and might pounce upon us and say, “Throw
grimly prosaic at that. And it’s well I up your Hand. Miller.” Perhaps if he
enough to display some common sense as does he will draw “Hempperly”—much
well as sentiment (if possible) while draw- I earlier than lie intends to.
Ing in the lottery of matrimony. And j And now, if some one will give me a
those who are indifferent to that phase of
the. matter are destined sooner or later
sentence for me, with the most cunning to a r^fle awakening from love’s dreams,
wink. "That’s right.” he added, slyly. And after such victims (?) hurry to pro-
“You’re the man for me. I wish I had hi aim to the world that marriage is a
your imagination. I tell you what. : f ai ** 1 *e, and means poverty, humiliation
though. I’ll give you a couple of guineas ancl obscurity. Not so! It’s the grandest
if my picture goes at the price I want Institution ever given to man. Though it
f | rarely retains to anyone blinding enchant-
_ , ’ ment many decades after being solemn-
I had never seen a. man so changed In j ised. Fact is young married folks have
a moment. The dull, vacant look had to so soon drop down to a working, eat-
vanished, and in its place was a preter- j ing, living, human basis that if they are
natural sharpness. | not mated religeously, intellectually, in-
"That's what I'll do,” he said, and i dustrially and financially—that is, 'scien
tifically—well! and if—really, it's just
I <nid indis- 1 wonderful how well they do get along
* together. You see 1 set in to defend the
_ . . ; cousin's case gratis—it's my disposition to
“E>on t 5^ou recognize me. he return- champion the “under boy” in a mix-up.
ed. “I thought you did. 1—I—’’ Ho And in this case I sincerely admire “the
dropped his nead guiltily; but it was too | boy.” But Tallulah’s fickle smiles be-
iate. 1 had recognized him. j'Vitdhed me, so I could not stand the
"You're James Brown, the fireman, who matter -o f - fa ct scrutiny of Man of the
“Penny.” I’ll get some “Beverage” and
see if I can’t catch the “Kid,” <ind #o
Oh. my! I did not catch him; "Becky”
was not “Sharpe” enough that time, and
I may have to come again,
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public has encouraged it. It will buy a
fishmonger's picture when it will buy no
other. I have a wife and family. I ask
you not to denounce me.”
"I must,” I said sternly; and though
he pleaded with me at great length. I
have as is plain, kept to that stern ne
cessity. The public must be defended at
all hazards.
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World, and will give up. With a bow to
all—Fineta and Marian Miller, especially,
as they, are Alabamans, I make my exit,
though would he pleased to call again
if my “uniform” is not offensive.
ENGINEER.
HIS “HOMELY” UNKNOWN COR
RESPONDENT.
I have been interested in the talks of
the Householders concerning "unknown
correspondents.” I agree with the ma
jority that it is generally not wise or
prudent to write to persons about whom
you know nothing save that they indite
agreeable letters. But circumstances al
ter cases, and In some instances It is not
amiss to cultivate friendship and study
character by correspondence.
Here is a case in point It was told me
by a friend and 1 give it to you as near
ly as possible In his own words:
"I was returning south from a trip
to Michigan and I stopped in Virginia
to visit my brother. While I was there he
received a letter from a young lady in a
distant state. It seemed he had been a
close friend of this young lady’s elder
sister, but, as often happens, they had
drifted apart. He had written inquiring
about her old friends and the young lady-
had replied. I was allowed to read her
letter and It impressed me so much that
when I arrived at home I wrote to her.
“I waited a good many day-s before an
answer came to my letter, but when it
did come it was well worth waiting for.
I replied immediately and begged that
she would as promptly write again. She
did this and a correspondence ensued.
Which grBduglly grew more intimate un-
Francis, Ala.
SOME INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE
OF AN ACTOR.
Dear Household; Lomacita, the mira
cle gardener, has asked for accounts
of personal experiences by Househo.Uers,
and Mother Meb seconds the suggestion.
Here goes for the first bit of "shop
talk:”
It was in February. I was touring the
south witli a well known lyceum male
quartet, when, closing our circuit near
Snreveport, La., we had to make a jump
of nearly- 1,000 miles into Iowa. It was
very warm and damp, of course, in the
Creole State, but when we alighted from
the cars in the Hawkeye country there
was a heavy- coat of “the beautiful” man- j
tling the earth, and a difference in the ;
temperature of over a half hundred de- j
grees.
Now, there is nothing remarkable in ;
this incident, and I relate it only to ini- ,
press some of the vicissitudes of the pub- ■
lie entertairfer.
We arrived at near 8 o’clock, and the I
big audience was waiting for us in the i
comfortably- heated and lighted audito- ;
rium. A three-minute supper was boit- |
ed. the while several thousand doctors, |
undertakers and dyspepsia-dope vendors I
throughout the world smiled in sweet !
anticipation of the new year’s fat re
ceipts, and getting into our dress suits
after the manner of so many boneless j
wonders, we were in a few minutes ■
entertaining the good people for the lttle !
that we were wortli at that special mo- i
ment. The next morning early we arose
and took a 12-mile drive to connect j
for the next point. Cross-country navi
gation in the north is restricted to “bob 1
sleds” in that kind of weather, and that
was our vehicle. We arrived at tiie next
date at 6 p. m. Immediately after the
concert, we dressed, donned a “double
header” of covering, and were dumped
unceremoniously into a huge "bob sled”
for a 30-mile drive—and the thermome
ter thumbing its nose at us at 18 below!
Four miles out our driver lost the way.
the sleigh was overturned and we were
thrown Into a snow-drift some 4 ..feet
deep. About this time the heated stones
In the bed of the vehicle ceased to have
any virtue for this unacclimated and
unreconstructed son of Dixie, and X be
gan to wish I were back home with
“moinmer.”
That was an awful trip. Over the
vast, seemingly trackless, wastes of
scowling snows our horses plodded and
stumbled, their steaming nostrils laden
with long, ghostly icicles, the barren
trees mocking us and beckoning earth
ward with their long, skeletonlike, limbs,
glassy with crystal pendants several feet
in length, and only an occasional pass
ing sleigh with a merry party on board
and the tinkling bells and peals of laugh
ter to break the monotony.
At 5 a. m. we arrived at our destina
tion. more dead than alive, only- to find
the station deserted, locked and a high
fire inside to laugh at us, as we bat
tered upon the door, unable to reach
the Tantalus prize. Finally, the train
arrived to carry us into Des Moines.
Our next date was reached at 7 o'clock
in the evening in an obscure town,
where the hotel accommodations were
not such as would attract a Waldorf-
Astoria epicure, and we were forced to
rise to take the train the following day
at 3:30 a. m.l
Oh, who wouldn't be an entertainer?
1 might tell you of a later experience
out in Oregon when I was shut off by
floods and wash outs and braved the ele
ments in a long drive, which was half
swim. arriving just in time to fill the
engagement, and of a thrilling voyage
on the Pacific, battling with the gales off
Cape Flattery, on the same ship that
later went down with a Half thousand
good smls aboard, many of them drown
ed, and of divers other adventures, but
will defer till I learn the fate of this
tiresome recital.
Lately 1 have had the misfortune to
lose a bundle of letters forwarded me by
my brother, due possibly- to the wash
outs ih the west. Will those who wrote
please write again, recapitulating con
tents Of the lost correspondence? I re
gret this unfortunate affair very- much,
but it is only one of the necessary mis
haps of the road, and is not the first
that has happened to me.
CAROL . ELMORE.
Gwynn, Ark.
A MOTHERLESS WAIF.
Is there among the many Householders
some one who would be willing to take for
her own a little motherless girl 5 years
old? The child is of respectable parent
age. but her condition Is peculiarly un
fortunate. The father earns very little
[as night watchman, and his brood of
j children sadly lack a mother's care. At
night they are alone and during the day
! they are still left to take care of them-
[ selves.
i The older children attend school irreg-
| ularly, having all of the house work to
j do, but little .Daisy is running wild in
! the streets, playing with little darkies,
dodging trains and horses’ feet, receiving
no attention only when she is with the
children of a neighbor, who is looking
after her own cares for the waif also.
It is a pathetic sight to pass her, bare
headed and barefooted, neglected in her
helpless innocence, exposed daily to many
darfgers, when she might be the pride and
joy- of some childless home. She is bright
and pretty-, with violet eyes, a sunny,
curly head, a peach blossom complexion
j and a voice of rare sweetness, a veritable
little song bird.
Tils father told me that he was anxious
about his children all the time, but it
seems that he can make no better ar
rangement for their welfare, vre would
be willing to give the child to some one
who <g>uld do a better part by her.
My- own ne‘st is crowded with birdlings
and I have little of this world's goods,
but my- heart yearns over this little one
and I hope sincerely that some good wom
an will read this and see a way to gratify
the wish of her life. DREAMER.
WHAT GIRLS MAY DO.
A stranger, who has not long been a :
[ reader of The Sunny South, would like
to become a member of the Household,
i Here’s my hand. Cousin Reddy, on the
. temperance and morality questions. I
[ am glad you told us you were sober and
i temperate; it shows you respect your own
| opinions and carry them out. Also, I
| like Will Ward Mitchell’s outspoken
I views, and I appreciated his little story
| of the man who punished the other for
speaking evil of a defenceless “sister”
woman. I wish our southern girls and
women would use their influence more
strongly- in inducing their young men
associates to be sober and honorable. We
influence others, and mould their char
acters and destines for time and for eter
nity more than we realize.
\ Girls should be careful*how they act,
I but I believe there are enough earnest,
thoughtful girls in this country to work
wonders in reforming society and put
ting It on a. higher basis—if they would
be true to their best ideals. They have
a right to ask in association and in mar
riage purity for purity, sobriety for so
briety, honor for honor. There is no
reason why a young man should not be
as temperate and moral as he requires
his sister or his sweetheart to be. If
loss of the esteem and society of women
was tiie price a man had to say for
indulgence in evil ways there would be
fewer "wild” young men.
We read too much trash. If we would
read better books It would have an en
nobling influence, on our characters. Good
books are like good company; they help
us to grow like them—to become useful
men and women, who will be loved and
honored for the good wo do to humanity.
I would like to hear from some of you
concerning the reading of novels, and
about what kind of fiction is improving
and what kind is injurious. Next time
I write I will tell you how I came to
get The Sunny South. FRANCES.
North Carolina.
A GIRL WHO MARRIED BENEATH
HERSELF.
T am the sister of Prescott, the Texas
boy who contributes to the Household. I
would like to tell Fanchon about a girl
friend of mine who married into an in
ferior family—inferior as to cultun and
refinement, 1 mean.
The young man had been a suilor of
mine. I liked him very much and i was
lotli to take my good /mother's advice
and give him up. I sec now that it was
the wisest tiling to do. He married a
dear friend of mine and she is very un
happy. for they live with his people and
they are very uncongenial to her. She
is ao much more refined than they are
that she is like a lily among thistles.
She has lost social caste to some extent,
of course. Also, her husband drinks
whisky as his father did before him. I
think in a matter of such life tong im
portance as marriage girls shEuai be
guided by judgment and the advise of
their parents rather than by love—or
rather impulse, for it is often just an
impulse of attraction that passes with
time.
I think Old Maid quite pretty in her
picture. She does not look old at all. I
will close this, my first letter in over
a year with one question; Do you House
holders think it is wrong for an engaged
girl to allow her betrothed lover to
kiss her? AURELIA. „
Texas.