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SIXTH ’PAGE
THE SUNNY SOUTH
JULY 30, 1904
In Woman's Realm of Thought and Home J!
^Edited by Mrs Mary E
^ With the Household ^
All Communications to This Department Should Be Addressed to MRS. MARY E. BRYAN, Clarkston, Ga. Inquiries an
Letters Requiring Answers by Mall Must Ba Accompanied by Postage.
Chat With Correspondents
Talks on Timely Topics
ECHOES OF THE PRESS PARLIA
MENT AT ST. LOUIS.
(This article, written by one of the
iriost. accomplished representatives of the
Tennessee press, will be found extremely
Interesting. m. E. B.)
HE National Editorial As
sociation and the Inter
national Press Parliament
at St. Louis are things of
the past, but the fact re
mains that no such no
table gatherings of distin
guished men have taken
place during the great fair
or will occur again while
it is in progress.
The most generous wel
come was accorded the
people of the press par
liament. Every door of the exposition
was thrown wide open to all who wore a
badge exhibiting the magic word "Press.”
The representatives of the newspaper fra
ternity (and they seemed to be legion)
were in clover. They came not only from
every stale in the union, but from every
country of the world, and to each was
given a card that was an open sesame, to
all sideshows, Pike exhibits and recep
tions.
THE OPENING RECEPTION.
The parliament was inaugurated by a
brilliant social opening, followed by simi
lar receptions in the west pavilion of
Festival hall, given by the exposition
managers. A Iqng receiving line greeted
the newispaper representatives; In it
were most of the great lights who were
to shed luster on the parliament. Among
them were President Francis, Secretary
of State John Hay, General Bates (in
command of the Missouri division), Mr.
Johns, of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch;
in token of his long public service as
a leader of the reform party. Notwith-
! standing all this distinction, a foreign
representative spoke of the Hon. John
contemptuously to me as being in the
employ of Sir Thomas Llpton. I men
tion this to show how these high-spirited
press men resent any bartering of pro
fessional talent.
The Hague sent Mr. Van Kalte. who
claimed for the .papers in Holland only
the size of a lace handkeqphief. "We
have no room,” he said, "for anything but
facts; hut these we always print.”
A sperJser who aroused great intere-st
was a vehement Russian—L. N. Rubinoff,
of St. Petersburg. He caused quite a
flutter in the congress by his assertion
that Rus.^fn reverses In the east were
traceable to the censorship of the Rus
sian press. He praised the Russian sol
diers and the Russian ships, hut hinted
mildly at the rottenness of the officials
and the hollowness of this heterogeneous
people. He ended pleasantly, referring
to the traditional friendship of his na
tion for ours and inviting the press par
liament to meet next in Moscow.
George Frangourde, of Athens, Greece,
invited the parliament to meet next in
the seat of ancient learning, holding
out as an attraction the dedication of
the reconstructed stadium two years
hence. Mr. Frangonde is a native
Athenian, descended from a long line of
Greeks, so he told me, but his appearance
contradicted my long cherished ideal of
Grecian symmetry and beauty. He was
ordinary in physique and face, witli a
complexion that had none of the marble
aspect we connect with pure bred natives
of the attic land. However, his expres
sion -was good—sweet, indeed—his voice
was mellow and his manner captivating.
Ernest Nelson, of Buenos Ayres, filled
us with wonder and admiration by his
account of the newspaper of his country.
This extraordinary paper, free of charge,
does all kinds of public benefactions—
among them keeps six physicians, who
attend an average of over one hundred
patients a day, conducts a. law office
whero free legal advice can be obtained,
a chemical bureau for free tests, a mu
ERALDINE, of Texas, says:
“I have recently read that
Miss Harrison, private
secretary for a Standard
Oil magnate, received
SI0,000 a year for her ser
vices, and that this was
the highest salary paid to
any woman in the United
States. Is It true that
Miss Harrison is the only
woman receiving such high
pay? Also, I notice the
statement that there are
but 958 women in the United States who
are successful In business, this Including
women of all professions. Considering
that there are 37,178.127 women in the
states, tills seems a very small propor
tion of those who have won success.
Again, it is stated that the average age
at which women writers have attained
fame and recognition is forty-five years.
Does this mean that the work of young
authors or writers is not classed with
the work of those who are older?” It
is probable that the figures and state
ments are fairly correct. One hears a
groat deal that is exaggerated about the
salaries and incomes of all business
people. Ten thousand a year is a fine
salary. If earning a competency means
success, there are certainly more than
958 women in the United States who are
successful, but this statement has refer
ence to women who earn more than they
spend, and who invest in different en
terprises. Very few women writers
achieve full recognition until they are
middle aged. Some may write a book
that happens to strike the popular fancy
and have a great sale, hut a few in-
seum of the resources of the country,
| an( j b u t I have no space for mentioning (dividual instances do not count when
all the public benefactions of this model i you are, considering averages. Genuis
Mr. Huser, of The "Globe-DemoeratV'Sir j newspaper of South America. j klnd of century plant and flowers
Hugh Gilzea Reid, president of the press Three delegates from France vui pies rare y.
parliament, with Mrs. Reid (tihe only lady I ent, representing The Journal lc Siccle Juba Cornam asks: “What nationality
receiving), Mr. Walter Stevens, former , L’Ecler and Le Figaro S Syebely, of was Alexandre Dumas, the famous and
Budapest daily jiaper, vas o ne oi prolific novel writer, who wrote Home
Washington correspondent of The Globe- j ^ b^st Ind nAirt individual char- I
Democrat, now secretary of the world s ; a<!ters at the parliament. He objected [
fair with a 810,000 salary, and Walter j the inferior position which he con- j nlooa
gifted girl pupil of the Temple whom
many of the widely scattered alumni
will recall.
Annice, Lome and Geraldine, I will
write to you privately. I have received
so many beautiful, kind, uplifting letters,
some from admirers of the Household
who are not members. I sincerely thank
these stranger friends, two of whom,
though separated by a thousand miies,
have used the same thought in the final
paragraph of their letters: “I bring you
my words o£ appreciation now. I believe
In giving flowers of praise to the living,
not in waiting to place them on the
tomb.”
I have received many letters and in
quiries concerning the little orphan child,
Daisy, of whom Dreamer wrote last week.
Please, Dreamer, let me have your full
address at once.
Anna Elfurd, who sent 10 cents, for
one of the shut-ins, I have inclosed it
in stamps to little Mattie Beverage, of
Dabney, Ark., who loves to write letters.
Several friends have inquired where to
send stamps and coins to Ben Knight.
Ben has been brought back to his old
home, Enfield, N. C., and will be over
joyed to hear from his friends. Faith
fully, M. E. B.
THE SOCIAL PROBLEM.
Dear Mother Meb: WlTI you let me slip
into a corner or the "corner” and ”sas,”
just a little, some of the Householders
for the course they have taken in regard
to Fanchon’s plebian lover? Now, dear
readers, don’t think that I am entering
a case of self-defense. Forsooth, I can
trace my desent back in unbroken suc
cession, through one of the signers of
the famous “Meokltnberg Declaration of
Independence” to one of the noblest and
bravest chiefs that ever sounded, “The
Campbells are coming” over the moor
lands of Argyleshire. Yet. I have an
other inheritance of which I am prouder
of still: I am an American.
What is there In a name, any way?
Not much, that Is, If we are to take the
ideal American citizen as an illustration.
Who were the daddies and daddies of the
daddies of our greatest authors, states
men, warriors and captains of industry?
With'"but few exceptions, don’t anybody
know. The men who have recently been
the latest conveniences. “Oh!” he groan
ed, “I had thought we would be so happy
in our little home; now my heart is
broken, and I do not care to live.”
We tried to comfort him by telling him
how fortunate lie had been to find out
the girl’s fickle nature before she had
become his wife; but, like Rachel of old.
he refused to be comforted, and seemed
unable to call up pride to sustain him in
his disappointment.
And the young girl? Welt, she met t)ie
fate often meted out to the flirt. Tn a
few weeks the dally papers told of the
arrest of the eloping pair. The gay and
beautiful bride was declared to be "wife
No. 2.” and the handsome groom had
not only this charge to face, hut was ac
cused of being a defafiiter and an all
round professional "crook.”
This “charming and gay young crea
ture” is now at her father's home, med
itating on what might have been, per
haps. and wishing she had again the
chance of accepting a fnithfyl heart and
an humble cottage home. As “farrier."
of South Carolina, says, "Thus endetli the
chapter of this romance.”
"JUST MACK.”
Birmingham. Ala.
A QUEEN—NOT OF SOLITUDE—TO
FINETA.
Her truth is her crown; and it glows ever
bright.
From her brow like light from a gem;
And never the grandest monarch of earth
Had as rich a diadem.
Gossip Corner
A Bate5a of Short, Chatty Letters
to meet through the medium of the pen.
j have been a member of the j oung
Writers’ Department of The Courier-Jour
nal for nearly three years, hut I was un
aware that The Sunny South possessed a
Miy home is a quiet but 1 happy one.
There are only three of us left of a once
large family—my father, a sister 17
years old, and myself. Mother died
years ago; three sisters and three broth
ers have married and gone to homes of 1 similar department,
their own. One brother left the roof tree I Cousin Reddy, who has such prosaic
last Christmas to seek his fortune in the ! views.about love, was a neighbor of mire .
wide, wide world. He was a dear, fair- ! and if I had known his real name I
haired, noble young fellow, a boy after I should have informed him by telephone
Cousin Reddy's model, as ho did not use , how very much he missed by never hav-
tobacco or drink liquor. I was so proud
of him and it was so hard to give him
up.
I have been keeping house for six years.
The responsibility, which is heavy, was
put upon me when I was quite young.
Fortunately housekeeping is not distaste
ful to me. Also I love the out-door
work. I like to milk and to feed the
cows. Our principal recreation is in fish- i . .
ing in a tine creek about 200 yards from j past px P enence - Yet 1 <
our home.
The Household of the Sunny South is
a great delight to me. I paste all the
pictures and best letters in a nice scrap
book and I fancy its being read by the
eyes of another generation, who will be
ing loved. Your theory. Cousin Reddy,
in regard to reasoning oneself into love
is very fine philosophy, but nature defies
philosophy and has its way. The person
who wrote "I Don’t Know Why T i.ove
You But T Do.” ought to have added.
"And I can’t help it,’ ’for it is just that
way. Though I am not In love now. I
know the truth of tills statement by
"Though I loved and lost it all,
’Twas better than not to love at all.”
I am / thankful not to have missed love
If it never comes into my life again I will
forced to admire^thn fine faces arid the how to sympathize with the loves
wise and witty sayings of the writers of of others more fortunate tham I
what will then be a by-gone time. ^IA DO\AT^ MAR I IN.
JENNIE LYNN. Pinckneyville, Ky.
ANSWER TO ’‘MAN OF THE
WORLD.”
I do not like controversy. I avoid it
whenever this can he done, but I am dis
posed to say a few words in reply to
the Man of the World's severe personal
criticism of me.
I would say first that the gentleman’s
letter was not courteous in Us word- , , .... ,, . ... ,,
ing. In fact, it seems that he made a ! Those who go must tell us all about it in
nioo, long letters.
How do you do, dear Household? Where
is Tallulah? I have been wanting to
talk to her this long while. I will say
my say to her privately If she will give
mo her address. Old Bachelor of South
Carolina, r read your letter with in
terest. I, too, am from South Carolina.
Perhaps I have seen you
not send your photo to our mater for tire
Household gallery? I am saving all the
photos to have nicely framed.
J. J. Rolyat of Louisiana, tell us about
your school. I, too, am a teacher; my
school is near town, and I have forty-
five interesting pupils. I have allowed
them to form a club as a help to the
school. I let them elect i.ie officers
themselves. All T do is to suggest meas
ures and exercise a, little supervision.
They are deeply interested in their club.
T read in mv leisure time; have read
lately Rev. Thomas Dixon's two novels,
"Leopard’s Spots” and "The One Wom
an.” T do not eare for either of them:
they are not elevating or instructive. T
would like to hear Fineta’s and Tessa
Roddy’s views about “The One Woman.”
How many of our Household members
Friends, how many of you try to show
vour appreciation of ail the good things
that you enjoy in the Household? r
i should like to shake Ike Heartsill s
| hands—yes. both of them—for the gospel
j of mirth and joyousness that is ever pres-
I ent in his bright letters.
I old Confed, please come often. I have
\\ hy do you j a warm place in my heart for flll the
"Old Confeds,” as my father was one
who wore the gray, and I now have hi
my possession a letter written by him
while in the yankee prison at Rock Is
land.
And, as one thought brings on another,
this letter reminds me of other letters,
some of them written at the beginning of
the last century, and such dear, sweet
old letters they are! Not the careless
letters of today, full of slang and non
sense, but written with such care and
in such beautiful language as to delight
any who are so fortunate as to have op
portunity of reading them.
And old books! An article in our pn
per concerning the reprinting of some
old miniature classics interested me very
much, as I have a few books which are
dear on account of their age. among
are going to St. Louis? How delightful I V^2*-?cott’s^BaJlads v which has^ the year
if a number of us could meet there.
special effort to make it as sarcastic as
possible. He did not combat any doc
trine or opinion of mine, but made a per
sonal attack on my character and mo
tives.
I have no intention of "getting even.”
I write to deny some of the charges
made against mo by one who does not
know me, and to correct a few of the
errors he committed in his letter.
The first charge he makes is that my
article on temperance was written in a :
also a well-known newspaper ceives is allotted to the newspaper man
111 America as compared with the regard
"Williams
correspondent.
Introductions were
ftaight, of the army, the official intro
account of the saloon fight.
Alexandre *
iad African olood in his veins. , „ £ , ro „ rla , raWvib.™ to that forms ! facts are that I took a very humble pa
many representatives ... . _
tions, the flitting - bither and thither of ' liftment compared very unfavorably with ! Mario Labouret, that he inh
the butterfly-like Geisher girls serving • th°?e hel<i years at Paris ’ extravagant imagination and
B Budapest and Stockholm.
HER LETTER. ,
(A True Story.)
"Dear Grandma, here is a letter,
Just for to say, you see,
That I hope you are feeling better.
And will soon come back to me,
I take good care of your flowers,
And kiss the sweet peas, too,—
Your "raynlums” are looking lovely.
But the roses must miss you.
of that kind ever madt against me. • • _ _
Man of the YVorld infers that I have "ajhad never read The Sunny South until
jrlain set of rules” by which love is last winter. A dear neighbor girl, v •
nominated as the presidential candidates
T , , - , , _ | of our four lending political parlies are
i r. 1 «' + heard of ne 8To J the originators and builders of their own
)od. It this true. T have been re-a,d- ! temples of greatness. Dr. Obnuncey De-
somo old copies of The Sunny South, pew says that of the American families
It is perfectly wonderful how the House- who were considered wealthy when he
made tv Unntain hi which he is held in France, England I hold has improved in literary quality : first entered business life, but few of them
made by Captain , ^ a)J Europe He was wholly dissatis- j and gener£
ducer. The glitter of gold lace and brass [orelmi''delogate^had ''been treated by I ^ umas llna Alrlcan 1)1000 m ms veins, j this personal privilege to excel that forms . , ,, , T
buttons, the brilliant decorations of the i the St. Louis exposition "officials. In j y ° u can see that in his pictured face, the very elixir on which the great ego or [ 1*1^1
of foreign na- this respect, he declared that the par- | and it was from his mulatto mother, j soul of our superb
’ ’ *’ herited his nourished. Yes. it is this fightin
nd his fond I Jones and John Smith on the merits r>f
-™,j’'”*”- HI, fath.r .» ,h. j g- iSLEVTfe
0 reat and bra\e General Count Matthiew (triumph to triumph til it floats para-
Dlimns, who gave such signal help to mount in the familyhood of nations.
America during her long fight for in- j If you inherited name and fortune why
dependance. General Dumas came over 1 be proud of it and let the world know it,
to America as aide to General Rocham- > not by your airs, but by your good works.
, , .... .And show that you are worthy to hear
beau He was in active service in the the fortlin e with which you have been
| Revolutionary army for two years, and 'so favorably blessed by augmenting it and
! took a distinguished part in the capture i using the personal gain in helping somo
! of Yorktown. Afterwards he joined an , of your loss fortunate fellow beings in
(expedition to wrest Jamaica from Eng- j battle of life not, as some of the
• land, and later he married a Marie La-
{bouret, a native of one of the West
| India islands, the daughter of an inn-
| keeper at Villen Cotterets. Biographical
That the -dear grandmother came home, J writers say th.it Marie was modest and
And a child’s eager words of welcome, ; pious and an affectionate mather to her
American newspaper,''the news had “to'be | Were hushed as she crept in the room, j wayward son. whose vagaries and rest-
hunter for. He gave a vicious thrust at j never®wa^sent ’ ' Ipssnp * s s, “ - trU-d vainly to control. He
the most sensitive and vital nerve of the
The hot. dry weather we are having
now makes me long to go where it is
more pleasant. Do you wish to know
where T wmifil like to spend the sum
mer? In the mountains. Not at a fash
ionable hotel, however. I would prefer
eamping out in tents, as much more en
joyable. particularly where there is a
congenial' party of young folks, with
some married ones to chaperone them
r =houid like to inelude some of the
butterfly-like Geisher girls serving
tea in their gay native costumes, made
a festive and dazzling scene.
ENGLISH CRITICISMS OF AMERI
CAN PRESS.
The opportunity for meeting the dis
tinguished foreign magnates of the pen
was delightful. Besides Sir Hugh Reid
(whom I had met at the great press ban
quet in Paris during the French exposi
tion), the English press was represented
spirit of self-glorification. This I deny, j Householders—Patience Mordaunt, Enole
Tliosc who read the article will remem- Gana, Tallulah, and lots more .
her that 1 gave the credit of the victory sirls and the young: men. ^ . t
to the women. There is not a single Hnnd would you t0 J" P pTne
allusion to myself in connection with my lulah? Carolina Baehel r. M . - •
l have r e- ' Texas Bov. Young Farmer, how would
no rea- I von like tenting in the mountains? And.
he! Cousin Reddy, you might find out while
rt ! eating camp fare which of the girls is
queen of the kitchen." T will say good-
American life !».[{«* then old enough. If tlm "gentleman j by with best 'wishea• CAROLINA,
of Tom ! knew me personally, he would soon j BACHLKLUK vrircu r
' change his opinion of me. as there is not ... «„r,nv South
a particle of the spirit of self-glorifica-| T am m lo\e -with ”h. . ^ ,
tior* in my make. This is the first charge ! Household page and the sunny-temperea
by Hon. Hill, of The London Dispatch. ! So won’t you please just hurry.
Mr. Hill severely criticised American
newspaper methods. He declared the
papers were too big. Their immense size
defeated the chief object of the newspa- ! ’Twas in a flower-draped casket
per which was to quickly inform the
reader of the news of the day. In the
And come home again.
And oh! how I will kiss you,
When held in your dear arms then.”
LITTLE MAUD.
Householders would seem to infer—use it
in preventing them from ever attaining
the utopia in which you dwell.
warm-hearted, people of the south.
1838 at the bottom of the title page; and
"Doctor Syntax.”
And now, dear little mother, lest I
have stayed too long, will take my de
parture.
With love and gxiod wishes, <l«ir
mater. T subscribe myself
“GOOD-NATURED MARY' ANN.
cor
measured. T don’t know where lie ob
tained this idea, certainly not from me.
1 arr. much misunderstood on this ques
tion. There are two extreme views of
love—sentimental and material. 1 take
a middle position, pleading for both sen
timent and reason
subscriber, sent me several months
iWies to read. T became interested in
the Household page. The real literary
talent, fine intellectual power, the charm
of the free and natural expression con
cerning theories, opinions and experiences
As to a "set~ of (shown on this page, could hardly he sur
passed. The writers display a greater
amount of common sence and good judg
ment in the discussion of various subjects
. .would settle on no business, and he i material air, wonts ms own way tnrougn saicastlcjillv she "is
B ™a\ h ^U 0 stTave y known" 1 wtot It ! W ™adc his way to Paris, where he ! f| EvenK^’womatJ 8
rules,” such is perfectly amusing to me.
If there is anything I detest, it’s rules.
I never succeeded in mathematics be
cause of the awful rules. I would be the than any society of newspaper or maga
The boy that is born with a silver j last person in the world to advocate rules j z’ne writers It has ever been my pleasure
spoon in his mouth and a name as long in love affairs, because then, if ever, I ( —
as a Spansih grandee, and simply holds ! should want to be at perfect liberty to
such an inheritance tntact, surely, does j do and say as I was inspired! Enough
not merit the praise and respect of his 1 about this
fellowman as the one who starts from i Man of the World turns his invective
the bottom without family influence of against poor Carrie Nation He
| material air, works his own way through
Girls, did you ever have a backwoods
beau? Some of the backwoods young nro n
are sensible, fine fellows, but some are
pretty green. I met “Bill” at a picnic;
saw him next time at a country dance,
where he asked permission to accompany
me to another picnic 12 miles away. I
gave my consent and when the day ar
rived, behold, he drove up a little if tor
sunrise. I had not dressed or break
fasted. We asked him to come in and
take breakfast, but he declined, saying
he had a little business in town He
drove to the village while I dressed.
When he came back I noticed a pc ufiar
bulge in his coat pocket. He de. Ini J
we must drive fast, or we might niFs
our dinner. Presently he drew' out The
package, that had produced the bulge in
his pockets. Guess what it was.
Three pounds of striped stick candy, fla
vored with sassafras, of course. He leak
ed so pleased and important that I
couldn’t help smiling and praising the
candy. He was very hard to talk to. but
I did my best and after all, I had i
jolly good time at the picnic. Don’t
judge all backwoods beaus by this one.
Some are very interesting.
All our householders’ pictures show
good, intellectual faces; some are really
handsome. Durward, where are you?
Why do you not come again? I greatly
admire our brave, intelligent shut-ins and
sympathize with them. If admitted I
hope to come again. JUANITA.
nessing this scene will never forget It, | suit you, send me a letter (Mrs. Bryan
nor will we ever be able to look upon tbe j will forward any such to my address),
grandeur of the mountain view from that and I will see that anything suitable lias
point, without recalling W'ith gratitude, | the young lady's consideration.
meant.
ANNICE L.
big American daily by declaring that all
advertisements ought to be eliminated en
tirely, arguing that this was extraneous
matter and was the bane of the modem
newspaper. It is impossible to give an
idea of the vim and severity with which
he attacked the advertising feature of
the newspaper. Particularly was his dis- j risilT^'ll^am^^^le^^Tl'Viev^ J "The Three Musketeers." After then,
gust and censure directed against the take form and color from my hands, as I ne M rot- e novels the score, employing:
great American dailies. A 64-page daily, j pictorial art and I are strangers, but one ! a legion of bright young men to fill out
with sheets upon sheets of advertise- ! P lcture I will try to paint in words. his plots, and issuing no less than forty
The sun was setting; we had glimpses (books in one year, 1844. He came®
of it now and tfeen through banks of j som ctimes $50,000 in one year, but he
sc e n't" from U 'the ro'nd^nVprlng I squandered money like a child, and died
which gushed from a deep gully through j poor in 1870, Ins mantle of genius hav-
All ids first ventures were plavs, and
AT THE OLD SPOUT SPRING. j he did not make his ten strike until he
If I were an artist I would paint from ; was 42 years old, when lie wrote his two
memory many pictures and hang them j most f amD us novels, "Monte Cristo” and
all about my home ms souvenirs of my , „ The Three Musketeers.”
found the vocation he was horn to. and honorable
.. , , , , ... name and competent fortune. Moreover, it
in five years had made himself famous. (i s self-evident that the boy in the latter
meats, he characterized as a monstrosity.
Mr. Bodlin, of The Dublin Freeman,
who is an M. P., spoke with a delicious
Irish accent and was loudly applauded,
particularly when he eulogized American,
newspaper women. His criticism of our
newspapers was too much freedom and
too great a leaning toward denunciation
and personal abuse. On the other hand,
he branded the English newspapers as
too prone to concealing, and the Irish as
case is superiorly endowed with origi
nality of purpose and is richer in those
golden faculties, hoth natural and ac
quired, that go to form an "ideal man.”
Yes, Fanchon, If that young man's na
ture, tastes, likes and dislikes—something
that wields far greater influence in mak
ing a happy home than a whole library
recounting the doings of an illustrious
ancestry—are In common with your own.
it will matter little whether ills grand-
it is not kind or in
of her infirmity so flippantly,
net er a great reformer in the history
of the world that was not denounced as
"crazy” and severely criticised. Th.;
Apcstle Paul, Martin Luther and John
Bunyan were said to be "mad,” or "crack
brained.” Abraham Lincoln was called
crazy; so was Evangelist Mtoody; so is
General Booth and Sam Jones.
T do not say that Carrie Nation's meth
ods are in accord with all the laws of
etiquette. Under ordinary circumstances
re
rill
?fnre
- -h
she edits as I would tender messages ' must include definite statements as to
from a dear, absent friend. ; morality, family, education and practical
May God bless her and keep her long farming experience. No family that is
in our land, and when she must cross the n °t entirely harmonious among them-
F
sires came by the "Billings Gate or the | f‘ le Y wouI 'i decidedly unfeminine. But
selves is desired; none with small chil
dren; and, of course, none with a con
tagious disease. she would prefer that
there be at least two able-bodied men
and two ladies in family
The young lady certainly needs assisi-
^ el ,L U - ^sehold about a.; “onstiUrtea blg'^help-one-anot^er chuh'-’
dark river Into the land beyond, may she
reap all the blessing and the joys she
so richly deserves. Sincerely,
CLARA COX EPPERSON.
A YOUNG LADY’S OFFER.
Queens Ferry” marry him' and rest as- ia a struggle like this we must drop all j young lady I know, who may be able : s Q if any of you know of a suitabl
spout and fell sparkling to a white
sand bed. Two little girls ran on ahead,
jumping and scampering as small people
will. At length we reached the spring—
in a deep glen under the dense shade of
bay trees in full flower. A negro boy
canto whistling along the road, bucket in
hand, to the spring. While his bucket
filled the little girls begged him to climb
sured that tbe bugaboo of "poor kin” will
fallen in part on his son, Alexandre > wor k out its own salvation without ruf-
too restrained. The outcome he hoped ! the trees and throw down the baj'
from the press parliament was a much- ! blooms. I sat in tlie sand and drank deep
needed middle ground method in the man- drinks °f the water. How many tlrits
„ . * . when heated from a run on the school
agement of newspapers. He deprecated | ground, I had sought this old spout
war and expressed the hope that sucli (spring for a refreshing drink! When I
a great gathering of men of thought j had tasted the water—the best in the
and influence might prove an agency for "' 0r , Id “* cloS ° d
. ... (against the sand and the present laden
peace and good will. | away and the past came and threw magic
Ireland had another representative in ! lantern pictures on the canvas of mem-
John R. Fisher, of the Belfast Northern | ory. I saw the_ old crowd—Pinkie, Bill.
Whig, and Wales a fine looking
_W. H. Davies, of The Ci
Mail.
The intense earnestness of the foreign
newspaper men impressed me as re
markable. They were earnest In man
ner, in delivery, in thought, it was evi
dent that to them attendance upon thi:
fast Northern ory. I saw the old crowd—uinKie, inn.
'king delegate ' A lf, the three Matties—(a dear old lady
fnrriifF rtaii,- them “Battle”’ and "Pattio” and
t-aruin uauj | ••pjjj.gy*. save confusion about the
names). Ah. mo! the three Matties and
Pinkie await us in the land above the
stars. I could see myself a merry girl of
Dumas, the younger, who achieved fame
by his first play, the well known “Ca
mille.”
Charles Elliott asks: “Is there any So
ciety of the New Thought in the south?
I am very anxious to know something
of tlie methods of this cult.” There Is
a New Thought League in Atlanta, which
has a free reading room and meets every
week—Sunday, I bc-lieve. It has head
quarters in the Austell building, on For
syth street, and will no doubt send you
circulars, etc., free.
Mizpalt, the association you ask about
is the Writers’ Mutual Benefit League, of
Atlanta. If you will address your letteY
to this name it will reach the league. It
is perfectly trustworthy, and will give
prompt attention to manuscripts. I am
not now connected with it; I found I had
no time to give to the business of ex
amining and revising manuscripts—
their profession had influenced them to
attend the parliament.
THE FOREIGN REPRESENTATION.
From far away Ceylon came quite an
interesting man—Hon. John Ferguson—
proprietor of The Ceylon Observer, at
Colum'bo—a man whose journalistic ca
reer covqrs a period of forty-two years
the dean of the Asiatic press and a noted
authority on agriculture, author of sev
eral important works and wearing the
decorations bestoVed by King Edward
{5.65 EHMUEIED STEEL BATH TIW.
10 with flying curls busying about trying though it is work I love and have been
°I n-m'embex one day Bill and Pinkie and | u-i,i “ed to do. I will send you Physician’s
1 caught three geese that belonged to old j address by mail; also tlie postal auto-
many of your
ould comply with
r names and a few
your postal album.
gully, so we said nothing. Old man Cal- i I wanted much to see you when I was
vln hunted his geese and lamented about [ i n Nashville, and tried to telephone to
them. Next day it dawned on Pinkie and
me that the geese would starve, so we
timidly told Miss Lute, our teacher, where
they were and she told Mr. Calvin, and
the old man got them out.
Miss Lute called Bill and lPnkle and
me to Tier room and gave us a lecture
on cruelty and thoughtlessness; but her
lectures were always more love than cen
sure, g* en usually with her arms about
us and punctuated with affectionate looks
and smiles. ^
Bill would lie on a bench with Ills
fingers stuck In his ears and try to make
you from the Maxwell house, but failed
to attract your attention. Perhaps I did
not have your correct address.
“A Subscriber” asks: "Are the words
’serve and obey’ ever omitted in the
marriage ceremony?” They are some
times omitted—from tlie religious rite
and they usually do not occur at all in
the civil ceremony—where a magistrate
officiates.
Will some of our friends who know the
fling the even flow of your domestic fe
licity. PINEYWOODS TOM.
conventionalities and stand for the right’ I to find through this gathering of cultured lly,‘calT^'their attention“to^this-^vou
i i.. ; — , . ni.oiilp tho mpnn« r»f flttaininp' thp wic.li 1 t,„ »i_ „ . ’ -
1 advocate openly the violation and dis
regard of any law that Is detrimental
to the home and fireside, or wht n from
any reason it is insufficient to protect the
same.
Because I said I had never taken a
drink of liquor or tasted tobacco in any
form my censor says I am self-conceited.
Is it not a pardonable pride?
Man of the World lays himself open to
the charge of boasting when he declares:
"I smoke cigars and cigarettes, and oe-
onslcnally take a drink of whatever I
like.’ Which is the worst kind of pride,
coutips?
us laugh (he could make the most hide- lat er history of ouce noted College Tem
pos faces of any hoy T ever saw), but Pie tell Mrs. Mary Ligon Miller how the
Bill i^as our hero; he could run faster, old college buildings came to be destroy-
„ HB SI 00. Cut uut and return thle ad. dtatd six*
• *"? w m send you this White Enameled Steel
WdShtTC. O P subject te examination.
T! 1 ?- at your neareet freight depot and If
equal to bathtubs plumbers
or ever heard of,
•nd freight char-
•pedal "
Jill 1 aT©rS3e*aboui*76 cents for’each*'600 mile*.
,r 5'5. h « BATH TUB l> made ef the finest railed dahranlxed
J • dJKl e.refull/ finished Inside with specie I whit#
* hee * tnamal baked te ■ porcelain llnleh. Out-
fn*nile green, joints supported bj hand-
plrfe ,is n tings stands on four ornamented feet with
R»'ndJomowhtteeiuSel«i selld metal can er rtm. furnished
fc £oi2S with Detent overflow and waste connection, also
complete enin pasKu necked In hardwood crate.
P’i'&EBE SPECiALPRIcn represent little more than
» ,Our Free PlumblngOooda Catalogue,
^?nV?^u^“hotS aetonSihlng bargain. In all .Dir.
5^»2h*Tub«LWeter Closet* and other plumbing goods
of BaOi Utoa, .bout one-half In price. Order ona
ItrrhTMVwotvlerfulvalue Stce 1 EnameledBathTub. today
and make your hom|jvjdrrn«d com ^
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jump farther^nnfi climb higher than any
boy we knew. He could put to flight all
the goats, cows and hogs, of which we
stood In terror. Our play grour.il was laid
off in streets and avenues and Bill was
the "train” which ran from station to
station (ah. me. in our play world the
stations were verv close together—would
thev were not so far apart now!), and our
method of traveling was to catch on to
Bill and run as fast as we could, but we
were generally side-tracked or switched
off at a near station, while The train went
flying on.
Crash! The vision disappeared from
memory's canvas. T raised myself from
the sand and saw the colored boy
suspended in a network of vines and two
small girls very badly scared. The boy.
who had been gathering bay blooms, had
lost fiis balance and fallen some ten or
twelve feet from near tbe top of the tree.
Fortunately he. had been caught in the
vines. The little girls gathered about me.
their arms full of hay blooms, to share
their fragrant treasures with me. They
nulled me op from mv sand couch, T took
another drink from the old spout spring,
saw the hoy go whistling awav with his
bucket of water polspd on his flaj wooley
head; then we wended our wav to the
dear old nulet home on the hTliside.
TESSA WILLINGHAM RQDDEY.
Long Beach, Miss.
ed. "Was it by fire, by clclone, or were
they razed to make room for more mod
ern buildings?” gsks Mrs. Miller, who, as
Miss Ligon, was a graduate of the dear
old Temple, together with her sister,
Mrs. Gorman, a well-known writer and
editor of The Texas (Fort Worth) Bo
hemian. Mrs. Miller writes beautifully
about Professor and Mrs. Kellogg and
their affectionate, paternal, yet firm and
efficient methods of educating. Some day
1 will tell a pathetic true story about a
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right, for it is no more than his duty, j with her.
My critic's more personal allusions do This is where the difficulty comes
cigarettes around the house
to get “out" with him.
It Is time for me to elose. I am
going to write an article on "Cigarettes”
scon. I want Man of the World to read
It.
I send greetings to all cousins. My
best wishes to all the shut-ins.
COUSIN REDDY.
Owensvllie. Ir. J.
MALCOLM, MY SON.
(Who Died in Ills Eighteenth Yonr. May
I 903.)
You saw In the west a fairy land.
When the clouds were purple and gold - .. , , , .
And tlie rainbow domes with their ruby i f ro ® th ® 3 ® enslaving habits,^but, friends,
Wfcre fair as the temples of old.
And have you gone now, O! son of mine
To this dreamland, far from me;
Or do you sail in an angel’s bark
On the waves of a silver sea?
Alone and sad I have been, my boy
Since the day that you sailed afar,’
In the shining bark for foreign shores.
To roam amid planet and star!
And, oh. that I might have sailed with
you,
To the land in the purple west.
And had seen you safe at anchor there,
In the Islands of the Blessed!
For every joy has gone from me
Since that day when yeu sailed away
In the golden bark for the foreign shores
In the flowery month of May.
And now I must go to you. my son,
For you never can come to me—
And I’ll welcome" the bark with snow
white sails.
To bear me far over the sea!
JAMES M. M’CANN.
THE FATE OF A FLIRT.
Last December business took me to
south Georgia, and at a beautiful little
country town I met a model young man
who was chief clerk In a large depart
ment store.
This poor young man, the only son of a
poor widow, was engaged to be married
to an extremely beautiful young girl, the
daughter of a wealthy merchant in a
neighboring town. She wa s considered
by all her acquaintances as the “belle of
the town,” but was cqted “fast.”
The young man's friends tried to con
vince him that such an alliance would
be, to say the least, unwise, and his
more Intimate friends told him the "love
ly creature” was merely trifling with
him. But he refused to listen to their
counsel, saying she was “the one wom
an” for him.
He admitted that her father’s wealth
had lavished on her many luxuries which
he with his small salary could not af
ford; but he said she had told him she
would be happy in liT s lov*
Well, the day came when they were
“to be made one.” and he. together with
his good mother, his "best man.” the
family pastor and other invited guests,
proceeded, by private conveyances, to
the home of the bride to be. Whai a
terrible blow It was to b# told on his
arrival, that his “intended” had sud
denly changed her mind, and a few
hours previous had eloped with a stylish
ly dressed, good-looking "mining stock
agent,” a man she had known only
about two weeks.
The disappointed "bridal party” spent
tbe night at the hotel where I was stop
ping. From the mortified, heart-wounded
young^ man himself I learned his “love
story.” By hard work and close econ
omy, he T5ad managed to buy a modest
P'.op'e the means of attaining the wish j be the source of much happiness
of her heart. At the same time, my let- ' concerned w
ter may put some family in the way of
finding a very pleasant home.
The case stands this way. The young | fully,
lady is the last of a very old and hon-•;
ored family in the south. She is more 1
than ordinarily well educated and refined
With congratulations to Mother Meb
on he r charming Household, 1 am fairh-
PUGNACIOI
t f,,;, TV,’ .. is amiable and kindly and is verv popu-
Ferbaps I am a little proud of being tree | lar in society . But jU st now lie',- tinan-
Clotliing Salesmen Wanted.
YY e want a clothing salesman to tak-
cial affairs are not at all in a condition j orders for our men’s custom made
to suit her. Her father lost heavily in t ln ® asu re suits, pants, fancy vests, outing
the civil war and at his death, sonje ;* ults . etc., in every county in which this
years ago, left practically nothing but P a P er circulates. Any good bright man
real estate. This Is very valuable, has [especially if he has had experience as !
no incumbrances and is indisputable as salesman in a store, or where h. ha ;
to title; but in the absence of its owner I come in contact with people as a Vo
te not managed so effectively as to in- l } icitor > ca n make big money with on-
“ me or even his spare time t
the work. If he has had
than Man of the YVorld. | '"Die House with her. j ens. fashion plates ’stationer v i
Our Man says: "When I love n woman. Obviously her only hope lies in find- instructions. and ’ ne - ’ K
I love her out and out.” Yes; and if he! ing some family of her caste who. like
marriog a nice girl and goes to smoking ker ' ' bave ,0?!t material prosperity
tse, she’s liable of other days, hut who have two or
three men among them with a preference
, SCENE ON SUMMERVILLE
HEIGHTS.
T feel that I must tell the members of
The Sunny South Household what a very
great pleasure it afforded me. and I am
sure many others, to have the honor of
meeting their patron isaint, Mrs. Mary
E .Bryan, at the recent association of the
Tennessee Press and Authors’ Club, held
at Monterey, Tenn. She Is readily rec
ognized from her pictures, and in in
tellectual depth, graeiousness of manner,
sweetness of disposition I found her more
than my fancy had pictured her even,
and altogether lovely and charming.
She was so generous with her girts and
recited for us a number of her poems. A
scene that is indelibly imprinted upon my
mind, to be recalled at will. Is that of
Mrs. Bryan standing on the promontory
of Summerville Helgnts, one of the high
est and most beautiful points in this sec
tion of the Cumberland mountains, re
citing her wonderful poems. The long
green valley lay below, like a picture;
the mountains were piled around us. and
the blue pky fiecked with fleecy clouns,
stretched like a canopy above, while
standing as a silhouette picture against
the sky, the central figure In the midst
of God's majestic handiworks, and giv
ing us of the wondrous store of her
mind’s garden of verse, was this wonder
ful woman.
First she recited “High and Low ”
which was written on Lookout mountain
and was well suited to the nigged wild
beauty of our mountain scenery ’ Then
she gave us a little love poem called
“Forever,” exquisitely written, and last
with much dramatic power, she recited
“Moro, Dumb Savior,” which was full
of pathos and beauty.
W« who had th e great pleasure of wit-
for rural life who are not afraid to work
This sort is hard to find, for a man with
the brains required to make the most of
a farm usually has a better paying job
in town. However, as it is well known
that a farm properly run makes the hap
piest home in the world, there may he
some among you willing’ to sacrifice
money for happiness to a certain extent
The young lady owns some of the finest
land in all this state. So any man with
any energy and practical ' experience
ought to be able to make it pay well
Since in spite of her personality she has
remained unmarried until past twentv-
five, it is very probable that a family
filling her requirements could make ner
manent arrangements with’ her
Now, if any of you feel like this would
, ,— —•* we train our men
thoroughly so that they make a so ,-es-
comnLv° rk ", , We are the largest woolen
J , and do the largest tailors to th
thF d fi B bU f n ? S 1n the eountr 5'- We niak
: ,a V s of garments to ord r
Our so^ ne " ha f u. the prices usually asked.
Bn- «' e n m f n h , ave "° difficulty i„ get
goods customers for our
itv V a™ 15 * i" dp ed a rare opoortun
tn chance as well for men han -
hn P J; ln our Une of tailoring and d
bu. iness on our capital. It is not
bright PCnny <JnVr and !f there are an
thi^i ’ en ? rgetic ’ ambitious men among
tnt™ e ^ erS Who feel that we mighr
m,t ana hP o’ let them cu ‘ this nor
“ , a " d mail ,, to us today and we w
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proposition. Address
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THE BOV
Who starts upon his career, his
his life work, hampered by the
tortures of Catarrh will surely
make slow progress if h e does
n * * aiI completely. Can you
afford to send your boy out into
the world a half failure when he
tatat G i^T the boy a ch ance.
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