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SIXTH ‘PAGE
THE SUNNY SOUTH.
DECEMBER IS. JfCff.
With Correspondents.
lioijoraI>1«=< pursuit the preceding year.
is said that tliis was one of the laws
in Sparta; also it was a custom in Arabia
! (turnip; the reign of the good amt wise
‘ Ilaroun A1 Rasch1 and his son. At Mant-
oun. In I’cru at the time of that coun-
try's conquest hv Spain there was a. Sim-
l ilar custom. Tlie government of tlie ln-
j eas was paternal in its character, look-
! Ing after individual interests and con-
i duct. making sure that none were poor
j and none were unemployed. M. K. 15.
AN UPSETTING DAY.
Miss Sena Rezncr. or Raton, New Mex- If Mrs. Bryan will permit I will oonio
ico, asks to he given the address of I into the Household again to speak a few
Marguerite Richard and of "Knight of J words to one or two of Its ‘ ’
. ", , . , tiij.ii*! i hough none hut the matei has e\ 11
Iiip Mire that she liiav send for then
, **lio\vilvr«i witli me.
books. S»vral o’nor corrcsposdcnts j ( believe that you arc prejudiced
have made Hie same request. Margaret j I110> because ‘1 am :l Missouri
Richard's address is Newberry, South) •• j|,;j Billy." .for I sec there arc a imm-
C'arolina. The present abiding plaee of ,,f Kentucky mountaineers and tJeor-
uur wandering Knight whose name is j cr8< kors in your midst. At any rate,
Benjamin Massey l.cc. is Wellton. Ari-j j alll j„ 0 ,„i „r j„y native state,
zona. His 'book is calk’d uovc. I,inks." Tj| tbo , lrst pi a ,. Ci j will be honest and
With tlie Household
All Communications to This Department Should Be Addressed to MRS. MARY E. BRYAN, Claxkston, Ga., Inquiries and
Letters Requiring Answers by Mail Must Be Accompanied by Postage.
Chat With Householders.
I other author to imitate, but only that my eyes was painted in big led letters on
you might be entertained by the account the wall this sign: "In hell at last:"
1 and might sec In it an object lesson | I tried to get up, but I was chained
fists, at least. But tell us how you pro-
[pose to do these things?
| What powers do you propose to vest
! in the government?
i You propose to do away with the use
I of and tlie need for money, do you not?
Are you going to e.stablish bureaus for
the enforcement of labor?
If not, how arc you going to prevent
one person from living on that which
another lias produced?
Arc you going to have government
officers to apportion to each man the
work lie shall do?
It seems that there ought to be radical
changes wrought In some things, and
perhaps socialism is the right thing: but
we must know more of the practical side
of tlie theory before we can be expected
to indorse it.
Janivieve. T want to congratulate you
on your letter. Where is your boasted
southern chivalry, that none of ye House
hold knights gave Mr. Neede Loffe, that
■Margaret Richard and of "Knight of
lished—"Dark Ways in Dixie" and "The
Three Bells." Tlie book oil which she
lias worked so long and into which she
lias put her best thought, her finest art
is her novel in verse. "Virginia Vaughn.”
It is lust out. Mr. Badger, of Host on,. , ,
J o , .... . and upset one s nerves. J started out all
tlie beautiful style ...
confess to Carroll Elmore tlie true
reason I did not come forward and shake
hands with him at our Chautauqua,
though J run the risk of his thinking
mo very foolish. Tt was one of the days
on which all tilings seem to go wrong
Issues tho volume in
for which lie is noted. He Is well known
as a judge and lover of good poetry. ,
"Virginia Vaughn" lias pronounced | J' h your p.;rniis S ior,. jnadam.
hv critics ‘who have read the advance
WAR mightily elated last ooncern l n S the credulity of us poor j with a great black chain. I could hear bigoted young pharisee, a richly deserved
. _ 1 . .. mortals. I .aura. Jean's advertising ways' a big fire roarin’ close to me. but. couldn't tongue-lashing? Was it because you
he
week when I read m those ' are ioo much akin to the "heathen 1 see it. but I could smell sulphur mimin',
big letters that “Mrs; IChinee’s” to be worthy of imitation.il shore thought I was done fur.
Bryan's splendid depart- | no one else I ever knew was sutli- I 1 looked ever minute to see the old boy
„ ,, , ciently daring as to venture on such . come 'round with his pitefork to toss
lnent would na\e a | methods. As an instance, when her I f ,r ' Inter the fire. Strainin’ my eyes
conspicuous place In | novel, "When Dove Grew Cold," was in JWk'ard | seed him. with his’ horns
the Unde Remus Maga- P r, '.ss. there were twice a day announce- (peepin' over a big rook at me. and grln-
... ... ' ments about the book in tlie principal i nm'! His eyes was like lire coals,
zinc. ~<*. > Jour e > oh * , morning and evening papers of a most I * l,s *''Clh 6 inches long. I yelled
dear friends wiio have) astoundingly preixisterous iiaturr—and I jerke,| at my chains, but no use.
grieved with me over tlie i Jot they were believed by many
passing of tin* dear old i vomiiig out of the book was
_ „ , with feverish eagerness. On tin
Sunny South. J he rose bv
right. as J thought, but Just as I scaled
I myself on a trolley car some one said,
•l win
brush tliis ugly caterpillar from your
sheets to be far superior to Mrs. Wilcox’s j fou.der. ' lum a snuuder X exclaimed:
".Maurine." also a novel in verse. Ourj "Oh, please get it on omen.,
correspondent from New Mexico adds: 1 l J< *it c-r,*",*.. lor a wnue. i had stoou
•• | am a very busy teacher in this far| under a large maple irce, waking j<>.
western countrv. teaching among tlie; ' < ’ ,n ■ al1 " mire iiugtit t>e more oi l tic
Mexicans, which is interesting, but •*»'»- i V.mi' iV.o**,r ovw " J
couraging. at ’times. . ))t tbein man ,
Herbert asks: Please tel] me some-, tvnen .1 arrived at my destination ami j parts ..
tiling about the Order of tlie Garter.) .qcpticd j’rom me car, a strange In i.v land tlir
which. I believe, is tlie highest order ol , sunicd swiftly at me, and said, "Here is! ,,,. xv
Knighthood in Kngland. 1 have read a. no I tounu hanging to your lint." aim
another name will smell
as sweet: Its fragrance and
beauty will be enhanced, not lost. One
of our most scholarly members. Senex.
of Texas, who is an old-time subscriber
to Tlie Runny Soutli, takes a wise view
of tin* new departure. He says: "After
all, a change lias (becomes necessary.
Popular, and in some respects perfect, as
III * Ul 11*1 ’ "
ami tli*.- j » , *7 t fn
awaited i )’. as , *
1o.i. : fiio s
fainted away. When T come to F
oi Hu* grass by the creek, an’
with feverish eagerness. On the cd-] 11 '*’ S1,n " a s shinin’, the birds singln
itorial page of The World there would he ! nnd 11,0 <"k>wers wavin’ in the breeze. I
tills announcement: “Sara Bernhardt
has cabled that she must have the right
of dramatizing Miss J.aura Jean Libbey’s
great novel, ’When I.ove Grew ('old. ’
Two well known theatrical managers are
besieging Miss J.ibliey for the stage
rights of tills novel.” The announcement
had been made that the book was being
published at the same time liy two rival,
houses, each of which had employed
extra force in the effort to outdo each
sreater horror
a family paper, i lie Sunny South had J other In first mis ting the wild rush of
vet outgrown itself—outgrown its name j would-be purcliasi-rs who stood inl
and the sectional narrowness that name j patiently about the door of the pulilish-
iinplicil. It hail really grown to be na- j houses. When the nook was finally
tional—cosmopolitan—and its widened j
sphere and broadened spirit called for a j
name of broader significance.” i
This is true. The Sunny South had he- I stock brokers, hank cashiers,
come the people's paper. It was wij-1 devouring "When I.ove Grew <
out. it was declared in a mnrnin,
paper tediiOrial page 1 that business was
partly suspended i: 1 the city of New
York for a while, because every one.
•to., was
Id.” One
oi mice.
ouicd ill evi ry state in the union, and in i Paragraph wa
Wall Street
headed, ".-lienee in the
Exi’hange." Every body
[knows that tie Wall street exchange is
°t the la howling inferno during business hours.
how it originated but have forgotten the, minded me a bngm red and brown check- j
details, also which of the kings estab- cd t.,* (my hat was yeliow siraw, trim-
H." Tlie famous Order of the. mod entirely in blue), wniclt Jiait dangieu 'et us take Longfellow as counsellor.
commemorating tills circumstance.
youngsters, j but ho; efuH>
i he oressi
lished ... . ,
Gart’-r was founded bv King Edward 111 j r,, ’ n ; •>">' hat all the way, du.
l’he I oirclessiiess of one of my
P r [ wlm had tossed it toward
garter while (lancing. the King P.-Ked U f-*
up anil tied il below his own knee, but j waited to see where it had lodge,1. Uci.
observing the jealous glances o tne , , ((M>k the discordant tie and slvlv poked
queen, he restored the garter to »« ] it inside of my hand satchel, hoping no
owner with this exclamation. "Honl so it ; one save tlie lady had seen it. After I Louisiana
qni mal y pensc.” Ei il 'be to him who j doing sonto shopping .! started to the I three do
evil thinks. The emblem of tlie order ;< human,jua grounds. A woman stepped'
is a nark blue ribbon edged witli g<>UI j in H'ont of me saying. "Excuse ,ue, your
with (the motto upon it tiaeed in gold, j Collar has come loose." I felt my blood
buckle and pendant ; cold, | threw up my hand and
below the knee. The j ylut ’heil at my ne k: .my collar was of
the Order of St. i Ul, ‘ 1 ‘Ter Ran variety anil fastened l»y
j nii-ans of a collar button, like a man's.
. ,. T ii.-i i *^ure cm.ugh both ends were unfastened
\v. W. lavender says: lacked up ; , 1Kl out fl . om II1V
mil old copy ol I lie sunny South today I they could gcr awn
uni "Look not mournfully into the past." !
lid cheerily into the fu
ture.
and with a gold
worn on the left log
order is also known
Canada. ’South America, Cuba
1’liilippines. The name
magazine is international. Mr. j hut 1he audacious advertiser declared
j Harris, as Uncle Remus, has tlie world Unit a hush reigned through the build-
for his admirers and his clientele. Rojing ■or half an hour, as nearly every
mail was loo deeply absorbed in Miss
Llbhny's thrilling novel. "When Love
Grew Cold.” to cure whether stocks were
up or down.
You would think that sm-li statements
would 'bo received with only a smile of
contempt: but you are mistaken. Thou
sands of persons lielieved them, and the
first large edition of the book was ex-
hatisted in a short time. She had
Sunny— Xapoleonic nerve—this little young worn-
go. filled with youth I an—or she would not have ventured to
and hope and a bouyant love of my pay such enormous prices lor getting
work. At tlie same time we made a neve j her unique advertisements put on tlie
home for ourselves in Clarkston—a new pages of widely cir
culated dailies. Siic worked similar
schemes in gelling all her scores of
public. They sold
poured in for one
could not believe he meant what
said? Surely, no man worthy of the •
name could be guilty of such a contempt- i
able act as he boastingly proclaimed lie j
would perform.
K. L. Orton, some months ago there!
,appeared in tlie Household a poem of i
mil j yours which touched a responsive "honl!
in.I Inf my own heart. I put it away, inleinl-
ling to keep it; but alas! I am anything
but a. methodical person, and when I |
looked for it I could not find it -but the j
subject of it was. "If f should die to- |
night, my keenest regret would be that
men must toil mid fail and die.” That
thought has haunted me for many
months, and it east a dark shadow over
my most hopeful hours; but I have
come to feel that no worthy effort is
ever utterly lost.
I do not pretend to understand the
great scheme of things, but surely there
Is another existence somewhere where
our worthy ambitions and aspirations
will be realized. The idea of heaven as
an eternal resting place never appealed
lo me. I want to he always progressing—
to bo going, onward and upward. With
best regards to all,
MARY GARTH.
Tucson. Arlz.
Bui "Id tics are hard io break: old j
associations cling around one's heart |
with ivylike tenacity. I came from j
help edit The
— ~ - . | * ■■'-.* .....i,. s ,-i jinuy from nir tie. I began
and saw in one of your answers where jo think ,| was "hoodooed." or perhaps
town in which we were among the very
first lo settle. Years have passed, with novels Ix for
their sad and happy changes; the new !
home grew d- ar and beautiful; its young! book while
i oaks and cedars became mighty trees. ! mother and
rapidly; and mone;
-.on .- a:e,i that Katharine Tingley was j fi was because I was born on the
now the head or the tlieosopliical society.
I had thought it was Miss Annie Besant.
Please give me Mrs. Tingley's address
sn.l tdl me where I may obtain books
bearing on theosophy." Annie Besant
is the head of theosophy in England. In
Ameri Katherine Tingley became the
head after the death of the winder-
fill Madam Blavitsky. who with W. W-
Judge, founded the society In lb/5 L
was reorganized by William Judge a the
annual convention in Boston in 1895. It
adopted the constitution of the universal
brotherhood of maiu Its principal pur
pose is i., teach brotherhood and make
it a living power in the life of humanity.
1:.< subsidiary purpose is to study ancient
and modern religions and investigate sci
ence and tho occult phenomena of naturel
and the divine power In man. its head- j
quarters are at Point lamia. San Diego. I
where a colony or community has been !
founded by Katharine Tingley—the mem-i tl 'g a in
hers working in cooperation. There is j Eugenia I
a large industrial school for children,
conducted on a unique plan. There are
some beautiful buildings, one of incse.
llie temple, having a magnmeent dome
of colored glass tiiat can be seen by
ships far out at sea. As to obtaining
books and pamphlets relating to itlieos-
ophy. ii would lie well to write for in
formation either to Madame Tingley or
to tin- secretary of the society. Frank M.
Pierce. Point Loma. Sail Diego, «'allfor-
n : n. Nothing would l,e more interesting
than a sketch of 'this remarkable com
munity at Point I.oma and 1 would like j
to have some of our California members |
-end in one. There are 160 lodges or!
• uur.'lies ”T liio theosophy cult in tliCj
1 lulled States and Canada.
Felix says: "Is tho book of Job ib" J
oldest piece uf writing extant?" I have |
often heard that it was. but I know I
there have been discoveries of many I
books, or papyrus rolls, hi excavations
made In Egypt and Awsyria." The orig
inal book of .T,>1* is not extant; wo have,
no record of it nor even of the original
copy. The oldest ImoU in existence is
called "Tlie Precepts of l’tah Uotop."
The author is stated to have been ■ .o
years old. His book opens with a
graphic, description of old age. It is
similar to the book of Proverbs, giving
•ounsel and warning. Rome of the say
ings are very similar to those in
• 'hrlsl's sermon
though I never
13: li
was sit—
oi the mom
persiitious.
Aiter this I walked along very cau
tiously (feeling that 1 was a cynosure for
all eves), and timidly took a seat near
tin* rear, beside an old acquaintance 1 had
spied.
\\ .hen Mr. Elmore had finished his fine
rendering of "King Richard" I started j another hornr
forward to congratulate him. but baited,
an,! said to my friend. "Do you sec anv
qlll'-K
1 am
had that book almost a year,
and during that time I have argued
and her corps of helpers— against socialism, but 1 had not read even
mains and aunts—were (their platform.
The Sunny grew old. and also better and '."shlng another novel into shape ready Now, Mr. Mason, don't be too
, , V ... , for the publishers. Her vogue has waned ... , „
broader— a ad now both the paper ami now .hut sh- Is verv rich: for she wise! >i , ’ ™ n 'lemwitt"ii; really,
the home will soon pass out of my life, 'invested her money in Brooklyn real ! u "lJ on average person. There may
On New Year's day I take my last walk estate. I saw (nr very often in New
over t lie broad brown fields, the richly York. f"r she drew n generous salary
from the Monro's, with whom I was
associated, site was a i lump, trim,
young- woman, with a handsome,
volitional face, so wonderfully like
Frank Leslie, that Mr. Wilcox
saw some one rapidly walkin' awav
among ilie trees, and I knowed 1 ha!
been rescued. Whoever it was that hail
saved me must ’a’ bin a angel, tho’ lie
was dressed in home-spun jeans. I go'
tip. and fairly yelled for joy. Then 1
washed my face, and found my way
home. I liain't drunk a drop of licker
settee.”
_ “You had a remarkabale dream. i r —
<’eed,” 1 said when he concluded.
"Dream nuthlnl” be replied. "That was
no dream.”
[ larnt long arterwards that Steve Da
vis had found me lyin' drunk and drag-
gel me into a cave .in,j fixed up thru
sign and lire, and chained me down. The
old hoy who l seed was made out of
an old gourd with two horns, and
some fire in it. with holes cut fer eyes
and mouth.
“But ii cured me of drinkin’ alrig.tt.
If the real, shore-enough hell is any
vorse than what I suffered in that old
cave. 1 shore don't want to go tiuir."
MOONSHINER.
give us a pratioal sketch. ! old,” says The Darien, Ga.,
materials ‘'togethm^wUh^tho"piirpose^'of i GaZCttC. We Want yOU tO be
writing a letter to the Household !i» I Q ne Of that million. $1.00 fOT
opposition to socialism. 1 T
Before I hegan, however, I reflected in The SUIUiy SOUth Until
tills wise: "Now 1 really do not know I , . nAr , . ., __ ,
what socialism is. and. as Mr. Mason. ! Mai*Ch, 1907, and then Unde
ST^iU"^ Magazine for one
who write on subjects abom which they j year without further cost.
tire not well informed, it behooves me to ’ "
lie careful.”
Accordingly, I got out my World's j HOW SHE SAVED A LIFE,
almanac and read the socialist platform j Women seemingly are. perfect contra-
"t 1904
I In v
“We predict a million sub- j
scribers for Uncle Remus’s |
Magazine before it’s a yearly
An
Eczema
Hand
ahould not be covered by a glove. A
fresh antiseptic bandage every day
after applying Heiskell*s Ointment
is all that is needed to cure the
trotible.no matter how old or stub
born it may be.
Heiskell’s
Ointment
goes right to the spot. It cools the
skin, stops the burning and itching,
and cures. There is no case too ob
stinate. All skin diseases yield to Its
magical influence. Used success
fully for half a century.
In all cases it is best to bathe the
part affected with Uriskcll'x Sfe.dic-
tnalNoap before applying the Oint
ment. To make the blood pure and
clean up the liver take Heiaheff’a
Blood and Licer Bills.
Ointment 50e. a box : Soap 25c. a caka:
Pills 25c. a box. Sold by all druggists,
or sent by mail.
JOHNSTON. HOLLOWAY & CO..
63t Commerce St., Philadelphia. Pa.
of
wooded slopes, llie uldei-shaded brook,
tlie pine-orownod hills, fu’ iug grand old
Stone moimtaiii—that once were mine—
now turned over to a stranger. 1 have
but it is in town—no
Icur hills and pines are about it; no
one person m a hundred who realiy uses
' ms or her brains, but l think one would
j fie safe in placing tlie number at one
I in a thousand.
| The rest of us pursue tlie even tenor
Mrs. o! ol,r " ;, J' accept the beliefs anil
(Mila i customs ol our parents unquestioning!}*
,land wi
Wheeler's husband) told me that on one ,
occasion when he saw her at a hotel in i‘ x<1 }.
world ow
lies on ,’uy hat. or is my collar unfas- j mountain view, no orchards sloping to
tened?" Upon her replying in the ipga- I the sun. no hiding pla.-c for coveys of
I then asked her if there were any j brown 'partridges and rabbits. And, in
! the house, there are no familiar nooks
caterpillars on me. She said lio, 'but
there were a number of big black bee-I . ■ ... , , , . i„ lT
tics in the sawdust under our feet. Then slorpd w,th books and . magazines; and j «' ff *. 1,0
I turned around and around for her in- there is no broad yard tilled with flowers
spoetion. asking her to see if there was which 1 had planted and faithfully
cared for: and ill the house, above all,
there are no dear associations, no I Mrs. .T. N
memories bitter-sweet as in the old home. | dress of tin
which lias echoed to the sweet voices
always ready to sneer at or
secutc those to whom the
western rile -he said Bo himself: mv, ' s „ lts P^Sfeas on account oi
“That's Mrs. Leslie, sure: blit she has , 1 |,,|r "‘'Utmality or genius,
certainly had a good dip in tlie fountain
of youth." Siie was writing her name in i
dictions. A girl who screams at sight
oi a mouse will faithfully nurse a- sick
friend who Iiu? contagious disease. A
woman who is a bundle of delicate
nerves has been known to put a burly
burglar lo flight, or face a mad dog or a
furious bull In defending her child. Let
me tell you of u case in point that oc
curred a few years ago. A lady and
her stepchildren went to spend the day
with her two sisters, who, with their!
families, lived in the old home. The
hulks were comfortably chatting; tin-
sente.l by the rreat majority
noble young women is best-
Mower 1 dashed off the following
gles. which "hit" those girls and t
may sing the lines to some live!
as they go "bobbing around:'
We are the gills that set tho pa*
Ami go the gaits in a winning ru< •
And set agog th<* staid old town
As we go gadding and bobbing at"
We are all the talk of this old t w
As we go bobbing about and aros
The girls all look at us askance.
The dudes, on us attendance dan
Prim mammas moan and papas trow
As wo go bobbing round and roum
We are all the rage of this old tow :
As we promenade it up and down.
Old maids faint and gay widows
As we come rollicking down the pi
Bachelors coy and widowers slj
Play peek-a-boo as we pass by.
Oil, we arc the gills of gay renew: ,
Won hv—merrily bobbing around
anything wrong witli me. While ,1 was
doing all this. Carroll Elmore (Mr. Lucy)
had stepped down and out at the side
entrance. I was clad indeed to get safe
ly within the walls of my own home
the hotel register, and when siio turned
piiekly to see the name-
and read "L ura Jean Libhey. author of
‘Madelune's Lovers.' '(filbert
Beauty’ ’Lovers Once.' etc.'"
Say! what's the use to be a girl.
With a dimpled chin and fluffy
If one can't sport In pleasure's sw;
And make things limn in this old woi
As she goes bumming about the tow
Gadding about and bobbing around
1 re.-ited "A Visit from
Aunt Jemima" aL one of our dub meet
ings and create.) a riople of laughter.
Lomacita, I like you. whether t write
yon or not.
J would like io say to the writer whose
voting wife has been called away hy
death, leaving him the care of a help
less Infant, that he lias my sympathies,
but his bereavement is no! the loss io
him iliat it will be to Ills babe, who is
destined never to know the joy and
sweetness of a. mother's love. All lb"
♦ o'idernoss and rare that le or lis
friends may give Hie little one cannot
niiss :, »ly replace what It lias been do—
"lived of. Forget your own loss, tnv
friend, in trying to m mother as well
as father to your child.
MARIE ALDRICH.
Snringfield. 510.
Williams asks for the ad-
shut-in who makes butter
flies on; of canceled postage stamps.
.... . , , , She is Mary Ellen Willis, of Fordyce.
ol my children and heard the k'st|.,; a _ a i iU ]e crippled dwarf, who weighs
whispers of my beloved dead. Ah. well: I only 45 pounds, and in her life of 36, ;
everything passes: we, too, shall pass ere years lias never walked a strp. She is; " ") •
long, like the waves of ocean, leaving quite a sprightly, intcligent lit tie lady >">i ■ •*
but the transient bubble of our grave
We will not calk about such sad
tilings on this sunny day, particularly
having taken as a text. ' Look not I lections in prose and verse, and a beau-i
mournfully into the past." We have soltifnl introduction by her friend. Earnest! * !l, t IO K p ' hack to socialism. The
many cheery things to talk about. First. I Willie (Mr. Will D. Upshaw), editor of principal ! kinks are these: Public owner-
1 want to thank i Per re L" Beau for pro- Tlie Golden Ago. The price of the book a 'M' ] l>" ' utilmes: insurance ot
. (it, clmh is SI in paper 50 cents. Tt is workers against ident. sickness and
posing me as a member of the Soeie y I .„ lIstl . allM ,‘ wit ’ h portraits of herself, of ,: "' k ”■' employment; pensions for aged
(d ' hilistines. «I lose head is Elbeit ‘ lub- ; j.v m iest Willie and other friends. Her and exhausted workers; graduated taxa
tion!—Km ElOertns—famous as an orlc-j u qdress is Fordyce. Ga. Ition of incomes, inheritances, franchises
ilia 1 tii..liver. magnetic speaker and ' ! a '" 1 ,anJ values; complete education of
daring uttercr of bold sayings- in iqiposi- 1 If they find admittance today, we will
lion to hoary opinions. The
described as an “association of book
We are out for fun and a jolly go.
With bachelor, benedict - any old hf
But if lie thinks he's made a "mash
. , ■ His vanity will receive a crash
children were p.aying out ot doors. R.ul [ AVe *u p | av IO r a cad and clowa
denly wild screams were heard coming .\„j laughing stock of all the tow:
fiom the back yard. The ladies ran out, I Then we sure will turn him down
and were met by a little boy. who ex- | And keep on bobbing around, are
claimed: "Si.-.ter's in Hie well. Slu- got!
1 am trying to learn to neither approve j to P t0 liN a ro I* e to water for j
of nor condemn a tiling until I have in- tun ’ a,!l1 Planks gave away,
vestigated it to the best of my ability. ! They found it was true. The child had]
And 1 have found it to be the hardest I been plunged to the bottom of a roughly
tusk l ever tried to learn, and I have! constructed well over forty foe;, deep.
tll ^ had some hard lessons. j one of the Indies, without a moment's
.\l> li-mpc: is sinai that when a child] hesitation, although at the risk of her
qq 8 m; 0 years i would DvqucnMy Jerk W seized the rope, and telling her
out haiiuiuls ot my own hair because* I I . . _ . , 4 .. . ,
could not arrange il to suit me; yet the j V ho, ‘ l . on to , U ‘"“ pk| y -Ascend- ,
other day one with whom I have been | ^ " a * ei . ara * planting her lee<
closely associated for a long time ex- j l' lrnilv against the perpendicular wall, i
cliiimed, wiien I deplored my tierce I she felt in the water for the child. She
j found her -with her head under the wn-
Mar.v. I hay" long considered ter, and with a strength born of will
power and resolution, she dragged her]
out of tlie water, and held her wirh]
one hand until help came.
The ei ies of the ladles'above brought j
I some conception of what "constitute's' *a j so,,le « »»«>_ to the spot. One
hard task.
Now. we must have
joes:
■horns. S'
n-tempered woman I
and lias vert recently published a read-., knew,
able book. "The Little Sunbeam." of 100 j, * N "" 1 ’fi 1 " 1 * that any of ye House-
pages. and nicely gotten out, contain- , holders w ho are troubled with a violent
ing the story of her own life, told in a \ temper will admit that 1 ought to have
cheery, chatty way: some interestin
I tic
111
•hildren and their freedom from the
i,,.,. p, I have the pleasure of weleon>iiip a mini- | work shvji; i"i* the prevention of the use
' her of new members. and also ab-'of (lie military against labor in the sel-
From tlement of strikes; the free administra-
sentecs whom we have missed.
I them went down and brought up the
unconscious child; then her preserver
was brought up, bruised and exhausted.
The child was bruised and 'badly cut
on the hack of her head, but medical aid
was at once summoned. :uid soon the
little girl was out again.
Tho heroine of this story was my frail
mother.
With a glad handshake for all, I am.
lovingly,
LUC ILK DE N EVERS.
We are out for a lark
To catch a spark
Wherever he be found—
In hall or park.
Daylight or dark.
As we go bobbing around.
J. MAT CLARK
Brownsville. Tenn.
Sunny South Patterns.
lovers and folks who write and paint |f ar Indian Territory, Arizona. California Bon of justice; the popular government,
and dream: organized to further good; and South America have come some of including proportional representation,
fellowship among men and women who' these friends, who we are glad indeed ;equal suffrage for men and women,
believe in allowing the widest liberty ^ us " ^ week T li
to individual thought and expression, i
PUT THE A* TO,I,T, R IN A NUT-
SWPT.T..
There are three classes of socialists
Tlie Indolent immoral kind who ahn
no higher than an "equal divide:” their j The duties of ea< li member consist inland letters
compatriots of a higher scale who wish i living up to his highest ideal las nearly]
to keep tlicit* own proper’,. and di\ide up j as possible), and in attending (if con-
other people s, and a third class w. o aIO |vcnienti the annual dinner." One of ils
prompted by a sense of justice and
love of Immunity. These sec in the
j mottoes is taken from Emerson: "Rpe
; today w hat you think Is true; and con
tradict it all tomorrow if necessary.
the Egyptian book
than 3.5C3 years b
written on papyrus a
the sands near Thei
joins self-control, s:
against you. junswe
moved to anger; s*
rojuc him.” Another saying is this:
"Guard thy house wisely: honor thy wife
and lovo her tenderly. Feed and clothe
her for this is a husband's duly. Fail i
I lur«* a n allzation of their high ideal ot
perfeei. government and I lie universal
brotherhood "t man. J am not a social-
i 1st. but 1 admire the optimistic enthusi-
. , ; asm of some of them, hut holiest men of
.lie mount. Ihotlgh , hI . Iu| p. irI = s .„, lik ,. <.„ us |„ Redity,
was written more idealists like Lon Dare, by refusing
fore ( hrist. Il is ; p, unit,. j n a middle ground play into
id was dug up from] the hands of the ever vigilant moneyed
os In 1857. Il on-| fhisK democrats in «1’eniooj;;itii! Staton and
yin:;: “Tf one rail j republicans in republican states, whose
liim not; bo noli low «»r law is in proportion t<» tiio depth
=;]in.i; thou over-j ^ nHnws : 11on 1 to put their hands into ) rjont working system make up a deeply
• ♦ini*!* people s pockets. Ueniombor i lie j interest ins; story which j mav Rive you
.model lawyer of the world had to jrivo
up some of his ideals 1k*<*«uso of the
[ hardness of his people's hearts. The oi l
Illsli nature has got to he reckoned
THE BREAKING UP OF A HOME.
Dear Household: A dear friend is In
Hie act of breaking "!»• The hushand
is <*l)anging: business, and this noces-
• • sitates a removal to another state. ho*
.. .. . 4l . .. .. ... . • lore the week ends they will have “fold-
I*r..m its adopting tins motto, it will be j „ f| thelr , ents , iko tIu . Arab." A break-
perceived that the society believes in ' Ul , i<. always a serious thins <o mo,
progress. No standing still, always doT 5 ut what makes me almost rebellious
tho best work vou can. are the watch- about this one is that tho\ carry away
words "f Fra Elbertus and bis followers « ,< « rr9 ‘ I'^tlc brown-eyed lO-months-
. , , » • , i eld baby bov out ot ni> sight forever,
at lioycrolt— tiicrc arc uIanhjs heights *|*), 0 fatlier will travel: tlie mother will
to lie gained." How that Royeroft coin- board, aim the boy—as soon as ho gets
limmly of skilled < oworkers was found-! < his feet, will start out lo find his
cd. and what is its simple yet all-suffi- ! mission with a smear of tar on eacn
LITTLE FAITHFUL
ior men and women.] They were two little sparrow birds—
municipal home rule, the recall of officers Faithful and his little mate. They came
many things to say to the Household, i their constituents, "and every sain tn my window one morning early in last
and we have a. number of good sketches ]or advantage that may be wrested from May. All day long they sat perched on
' * " M. E. B. | ll*o capitalist system in the Interest of j a. bough just outside the window- or
the working people.”
j Then the platform goes on to state:
“But. in so doing, we are using these
l remedial measures as means to the one
■great end of the cooperative eomnion-
! wealth.”
| So far. the discussion of socialism in the
] Household has not been very satisfac
tory. Those who are in favor of it have
dealt mainly In glittering generalities,
! while those who are opposed to it have
written without any very clear idea of
what they are opposing.
In order that we mav have an intelli
gent discussion of the'subject, will not little feathered pair at my window and
vou. Mr. Mason, write a. sketch, showing oil looking for them I found only one lit-
iis what the conditions of life-social. Ho fellow perched on the hough outside
not to kiss and embrace her every day.! with in cv.-iv scheme' of laws. j promises, for you do not forget them;
for \erily lie 'thiut is kind to his wuc and j Uarl L, you pounce upon ihe subject you hol-1 me to them. Half a dozen
bonoroth her, hoiioreth himself." There: with a meat ax. S. T. P.. you hand!*.* j letters have reminded me that 1 proin-
wero. sensible men, you see. five thou-! Hie matter like a man. Take that as an ’ ; 50( j to ]j (i,,. Household about Laura
sand years ago. J equivocal compliment as why should we j I , ibbcv * s .successful methods of ad-
DoiM nyk *: “What eastern 1 sill stretm our eyes in amazement v.livn . . \ _ . T .
'a woman, writes with sense on a po- ; 'orusnig l,c r novels. r ,e * ’ “ ] in our own sunny clime.
Utica! or scientific subject. ] writers add 1 h.i\e published a fi ok. And we all know and appreciate thj
Will some one please state in a para- anil it is not selling: I want to know ] w j SP , loving guide who may he said to
graph just how far socialism aims to go Imw to help the sales.” Now. 1 have no | |.„ v ,. created these conditions. But we
in government? li would save many ir- idea of telling about Miss Ltbliey’s ad- , a ,. p („ ba v** her with us still, and *wc-
relevant words. SENEX. vertising schemes as an example for any] fotwar,) to good times in the com
ing years.
1 shall not visit you again this yea *
loving handclasp all 'round-
some day soon.
But 1 must he ".ireful how I make you
Thomas
country was it .that in ancient times had
a law requiring every citi-en to appear,
before tho authorities at the beginning
"f every year and give satisfactory evi-1
• lonoe of his having been engaged in an j
heel
And apropos of breaking ip a home
we must all be ’greatly relieved now ilia*
w' know our Household will not be
broken up when llie Sunny is changed
,.’t" a, magazine. How keenly axe would
have felt :ts loss. Where in all toe
world has there been such a splendid
gathering of wit. wisdom, pathos and
’• "lishness as our Household? I have
earned t" love them all Th*’ir sparkling
uneonventionality gave a warmth and
letter "low that could not exist anywhere but
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fluttered up and down the panes in
vain effort to gel in.
I don't know why they fluttered at nn*:
window. Perhaps the green and blooming
plants attracted them, but when I raised ■
the sasli they did not come in.
In the evening they went away and T .
thought they had given up all efforts to
get in. But the next, morning they were
there bright and early fluttering up and ;
down the panes or twittering and chirp-1
ing on the hough outside. All morning T |
watched them; then T left the room for
an hour. When I returned I missed the
political ami financial—would be in a.
successful cooperative commonwealth?
Do not tell us merely that there would
be. no poverty, that all men would be
equal: that they would all l>o well fed.
well clothed, and well educated, and that
each person would have all lie produced
and no more.
Wo all know that socialism stands for
these things, in the minds of the social-
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HOW JOHN SLIMBERGIN WAS
CURED OF DRINKING.
1 had just read Alwyn's story, “Mow !
slm cured her Husband” to my friend ]
John Slimhergin. and il seemed to impress
Hit) deeply. After 1 had finished, he <-i' !
for a. few minutes in silence, iheu asked: |
"Say. Bill, did you ever hear how I '
got kyored uv drinkin'?”
"f hudjt'i. I knew lie was a hard I
drinker when lie was about twenty years
• Id. an ( ) that he liad not been drunk I
row for live years, but as he was wnir- I
what sensitive 1 had never questioned j
him.
“Wal.” said ho. “ Twas this a-way. j
One day I went over to Sweet«r’im
Springs to eampmeetinh The preacher |
preached on hell. He pictured the ronri .’ ]
fires, the sooty chains, and the deep I
dungeons of darkness, and told how the ;
drunkards would scream and !>• g 'or I
one crop of water. It was terrible. But !
1 had a quart along with me. and arter I
procehin’. Jist to show him I wnrn’t '
skeered 1 pulled out my bottle, and t<> >k j
a long ipull at it, right before lilm. and |
started fe** home. I .’1111111111011 to pull :.t
that iMitlle pretty often as I jogged on. •
uiiiil tli" road got to wobbling anil jump- .
jn’ till 1 couldn’t kec-> in it. so I oracle 1 ,
off l>y a log. and wont to sleep, tliiiikin* j
I would go home in the mnrnin - , and
maybe maw wouldn't ax me too mail}*
questions.
When 1 woke up I •found myself in a
dark dungeon of some sort, with a sick
ly yaller light shinin’ in from somewhar:
I'was lyin’ on iny back, and jist above |
nor could his little mate be found. Per
haps she flew into the room and was
caught by the eat.
All evening he sat on that limb witli
feathers ruffled up and with such a. dis
consolate all* my heart ached for tho
little fellow. Sometimes he would fly to
Ihe window and chirp piteously, then fly
back to his perch, there to wait and
mourn.
For two whole days lie kept up liia
faithful waiting and watching for his lit
tle mate. Then one day he never came
hack. Perhaps out in the sunshine,
among the budding trees and flowers he
sought forgetfulness. It may be his life
went out in grief for his mate. I called
him Little Faithful.
Sampson, Mo. ETHBLBERTA.
ROLLICKING GIRLS OF FOGY
[ TOWN.
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ATLANTA, CA
manifest themselves in such riotous
I revelings as to excite unfavorable com-1
merit from some and much solicitude on :
the part of their friends.
I spent some days last summer in a 1
! town that is enlivened by a bevy of
these '‘audacious girls." known as the
! "Irrepressible Sextette.” also the “Silly
Six."
While conversing with an estimable
matron one day we observed the "silly
six' who were passing her gate. They
met two young men. whom they engaged
In lively badinage.
"The Irrepressibles." I remarked.
"Yes. the ‘distressibles.* some of our
straight jackets call them. Do you know,
sir, I would trust one of those, wild girls
to take care of herself, where I would
tremble for the fate of a model of pro
priety in public places? Wherever you
find one of these girls alone, at home or
abroad, in promiscuous company or en
tete-a-tete with her beau, you will ob
serve a sensible young woman—self-
poised. self-possessed, commanding admi
ration and respect. When ‘out for a
lark’ they flock together, taking it for
granted that everybody knows they are
just out for fun and not to be tuket)
seriously. Your sweet, sentimental pink
of perfection, in public, is too often prone
to wander Into obscure cozy corners or
ax or ana, secluded lover's lanes with a soft, spoony
eiproii, | | ovpr a | )( ] revel in such blissful experi
ences as she imagines those ‘rowdy girls’
are incapable of appreciiating."
Thus replied Mrs. J. Perhaps she is
right, but it occurs to me that there is a
happy medium between prurient prudery
and riotous abandon, and this as pre-
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