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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 book, i " 30-Piece Breakfast Set Original "Blue Willow Ware := i hen end heart's wishes mas and New Year. o,. hanpy Christ HESPER 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- namoTla r*iliii^^ ut,f o . t ^ ,rt Y*P |ece ’ full size. Blue Willow Ware” Breakfast Set absolutely FREE for a few hours work. Send me your nSfrtinliiMM rsT™ >»tely send you our proposition, and In a few days you can hare this full size Breakfast Set on your own table. Set coMlstaof 6 Coffee Cups, 6 Saucers, e Plates, 6 Oatmeal or Fruit Dishes and 6 Butter Dishes. Do not delay. Write at once. Address W. M. ROSS, Manager - • • • - 33 Sawyer Building. Chicago 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. Mr Bryan has returned from his work j Most staid old towns have one or more tour." His paper. The Commoner, will bt ! vivacious girts whose exuberant spirits] i ir-ore Interesting tran ecer. * *1 — . THE RETURN OF W. J. BRYAN The Commoner -AND- Tri-Weekly Constitution Monday. Wednesday and Friday, only $1.35 a year This gives you the great economic paper edited by the statesman of clearer view, and the great Tri-Weekly paper of the south, edited kith nearer view of our con ditions. both for only a slight advance over the price of eithe** paper. Send $1.35 with order, by ex money order or registered letter to THE CONSTITUTION 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. 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