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SIXTH <PAGE
7 HE SUNNY SOUTH
JANUHR Y
1907.
In Woman's Realm of Thought and Home
—— 1 ^Edited by Mrs Mary £ Bryan
Talks on Timely Topics.
MAUD MILLER AND MINNIE
MYRTLE.
1 lie lov
nigT \;
moon-
vears
determined to run away and walk to tin* j
eity when she despaired of getting money \
lot* traveling. The good sisters came i"
her aid and she reached New York m
time to he with and nurse her mother. :
during poor Minnie Myrtle’s Iasi. days.
•'And did not your lather come to see
her—-the wife of his youth?” 1 asked.
".Vo, he sent her—a big bunch ol J
roses. She held it tip in her thin white i
hand and smiling sadly, siie said: I
seats roses—instead of a -more needed
howl of soup.’ How like Joaquin Mil
ler!”
"Your mother published a volume or
verse, but did she leave no manuscript
that you may sell? You say you need
money so badly.’*
"Yes. 1 have a big bundle of her verses
and stories that were never published.
Do you think you could sell them lor
me?” site asked eagerly.
”1 think 1 can.”
^ With the House Hold ^
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Chat With Householders.
Mae. where an
\\
did
os** I
Jo v
a pei s of mo? Sl
ut h them when
M a.
Will'
be noticed
their grace
movement—
undulating
mild
anywhere for
of shape and
the gliding.
walk that seems peculiar
:o the high class Creole
of Louisiana. They looked like
but they were mother ami daugc-
j\.. a native ol _Ww Orleans,
g widow siibsis’iu.- pr«• a'-’ionsly
am on what her pen and hrusa
: : ng. and keeping ij> am
lfurnished an
•Id rlie trunk'
did no: knov
Ixxo figures | bud burned i hem
Maud sea relied for
lmt t hey were not
disappointed. 1 would hax'e Lked to do
something for Minnie Myrtle's memory.
Poor Minnie! to whom fate had heen so
unkind. Sinless she max not have heen.
i■:!• ilie husband wlio left lier lias him
self told it? ol many lovable traits sne
possessed. has given in his biography
a graphic picture of their first meeting
and their early married life.
Tt was a ease of marriage brought
almat through correspondence. The young
poet of lire Sierras had heen ultra Gd by
Minnie Myrtle's verses in the newspapers
this fits
will
wonder
oe
AXV years hence
week in Januar
remembered as
ful innovation
weather program of the
seasons. I is marvelous
retii: n
eiglii
irate es
tig
when she ct
lies dressed
•black
side in
hot to
little oil
, I
live pa rs ;
preserved [
’liter be- j
lie wrote f<
lelle’s grew
he 'mounted
slip
id eio,
and r.
d never !'e
lilies
i the
rou
i. .r':-,'n:;,iiame laid her
oa my .'boulder. saying :
to see Maud Miller act th
in .luliei. At last, i pi>-
com, to Maud - maybe. A
niottcy and a play he can'
ter to accept s getting up
hi.s own to play out •>
he may take .Maud as
He wiil advance moil,
ami the
•ate hand
■ with us
mi scene
luck has
win, has
a mana-
town and thml
Ids leading lad,
to get her co
tunics out of
itig tonight—a
"Where is :
"She and h
n ramshtu-klc
town."
pa
if lie
■ I hope .a
c now'.'"
■ husband
old lodgin
likes
will.
hr
s,
mg .a
down
"Her husband! 1 thought
forced from him. Was !>••
of the a dot and playw
Alackye?"
"Oil. site was divorced from young
Me ‘kyc a month ago. This is another
husband. McConnell is his name a kind
of used-to-l)c actor, lots older than Maud
They are poorer than church mice,
hut seem happy as txxo
tiie prospect of Maud's
She has had tin posilion
out in Sleele Mackye's .
came to me today to ben
to wear tonight. Vou know
iie was d:-
ot the son
riii, Sieelt
,*iiildreti over I
engagement. !
sin e she lost ■
ompany. Site I
ow something
. 1 ha\ c noth- !
ing but this black dve
only her brown silk-
tops. 1 went to th,
trunk and fished out
ss. and F
short to
■ bottom
an old relit
islyn lias
her shoe
of
silk skirt my grandmother wore to
first dance. Maud said it would
finely. We gave Iter a cup of tea. for
she confessed she had had no breakfast.
Itoslyn found a dime in her apron pocket
and tendered it to Miami She took it.
declaring it wonid buy 'Mac' two beers,
and that would please him better than
luncheon. But come on; 1 want, to gel
there before the wotild-he manager ar
rives that 1 may see if Maud's dress will
liaFs muster.
The lodging house in with h tin- daugli
ter of Joaquin Miller and Minnie Myrtle
w >re living l found to it, the queerest
old structure imaginable, full of winding,
narrow passages and little cell-like
rooms, the walls covered with dingy,
gay flowered paper. In the door of one
of the rooms Maud was standing, radiant
in the red silk skirt and a cream bodice
somewhat soiled, but limn the light was
dim and Maud's eyes were bright and
her figure graceful, so perhaps the man-
tiger would not notice.
The little room was hare of all furni
ture save three good chairs, a broken
rocket and a small lal»!e. In a tiny back
compartment there was a he.,i. Maud of
fered us two of tiie chairs and perched
herself gingerly in the game" rocker,
while Mr. McConnell leaned against the
wall with folded arms—a la Virgin: us.
The best chair was reserved for the man
nger, who came presently, and we lis
tened while Maud did Iter "stunt."
as she laughingly called it. it
was not the potion act. however,
■but a scene from a late play-
vev.v well done. She possessed
dramatic feeing, as one would expect
from the child of him who wrote "fib
Sioux Chief's Daughter, and a t a. ex
pressive vol," Winn site had finished
we looked expectantly at ; he man on
whom her engagement depended. lie was
rather noncommittal, but expressed him
self as pleased arid said he would call
tiie next day. We took ,i as favorable
that he a-sked about Maud's pawned cos-
mid do for the
e given hv tae
play was iieitig
auty
■phed. IP.- and from long association. Settling in
If. hundred.- i *°"' :,,!0tl,ei ' trial, but Evelyn
miles to ft-,i t ' -,,ng bird of tile • Go] man s deft hand and careful super-
liierness. , ntendence soon had the hare walls traus-
r ;' , : n " 1 ■ !,1 “ ' ' v '"' !•;*'• I formed into a home, with the dear old
j cis and sisters and tiie pet and spoiled j 11 1 tg;i11 places and
• • iiii«i of Ih-A iniiii11cr cmnp. In hor vvoo«.y l , ‘ k'‘Ok.< looking down on me with
: home th*»iv by the sea, she was t'aiviy i miliar uspe»i>. though I mis-eii some <»'•,
I worshiped by tiie rough miners and 111111- } friends and many cherished mementoes
bermem and the heat! of the bright. for Kvelyn is a ‘ruthless bombast ami
; timn y g,r. w as ,a,rly hnmnm.g over w; J I she hecatombs of sod, things ', -
roiiuincp. nope and happiness. 1 arm * d . . 11 11 •*
on Thursday; on Sumla \ n *\: we were ' ‘ ' 1413 ^ •' ,,,n 8 imperiousness
i married. Oh. lo what else hut heart- ,, l ) “ n as trash.
adie and ruin eouid sueh roman:] - folly * ut * lmlitiny week and the week of
: l* «d! Pro nring a horse # for her we set m n vi:ig has been sueh .» time of burly
** it at once to my post * far away over j burly that I have had no opportunity to
j 11,0 mountains.” i write in acknwlodgement of kind let-
Affe!- a year of married life, whose ’ tens and beautiful little gifts and , ard -
imvm'ty and discomfort .Minnie had cheer received front my dear Household I'atmlv
' i iJlly borne, t-ic set out for a minin'* • .... • . ,
!,ca,„P farther east. Joaquin tells f.e .!,! ‘ f .' ,U . "T* ‘I !
! story in his own pictorial wav. •[ wort- . ‘ 1 " ** ' ,ia ' ' 1 ‘ •' l °' '">» "old:
der how he had tiie heart to sketch it: :l I. " kp " ' v:,s ‘ ,e . e P'- v P rize<1 ' I
"And what a journey was this c' ours M,m -' of , u " r Inends' letters sound a
ovt-i ihc Oregon Pi-rras, drv ing the liel- n " le °| aspiration. Kx clsior is tin molt,, I
.owing a l tie in the narrow trail through 'bey for the coming year. Rachel j
tiie dense woods, up the steep, snowy Brooks, who before her happy marriage
mountains, down through the roaring j was Bachelor Girl, says; "l am full of
anons! it was wild, glorious, fresh, 'plans of better wavs to spend mv time
jail Ol hazard and adventure! Minnie , want to improve myself i„ writing and
laid made a willow basket and swung .t , , , ,
to her saddle-horu, with th- .-i.wins and 1 nl ,n f- . ‘ . ws !. nl }° t '" U1 V; ‘ lv ,norc ,1ow ‘ ,
KOOd-iuitured l>al»\ inside, ieokim; up at * 1 * s an< ! ,n ‘ s - * iiupe all who have i
her laughing as she leaped he,- I .us., .'"ard or gt.iden wiil till it with flowers,
over tiie fallen logs or made a full hand I .on Dare taught ;;s how much beauty
j with w hip and lasso slashing after the ! can lie had on a little spot of ground. I
' cattle. , Found such pleasure in hvaeinths, daffo-
| " H ' l< we descended the bd ,jjls. narcissus, lilies and all the bulb
mountains to the ope,, plant t he r . im , They do their best to repay the
I eastfrn side »>• the Siorras the Inm.ms , . . , .
! wen rendy to re e iv * ns. and w, almost . ll,at lhe,n Jl 1,ltle oar,h 151
! literally had to fiplii our v.ii\ for the " im-ii t«» ki’ow. xmie of our partial
next week's journe\ e\ery day and hut-ms who li\e in villages or in the
j ni^ht. And this woman was one of the'eountry miKht make a little money by
truest studs that ever saw battle.” •ultivatiim line double hyro-i nt hs and nar-
1 i•> owns that Minnie niade a » I i-is.-us. Tii«*y are so \ory littD* trouble;
wife during t ne years •>! sti uggle tu.-it tll ,- n j se m,j tltey keep so well when
followed. Success came to him in a .
measure He had heen practicing law. , .
, iie was elected judge, lie began to ac Mention of shut-ins reminds me ol one
,nv 1 quire fume ns a poet. IFe wrote the who is known all over the stales fot his
red songs of the Sierras, let his hair grow ! songs and hymns—"Cncle Charlie"—who
her j and in a rash hour an English paper; enjoys tiie privilege of talking to sixteen
do j tailed him the _ American Byron. from millions of people in the social depart j
for j that moment Minnie became a pool crea- which h« conducts for a number)
ture in his eves. He had soul-longings, . 1 , . t
' . . ... , , , . , o magazines and papers. He has also
and visions of idea! beauty and lil.ss l.e • T ' ' . ,
vojid ids little western cot I age. and the , o gamzed a League of Young hoiks, who;
woman who had darned his socks, and tire pledged to do sunshine work that will
broiled h.s jerked lmffn’.o. He onfesses : help i,< make the world better and bright-
thal lie grew dull and self-ahsorbetl. and: ..j-, |f t , was an actor and received the
that Mum *' hecanu unlismpy.and a great injury tliat made him helpless through
sigh! id* tlm sea and tiie’
mostly come from the booty of pirates,
who made the city their headquarters,
the | filling it with evil revelry. One day
11 1692 retribution fell upon beautiful,
infill Port Royal. The Island was
..iiaken by an earthquake and tiie city
tiiat the lion month should ; sunk beneath the waves. Towers,
enter as a iamb and yc- • churches, palaces and forts went down.
. I many of them stille entire. On a bright
, , ' ' j‘‘ ss / or jday they can still he seen r.y one sail-
I 1 ip-uititul j j„jj, over tiie spot where Hie city om e
I, s ' nsil ' n, ‘ «hd ; stood. F-'islies swim about among the
''," ‘ ni *‘ iat a1 ' i towers and tropical seaweed itangs like
. f ’ "^' *" ,,Par a i banners from the walls. It is confi-
II 1 11 " foweis were a gently stated that the hell of the great
source of comfort to me in the cathedral can be heard tolling far be-
lime of moving from my dear old low the waves, rung as a warning l>e-
VYhat a terrible ordeal moving is ,OI< * a storm, tiie explanation being
to be sure.' Wo had not far to go—only tl,at t,lp bp l 1 "’ as lie '' er thrown from
a mile, but oh, the packing and the tin i its p,af ' e and lhe comins storm sti,s
packing, the break aro ,i,„ ,, '. ,”!> the water ami semTs neep waves
stocks ‘ * • / hui mug of j which roll through the sunken c-.y
’ 11 unaided magazines, and old |and sets tiie bell in motion,
looks and cherished souvenirs— the goodo.v j Another sunken city is Baie— also
io\ed trees and plants, and nooks in j once a splendid and xvicked city on
•he Is—dear from their own beau tv i the Italian coast. it sunk gradually
{In to l lie Mediterranean—its marble
j palaces can sometibes be seen when the
j sea is calm and mirror like.
M. K. B.
was once the richest and xvickedestl of every young man to find he girl who
town in Jamaica, with more magnifi- 1 possessed a tie similar to his apron, and
cent buildings and rich, luxuriously make her his partner for tile evening,
living people than any town in the 1 After partners were found, thread and
western world; the wealth having} needles came on the scene, and the hem
ming game began. Great was the fun
over the awkwardness of most of the
male contingent. Their clumsy- lingers,
made wild work xvith tlie dainty hems. I
Their girl partners were allowed •u
show them lioxv to do the work, but not |
to do it for them. ,
Twenty-live minu
tiie hemming conic;
x\ ere collected and i
judges, who pronounce
and gave a prize to tii
prons
tiie
trying
home.
i t<
TIIE CLOCK OF TIME.
i from joy to grief from tears To mirth —
: From birth to death—from death to birth
The pendulum swings
And sighs and sings:
| "This, too, shall pass away!"
|
Hushed is the trumpet of tiie day:
But that slow x nice 1 hear today,
in solemn tone,
I To me alone,
"This. too. shall pass away!"
j And when my grief was one day passed,
And happiness was mine at last,
1 heard again.
The oid refrain.
"This, too, shall pass away!"
When all tiie world was gr«
And blossoms brighten all
A x-olce to me
Spoke warningly,
"This, too, shall pass awa;
with Ma
way.
when December’s sky of gloom
summer's tomb—
A1111
Lowered darkly .
Spoke hopefully
A voice to nie:
"This, too, shall pass away!"
And this I felt and this 1 know—
Wliatexer fortunes come or go—
Or good or ill.
Or hopeless still—
"This, too, shall puss waway!”*
So, when i view tiie stars on high
And mark the proud resplendent sky,
A mttpmar clear
I seem to hear—
"This, too. shall pass away!”
The nations wax- the nations wane —
And rise and thrive and sink again
And when they lie,
Speaks prophecy :
"This, too. shall pass away!”
—H. HUNT WILSON.
longing
to it
promised
dear old horn* and mother '-a:
lie let iter go there, and tak
children with her. and he
faithfully t" follow- her.
He broke his word. A year and more
passed, and Minnie, angry, mortified and
impulsive, brought suit for dix orce. Then | to
be di i her the great wrong of forming I
a collusion xviili her lawyer and giving, ,
her a sham dix orce She never found i
it out until ten years afterwards. She;
had married then illegally, of nurse. |
.nid Miller says she left all and came s.i
to him. asking him to lake her hack. 1 "e
Siie had written and lectured against y 0
made
a fail on the stage xviiile lie was playing-
in a melodrama. For many- months tie
lay helpless in a hospital his mean? ut
terly exhausted—and the future hopeless.
EUGENE DEBS' TWO UNSOUND
PLANKS.
; Senex, your request that some one
should give the tenets of socialism
jn a nutshell is difficult to grant.
U would take voluinnes to fully set
forth all that socialism means. Christ
was a socialist of the truest order. Men
today a,re trying to follow His teachings,
and time iias shown : hem they must ot
| necessity take up His rule of living.
Eugene Dciis. the famous leader of the
The idea came to him as inspiration to j socialist movement in America, is a re
write a song—in' begged a fellow patient markable man when one compares him
borrow a sheet of paper, a pen and with the ax’erage political leader. I hud
envelope for him. Then he dictated the pleasure of hearing him speak at
this good friend (nearly as helpless Decatur. Ala., and from his speech, and
himself) the song that had come into late from several of Edward Bellamy's
head ay lie lay wondering what lie t books. I have caught the undercurrent
mid <h
him. but ho
ytic thought
"Thinking
:i\ i happy."
her xvit and
er that she
U<
Minnie
wreck,
lowed t
years 1
( anada
tiiis
ell y
l.o,
.uni
"sIm
me
exi.n listed
and la.mli-
ii id ye;
A i icri,
ird
The i
rt-b
iinn
al- ;
says she did
herself so err
me strong
lie writes,
sarcasm ot
night not 1
ft tlie country
•e he relumed tn
came to him a
and she begged I
n see Iter little girl \x 1
tail been ill a eonx'en
II-' says lie saw ,1
Face. yel lie refused her i
adds: "I was not very kind.
# am sorry now.
He relented so far ns to promise she
should see tiie child before she died. Th*
i winter passed ovei the t,o.,r. starved
mother lioarl. When April was smiling
| over (lie laud they came to tell him she
was lying and that site held ii'm t*> ids
1 promise. lie tells tiie story this way.! fine
I sentimentalizing over it just as Sterne j see
; would have done: i
"The child came, and tiie people, the!
gentle, iovina people xvho kept with lie'-*
and loved her and pitied Iter in these.
smig.
I [*
m
sustain
i these
iosed it
inger in
joy and
heck fot
lit
wa s
stream.
ore then in high
to a well-known
omio opera, and
iiankfuiness. she
S20. After that
d< of
and
lin-
r. lie
knowsi
a-tress and
to his great
sent him a
his pen was never idle. Hi? boo
comic songs and recitations, sent n
his congenial friend, our Thomas I
ha;;, is neatly all embodied luughtei
smiles, containing some delightful
morn - recitation?, and a few that are
touched with pathos. I have greatly en
joyed the book and ! will give a few
extracts from it next week, and let you
tell me what you think of Uncle t.’hatiie
as compared with Eugene > ield.
Some excellent short stories and poems
h;
of the social
Socialis.s do no
ridiculous movement
vision of property,
want the people to
agitate any such
as making equal di
rights, etc. They
rule supreme—every
thing nuts; lie free of trusts, corporation
kings, etc ; no Standard Oil neves, no
insurance wholesale robbers— government
must look to the Interest of all sub- 1
jec:s; must protect in a special
manner tiie poor and tiie growing child's;
millionaires must be unknown. Higher
education, trades taught to boys, employ
ing them usefully instead of allowing
ihem to use their own xvili. leave school
and begin puffi >g cigarettes, etc. Under j
lhe rule of socialism the working man!
hurt stories and poems j \ v ;u ij e man in all sense of tiie word;
e come to hand which I am sax ing f°t will have a say so in tiie formation of
magazine- unless t hey g ' >' ■ 1 ' ■* j Hm politics of his slate, ids country; his
tsehold number in the meantime. U child can have the same education that;
you to give Uncle Remus a)
of your quality to let him !
ee what the Household can do. i am will permit, but naturally titer
adly missing some valued friends from | me.l and women of a higher mold, as
mr weekly reunions. ; God never made all persons equal,
dulia Coman Tail is keeping her pen j Socialism lias iis evils—loose marriage
o busy that 11te? Household must wait] jaws and woman suffrage. T.et tiie so-
xv, re allow
then all tiie
examined i>
e,t on tiie sewing,
otitig man who
did it best. My sister's partner reeeix*ed
tiie first prize, which was a handsomely
dressed doll, tiiat could shut iter eyes and
cry. He was teased unmercifully about
his “ha by," hut lie took it in good part.
There were some games and recita
tions, and then a contest to decide which
was the prettiest girl present. Each one
bought a ballot, wrote on it the name
of tiie girl of his or Iter choice and de
posited it in a box. When all had x'Oted,
the ballots were counted. A handsome
girl living in the town I was visiting
was elected the queen of beauty of the
evening.
We li.i,I enjoyed tiie entertainment so
well tiiat nobody- listened to or thought
about what was happening utit of doors.
But when we started home we found
that "the hooded clouds, like friars, had
old their heads in drops ol" rain." i'len-
til’ul had been th** rain heads, and they
had resolved themselves into mud and
mud puddles. Lanterns and matches
were lighted to prevent our stepping into
mud holes. 1 could not help wishing
that fk<- had been along, that 1 might
push h!m into a mud hole. Just to hear
his merry laugh. It xvas still showery,
a'id our escort went back, hoping :u bor
row an umbrella. He returned in tri
umph, hut when he opened tiie "umbrel
la" it proved to lie a red silk parasol. It
must have been enchanted, however, for
xvith it we managed to escape a drench
ing. and to turn tlie situation into fun
tiiat helped lo make tiie evening one
which had dissipated the blues and the
homesickness of
CATTKR PILLAR, i
ON JOAN OF ARC’S BIRTHLAY.
w hen last 1 a ftpeared among you it
was to tell of a holiday trip in th*- delta
of tiie great Mississippi valley. 'I' is xx.is
last summer. How great the change for
me In only- a few months! Some one i.a-
said “Life is a. drama.” Often it is a i
tragedy. Until last year I had played
lhe part of a happy care-free girl. On!
tiie 21st of De-ember. 19C5. my fathe
died. This was tiie first death in our
family since I was old enough to realize
xvliat death meant. Now. on the I 0111 oF
November, 1906. my dear mother's s-pivir
took its flight to the great beyond. It
seems to me fate was cruel. Just a. few
weeks iie fore my mother’s death l re
ceived a letter showing me that a friend
I had loved and trusted much for fonr
years was false. This was a blow to my
confidence in humanity. Now- it is
Christmas. T am in the beautiful city
among the mountains of East Tenues-'
see. Knoxville, Tenn. AU around me
peonle are gay. happy, preparing for
'Christmas. Tiie stores are gorgeous with
i display. What is it all to me? Life
seems to me a dreary stretch of days,
weeks, years. i want to nake a re
quest to tiie Householders. AH who will
he kind enough to do so xvili bring a
ray of sunbeam into a sail, discouraged '
heart, if they will send me a post card
or letter on my birthday, which will oc-
-ttr on tin' 6:ii day of January. 1 have
the same month and day of the month for
hirtli date as Joan of Arc. I truly wish
I had such a brave spirit as she Dear
friends, don't forget my date, please.
Just direct your letters or cards to 705
i Dcery street, Knoxville. Tenn. IF 1 gel I
I some good letters or just a word on a
| card that day. you xvili lie richly re-
I warded by knowing you have cheered
and comforted by your kind thoughtful-:
ness a very lonely girl. Mother Mob al-
1 ways discourages sad letters 1 know, but
I truly hope she will find room for my
request. There never was truer words
than "Laugh and the w-orld laughs wit it
y*'ii, weep and you weep alone." Yet the
lives that have affected the world most
were those xvho were acquainted xvith
grief. I truly wish you all a Merry j
Christmas and a. happy, prosperous Xexv
in a desperate hurry and to appear ex
ceedingly tired and bored with the !ool-
i?! ness of the girls and boys around her.
The next year, when sin- was in the
tenth grade, it occurred to her one day
tiiat her last name was very old-fasn-
ioned a nil commonplace, so she went to
work to remedy it and. after much per
plexity and hard thinking, ended up by
changing the accent from the first to
the last syllable anil calling herself
Mamie Lee Con-nel!
When she had finished the high school,
.Mamie Lee xvanted l,> go to college. She
and her parents and one or txxo other
people thought it would be a great pity
for her terful talents lo go to waste
For tiie lack of proper development. So
by close economy and renewed effort and
sa nifice and the help of a charitable
friend. Mamie Lee Connell went to col
lege. But Mamie Lee was steadily climb
ing up in the world and the plebian name
with which her thoughtless parents had
burdened her must he made to conform
to tiie demands of her position, so when.
h«decked in tiie college uniform, she ar
rived at that institution and wrote lier
name on tile registry. It was Maymie
Lee Connell.
So it remained for some time. But
one day, just before she had finished
the sophomore class, Maymie I,ee Con
nell went for lier proletarian cognomen
again, and after that it was Maymie
I .<‘i"h (',>un;'ll
Again there was a lull in the evolu
tionary process and it xvas not until the
end of the junioi year tiiat she wr it, i,
•Mayme Leigli Connell.
Everybody thought then that Mnynie
Leigh Connell was a fixed principle—a
known quantity—and that henceforth they
could he sure of that accomplished young
lady's name. But not so! The end was
not yet. They were short-sighted and tin-
resourceful , whereas Maym e Leigh xvas
far-seeing and equal to any emergency.
She had heard of Cornell university—I
think there is a. university by tha' name—
and it sounded to her notion. When the
commencement announcement contain
ing tiie names of the graduating class
came out it was written Mayme Leigh
Cornell. rf. T. 1’.
THE NEW YEAR.
The seasons have, emptied lhe old
quiver
And time, flowing on like a broad,
river,
lias brought the nexv ;o our door
x golden you i. with a glance beguiling
And an air of princely pride,’
Yiiii a fairer heart titan the grim, un
smiling-
Face of ihe year xvhich died.
But the N-'W Year, too, has a
arrows,—
A burden of shining darts,—
Tiiat never xv,-re meant for tin
of sparrows.
But the tun : lug
heaf
Still may ea,
ins,
To leave a
Be followed
( if
l hough
red la i
on
larting won
Hope like ;
unfound.
e cannot
uinuin hearts!
rrand xviny
thrust of Fate.
jo x neri
refer eitc
Ward's dearest friend and h
Naturally, this caused Mr. Mit-i •
annoyance and distress. it gix-,-
pleasure to exonerate him entirely
tiie lilame of writing that letter. 1
an almost sisterly regard for Hat g
unfortunate poet of fair Miss,uu
l note that i am not segregated
admiration of hint. Dear litt.
Mary's School Gili. 1 had re-
long letter from him. Unfortunate!
one respect), dear Mere. I do no'
contiguous tn tiie Everglades,
sadly influenced hy the Lake Okr
bee, but right in the heart of
Ualoosa orange belt. Wish t cm ,|
sonaliy write tiie kindly reqi
I'-
ii, Hi tiiat is
ARTHU
re. though late!
GOOD U N Ol G.
JUNE FhbfH.
HOW HE ENCOUNTERED “HANTS"
"Did you ever see a ghost. Uncle
Tom?"
"Yes. imney. I heen see ;t iiaut in my
time, an’ I heer,'■{ one. too. i wa?' \vuckm'
in the nexv groan' all by myself, an' T
been) somethin' call me at de aige er
de woods. It say, 'Tom; oh, Tom!’ "
"Did you answer it?"
"Why. in course I didn't answer it.
chile. Dent what ansers a sperrit when
it calls 'em jes’ draps down deal in dey
t ra cks.
"And you are sure it was a spirit
failed you?”
"Sat tain sure it xvus, honey I seed a
hant otict, fore twas good dark: I was
cornin’ home from de fiel' an’ I went
by de spring to git er drink er water. As
I went long ,!e lane I seed sometnm’
lyin' in de fence corner wrapped in er
white sheet like er dead nusson. It riz
right up and started down de lane, jest
er-cryin’ an' screamin'.”
"What did you do. Uncle Tom?”
"I jest d rapped rigltt down, till de
tiling xvtiz out er sight and bearin', an'
den I jest run to de big house en told
my while folks bout it."
The old darkey who rela-d his en
counter with ll:- "hunt" to me when I
xvas a oililit has since died; but 1 can
see him yet as he appeared to me that
day—very old and wrinkled, his bald
pate very black and shiny; and when he
told in low and measured tones about
tiie crying and u-sercaming it made tny
hair fairiv stand on end.
I\ NEWBORN.
I^Grange. N. (’.
PAIR OF TURTLE DOVES.
I t never enjoyed anything mor> t
■ tiie letter of Pugnacious abou
hilling and cooing of tiiat newly mart
1 pair. Like your. Pugnacious,
j Pignaciors. we ha\ ,* a pair or do
j i>, our community that love each ot
so very much that tiie gentleman
■ is* has not cultivated his crop -no
. ii make anything out of it. He wo
| s:art to the field, maybe get tie- e
v ork awhile, then lie would have to
! buck to the house and teli his la
loxe lioxv much lie thought of her. t s
pose they will lixe on love or their
j folks this winter
l have learned a great deal b; rc
1 ing the letters on socialism and
t, n'u.’ love. 1 am afraid the social-
: theory- will not work practically ar-i
think platonic love xvili not pan mt
iisiise people are more animal than ,
; gel.
i The book reviews by Julian Cotnan T i
are fine and the kind, patient letter®
Thomas Lockhart are a Help to any >
! that is inclined to grumble.
MURRAY
j Terrell. Texas.
Sunny South Patterns.
THE HOUSEHOLD CONSTELLA
TION.
Petito Mero . r.«l Du
All: A joyous X»*\v
you! M.iy this year P
you have- known, hi il
Tin
Year.
e>l to
South.
I am look in
tim r'liangp i
I movingly,
forward with infer
tile dr.i: olil Sunny
EUGENIA.
1 confess that
when the eel Set \
loved Sunny was
and mighty Thiel
that first announ
ing; said about
terrorized me w:
of that blessedo
Dear Householders.
f Y»*ar greeting to
prove the happiest
the words of Tiny
“very one.”
is aimos; in despair
forth that our be-
t volve into the h'sdi
nius's Magazine In
?nt there was not Si
The thought that
What is to become
me, our own dear
am
^xpeetins
tou«*h «
hi.s neighbors. All tilings are equal
so much as opportunity
ALWYN’S BIRTHDAY.
I >ear Household Friends: I wish to ex
tend to you all an invitation to attend
my birthday card party- on the 26th day
of January.
I ltax'e begun a. souvenir post card eol-
. . . , lection, and it would be a great pleasure
nd oratn poxxet j j n ,| f . e ,| jf Pac h and every one of you. in-
>0 l chiding Mrs. Bryan, would send me a
mat, r? And what are xve
her? We shall be left in ;
than sheep without fold
We admire Uncle Remus,
of his greatness; hut xx'e
figuratively—knelt at his six
or
do without
worsi 1 .
hepherd.
* are proud
have not—
and learned
before tli,
I i ioV(
tmed
T OCX'
t times, whethi
comedy which xvas to 1
company while his own
learned and rehearsed.
When he was gone I 1
xx itii Maud in xvhh h she
beautiful things and performed so
. noble, eencrcius acts, and F liaxe r<
I that in his romantic home in California
: h«s “his dauehter living xvith him."
this "daughter" the Door, passlo’i-tos:
liei- story how she was in a convent in yi.,ud? t hone so. and trust tiiat he lo-
Canada when site learned tiiat lier moth- j a . K j ,j-es= for the child of Min
er xvas dy ing in New York, and lioxv siie j Myrtle. M. TC. T
ad a little c
tea lilv told
tiie'ij'^o^eti^r. 'amV'uie^lvlng^xvotiian^?^ | for her hook reviews. This week._ if 'jot j ciallst eliminate woman s right to vo:e.
d IPKr | :|J t d.-.vs was very happy.” ' crowded out. she gives another of nor in- jmake up a more strict and more moral law
Joaquin Miiler married again, xvas tli» (cresting "Talks About Animals. A nexx ■ regarding marriages and the world it- 1
i father of another daughter, and was contributor send? some anecdotes about ; so ]f can't hold Eugene Debs and his.
ain divorced. U- lias written many j p arr ots. to which I will add txvo curious j party down. Ti ne is all they need—ail I
stories next week. j of the objection and discussion in the world j
Some of our friends have given us wel- j hold them back—the time is not
onto suggestions about liow to keep i y e j ripe—just xx'ait and watch the com- j
shuttle of interest briskly flying in j j nt ,. years—tiiat will tell tile story, j
Household. Mizpah thinks it would i ,y purer and better government; freer,
he entertaining for me to give a slight , rights l'or all. with equal privileges to
sketch of a historic place or a. person— —xvorking men. and not the capital
and :l sk the I lo tsehold to comment on it ist, on top-tha :'s Eugene Debs
and to add anecdotes or incidents con- j aiu | j s bound to win out
and if
es or a
add nun
a,F
lie ■
d the
Cabbage Plants, Celery Plants,
and all kinds of garden plants. Can now
furnish all kinds of cabbage plants, grown
in ihe open air and will stand great cold.
Grown front seed of ihe most reliable
seedsmen. We use the same plants, on our
thousand-acre truck farm. Plants carefully
counted and properly packed. Celery ready
last of December. Lettuce. Onion and
Beet plants same time or earlier. f'ab-
bage ready now. Reduced express rates promised, which, when effective,
xvili give us fiO per cent less than merchandise rates. Prices: -Sinai! lots. $i.."*()
per thousand; large lots. $1.00 or $1.25 per thousand f.o.b. Meggeits, S. u.
“Special Garden Fertilizer" $5.00 per sack of 200 pounds, f.o.b. Mcggetts,
South Uarnlina. The United States Agricultural Department has established
an experimental station on our farms, to test all kinds of vegetables, espe
cially Cabbages. The result of these experiments we will be pleased to give
you at any time. Yours respectfully,
N. H. B 1 i t c h Co.,
MLGGETTS, S. C.
little
\x* 1 „
ed with it. .Also site suggest
•s for best short let ter, sketch or ]
,. Another suggestion is that ’those i
are so situated as to he able to j
see the new plays will give the House-I
hold a short account and criticism of j
the plays and tiie actors. What do you
think of the?e ideas? Mr. F. 'L. Orton}
sends me a marked copy ol The Nexv ;
York Tribune containing a" editorial |
cheer for Colonel Watterson-for daring AN APRON AND NECKTIE PARTY,
to take up for bachelors who says the. '|'| 1e 3r-Ii001 in tiie lively little town I
writer liaxe long enough been trodden j was v ; s jtj„gr needed a piano, and a corn-
down by public opinion and pi od-led .1 - lr ;q ;e< . 0 p jadies. after discussing ways
and means to raise money to buy tiie
MIZPAH.
Cancerol Cures Cancer.
No ne?,I of tiie knife or burning plaster. 1
> need of pain or disfigurement. Con- i
rol is soothing and balmy, safe and j
ire. Write for free book, address Dr. j
. T. Leach Co.. Box 462H, Dallas. Tex. !
idea card on or
date.
Any kind of card xvili do
one would write their nan
words on the card it would
'ts value Those who wish, can guess
at mv age and to those who guess it'
correctly I will send a card of some I
kind, provided they send their address.
r hope Lomaeit^’s letter party on !
Thanksgiving day was a grand success,
and F feel quite sure that it was. lorj
surely no one could read her nice, lirainy 1
letters without feeling indebted to lier. j
Before I close, allow me to take oFf my •
fat tn Beryl, of Texas, and exten,| my !
tiianks to her. or him. as the case may !
theory, i ' >p - f° r having said such nice tilings about 1
’ i my letters to The Sunny South.
Well, denr friends. Christinas xvili soon j
I he here, and T hope tiiat every one ot [
you xvili liax-e a merry time. As for me. '
I Christmas Is always a very sad time, j
1 My dear ohl father died during the;
Christmas just eight years ago. and 1 I
have felt ail broken up e\-er since. Th"-?e j
cards that I have asked you to send me
will help to brighten my life during those |
sad days. With best wishes to all. 1 beg;
to remain. Respectfully. ALNVYN. j
Hamburg. Ark.. R. F. D. No. 3. Box 5.
■ a "moral leper" hy married men. bum: -
1 11 oils and flamboyant because of their
greater happiness. Tiie style of the ai-
■ tide is so much like that of Mr. Orton
! tiiat we conclude him to he the author
and appreciate tiie neat point that thete
may he occasionally an excuse for bacli-
r YEAR Guaranteed Watch for $3z*
THIS
20
Hijjh gride genuine American full seven rul»v jeweied witch, stem wind and stem set.
i escauemeui. a perfect t»ni«pi«ce. guaranteed to keep accurate time for •!'• years
lencraied double hunting gold finished case Positively the greatest bargain on the f.
f SEEING IS BELIEVING. Montlesi thla paper -tn*iI aenn us your name, post ".lire and
f add res* and we wt!I tend the watch and a beautiful chain complete t«» your eanrees office or examination.
You examine them at your exp-eee "ffles and if aa represented pay express agent our saie price and j RoVdl,
instrument, decided to begin by giving an
apron and necktie party. I had heard often
of such entertainments, bur had never
attended one. and was glad of tiie op
portunity to see how such a party was
. conducted.
I olordom, because all women cannot PO s ~ The evening came—cloudy. after a
i se-s the irresistible charms of the women | lovely dav but tbe clouds de.errod no
| of the south. ; one from going. All the voting folks of
j * * "* * | the neighborhood, with older chaperons
| in plenty, were there. The gathering
WITH CORRESPONDENTS. •; was at the school building* and on ar-
Will Jett asks. "Can you tell mej ,-jx’ing xve found that two tables, just
xvliat city has sunk into the sea and j i ns i,j 0 tiie door, were heaped with neat
is still visible at the bottom? A traveler. , uttle packages, which were, being sold
says; It is ;q ;e young people by pretty girls, a
the sea. and! pair of whom were stationed at each
ihe bottom, ■ talile. At one table packages were dis-
cities of tiie tributed to tiie girls, \xdiile tiie other
o be seen far* .vas patronized ilV boys only. \\ hen
down when tiie waters above are cairn and ! t ] le packages were opened, each hoy
Knu??n"r!",*^ i clear. I have never before heard or read j found a little figured muslin apron, xvith
: of a sunken city.” There are several | the bottom edge neatly turned down for
(sunken cities. One of these is Port: him to Item. Each girl found in her
the island of Jamaica. It | package a tie. tiie figure or color of
which matched that of the apron
I writing about \ cnice,
j (dually sinking into
i in time xvili lie at
hike tiie other sunken
rid, with its palaces
1 the earth.
in!:
.xpr.M rh.rgM .n't th., «r, r o-,-. Mention ,n ynur l.tt.r „t,.th.r yo„ w.r.t a Laid,,’ Watch or ■ 1 lies Fa I horns deen beneath 1 lie Csrih
• Watoll'W. h.v. itin both ■fie, Ord.r lorf.vmilit. I,d<,rtii.ni,iit wiil nolippnr »*.m f ' Ia,M " * < n Gm tall .
Addr,» R. E. CHALMERS & CO.. 3.16 DEARBORN ST., CHICAtiO ILL Jboan sea in the harbor of Kingston. It J some boy's package. It xvas the duty a quick, energetic little jerk like site xvas
THE EVOLUTION OF MAMIE
CONNELL.
: Funny the way some folks do. isn't it.',
I know a girl, whose parents are named
| Unnnell—a name, hy the way. that ha.:-
i always belonged to tiie family; and the j
Connell family and their ancestry 'nave j
lived in a. certain part of tiie world as
long as anybody can remember, and per-
: Imps longer. There Is nothing temark-
' able about tiie family. They are just!
ordinary folks -some good, some sorry j
and some indifferent—but none of them j
have ever done anything real bad.'so. as !
a whole, tiie tribe of Connell is eonsid ,
, i red all right and highly respectable. I
As T was saying, a certain branch of i
this family had a daughter to whom they i
gave the modest name of Mamie Lee. |
Mamie Lee was a bright child and ns siie!
grew dcx'clopcd a fine mind and a great |
longing for knowledge. Her parents
were poor, but managed to keep lier i-i
school. When Mamie Lee was 16 and j
in tiie ninth grade, she began to leave }
Giff lier individual, girlish ways and got
j to be somewhat mature. Site was quick I
and intelligent and good looking. Sic i
' xvas a favorite with her teachers and
i had been praised and complimented until
(she began to think herself quite import-}
nt and her common sense began to slip
ixvay from her. Site began to walk with
to love nature and humanity: learned to
look up. to trust and to forgive: learned
tiie sweetness of comradeship and kind
ness. as xv have learned it through the
teachings and 11; ■ personality of this
blessed little woman.
And. prithee, xvliat are we to do with
out our editor, the brilliant and good?
I go sweet Lomacita one better regard
ing his editorials, for I not only reread
some of them, but I 'preserve them—T
can furnish th<* recipe—and recently I
served one of them to an “angel
friend," who said that "it intoxicated
like wine."
We are' promised a number of the big
literary fights to illumine the magazine—
Thomas Nelson Page, Charles Loomis,
etc.; hut where, oh! xvliere xvili he oitr
own shining constellation of letter,
sketch and story writers—our Kineta.
Lomacita, Helvetia, F. L. Orton, Pierre
Lc Beau. Luther, Harry Dean, Carol
Elmore, Knight of the Wire, Alxvyn.
b'enex, Cupid, Matt Clark. Ellys. Geral
dine, Woodland Wanderer. Richard
Wiegel? And our poets—high-souled Mar
garet Richard, An-iice, Arthur Good-
enough. J. Hunt Wilson, Edna Funder
burk. Essie Phelps Duffy, George .More-
kind. Mary Ligon Miller. Arthur Furman,
James Larkin Pearson, Will Gunter.
Will Ward Mitchell, Enola, Albert Ma
son, Percy Wiggle? Our wonderful shut-
ins Tom Lockhart, the gifted author;
Anna Peavcy, Mary Ellen Willis, .Mattie
Bex'erage and the others? Our gallant
knights xvho have entertained us with
such a brilliant tourney under tiie op
posing colors of modern and ancient
thought Otto Jem. John Mason, S. i.
P„ Moonshiner, Sam Burton, Piney
Woods Tom. G W., Lyettrgus. etc.? Our
humorists—Annie Valentine. Carolina
Gem. Merry ike. cynical Dr. Eotts, Slip,
Jonas, Sunshine Joe. Cucumber Green,
Texas Boy? Our brilliant matrons—
Ellys, Mrs. Stratner. Lula Gibbs, Fannie
izlar. Mrs. Buckner. Margaret Foster.
Rachel Brooks, Musa Dunn. Paradox.
Magnolia, Manana, Fannie Noyes. Mc
Donald? Oitr sparkling girlie girls—
Helvetia. Daphne. Gana. xJarnct, r,n-
genia, Luoile do Nevers—oh! I just can't
remember all the norns, though l try to
impress them on my memory tablet
when 1 read their charming letters and
sketches. But I love them all. l would
miss any one from the constellation,
even those who—like myself—plax Hu?
minor role of "Twinkle, txvinklc. little
star." it has given me pain to niiss for
so long a time tiiat really briglu poetic
star. Will Ward Mitchell. And just
here June Rose wishes t• * make a con
cession, which she has tried to m ike be-
I'ov: I; was I who wrote that letter
which was published
last fall while Mrs.
Florida. and to
Mitchell's signature
through an error in tlie printing offh .
The letter contained a sarcastic little
CHILD'S RUSSIAN DRESS.
There is nothing which has sto ■
test of time so well as the Russian hi" -
suit for the child, for while it is fu
made, it is practical and becoming, i
the model sketched tiie closing is offer'
ed on the shoulder and under the ar
and as the fastening is made to a. fa
a left front is not required. The sm
all in one pi«-e an*l requires orlv t
shoulder, sleeve and underarm seams
he sewed. Serge, cheviot or hon es? 1
may ser\-e as material, while a prett
effect is created by making the fa ” --
on the closing edge of another mat?
or at least piping them. Buttons a
used to close it and the belt max
he of leatlier. The dress is suitable f
small folks of cither sex. Tn the 13
dium size pattern calls for 2R yards '
44-inch material.
4780—sizes 2 to 6 years.
n the Household
Bryan xvas in
licit Will Ward
was appended
* Pattern Dept., The Sunny !
* Please send the «hox-e merit
• pattern, as per directions give
® JOXX-. to
• Name
, *
| No ... . Street . . . . .
| * Town state .. .
• Measurement—Waist . . . .
* Bust ..... Age (if child
i miss' pattern) .......
* CAUTION—Be careful to
correct number and size of
tern wanted. When the pattf
bust measure you need only
32. 34 or whatever it max
When in waist measure. 22. 2
or whatever it may be. When
or child’s pattern write onlx
figure representing the age.
not necessary to wrtte "inche
♦ “years.”