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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 ^ All Communications to This Department Should Be Addressed to MRS. MARY E. BRYAN, Clarkston, Ga., Inquiries and Letters Requiring Answers by Mail Must Be Accompanied by Postage. 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.”