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SIXTH TAGE
7HE SUNNY SOUTH
JANUAR
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In Woman’s Realm o f Thought and Home
Edited by Mrs Mary E
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WHAT 16 A “GOOD BOOK?”
' Read only go»>« 1 books." is the advice
alien given to persons, who are desirous
«t' improving themselves mentally. ‘‘What
.s meant by a good book?" asks one of
il'.ese—a reader of the Household. ‘‘Does
it mean a religious book, or one with
some reformatory purpose as iis motif, or
one with a conspicuous moral atta-iietl
to it? Also, does it include novels?"
There are as many kind* of good books
ns there are varieties of good people, or
good dogs. A good hook need not neces
sarily be religious or conspicuously moral.
Some religious books are dull and narrow;
some ltoolis with the moral prominently
brought forward sl ow no knowledge of
literary art—which is the same as to say
they are not tree to life, for the highest
art is simply the truest reflection of na
ture. The bfst test of the virtue of ;l
bool; its effect upon the reader. Does
It" rise front the perusal with a sense of
having gained something of value, if it is
only a refreshment of the spirit, then the
book is worth while.
History is broadening, a? it is a study
of mankind in the mass—of the great
passions that sway it—of the causes that
derlie the rise and 1x11 of nation.-, gov
ernments. creeds and parties—and of ilia
interrupted, hut op. rating develop*
n.ent of man in mind and soul, ttut there
ere histories and histories. Some give
only the skeleton m fuels; tuners- animate
the dry bones with life and give to the
story of the pas' it realistl human inter
est ird n dramatic aitractiveness. Tills
1? don.' through the ; o-s. ssion Of gonu-
lre. which ‘ombincs synipatlij -with .tit
Inborn—and cultivated sense of art.
The sank holds with respect t.. books
f, f t ravel. Sont sketch for us graphi •
natures of scenes and people; others
1 hough naintnkingh giving an account of
'ties, with their different customs and
governments, and the scenery of moun
tain.*. Jakes and ruins, leave no clear
lmpresion on the reader.
Hooas are like pi : sons -there are very
." w »»«« ha ve not son:, goovi in t hem—
b it one docs not wish t" take : 'nt r .
pains in cutting awnv the rottfn part
of an apple when tiieic is plenty of
sound fruit to choose from. Some of the
vvor.-t books as to character have been
written b; tlie best authors. They have
degraded their art hj making’ :i present
worthies- t.v lies and ignoble phases of
humanity. it is ,ilj the more deleterious
that these book- are well written and iho
men and women In them have a glamor
of wealth and luxury thrown about th-mi
and belong to the work of drawing
rooms, automobiles and private yachts.
Atr. .I.-unes himself has lately given us a
book like this, a bad book.
As to the so-called dime novel—of the
Hcrtlia Clay and I.aura Ubbey order—
they are not trail;. 1 ad. -nve i n til. ir
art They would afford very poor food
for a cultivated mind, but they are some
times of use in awakening a lov<- of read
ing in the uneducated, as tin highly-, ol-
ered ehroino may arouse the sense of
pictorial art. Persons who had "no use
•for books" and who could not be induced
(o read a work by Thackeray or George
Eliot—have had a love of reading
awakened by one of Charlotte lh.iea.es
novels. And once awakened to such a
love, they .-an lie gradually led to enjoy
better things.
But could not such a taste have been
aroused by a book of better art -one of
Mlss Wilkins' oi E. Ttoo's. or Robert
Stevenson s looks—sininie is to style, and
fascinating ns to story’ Anyone with
but a little culture would find d.-light
in Roe’s "In Dove with 11 Own Wife.'
or "Barriers Burned Away." and the
Irrve of the drainat! and thrill
ing could he harmlessly gratified
by the books of travel and ad
venture now sc. plentiful. such as
Charles Pepper’s "Front Panama to Pata
gonia." Books of travel are particularly
"good." They open the eyes of stay-at-
homes. to the variety and beauty of other
lands—far different front theirs in people.
d scenery. This is sometimes
artfully done In a story, such as “The
lightning « onductor,’’ a recent novel by
the Williamsons- husband and wife 1 be
lieve It is a lively .-u outit of an auto
mobile tour through the south of France.
Italy and Sicily—taking in the interest
ing byways and the old. historic cha
teaus, rivers and picturesque country
towns, while at the same time it is a
delightful and perfe tly pure love story,
charmingly told with amusing incidents
and character'. M. E- B.
WHEN A FRIEND PROVES FALSE.
The pathetic letter of "Eugenia" —
which I saw ton Into to join in her birth
day party—awoke in me an impulse t..
respond, though 1 have been th nking
I could not spare the time to write until
a plea:«.nt event which is to happen ,:i
my family soon was over and 'leu; with.
Eugenia, m, sympathy is yttuts in the
death of yorr parents; ah, we all know
these heartbreaks, and must bear them
as happenings that are inevitable, yet
leave us the blessed hope that some day
We wil meet out Ire. •«! ore s again.
But Eugenia, my girl yon must not
waste yout thong , . egrets, your
nerves .,. i the friend who proved false.
First, mak< s..-:e t ia: lie. or she. Is tils.-,
that you. yourself, have not misunder
stood or been misunderstood Then, If
your own » onsci' tire is clear dismiss the
treacherous person from your mind. This
good old world is too full of true, good
people fur anyone to stay lonely or un
happy because of the deceitfulness or
rt eacheroueness of one person, or a
dozen persons. Just say to yourself:
"I trusted where there was no trust
worthiness; r love,) and found my love
betrayed; but, bless God. there are otli-
■ ers.’’
: Oil. yes. 1 know it hurts—If In no deep
er way it hurts our pride—to think we
! were fooled into a friendship for a per-
I son whom we thought noble, true arvt
honest, incapable of abusing our confi
dence or hospitality, and learn after-
' wards how* mistaken we were in our
Judgment, that they hod only similated
i friendship because they had a few uxe3
! to grind, or found our friendship con
venient (jor other reasons, but sueli hurts
hare tlteir healing salves in this that it
pay s to get the more experience in hu
man nature. For the young, especially, j
it pays, so they may learn to be more |
‘ cir-uinspect in choosing friends, or in |
confiding in them so absolutely when ;
chosen.
I have had some bitter expcrleneos
with false friends myself—I know
whereof I sjenk. T have opened iny
home, heart and hand to those I thought ,
friends, and would- ha ve sworn by to the
death, only to find that they were but
.snakes i:i the grass, ready to sting me
With the Household ^
▲U Communications to Tbla Department Should Be Addressed to MRS. MARY E. BRYAN, Clarkston, Ga., Inquiries and
Letters Requiring Answers by Mail Must Be Accompanied by Postage.
fill nature shines through till her wotk. the promised excerpes next week. ITule
Charlie is a very strong rival of Whit
comb Riley and is even more popular.
M. E. B.
Chat With Householders.
UT until laat Sunday morning
_ _ i at daybreak did oid winter
JN wake front his long dream
of June and bring dismay
to tlie deluded flowers and
fruit buds by his bittereet
Also our Indian girl. Timka, who sent
me a lovely gift. She is a great favorite
in the Household. We have another In
dian girl who writes most interestingly
of a noted y<#ung Indian life prisoner
in tlie federal prison in this city.
I uin -holding (back her sketch with an
other by a different contributor—"'Indians
I have known"—for a special number. T
nave had such a long, good letter front
,, ... ... | Emna.ita. and another from our dear
blast-. M.\ got d * [Maid Margaret, who sends a number of
had 'been sending me liya- qor mip. g; nis of -poems. Also a letter.
like a poem, from Annice. and some of
those beautiful camera views which I
hope may find their way Into the maga
zine. Roany Alton, one of our nicest
hoys, sent me a hook of lovely views of
Fayetteville Many ask what Elam Tony
i«
ciutlis and peach blossoms
in their letters, and dear
Margaret Foster sent a
tiox full of sweet violets,
in great purple bunches,
as fresh as when her kind
hands gathered them. They till my pret
tiest vase, ami Evelyn Holman wore
and every one dear to me if It so suited j a cluster of them when she went
them, and this while they were dipping jUiway Monday morning. \ ernie Barring-
their fingers into the sumo salt cellar 'J". 1 wrote of watching the warm eun-
with me. | shine sleeping on the 'breast ol American
t But did this make me lose faith tn the, j beautj- roses and seeing tic pansy beds perhaps
rest of humanity 3 !. Not a bit of it. As j alive with flower faces. 1 tear tout those • may
doing. Three weeks ago I put ills
1 said before, "there tire others." “One bright faces look shriveled
swallow does not make a summer," nor
does one snake in tho grass spoil a
whole meadow, where one proves untrue
there are dozens who have stood the
tests of time, misfortune, difference of
opinions, class of life and even religion,
and have proven true as steel.
Now, Eugenia. take heart and be
happy. Don’t pin your whole faith, trust
and Jove to one person or to twenty.
"Thou shalt not hare strange gods be
fore Ale." saith tlie Lord; and I have
always noticed that when w» poor hu-
picture—he is quite fine looking—in the
hands of the engraver, and T have not
yet been able to get the picture. Annice
scut It to me as a great favor. T think
Elam lias forgiven Annice about setting
the dogs on him as a supposed tramp".
Nobodv could be vexed with Annice and
since those two 'have made up
IItiler'ake to train Elam in the
and | wav be should go.
But he looks very i „ s may the termed a "galloping"
that the rimes are as prematurely faded determined, and sweet Annice knows only story for the plot does not lag one mo-
as an affectionate wife who misses the the rules or !ovp. ment from the opening to the close of
loving courtesies once given iter by a I — j book, .it is a story of the far north
now neglect! til hut band. : pm y 0l] friends, that tlie printers j when, at the opening of the Klondike
. ' who manipulate the machines at night mini s, the gold-fever took possession of
way, J receive a good many object stoutly to pencil manuscript, and
tro’.ii wives who thitnt - n ; R ],a. debarred some tine letters,
the treasure so dear to jahong them Senex. Mr. Kay, Mr
trell and Cupid, in spite of
writing, 1 am
some of these
SOME NEW BOOKS.
"Susan Clegg and Her Neighbor's
Affairs." by Anne Warner—Again Susan
Clegg appears and finds herself growing
in popularity. Her friend, poor, patient
-Mrs Lathrop, who is never allowed by
her loquacious neighbor to finish a sen
tence, is pitiful in her sad plight. Her
broken words and sentences finally gets
on the reader's nerves and he longs to
see her have one little “say"—'but looks
In vain for this satisfaction. The mar-
tinges, deaths, joys and sorrows are tlie i
unfailing sources of Miss Clegg's un- ;
flagging conversations. Many -passages |
in the book show genuine humor though |
others give the impression of a stained i
et'fc t. This last hook is not the author’s |
liest by any means. “The Rejuvennation j
of Aunt 'Mary," with its spontaneous j
freshness, its charming originality, easily
j has first place on tlie list of books by j
this young writer.
I "The Spoilers," by Rev. E. Beach—In •
j "The Spoilers." Rev. K. Beach iias given
By the
private letters
they have lost
a true woman—her husband's best love.
Often, ••^t hearts, this loss is lmagi- I their fine, beautiful
uar>. The htishand. out in the oust and going to transi iib-'
thousands of people and turned their
footsteps northward. In this new coun
try. where man is untrammeled by civili
zation and discards, as a cloak, all the
conventionalities of society, meets here
on* , , ,, - —- - ..a man and a maid. With the pure ozone
f tir of -hv business world, or absorbed | letters as soon as I li.ive time. Now northern linv "xhileratlng their
in responsibilities and work (work for you [and then a manuscript comes written on life-forces they awake to love even i>s
. set ou r hearts unduly strong on j and the babies) loses from his heart the both sides of the sheet which Is com- long-gone ancestors loved The store
anything In the world—b it humans nr [early bloom of love, which is sentiment plctely attains; :h< ini’s. Manuscript t hinges on ti,,v<- wbi. h is •;,, dir.- t
things—the one God genera IP turn- [and romance, but his heart Is as fond ■ i p pencil, written on both sides or rolled that f 0 ]] 0Ws . The elasl
l ies our gods that we have set up for ; and faithful as ever, though he may over- ! ,ju never ecu looked at i:i puhlishing i
ourselves off their 'pedestals.
Hove all of God s creatures in a rea
sonable manner—in a manner to be a
joy and Gill not get on your nerves.
Do fop them all you can as brother to
I brother, sister to sister, but don't wrap
.yourself completely up in them. Such
love and trust as that is allowable only
J between out- heavenly father and our- [rot
selves, and between a mother and her ' wife
child.
F.
look he sweet and pleasant wave of
showing it that he once had. He' docs
not realize how much these little ways
are to -his wile. Women koe.p sentiment,
tbe 'bloom of love, alive much longer than
mien, and they are apt to think less of
the fruit— the every day work and care
of the husband, because t'-e "scent of the
sect,is lost from love’s vase. Roth
and husband may find some'Tring
houses.
tlie men, frenzied by the sight
the
drapery ot pros,
“sinving clothe*
fanciful.
yearning.
jt i amend in their attitude to each othe..
* rt on. my loiters flir^vtod to flip wilt- may <lwel! in ho.r thoughts
y.iut obi address .amp hack to m< as tin- upon seeming neglect and indifference,
ailed for: err postoffice was burned i trusting that these are but the time-hat-
inlely; pertiacs you may have apprised tinned rind or the fruit which is all sound
i me of >nur nen address as von had eon- j inside,
j tern plated a move, and v-nur letter may
have been burned ' j "Sweetest nut has roughest rind."
1. a»\ o: \<»i all think I have nejr-
! ',w!fn iV- " nfin ‘ r , V«'« r letters, write | Says Will Shakespeare. The husband
| picas-, and find ii this seeming .'mean!hue should -remember the old sung
, aegleet was not duo to the fire. Not; "if you love me tell me so." and tell
| only our postoftiee. but ti e printing of- tliat silo.ntli bciove.l partner
j blocks oTbnsm'e P™™*' "P' ,W ,° !,,,w ‘l»«rer she Is as Hie wife than J thoughts
1 V Pe l lost •;J,' b the bride. T.e t ber see that he,- little ‘
' \ R'i OKORGF it .rtMTVnt ° ,T " r ' S and add to
’ R<>I. I! M kA1M.lt. your comfort are noted and prized. Some
m Tr n TM rn o a w aa.a^*.. I men really think it looks unmanly and
: PILGRIM FOR A DAY SOJOURNING ' siliv '•> show affection, or to seem to
Pilgrim fur a day so*mirn*ng lea re for the tittle graces of domestic life
! and its sweet, small cour'etdes. A few
! days ago I was told a pathetic little in-
cident. A young wife who feared her
I husband was growing weary of her eom-
ipanv ami was doing her best to have hhn
| stay with her on Sunday—the one day at
I borne his business gave.--prepared ;i nice
dinner and set in the center of the table
a few flowers in a Tittle vase. When tlie
[ master of tbe bouse sat down at tlie ta-
I bic. amrr. at having allowed himself to
■ ^o sir.'. * ; .?.**- c.
wit tho r>oor anrl said,
Ji ’i*«3o oh| worth off Mir* t;thIo.” Aimthrr
i “woo wifio ' who who so’ieht t,->
| n ’it t fJ'f'i pnlFBOt] **Aln*avs mt
husiVand wfth n wns romrnly |
ns*'-'o/i If lior lonl. ijj t:i** j
tq’HS frrf^O'nfT at ?** I
wVi that sonfimont is j
f*Vlv shonM ronionilior that “tho hrnvARt i
n**o tho an*l An'VoT
.T;it’-A r.m^h ..IT vfAfor of many
hattlo r»o].1s woi’o wife's no*xt
h : s heart ami kws«H h at nfehf as rev-
^ttly as a <\*HhoIiV wmil.i his saiat.
gold and maddened in the enxrer
| fi^ht for a woman’s hand, skives a lurid
*“Ijet us havo soiiu* fun." writes a weel- j toueii to the stoi y. The last brutal
ern eonti ibiitor. who thinks 1 >r. • j s •oru*. when the two m«'n. each striving
!iii:non>us Kenius. I v itie.woods Tom " ,s f lor a!! the other holds dear, fig-1 it like
just- splemiid" and Ann:** Valentine “a • savages in a tmnd-to-hatid «*n oun f .**r.
darlingr." With all my heart. I• • i us have j savors of a “blond and thunder novel.”
some fun. When* are tie* humorists? | and dotraetf- from the worthlim ss of the
])o. friends, let us hear from you. I i first part.
have some k<» >d sk**ti*h«*s from Harry i "‘'onistim.* by Winston <’huri*hilJ—
Dean and .] would like to hear from S. I Win-'on Churohiirs work has he, n -om-
T. I* . whose yoem .lolin Mason f ro- pared to that of Tha ,- ker\ and in tills
louneetl “very lino indeed.” lie has J Dor. hook ot his. ”(V.iiiston.*' lie has. to
sent a poem In a similar style, whit h
l will publish «oon. He thinks rhyme
dftraets from poetry. hat -n >' you,
frien<ls? 1 confess : • taking a deligrln
in easy, musical, swinging r yvnie. I oan
never forget w’nn• a joy to me were
bVntrs “l^ndy of the Lake" and ‘*Mar-
■mlon." I comniltteii whol,* etaiUos of the
“I,ady of the l^ake’* to memory before I
•aslonally j W as ten years "Id. lh:t there are some
Mi • thinking oi many, “out-thackeried
f barkery.'' Mr. 'C'hurehill has a way id
!us own in telling a story and thouisd.
somewhat roundabout it. nevertheless,
has suftideut eliarm to win for the
wi tter i ;i;gu i iae, in Amoriean litera-
ture “i Tonis?on" is a small town tueketl
j" mid tin- green hills oi Vermont.” Tho
time of tho story more than a quarter
i oi a eentnry ago; the theme, polities and
cause women seme of
their most excruciating
ly painful hours. Mrs.
Lula Berry, of Farming-
ton, Ark., writes: “1
suffered with terrible
cramps every month,
and would sometimes
lose consciousness for 4
to 9 hours. On a friend’s
advice I took
Tonm-ng
In the tiimult and tlie strife
Fraying, hoping, longing
For a less ignoble life.
Etc thy best ambitions perish
Tn a world of grpon and crime.
« boose, the upward way and cherish
Ever 'something that's subl'tpe.
Pilgrim for a day f-ojotirnlng
In a worVl o? want and shame,
l Briefly hiding soon l-etut nlng
To tlie .lust front whence ye im< .
. Re not blind to mortal merit.
Neither craven in the fight;
j 'Pi the altar of the Spirit
J Ever keep the lamp alight.
1‘ilgritn for a day sojourning
On the earth thy farther trod,
j Lies, and lust, an i hatred spurning
j Heed. O heed, the Word of God!
j Be no base, ignoble schemer.
Plotting always sfrer pelt;
[ Torve. O. love- thy blessed Redeemer,
j And thy neighbor as thyself.
| Pilgrim for a day soujourning.
I on tl>B bleak a n d shndowv shore,
j Half despairing—half discerning,
j What God lias for thee in store.
j What tho' countless storms assail the?,
i What tin/ countless tears descend,
j T.et not faith nor courage fail thee,
j Heaven is waiting at the end:
! Heaven is sure and God thy friend!
AltTlIl'R GOODKXOUtJH.
HOUSEHOLD scrap book.
I It is tlie middle of January, and I am
j sitting beside an open window through
which is borne by the gentle 'southern
breeze a fault sweet odor of pansies
[.beautiful emblems of thought), mingled
! with the breath of American Beauty
ruses. Eovingiy I rest my eyes upon the
bright flowers clustered near and bury
my face among tlie pink blossoms of the
j fuchsia on my desk.
I r close my eyes an.l a vision rises be-
i fore me—of stately pine trees and serubby
j lollys where the sunlight filters through
• kissing the purple violets nodding to the
passersby. Am I dreaming? Ah! yes.
those woodlands are tar away; some other
hand plucks the winter violet.
1 turn the leaves of my Household
scrap-book. Here are the j : turc | faces
of Bachelor Girl, Smooth and Manana:
below I read the lines, written by e band
i now still on earth forever, of that sweet.
I et-t of ]>ocms. “The Night-Blooming
t’ereus." The next page shows Maid
! Margaret an.l some of her best poents.
■ and near by sits our merry Christine—
Alonzo Week—with Ia*o Crist.) and Airs. |
M. ,T. Pardue. Tenderly l turn the loaves j
an.l sec our Miller Hand. Patience Iff.'- j
daunt. Empty Heart, clever Julia Coman i
e more impressive ainl j the m. tho.Is of politicians, though the
forceful when unihymed. The severe ,, f ,t intrude e, oi iessen th.. io\
sui's tiv-tn better than
" however pretty and
Leonora, of Grand Cane, E.a., i particu
larly wish to near lrotn you and to ha
j interest t unning through the story. The
i central figure is one Jethro Bass, an un-
[ lettered swain, but withal a great man
| 'fine author has drawn this character in
I lit" colors. He has taken pains to make
I him very human, even to giving him a
a sketch from you. You write about your j marked peculiarity of speech. He m-
i;ravels so charmingly and so do you.
Tennesseean. What has become of our
ideal pair on the l.ig B ranch? A nun.- 1
her ol readers make this inquiry and I . „.
echo it. with the earnest desire that you I I heir love story, though sad, furnishes
t onip.s king of politics, "the boss." in his
state by sheer will-force. Cynthia, the
woman he loves but does not win. is a
type of ; ie sweet village lassie.
vill tell its more about the life there
■that world wit.hi nii.self. Also about
vour neigh#"it.’ All. xiutz, of the Phil
ippines, iu jgi 1 ta a away <"
the sole ol Cinderella slipper, is i tu-
nonineed "too .oite for anything.” D ■
write 'us something very soon and send
rv 1 a picture of tour monkeys. George More
land. do not forge us. The many ad
mirers of your poems look for them in
the Household. Mention of poems brings
to mind the praises our writers of verse
are receiving It is very kind for pro
fessional writers, such as; some of them
are .to give us their poems In this con
nection .1 want to toll Enoti that she is
not forgotten an.l her friends wisli to
hear frtom her.
ma.
a pretty little romance of the refreshing,
old-fashioned kind, t’ynthla's daughter,
the real lioroim . is lovelj lnt< resting
girl and the reader Is pleased . > cl >s<
the book leaving all the characters h.np-
TV and prosperous including "Uncle
Jethro." t lie rugged old politician.
"Th.. Balance o Power." by Arthur
Goodrich—"No matter how able
be a dull novel is a dreary failin'.
Hamilton Wriglu Mabie. “The Balance
o' Bower." though we will not go to the
ten—*. .ailing it a “drearv failure,"
is decidedly dull. Tn th 0 first'place it is
of too great a length to be attractive to
the prostv'ctive reader. Tn the second
piece it lacks conciseness. Tlie character
drawing is well-sustained and the local
coloring good.
held in awe as the great battlefields ot
history—all those come up before us and
recollection a? a bitter-sweet pleasure, j
This association of ideas, these concep
tions of miniature worlds are what lend ;
such charm anil glory to our homes.
After all we live in the past and the tu- t
lure is tlie living, perhaps in a difierent
way. that which has gone before. I he ;
remembrance of happy conditions, wr-
evt instances, influences is tlie . ssct.-e !
it all, an.l this we carry with us ami it is :
as dear at tills stage as tlie realities ,
were then. I
Tills reminds me of the move our dear ,
old Household is.soon to make. But per-;
haps this is only stepping out of one
garment into another. Tt grieves us ,
though to serf It even change its cloak, t
Suffer it to be so. for perhaps :is better, j
And I am sure under the leadership of ;
our most generous and beloved mater it
will do honor to the cosmopolitan maga
zine into which it steps . . .
Til ('HARD \\ K.gEE. i
STEP-MOTHERS AND UNRULY
BOYS.
T received in tlie mails a picture ot a ■
"wee tot." a little girl Just a few mon»hs
past her second mile-stone on the jour
ney of life. In the same envelop was |
a letter with the tidings that th«* New
Year had brought to this little one a
"new mother"—a step-mother. I looked
long at the .picture. The little upturned j
face had already a shade of sadness
upon it, and those meek blue eyes look- ;
ed into mine with an appealing expres
sion in them.
1 had known the child’s mother, who
when little Willie (this is tin elulrl s
name) was only u few months 0 * r *. ha<
crossed tho dark river, leaving her little
girl and "pupa" alone. Willie was :
destined never to know real mother- j
love, never to look into her mama s ;
eves, hear her voice, feel her tendci ,
touch upon her. Never could she hear j
the sweet words "mama's darling that
can fall only in its fullest. deepest j
meaning from the lips of tlie one who j
gave her birth. ,. , '
Some time ago "A Stepmother wrote
to the Household, asking what she j
should do with a wayward step-child—8 ,
bov—whom her husband had left > n- .
tirely to her management. .Sh" deplored
her hard position. I realize that tlie po
sition Is hard and sympathize with the
step-mother. But all positions of re
sponsibility and importance are hard to
till. AH tit* more r. ason that on. should
exercise judgment, patience and care in
trying to till them worthily. Fare and ■
sorrow are as necessary to our hearts
.;nd souls as food is to our b“dies; and
"vho walks upon the heights must
sometimes fall to tlie* depth. .
it seems hard that the father of that
unruly boy shirks his duty and threat-,
ens the hoy with "mama." The great
aim of the step-mother should lie to j
will the boy's confidence and love. |
Make him feel and know that ^ she
loves him and is his best friend .
•Bo so kind and patient that -e [
cannot resist her. Tt may take a long
time to win him, but his nature \\ii!
finally respond to vour interest in him.
and when you do win him over, he w !!
be vour life-long friend, unless he is
brutish and past redemption.
MATTIE HOWARD. 1
TO THOSE WHO MAKE US LAUGH.
If you were a ked to give the distin
guishing tea urc between man and tlie
lower animals, what would you say if
was? 1
No it isn’t man's possesion of a so ’l.
nor the gif: of reasoning power Some
folks say there is as much evidence to
suggest that animals have souls and rea
soning power as that humans have them.
It is man's ability to laugh that chiefly
lifts him above the rest of the animal
kingdom.
Now. think about that and then consider
how many of us frown down frequent
indulgence in the use of the only fac
ulty that markedly distinguishes us front
the brute. Thtre is the man who l’tts
scandal!, ed brows at sound of his daugh
ter's innocent laughter and remarks to
his wife on the subject of ’‘undue levity
\ ou know lie .ype There is the wo
man who says. "You’ll find out later, iny
dear, that ll;> is not a laughing matter. ’
We 11. i cn why increase the pain by au-
t IcI pat ion ?
raw.
rut in
i. but
would
d and
it ad-
rherc are many cards of inquiry for
absent favorites Dr Butts, Grandpa and
'he Missus. Fie".a. Helvetia. < ’ irol'nn
Gem. Mary ePttus Thomas. Fannie M i
' Donald, Knight of the Wire, Pincywoods
i Dm 1 * ( arol KJmorc. Mr. Orton. Virginia
Scott. Moonshiner. Ferro l,e Beau. Fk •
Heartsdl. Daphne. Ship. Garnett. Ma -
1 bulla. EH.vs. Fannie McDonald. Brown-
■ yed .School Ma’am. Elaine and a goo II
number of others. Sonic ot 'hose ha\ ■
scut sketches and letters that I am hold-
:ng back for a purpose; from others, i
hove letters; telling ■), cause of the'-
cnee, while .there are some whose si
lence I cannot account for. They mu v
have sent contributions that have failed
tn reach in.-. Mr address is the same,
us T now live ill the little town. 10 mm •
F'.in Atlanta, near w one limits mv do-
.Id farm home was si'nated. Two wee' *
'"O I had the pleasure of a v'sit from
Fierro Ke Beau. We two went to see
.Miss Thomas - ’our Eizzie"—whom you
: :'""ember. | rm) sure, with love and ad- I
1 miration. She was a charter member "f |
•he Tfons'-hoii] in its very earliest (lavs j
and when T we n t to New York tr live j
‘he t.iuk charge of it and won mnnv J
f*'ien,ls before she left to tea >b in far 1
•lat'an Pierre and T had a charming i
vuc and then he came bank with me i
to The Snnnv orr, rp ;ln ,t helved rn.- rea i j
■von'*: r.nr work being eonfimial’v inter- '
s *■ eree, j tuft.- n ’ M-)' 11 the Household
"awa*-, nar'lesilarlv the ftoosehoM girts, j
Flam Would SUV. TTc wanted f-now
! '' 's at'mif tlie bright lfftje tCrene’i girl, t
Helvetia. Also we (a tired j>T>o'it V’tvs]
, eqrailiT T,oe|le Ttulv gpmrtertv :n*d lust j
j O* not tenet, f v"flrks whose personal
j tetters 1-0 it eel" res are he*ter even than j
i 'two she gives the TTnucehnhj Vow
' ’-ear,,,. n)'-n are be'ter reed than Pierre j
Fee,, toit he does not uUow his de
led tpornrv tss'CB to tvtertere W’*h
■'irer of ft’e TToiisebold and
ts'de from these virtues
Some one borrowed 1'ncle Charley's do- i' 1 is wholly lackuig in all that goes; to
lightfnl l>ook of po ms tu learn a recta- make up a rea da b'e itook. though many
tion, but I have it again and I will give , eriMes h»il it as "rhe grea • American
novel." When !!•:.*; great novel .-Ivinces
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re to meet one’s friends from all over I
State. The most attractive feat tire of .
I Tait. Margaret E. Foster, Paradox, Tessa t hearted
Roddy, Cousin Reddy, Annie Heavy. An-I wishes
| nice. Old Maid. Old Woman, Lom&'Cita, j
| Will N. Denton. Bachelor Lawyer and I have occasionally a delightful little
1 many others go by. I visit from Italy Hemperly. who is look-
I Here is tlie banner page, of bachelors, i mure like a. wild rose than ever. You
I showing Thcni'a-s Kfmore Iittcey Slip. : "ou'd think the "littl boy" was her
land Piney Woods Tom. Hearteasc Lotne ; L > ,'] 0 ; her: what a . Messing that she has
and Mary Pettns Thomas grace another _an innocent and loving companion!
j T * i , h.if* is training h»ni to lovo evervthincr
j ..age and I pause to read again tlie treaa- , f;oi , ,, as nm de. and to have a special nf-
! u '”' of these gifted writers. feetion for birds and animals. He knows
j Another hook containing AI. E. B. s liotiiing of cruelty to animals and when
! bright face is lifted from the desk, and j he grows up tie wil! no doubt be a great
i T gaze long into her fascinating dark | advocate for arbiration to settle the dis-
i eyes. This picture was clipped from the | mites o! rulers and not war. Tie will
liv«
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WINE
OF
Household edition and is the first of the
Household poets which follow two and
two, as fancy has .placed the m. Be-| *"fue drums sbnil throb no longer,
sides tho pictures, short stories, sketches ; And tlie hattiefiag be furled
and verses. I have almost an e.noydope- in 1he parliament of man.
dia from M. E. B.’s pen. ’ riie federation of the world."
Then there are the Sunnys issued in
1906 stored aw'.r^ in one shelf of my old i Brownies .touching letter, which
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"book box." where cast-off books are
kept. These will be retained, for soon
tlie Mondays will cease to bring us Sunny
Souths, and thei-e with the clippings will
be all that is left of the dear old paper.
you
read today, has been delayed in the
printing office. I know you remember
Brownie and will sympathize with her
deeply in the loss of her good and gifted
mother. Write to her, dear friends, and
if you have any Indian relics or rare
FAIRS A> m ’’’Tt-'-* ,ta MESTOWNT
EXFO'tTT^N.
^ueecli is si!v-r: silmive is golden. it :
ust have been an adw'ter of tile old
revert, who snoke of tim gulden gift of
Hence. 1 nopreeiat t'ullv th" virtu,. ,,f
* ‘easion’il flashes if f • Hence t,m don't
\ "ti thin!• I v been real good in nhcerv.
‘ag the time-honored motto, and vou see i
I'm not going tn let you forget me.
P\' the way. how mnnv of ve Sunny
"’ ader at" going to tak in the .Tauies-
o wil expos'd on ? I for one. am counting
Ljpjroly upon it.
The American r>eoti’,. seem to he inocu
lated with an exo.-siPon germ fe,,*.. , j.* >
number of centennial, bi-centenial and
; countless flftv-ycar . elt-’uctinus and th> .•
can now indulge in the grown-up luxury
I of looking back. I. too. have caught the
I infection, for T do not miss an opportunity ■
! to take most of them in. Sine,- I was ,
| with you last. I have vpjied several
carnivals, state fairs, etc. I do not rare ;
! so much for the fair, but it is a fine
■ plac ’ ' ■ ■
i th,
, entertainment which the city offered dur-
I ing our state fair was that of hearing
j Alice Neiisen sing, it w.'c- indeed a treat.
Her voice is exquisite, clear and pure
j as tliat of the mockingbird. 1 sat and
I listened to her singing like one enchanted
I and could hardly shake off the spell when
i the glorious notes were silent,
j _ Y\ ishing everyone of you a happy New
; ' , I vill say goodbv. If some of you
; would like to have ;i South Carolina cor-
! 1 "pendent, I would be glad to hear from ;
[ you. As ever the same,
ROBERTA JOHNSON.
Balnberg. S. C.
LEAVING AN OLD HOME.
Dear Mater: I ran appreciate your loss !
in lea vine your “happy ’camping;
grounds’* for others strange and new. ; j
myself Have left (recently) the home of}
my youth for many years perhaps. And !
if pains me much, for a pleasant home it j
was. out i:i tlie 'ountry. close to nature |
and all tliines that go to make him who
loves nature and her ways happy. Reeol- I
lo tions- sweet they are—rush upon me |
thick and fast tonight as i contemplate 1
the days of youth.
To home we owe ail; to home we look I
for all. Anywhere an' at ail times there j
will come lo us moments of pleasure i
and sorrow, but in our serious thoughts j
tiie recollection ef places, conditions, cir- i
cumstan es. influences which cluster !
around a place we called home rush in
and awaken a sad but always pleasant i
Kothlng Quite So Nice at a fleantlfaf 1 memory of bygone days. The strenuous- j
lfead of Hair. ; ness of life is always seasontd with saner I
moments. And in these we look back ,
joyfully at tines at others sorrowfully !
upon .tiie past experiences of life. There j
and I hold them as treasures too detir stamps send them to her. Our r.cw Ken-
by far to be ruthlessly marred. lucky contributor might send her some-
Goodbv. dear friends, one and all. Wei thing from the haunted, cave.
are nearing the parting of the ways. The ls another of our girls
„ , ... , . who 'iui-M been railed upon t*» give up a
Sunny is passing and you will be called dvar m3ther an<1 Pf e In this bereavement
to lorni a new band from t’.ie old one, ( j )e breaking up of a happy home. She is
gathering around the hearthstone of Fn- .with kind relatives, but she is restless
clc Remus’s Magazine. Some of tlie ard sad and needs occupation to draw
faces I see here have crossed over tiie iter mind from its trouble. She would
river others have reached the top round teach ittie children in some pleasant
of life’s lad'-i. r. while others arc still plod- country home or be a eonmanion and sre-
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all. Here is success to th" members of
our band. Success to tlie 1'iicic Remus's
Magazine and a tear for the flickering
light of tlie Sunny’s dying lamp.
VERNIK BARRINGTON. j
January 17, 1907. J
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ring ton among them. I wool I like to t
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-S tw regret perhaps but a sad. longing, i
mirthful recollection. The happy nestling |
places of youth, the pleasant experiences t
of young manhood lend a vital influence i
tu our sterner lives. Nothing is more ex- j
hilarating than, at times, to retrospect,
upon u past whose bright face brings j
sweet memories. Especially is this true
of childhood days.
The "happy hunting grounds." tiie old
school house around which as rollickson'e
children we played together, the springs
and hroo'-iets ou whose ’.wriks we have I
swung and run In the woods find forests j
a-; children o\ nature we glorying in i
her beauty, these and more lend a peon- I
liar chann tn tlie remembrance of child- I
hood’s fleeting years. Many haunts and j
ranges have helmed to form our young]
ideas. Tlie woods we have associated
with linoans and loved to roam in them
and meditate upon prehistoric glory; the
fields and hillsides v.e have depicted and
I .
fess that 1 like happiness and fun
Vt sc' anything wrong in them
a t a n. Moreover. I bedeve that man was
intend* I to be ha py and that when h"
isn't it is his ow fault. \Ve bring our
own suffering to pass—not by intention.
Ians, hu: through ignorance of tiie
; that govern tlie universe.
>st of us could he a lot happier than
are. Haw? By taking pains to give
\Vo get what we give, you
know. If you don’t behove it. give the
ptopo. i ion a good fair trial and see.
But I am getting away from my sub-
je -t. I come to yo ■. today to ask that
you join me in a to st to those who make
us laugh. 1 owe mo e gratitude to them.
I’m sure, tian to any one else in the
world. Sympathy In time of trouble is
goo I. but to make us forget our trouble
is better. And we can forget sorrow—wq
do i gladly whene er she allows us a
chance—'but vho can forget the exquisite
moments where we have given ourse ves
up o the rejuvenating ripples of a Gen
uine heart- laugh ?
Three times in my life T have
laughed un'l 1 wo- in bodily pain. J he
first e .nv lslon st ck me when T was
alio-t t-n yearn old l was lying in the
hammock reading for the first time
• Nicholas Nickjeby." Do you remember
it lie old g'titleman woo lived across 'he
wall from Mrs. Xickieby and who per
sisted in tiring cucumbers, cabbages and
other bouquets at his lady love? Well.
1 was f id i • ario t the 1e d
to pay her a call and selected the chim
ney as the entrance through which to
make liis app arance. He didn’t appear,
however, you will recollect, until the gen
tlemen at 'lie party, as.oundod by hear
ing a plaintive ditty that s-emed to
reach them through the fireplace, inves
tigated the rant er and siezing hold of
a pair of legs that were dangling grace
fully down the chimney, brought tie
owner into view witli more suddenness
than elegance—Mrs. Nickiehy being all
the white overwhelmed with simpers and
bin h s-
I don’t know whether dear old Dickens
would be so funny to me now. but ho
liked to have ki’lod me that time. I
laughed .ill l cried tyul had the hiccoughs
and sundry other aliments, such as los
ing my breath and getting blue in the
face. My alarmed family rushed out
and appliel a strenuous measures toward
my recovery—beating me in the back,
etc —but the more I tried to stop the
worse I got. For every time they would
say, "What on earth is tlie matter with'
tlie child?" I would think again about;
those legs dangling down the chimney,
and the plaintive ditty and Mrs. Nickleby;
feeling so oomph men ted. How 1 ever
fin shed the chapter without passing in
my checks. I do no: know—hut that 1
did. I remember distinctly, because 1
came mighty near crying over .a later one:
where Smike dies. 1 haven’t looked at
tliat hcok for years, hut tlie memory of
it will l>e with me always.
My second attack came on one after-
no >n in my high s liool days. The last
period before school was out (3:30 to 4i.
I usually employed getting up my elocu
tion lesson for next day. This time I
was hunting a recitation, and in one
of tlie books of sel ctions I came across
a piece entitled. "Lord Dundreary Pro-
poses.’’ You know how fearfully tiie poor
fellow was handicapped by this stuttering
and what dtfficuPv he h-d Tying to T ike
a logical connection between the various
ideas lie set forth. Well, tlie farther
1 read the more tickled I got, but I
just couldn't put the thing down till I
saw how he came out. We had a very
strict teacher over ns in chapel, and I
,li In’t dare let him sec me smile, because
that always indicated to his mind that
something was monstrously wrong some
where and you were trying to conceal it.
So I put the book down on the seat, stuck
my head under tlie desk, stuffed my
handkerchief in my mouth, and read on.
By the time T gut to where h^ tries to
quote the proverb, "Birds of a featb r
Hock together.” I had about reached- my
limit. And when lie stalled on tfte fir-t
half of the saying and decided lie mti-t
have it wrong because a bird of oniy one
feather would have io flock by itself
reason of flying sidewise. I was simply
overcome, t was perfectly certain that i
was choking to death; and f must have
been purple in the face, for my school
mates in tiie neighboring seats looked
divided between alarm and the d* sirr to
explode. As luck would have it. tie
teacher had his back turned, to ling tli
bell, and a moment later I was free lo
break for tiie campus and yell; but t
was the worst fright I had during my
term at that school.
My last paroxysm seized nie during
the time 1 was a student at the uni
versity—plainly proving that getting
grown doesn't exempt one from this pc
ticular kind of fit. One of nn friends
was in the habit of corning down ev.
evening to get up tlie German less wtth
me. because f had been so fortunate
to lorn to speak the lang aige v ien a
child. He was tlie smartest buy In
school, by all odds, and dui
with his responsibility to sustain - ov
and his institution's dignity How do
ever came to depart so widely ti n his
usual manner un this parti < .
I have never yet succeeded in - a; unit r
to myself—and lie was too so c .- out i
afterwards to help me out with a su-
gestious.
On the evening in quest ic
damp night in autumn—my it •
German student, came in aim '
ing with cold. Not having !>"et
it myself, 1 was quite warm ■ turn
I got up immediately and said l
light the fire as it was ahead 1
the evening would grow coble
vanced. He declared 1 shouldn’t ■■ • a
•thing of the kind; tliat in- would
warm in a few minutes. y t ml
any matches in th*' usual plac I ur
to go into another room tor i
he suddenly closed the door, p. • d
back against it. and coolly .i-m I
what I was going to do about
su surprised tliat I stood sp<" - w
all at once someone knocked at t 1
from the other side. Of course th'
nothing for him to do but to op; i
In walked my 'hum with a
coals, which she promptly placed
stove before we had time to rcal v \\
was happening. B came out B- v.-.i
that she had heard our dispute
eluded this was tiie best wa
tie it.
Now came the curious pr»s t. ’■
man. presumably thinking lie o
tlie stove door and prevent tlie lire <
ing tlie kindling, ran over and sat d.
on top of the stove, at the sail"
reaching down and opening t In
door. But the pine had already
and the flames w«re roaring up tin ;>
We expected to so him coni" aw
■course, but instead lie merely '
down for a stick of wood and
it underneath him. Then lie leaned
jy back against tlie stove pipe, n
■prepared to camp there n>> Mg
tlie next instant jumped clear ac
room. Vo.i see. the pipe had got
tie warm by this time.
My chum dropped weakly into
and screamed with delight, whil
ed my head against the piano and •
tears of joy. Every once in a wi
young man would smile feebly as
trying to see the po'nt. and that ■
set us off again- We I
were as weak as sick kittens, o
siderations of courtesy had no eft
us at all. Next day we told It al <
school, to a delightful audience,
winding up with, "And that was
nlfied Mr. - !” It was two
fore he would mention tho sub
's; but wc took care, to keep
before his mind. We even wroti
on it for tlie college magazine.
Dear friends, were you ever youn
care-free, when it is easy to lac
your sides ache and the tears
down your face? Then join me
toast: "Here’s to those who liar
us laugh—may they he always ..
tliev have made us!"
EL A IN I
FRA EIBERTUS.
Dear Household: Blessed is tliat
who has found liin mark. 'Ve n •
"The Philistine.’’ and ha i heard
read much of tiie Roycrofters, hut
know them well you must visit th-
their home in East Aurora. N. V, w
it will be tlie delight of Fra E l
(Elbert Hubbard) to conduct you tli
their community—tis a wonderful ?
all wiiat he has done, and reads hk
bit of romance. All of this
Mother Meb lias promised to tell
I can’t
enla:
on its mo
J-
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has been most kind in letting me
of what Mr. Hubbard is doing,
happy lie must be In this his chosen
of usefulness. Would thai there
more men like him. The world
full of fields untended—just w
some hand to bring forth their 1
And alas! how many go untended
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