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.THE WEEKLY CONSfrfUTIQN. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY DECEMBER 22, 1885.
WOMAN'S KINGD06J.
[We dedicate this corner of Thi CownmiM
to the ladles. They are Invited to exjwiee thefc
opinions herein???to use it as their own. The edl
Our selection of poetry for this week may to
some, appear not in accordance with the joy
oar season just at hand, but thero aro many to
whom this happy time will bring only sad
memories. Many a homo that gathered an
unbroken chain around the Christmas board of
*84 will this year mourn a missing link, and
??? in some homes more than one. Many an aching
heart will feel???
???If only Atom out the the silent world???
The woeioof shadows that mock her so???
One might return to his vacant choir
To sit with her in the tire-light???* glow."
To theso dear ones my heart goes out in
loving sympathy, and if the beautlAil lines be
low will only carry a ray of comfort, we???ll bo
content: ___________
Faith.
???God holds the key of all unknown,
And I am glad I
If other hands should hold the key
Or If He muted it to mo
1 might be sad.
I cannot read His future plan
But this I know???
I have the smiling on His face
And all the reftigo of Ills grace
While hero t ??????
b below.
Enough???this coven all my want
And so I rest;
For what I cannot lie can see.
And in His care, 1 sure shall bo
Forever blest."
I believe I have A very sympathetic heart
for all suffering humanity, but thero is ono
class that has more largely than any other
drawn upon my sympathy, and it Is tho
???motherless.??? In our corrcspondeneo of last
week two young girls used tho samo expres
sion, ???I am a young housekeeper; my mother
has been dead sometime, and I keep house for
father." Can there be anything more touch
ing in this life than to see a young person grow-
ing up without tho tender caro and mothor
love that watches over overy act of her chit
drens??? lives ? Truly such a one is to be pitied
1 believe Lcould overlook^ every fault, weak
ness or failing of a woman who had arrived at
the years of maturity without a mothor to
counsel and advise her. Do we, wbo have
never known this loss, do our duty by thoso
who are unfortunate ? Might we i\ot often seek
for opportunities of doing good by stretching
out a hand to help tho weak? A word of coun
sel, a sympathetic expression given to a young
girl who bears the burden that many a woman
has sunk under, would bo apprcciaftd more
than we can imagine, and wonld ofton prove
helpful. How many snares and pitfalls lie In
your path ? Ho mother???s love to span the chasm
and bear them safely ovfer. God alouo knows
how many have stink beneath their hardens.
Could every mother bring this thought homo
as she gathers her little ones around herkneo,
she would strivo more earnestly than ever to
sow her seed In tho morning of life, that they
might take deep root, so if God should call her
from her little flock, she has planted principles
and traits of character that will bo with thorn
and stand by them in all tho emergencies
through which they may have to pass. And I
would fain say a word here to my yonng lady
friends, who write mo that thin department
has been such a help to them. Do you appre
ciate as you ahould, your mother? when you
think of thoso who aro not shielded as you aro
by her affection? Do you feel as gratefol as
- yen Abouid for this inestimable blowing? Do
yon rave her strength by helping her in her
many cares aud duties? Are you watchful of
her every look, and often bid her alt still whllo
you go and tako her place In the nursery or
dinning room? If not, begin now; tho tlmo
may come when there will be a ???vacant chair,"
when yon will look back and wish you had
???only known!?????? how different yon would havo
acted, Believo me, my young friends, ho ono
will ever fill your mother's placo; ail other
relations of life can be replaced, but you will
never have but ono mother. Thero never was
a truth more beautifully oxpressed than that
below:
???Well may hearts cease all repining,
In a mother???s love secure;
love that needs no tire???s refining,
Ever watehlul, ever sure I
love that???s like a pure stream welling
. From a heaven-red mountain crest;
talmnent Called a "Fagot rarty." There have ??? o *n
different clubs, etch re parties, etc., but tho fagot
party is ???the last thing out in the way of an intel
lectual entertainment.??? ???Tho ruling feature of
this tew institution is that every ono acoepUng an
lnvitatiou to a fagot party, must bring, or every one
present must foiuhb, s fagot, to old In keeping the
social tin-light of the oeeasiou Interestingly bright.
The fucot may he a came, story, riddle,song, speech
or Mi'v other form of social offering for tho amu*o-
ment of I lie rest, and it will be well to havo tho
<* mpleic Hindi?? of fagots as varied In their charac-
ter olid mule up ns may be." Wo glvo to our
yarns leaders this new amusement and think the:
might Introduce it for their own entertainment
during the winter evenings, never forgetting to pul
in a word for The Constitution, and especially out
own department. We would suggest to our lady
readers that a contribution of lighted fagots from'
eac h snd all of them for ???Woman's Kingdom"
might illumine many subjects on domestic affaire
that would otherwise remain in darkness.
On East Seventeenth street, New York, number
222 can be rcen a large brass plate, on which is an
nounced in black letters that Insldo Is Miss Parloa???s
cooking school, ft is attended by some of the most
fashionable ladies of tire city. Mlaa Farloa Is cele
brated for her knowledge in the mysteries of cook
ing, and has written un excellent book. I was In
terested in reading a long article in ???The Sun" on
tfr i>nd It will bo yrltow luirt flno. I give below tho
reclio for car.mtl eke whleh li quite the
rose In Kentucky where I have lately yUriel: Make
??B. oil white or rqurnlL-akc batter ??nd bake In tin
| plates, f iling. Take three cups of dark brown ??u-
K W ?":! >T llr over 11 ??? ?????P<W of now milk; when It
???> tx lied ten minute, add anicccnf butler ihesix.
pTa h.n???s os*. Botl mull it Is thick aud then bet
aside. W hen it Mm t warm spread the cake*. It
Is important that the milk should bo new, other-
wbe It is apt to curdle. Borne flavor this with van-
I Ilia. It is excellent iur.de of maple sugar. I will
rend you next week the best recipe I ever raw for
this cooking s
r moaner of teaching. It
i to thoso ladies who
I spoke of occupied!
Love the truest and the t
Christmas."
At this season of the year it is as common to
write about "Christmas in the Air" as to writo
of the "Beautiful Snow,??? so I don???t intend to
cay it la in tho air, but it certainly is in tho
store windows and all about tho counters. But
by far the most interesting feature of Christ
mas Is the eager expectancy that is upon every
face, (specially the children???s, tho peeping Into
corners, the snswer to overy peal of the door
hell, that they may bring in tho bundles; tho
lying awake at night with llttlo heads close
together, discussing ???coming ovents,?????????happy
childhood???and thrico happy the homes whero
there are little children. Make them happy
give them gifts, let all be joy and brightness,
put back, far down into yon hearts, tho shad
ows that come up from the past, as the forms of
those that were around the board last Christ
mas and are now gone forever from your sight,
and your, eyes may fill with tears and the heart
may be bursting with grief, but let it bo your
own, let the children only have tho brightness^
Never in this life will they be so joyous as at
Christmas, and when they aro old men and
women, memory will love best to linger upon
the scenes of their happy childhood. It takes
so little to make children happy. Parents often
make the mistake of buying expensive pres
ents, thinking none others will do, bnt it is a
great mistake. A fifty cent doll will give a
child for more pleasure than one costing five
dollars, for they are allowed to handio tho
cheap one with much more comfort thin tho
costly one. I always thought it was a kind of
fraud to give a child wearing apparel for Christ
mas presents. They don???t appreciate it half as
much ss a simple toy; and if yon give a boy a
drum or fire crackers, six Christmas???s in suc
cession, it is all right, and he is happy; and so
a girl is with dolls, tea sets, etc. There are
some beautifnl gnmes now for children, and
among them "Parchcesi" is one of the most
Interesting. Stamp albums are both pretty and
very instructive, a collection of stamps teach
ing a child a great deal, both of history and
'geography. I had intended to tell of some of
the pretty things I have seen, bnt time wonld
foil me. Nowhere, however, is there a more
beautiful collection of Christmas things than at
the Ladies??? Exchange; cute little notions of all
sorts, a long table for the little folks, with arti
cles from a nickel up to fifty cents, and beautl-
ful work by women who need help. This is
not meant as an advertisement of the exchange,
and neither am I connected with it fa any way,
except that I am interested In everything that
goes to build up Atlanta, and any institatlon
that reflects to her credit, and that will for
ward woman???s work and help the needy, and
this certainly Is an institution that every At-
iantian should visit and do all in their power
to help on the good work, and now you have
an opportunity of judging of its merits for
yourselves.
Something Now.
We gather from the magazine called "Good Honse-
ke* plug,??? and edited in Hoi joke, Mass., soon in
teresting Ideas. Among other things a new later-
en, and what is called clear soup, a
piece of beef or veal boiled in water and a few pieces
of veimicella dropped In. I could but wonder whllo
reading, how many southern ladles would have to.
take lessons to learn to cook these articles success
fully, 1 think the art of cooking to southern womer
Is an every day affair, Indeed they aro famous foi
bread end cake making, which is something to be,
S tood of, and in pickles, jellies, preserves and such!
ilngs they cannot bo taught anything new. In
fancy dlritcw and littlo nice desserts they all excel,
and it i* seldom you go into a southern homo but
you find the lady of the house understand* how to!
make everything nice, even if she does not do it
herself, she superintend* the making and baking]
it will become very popular If once tried. All 1 asi
is that the recipe is followed to tho letter and I d<
not fear the ics-ult. As it is Christmas times Whet
i-Yci} one wonts to make good things I will also gin
a rceipe for cream oysters and asparagus and a ver
delightful cake??????Charlotte Polonaise."
Cooking Recipes*
Oyster Sour.???Take ono quart of oysters andl
strain off???the juice; if there Is uot sufficient juice to I
give you one quart pour water over tho oysters and
sprinkle with salt, then place your oysters In
cullender until all the Juico is strained off. When
you have one quart of juice put it on tho flro with
hearing tablespoon Ail of butter and season with
small pinch or red pcpi*crnnd also black and salt,
have on your fire at the same time one guart or
mominc s milk in a separate vessel, when tne Juico
and milk have Just come to a boll stir together and
continue to stir for a few minutes for fear of curd
ling, then ( ??? ???
to serve, as ^
ters to cook. 1 usually prepare before commeuclng
my soup the Ingredient* for the tureen. I have six
ergs boiled very hard, which I chop very fine, chop
ping > oiks and white separate, three or four pieces
of tender cellery also chopped fine, and ahont two
handfuls or oyster crackers relied on my biscuit
Ixaud until pulverized. (I never use cracker meal,
but prefer the frcrii cracker prepared In this way.;
All this I mix well in my tureen and when the soup
is done pour over slowly, stiring until well mixed.
If not seasoned enough add more salt and pepper,
and if your milk is poor add more butter.
Charlotte Foloraue Cake.???Whites of seven
eggr, one cup of butter, two cups of sugar, three of
flour, % teaspoon Ail of soda, ono of cream tartar.
Bake this in tliln cakes; It will make four. Have
prepared the following: 1 pint of sweet milk, 2
tablet-] toon Ails corn starch, two eggs, ono small cup
of sugar, piece of butter the size ofan egg. Dissolve
the com starch In a little of the cold milk, put tin
rest on to boil; havo the egg and sugar beaten wol.
Ugeihcr, and then put the com starch in It and also
the butter; when the milk comes to a boll stir all
together and let conk until tho consistency of hlnno
mango; tako off Are then and flavor with vanilla;
when nearly cold add one pound of blanched al-
mends that Ir ??? *?????? *??????' ??? - ???* *'
citron that h
your cakes.
Anherst Pudding.???Ono cup of suet rubbed fine
in three and a half cups of flour, one cup of molas
ses, one cup of sour milk, one cup currents, one
teaspronfal salt. To be steamed or boiled threo or
fouthoius. .Eat.wlth-toUitawd
Chad Sandwich.???Tut a half pound of boiled crab
meat into a marble mortar and pound to a smooth
paste with the Juice ora half lemon. Season with
1 crier, salt, ana a littlo grated nutmeg. Mix this
parte well with six ounces of best butter; cut your
bread in thin slices, cut off the crust and spread tho
crab i lute.
Plv hire.???Crack and pick pecan nuts, separating
them from the shell nicely, chop tho pecans very
flue, and to every six tablespoon Ails of choppxl pc
cans seven tablcs}*oon Ails of granulated sugar. Put
3 our sugar Intoa vessel and put on tho fire; no
water mud be used. Btlr the sugar constantly un
til it becomes a syrup, then Immediately stir in tho
nuts, stirring well, and tako off the flro and pour on
a maible slab; have your biscuit roller greased and
roll ont in a large thin cake, then with a knife mark
uffiu blocks, aud when cool it will cosily break.
Another Nut Candy.???Two pints of maplo sugar
and enough water to dissolve tho sugar and no
more. I.et this boil until It becomes brittle, which
can be told by trying a littlo In cold water. Haro
some plan s or tins buttered and cover with the nuts
and pour the candy over them. Hickory nuta or
Cuocolate Kisses ???One pound of sugar, two
ounces of chocolate pounded together and finely
siffed; mix with the w hites of eggs well beaten to
froth; drop on buttered paper and bake slowly.
Lemon Dbow.???Upon hnlf pound of finely pow
dered sugar pour Just enough lemon Juico todlasulvo
It and l oll to the consistency of thick syrup, or un
til it Is brittle when dropped from the spoon; drop
this on buttered plates and put away to harden.
Correspond mrc.|
Editress Woman???s Kingdom.???I am mneh pleased
that we have a department in The Constitution in
which wc can exchange views, Imparting as well
as receiving information. Much can bo gloancd
betide the cooking recipes and hints on ornament
ing our houses, from this Interesting column. I
Fhould like to stand on the brink of that lovely
river with ???EracrellA??? in the hush of twilight list
ening to the dashing spray. ???Al Leo" appropriate!
yspeaksofthe duty of parents to their children.
Many parents supply the bodily needs of their chil
dren while they entirely neglect their mental and
moral culture It is like caging a rare songster aud
neglect to give it food aud suushlnc ???till it huugcrs
and dies. While children acquire mental training
at school, no one can so carefully and lovingly in
struct them iu morals as the parents them (elves. 1
feel a vital interest as every mother should in tho
happl ' ???*??????
Susie*
grow ing brighter as yea. . ??? _
Dickens, Kicorgc Elio!, or a Talraagc. ???
choice selection* font scrap hook, including charm
ing bketchc* of M. Folsom, letters of Betsy Hamil
ton, the quaint j*en picture.-: of ??????Uncte Remits,?????? and
the delightful pennlnr* of ???Bill Arp,??? who, like
Ike Marvel, beautifully and harmoniously blends
-phih/.-ophy and melting pathos with bright and
vptirkliug humor. Yours truly,
Btuola, Ca. Young MoniF.it.
Editress: I tm much pleased with tho ???Woman???
Kingdom??? end have been thinking of writing for
It, but felt there were so many more competent to
do so. I, like Ella B???, haven???t been keeping house
very long. I look with eagerness for Tux Consti
tution every week to bring me some nice reelpo in
the ???Wcman???s Kingdom.??? Seeing the ladies of
Atlanta (like thoso here) so enthu-iastiu over pro
hibit inn I rend you a little poem written by my bus
tard lust before our marriage that has never boon
l ublisbed. "A Farxrr???s Wife.???
Editress Woman???s Kingdom: We are glad you
have given us a space in your valuable paper, and
that the ladles are taking such an Interest in It. We
have never done much fancy work except crochet
ing, darn, net and craxy work. Weare young ladies
and arc glad to gain all information on housekeep
ing we can. We can cook, wash, Iron, milk, etc.,
and would be glad to get the position of housekeep
er for any oue wbo needs such help. I send you a
recipe we know to be excellent Air a cheap fruit
one cup dried peaches cooked to a Jelly, uu* ??<*????
sugar, same or syrup, one teaspoonful soda, two of
cream tartar; flavor to taste.
Maud Clifford.
Catania, Harris county, Go. Clara Koxvnds.
Mrs. E. R. Tenncnt, Marietta, Ga.???I notice one of
ir sisters rompfainsof her milk not taming this
cold weather and asks for a suggestion. If she will
add a pint of bolter milk to the new milk she will
never have this trouble again. I never set my milk
to turn In a stone Jar, for the reason that it so easily
becomes hot and the clabber is scalded. I use a
tin ran snd every time new milk Is added stir it in
well with the other. When you are ready to churn
take a small tub and???set the churn In It, then pour
aretind ft two bucket* of boiling water; ft will not
require more than fifteen minutes to bring the bat
i eup
. Correa],
If ???Young Mother," Norcross, Gn., will send hor
sddrcM to "Editress Woman???s Kingdom,??? she will
receive information desired. Cannot give through
theso columns.
Devoted Reader, Bowden, Ga.???Boil lemon peel
in 1 he water In which you cook your apples for
Jelly. Gavo lu 1|M week???s paper ideas for Christmas
articles. Have no potto
Correspondent asked for information as to where
she can procure "glora melon" seed. Two recipes
for citron preecnree have been published.
A Poet???s Home,
In last week???s GOMtution, Henry Richardson
writes an appreciative letter about Joaquin Miller,
who is keeping house tn the neighborhood of Wash
ington. Casual reference is mado to the fact that
this queer child of genius Is contributing a serial
poem to a Chicago magaxino entitled "The Sword
of tho South." This Is, lndoed, a very strange pro
duction-strange lnlU fearlessness; strange in Its
lack of partisanship, and strange in ita-facility
and fitful outbursts of parakmafo elo
quence. Here, for instance, aro tho stranxas relat
ing to Ben Butlers exploits In New Orleans:
O Bnnland, Son gland of sweet note,
O Crescent city, queenly south,
What bitter myrrh was on thy mouth?'
What murderer vas at thy throat?
The years goby; yet bald aoA-tpre
Like bleached bones on desert plain
Ills ghastly deeds lie hero and gleam
, Aslglejnyrhiuv boyes injun-and rain.
Yet ho was honored past bollofl
Ab, men of old knew gold from dross. *
They hung the thief upon the cross; '
But now, tho cross hangs on tho thief.
And yet, fear not, for all men say.
Lo! man advances year by year.
Time bears him forward, aud his sphere
Shall broaden as a breaking day.
Believe In man, with large belief;
The garnered grain each harvest tlmo
Hath promise, roundnees and full prime
For all tho empty chaff aud .sheaf.
Believe in man with largo belief
Troth keeps the bottom of tho well.
And when the thief peeps down, tho thief
Peeps back at him, perpetual.
Faint not that this or that man fell,
Lo! all the millions that proved trao,
Aud bravely wore tho gray or blue???
Truth keeps tho bottom of tho well.
Fear not for man, nor ceoso to dclvo
For root sweet truth with largo belief.
Lo! Christ himself choose only twolve;
Yet one of theso turned out a thief.
Yesterday a slender man, stone blind and evi
dently a stranger In the city, was seen on MItcholl
street being led about by a beautiful cockle spaniel,
that appeared to lo a wonderfully Intelligent dog.
lie was of a rich liver color and his bright, curly
hair looked llko it had been combed and dressed
for a walk on some fashionable avenue.
'Is there a tobacco sfore .about hero?" asked tho
blind man.
???Next door below," was the response.
The dog resumed his walk, and In a moment th
blind roan said:
???In here, Cutet"
The deg led him Into the place and Use blind man
called out to tho clerk:
???Bay, young fellow, have them clay pipes you've
got over there got any stems to ???em????
The astouiehed clerk replied:
???Yet!???.???
The blind man bought a pipe, filled It with to
bacco and touched it off.
'Fine deg you???ve got there," sold a Constitution
man.
Yes,??? was the reply, "no???s taking me down to
the express office. Ho can lead mo anywhere I
warn to go."
???What else does he do????
???Helps me dress.???
???Eh? Your talet de eharobre?'
'Well, I don???t know what that means, but every
morning he gets me my bat and clothes, and finds
a chair for me."
???What docs ho eat????
???Raw beef all the time."
???Want to sell him????
???Money couldn't buy him.??? 1
The man gavo his name as J. Keller, of Little
Rock, Arkansas.
There is a building in Atlanta with six feet front
that rents for 9100 per month. It lathe old reading
roc m, on Marietta street, long occupied as a fash
ionable saloon. It Is between two buildings with a
???harp end to the street. It bos no front windows.
After prohibition goes Into effect there will be a
good deal of interest to see what disposition can be
made of this oddly located house.
A Mott Delicate and L?????*ftrif!Toll<lay Present
Is beyond doubta preaent consisting of that ex
quisite, refreshing and Invigorating perAime. uni
versally known as Murray 4 fAn man's Florida
Water, a floral preparation which admirably com
bine* both the qualities of a handkerchief extract
and thorn of a toilet cornet 1c such as "Ban de
Cologne??? to which It Is Infinitely superior In
fragrance, softness and intensity of aroma. Kucha
nt nnites cleganee and refinement to good
and good taste. For sale by all druggists,
perfumers and fancy goods dealers.
In Paris there Is a decided tendency In fovor of
cloth. a
Nervous Debilitated Men.
Yon are allowed a free trial of thirty day* of tho
me of Dr. Dye's celebrated Voltaic Belt with Elec
tric Buspensory Appliances. for the speedy relief and
permanent cure of nervous debility, ions of vitality
and manhood, and an kindred trouDles. Also for
many ocher diseases. Complete restoration to health,
vigor and manhood guaranteed. Jfo risk is Incur-
SaSAst aswatii
FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.
Tun for tho Children???The Constitution's
Training? School for Bora and atria.
A "merry Christmas??? to nil my dear littlo
niece?? and nephews. How I wish I could
visit you with good old Santa Claus this year;
What a happy time I wonld havo watching him
as lo left you pretty .things, and good things???
But children,do you knowtherenro some horns*
ho dcos not visit. How would you like to play
k ' Into Clauno and each of you pick outsoxnoono
do a kind act, and give something of your
i, a last year???s toy or book that you have
own tired of; you don???t know how happy It
|uld make you feel. Yesterday a poor worn ra
o to sco me, And whllo talking to her I
her if she had any childrou and she said
I have three little girls and a boy, and
year ago they lost their fother, ami this
first Christmas that they ever know
???ut getting something, bnt I havo nothing
car, and I lmvo cried myself to sleep at
thinking about my poor little children,???
or eyes filled with tears; and children* I???m
Isliamcd to tell yon mine did too,and l tried
Imfort her and told hor she must trust hor
ter above and he wonld raise up friends fo;
ildreu. And now I will tell yon a secret,
Claus has already bought mo a horn and
|c little dolls, aud baby carriages and threo
cups and says ho will bo back to bring
some oranges, apples and eamly to fill
ct for these little ones, and don???t you know
bosket will carry happiness with it. So
lembcr children, that each of you can mako
e heart happy, and yon can all writo rao of
ie good act you did this Christmas; then
II feel that you are allswceter and better
Iren than ever before. But I am making
letter too long, for I want to give you a
ristiuas story and then the letters, but you
Install be patient about your lettorsforl can???t
In to get them all in this week, I havon???t
for a story and letters too; so you must
'wait. I promised you letters from sonio of my
little Atlauta friends. I don???t 'know what to
say about them, they tell you so much that Is
good snd sweet about mo that I don???t know
whether you ought to hcllevo it all or not, but
you must remember they look at mo with
loving eyes, and children lovo, covers a great
many fanlts and Imperfections. Some of you
have said in yonr letters you knew I lovo
children, and indeed I do. I wish I could tell
you about all those littlo girls who havo writ
ten to you; they aro sweet, pretty, and above
all, good children; I teach them every Sunday
and pray for them every day, that God may
make them good women when thoy grow up.
But I am going to tell you about my Sunday
school class some other time, for I want you to
know them. Now 1 am going to say good-bye.
Again wishing you ono and all a ???merry
Christmss aud a happy Npw Year,??? lam
yours, ???Aunt 8usi*??????
Clirintnms Story.
"Fannie!" Mrs. Davton call oil her little
dsnjriiter from the halfbolhw.
??????Coming,??? rang oiit Fannio'sclear voice, aud
in a moment sho was by her mother???s shlo.
Fannie Dayton was always prompt to respond
to her mother???s call. "What la it, mama? ???
"I want yon to tako thlo package down to the
church, there???ll bo plenty of time before you
dress for tbe evening. Just hurry on your wrap
and try and catch tho next oar." And already
Mrs. Dayton had taken Fannie???s coat from tho
rack in tho hall and was holding It whllo
Fannie thrust hor arras into tho sloevcs.
"You see," continued Mrs. Dayton, ???thU wan
overlooked when wo filled the basket lor Pat
rick to tako down and it most go on tho tree,
It is for poor little Tommy Smith."
Jjt was tho day bate*Christen* tho Fast
Avenue church wan to havo a Christmas tron
for tho Sunday school. Both the boms nohool
and tho two branch schools wore to mectln the
church snd a grand snd happy tlmo was an*
tlcipatcd. Fannie was ready for the car which
had only ono oocunant benldo herself for a
short distance???a plainly dressed littlo girl not
much older than herself. True, Fannie her
self was dressed plainly, but thero was a differ
ence. Fannie???s drosi was of soft wool woods,
snd though it was mado very plainly, and only
trimmed with two rows of braid, and her hat
with Its dark blue velvet lining and one long
plume circling about the crowu was certainly
simple and plain, yet you saw at once a picture
of tho homes of theae two girls. A careful
mother???s hand had evidently plannod tbe cos
tume of the one, snd tbe other showod tho lack
of such care. Poor little Amy Butler had no
mother; sho was Mrs. Murray Wilcox???s nurao
girl, and while her mistressilid not mean to be
unkind she was often exacting. FAnnio know
Amy, she belonged to the same Sunday school
class; and Fannie greeted her with a sotile, hut
Amy was too sad to smllo. She had boon cry*
log and her eyes were red and swollen.
"I suppose you are going to the Christmas
tree tonight?" said Fannio. Amy shook her
head. "Not going!" said Fannie; "why, It la
for all the Sunday-school scholars; why aro you
not going???????
"I can???t; V__
sho rays 1 mnst stay with the _ . _
am lorry,??? said Fannio sympathetically. "It is
too bad not to havo all the class there!???
'I want to go dreadfully," replied Amy,
while tbe tears began to fall. ???I must not cry
any more; It makes Mrs. Wilcox vexed to moo
me cry, but I can???t keep tho tears back. It
isn???t rery ofton that I get a clianco to g s?? ny-
where, and I bad looked Toward to tbe Christ
mas treo ever since they began to talk about
it." ???Itistoobad; but you???ll have a present.
I shall tell Mrs. Clark to send It to you." "I
know, but that won???t be like boing thero toseo
it all. I never saw a Christmas tree."
???Neversaw ?? Christmas tree?"
???No; before I came here I lived with folk*
that didn???t believe in Christmas doings. I???vo
read about them snd seen pictures, but I want
ed to sees real one so badly."
???1 am real sorry. Dou r t you suppose Mr*.
nonage some way to have you go,
if you tell her how you feel about it?"
r ???No; she says 1 may have all tomorrow af
ternoon and evening to make up for it; but it
won???t make up! There won???t bo any tree
then.???
Jut>t at this point several peoplo entered the
car and tho conversation woa broken off. Lit
tle Fannio was too well taught to express her
self before Amy in regard to her mUtresi; but
she had a very poor opinion of Mrs. Wihnx,
and as soon na she reached home her foaling*
bure.1 forth. "Mama, do not you think It very
mean of that woman ? Just for tho sako of an
ohl party to keep poor Amy away from an en
tertainment that has been arranged for the
Sunday school I"
"My child, there are two sides to that ques
tion. Mi%. Wilcox may be very selfish or she
may not. She doubtless thinks she has a right
want to do it. I am willing, If yon think you
will be happier to have her hore."
"Mama, you know that verso about calling
your rich neighbors to a feast? and ill thegirta
I have invited are rich; I think I should like
to ask one poor girl, because Jean* said so.
didn???t think of it until just now, but now
went to do it."
???Yes, my dnrliug, you shall, and papa and
will seo that there are suitablo gifts provided."
???Mama, I should like to a>k hor tonight, so
.she will havo it to think about whllo she is
watching the baby, and then she won???t bo
mourning over this entertainment. If I can
coax Patrick may I send word to her right
away ?"
Half honr later poor red-eyed Amy stood by
the window of the nursery reading a note from
Fannie. It ran:
- Dear Amy: ???Mama says I may invite you
to onr Christmas tree tomorrow night; so you???ll
see a treo att?? r all. Como in the afternoon and
help mo to string the popcorn. I guess wo will
???havo a good tlmo this Christmas.
Your friend, Fannie Dayton.
It was Mrs. Dayton who opened hor Ulblo
that night and read: "But when thou makest
a featt call the poor and thou sbalt bo
blessed."
"Blersed little Fannie??????! she murmured.
From Pansy.
Correspondence.
Natalie Hammond, Atlanta, Ga.???I am one of
"Aunt Soaie???s??? Sunday school seiiolara, and
will tell you how the looks. Sho ho* brown cyoi
snd brown bolr turning gray. BhelssUm andtsl
and wears flosses, and she is Just as sweet iu sugar
tout all. She tells me about you all overy Sunday.
I guess you will be glad when Christmas comes;
won???t you? to see wbat Bants Clous brings. Guom
what I call Aunt 8u*lc? I call her mama, and all
of our class do. Good-bye, write to me and Aunt
Busie eo we can hear from you soon.
Curate King Grady, Atlanta, Go.???I seo all the
children have been guessing how Aunt Busie looks,
eo 1 w ill tell you. Brown hair, turning gray, brown
eyes, fair complexion, and just as sweet as she can
be; about filly years old. Bbe lives In a little whlto
house In a corner, and bos two daughters and one
???on. 1 sm In her Sunday school class, and shell
Bertie Crow, Atlanta, Ga.???Twelro years old.
write to tell the little cousins of Tux Constitution
how Aunt Burto looks. Scarcely any of you havo
guctscd right. Sho Is neither a man with a big
mustache, or a widow, but sho Is a nlcouiiddlo
aged lady, with n luuband who Is Just as sweet as
can be, and he Ih my sweetheart. She is shout fifty
yearn old and five feet six inches high and weighs
a hundred and twelve pounds. Bliobu brown hair,
Just turning gray, (like some of you havo guessed
and eyes that were brown, bnt sho says they are
turning gray with her hair, but thoy are not that,
but more ot a haxel. Bho has a very nice note, but
1 dou???l know how to describe it. Bho ho* anlco
mouth and good teeth, and they are not false either.
Hbels very stylish, and dresses nicely, and Is charm
ing In conversation, and all together she doon not
look like - ,J , J ??? 3
where 1 live and I am very fond of her.
Maud Trynahem, Atlanta, Ga.???Dear cousin
"Annt Susie" 1* very pretty Indeed, and she Is very
slender. She fs about fifty years of ag??( I am ono
of her Bonday school scholars and I think she I*
very sweet indeed. Her hair Is turning gray.
Anna Btokeaj Dumas, Mlu ???Allow another littlo
irl to enter your lanro circle of friends. I am eight
I this Is my first letter to you. I havo
I havo a pet ci
i dog named Ferry.
Carrie Hart, Long Cane, Ga.???I delight to read tho
young folks letter*, they aro so Interesting. I went
to her a blind man preach tbe other night; bo read
tbe IMh chapter of Mathew. Tho loiters In his
Josle R. Keating, Cleburne, Texas.???As I havo
never seen a letter from this place thought I would
Write to you. The snswer to Mollle Patterson's
riddle Is an hen???s egg: tho answer can be found In
tbo "CThatter-box.??? would like to correspond with
Knta Canon, or with any other of the nieces or
ephews I r agreeable. I am nearly thlrteer
!&*??? l
Jimmie Welch Cox.OaysvlUo, Ark.???I am a littlo
Arkansas hoy nJyo years old. I lovo to read tbo
children's column In your paper. My parents name
here from Cobb county, Georgia. They talk so
much about Atlanta I reel a* if I knew tbe boys
and girls there. 1 bnve been to Marietta once to
M.o my grandma, and bavo many real cousins In
Georgia.
Baida Overly, Meridian, Mbs.???1 am thirteen
years old. I go to school at the K. M. F. college and
like It very much. Tho answer to Mamie Copeland's
riddle is ???his foot,??? and the answer to Corrio Hurt n
Is a watch. Why is a beehive Uko a rotten potatoe?
Emma Whclchcl, Little Rock, Ark.???My papa
takes The Constitution and I like to read It very
n.uch. 1 havo a calf named Roslo and i cat uamed
Tom.
Bobble Brown, Smyrna, Go.???Iltavo been wanting
fo write to you romo time. I have been at school
cigLtmot ths, but am at homo now helping papa;
he Is a former. This year ho hM made with ono
mulo KO bushel* of wheat, fio bushels of oota jfto
bushels of corn, fl bale* or cotton, 100 bushels of
rcas, and potatoes and tumlimlii abundance; make*
nie ow n meat at borne. Takes Tux Constitution
and cannot do without It.
IJIKe and Mando Bryant, Angoria, Toxas.???Wo
w Ith admittance to yonr corner. We Uvo away out
here on the Braxos river, and are nlno and seven
years old. Wc all llko to read your paper. Wo wish
some of tho cousins were here to help im gather
cans. We must stop for we ba
I tonight as cold as blUsards.
LlKfsn X. Vtzlke/, Waihalfa, 8. C.-Thl* limy
first letter. I am nine years old and I go to tho
Female college. I have a pet cat Mined ???Snow
Brcp." 1 have uo sister but four brothers.
Charlie Flckllng, Mill Uaven, Go.???1 seo so many
nice letters Rom tbe boys end girls all over tho
state that Ism encouraged to try myself. Mama
colls n:c the ???N.mrod??? of the family, and says sho
will be glad when I em over tho age when a boy
loves a dog and gun better than anything else, but
1 do not think 1 will ever get past It. Mama lets mo
bunt as often as ??he can, but I iert??t her all I can
to Amy???s services, having paid for them. And
the party may bo a family nariy, or
be reiiotu why sho should go; of couru,
,or thero i
??? K
seems to you that sho might find some one oi*n
to stay with the haby, hut you must mnotn'ier
a mother does not like ip trust a baby with
strangers."
???But, msina, you would msnoiro it.
???PerhapsKb" replied Mrs. Dayton; ???hut I
cannot manage for Mrs. Wilcox, neither have
1 the right to blame her. Bnt there are more
Christmases coining, and perhaps Amy will seo
a Christniss tree yet. Perhaps von can think
of something to eend her that will help to nuke
the day pleasant for her."
???It won???t make up for not seeing tbo tree."
???My dear, its time you were getting reedy."
Fannie ran upstairs, but In a few minute*
???be appeared at the door of her mother???* room.
She had one shoe on and the otber in her hand;
a thought had come into her heed end she con Id
not wait until abe wu dremed to lay it before
her mother.
???Mama, don???t you think we might invite
Amy to onr tree tomorrow evening????
???I do not know aa that woold be beat;do you
think you would enjoy her society ? Bhe la not
of yonr set. and perhaps yoqr othar friend*
would think it strange."
"Mama, yon are talking like somebody else,
not a bit like my mama," said Fannie.
???My child, I want you to be sure that you
Lcfo Gunn, Bailey, MIhm.-I am a farmer boy living
???even milef ftom Meridian. Papa made nine bales
of cotton w ith one mulu thb year. I have two petq
a rat snd a puppy. 1 havo a sweet Uttlo Mister
nsnud Mattie Gurylctto.
W. W. Wcod, Hill Co.. Texas.-AUow me space in
tbe children's column to write you a little letter. I
live in a half a wile of tbo Kavavita river. Mo and
my little brother go pecan hunting rome times. Wo
bare plenty of pcca'na bnt no hickory-nut* and wal
nut* In ttil?? portion of Texas, I am nlno years old;
tr.y taps take* Ths Constitution aud has lately
rent a club c.r ten for Ik I have many littlo ewtns
iu Georgia uml two grand-puri-ntM. Mama slway
read* Talmagc'it retmon on Sunday.
Mamie Cooper, Caldwell, Kanro??.???I am eleve l
ycarr old and go to school every day. Papa takoi
yt.ur paper anil t lore to read Uc:*y and Bill Arp. I
have no brothers or sifters. 1 help mama on Sun
day when there I* nofcbool.
treat to them: they could have all the orange* they
want. The trees look like Santa (flan w an l wo
bototo see thorns' ' ' ~
orange* run from t
seventy-two. but n
hundred and asrei..,
Mamie C.???s riddle ???la his foo|i??? sad to Carrie Hart???*
is a watch. ???Where did Noah strike the fintnallf f .
EMello Pifher, PHtrburg. Texas.???T have never
written to yon before, but I am so glad you havo
taken yonr place again. l ira eleven yean old. I
knit and sew and hetn gramlma In tho household
duties. Grandpa las MeibalM minister, seventy.
timc JrCar80W * 1 mU * 1 Uot wrile Idler thi*
Mattie Bollock and Ifttlfo. Colo.ColUtw, Art-Wo
rcc so many letter* from the young folks wc thought
wo would write. Wo are cousin* twelve years old,
Tho answer to Millie P.???s riddfo is an egg. Oiicsa
thirty ???Go to watt-mover drink, go to gnu* never
Knrai Hill, On.???fio-* Lm think yon aro
bcAutl Ail. Hena West???1 think you have black hair
and gray eye*, and wish I had your photograph,
Mary Suo West???I tbiuk you havo brown hair aud
blue eyes.
Nora O. Leak, Griffin, Go.???This Is my first loiter,
aud as there are so many In your column J thought
I would try and write oue too. My whoolhasclosed
and I am at home now. Guos* this riddle: "Where
did tho rooMer crow when overy one In tho world
heard him?"
Lula Wolf, Wilkes Co., Ga.???I am ab glad of ad
oiportnntty to writo to you again.' I have six
bi ot here, one two weeks otd. Won???t yon namo him
or me? Onr school baa dooed for two months and
wo are glad for we had been going so long. Tho
answer to Carrie's riddle Is a watch. lean wash
and Iron and clean un the house. I
yean ohl. ,hi nf mm'?? iuim m ??
.one would*
fint letter.
Nina Duckworth, nrewnrd, N. C.???I hope yen
will let me have a place In yodr band. My letter
comes from tho ???land of the ally," the beautiful
French Broad valley. I wf??h yoa add our llttlo
friends had somo of our Mg ro*y-cheekod
apples. Mama write* so many letters and sends tie
off to bed so soon, I begin to think sho ha* hail new*
from ???Santa Claus.??? l>o write us a ChristmM
story. ???What la It goes with a wagon, stem with
tho wagon, Is of no ura to the wagon, ami yet it
cannot moYe without It????
Annlo Camp, Gnuitvlllc, Oa.-I hare nerer writ
ten to yon before. I am ten year* old and milk ono
cow and help moms sew and olean np the house. I
hate two sisters and ono brother. We like to read
your paper. Tho answer to Leo Dicky???* riddle I*
i jrn egg. l wish some of your nieoea would write to
Myrtlco Hunter, Turin, Ua.-I am a farraor???a girl
and help my papa. We havo dux potatoes tod iy,
and havo plenty, and aim ??????gtMWfn." I wMi you
w ould come and tee u??. I havo a pretty cow and
sho In named after you.
Odessa and Alma Farr, Dotiglasvllln, Ga.???Wo are
twlu sisters of eleven yearn, aud are oarnost lover*
of the children's column aud your dear self. Will
Icon or fifty year* old. This Is our first letter. Wlih-
lug yon and all tho reader* of your valuablo paper
a ???happy Christmas??? and prreperoas Now Year, wo
bid you good-bye.
Aildio A. Langford, Chlpley, Ga.-Tbls h the Hist
Ictu-r 1 havo written to you. 1 am eleven yean old,
I llko to read tho Yquog Folk* and Betsy vary
gSpiMi
Maud Mora, Richland, H. C.???l am glad yon bare
given ns a placo In your paper. I am going to
school. Have four brother* and three slstcn. X
help mama morning and night. This I* my first
U tter. My oldest sister Is from homo going to
"A11 Quiet Along thn I'otom???io.???
While visiting tho bcautlfol llttlo town of Bucns
Vlita, some time ago, 1 tumbled on ootna reminis
cences of the brilliant genlua who wrote, ???All
Quiet Along tho rotomla Tonight." Poor Thad,
Oliver! Bright, ftuclnatlng, brilliant and dissipat
ed. Ho could mako tbo finest speech of auy mail
at tho bar. Ho was bettor half drunk than hlg
brethren were In their coolest momeuU His puw,
hie rpigrauM and Joke*, to *ay nothing of hh mrcel
llttlo poems, were quoted by a large circle of cn-
tliuKiastlc friends, Rut ho llvod out his days before
he Lad time to folflll the promise of his youth.
Y fan well Imagine bow that sensitive soul wag
moved to formulate that grand poem, as he stood
picket at tome lonely pft* bcaido tho dark Fotomao
river, whllo ???
???Tho stars up above with tbelitglltterlng eyoe
Keep guard, for tho army is sleeping:"..
He had no accurate notion of tbo value of hlg
work, and tbo icrawl won passed from ono to
another of hi* comrade*, and around tbe camp-firt
they read aud -commented upon !t. They were
true critics. One of bis comrades told mo that bo
bad been moved to tears by the lines:
???Thrre Is only the sound of tho tone sentry???s trend
As ho tramps from tho rock to tho fountain.
And ho thinks of tho two on Uio low trundle bod,
lu tho cot for away on tho mountain.???
And when tho battlo wo* over, when poor Thad
had I con roughly saluted by the grim messenger,
snd lay In an unknown grave on a battlo scarred
slope among tbo Virginia hills, then tbo literati
lead and wondered. First ono and then another of
i credited with
J cre lay thn an-
tho conflicting
sgt themselves lu
night w Ind that nubod through
mdrotuly flashing?
odbyor
light]
criticisms of those who
Ilia teat of Juogmr *
??????Hark] Was It tin
the trees?
Won't tho moonbeams
Patriarchal Ifourd.
From the Jackson. Ga., Argun.
While In our ofilrn one day recently Mr. J.G,
Caldwell, of TowruligN, showed us bU long and
beautiful beard, which lie generally carries
tinder bla clothes In Much a manner that peo
ple do not notice It. 'He only wears what aro
knowing chin wbJakcra. they measure thirty-
six inches and resch to hi* knee* whllo atand-
ing erect. He Informed ns that ho had not
shaved in ten years, but ??t ona tlmo by tod-
dent, about twelve inches of them were burned
off.
HITT'S
"??????OTsaiinM
Loretta E. Turner, Worn, Texas.???This Is my first
Utter. Mypftinwa* raked eight mile* from At
lanta; ut-ar the Cbaltaheochec. My grand-; a-ents
live tinre on the old Turner [dace and call ft "River
side.??? I have a great ms ??y aunt*, uncles and
rni*fi:s In Atlanta. ! em going te school Ibis
m inter. I have teen III for two year*and could not
attend ??chool; k> 1 am m*t *???* far advanced os other
girls cf eleven. 1 will u rPc more next time.
J.'mroic, Emma and May Hramblett, Coleman,
T( xrs.-We arc brother ai d f-.c.-v. Wo used Ut live
In Georgia, but lost year moved rail here. This I??a
splendid county, I have a pony that my Undo
Bteven Venable gave me the find night I staid In
Texa*. I help him with the flock and it Is flue
sport for a ???Georgia goober grabber,??? that la what
there Texas boys call me. We little firU have
learned to crochet and u??*iM be glad to exchange
t atferns with w me of the roaring. We feel It will
eawfol tos|cnd ferirtma- %??ay out here away
frtm our grand [arentii, tut w?? are going to tho
( hrirtiras tree and will have a good time anyway.
Wr all three wbh all the courinr a ???merry Christ-
ui?? and happy New Year.???
Birdie, Carrie, Lorsmnre.???As I have never seen a
letter Ion Florida I will write you one. lam
twelve year* old now and I came to Florida when (
was three. My father died when I wai five. I have
been wrapping orange* nearly all lari week; soon
wrap, n me pick, seme make boxes, and some noil
and rtrtp tbe boxes. 1 wbh tho llttlo boys and
gills could tee In tbe packing bouses; it would be a
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