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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 FILLS naraasBig TMC Ct? R2MAPt.B. M 25 ygiY-*aT*r use. ThoOtMtMt K*0i^4*rta??stk ^C- *B*1 Indoreod???a.1 avar tSioV/arld. artierouta cp a TORI?3D LOVER. 7riM0of??DF<????Hn. Nangoa. bqfteBjOQg* thro. Pglwnui* r.trad.YrithftdoUraiiT MtumJn me I Uxocfooaklvr h. 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