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1 o THE "WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1884.---T\\ T ELVE PAGES. THE WOMAN’S KINGDOM. The Home and the Housewife and Gossip of the Hearthstone—Talks With Women and About Women. [Short letter* on Home Topics write “Woman** Kingdom" on tnraop.) Where I Love I Love Forever. She wu a blithesome made who sang. Close by the cottage window sitting; **weet and clear were the note* that rang Out on the air where the bird* were flitting; Merrily, mcrtly, sang the birds, But none could exactly gura* their words. While the maid so clever, And bluMhlng never, Kang, “Where I lore I love forever.” He wan a youth Just pausing by While the maid was singing, oh, so sweetly! Who to the garden gate drew nigh. And listened there, entranced completely;. For the sound of a voice so swot* and dear Was rapturous music to hi* cur. And he said, “Ah never Would ) wish to sever From one who loves and love* forever!” The maiden smiled on her lover's suit When at her feet he made confession; Her eyes went bright, but her voice was mute When she gave her heart Into his possession. But now together their live* are set, They sing !u unison this duct; "We’ll dissever Never—never I I*br where we love wo love forever!” —Philadelphia fall. It must i»»: very gratifying to the women of our laud to sec that at last there is so much interest shown in the subject of “avenue* of honorable employment’* being opened up l women. There apjiear* an admirable article in the Augusta Chronicle and Constitutionalist, l»y M. V. C. f which it would he well for every lady in the land to road. He fs very compli mentary, and justly, of the intellectual capm ities ^f women. Ho says, “women are quick to apprehend the duties of any pdlitiou to which they afe assigned, and for which, *b) education, they may bo qualified, They have application, honesty, jicrsUtoiiry, judgement; in a word, all the requisites.’* And in spenk- Jug of ladies wishing to do something fur themselves, he says their desire for positions are less prompted “by stern necessity than by n spirit of independence and n laudable ambi tion to improve, to the highest |»oiiit possible, the talents God gives them. Itieh iu their moral and intellectual womanhood, 'they foci that they cannot afford to stand all day idle. Why sheuld they l^o denied the opportunities they •cek—opportunities by which they would ex alt the virtues and capabilities of their sex? Is it because society might be disposed to debar and exclude them from a circle in which they may be accustomed to move? ‘Society* that would resort to that course is lightly to he re- garded; it Is society so called." The whole article teems with splendid suggestions, and toucho* fl responsive chord in every woman's ttfart who > wui ftj [hat independence which ^ihe feels ihC id capable of htnking for herself nillamay were the op)>urtuuitirfl only open to them. Ilill Arp, in a recent letter, suggests our girls raise strawberries, but 1 trust there will he more prolitahle nud certain ways open for them to make money, which, he says, we all love to have; and it certainly makes either a man or woman have n higher res|>eet for themselves to fee! they can work ami make their own firing. It is now not a matter of compulsion for a girl to enter a store as clerk or private family as governess, to earn a liv ing. She can find other work which may be more agreeable, healthful and remunerative. There i* type-writing. Some girl, writing from Huflalo, say* it is uot half so hard ns learning to play on the piano, and she earn* much more than she could giving music les sons. Another writes that she gets seventy dollar* a mouth with the prospect of a hun dred at stenography. Then there is the line art*; they have never been so widely open to both sexes a* now I The firing of painted chlua hitherto ha* been done in this country by only a few wealthy familim. Now it it Tfwr nta few tuolr for- HAtti, And get jw as much work Aa they can de. And a great many other avenues are now opening for women. • Our Cnrr««MpontlwntM. then cultivate iny talent. But it Is very discount* lug when wc think “Art is mi long, aud life short.” I would love to knowmoreof you, Alice, for in you I recognise a kindred spirit. If you are ns much Interested in ine ms ram In yon, write to me nt flu far Valley, Go. Auer. May Phili. Sugar Valley, Ga. I am a subscriber to your paper, and many hearty thanks for your “Woman’s Kingdom.” live on Hand Mountain, Alabama, and have abundance of fruit this year. Will someone please Inform me through your columns.where J ran pur ehase a good fruit evaporator on a small order lor farm use. I would like to dr)' all the fruit In the ►tato If 1 could for It will be stilled, and then there i« so much misery In our land. If the prohibition law could be left to the ladies, It would soon g* Into effect. A. I*. Brook vllle, Ala. Will send private letter on subject of evaporator, ('an be thought here In Atlanta. Head your name and address. Iloiiseholil Keeeipts, To Prepare Malriky.—Salsify, or vegetable oys- rs, are Improved In flavor greatly, If, after being thoroughly washed In two or three waters, they are boiled with their jackets on. These can be try easily removed, and will look and be perfect ly clean. If salsify Is scraped, os Is the usuul prac tice, much of the flavor Is lost, and It never look* jtiltc clean. Potato Omelette.—Grate three mealy ladled |*>- tatoes, bent three eggs, and mix these with three tablospoonful* of milk. Add salt, white pepper, and an/herb to flavor. Mince three ounces ham or bacon In small dice, fry these In the pan >ld a piece of butter, put In the mixed |Kjtutoc* mid eggs, stir all until set; then leave It to brown. Fold over and serve. Tatty Take*.—If the rook has a little pie crust or even a little of her best puff paste left after mak lug pies, let her line It in this way: Line some put ty puns with It, bake it, then put a icmqtoonftil Jelly or jam Into each one, and pour enough boiled custard over each to fill It. If u [Kitty-pan pie is an Instrument of happiiiess to the children, let it not Ik* despised. Wkodkio-takr Kaos.—A late and pretty fane h the tanking of satin bags In which to send w ding cake to absent friends. Make them of pink or blue, draw them together with n narrow' rlbbou like an old-fusliloucd work-hug. Decorate with the monogram or lultlals of bride nud groom. The cuke should he wrapped In the kind of pupe which confectioners use about fresh candles. Will you please publish the poem “Over the lllll to the IN>or lloune," and If not please tell me w here I can grt It. Answer In Wrekly Constitution a* early as possible and oblige. “Mayul" (’-amp lllll, Ala., April tUh. The above letter dated April 21th hn* Just reach ed u*. Am sorry for the delay. The poem Is too long far our columns, but can tie found In "Will s’arleton V* (siems, aud should tic read In connec tion with “Over the llltls from the Boor House.” Seeing farmer’s wife asks the advice of some friend about making money I aval! myself of the opportunity of answering It. As you arc a far mer** wife I think perhnp* you might make a good sum of money raising |iouitry and selling eggs, chtekru* and turkey*. The latter would sell well before C hristmas. IVrhap* this would enable you to supply the wants of your little one*. I am very grateful to Titr. tkixummox for the “Woman's Kingdom.” It Is a very Interesting and impor tant subject. That piece on "Sweet Minded Wo men” w as splendid and an honor to the author, fan you tell me 1st, where the Hues, “The path of glory toads Imt to the grave,” were taken from, and the author. Al. What is the color of a Nip phlre? ionutant Reader. Kdgvwood, Ua. 1st. Can Ik* found In l!Hh stauxa of Gray's “Ele gy on a Country churchyard.” ad. Color of a *ap- I'hlre I* a purplish blue. You often read of “eye* of sapphire hue.” Woman’s Kingdom: Have you room for a coun try girl to say a few wonts? I find great pleasure Iu reading Tur. coxsrtTVYtog. I believe I like the Woman's Kingdom best of all its departments. As toy father and mother are invalids, I am house keeper, and I also do all the sewing for the family. n> I am very much Interested In the fashion note*. I highly value the rooking recipe* also. 1, like A. H. B., have tailed on almost everything. My gur- •ten is a total failure; have raised but few chick-, cm, and ray cows do very little. 1 have two hives of Italian taws, but It is haul work to collect (be hom y. They get very angry and Ming whenever I go about them, l love l*> read, but we have very lew bonk*. I would like to know where I can get a few iutereMing books that are not costly. Lairdsboro. Go. By writing to the vslitors of The Wkkkly Cox ►titution yon cun get very interesting books at Imt little coni. They will sen*! you a lUi of books on band. I read In Thk Coxsmniux a letter from “Alice W,” of Monroe. I waa Immediately IntcrespsV. 1 am something of an artUt myself. My opportun ities for cultivating what people call decided tal ent* have been limited, practice ha* been my most faithful Instructor, Imt of course not a very perfect one. I should like to leant telegraphy, and be an In that way make money, mxr it and Macaroni flow.—Boll together the bone* nmi tuning of n roast chicken and a steak lione, half an onion and a bit of red pepper. The next ilny take off nil the fat ami put the stock on to heut. When It boil* add salt to taste and two ticks of macaroui broken in short bit* nud soaked nit hour in tepid w ulcr. Grate into the soup otm good sixed potato, half a small turnip, half rot. Boii.wdl and add a dessertspoonful of I fur- ey’s sauce, Fm Cakf..—A novelty in llg cake I* tills Make a cake after the following receipt, und add to it one pound and a quarter of figs; cut the fig* in thin alien* or strip*; dredge them with Hour la* fore putting them lulu the dough; one cup of hut- and three quarters of n cup of sugar, one of sweet milk, three pints of flour and two to a|NH)iifuIs nud a half of linking powder, the white* of tell eggs. As injuring the llg flavor, no spire* 'Xtract should la* added. Bake ill a moderate ov and be sura to lino the till with buttered imp j Frost the top only of the cake. A few drojw of va nilla may be put into the frosting. German Pancakes.—Gorman pancakes are mode of dough prepared a* If for plain fried cake*. Boll quite thin, cut out with a plain cooky cutter: tliotopof one piece put noinc Jelly, or thick Jam: about a tcaapoonful Is a auillclcnt quantity;, put auother plecu of the dough over this one; do not pnwa it dow n in the renter at all, but pres* the edge* firmly together, and If nceessury wet them little to make them adhere; then try thorn iu hot lard, Just as you fry cukes. They should he globe-' slut|H*d when done. You cau picture to yourself what effect the German punenku has tipou the youthful IniNglimtioul To Make a Yocno Fhiko Chick kn Out or an Oui One.—1'nrbnlt the chicken,and when the w ing —the toughest part of any fowl-can I*! pierced Ith a broom-splint without effort; take It out of the kettle, drain It well and eut In pleee* as for a frlcaaec. But one pint of cream Into a largo fry ing pan; let It become heated,then lay thochlukeu into the pan. lad It cook Iu the cream until it is all of a rich brown; then pmfr the cream out Into asmnllsaurc |Nin, putAlump of butter In with the chicken rafter it inslts turn the chicken over, m> that it will bo browned alike on both side*. Thicken the cream with a little flour, ami serve h* gravy In a boat; or, after putting the chicken on a Vt.uVr, paut thJ SSBCTHIl Good HumxoMtioiiM. Do rrmi.mnkk that you are married to a man, and not to a god; be prepared for Imperfection*. Do oncic In a w hile let your husband have the last won!; It wilt gratify him and bo no particular loss to you. Do tut reason AM.r.: it is agreat ilea! to ask under some circumstance*, hut do try: reasonable women •re rare, be rare. Do remember that the interest ul life is not cen tered in you home circle; do familiarise yourself In outside event*. 1K» remember that servants are made of the same nmtcriaU* you are, a tittle Conner grained, per haps, Imt the same In essential*. Do nsai> something In the paper* beside* fash ion note* and society columns; have some knowl edge of what I* going on in foreign countries. Do hr a companion to your husband if he D a wUe man; if he is not, try to make him become your companion; raise hi* standard, do not lot him lower yours. Do nnsrRTT your hatband** prejudices; do res pect lit* relation*, especially hi* mother; she is none the lev. hi* mother because she 1* your moth- er-lu law; she loved him before you did. Not Loxo aua a little volume made It* appear amv, which under the title of “Don't," pretemled to guide aw kward youth* through the Intricacies of social life. Since then several other effusions of a similar kind have continued the work of educa tion commenced by "Don’t.” dome nre dedicated to the world at large, others apparently to roughs and urchin*, and the lost. “What to do,” a worthy iMmttanlon to some of Its predecccmiora. I* writ ten lor married women. Some of these suggestions are as follows . I'm* mi Kuo*.—For burns and scald*, nothing I* more soothing than the white of an egg. which may be poured over the wound. The egg I* con sidered one of the best of remedies for dysentery. Ikwtcuup slightly with or without sugar and swallowed at a gulp, it tend*. by it* emolient |uaUib's | to looaen the Inflammation of the stom ach and intesttnea, and by forming a transient exiting on those organ* to enable nature to resume her healthy sway over a diseased body. Two or three would l»e all that Is required In ordinary case*, and duce the egg t* not merely a medicine. boqdM^s* well, the lighter the diet otherwise. •nilnKi fl ivquiet the patient is kept, the more eertaiu aud rapid the recovery. • Mt*rnp* Fcom Here nnd There, Kindness i* the only charm permitted to the aged; It U the coquetry of while hair. A now re has Just been discovered In Mouth America which Is visible only when the wind blows strongly. At other times nothing but the leaves and st *m* appear. * Tnr nevtM D reported of a peddler who sold nick-nacks on London bridge, aud pretended to be deaf and dumb. Though clothed In rags, he was a Swiss gentleman of fortune, who, stung by re morse, had taken a vow that he Would not open bis lip* for ten yean, and that he would go bare headed and bare-footed, and forego for twenty yean all the advantage* which fortune had be stowed upon him. Ho stuck to hi* vow. and wo* In hi* fourteenth year of voluntary servitude when he died. Captain John Aaron. of Barron Island, Mary land, has among the trees iii his orchard, one which indulges In the peculiar and rather unfor tunate freak of blooming only when Mime member of the captain’* family is about to die. Although It I* now quite old it low bloomed bat three time*. The first time it bloomed oneof his son* died.Some five or six years afterwards it bloomed again, and another son died. Last year It bloomed a third time, and a daughter died. It stands near a grave yard, and, notwIthAtonding, appeal* from different members of the family to have It cut down, Mr. Aaron stubbornly refuse* to have It molested. A miwAMC against piano playing ha* begun In Berlin. The promoters of the crusade have circu lated petition*for signature in all the* residence portions of the city, and the petitions,which have a very large number of signers, have now been pre sented to the municipal and police authorities. They act forth that the constant and monotonous practicing of scale* and exercises by piano pupils ha* become an intolerable nuisance, causing mite suffering to invalids/aggravating all form* of ner von* disease* nnd depreciating the value of real estate. They, therefore, claim that It I* a proper subject for |H>liec regulations to pray that a muni clpal ordinance be enacted restricting the time piano playing and practicing to the hour* between eleven a. hi., aud twelve, noon, and between eight and eleven p. m. _ b’llMllioil Noten. nilR YflTINfi FHI If Q I Uwbo *» Beck! whoa, Beck,” coarse like a man and . uun i unu ruljw. j *w Ung to thcbrWle ttndrrarefl me , snowed j “whoa. Beck,” but Beck didn’t “whoa" and I fell Devoted to the Instruction and Entertain- J off, bucket, hat, boy and all. We get fighting mad ment of the Boys and Girls Who Read The Constitution. [In writing for this department, write plainly, on onesldeof your [Ki|»er, and put “Our Young Folk*” In one corner of your envelope.) Little Hurry’* Letter? ' White velvet hat* are worn at dress afternoon gardeu parties. The newest fancy In printed lawns is for dotted effects In tlie tissue. Feather borders and feather fringes appear dressy silk nud satin parasols. Bale gray tint* hid fair to take the place of ecru nud cream for evening toilets. High colflhresaud the use of hair powder to limited extent prevail In Baris. Itcdlngotc* with shirred backs, fitting well in at tiie wutst line, are much worn. The overdress la more nud more frequently made* with downward pleats ns tho season advances. Ktutu Inc is thc fabric used instead of Turkey red for seaside |Nim*ols on the other side of the water. Bauds of ribbon terminating In fiat bow* form ic verticlc decorations of many printed lawn dresses. White lawn costumes show as great variety in style of make up a* colored suits did earlier In the season, 1 Lace parasols, lined with colored surah and dec orated with flowers ntn^bows of ribbon, appear ou umbrella counters. Thu polonaise or rcdlngote or simulations of thcNC garments are the |>opular style of dress for street costume* this season. Home of the shot silks vie with thc lastcr and sheen of the wings of insect* and the feathers of the most iridescent of bird*. America sets the fashion for little girl* dresses tho other ride, tho “American frocks” being the first favorite for little women. Bonnets and lmts entirely covered with black, Jut-beaded net and trimmed with ostrich tips take prccedeuco of all other beaded net chapeaux. only two mute-rial* are used In one costume, but the rule i* frequently broken Iu favor of vutvet, plain silk und brocade all in one dress. Feathers and flowers fastened In tho colflhro with moths and butterflies of gold thread and gos samer are favorite ornament* for evening wear. Aceordcon-plaltcd skirts and shoulder cape*, bordered with a deep nceordcon-plnltiug, are worn together, especially by chlldreu aud young girl*. Hklrt* of rayaduu striped wool are made up in what U called “aceordeou” plaits, and have a gnfixed panicr overdries, to be worn with a sash ribbon. Tho favorite form for tho popular w hite lawn suit is the Mother Hubbard yoke and belted wuist with a tucked *kirt, uot gored, but gathered or pleated to tho waist band. Milk und lisle-thread glove* and mils with very long wnist* nnd In all the new shade* of gray, tun brown, block and ecru, are seen on glove counter* and sold at very low price*. Gold braid, gold lace, gold beads and a variety of yellow flowers, from daffodils and buttercup* to ilaiiduUons aiul yellow asters, occupy a large place In bonuct trimming*. Sorrel green and rose nnd old gold and pheasant blue or bronxe are favorite color combination* In coHtunies, especially* tliosu of shot taffeta glace, trimmed with velvet nud lace. A great many costumes have a false skirt, trimmed with a bios baud of velvet, while thcrcfll skirt, plaited straight down or acres*, falls about two or three Inches from the edge of thc first skirt. The blending of many colors in the same fabric give* an antique graro to many costumes and nl*o permit* latitudo of taste ta (he selection of thc colors of the ribbons and othet •accessories of the toilet* The cross ray* of pink and bWts pink and red pink and gold, and blue and gold a* seen In thc shot silks of this season, present a rare luxury of color to the artistic &yo amt afford scop*for variety and harmony in thc hues of thc other parts of the dress. Three dangerously bad special style* of this sum- r against which a note of warning should be raised in time, are the shoulder rape, the large and eccentric parasol, aud the profuse us* of gold in braids, feather*, conk net*, Jlqwcra, millinery and accessories of the toilet. A new kind of embroidery, destined to become immensely fashionable, consist* of raised flowers the iwtals formed of lustrous satin or satin rlbbou in all colon and shade* demanded by the artist, and thc leave* and calyxes of Ktu*tngton-»tltch in ■ilk floss. The old-fashioned gyp*>* bonnet*, plaiting* In side the brim, ami lodened uubddo with Yf reath* and sprays of rare French flowers will bo tho head covering* par excellence for the pretty young girls this reason. loiter on the gypsy will be made of shirred crape or silk mull. Thc colflhro for chlldreu is simple and beeom* lug. I.lttla boy* uuder 7 yean wear their hair banged straight over their foreheads, sod half long behind. Little girl* from two to eight years of age wear their hair flowing behind, and sometimes confined by a dainty ribbon tied at one side. A very popular gurmeifc for wearing with dif ferent skirt* for morning will be the ”!!na»ar” Jacket of reru or cream-colored pongee, embroid ered with white nr brown silk upon the rolling col lar, deep turn-over cufft and thc belt. This is an aoay and comfortable waist, which looks well over skirt* of alm«Mt any material nr color. A l*ori* letter tells of the latest style bonnet, called a cobweb Unmet, The frame is the finest metallc netting, a kind of gatuc, over silk which serves as liuing. On the wire are Axed, at certain distances, small die*, having the air of “walking Into the parlor.” In fn nt are rolls of laccor a bow of ribbon, on which a butterfly rv;*>**. He Failed to l'nlt. From the Essex County Statesman. A Gcrmau tailor In a village in Canada failed a few days ago and called a meeting of his creditors. An Investigation seemed to show that his liabili ties were fl.UA) and his assets $UMA It thus apiNMra,” said one of bis creditors, that you can pay i» cents on the dollar.” “Vhcl, I doan’ figure Uke dot,” replied the tai lor. How do you figure?" "Vhy. I pay* feefty cents onder dollar." How can you do that when youraract* only al low for one* fourth.’ A portman stood with ptizxlod brow, Aud In hi* hand* turned o’er nnd o’er A letter with address so strange A* he had never seen before, The writing cramped, the letters small, Aud by a boy’s rough hand engraved. The word* run thu*: “To Jcsu* Chrtat,” And uuderueath inscribed, “In Heaven.' The postman paused, for well lie knew No mail on earth this note eouhl take, And yet it wo* written in childish faith And posted for thc dear Lord's sake. With careful hand lie broke the seal And reverently the letter read; ’Twos short ami very simple too, For thb is all the writer said: “My Lord und Savior, Jesus Christ, I've lately lost my fattier dear; My mother Is very, very poor, And life to her Is sad and drear; Yet thou has promised in thy word That none can ever ask in vain, For what they need of earthly store If only asked in Jesus' name; Aud so I write you in His name To ask that you will kindly send Some money down, what you can spare. And what is right for us to spend. I want so much to go to school— While father lived I always went, But he had little, Lord, to leave, And what he left is almost spent.” The tidlngM reached that far-off land. Although the letter did not go, Aud straight thc King an angel sent To help thc little boy below. Yet to his mother lie w ould say, “I knew thc Ix>rd would answer make When He had read my letter through Which 1 had sent for Jesus' sake.'* Oh, happy boy l could you but teach Our hearts to trust our Father's love. And to believe where might's dented, 'TI* only done our faith to prove. Our Letter l)ox, Dear Aunt Music: 1 think if we little folk* had some object of gcnena! Interest it would make us feel more like we were kin sure enough, and I pro pose that we form aclub for the pur]mse of furnish ir.g little Willie Jimmie flinith, of Chalybeate Springs, Oil., with school books uutil his fait i is rewarded by a good sumnrltan coming to help him Judging from the number of letters I should think we children might do some good, aud iu order that ali may take part In It I propose that in little boy or girl shall send more than ten cents. I also propose that we nppoiut Mr. D. W. Green, of Tiik Constitution office, treasurer. I inclose ten cents us a charter member. I love to read ”0. Y. aud Tnlraage’s sermon. Tell ('. F. Maddox we enjoyed his letter and he must write again, nud Frank Adams, too. Yours truly, “Ion." Orysa, Lauderdale County, Teun. Dear Aunt Susie: Inin thirteen year* old. I'vi been going to school, but have stopped. Papa has fish pond nnd has some very nice carp in It. He takes The Constitution and. 1 like the children'! department nud Betsy Hamilton very much. Yours, Lira Htuozia. Helena, Ga. Dear Aunt Susie: 1’vc been sick. I worked too hard, got over heated nnd have hud the fever. Please answer this riddle: Twelve pears were hanging high, Twelve meu came riding by. Each took n pear Aud loft eleven hanging there. Your nephew, Jons Pelham Ledukttrr. Cross Plains, Ala. Dear Auut Susie: I’m eleven years old. I stay at home now and help mama nnd sister milk and chum. Papa Is a farmer and takes The Constitu tion. 1 am left-handed aud alt the scoldings 1 got at school were for writing w Ith my left hand. Your little friend, Mattie N. Htroziek. Dear Aunt Mu«le: 1 am thirteen year* old. We have vocation now aud 1 help mama keep house. ran piece quilt*, knit trimming aud crochet. We Uke The (ViKsmrnoN and I love to read it, espec- Ully Bill Arp, Betsy Hamilton and O. Y. F. Yotr little friend, Af.i.u: Lorrix. Bed Oak, Ga. Dear Aunt Pdilo: I am a farmer's son, fourteen years old. We live In the country about 7 mile* from Quitman. We havo an old gray houso that is very much afraid of a gun and 1 think Its very fool ish In him. Yours, # Bvnos B. Adams. Quitman, Miss. Dear Aunt Music: I am twelve years old. I havo stay at home from school and help mama cook, she has a great deal to do. Fattier is a farmer and my brother* work with him and l helped drop cotton, too. 1 went to church and heard the best preacher l ever heard preach, Mr. J. A. Muuduy. Papa take* Thk Constitution aud I love to read it. Yours truly, Hattie Kirk Kwino. Palmetto, (la. Dear Aunt Music: lam ten your* old. Mama teaches me nt home during the winter months and ... summer I work In the fields with pupa. I like studying better than work. I bring the mail from the postofibv for our neighborhood every Friday and am always m> glad wheil Friday conic* and we now every time the boys say “whoa. Beck,” to us. We hove six boy* and no girls at our home. Yours. Claude Cody Carr. Conyers, Ga. Dear Aunt Sturie: I am ten years old. Papa i c doctor and take* your paper. He likes it very much. I can sew on the machine. Mama has a little baby girl named after oneof the nicest ladles In Atlanta, Yournelce, Mattie Moore. White Plains, Ga. Dear Aunt Susie: I'm a little Texasgirl, but my jMirents are Georgians and take The Constitution. We ure *o glad when it come* and enjoy reading Betsy Hamilton, BUI Arp and thc children's letters. I wish some of them would write to me. Your ncice, Mattie Stok ms. Sulphur Spring*, Texas. Dear Aunt Susie: I am seven years old. Mama Isa widow and J help her wash dishes and milk aud then wc take old Pink to the pasture. I like The Constitution very much. I would like to hear from Joel Gilbert again. Your little friend, Fayetteville, Go. Nettie Hudson. Dear Aunt Susie: I am a big boy, six years old, I can go fishing and hunt eggs. I am learning fast at school. I am staying with sister now and mama will be surprised to sec my letter. Yours truly, Covington, Ga. Boyce Jarman. Pear Aunt Susie: I am nearly fourteen years old, I’spa takes The Constitution and we all enjoy reading It very much. 1 like the Young Folks col unin brat'of all. I’ve pieced five quilts. I ah making uquiit for my cousin and am going to have nil the girls in the* neighborhood make a inan*. When we l»n!*h be Is going to give us a quilting. Tell Lelu Campbell I’ve commenced tuilt like the one she sent to The Constitution. Yours truly, . Emma Kkaoiv. Roekdrtlc County, Georgia. Dear Aunt fiuile: We are coibins aged l.l and 10 nnd go to the same school and love our teacher dearly. Our papas both Dike The Constitution and wu like so much to reud it, especially Betsy Hamilton, she talks so funny; O. Y. F., and BUI Arp. Your little friend, Ada IIarrkr and Carrie Hart. Long Cane, Gn. Dear Aunt Susie: I think Betsy Hamilton’s let ter* are so funny. I am nearly eight year* old. I went to school three months, but got sick and hod to stop. Papa ho* a saw miil nnd I go out [here and stay with him all thc week. He comes home every Friday and I am so glad to see mama nnd my little sister und brother. Papa takes five or six papers and mama say* TyE Constitution is the best of all. Your friend truly, Albert It Almond. Highland Home, Talladega, Ala. Dear A nut Music: I ntn niuc years old nnd have two little sister* and mama say* we make a great deal of noise. 1 will have vocation soon and then ran go plum hunting and fishing. Your Uttic nelce, • Carrie Hell Willis. Pleasant Hill, Ga. Dear Aunt Music: I’m nine years old. Papa has taken The Constitution ever since I was first started. I love to read the children’s department, Bill Arp und Betsy Hamilton’s funny stories. 1 drop coni, hoe in the garden, bring iu wood, hold the calves while they milk nnd feed the pigs. Mr. Carpenter und Cousin Willie Austin'live with us nnd they made n fish trap Hud put it in the creek; to we get some fish now. Wo roll the corn we plant in Du* to keep thc birds from pulling it up. Your friend, Elam Austin Hopkins. Dear Aunt Susie: I am eleven years old. I can not compete with iny cousins In quilt making, but think 1 ran beat them making cotton aud corn. Papa is a farmer and I help him work on thc farm. He had one of hi* hands hand* shot off during the He takes The Constitution and 1 lpvo to read the children’s letter*. Youra f Conyers, Ga. Addie May Phillips. Dear Aunt Music: I am. helping pai*i work on the (arm now, but am going to school when it begins again. Papa takes The Constitution and 1 love to re.ul It, especially Bill Arp, Betsy Hamilton, Uncle ltcmu* nud the Young Folks column*. I like the game* you scut us. Your little frieud, Locust Grove, Gil Pleasant Meoan Spears. Dear Auut Music: I am seventeen year* old. 1 don't go to school this year a* I help work on the fnrtu. Wu take The Constitution and I like Unclc Ucuius very much. 1 am going to take music les son* soon from thc sweetest little ludy in the state. Your nephew, John K. Pender. llarahou, Ga. Dear Aunt Musle: lam a farmer's son, ton years old and am going to school soon., Papa take* Thk Constitution and 1 like it better than I did last year. Can you guess why? I like Uncle Rein us aud Betsy Hamilton, but most of all the Young Folk* column. Your little frieud, Calhoun, Go. Wade Hampton Blake. Dear Auut Susie: 1 am a farmer'* daughter 11 year* old and 1 go to school to Professor Maddox. 1*u|ki take* Tiie Constitution aud It Is a welcome visitor at our home. Your friend, I.ela C. Brannon. Dear Aunt Susie: I'm very muc h Interested In the Young Folk* columns. I go to school. 1 have scrap book. 1 can play ou the organ and love music very much. Papa ha* a store and 1 have a nice time eating candy. Your* truly, Woodstock, Ga. Mary Lou Latimer. get Tiie CoNvnrvrto Near Villa Itlea, Ga. Dear Aunt Susie: 1 am 13 year* old. Father is a farmer. He lake* The Constitution and like* It very much, bu) l read It more than he dm**. I am ry fond of rcadiug. I go to school and to Sunday school. I haven't mlwed going once this year. I happy to be a name sake of yours, because you are so kind to give u* a place tu Tiie Constitu tion. Your loviug nelce, Su*ik E. David. Pauli, Go. Dear Aunt Made. I am a farmer's daughter, 12 year* old. Pa|* take* Tiie Constitution and l Uke It wry much, especially Betsy Uamtltou ami Our Letter Box. I go to school and cau cook and play the organ. Your little friend, Nannie Annie Watson. Dear Aunt Susie: 1 am a farmer'* daughter, ten year* old. I do not go to school now. I feed the ehickens and goat* aud am piecing a quilt. 1 have pet goat named Stanley. 1 go to Sunday achooL Your little friend. Mattie Bullock. Collins, Drew County. Ark. Dear Aunt Susie: I am a fanner's daughter, ten year* old. and have had but little chance to go to school. I wash tho dishes, milk and cook some time*. Papa take* Tux Constitution and thinks * a great paper. I love to read It too. Your nelce, Lela E. Boo?*. Kaon Grove, Go. Dear Aunt Music: l have been to two picnic* this year and had a nice time. I draw water, uke iu the stovewood. make thc bed* and uke the milk the pit for mama. Fin making a quilt, too. Your little friend. Hems Phillim. Ilogansvllle. Ua. Dear Annt Susie: The other day my brother and myself begged mama to let us take a mule ride, and though she didn't much like (t, the said we might Uke a bucket and go down to Aunt DUsey'* “Vbel, I prin*i der odor money down from der ] for some milk. Yon don't know how bl* m Wt oust," He was uot permitted to fail n the Mi'oar Camp.—When I was about eleven year* old and my brother Joe nine, wc were stay ing wltn my mother nt Grandpa Hollister's. It was spring time aud the meu were busy In the sugar ramp, making maple sugar. We children »yed going down to the camp, which wu* about half a mile from the house. One night our mother il consented to our staying at the comp uutil the •sugaring off" was finished. We hud begged for this privilege, wishing to **n» the fire after dark. Fancying tho woods would be delightful when lighted up by the camp fins, we had a basket with our supper* and were provided with pleuty of nip*. A little while before dark Uncle Williams went .... to the house td attend to the evening chores, leaving u* with Thomas. Thoma* was a faithful fellow who hod lived at my uncle’s “off and ou,” they used to say, for many year*. My grand father was too old to do much work and all the farm business was managed by my uncle, w ho lived In the same yard with grandpa. There was on this particular evening an under standing bctweou Thoma* and Uncle William*— a* it proved, a misunderstanding—that uncle wo* to ret uro at seven o’clock aud Thomas wo* to to spend the night with a sick frieud two mile* away. Seven o’clock came and Thomas, who ltad the utmost faith tfi the perfect understanding between himself and his employer, raid: Now. children, I suppose you won't be afraid stay alone fora few minutes? Your uncle will right along; and I ought to be off, for it is a good bit of a walk I have before me. Thing* l« all right but you might keep a little watch of the ket tle until your uncle come*." O, what a long watch that wo*! For a little while we enjoyed being left alone: we ’called our selves “babes In the wood*;” then we Invented other fiction* which afterward* seemed only too true! We Imagined ourselves lost or deserted; or we were pioneer* camping for thc night. After a little while we began to turn our eyes toward* the house and to peer Into the darkness, listening In tently for unde's footstep*. Now and then we turned our attention to thc great iron kettle* swinging over the fire. It was fortunate for n* that these needed atten tion from time to time. We had learned during i when we trotted off. but prettysoonold Beck laid tion from time to time, oensa teamen curing Imt ton, mn b*rk ,aJ juit Unr. Mj- brothtr aid oor frequent d»r visit* to the raptr «m|* mme tiling ot the «rt of sugar making, and we knew just what to do. Cautfouriy we fed the fire, or.d dipped from the large syrup kettle Into the smaller one, and replenished thc heater from thc barrels of cold sap near by. Uncle had said before leaving, “It will take until midnight to get all this boiled down.” And Jo© und I hod rejoiced over the prospect of a long even ing in the wood*. After a while we began to wonder a little over Uucle William's absence, then a* the minute* passed nnd he did not come, we grew anxious and frightened. “What if he should not come at all!” said Joe, “But he will!” I persisted; “he knew Thomas wu* going away, und he will come to see to things here.” Let’* tell stories!” said Joe. And so we told stories until both memory and inventive power* were exhausted; then we sang a little, but our voices sounded so strange nnd weird there in the woods that we soon stopped singing. Once we pro posed going home. 'But we ought not to leave the kettles and the fire without some one come* to tend to them,” said Joe, bravely Then I remembered the creek which the late thaw had swollen so that the water was quite up to tiie bridge, and f feared to try to cross in the darkness. There really seemed to be nothing to do- but Just to wait. After awhile—it seemed hours—Joe fell asleep; I could not keep him awake, nnd coucludcd to let him sleep awhile. I covered him with one of tho shawl* and sat beside him fora long time, looking into the fire. The syrup in the kettles bubbled nnd foamed, or simmered slowly; now and then I re plenished the fire, trembling with excitement as if I had an ague fit! 1 was not naturally a coward, but I submit it to readers, if the circumstances were not peculiar enough to make a stouter heart than a child of eleven is supposed to carry quake with fear! And yet It would have been impossible to tell what I feared. There were no wild animals In that region more ferocious than a chipmunk. Tramps had never lieen heard of; I had no fear of ghosts and hobgoblin*—tny education In that re spect hud been sadly neglected! Away back in early childhood my father hud, in a few words, set my miud forever nt rest upon those subjects, and ghosts and fairies were meaningless terms tome. I hud never read or listened to stories of those unreal beings, and consequently had not the least fear or awe tending iu that direction. Yet a vague sens© of danger hung over me; the loveliness of tho place, the weird shapes that the trees and hushes took ou in the flickering light of the ramp fires, and worst of all, the stillness, made tho slow pass ing hours seem quite unendurable. All at (Mice there mine Into my mind the w ords of a hymn which iny grandmother loved toslng: “Did ever brouble yet befall And He refused to hear thy call?” Then I slipped away and knelt down In the shad beside un old stump and prayed; 1 said, “Dear Father in lieaveu, Jocund I are in great trouble; wilt Thou cure for us and hclp 4 u*? The people at home do not know wc are here alone, o, dear Father, let them know some way, or send Thomas back, for we arc afraid to stay hurcnloue, nud we are afraid something bus lmppcucd to Uncle Wil liams. O, l,ord, tube care of ns all, for Christ’* sake. Amen." Again and again, I prayed this prayer, then I went buck to Joe aud the kettles. I think 1 must have dozed u little, for once or twice 1 slatted up in a great fright. Then Joe wakened and begun to cry: I tried to comfort him, hut wound up by burst ing Into sob* myself. Then Joe tried to comfort me, und wo Just cried together. After awhile I said: "Don't cry any more, Joe; somebody must come soon!” "But they won't come,” said Joe; “they won’t know wc arc alone. Mother thinks wc are going to sleep at Auut Comic’s, and Aunt Coruie will think we have gone back tograndim's.” Then, as if some- . thing new hod occurred to him, lie burst out, “O, Fldcl what If uucle started to come and got drown ed in tho crook!” “I don't believe that ho started; most likely ho forgot about Thoinn*’ going away. But they will come soon, I’m sure." “What make* you think so, Fide? They won’t know," iDuraistcd Joe. But I insisted that they would come soon. Though I believed that God had heard my prayer, and . that he would send relief, I could not put my faith into word* to tell Joe, but I said: 'Joe, let’s sing the hymn that mother.likes; the one thut says: ” ’What though darkness gather rouud? Hongs In the night Hcglveth.’ ” It was not loug after this that I started up so suddcttly that Joe was frightened more than ever. Fidel what I* It?” They an; coming! they are coming! 1 see the light! I see two people!” “Maybe it Dn't our folks,” said Joe, trembling In every nerve; “let’* hide uutil wo find out who It I*?’’ But 1 was not afraid of any human being, and moreover, I felt sure that it must be my uncle who was coming. We had not long to wait; uearcrand nearer mine the Mwiugiug light; wu could here the crunching of the leave* and twig* under their feet, and thu sonud of their voice* fell upon our can, •ud soon Uncle William* called out, “Fide! Jool" Yes, sir!” wo both.answered; ”wo are here!" And thc next moment uucle and Thoma* stood before a*. “Arc you here, all safe?” exclaimed Thomas; and then a queer thing happened. It seemed *s If thc great fire all went out, and my uncle ami Thomas faded away, and the next thing I knew, I heard Thoma* say: ”Hhe I* coming to herself l We’d better get her right home; I ran carry her, and come back nnd look after the kettle*.” I rcmcmticred that, weak and faint a* I was, I said; “He did hear me!” “Poor ehibl! did you call?” said Thomas. “Ye*. I did!" Then I wanted to !»e taken home to iny mother. What a time there wo* w heu w© reached lhu house. Thomas carried me nearly ail the way, uncle stay ing behind to finish up the work. He said nfterwanl* that we did a good night’s work ami saved a good many dollar* worth of sugar. The way of it all was that uncle expected Thoma* would come to the house If he decided to go to see hi* friend, ami a* he did not come nncle supposed he had given up the plan. About twelve 'clock Thomas came home and uncle called out from hi-* bed room: , Well, Thomas, Is everything all right?" All right!" returned Thomas. Well, I suppose the children know where to sleep—Fide—" “The children!” exclaimed the bewildered Thoma*, "what children l” Why, Fide and Joe—what did you do with them?” Do with them! My goodness, man!—didn't you go to the bash? I—" Uncle Williams was out of bed and so wa* Aunt Tortile, iDefore Thoma* finished hi* exclamation, and I expect that uncle dreaded quicker than ever before, ne didn’t wait for explanation*; his first thought wo* to go to grandpa’* and see H we were there, but Aunt Coruie said no, she wa* over there at nine o'clock and we were not there then, and she thought Che brat thing to do would be to go to th« wood* at once. I guess that L* best,” sold Thoma*. “Fide 1* A plucky little thing, and she would stick to thc ketr tie* until somebody came.” It was explained afterward* that Thoma* found, that two brothers of the rick man had unexpect edly arrived and he waa not needed, so be stayed on awhile,- and then came home. lie **ld bo thought at fir-t that he would stay all night any way, because he felt too tired to walk way bom© again; bat afterword* he felt that he most come. In tact,” he said, “I don't believe anything could have kept me!” Since that night I have never doubted that God hears and annrer* pray»■r.