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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, TUESDAY. JULY 1, 1884.—TWELVE 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 earnestly solicited,
Write “Woman's Kingdom on one corner of the
•envelop.]
“My Mother's Prayer.”
. As I wandered 'round the homestead,
Many a dear familiar spot
Drought within my recollection,
Scenes I'd seemingly forgot;
There the orchard—meadow yonder—
Here the deep, old-fashioned well,
With Its old mom-covcred bucket,
Sent a thrill no tongue can tell.
Tho' the house was held by strangers,
All remained the same within,
Just as when a child I rambled
Up and down, and out and In;
To the garret dark asccudlng—
Once a source of childish dread—
Peering thro' the misty cobwebs,
So! 1 saw my cradle bod.
Quick I drew it from the rubbish.
Covered o'er with dust so long;
When, behold, I heard in fancy
Strains of ono familiar song,
Often sung by my dear mother
To me in that cradle bed :
“Hush, my dear, lie still and slumber,
Holy angels guard they bed."
While I listen to the music
Stealing on In gentle strain,
I am carried back to childhood—
I am now a child again;
'TIs the hour of my retiring,
At the dusky even tide;
Near my cradle bod I'm kneeling,
Aa of yore, by mother's side.
Hands arc on my head so loving,
Aa they were In childhood's days;
I with weary tones ain trying
To repent tho words she says;
'TIs a prayer In language simple
As a mother's lip* can frame:
"Father, Tbou who art In heaven,
Hallowed, ever, be Thy name."
Prayer Is over, to my pillow
With a “good night" kiss, I creep,
Scarcely waking while 1 whisper,
"Now I lay mo down to sleep;"
Then my mother, o'er me landing,
Prays In earnest words, but mild:—
"Hear my prayer, O, Heavenly Father,
lllcss, oh, bless, my precious child!"
Vet I ain but only dreaming; •
Ne'er I’ll be a child again;
Many years has that dear mother
In the quiet graveyard lain;
But tier blessed angel spirit
Dally hovers o'er my head,
Calling me from earth to heaven,
Kvou from my cradle lied.
Tiii;«k CAME A reqpkht to me not long since
to make our Kingdom complete by giving
aome points on social etiquette. Thoro are a
great many young people who ^hare not the
advantages of being much in society, and
the rules of etiquette change ns do the rules
of anything else, it is well for them to keep up
with tlieao changes. 8o we will from time to
time givo them a few articles on this subject,
I had a discussion with some young people not
long ago on the proper arm for a gentleman
to giro a Inly when walking on tho street at
night. In former years a gentleman always
gave a lady the inside of tho walk, no mattor
whicu arm she look. That was to prevent
jiny rough person you wero meeting from
*g*ta*t her; but now the custom has
< dinhgc«Y, AM it S? Wl Considered etiquetlo to
: givo her anything but the left arm. Hut you
•way notice any courteous geutleman of the
* old school will always put a lady inside,
Ms always proper for a lady to bow first on
meeting on acquaintance. That gives tho
lady the privilege of not bowing to a gentle-
mao whom she has been accidentally in*
itrodured and does not wish to keep up the
i acquaintance. Thero are some of tho very
IbMt articles on social etiquette, by Emily 8.
Ttonton, in tho Toledo Diode, I aver read, ami
1 wish all our young girls aud boys could read
them. Bhe says if a young girl is traveling
alone and finds she is tho bbjeet of much at
tention from sotno masculine individual, sho
may know it is not respectfiil admiration, but
a desire to see if she can bo approached with
impunity. A young lady should ho oareftil in
traveling net to form acquaintances too hastily,
and never to ask questions or discuss her own
private a Hairs. Don't form tho idea that
everybody is interested in your movements,
for jwiwoiis only ridicule you and think atonco
that you are uuacinistomed to traveling. You
will often meet with people who tell you
whore they came from and where they are
going, when they started and when they ex
pect to arrive at their destination, ami you
may always notice and as soon as they are
done giving you this information they imme
diately begin to ask your confidence in regard
to your movrincnU. 8o it is well to bo care
ful and not ts bo too communicative. 1 will
write again on this subject.
brought away. They
Seminole country, where being planted, it
grew and flourished. From this root the va
riety was propagated, and in the course of
time, it spread through the peninsular, where
it thrives and blooms at the present day. It is
universally styled the (fherokee rose.
A Faxct.—It has become fashionable to
drape all kinds of easels, no matter how ex
pensive the frame work may chance to be,
or how small a dress of this kind is used. The
drapery does not always cover the easel. The
manner of arranging the scarf is a mere mat
ter of personal taste. The goods employed
include all soft clinging materials. Surah
silk aud fine cashmere ore excellent, and
when adorned with becoming needlework the
result is artistic in every sense of the word
An easel cloth for a large picture would look
well made of plush and embroidered with
filaolle. Before working the design it is bc9t
to drape the picture, in order to know just
where to have the decorations wrought.
Our Correspondents.
I think It was kind In the proprietors of The
Constitution to give the ladies space in so good a
paper. I hope more of them will become Inter
ested and write for the departments, thus exchang
ing Ideas that will be of value to each other,
would like to exchange some knitted lace and
crochet patterns with Daisy, f have some that are
very beautiful. Tarry.
Adams vllle, June 12.
In the word "Facetious," Lula It. will find all
tho vowels In their proper order. As there Is a
growing Interest In silk culture, communications
on that subject, giving tho results of experiment,
will !>e of Interest to many readers. L. It.
An excellent suggestion which we hope will be
•ted on.
I am so delighted with the Woman’s Kingdom
and wish to thank you for it. I wish Daisy would
send me some crochet sdbipJcs, and give me tho
name and price of the book referred to. I sm a
lover of fancy work, and If she will give me her
name and address will send her some new |uit-
terns. 8. K. McL.
Calanta, Harris county.
May I come In? I have been on the evo of ask
ing admission to the Woman's Kingdom for some
time. I am an orphan girl; dependent on myself
and earnestly desire some remunerative employ
ment. I live In a prosperous part of the county,
that Hill Arp’s suggestion toscll fruits and flow
ers would be at a discount, os such surplus Is freely
given away. I have no means to engage In silk
iilturo, and though there arc many children In
this section there arc more than a full supply of
teachers. I cut, fltandsow well, but all do their
own work. I ain young, strong and willing, and
rather think my talent lies In housekeeping and
am sure I could give satisfaction, llut whoso house
shall 1 keep? I have none. In conclusion let me
say I think The Constitution tho best paper I
ever read. I hope the editors will give Us another
fashion letter. They help us country girls
much. Georuik.
OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
Devoted to the Instruction and Entertain
ment of the Boys and Girls Who
Read The Constitution.
(In writing for this department, write plainly, on
one side of your paper, and put “Our Youug Folks"
In one corner of your envelope.]
Dkab Boys and Girls.—So many of you
have written me about the fine times you've
had at parties aud picnics, at which you wish
ed that I could be present, that I think I
must tell you about a fishing party I’ve just
been to. A party of us went up to a very
beautiful |K»nd near Calhoun, Ga., last week,
nd spent five days fishing and frolicing and
hud a "splendid time." We took our cook and
all sorts of nice things to eat witn us, and when
the cook prepared our meals we had a table
put under the trees and ate out there,
night eight of us slept in one room, but we had
enough beds for all and did not mind the
crowding. Thero wero some cracks in the
lloor, and one night ono of the girls dreamed
that a snake crawled through a crack up
her bed, so she jumped up and made a light
if it was true. The week before we were
there a snake did come in, so we used
wonder every night which crack anbther
ono would crawl through that night, but not
one came to ace us. One night it rained, and
crowd of pigs got under the house to keep out
of the rain, and we had a serenade ef grunts
and squeals oil tho night. We did not enjoy
that as much as we did that Hulling and boat
riding; but I guess tho pigs thought they were
very kind to mako music for us. While I wus
boot riding I thought about all of you and
thought how nice it would be if all my little
boys and girls could have a grand picnic
the pond, with mo there to watch over them
and to keep them from falling into tho. pond,
one of our party did the day before we left.
She stepped into the wet boat that afternoon
take a ride; but her foot slipped and she got
ducking instead. That waa the only accident,
however, and as that was not serious wc had
the loveliest time in the world. Next week
’ll send you a game. I thought you would
rather hear about the happy time I had had
this week, because you hod wished that
could enjoy your parties with you. I wish you
could have all been with me for a day. I ain
afraid the fear of snakes would have frightened
>ino of you if you had staid hungry. I wish
every ono of you a very happy vocation.
Aunt Susie.
Gowaip About Women,
Womsii Is a delightful, musical Instrument,
which love Is the bow and man the artist.—Stend
hal.
A beautiful and ejaste woman Is the perfect
workmanship of (iod, the true glory of augulx, the
mro miracle of earth, and the solo wonder of the
world.—Hermes.
Tho manufacture of perfumes from Flsrlda flow
ers Is becoming an importaut Industry. It Is said
that a process has rccoutly been devised for ex
trotting the street flavor of the cassava plant.
As a worker, woman Is prone to undertake too
much, to over tax herself, to wear ont her life too
rapidly. Iter ambition far exceeds her strength.
■There Is a limit to human achievement, though
thoro may be none to human expiration. As a rule
woman works at a disadvantage. Her energies are
divided; she has too many trades, too rnauy “Irons
the fire."
Mr. lliuikln said disagreeable things about
women’s brains and the female sex In art and lit
erature In his younger days, but he has lived long
enough to learn better, and to take most of them
latck. lie Is adored by women now In his old days
and has many correspondents among ladies. Borne
them wrote him a letter, asking: "What are
plain girls to do?" Mr. ltuskln answered right
gallantly, lie told tho young ladles that girls who
well bred, and kind and modest, can never lie
offensively plain." Whatever the shape the girl’
mouth may bo she can refine It by culture and
sweet, bright thoughts till It ceases to lie unstrap
th e. Bho cannot mako her cars smaller, physically
speak lug, but any girl can make herself graceful
and attractive In manuers If she gives her head to
By genuiuo kindness and good temper, by cul
tivating her Intellect, by studying what is ticst
and brightest, acting on her woman’s natural lin
pulse to please, she can come to have such win
iilug ways that nobody will think of her as
hcuutifn!. Mr. Kuskin is right. There need be mo
homely girls. 1 trust all the girls who read those
columns will rememborthU and net accordingly.
IIottHohold Hoeoipts.
Horr (liNuEn Bread.—One cup of sugar and one
eup of butler to Ik* mixed together as tho first iU'
grcdlcnta. One cup of syrup, in w hlch a spoonful
of soda is dissolved. Three eggs beaten, ono eup
of milk, three cups of Uour, aud four teaspoousful
ginger.
Taa Caaaoxaa Hose.—A lady artist was ad
miring our beautiful Cherokee roee, and asked
me what season it bloomed. Having always
lived north she had never seen it until travel
ing in Florida, and was greatly plcaaod
tew days after my conversation with her I
read tho following very pleasing legcud, aud
hoping it may catch her eye, 1 give it be
low:
4< A pleasing feature of Florida is tho beau-
Cite! and fragrant Cherokee rose that abound
<in the peninsular* The Cherokee tribe of In
diaas dwelt from five hundred to one thousand
miles further north, in what is naw northern
Georgia, and in the adjacent regions, now
comprised in Tennessee and North Carolina.
Naturally we ask: 'How came the Florida
rose to bear the ns mo of Cherokee?' The
legend is that the 8emmoles, living in the low
country, now Florida, went on the warpath
•gainst the Cherokee*, entered their country
-and fought a battle. A young Seminole brave
•was taken prisoner and carried to the wigwam
-of a Cherokee chief. Uo waa dimmed to be
put to death. But the custom of the tribe was
not to execute captives when sick. The youug
warrior, being sick, was spared till he should
recover, when death'would be Inflicted on
him. The chief had a daughter that tended
him in his illness, and the two fell in love.
When convalescent and able to travel, the
young bmve determined, with her connivance,
4a make his escape and return to his own peo-
g»te. She consented to elope with him. One
•dark night they started from her father's
abode. After they had gone some distance the
young woraau stopped and expressed an earn
est desire to go back to her home and bear
•away some memento of the place. Retracing
French Uoisa.—Ono pint of lukc warm milk,
one-half teaspoouful salt and one-half eup yeast,
Flour enough to make a stiff tauter, and set to
rise; when light add two exit* welt beaten, and two
spoonfuls butter. Knead In Hour till stiff enough
to roll out; cut In strips and bake In buttered
tius.
Carr auk Puddi no.—Half pint of sugar, ono plut
flour. oue-Ualf pound butler, two or three eggs,
ono-lftdf pint of milk, one teaspoouful soda and one
of cream tartar put Into the flour dry: a few cur
rant-* or raisins sprinkled in. Bake in a tin pan
lly adding more sugar It makes a uicc cake. For
pudding eat with wine sauce.
Bavarian Cream,—Take one pint of thick cream
aud sweeten to your taste, and flavor with vanilla.
Take two tablespoousful of gelatine and pour
enough boiling water over U to dissolve It aud no
more; set it In h eup by the tire until you are ready
for it. Take your cream and ehurn or whip it,
have your glass dish ready aud skim off the froth
and put In; when you have gotten all the froth off
have some one pour In the gelatine for you.slowly
Uniting very hard alt the time; then set away to
congeal; add the whites of four eggs beaten to a
stiff froth to your cream before churlng.
A Lady sicxm a recite for a flue pudding and
says: “This Is my standing dessert when hard up
for something:" Huy from the baker two loaves
of stale bread, take off all the crust and cut In me
dium siloes, butter on each side, put in a bowl and
pour over one quart of boiling »« vet milk. Cover
amt let stand until quite soft, then math smooth
withjthc back of a spoon. Itest ecu eggs and two
large *|K»m>ful of brown sugar together quite
light, adit uuc nutmeg, grated ciunamou, I wine
glass of good hraudy, 1 * pound currants well dried
and floured, 5cents worth citron aud one-fourth
pound of stoued raltins well floured; add all in
gredients together well beaten. Tie up In a strong
bag. but not too closely, as It will swell. Be care
ful to have your water boiling before putting your
pudding In. and then boil without stopping four
hours, taming over very often. Eat with wine or
sugar sauce. It is very fine baked, or cat in slices
sad fried next day.
Oiy* XjBtter Box.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am nine years obi and I go to
school. I am so glad you gave us a place In yo
1 hi per. Yours truly, Lkla Gaines.
Hickory* Flat, Ga.
Dear Aunt Susie: 1 am 12 years old, and
farmer’s daughter. I've pieced twelve quilts, i’a-
I mi takes your paper and I like to rend Bill Arp
Betsy Hamilton and the children's column. I’i
going to school next terra. Your little nelce,
Leo. White County, Ga. Nora I'oktkr.
Dear Aunt Susie: I've two of tho prettiest little
puppies named Guess and Knno. Since school
closed I've been saying lessons to mama, and have
Just gone through my spelling book without mis
sing but otic word. I am nine years old. With
love and good wishes, Homer Damill.
Conyers, Ga.
Dear Aunt Susie: Cora McIntosh wants to know
which are the seven wonders of tho world. My
teacher asked me and I've found out, so I send you
a list. Everybody likes The Constitution and
liko It too. Your friend, Nora Wiiron.
Col u in bus, Ga.
Thauks for the list; wo published ono last week
Dear Aunt Susie: 1 am thirteen years old and nm
going to school. I am going to mako a visit to
Georgia when school closes. Papa takes Tiik Con
stitution and I like so much to read the children')
column, I’npa gave us au organ and I've learned
to play ten pieces. I hare a pet squirrel.
Your nelce, Lola Kiiodks.
Ohatchle, Ala.
Dear Aiint Susie: I am fourteen years old aud am
going to school now, but will havo vacation. I
read The Constitution and like It very much,
wish someof the cousins would write to mo.
Your nelce, Etta Wise.
Bowden, Ga.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am fifteen years old and keep
house while mama teaches school, and like it very
much sometimes. I like to read the Young Folks
column. Yours truly, Othkli.a Echols.
Bowden, Go.
Dear Aunt Susie: Our father is a farmer and wc
help him on the farm. Papa takes The Constitu
tion. lie says It Is the best paper In the kuown
world. We think so too. We love to road the Uj-
tie folks column. Your little friends,
Robert, Walter, James and Dodd Loonney.
LlncviUo, Ala.
Dear Aunt Susie: 1 am a farmer's daughter, 11
curs old. I can cook, wash aud piece quilts. Pa-
pa takes Tiik Constitution, and I love to rend the
children's column. I was so glad Bill Arp told the
girls how to cultivate strawberries, as I am very
fond of them. Yours truly, Carkik Jones.
Kex, Ga.
Dear Aunt Susie: 1 live two miles east of Whites-
vllle, and I go to Sunday school regularly. Hula
Smith wants to know why love is like a potato.
Tell her bectnise It shoots from the eyes aud Is
most happy when It Is mashed. Will some on tell
roe what Is rarer thau a day in June?
Your loving nelce, K. T. Uadley. •
WhltcavUle, Ga.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am a farmer’s daughter, 12
years old. 1 go to school aud am learning fast. I
help mama do the house work, and cultivate the
>wer* and and try to he useful. Papa takes The
institution atul Ukcs it very much. Your little
mdcc, Bowie Venable.
Nicholson, Go.
Dear Aunt Susie: I’m a termer's laughter. I’ve
eight brothers and five sister*—all at home. We
have jolly timea on rainy days. Papa takes The
'onstitvtion and we all like It very much. Will
some one write to me? Your loving ueiec,
Mountain Hill, Go. Annie Adams.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am thirteen yean of age. I
go to school and am advancing rapidly in my
studies. I've pieced five quilts and am going to
quilt them when school closes. 1 can darn well,
crochet aud make rick-rack. Father takes The
Constitution, and I like U very* much. Your lov
ing friend, Neauk Ford.
The Rock, Go.
Rear Auut Susie: I am 11 years old. and go to
school to Mr. Thtgpig- I have seven studies. Papa
takes Tui: t'ossTrrrrtoM and likes It very much.
Your friend, Walter Irwin.
Palmetto. Go.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am ten years old. and do not
to school this year.I have to stay home and pluy
h h "° ; t H V ' l0 " not a, vividly Interesting as before. -After .1.,
other Jme^e L ^ b0Pe L .'f. i «"»'»*• * b « *» •<«* . fu»? .be hardly
ZZSZXhSZrtr Th ‘ ^ r ' uwd ,h<! ,l0 " <»"•" Tb!» wo., what »me d!
Z'f“u“!'“tu t” "; Jin,e "" 1 1 *-«*•-« -‘Mosand*•>»
Near Long Cane, Go. Annie Newton. I erc “ lng WOr J‘ away ’ and ** dt,me “ rae ; » ™ not
! as happy a face as sometimes pressed the snowy
Dear Aunt Susie: I’ve been going to school, but pillow in Dell’s room; but sleep is very kind and
stopped on account of whooping cough. I am 9 Impartial, and soon drpams hovered over it.
years old. Papa takes The Constitution, and I on- j Down in the little house on the street by the river
Joy reading It. I go to Sunday school regularly ! Susie Flavel was tossing, and by her side her weary,
I’ve only one grandparent, and be I * seventy years ’ overworked mother watched anxiously. The child
old. Your little nelce, Sai.uk Ford. 1 hod not fully recovered from her Illness and this
Long Cane, Ga. cold, evidently taken while sleeping upon the
n„,.i imM | 11 | 111 . . _ ... * grass, was threatening serious harm to her.
.hedff «f , a" 1 *‘V ? I The ncxt --nilngsue wa. no worae. but.he wa.
' f,°„ ,r: U , y ,r.7 »•>>*««, -nd.o a day muit need, be lost by the
SET ?. h aP a mother—and a day let meant .till greater econo-
schools. I ain a member of the Methodist church. * ...7.
ENGLISH IN COLLEGES.
Yours truly, N. K. G.
Oglcthopc, Go.
Dear Aunt Susie: We are thirteen years old, and
are great friends. Wc help our mama's cook and
Iron mid do many other things. Our papa’s take
The Constitution and we like to read the Letter
Box. We have vacation now. We live near the
railroad, and we can hear the whistle blow and
hope the train will soon reach our town. Your
little friends,
Estelle Watkins and Victoria Chastain.
Ellijay, Ga.
Dear Aunt Susie: I'm a very small girl, 7 years
old. I go to school to Miss Jessie Stephens. She
leads me by the hand every day, and I do love her.
I'll lie sorry when school's out. I have a sweet lit
tic brother and he has one sweet little curled baug‘
Your little nelce, Linnie Ford.
The Rock, Ga.
Dear Aunt Susie: We are twins and are 12 years
old. Mama has no girls to help her so wc help cook,
wash, Iron and milk and work on the farm, too.
We lore to chop cotton. We have some pet tur
keys and a rabbit. Father takes a good many pa-
l«rs, but he likes The Constitution best of ull.
Your little friends,
Charlie and Thomas Overdey.
Columbus, Ga.
Dear Aunt Susie: Pa takes The Constitution and
I like It. I like Bill Arp and Betsy Hamilton. Pi
was raised in Georgia, but has lived in Texas 18
years. I am 12 years old and I help pa on the farm.
I went to school last year. Your friend,
Modisonville, Texas. James T. Denton.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am ten years old. I'm not
going to school now, but will when crops are luid
by. Papa Is a farmer, but he wants to make a
lawyer of me. Your little friend,
Near Wansville, Ga. Jimmie Hopkins.
Under the Acacia*.—"Come right out of the
dining room. Hue; the folks won't like you to go
lu there." And Mrs. Flavel gave the clothes In the
boiler two or three vigorous punches before put
ting down the cover good and tight.
Susie FIavt-1 stole from the adjoining room
bidden, but she did not go into the kitchen where
her mother was ut work; she slipped slyly out
upon the side (torch, and, looking out, her mother
saw her white sunbonnet bobbing along under the
bushes. And Susie was not alone; but then,
she seldom was, for always near to her
the rag doll which shared so muny of her
hours of loneliness when her mother was busy
her work. But it was not Sue's rug doll alone that
filled her arms, as now she dodged in under the
hushes ayd down further, to where the acacias
and locusts ran wild, a but fair-faced, flaxcn-halred
ax doll was hugged closely.
What! was Sue Flavel stealing? No, no, do not
suppose a thing like that—Sue Flavel steal, Indeed
That such a thought can be cutertained even for
moment shows how little you know of her. But
surely, with Dell away at school, and not needing
her doll, she can take It dowu to the dingle for one
short play time. Thus Susie silenced the fear that
had prompted her to seek a sly egress, and ran on
more boldly.
“Oh, how I would love you If you wero raluo
she said, as, further away from tho house, she un
covered her apron from the face of her waxen treas
ure and looked down Into Its blue eyes. "I'd Just
hug you almost to death, I would!"
Finding a hidden recess down by the big gate she
sat down, and with almost reverent touch began to
smooth ami arrange the silken attire. This done,
she stole further Into tho hidden mystery of the
dainty buttons, carefully untied bits ot ribbon, and
finally Miss Waxy was disrobed, and then followed
painstaking re dressing, which entirely occupied
little Sue. At last, the novelty wont away, she
began to play In earliest.
Now, iny dear Waxy," she said, setting her up
priinly under a tree, "we'll have a nice, cosy time
ami no oue shall disturb us. But here, Fluty Ann,"
sho said, catching up her discarded rag baby, who
looked grim and sour at the slights that had so
strangely been put upon her, “you ain't fit for big
dressed up folks. You Just come over here. This
shall be the kitchen—oh, yes, tho kitchen—and you
shall be our hired girl, of course!"
This renunciation of Fluty Ann was rather
shabby of Hue, If ns much as in mauy a (lark hour
loneliness sho had been her one stand-by and
comfort, even havlug gone down with her through
haul attack of scarlet fever but a few weeks back
and never once turning from her bed, even whan
others held back from fear. Yet, it was not honor
able treatment she was receiving, to say the least
hour of great prosperity was upon little Sue
aud at such time* It Is hard to remember the
darker ones and tho old friends that stood by us
then.
Time slipped away on golden wings for Susie
Flavel that morning. Her mother, well content to
havo her child out In the bright pure air, rubbed
away, and sudsed and rinsed, aud even hung tho
pearl-tin ted garments out upon the Hue where the
soft air swayed them to and fro refreshingly—
still down in the dingle Susie played. Just us
sun, from the height to which It hod climbed,
lookedinlotheacaclatrimmod parlor,Sue met with
rough awakening.
You meddlesome girl! How dare you take my
doll clear dowu here? You dirty little thing!" and
Dell Somers, v^h flashing eyes,grabbed up the doll
perfect torrent of Indignation,
ra no more dirty than you are; and I ha’n't
hurt it a mite!" And, her hours of delight past,
Sue watched the receding figure till it was hUldeu
by the bushes, and theu, throwing herself down
upon the grass, wept with all her might.
was then that Fluty Ann from her place be^
her caught her eye. "Oh, you know how I
side!)
feel," said the little girl, taking her old friend to
her heart. “You wouldn't do so mean a thing.
And she has her all the time, too!"
An hour later, down in a tumbled heap, her
mother found her asleep, and carrying her into the
house, laid her in the kitchen bedroom, and cov
ering her warmly, left her In blissful forgetness.
Straight to the house had Dell walked, and Into
her own room, and to her bottom bureau drawer.
••I'll see If she gets this again!" she said, laying
the doll in carefully, and soothing her ruffles with
nicest care. “I'll tell mother, I will!"
And she did tell mother that “Sue Flavel had
'moat ruined her doll, she had!" to which the
mother, preoccupied with her work, had made an
swer, "I wouldn’t have thought it of little Sue;
she’s generally so trusty." And Dell ate her din
ner with satisfaction, and later went back to her
school with a heart filled with self-satUfactlon ap
proval.
It wo* about eight In the evening, as Mrs. Somers
set at the desk writing, and Dell was busy w ith her
book, that Kate, the kitchen girl, appeared at the
door.
Mr*. Flavel, and she wants to know U she
can have a little more of that fever medicine; Sue’s
mizliig. Mrs. Somers sent down to know how the
child was, and later In the day Mrs. Flavel, at her
request, went for further advice.
“She isn’t so very sick, and yet she ain’t atoll
well," said the mother, “but I’m quite sure she’ll
soon be herself again."
Dell w*as uncomfortable. Often and often had the
scene under the acacias returned to her. “And I
was trying so hard to be good!" she might have
been heard to murmur once. That night she again
sought her pillow with her thoughts running In
the same groove, but before she slept she had
settled the affair to her satisfaction and laid it
by. “Yes, I’ll do that much," she said when last
she turned upon the pillow*.
The next morning os Mrs. Flavel was fixing the
gruel for Susie, Kate came from the great house,
and it wus n strange bundle that she bore.
“8hc Just mode me bring It!" she said, handing
it to Mrs. Flavel. “She'd give me no peace till I
did. It's something about Sue’s wanting it and
she not letting her have It, aud now she wants her
to keep it for her own,"—and Kate wus gone; and
Mrs. Flavel, unwrapping the mystery, was standing
with the wax doll in her hands. A cry from Sue,
who k«d reached out of bed so as to see the cause
of the visit from her little bedroom, made her turn
quickly.
“Oh, do give It to me!" she cried excitedly.
“And she said I was to keep it for my own, didn't
she, mother?’
With tears streaming down her face, the sick
child clasped her gift, and rocked herself content
edly, cooing to It softly and showering upon it
dcaring names, while the mother stood W'uitingan
explanation which in time came.
•But you shouldn’t have touched It, Sue," said
the mother, shuktng her head gravely. “I’m afraid
t be taking you to the big house with me if
you go to handling things.'
But Sue seemed to hear her not as she talked
away to her non* treasure, fondling it constantly.
And Mrs. Flavel turned again to the gruel.
But Sue did go often to the great house after that
and she seemed to hare no wish to touch anything
not her’s. Perhaps It was her mother's constantly
reiterated charges that kept her from doing so.
However that may be, Sue was very happy, and
stranger still, a friendly relation had become estab
lished between her and the heretofore Indifferent
Dell. It seemed us though the latter felt herself in
■•me way responsible for Sue's having a good time
ii|kiii the days her mother washed and ironed for
them, and not only was Miss Waxy relinquished
fully to her keeping, but many another out-grown
possession was given her ns well.
“It bents all I oversaw!" Mrs. Flavel sometimes
affirmed when speaking of Dell Somers. "If she
was an own relation to my Susie she couldn’t
more for her."—Belle Kellogg Towne.
An Esthetic Wedding.
From the London Queen.
Oscar Wildcat his wedding wore arose in his
button hole and a pink necktie. The bride was
lovely. Her rich creamy satin dress was of a deli
cate cowslip tint; the bodice, cut square and
somewhat low in front, was finished with a high
inediei collar; the ample sleeves were puffed; the
skirt, made plain, was gathered by a silver girdlo
of beautiful workmanship, the gift of Mr. Oscar
Wilde; tho veil of saffron-colored Indian silk gauze
was embroidered wUh pearls, and worn in Marie
Stuart foshiou; a tbilk wreath of myrtle leaves,
through which gleamed a few white blossoms,
crowned her fair frizzled hair; the dress was orna
mented with clusters of myrtlo leaves; tho large
bouquet had as much grccu in It as white.
The six bridcsmadcs were cousins of tho bride.
Two dainty little figure*, that seemed to have
stepped out of a picture by Sir Johua Reynolds,
led the way. They were dressed in quaintly-made
•fa ripe i
An Interesting Curd From Professor Morris
—The State University.
Athens, Ga.. June 21.—Editors Constitution: Iu
your Issue of to-day I observe you have taken posi
tion In favor of teaching English In our colleges In
Georgia. I am glad to see that, with the usual en
terprlsc that characterizes your journal, you have
moved In a matter so important.
The study of the English languarge and Its liter
ature has become a matter of primary Importance
in the education of our youth* The position of
the EhgUsh language, as spoken
by the present peoples on the
globe at present, as well as Its varied and exten
sive literature, embracing every field of Uterary
art, would alone be enough to mark out the study
of English as important, when simply compared
with that of other languages, whether living or
dead. But when we reflect that this is our own
vernacular, whose use is continual and necessary,
the need of this study for our youth becomes
transcendent in value. So thoroaghly Impressed
are the educators of the day with this view, that
there is scarcely a college of any rank from Maine
to Texas, that has not adopted an English course
as a part of its curriculum ot studies. The
first southern colfege, if not the first in
the union, to adopt this plan was Randolph-Macon
college in Virginia, where a full course of English
study was instituted under the charge of Professor
T. R.Price, new professor of English,etc.,in Colum
bia college, N.Y. The English course at Randolph-
Macon was made compnlsory for all students ap
plying for a degree of any kind. It has been found
to be of very great educational advantage to the
students of that college. Since this first step Eng
lish has become an established course at the uni
versity of Virginia, at Washington and Lee univer
sity, at Hampden-Sydney college, ot Richmond
college, and so far as I am informed, nt every
college. not only fn Virginia, but
throughout the south. The new university
of Texas, established in the last year, provides for
a full course. So likewise do the Vanderbilt In
Tennpisee, the colleges of Louisiana, and ono at*
Ganje?Lof I tee e ^”e^t C fofVU?
are men of national reputation ki this Important
Held, and are engaged ut present lu Issuing editions
of the earlfest exampleaof English—of a grade so
scholarly as to deserve the applause not onlv of
American scholars, but of the present English
scholars of Oxford and Cambridge. These men
are all southern bora and educated in southern in
stitutions. The question presses more
and more every day. Shall the
university of Georgia, ‘ one of the oldest and
most honored institutions in the foremost state of
the south, be without this most Important aid to
liberal ns well ns useful education? Wc want
not s mply a course in rhetoric and elocution
(which embraces only n part of an English course),
but a thorough study of the language, its gram
mar, its idioms, its philology, Its history, Its rela
tions to other languages, and finally Its literature >
extending.bockto its earliest examples now known
to be extant. This would necessitate the study
as well of the Anglo-Saxon as of the Gothic. Such
a course is the four years’ courso at Rnndolph-Ma-
eon, nt Washington and Lee and other institu
tions within my knowledge. Such a cour>e
would place the study of Eng-
* ,w ' sumo
E bowns of red Surah silk, the color ofT^Ipogoo!?
■erry; lame pale vtllow suihcs round the waist;
mie skirts .tailing in straight folds to the ankles
d .ftPfe 3 T d £ ma11 "EOT high-heeled shoes:large red
silk Gainsborough hats, decked with red and yel-1
low feathers shaded the damsels' golden hair; am
ber necklaces, long yellow gloves, a cluster of
vellow roses at the throat, a boquet of white lilies
n their hands, completed the attire of the tiny
bridesmaids. The four elder bridesmaids wore
skirts of the same dim red surah silk, with over-
dresses of pale blue flowered mousseline de lalue |
the bodices made long and pointed: high-crowned
hats, trimmed with cream-colored feathers an\l
red knots of ribbon, llllea In their hands,
amber necklace, and yellow roses at their throats,
made tip a sufficiently picturesque cnsembly. The
mother of the brido wore a dress of rich gray satin,
a black lace mantel and black bonnet, trimmed
with au amber aigrette and feather. A very an*
thetlc costume was composed of an under-dress of
rich red silk with a sleevelqsa smock of red plush:
a hat of white lace, trimmed with clusters of red
roses under the brim and round the crown. BIr».
iBernard-Becro wore a dress covered with Jet, a
long mantle of stamped velvet, and black hat,
trimmed with yellow flowers. Mrs. George Lewis
sggjp a becoming costume of black and amber. ^
A TRUE ROMANCE.
A Lovely Young Girl of Athena Dies With a
llroken Heart.
From the Athens, G*., Banner.
It will be remembered that a few weeks ago
Johuuie Clayton, a young man of Athens, was
killed while bathfcig in the Oconee river. He was
for sometime connected with Mr. J. B. Tootner,
and had made mauy friends in this section by his
pleasant and obliging manner. Youag Clayton, at
the time of his death, was engaged to Miss
Octavia Kenney, a beautiful young girl for
merly employed In the tailoring department of
the Messrs. Cohen, and the devotion of the youth
ful couple to each other was as sincere as It was
pleasfng to the friends of each. They were both
the picture of health and happiness, and while In
the humbler w alks of life, were industrious and
B rudont. and a bright future seemed to await
mm. But alas! In the midst of life we are in
death. In the zenith of life and happlne**
Johnnie Clavton, without a moment's warning,
v uiurui iui» ;vuuk mnu, iuoriici ui uuuv nm
keen and deep as the fair young girl who saw
»er heart's Idol laid to rest. Upon her return
homo Miss Octavia began at once to pine and
droop, and her friends tried in vaiu to cheer her.
8he continued at her daily toll, but her thoughts
seemed far away, and from oue of.the gayest and
her
P«dl
truly,
FrecmansviUe,
wt.h «jr imi.ncUv. I”»P»T.' 1 1'oM.irriTtosi, roU uldherekwk , are red again, and she
•nd I tore to read the children's column. \ our* compUiQ , of hcr lhroll ...
ado arise. I 3| n £o m cn was very helpful In the village
! among her poorer neighbor*, and the physician of-
Dear Aunt Susie: I am twelve years old and am firmed sometime* that she worked more cheaply
going to school. Papa tokos your paper, and we and did better work than did he. And now she
laugh'nnttt our side* ache over BIU Arp, Betsy Uid aside her writing to attend to the reqaat at
Hamilton and Uncle Remus' letters. I have one once,
ter, and w« study our lemons together. I hate Dell dropped her head again, but her book was suing.
brightest ,
gloom and despair seemed to hover
over her young life, and earth had no longer
charms for her. Her despondency at last settled
into slckmwL and she rapidly drooped away until
death, too, claimed her as its own. On Wednesday
last she breathed her last, aud Thursday was laid
to rest beside the rippling waters of the Oconee,
where her lover had preceded her by only a few
short days. That Miss Kenney died of a broken
heart, there ts no doubt, and the sad story of this
youug couple will bring tears to the eyes of all
whose heart is uot of adamant. Miss Kenney was
a most worthy young *
credit. She was adopt. . __
when a child, and by her modest deportment aud
industry earned the respect of all. It is pleasant
to know, however, that these- two loving hearts
are now united in the world above, where pain
and parting is unknown.
Th«**Pre«a at the Chicago Convention.
Indian atoll*, Ind., June 25.—Austin II. Brown,
this city,chairman of the press committee of the
democratic national convention, has received and
registered several hundred applications for press
privileges* Those from the daily papers alone call
for more than double the space allowed for special
reporting.
The Ltndell House Assigns.
St. Lout*. June 2j.—The I.ln«lell house associa
tion has made an oMlgnment to James L. Husc,
for the benefit of iu creditors. The assets and lia
bilities are not stated. The association is composed
of Charles A. Scudder, Henry Ames and J. H. Chas-
lish
that ....
give a choice of equally t ......... ^
*tep has been made at one university In this direc
tion, further perhaps, but yet a step. In the fresh
man and sophomore veursln the department of
rhetoric and belies lettrcs, a course ofanalysis of
* l S e t/ n ? 1,sb - H *L D M e , nccs ’ *° mc Instruction in
the hfstory, phiisiogy of tho language Is given
This is all that con be done at present, yet it is a
step forward, and In the direction you advocate,
1 ?SV n,r ® If not long; before this subject
will force Itself upon the attention of those who
havo heretofore so faithfully directed the officers of
our institution.
So much loathe subject of an English course.
But It may be asked where shall the courso of Jn-
structloM commence? Shall it bo with tho alpha
bet? Shall it be with the spelllug of the language?
All this Is a study of English; hut shall such a
courao of study at our university be made primnry
and rudimentary? Division of labor has been
found to bo of great value, and I do not think that
our university ought to, or ought to bo expected
.to perform the duties of n grammar school. It
should n*t lie relegated to the duty of teaching
the honic book, even In a course of Eng
lish. Such a thing has never been re
quired In any college In regard to tho classic lan
guage. A reasonable knowledge of the grammar,
together with some facility in reading and con
struing these languages is always required. The
same might properly be required n* to English.
Something should bo left to the schools. And
yet, Messrs. Editors, from the tono of your re
marks In your article of to-day, one might infer
that the teaching of spelling and of the ordinary
rale* of English syntax, etc., was required at the
hands of the university. The board of visiters
find* our students (some of them) deficient fn
e cso things, and calls upon us
remedy tho defect. Is this fair
treatment, when English Is no part of tho
curricilum at the university? And if It were, Is
English to bo taught in a more elementary form
than cither Greek or Latin? Now, however
desirable this knowledge may bo (and I for one
am far from depreciating It), yeti do not think
It reasonably a part of a college course. The state
ment Is true that our students aro fairly proficient
n Greek and Lattin.ln physics and mathematic*—
n fact, in all that wo proposo to teach, and yet *
sadly deficient In this dr-iraMt- knowledge t.f En
glish spelling and syntax, which we do uot teach,
and never havo professed to tench.
And yet, in spite of all thnt is said, my
* ten years, In this university,
*uu in nvmi; m many in other colleges, witli
which I hnve been connected, convinces me that
we do teach here ajrrest deal of this very elemen
tary knowledge. The system of written examina
tions, monthly and final, compels tho students to
use tho language, gives him continual practice for
four years in the use of its words *aud its forms,
and it would be Impossible for any one will) a
gleam of Intellect not to leant something of the
words, their spelling and their syntax and mean-
*■“? In this long, continued course. And so it is.
. ave never known an instance In all my expe
rience that there was such a marked improvement
in this very respect. I do not deny that there Is
still room for It In someof our graduates, but it
may at least be Mid In extcnuatloM that this
knowledge is wanting In many men of fine educa
tion In spite of special training. Our written ex
aminations, submitted to the vlsltsn, make all
those errors patent, while the old method of oral
examinations made no exposure of such Igno
rance. I cannot think, therefore, without evi
dence to the eon trary, that there ho* been any
falling off in these days from the standard in form
er days. Ch. Morris.
Had a Long Memory,
rom the Merchant Traveler.
"Well, John," said old man Jordan to his young
friend, “you have just been married, I hear?" /
"Yes, sir," he answered, with a spring morning
smile, "Just a month ago, and I want you to go up
to dinner with me to-day."
"Have you got a cook?"
"No."
"Well, my boy, s'pose we go to a restaurant t.’.N
time. You must remember I had a young wife
ouce myself." _
Marguerite.
^Standing beside a moss-grown wall,
Where streams of golden sunlight fall,
On snowy throat and shoulder* bare,
On rippliug waves of nut-brown hair;
With nodding daisies at her feet,
Dreaming aloue is Marguerite.
Hcr red lips parted In a smile,
She hums a merry tune the while,
A song of love aud tender words,
A song as sweet as trills of birds;
Dainty and dimpled, shy and sweet,
She drekms of love-« weet Marguerite!
ner brown eyes rest with dandag light
On scarlet pinks and daisies white,
On feathery fern and sweet wild rose,
Aud every sweet wild flower that grows,
Heaped in the basket which her hands
Swiug lightly a* she dreaming stands,
Am fair as they, and thrice ax sweet;
Ah! time U fleeting. Marguerite!
Across the wall she hears a sound.
Her glad heart gives a sudden bound.
Upon her cheeks a scarlet (low
Gleams red os roses'mid the suow; ,
Her flickering eyelids lower droop.
She see* a tall form near her stoop,
Her flowers drop about her feet.
Ah! love is changeful, Marguerite!
Who can foretell what shade of gloom
May steal perchance the rosy bloom
From those fair cheeks ere yet the »un
HI* next year's Journey has begun?
She thinks uot of lore's changes now,
She listens to a lover's row, *
She hears a whisper, low and sweet—
“Trust all to me, ny Marguerite."
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