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"R romfiirted: ' ' -"' "i l'ar.jiiis are the blessed dead, : " lu-y are crowned with God's reace; I u !-t to dim is but pain' surcease, : Ash.'s to uslieg tli soul's release; .Aroc.-id tha throne ; ,d guards his own lie comforted." Tra, I know n pitrndise are the Mowed dead. They are crowned with' God's peaee: Yet ran I rejoice that am left alone. Till time sha.ll cease? ' r , Nay. not so; Beyond sun, moon and outmost star XJes Paradise, so far, so far, ... And I cannot be comforted, - :- Lucy Bramlette Patterson. ' Perhaps no city Id the Union has contributed 60 richly to the making" of the history, of our country as has the City of Brotherly Love; no people hold tradition more sacred,; are stronger in their chic pride; believe more fully, or demonstrate more forcibly that belief, mat- viuvu - s vuit4icr xunii. w aici especially if It be blue fclood. - ,' The history of Philadelphia, indeed the history of the nation, could not well be written -without more than a casual mention of the Patterson fam ily, so linked -with all that has gone forward during the last century for the city's . advancement commercial, ' political, social and artistic As states men, as soldiers, as captains of Indus try,, as social leaders, as men of let ters, the Patterson for" generations have contributed to the very heart' of , " la tihe death of Colonel William YTVttM4.fMM Dfl(rAM.in ( 1 AAi AA r. kA ; ti4vumvu i ouh, in ivvvt una Kl mo v most striking figures of the times was removed. Colonel , Patterson died at his country residence, "Cavanalee Place," Cavanalee Farms, at Russell- vme, noun uennessee. wnere nis iam llv soend a few months everv year. At the time of his death he was en gaged in writing his memoirs, in .which he presents some of the most vividly Interesting pictures of the life of Philadelphia during the last fifty yean, and gives to us a portraiture of ds distinguished father. General - Patterson, which would prove valuable addition to the historical literature of nnr ponntrv. were It tint that (head memoirs were Incomplete at the time of th anther's death. The writer has had the good fortune to dip into these pages and the privilege of examining many of the private papers of the Pat terson family: In so brief an article any elaboration is Impossible and it can be only a most, cursory glimpse we may give in passing. But as we turn the pages we shall find that here Indeed 1s the prose of life more beau- tlful than the poetry of romance. It has been given to Mrs. Lindsay Patterson, (Lucy Bramlette Patter son) "Our Lady of Letters" of North . Carolina, the daughter of Colonel Wil liam Houston Patterson, to become "the keeper of the light," and In per petuation of her father's memory she has. as a beautiful testimonial of her love, jreseniea io ine people oi ine 8 State of North Carolina a lovlngjcup, to be known as the "William Houston Patterson Memorial Cup." y Colonel Patterson, during the hurt years of his life was deeply Interest ed in the study of Southern literature, predicting ror it a great awaxening, believing that the South, so long ute ri le after years of once rich fruition,, i would again blossom and give to the world a literature beautiful and last ing.," ' ' And inspired by this deep heart-Interest of her father, Mrs. Patterson in the furtherance of his desires and in the effort to promote their fulfillment has presented a gift which will be not nly a memorial to her father, but will v w v mj v tan iiiv-"-'i,fc4 v p r hiiv ts. a- vancement of literature in North Ca ollna, the State of her adoption, in the future of which her father was espe- clally interested. " ine mving cup, wmcn was mane in the city of Philadelphia, Is composed of solid gold and Is of extraordinary ybeauty. It is of massive construction, 'standing 16 Inches high and being 7 inches In diameter. On the bases of tne tnree handles are the coats of arms of North Carolina. Pennsylvania, and the Patterson family. It Is stud ded with 49 precious utones, all North Carolina gems, and bears the, Inscriptions, "The William Houston Patterson Cup" and "Cor Cordlum." (Heart of Hearts). The cup was presented to the State Literary and Historical Association ofjvact knowledge, the wonderful lnfor North Carolina, by Mrs. Patterson In, matlon were ntvin at their ii,nni 1905, and In October of that year whs ! WIm hu Ufa. T.-.W., ' I. . ..1 If V .III 1 won by Mr. John Charles McNeill, or Charlotte. The cup will be awardui at each an nual meeting of the association for ' ten successive years, beginning with October. 1905. It will ne given to that resident of the Bute who during the mrivc munin irom H,nie,mrer 1st or the previous year to September 1st of . the year of the award lias displayed, edther in prose or poetry, without re gard to length. I he greatest excellence and the hlghrut literary skill find geni '"lis. - The work must be published dur ing the said twejve months and no manuscript nor any unpublished wril 'ing will be considered. The name .if the uccesful competitor win be en- graved upon the cup, with date of award, and It will remain In his pos session until October 1st of the follow 4n vear. vhrn t uhuii h. rat,,nj to, the treasurer of the association to e held by him in trust until the new award at the annual mcetinK that ' month. It will ecomo the permanent possession of the one winning it often et -during the ten year, provided ht ehall have won It three times. Should r no one, at the expiration of that je , rlod, have won Jt so often the compe tition shall continue until thai result Is reached, The tint presentation of the cup - took place in the Senate Chamber of the fiata. Capitol.' Thursday morning, . Oftober 19th. 1905, President Jtoosc. veH representing th ftAftfH-'taf ion nn ..tha ceremony twing witnessed by about vy special invued guesu. Mr. John Charles McNeill, flrstrwln- ner of the cup. Is , pot-t and newspa per man, known throughout North Carolina as one of tho brightest lit erary men of the state. J?n hut lit tle more than thirty, .having been born . on July 24, 1(174. on a rrm land county. A a bov he hrdiM u, on the sand-hills, in 1S94 he entered j vaa jforesx. receiving his A. B. In lMs. and A. M. In 19, also twinning ' tha essay medal and the valedictory i tot the highest mark in the class. He was for two years editor of "The 8tu.; dent,", the college magazine, and was for three years tutor 4n English and n year in mathematics, in J $97 he was granted license to practice law. In 19001901 he had charge of ths Eng. llsh department In Mercer University Georgia. For three years he practiced law in his native county, reprcsent- ng It in the Legislature in 1903. since ISO he baa been on the taft of the Charlotte Observer. Mr.- McNeill's po enii, which won for him the Patter cm loving cup, are fall of passion and jTRthoa, laughter and .tears-there is 1Jj song of love, and the song of the corn-field, the elm pl poems of child hood, the ; sweetness of the earth cawn-kJst, and the heart J breaking for hing of the night-winds. Dr. Edwin 311ms, of Durham, uro- ' ? it of English literature at Trinky was tna winner, ot tne jovlng tober, 1904. Ills Ufa of Sid - py cuu mEQYiu ncr.wscx ney Lanier, published during the yar, Is a valuable .addition to. literature: Lanier, who spoke . "Tor all-shaped blooms and leaves, '-, Lichens on stones and mow cn taves. Grasses and grains In ranks and sheaves Broad-fondcd ferns, and keen-leaved canes, - '.:'' And briery males toundlng lanes; F'M -passionate odors and divine, , Pistils and petals crystaiine; . ''." Tea, all fair forma and sounds and ' lights, - , And warmths and mysteries and mlgths Of nature's utmost depths ar.d heights." Lanier who was lawyer, soldier, musician lecturer and poet -s .,.v - Mrs. Lindsay Patterson, the donor of the cup, lives in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. - Her charming place, Bramlette," Is one of most beau tlful homes In the South No one who has ever read the as says of Mrs. Patterson can fail to have gathered therefrom much of the writer's personality. In these let ters so gay and so eatf. o caustic and eo "gentle, so -witty and bo lender, so severe and so kind, one reads a many sided nature: a soul strong to stand for the tight and combat the wrong, a charity that belleveth all things, a pride of race which is Inherent; the deep love of blue skies and little chil dren and singing birda and the tender common blooms of life, ; ' '": Mrs. Patterson was born at 'Castle Roche," her mother's Tennessee home, her father being at the time In ill health and having been ordered south for some months by his- physicians. Thus it was that though a philadel phian she, was born in the South, and so belongs to both' sections, being again a southern by adoption, having married a cousin, Mr. Lindsay Patter son, of Winston-Salem, ; North Caro lina. Her friends like to tell of her that on one occasion, on bjMng asked which she liked best, the Quaker City or the Twin City she satd: "1 am very much like the old woman who was asked which she liked best her sons or her sons-in-law, and she said she liked her sons-in-law, for she had the choosing of them and picked them out to suit herself, but the tiord gave her her sons and they were a Job lot" Nevertheless, In splteof this little bit of persiflage she is at heart most loyal Phlladelphlan. The memories of her grandfather, General Patterson, and the relics she has about her at Bramlette are among her sacred treas ures, and the love she gave her fath er was almost idolatrous. She says of .him: "He was the gayest human bet ing I have ever known and the most brilliant Like Bacon he seemed to take all knowledge to be- his province, and with it all he kept the heart of a child with a child's delight In sunshine and moonlight and water and flowers; all nature appealed to him, all man kind Interested him, but his heart of hearts was given to his family. Many a time have I seen him slip away from a brilliant assembly to sing to sleep an ailing eon; a learned treatise on Egyptian hieroglyphics would be toss ed carelessly aside to tell the story of Cinderella to an fretful daughter." For many years an invalid, and al ways a great -sufferer from Insomnia, Colonel Patterson retired from active business at an earljaage and devoted a life of leisure to his family, his friends and his books. His library, one of the celebrated ones of Philadelphia, was composed of books largely illustrated by himself. His sets of Scott and Dick ens have been pronounced by compe tent Judges to be among the most valu tle In the United State. They were bouhd to order, and pictures of the 11s torlc characters and places, many of them taken from original portrait, were Inserted. His father's favorite companion, he traveled with him everywhere and for fifty years he knew everyone in this country worth knowing, as well as all Europeans of, distinction who visited It. His Intimate knowledge of men and events, the .Inside view of occur rences which had shaken our govern ment, made It a liberal education to know him and to listen to him talk. At his home gathered writers and ar tists and musicians, but there was nev- r a gathering wo brilliant that he was not easily the most brilliant one pica eni ne was always the centre of a group, it was his delight to help young writers when they needed help, before their reputation came to them. His f?ys his daughter: "I have often seen . . .... - - his fire.kle chat reproduced In mag azine articles tilgned' by names well known to-day. His grewt Interest In Southern literature, which he said would he the American literature, led me to give the cup In his memory." While Mr. Patterson Is the gtfted (laughter of a gifted father above all things else she Is womanly, with a heart of gold. One barren winter day a young woman eat at an Ink-splotched deHk In the printing oftVe of a newspaper In a email North Carolina vlllugp. The dally grind had been Irk Home in the extreme, there was little tlmo for anything more than the rou tine work of the office, and the bits of verse und sketches that had found their way from the desk to the news papers and magazines In the great centred of literary life had brought small recognition. And then sudden ly the clouds lifted' all because a wo man hnd paused In her life of many activities -to ay God-speed to a girl ebc had nevor seen and whom she knew only through the bits of verse tOie hid read, it was a beautiful act of gracious kltiflllnees -one of majiy tlmt "Our Lady of Letters" has shown to atniKKlIng young writers. Mm Patterson comes of a most dls tlngulHliod uncslry. Her paternal grandfather, General Patterson, was a Philadclphuin whom few men equalled in the Impress he made upon tho life of his city. A a merchant, a million aire capitalist ; i promoter; a man of affairs; a clubman; an a host under whose roof-tree gathered the foremost statesmen and warriors of American life for nearly half a century; as a public servant, and as a soldier there was no -long phase of Philadelphia ac tivity In which he did not play a part From youth to old age there were few civic occasions of note In hit city, and certainly no military ones, In which he was not foremost among the leaders. general Patterson was born In the town of Strohane. county Tryone. Ire land, oh the twelfth aay of January, 1792, and passed away at his home In Philadelphia on the eleventh day of August, 1991. In the nineteenth year of his age. He was the eldest son of Francl Patterson and Ann Graham. His was a career of startling octtvl ty and versatility. On lha and of Oc tober, 191?, in his eighteenth year, he entered the military service of the United States as Colonel of the Second Kegtmnt of Pennsylvania Vol Infantry. On the 19th Of April, .in 4, wnn bui mue over zp years of age, we find him captain Jn tho regular ar my, being honorably 4icharired from tha nervlcs of the United States on June inn, 1115, after tr ef but brii, liant service. He held for many years h highest rank 1n the mllltla of Pennsyivenla, and was appointed by the United States government as Ma jor General in the army on. the 7th of rfwiy, jor service 1n Mexlrt. .what tn-wr-w tnen tn 'prof rc?n 4 On the Bio Grande, under General Zachary Taylor, he commanded a large division, in all seventeen regi ments, originally each one thousand strong. He also played a,dlsting-uished part in the selge and capture of Vera Cruz under Gen. Winfleld Scott Sub sequently he was second In command of the United States force In -Mexico until the clone of the war of 1S48. His patriotism and' his experience caused him to be selected by the government for an important command In the civ il war, which he conducted with skill and energy.- ' -;. - General Patterson was the founder of the famous Aztec Club at the close of the Mexican, war and hed the offtce of president to the time of his -death. In the Incomplete memoirs of Colonel William Houston Patterson he says: "Perhaps the proudest event of Rob ert Patterson's-military life was the absolute' unique experience of having been twice president of the board of visions to West Point with an Interval between of Bfty years. The first hon or was conferred by General Andrew Jackson in 1835, the aecond by Presi dent Rutherford B. Hayes, In 1895. In his novel "Captain' Macklln," Richard Harding Davis makes his hero pay a visit to General Patterson on the occasion of one of his annual din ners to the Arteo Club. MrDayls has said that General Patterson was his Idea of jthe Duke of Wellington, and tells of an Incident, when General Pat terson met Clark av,s on, the streets of Philadelphia: 1 , . - "It pleases me when I go down -town in the morning," said the general, "to hear men saJrr'Good morning, General!'- for It means we were together in the civil war; but It pleases me still more to (have man aay, 'Good morn ing, Colonel,' and wa stop and chat awhile, for It meana we were in the Mexican war together.- But when a man eays, "Good morning, Captaln.M clasp him to my heart and take him home with me to spend the night, for we fought together during the war of im.";-' vv "'-'-.-''.n.:,?.,, ' In "Captain Macklln" there is a most Interesting description of the old Patterson mansion. It was In this his toric old (house on Thirteenth and Lo cust streets, of which Colonel John Hare Powel was tha original occu pant and which In later years has been converted Into the headquarters of the historic Society, of Pennsylvania, that General Robert Patterson had his home during more than forty years and it was here that the late Colonel William Houston Patterson spent -his boyhood and early manhood, at a time when the house was a scene of hospi tality to hundreds of men in the pub lic life not only of Pennsylvania, but of the nation. One of his earliest memories was thai reception which was there given to the Indians who visited the Great Father at Washing ton, when Van Buren was in the pres idency, and of which, in his Incom pleted memoirs, he says: "Who are these so wild and fanciful in their attire?" "Tis a delegation of Sacs and Foxes,' who, having visited the Great Father in Washington, are now returning to their homes on the faraway upper Mississippi, and1 have stopped -over in Philadelphia to see their friend, "The Big Yellow Captain." . . . . Truly a magnlfreent group are these barbaric noblemen of the West Upon the broad buff 'breast of General Patterson uniform appears the blurr ed Imprint of a vermilion open human hand. Upon the right cheek of the prophet you Will observe the same de vice, but almost obliterated. ,In em bracing hla friend, "The Big Yellow Captain," the Prophet of the Sacs and Foxes hus left his aboriginal- card of farewell." vv ' ' . It was also In this old home that James K. Polk, when he entered the White House, was entertained with ft prtnceW hand on the occasion of his first vlwlt to Philadelphia, after the defeat of Henry Clay. This reception, in. the year 1847, was a marvelous gathering. It was the custom of the commanding officer of the First Divis ion of Pennsylvania Volunteer Mllltla to assemble-around him once a year the officers of that division. When' we consider that the division em braced nearly sixty companies, and that eah company wore Its separate, distinctive uniform.' plain or magnifi cent, neat or bizarre, one can see that the effect must hv been stanllngly fantastic and beautiful. But upon the occasion of the Polk reception General Patterson not only drew his officers about him: there were also present the of ficers of the army, navy and marine corps then in the city, and In addition, civil. State and political dignitaries. And Intermingled with all this pomp and circumstance were the four hun dred of Philadelphia society. In the guest room of this old man sion have tarried many distinguished folk: Mm. Henry It. fichoolcraft, the C-hlppeway wife of the explorer and Indian expert wJth their two children; Mrs. Chae, the heroine of Ta-mpleo; Seth Williams, the ' great Adjutant General of the Rebelllon; Fits John Porter, the great martyr thereof ; John Mercer Brooke, the planner of the Confederate ram "Merrlmac." Here nuletly passed the ntght that human cyclone, Jesse D. Elliott, whos con troversy with Captain Perry shook the Navy Department to tho fentre; here sK'Pt Capt. Francis Marryatt; the Duke of Saxe-Weimar; Major crogham. tha hero of Sandusky; Tupper; Lord Houghton James, tho novelist; Stock ton; Crwo; Hrockenrldge; Sam Hous ton; Marcy; Gaines, and many another soldier or statesman. '., The famous Madame Rush and Gen eral Patterson were the most noted en tertainers in Philadelphia, during their day -to be Invited to either one of their houncs was an open sesame to Philadelphia society. In hl memoirs General Patterson give this Charmlnr picture: w: , ' "Around the maswve, mnhogany table, bathed In the soft light of can dleabrum, Is gathered an -unusuK group of men and women, the assem blage presided over at the foot of the board by an exceedingly handsome wo man gowned in ruby velvet her small shapely head surmo-uhted .by an or- anec and black silk turban, said the rich folds of which broods th Bird of Paradise. At the head of the board, his face wreathed In smilea. you will recognize the master of the revels, never so happy as when Induig. lng his hospitable instincts. .But-do you observe the grace of movement the soft and vultured vocallty, the un mistakable air of refinement which covers this assemblage. Well itmivi The gentlemen are,' save one, (Colonel mcLwugaioy, tne seventy-nlnth high landers) officers of the Queen' House hold, Brigade, . ... - The two lovely women, vis-a-vis vfn the centre are Lady Jane Gry an4 Lary-Catherine Harcourt, scions t . England's crest and bluest blood A ' v J;4; V. '- v"aENV:PATOBTVf.,,:.i : WUabeth Patterson, hi Baltimore. Who mart led Jerome Bonaparte, was cousin of General Patterson. yhen he was dying she sent for him. He pent several hours with her, out could never be Induced to tell what passed between them. Joseph Bonaparto was a warm friend of the general, and the ia canoieanrum now in the Blue Room at the White House, were given by him td Cn TaUt-mm. w ho In turn presented them to- the White House 1 l . tut t J , L It ( - f r ) -s jr. t 1 ta'.r.j.H-r,:.. It was ot i cvr . wurj sc c-im s ir" m Napoleon s battle imnt.-J on the various pieces. The full set pic tured every uniform in the French ar my. : , Cavan-a-lee, the summer, home of the Patterson family, was given by Mr. Hugh Graham to his daughter, Mrs. William Houston Patterson. Hug-h Graham came to America at the age of fourteen with his nephew, Wil liam Houston, He wa born in Stro bane county Tryone, Ireland. The Grahams have ever been splendid sol diers. Their record goes back to the crusades, where they followed Richard Coeur De Leon, and wore their coat of arms with the motto, "The Right la Sufficient For "Me," During Crom well's Irish .war part of the 4Graiam clan : moved ? from Scotland - to the north of Ireland. Taking part in the rebellion of 98, their estates were con fiscated and the leaders were con demned to death.; By the united ef forts of the few Grahams who remain ed loyal, and their friend :and neigh bor, the Duke of Aberoorm the death sentence was changed to banishment for life, and the large family connec tion came to America, some of them.: settling in'eaet Tennessee, where thej founded the town of Tazewell. There: they led ah ideal life, reproducing as -far as possible, the old life in Ireland. "Aristocratic to , their finger-tips, the last thing they subscribed to was the declaration that all men were created equal. ' ' ' Hugh Graham married Katherlne Nanny. : She- Inherited great beauty from her mother, Lucy Bramlette, for whom Mrs. Landaa? Patterafcn is nam ed. ' . v . , Lucy Graham, a daughter of Hugh Graham and Katherlne Nenny, ' was one of America' most famous beauties.- She married James Williams, of Nashville, Tenn., who wag Minister to Turkey under President r Buchanan. They went to Turkey by way of Paris,, and were presented at the court of Louis Napoleon by Senator Mason, of Virginia, the Minister td France? In Constantinople the American embassy became famous for Its southern hospi tality. Mr. Williams was a man of large estates in Tennessee and Mrs. ! Williams had ' fceen most admirably trained for her position by her life at "Castle Roche," where er father had Insisted on European etiquette and training for: his daughters. She "was celebrated for her wonderful charm of manner, and stately yet gracious dignity. She won admiration wherever she went and among her intimate friends were Lord and Lady Dufferln, Frederick Bremer, the Swedish novel ist Lord Bulmer, Sir Richard Jackson, and' the unfortunate" Maxlmllllan and Carjotta. . Among the 1 heirlooms ' she left. were a china bowl presented her by -the Shah of Persia, a portrait of herself and daughters painted by Lady Dufferini iwh was, by the way,' a daughter of Richard Brlnsley Sheridan and a sister of the Honorable Caroline Norton, and a book presented to Mary Williams by a young French noble man, who accompanied them on a voy age up the Nue. This , young count carried with him a corpse of photo graphers, whose pictures of pyramids, Temples, and all objects of interest were bound In four voluhnes,' one of which was presented to the (Empress Eugenie, one to the Empress of Aus tria, one to Mary Williams, an4 the fourth kept for the Frenchman's cha teau treasure. On one occasion Mr. and Mrs. Williams visited Maximilian and Charlotta at Schloas Nlrarmar, Maximilians beautiful palace at, the head f the Adriatic , Here, while the ladles enjoyed Carlotta's society and revelled in her art treasures,: Maxi milian and Mr. Williams paced up and down the -walks of that famous gar-, den. talking of Mexico. Mr. William vainly endeavoring to dissuade Maxi milian from that Ill-fated expedition. Maximilian offered Mr. Williams many inducements to accompany ' him and finally . Mr. .. Williams sent a nephew, Mr. Thomas Williams, who served o Maximilian's staff. , (Kate Williams, the eldest daughter of the beautiful Lucy Graham, mar ried Baron , Harry Kavanaugh-Bally- ane, of Hungary, whose great stone castle, "KUt-Tabor," jls nald to date back to Roman times, in her letters to Tennessee relatives Baroness Kav- anaugh-Ballyane describes her room in the Round Tower as flllea with silver articles which tradition said were all used by former baronesses, who had been la their graves for centuries. This beautiful woman passed away a few years ago. as tenderly mourned by her ' Austrian relatives, as by her American kith and kin. , , Mary, the youngest daughter, ma r ried Prince Ferdinand D Lignorl de Pdeslcct of 'Naples,- whose' ancestors were kings of Sicily, She and her hus band are still living. , . ... Miss Louise Patterson, . a sister of Mm.-Lindsay Patterson, Is well known In both Philadelphia and New York society and throughout the couth as well, but a great part 01 ner lime is spent abroad. , Tho Pattersons have ever been lavj lsh entertainers, great students and travelers, Until this generation rela tives have always married . relatives, such was their pride of rfcd. Mrs. Patterson at Winston-Salem, -s one of the most beautiful homes In the South. Mr. and Mrs. Patterson give a house-party each year at Rrafrilctte to the writers of North Carolina, be lieving that literary folk of a State should know each pther. A brilliant social leader, an -earnest student, a gifted writer, Mr, patter son Is, of all things, a devoted wife. "Otir Lady ,of Letters" nays of herself: "The most Important as well as the most fmslble thing I ver did was to marry Mr. Patterson Nln 1888." To her, her home, her husband, her books make up an Ideal life. But whlla : eaeentlally a home-woman. Mrs. Patterson finds time to take a more or leas active' part In club life. He Is a prominent D. A. R. and la at preaent chairman of the historical committee. of the North Carolina com mission t tha Jamestown Exposition. The A oldest photographer In the world la tha appelatlon given to Wil- ii k'enf n died rerentlv imill . .... y " . , ' ".' at Eastbourne' in English 6usex, at the age of SSHe was of New England birth, and Nm ueniora was nis noma, until about 1404 48he etaolnetalon until about 1844 ha learned the then ni nhotooranhv.' and In mm opened a studio in New Y01 k, where he had oy li t gamea nn lonunn. tT. ih.n wnt over to London. Where he opened ehree jrtudlos, In Oxford street Regent sirswi jvuiRnis 1... t tti 'time of his death h operated a gallery at Eastbourn and Was interested awo m tmi es at the- sealde resorts of Brighton and Hastings, at Newcastle and Harrogate. " Chinese prefer their native flour, ground by hand or by horse or mule power, fo the foreign, product on ac count of the greater - iroportlon of glutten contained in the former. The native article, which may be likened to the American graham or whole-n-hM llniip iuvhm.!) mnr ''11' or strength. It sella' for about 14.90 small ooin pr vf cawies, or unjoin cenrs (ullvtsi)' on a foriy-nina pound bag, higher than Anwrlcan flour." j -, v r '? n 0 v n avv a m m w u aaafa c a -a a m a a- -i-aaii w a j a - a s i i , 1 A Itwr'Wg, bow big is the littla lastt . 4fY-'W MfflKxVI - jsI:-sI - I - LJf rStan4 her ip Iter naa thC'window-glasa, m '' I P w .v-'.'----.f'-.' " LxWlAAVJa. .:0I. - ' it!.! a . bb - m bp "L , t .. z -a- i -m a a a. ; jb "(,.; w a ji ( l m li t. :w i rj .r t m i. bh tfll Wo would suppose she would onterow' ) ftr HI IMl ISmmWlSS' ' " I-.", ressw and atocVbgs and aprons f--;:-;-. Vl i.-,- a(f A j All lismijRfaT " . , - A . ' Her pretty clothes, 1 , ir . IaTTT . T - t - TBtri to .make heneli toll would 't'r'tnTii T j JlPf i' ij " ji 'LA ' A tdWi i i K Kow'ineame! See. mt tale I .lav lirstZ I I !' irm0llV(il 9 xfl I '' - , I yQjj i f.IIVJ - , ' Large enough quite .',4 , fJk if jyy) sN rV 1 1 I V II I A fair rweet ladj, though, oh, aomall! , fjTS . ll U S?. I 60 maH, rdch4 mere little child, she may ff, " UHr?$$! I Be bonaehold baby for many day. ' v Y ' , ! l , xScScS ' 1 1 ' 1 Kf rrtmiTtoirAwWrtobP-- SS r ' PiAYlNG TOH SCHOOLS MAXY ACTIVE IX TOE GAME. there Is a Great Need! For Educational :t StatcsmanHhlp and Not Much of It y In Sight Lack of a Common Pur. pose Aniong Teacher AH Other ' 1 Professions Require Special Train ing, But, in This They Just -Pick It Up--N0t a Trained - Teacher of Teachers in the 8tatcrThe Various Views Presented lor Comparison. . Written for;.'rte..Oberver. . . The man wh said that education consists of the training of imlnd, soul and body, (menial, .spiritual and phy Blcal) imahave Known what he was talking about, but lf tit, did, the con ditions have since 'undergone a change that may almost .be called a metamorphoses.- In the first place, we- no longer, think' of education as training. Instead li i aimply going to school. Teachers must stick to the text-book, however, inane and banal they may be. To undertake something tending . to mind-training is to he autbjeot to grave suspicions. To (mention the soul in school la high treason and unpardon able. .We have not yet repealed the verdict that as the twig Is bent, the tree's inclined," but the general opin ion seems' to be that no time should be loot in an attempt to hend 4 the twig in the right direction. ' ' ' Playing school la a favorite pastime with children and In1 their, play they give an Impersonation comparable to the Impressionistic . theory In art There must be a teacher, some pupils with books, and a stick, and then the humdrum1 routine questions and an swers, it never occurs to the children that anything Is lacking to make the anology complete, and ae the observ ant conscientious teacher looks on at the play and thlrtks of hls own short comings, fee may well say In the words of Kiplngs "We. are all Islands shout ing lies to one another across seas of misunderstanding." Play . schools are plentiful and they are the "ones that often set them selves up as models, because the av erage teacher and the average school are popular In Inverse ratio to their efficiency and faithfulness. Th flay ing with school is to bo found in every phase of the work, and all of it Is probably attributable to the fact that the result Is eo remote that we are careless In working for it and any way the onoa starting the work will not get the credit or the blamo for tho ultimate product. - So all concerned temporise with what ought to. be the greatest epoch in life. and . sacrHlce enduring" merit for the pleasure of present ease and popularity. ' , : In the system of schools and In the making of laws there Is no definite purpose and but little uniformity and order.' There Is a great deal of think ing yet: to be done in the work of education and in our own State, the school system 1 yet in It's Infancy. The Infant has made a splendid start, but there is too much disposition to feed him as the neighbors say and to let him grow spontaneously. There is no hand of the trainer visible in the development, and If It be not here at the foundation, wrhat can we hope for at we go further? The structure grows iby degrees . as grow Vram shackle" buildings, without purpose end without conformity, and it will go on this way until the designing archi tect will find. that tb get right we mut 'begin i again The first ? and Jtreatest need In North Carolina to-day for an educational statesman, big enough, and wise and hrave enough, to take hold' of the work, with con victions and with determination to put them Into effect. We need the hand of a masters as merciless, as skillful and as saving,! as the knife In the hand of a master surgeon. . The men in charge of a school do not fovern It as they govern their own business, though the school is" sup posed to be the preparation for those very. things. :Th rt the play, the ayi.U'm started, and let it grow as the occasion demands. - There Is no. looking ahead and no purpose ,There must be a buijdmg and enough teach ers to keep the children in some kind or order, and then If only trouble be avoided, everything f is all right If the children are pleased and there are no complaints And. - eyerythlnff , -, runs smoothly, then the achool is reckoned as a great institution. The graduates may go to the penitentiary but the school Is all right. Who would, run a -mill that wayT What la the real test beside which others are not consid ered T It is the morit of the product This rule applies everywhere except in the .school, where the toward above all else Is .that tha machinery run smoothjy. -' If. a group of men were selecting some one to .manage a great, business, they .would get one specially qualified for it and earnestly devoted to it but for school purposes all, college gradu ates look alike and If a particular one carried off the orator's medal, he Is all right to conduct the school. His qualifications of course would not be held sufficient for the management of a store or bank, though they 'really apply as much to one as to another. A knowledge of calculus does not qual ify a man to teach arithmetic any more Rhan It doe to dig the Panama canal. - He can tell what he knows, but If that is all he can do, he might be dispensed with, ' (because tha book Itself holds more than that.'.- A man recently advertised . for some one to train-two - bird dogs, and . stipulated that "only experts of successful ex perience need apply."" By ""successful experience," he meant to imply , that the dogs trained must be able to set birds and to get thean. ' Anyone else would be iually careful 'With dogs, but nine of every Jen persons wou!d: pay the dog trainer a big salary, and at the. some time not even know the name of the teacher of their children and .would complain about the assess ment of a little tax for the mainten ance of the school. Sat verbom eap lentt ' The teacher is the determining fac tor in the pkty. yet he cannot Justly get much of the blame, '. The dog trainer would hot be worried, fa death by the Importunities and advice ., of the employer. The latter would ibe certain the trainer knew his business and would not be thampered. 1 The child trainer, however, must consider every move In connection ' with the possible views, of the various parents. The school may be doing fine work, but If one parent frets mad, it Is all spoiled. Only an expert can" train a dog to hunt blrdav hut the most Ig norapt person knows'all about how to train the soul, mind and body Of a child so" the life may attain to the fullest and best possible' frudtfulnesa An expert teacher in the true sense may be ft college graduate or he , may not be. He may have bee trained In a normal school or In thSA dear, but sure school of intelligent experience. However thes things be, he la earnest, honest capable and he does things. Moreover,- he is generally discounted by the powers that be, as anyone is likely to be In the faithful perform ance of any Important duty. He must conufort himself with Browning's, la ment: "What I aspired to . be, and -a not comforts ne." . , , '- Except for the . saving few", the teachers join merrily in playing school. They would do something If they could,' but rather than- battle against the current, they float with it They use the school as a stepping atone to higher things. They play the game for what there is In it and then turn to something else. - It Is a sad ettua t Ion, but it is true. If anyone doubts It let him offer a teacher equal pay In 'something else. Some would de cline, but many would Jump at it knowing the work is but temporary, why should they go to the trouble or expense to train for , It? . They of course would not try to practice med icine or law in such a way, because In these professions their mistake would be too evident, while. In the school room no one will ever know the dif ference. Besides, If he should perad- venture continue to teach he can should he go to a normal school when 7. .our own' are run by men who' them-' selves learned in no other way , than by picking up the knowledge as they went along? ' - All of us knowjthat the greatest thing In whatever education we- re celved was, the result of contact with some noble quality in .the teacher. What then can we expect of the stu dents who are growing up. In a school with which the lawmakers, directors, teachers and parents, are only playing or experimenting? '. What, indeed, should we expect of thff school? One faction says train the child to make ; edge and let him And his ' own . way. - Mrs. Sprague in The, Ladles' Home-: journal says: - "Give him knowledge ana SKiii. ana 'oeveiop anu uiut , l Wl HI nVMUIVA ; ..... . - - , i new and present a' "phase, or the gen- , eral tendency of the times. The pol- , lev of developing "natural abilities' is-. as likely to produce rlmlnala as It is ... to produce good cltlxens.,-7" It means simply to make , .the good children very, very good ""and -.the.- bad ones ; horrid., ' . ' We need to1 getoack".to foundation principles, the first of which is that , education means training. Knowledge -; Is power and the power should be v practical and vusefuK 1 but the mind that uses It, must fce trained, to. use It diligently and accurately, and back -of It all must be a directing snirlt to keep It In the straight path. Wo need System ani .order ' f,nd we - need . to realise that -education Is too vital to be played with or to be used in any and , noble purposes. Second only, to , ence the schoot , and hold Jt sacred, from the ruthless Influences of avar ice, selfishness.; personal consldsra- tlons. politics and favoritism of every at., : .trntt'im 'rtn iirM DADDVS .POCKETS. TVtrnlt Free Presa - Plums from' tne wonderful sugar plum tree, , - 1 4 . . u ' " , iAppIoi and candies and things; Daddy brings home In his pockt for me,. Shin that can . salt on a make-believe sea. t '- - - " "H ' h little tl soldiers aS brave a ean be - -And tovs that are worked unon strings,-" And I run t explore them at night for I know . . " , , 4 Most , wonderful . things may fee hidden .- below, j, ,H , , . Sometimes It's '.choe'late "and peppermint,' : too, 1 4 r ' 1 " , - ' ; Or maybe a dolly, that spoaks: '" ';i But always I flp4Somethlng shiny und A ,' Jnck-ln-a-bax- tlwrt Jumps out wits a , i'boo," . - - A-uiue tm norn painiea rca wnue ana blue, f ' Or a ball that Is rubber and snueaks.' t 80 I delve In his pockets at night Just to Wlint wcnderftil things has. been f put , -there .for me. . . - . . - , 'I, The' falrlea ha' .many etrange ' places thev say. , .- -To hide things for good little hoys; Where, they put all their candles, and -sweetmeats away. . Where they hide wondrous things at the .close of the day - -..,.. Where the gingerbread hcrsea and sugar 1 t.m. . .. - 'Ittrf al.A tl.A rlclitri.af tkt . Invtf - . rAnd then wnnrtvrful rlaeea. so fllleil )IS ' aellgtlt. . ' , . - 'The Id Caylioma Mlver mines - In': Peru are situated higher than any , other In the world, being between If.. 000 arid 17.000 feet. I lis believed that ' they were first worked by the Iracas.- ; To keep the plague of rabbits from destroying 1 the - pastoral Industries of Australia, 14,512 miles of public and private rabbit-netted fences have been erected at a cost of 800,000 pounds. Queensland alone spenda H0.00O. pounds a jear In erecting andinain talnlng fences to keep out ."bunni"." I 1 i
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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