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CHARLOTTE DAILY. OBSERVER, FEBRUARY 2, 1003. EM m THE PUBLIC EYE" L Msmiry C. Ledge - , - By Savoyard ; Lord Bacon asserted that "reading. dlmlnlon ha a monopoly of all the maketh a full man, conference a ready ' blue blood (a this hemisphere. Henry iA writlna- an exact man. . The eenior Senator from Massachu setts ha read much, conferred mnch, onri written much. He is recognised n. ih scholar in politics. "Not ao able b John Sharpe Williams nor ao bril liant as K. W. CUrmack. he haa read more than either of them, and doubt Jess carries in hla memory more of the history and the literature of the human family than any other man iow in public life. He will never be rated great a man aa Sumner, but as. a Senator he serves his country better than Sumner, tnaeea, buniner. politics, subtracted from the hap liness and the weal of the American drome, Henry Cabot Idg-e. at the age of tweaty-tlve, was that fearfully endow ed individual young, a reformer, en Idealist, a scholar, rich a. college pro fessrir. a lawyer, a historian, and a sentimentalist. By the narrowest margin 4n the world he escaped the jnuswumpery that engulfed the 'Adams family, young John Andrew, young Lloyd Garrison, young Bher- man Hoar, young George Fred Will iams, young Josiah Quincy. and old Jostiah Walker, Theodore Roosevelt, Jlr. Lodge's pupil, was another Re publican youth wlin had incipient snugwumpery. Mr. Jjodge is a Yankee f the blue bload, and the prose laur There was an old Quaker poet he was loo; but he knew scarcely us much about politics s Nlcodemus knew of he second birth, nd yet he hm! the mblime temerity to vall Dunifl Vel. er "Ichabod" for the .freatcxt and (he most patriotic speech Webster ever made. Lodge was with the Quaker In that dispute. If Massachu setts had followed the counsel of 31 ii f us Chuate and Robert C. Wlnihrop, ft would have been a great deal better (r our country. Watterson says .that the Sg.tch-Iriah are worth the Puritan and the cavalier combined and Senator Lodge aays Daniel Webster. , who. for century was supposed to be Scotch-Irish, waa in truth of Puritan stock. English visitors to our country, who. pretend to be 'educated, are under the delusion that intellectual America, Is bounded oa the one side by the Long i Lodge failed In his efforts to, nomi nate Thomas B. Keed for President In 1SSS. when the Republicans could have elected a yaller Aog. -MeKinley was partly dragooned an J partly bunkoed into th war wUh - Spain. Tom Keed was made of sterner stud. H could neither be fooled nor bull led; In that rtspect he and Urover Cleveland were cant ' In the same mold. There would have n-ipanrt .war, and Spain would have 'with drawn from our hemisphere, our friend. The more than a billion the war and Its consequences cost would havs been kept at 'home to henp deve lop our country, which is scarce emer ged. In a comparative sence, from em bryo. Mr.' La die waa for the war and later for imperialism. He parted .com pany with George F. Hoar on that issue, whose speech against expan- isiana tsouna. bucn Historians : as i0n is the greatest effort that any Senator Lodge, Henry , Adams, and Massachusetts statesman has been de Morefield Storey are responsible forllivered of since Webster's. "7th, of that impression. They are of the New March speech." In 1850. Senator Lod- England that erected a monument on ge Is the' author ot our colonial poll Bunker HU1 to immortalize a military cy, and, to do him justice, one must wide fame, names these: .Marathon, Detent of Athenians at Syracuse, Ar-N-laMetaiirus, Arnriniua' victory over the Roman legions, Chalons, Tours, Hastings, Orleans, defeat of the tfpm lsh Armada, Blenheim, Pultowa, Sara toga. Va'my, Waterloo. The latter occurred in 1S15. , Elnco then deci sive -battles have been that at" Gettys burg, Sedan,. Manila anl Santiago. Pp&ee wtfll not permit .comment on them. ir you have, a' library con venient you may find the book refer red to. (6) And standard dlationary is authority: V there is audi defeat. They are of the evr England army with the addition of S3.000 corn stalk mlliUi, who never smelted vil lanlous saltpeter. They ere of the New England that has taught-' old England that the American Union is of unadulterated Puritan parentage. I do not blame them for tula.. The South that fought King's Mountain, the Gettysburg of the Revolution, did not even preserve the muster rolls of the heroes of. that glorious and momentous victory, none of them got on the pension roll, itor has the South taken the slightest pains to tell his tory ; that -South -Carolina, under the lead of Moultrie. Marlon, and Sumter, shed more blood for our independence than was spilled In all New England, and Ben- Tillman Is of opinion that not one of Marlon's rough riders ever made acquaintance with the pension roll that was padded with Massachu setts' mllltta. , . After teaching- at Harvard. . Mr. Lodge went into politics and was twice a member of the Massachusetts legislature. In J&S6 he was returned to the Fiftieth Congress, and in 1888 he wu re-elet-ted. That was the first Tom Itced Congress. The Speaker gigged the minority and then un seated enough Democrats to give the Republicans a practical working ma jority. Henry Ci'bot Ivdge wan born In JSfiO In the city of Knatrtn. Ho was graduate! from Harvard at 1he ago of! Iidge amo to be a national figure In twenty-one. and four years later lie j lfW). emerged from lh famous Harvard j Ho brought In a. bill to make it II I.aw School a graduate after which legjl for (he cotton. States to return a confess that he has maintained his position with consummate alyllty and a lofty sincerity. There never has but one anrument in favor of our ac quisition and retention of the Philip pines, and that is that It would lead to ultimate federation of all the En-glhth-speaklng peoples, and unless that results, the Phlllppinea will cost this country many billions more than the big was of 1861-85 cost. It Is not often that a eulogy over a dead Congressman is fit to print; but Mr. Lodge's eulogy of the late Senator Hoar is an exception. It. U an oration In the best sense of the world. Perhaps It is not equal to Tom 'Marshall on Rlfchard Menifee, or RlcharJ Menifee on Henry. Clay. It is of a different order, and with them it is Impossible to compare it. as it cannot- be compared with Lamar on Sumner for the same reason that It is of so different an order. Mr. Hoar after he made the ac quaintance of the South, was a de lightful mn. A grandson of Rover Sherman and a son of Samuel Hour, he was of the bluest blood , of New England, and In Congress, until the lant dozen years of his life, his sen timent toward the South were as Cato's toward Carthage. It was all kIup to his mistaken idea of (he Then it was that Henry Cabot '- n"8i"; '"k. nity of Moloch; the Hoar of 1 8 ad mired, loved, and honored Edward C. Walthall as a brother. And It is scarce too much to say that about the finest tribute to Southern charact er In fifty years fell from the lips of i rr i V L i. . .-(' f Ucuro F, Hoar. XIxke-y Cabot Lopoe. e was uilmlttod to the Suffolk bar, where many of th greater liwyt-rs like poeu, are born. int tnailc, hii-1 Jxxlge soon llHc-verel that it tho tiar a man lik Caleb C'uxlilnsr. or Hen Butlerpr Elihu Root, or John, (. Carlisle, or John C. Spoonrr, or Philander Knox., or Joseph W. J-iailey. wuld make him !"ok like thirty cents, and very wisely he ubundoned th" rrofossi..ii for literature. He is a very laborious man and has a genius for tiahrd work. He has 'Infinite patlene for research and Henry Cabot lxJgn would be an eminent historian if he ere not such a bitter. Intolerant, pjr tisaa advocate. The beRt thinr he learned and wise as he ras, Mr. Hoar was an old man before hft learned that George Rogers Clark to thwho went with Lewis to the Pa cific Ocean, y only shows that New England pays liule attention to the South' place in hlntory. George Rog ers Clark was one of the greatest Americans. As a military command er he was of the class of Marlborough and Wolfe. As a hero, he was of the rlass of Ruppert and Navarre of the white plume. He saved the North west Territory and was left to die f wnit. Had he been of New England, his monument would be clou j-cap-ped. Charles Summer would have pronouncod hi eulogy: !"'a.bot Loilge would have writ his life. jr. Jt.A claims there ta such a thin; as a manufactured egg being soil; B insists that. It is impossible to manufacture them. Can. you enlight en us? - - A. Both are wrong.' ,lt would be easy, but not profitable, to cojnpete with the Jien In, the production of eggs. It has been tried. - . , , Y F. E. C.--SInce it Is Impossible for life to exist seven miles above the earth, which is common knowledge. iow can Mans or any other planet bet In ta delicious now, innaoitea ? BY THE CKICKET ON THE I EAR TEL BY, THE , CRICKET OX THE JlfcARTlL TO-DAY. Every new day has 1U dawn. Its soft and silent eve, ' Its noontide hour of bliss or bale. ', Wherefore should we grievs? Why do we heap huge mounds of years more ua inn oenina And scorn the little days that pass Like augels on tha wind? . . Each turning round a small, sweet faca as oeaumui as near; Berause It is ) small a faca We will not ses it clear. Ws will not clasp It as It files And kiss Its liia and. brow: . . We will not hatha our wearied souls (2) Is it true that some of the people of the Southern States live on clay, and what effect does it have on their stamina and appear- ancez (3) la a cleryman who is en titled to the degree- "D. D." necea sarlly a better theolog-lan than one who is not a "D. D." ? A. Mars and the other planets jre supposeidi to have an atmosphere of thLir.own,. Just as the earth has. (2) Clay-eaters are known In certain sec tions, but they can no more be said to " Jivo" on cuy than , the user of toDaccp iives on tobacco The hab it is a nasty one. t3) Not Jfh the least. it merely Indicates that some college jas desired to .honor the. man on whom trie degree Is conferred. . Mr. Lodge I one of the leaders of the Senate. His power is due to his high personal chnructer, his. sincere convictions, his great talents, liis pro digious learning, and his experi ence. " Doubtless lie has a life lease orT his seat, and If he has not, he shoulJ have. It Is such -men as he that have made the American Senate one of t ho foremost deliberative bodies of all parliamentary hlstor. , (Copyright, 1908, by E. W. Newman.) D. j. B. Where was ex-Gov. J. Walter Smith, of Maryland, and ex- Gov.. Beckham of Kentucky born? A. At Snow. Hill. Md..' and "Wlck land," Bardarown, Ky., respectively. 1 A T. A Two men marry each oth er s girls; what kin are their chil dren? (2) Does the "Bible sav that If a. man. lives righteously -all . the days of his life and commits otro In iquity (his righteousness- is not ac counted to him, but that if he lives In wickedness and at the end of life turns Jto. the Lord ills, righteousness is accounted to him? (8) What is the meaning of the needle's eye w9 spoken of in the Bible? Was a sew ing needle' referred to. or some other tnlOK . . . A. If by "girls ' you mean daugh- ter,.even then It does not necessarily ronow'that there Is any relationship, (2) The Bible teaches that the man whq dies unrepentant of his sins shall be lost, while he who fenents ?hai be saved. The sins committed before repentance are remitted. (3) The expression: "It is easier for it camel to go through a needle's eye than for a ric.Ti man to enter Into the kingdom or tjod," appears less strange If we consider that -doors !nvt!io East were very, low, about three, feet in height, w made as a defense against the sud den Incursions of the mounted-Arabs of the desert. Through these doors their Camels Were made.' to enter. Kneeling, with considerable difficulty This is how forcing a camel through me eye ,f a needle came to be saying. pTHie Qiuie8ftnoini ,Bos Hazel. What will whiten. stone steps? (2) Whin "floors have been varnk-ciciJ, how dd you wax them to give the hardwvod .finish? - (S) print Democratic majority. One of the nro- I st of the biographic that a well visions of the measure was that thej "eft' I'n should be familiar wltn. Federal 1iKlie!;iry of the South should! A tone may be cleaned by taking dn a stunt in polltks. the Intention of'wo Vrta of common oda, one part which was to make South Carolina. Pf Pumice stone and one part of fine- Misrippl. and Louisiana relUibly Ho. '.v Powdered chalk. Run through a r,uhli,n nrt rertnln i-tri,.. in nthenl,lne leve and mix with water. Rub Southern States also Republican. Speaker Reed jammed the thing through the House, and it went over to the Senate, where Mr.' Hoar took it in charge; but about the time 16 to 1 became clamorous for paramountey, and that fine old fellow. William M. Stew art, of Nevada, went to the aid of Arthur P. uorrnan, and the outcomn whs the death of the Lodge forte bill na ever aone is n's -History or the; nnd the birth or the Sherman silver Kngllsh Colonies In American," and ; law. f nat is as partisan us one of John A. lagan's st urn n speeches. For rxam ie. When telling about the Salem muto da fe b. indulges the recrimlna- The Lodge" The Lodge force bill w is-designed to vitalize the fifteenth ninendriient. The effect of it, if en forced, would., have been to put three tious that a witch whs sent I the j States and numsoua communities of it over fhe Stone and after a Httle 'wash, off with wit and water. (2) Floor wax may be bought at paint Mores. It is applied with a cloth and olshed with cloth also. This will bring out th grains and resemble hardwood more than mot stains will. (3) Begin with biographies of the noted Americans you admire, and af ter thft you will noit be likely to make any m Intake. ducking stool in Virginia and miother ound in bound in 100 to keep her ill off he cows in Pennsylvania, lie Indulges severe animadversions In other States under the political domln Ion of the negro. It waa the highest t.-impliment ever paid to African slavery, for Ihe argument waa that onuBcjainm or slavery at the South; two or three centuries of slavery had tuth never hints that MasHachtiMctls , so exilted the Southern negro In the gathered Immense gear kidnapping scale of civilization that he was now negroes on the cojst of Afri. a tj sell not only fitted for political partner them on the roast of Virginia. Kman- ! 'hip with the white man. but thnt In rlpetion In New England he traces to Hnnh Carolina.. Mlssippi and Louls- F. W. M. How many rods (has an acre on one side? (2) How can I tan hides with oak bark? A. An acre Is HO rods; If the acre is square there would be about 12 1-2 rods on each side. (2) To attempt such a thing without instruction from a practical tanner would be unwise. ' The material wou'd cost several times ; the value of your hide, and you would spoil it at that. the benevolence of tl, luritan char--ter. Its deep religious convictions, or some poppycock, like that:, but John Jamen lngalls. another Yankee a far nearer the truth in this decla ration: The conscWve of New Engl.tnd never was thoroughly aroused to the Immoralit of African slavery until it rcttged to be profitable, and the North did not finally determine to destroy the system until convinced, that its eontinuanc threatened not only their ln1u5trll independence, but their politWI supremacy. Exactly. And If ).ivery had been as rrofitable In New EngUnd as It was aupposed to be In Die cotton State ion lie was or right entitled to the ownership and the possession 'of more than 5 per cent, of the capital of the firm. But then Mrs. Slows took "Ctule Tom." born and,, reared a Southern negro slave, and ut him in the class with Victor Hugo's Jean Valjean and Ohirlea Dickens' Sidney Carton. "And so it win be observed that the highest euloges ever pro nounced; on African slavery In our cotton States came from a Massachu setts romancer. , But the South , would not have sub nutted to the Lodge force bill. It would have required an army ten times as big as the I'nited States uimy tnen was to enforce It. n,1 this blessed moment, tiavery would I South was grimly resolved that if It -was to i ruici by the negro or the baywict. It would choose the bayonet That would have transformed our government from a free republic Into a military despotism. And that was what this country thought about It. for at the succeed inr election h. be in the green tree in this glorious Union of our-4he land of the free and home of the braie. Lord Marau Ify shrewdly analyzed the Puritan harsoter when he said thit the Purl tans did not object to bear-baiting be cause t was torture to the beara but because it gave pleasure to the men i South was solidly Democrats iih "w ho engaged In It. If one wm read lne exception of three or four seats. " Henry Cabot Lodge haa w rlt of ' Th lemocrats would have elected the i ! conrnlng the Puritans, and then ! pfk," every Southern iJeroocrat i s.J Mr. GaskeJl a account of the ha1 abstained from voting. The .New cusaiton, conviction, and burnlus '."Kiana delegation contained f a witch at Salem, and then str.ke an average be will get a pretty good likeness of colonel Massacbusc'tt. I am not Indulging In wanton rr.'U cism of Henry Cabf.t Lodge.' I sdmlre 1 Ira for his talent, for his learning 1 t bis Industry an for his ebo-l-'-e sincerity. It is but natural that ) e should believe that a New Eng 1 trier of the pure stock Is mode of a 1 :-! Vt-iltr clay than other Amert- :a. Jjst a It is natural that a -iai should hold that the old a ma. Jority of Iemrat. Ths Massachu--ta deeKa(f, na4 ft majority of Dtmocrats. The Democratic majority In the House, was mors than twice ths entire Republican membership, a beggarly eighty-eight. It h N-omiJete.t political Vlctnrvwi9ftln entire history when all the states voted. The Lodge force Mil, and the Sherman silver bill did the work and paved the way for the triumphant lection of Grover 'Cleveland In 1S92. It wag a disaster to the American people and to mankind when Mr. R. C. C. What Is bay rum made of? I would like a rocipe for It? (2) What day did Palm Sunday fall on In 1876? tJ) What 4s the cost of get ting your first naturalization papers? A. It in obtained by distilling the leuves of the pimenta acrls with rum. Or the valatile oil procured from the leaves by distillation may be mixed with alcohol, acetic acid and- water. (2) April 9th. (3) The charge varies m different courts. It would not be likely to exceed say 2. , Stranger. How may I become a druggist, who will know all about it druggist? Where can I get informa tion concerning study? A. The best way is to talk the tnatteT over with a druggist, who will know all about it. F. R. K. I am not Informed as to the Canadian tariff. The duty on furniture In ue would be slight. You can ascertain more particularly by w riting Hon. William Puterson, Minis ter of Customs, Quebec. - Student. Should not' adverbs and adjectives be classified as parts of sentence rather than parts of speech? (21 Is an attribute always in the nominative case? and has It the force of an adjective In ait cases? (J) On what occasion did George Washington curse? (4) Name and give short ac count fwthe fifteen decisive battles of the world? 5) When Is If correct to add the suffixes ."tion," "sion." don." etc,? ' I A Parts r speech ' Is the term used In referring to adverbs, adjec tives, nouns, etc. (2) An attribute may be an adverb or an adjective, and htt n't "Vane." J In colonial emeu our ''nrst families" were not so choice In their language as we of to day, and. it Is whispered that the fath er of hi; country, pometime used eweir. word. Probably von refer to his reprimand of Lee. (I) "Creasey'a DecWve IJMttlen of the WorU From .Marathon to Waterloo," book of H. M. R. What Is listed in self-rais ing uour 7 A.7--That 1s a trails ,ecrct. Ap parently there la something in it of mo nature or cream tartar and soda AV; S. A. There l Tin such coin as a copper" penny of 1804. The cent of that yor is quoted) nt 14 to 120 according to conJition, . , , . . A. B. Whom would you consider a very, famous Indian? . Please give me some information concerning him? (2) la what city was the cable oar invented 7 14 W nv is a cab e our ' men earn fame while they are living sater man a.tnorse or .trolley car on sieep inclines i . A.T-Amerlcan hlstarv.ls renlefe with Indinns of fame. Comparatively few dui tnere are numerous pws of In dians who may at least be considered notable. 'One' of - Oklahbina'' feen tors, .Robert ,L. .Owens. U. a .Muakogee imiian. jie is a lawyer by profession.- -(2) Cables -cars-are-not th In vention, but an evolution. (3) If there Is any reason. It 'is "because they are undqr. better .control.. The, ca bles, being underground. Is not bo lia ble to mishap as horson. and. trolleys are. II. A. B. April 6. 1874, was Sun day. Ihe half lime Is not rare. tning you. nave not ..ipserlhed your stump correctly, .o three-cent stamps were4?sued as early as 1845.- nor were there my-stamps at that time except local' ones.' If votirs Is' of that de scription it isflioul'd have the name of WV A. N. Kach of "our coins ex cept the 1852 bears n premium of one cent. I know nothing of a dol lar "made like a half' of 1860. The half dollar, of 1853 .without rays or arrows is worth $20 to $30, but none are in circulation. II. 8. M- Was the duke of .Marl borough considered a traitor by his countrymen In the series of wars be ginning 1704. or . 17087 C2),ln.a voltals cell, the zinc is eaten away by the sulphurls -ticld solution. Please explain the chemical action. (3) How is It btin arrange to toal and pro vision the American fleet after it ar rives in foreign waters? 14) How is radium made?, - &) How 14 Che tur bine engine Used as a motive power on an ocean liner? () What is the horoscope of one born December 22d?. -;' ' " A. The Duke of Mar'borougb ws deprived of his command In the army in 111 because his party, the whig, was succeeded by. the tones. His fame as a general and statesman has never to . my knowledge . been ques- Maned. (2) It would take a pretty shrewd cfaemLxt to explain why eul- phurlo acid eats al-nc And carbon; but It does so. i ! 3) The fleet- Is accom panied by colliers with a supply suf- flcent until a' coaling station is reach ed. . Provisions aref procurable at any port of call. , (4) It Is found in pitchblende. () A turDine is mpeii ed by steam JetA the steam Impinging upon buckets on the olrcttmrerence of rotating cylinder. ( iroud and Independent, verUIle, competent to bear great responsibilities. " A. C M. cannot find reference to such a book a fhe Natlon.il Cy clopedia of American BlosTtm.. Ross Rogers of Paris, Tenn., desires to communicate with A. 'J. S.. pre viously mentioned In this column. ; And so it turns from us and goes . ' Away in sad disdain; Though we would give our lives for it, i It nsver comes -again.'. "Yes said Mother Hubbard sink- Ing cosily down Into the. puffy depths or me Dig easy chair and setting her substantial feet, comfortably ou the warm hearth rug, "yes, I do believe In rakirug things easy. I think we are all inclined to take ' our parts In 'life more seriously than we have any need to. It's no use wooing happi ness with a Ion jc face. "They were talking about that at tne commonsense club, about being very irmioh in yea meat and very stren uous and allihat. It, was the day for the discussion of offspring." ' "I hav vivid recollections of being dlacussed, it k Always a serious sub ject." nodded the Optimist apprecia tively. ., "Yes." agred Mother Hubbard gen ially, "only now that total depravity apd origiaal sin havo been found to be such flagrant errors that It's a wonder how our forefathers . and mothers were deceive! by them, it seems that we might begin to take the bringing up of the little ones more easily. But I'll tell you. as I could have told ths women, only I didn't, mat though total -JepravMy is a de lusion and original Bin a snare, the evils th-it the words used' to stand for are right where they have al ways been. I've searched them out. They call them now, natural ben-t and heredity. But. what's In a name? And that reminds me that all they've been saying about the author, of Shakespeare makes no change in the blessed o'd books.- - After I'd read of the dear. worn, took up oneetaoln it. I took, up one of thef UeaV, -worn, scribbled volumes and I said to my- weu, -it aoesn t. .matter "who he was nor what name men called him by, this Is the heart of the man. we have him here, and Whether men know him as Lord Bacon or something else, who cares? It doesn't change the beauty of the work andt it Is too late to do any harm to the tnan. So J was comforted. ' ; "New words don't change .old y-uths. There is something the mat ter with children. . tt seems to sort of stay the matter with us, doesn't it? 1on't care what they call It. but I do rather like a name that relieves ithe Individual of some of the respon sibility." "Now I like thai,1 Jaughed the Op timist. "I begin to feel happier al ready. A felght is being lifted from my eoul. "''Whore then would you put the blame?" - " "What are ancestors for?" put In the Scribbler at th elbow .of ihe College Girl who sat in her corner contentedly munching. , chocolate crea ms. - . ' ' . , "I've often "wondered." mused thje Optimist. . "Perhaps we might use a few as scapegoats."- Mother Hubbard' lauirheV ,n her comfortable way. "Well, you know It does seem too bad that the wo men go about things so fiercely. We sefm to bo afraid of taklrrg a little comfort along the way. Now every sinvrle one of those club .women was working vigorously for the futre. Not orje gave more than a fhonnhit to the precious passing time. They were fretting and worrkihg over the men and women that their children ere going to - be, while some Inefficient nurse girl was attending -the precious babies that they are. I believe In the frood things of to-dar." . 'ISow, Is the constant syllable Tickine from the clock of Time, Now, is the watchword of the wise. Now is on the banner of the prudent. Cherish thy to-day and prise It well, , Or ever it be gulfed Into the Past. Husband it. for who can promise That It shall have a to-morrow?" " said the Quiet Man from his cave of shadows. , "That is it," s-ild Pandora wearily. "this everlasting? getting- ready for some other day! - I've been coaxed and r i driven to it all my life, but I don't believe In it- Besides, is there a to-morrow? Another day comes, but it grows right out of to-day. Living to-day fully, happily, trustingly,- use fully, is not that the best preparation for each to-morrow? This matter of mothering the babies. Isn't there too much taking of thought about the way It is done? -The child may never grow up. ' Why not enjoy him as a cntid, not waiting for a better day wnen all Che sweetness shall be drill ej out of him. . I've been down to the day nursery a good deal, . and wa'tchin- the babies there I've done some thinking." It was the College Girl's Incredulous stare that , brought Pandora's soft laugh In at the wrong place. "1 know; I've heard art about It.1 said the College Qirl in the uncom promising- way that belonged to this moon. ; xou've been elected to a po sition on the board of -directors and you don't know the first thin about tne worK or child culture." Pandora smiled graciously and bowed in acknowledgement of the Optimist's manifestations of Increas ed respect. Then, changing like the April lady that she was, she cast an appealing glance- about her, winning the support of all upon whom tt fell. "'Does one have to know?" she said softly. "Well. I" should think.!" and the College Girl flashed a wcornful look in her direction. "When you are on a board why,, of course you have to now the things that the board eianu xur. , - But aint there nurses and care takers?" asked the Country Brldei "Poor little kiddies!" "You haven't seen them." said Pan dora. "As for their mothers belnar away, why .extremes meet, vou know. and they To not iy very much more away tnan tne society motners are. nor much more tired "when, the get to their DuDies. i know some of the private home nurseries 'too. That is one. of. the things that I did some thinking about Another was the ex cellent work tha.t the nurses K for the babies. There doesn't seem to be any of that preparation or anxiety about 'the future, I am beginning to believe that a woman succeeds bet ter when, 'her' mothering is a matter of business rather than- well,' than when it is a vocation." . ' "I wa reading- something like that the other ' day, nxld the Motherly Woman. , "It .w-as a pretty story of a flrirl who'wen't to mother her broth er's flock of boys and vjirls. She Joined a 'mother's club and put her whole heart into the work. AnJ she succeeded so' well that the real moth ers were furiously Jealoufl.( It was discovered that to' her brother she talked like a man, to Bess, like n young laiy, to Ted 'like "a lad and lo Dot , H.ke a baby. tjjie had been all thing to all 'of the family and she had won them. The real moth ers complained 'that 'her position was different from theirs am they were not to be Judged by her standard. 1 think, the , real secret, was that ."he felt responsible for each, day and left the to-morrows to themselyes." "I shouldn't wo. der.1' . said Moth er Hubbard with her cosey, , homely Bmllo. ' "And I'll tell' you a secret: I don't, believe we knpw. -much about training and all that. I lind In my self ninny of tn faults, that. I d." plose In the little Hubbards,-. and sometimes I am. very much 'ashamed of punishing a child for a sin of which I-ani myself guilty, . I believe more and more In less severe meth ods as- I .realize more-and more the shortcomings of grown folks. They bsed -to think that -the total deprav ity had tf be whipped out of a child. That's 'what 'reconciles me to the de lusion .thiat It Isn't . there, anv more. If It will save the babies all . that useless- sufferm. let -them think so! But it's there alt rieht. I feel twinges of If ' often 'enough' Id know. But I've no objection to new names. What I -want to say l that we'miss a whole lot waiting and working and planning for another time. It 'is when time seems to sftop and we stand on the brink of eternity with one who mut pass through the doors thnt is only wi.le. enough o admit. one. that we realize how little we. made of the small, swqft days as they passed. The time that we looked forward to will never come, snd th days that we had are gone! -Ah, the dear, precious common days how Iktle we under stand their vilue! . '..... '"The mother with her babies needs not to'be burdened with the failures or successes of the men aivj women whom her little ones may beconio. Her business is with the little ones now. , - , Oiily the.'othor day I saw a, moth er close her eyes and fold her hands against all the work thaK she haJ tried eo -hard to do., fhe was too busy to bother much with her chil dren, buisv workinir for a time to damn when the lads should be men and the lassies women. She couldn't give them -much of herself. She had in mind the men and women that she wanted them to be.- And now she is gone and she and they missed so "Our cares are all to-day; our Joys are All To-day, t And In one little word, our life, - -'-What Is it but-To-dayr " Frorae the Quiet Man's cave of abadowTs came- slowly: " " Ther is a floating island forward on the stream ot Time, Buoyant with fermenting air, and borne , along the -rapids; And on that Islund Is a siren singing sweetly as she goeth. Her eyes are bright with Invitation and r allurement lurketh in her cheeks: Many lovers vainly pursurlng, follow her 1 beckoning finger. To-morrow Is that . Island, a vain and A foolish heritage. And Ijlliirlilnv .i,i. . ti - , " : r. ;uuvuvw y il lusion hideth there.'" . r ... A RECORD FOR, ECONOMY. A High point Oftlccr Numbers tlx House of the City at a Cost of Only . 25 Full Yard Force Put on Again - lr Southern Invitations to Bank " W arming. - . . SIecfl to The Observer. High Point, Feb. 1. Officer Love lace, of the High Point police force. Is a. wonder wheu It comes to thrift and economy. , He has Just completed' numbering the houses In the city,.. about 2.500 In all, and the work. Jn cludlng the tags, cost the city less than $25. The lowest bid on this work was $155. For some time the work has been going on of re-num-. berlng the houses ' on the decimal plan as used in all the large cities of the country, and Mr. Lovelace waa assisted by a young man part of the time, the biggest amount of the $2J . going to him. The oltlcer should be enrolled under the head of the odd and curious. It is learned that the oard of alJermen at Its next meet ing will return a vote of thanks for ' such efficient and, at the same time, v economical work. High Point furnished two couples this week which went to other towns to be married .In neither case was It a runaway match, the parties simp ly preferring to avoid 'the usual for malities of a wedding. The first took place at Oreensboro Wednesday, the contracting parties being Miss Hat tie 6echrest and' XIr. Vernon . Hos kins. The second, also on Wednesday, occurred at Plcastant Oarden,-" the contracting parties being Mr. Ban W. Edwards and Miss Ktta Gunter. A sign of Increased, business In the railroad line UJiU placing back here of one of the yard engines for shift -t ing purposes. The first of December this engine was taken off on account of the decrease In shipping. ' Now The yard force Is up to its full limit-which argues better times. -. The following Invitations have been sent out; "The -officers and directors cordially Invite you to attend the opening of the-North, Carolina 6avings K;inn and Trust Company of High Point. N. C.. on Monday and Tues day, February 3d and 4th. 1908. We will take pleasure In. having you In spect our building, visit the roof gar den, have a view of High Point and - portions of six adjoining counties and Inspecting, our six? vauiu,- anJ ; other appliances for the safe guarding of money, papers and other valuables'.' . . Workmen have been kept busy day and night getting everything In readi ness for the opening of this bank on the above-mentioned date and to-day things -on the lower floors are receiv ing the final touches. The High Point Clothing Company now occuplc's new quarters In the building alongside the Bennett shoe store. . The partition dlvidlrfg thene two stores has been removed, throw ing the two stores Into one and mak- . Ing It very attractive and at the same time easier -for the buyer of shoes, clothing and accessories. -.' . While talking to a gentleman Hast night who is well up on politics, he made the remark that, if M-. J. El wood Cox should be placed at the . head of the ticket by the Republi cans of the State, he would win out. as he is a- great- temperance leaJer, and from the fact that the prohibition' movement is sweeping the State this year he would ride right into tne Governor s. chair. V hether this De a true forcast or not. It Is safe to say that Mr. Cox would poll more votes. than any Repubilean the ' party could put up. as hundreds and per-.. haps thousands of his Democrat - friends and .admirers wculd vote for him. - Scrip or Money--WhicK Did You Receive? i In need, probably actual money wai de manded and scrip-was substituted. .Thousands of people over the entire country were sadly disappointed during the financial stringency. 'Their1 banks turned millions of dollars worth of scrip up public The Planters Na 'tional Bank paid put cur rency on demand and not one penny of scrip was . mi i r irv i "in i w i . SAVH MONF.T PT PtTTTNM CHAM BERLAIN 8 COCGH KEMKDT. Too will par lust aa much for a bottle of Chamberlain s Counh itemerty for any of the ltier rfiikh medicines, but you save money In buying It. The saving l In hst you get. ni whnt you psy. The sure-l-cur-you quality Is in evrr boitl ,f Ms rmed. uml you get rood mulls when you tske It. Nelertd cold often develop seiioos eonthttons, and when you lnv a cough medicine you nt to le sure you ar geftl-K one that will cure your cold. t"lnunlrlsln' I'oush Remedy alwity curen. Fr 3 d &) cents a bot'.le. For sale by W. I. Band Co. I NO PAID OUT hi- issued. Meeting every de mand of its depositors, and paying 3$ compounded semi-annually, this bank has amassed the largest surplus and undivided profits of any bank in the State. Accounts receivable from x one dollar and upwards, which are quickly' and safely transmitted to us by either registered mail, checks, drafts or express. Savings Department, Planters National Bank. QpH Sr?!us isi Ccdiniei Prcfo, JU75.CC0.C0 RICHMOND, VA. .
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Feb. 2, 1908, edition 1
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