VOL. XXXVIII.
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Heart to Heart
Talks.
By EDWIN A. NYE.
MY CREED.
Some years ago 1 wrote what I called
my creed. In one shape or another
that creed has appeared in various
newspapers.
It has been changed la some par
ticulars and no doubt considerably
Improved. However that may be, 1
have not changed my confession of
faith and append herewith the original
anbacriptlon:
What do I believe? This:
I believe In Cleanliness of body,
mind and soul, because cleanliness is
not merely next to Godliness. It IB
Godliness.
I believe in Kindness to man, wom
an, child and animal, because God Is
kind to me.
I believe in Truth because it makes
me free.
I believe in the Charity that begins
at home, bnt does not end there.
I believe in Mercy as ardently as I
hope it may be extended to me.
I believe In Moral Courage because
it distinguishes me from s brute
I believe in Righteousness because It
is the shortest and best line between
two eternities.
I believe In Patience because it Is
the swiftest way to accomplishment
1 believe In that sort of strenuous
Industry which take* an occasional va
cation.
1 believe In the kind of economic
Saving that doea not hesitate to spend
money freely for a good purpose.
I believe IJB Honesty not for policy's
sake, but for the aake of decent prin
ciples.
1 believe in Hospitality because It
puts a roof not only over my head, but
my neighbor's head as well.
I believe In Obedience because It is
the only way 1 can learn how to com
mand.
I believe in Self Control because I
want to Influence my fellowa for their
good.
I believe in Suffering because It Is
the best means the Eternal can use to
chasten and purify.
I believe In God jiecause 1 am not
spiritually blind.
HOff SHE DOES IT.
I know a home from which you would
scarcely be able to drive the children
with a club. »
It is not a fine home nor expensive In
Its upkeep. It is Just comfortable. And
It la presided over by a woman of rare
sense and great tact She cares more
for her children than for fine clothes or
society or the woman's club. She
wants her children to have a good time
and knows how to give It to-them.
To illustrate:
There are two boys, line young cubs,
who never go grumbling to their tasks.
Mother knows how to make sport out
of drudgery. And if the task Is hard
there is a aure reward at the end.
There are a big yard and a garden.
The boys work hard in the garden and
enact high jinks in the yard. There are
a big tree, the barn, the alley. Noisy?
Of course. And bard on clothea ? Sure
ly. But-
Tou will find a lot of neighborhood
boys there, wbicb Is an Infallible teat
of the aort of mother young fellows
have.
The boys bare ■ room of their own.
It happens there are two windows on
the west. There are striped awnings
over the windows. A lot of people in
that neighborhood are richer, but they
never think of buying awnings—"Just
for the boy*" room." - ?
Besides—
Down in the basement are plenty of
toola and soft pine boards. Things are a
bit topsy tarry there. Ton should see
the "contraptions" the boys make. And
if by any means they may contrive and
make something for mother—why, that
is best of all.
In the yard are a swing and a ham
mock. To be sure, they break down
occasionally when too many kids tum
ble in at one time. Ropes and ham
mocks do not cost mnch. And nobody
la ever scolded.
There is a girl also.
She is something of a romp. The
neighbors call her "a tomboy." She is
as lithe as the family cat, and there
are freckles on her nose. It is noted
when the neighborhood girls play with
the dolls and mimic their mammaa
they do so at this girl's bom*. Else
where they might rumple things and
Incur remarks.
. More than all else—
In the vocabulary of this mother
there la no such word aa "Don't"
How does she keep her children at
home?
This is the recipe: A little good sense,
■ few ounces of patience, a pinch of
-tact. Mix with real mother love. J
TIE CITT BOT.
If yon will go over the list of the men
In your city that have done things yoo
will discover that most of them were
bwnnht ap in the country.
Why is it!
Because a boy needs wide spaces t*
which to grow into a man. Ha needs
elbow room. The natural swath of the
boy la a wide one. He Is sttunod to
sipresslim and needs to bubble over.
He wants vent In the city he la won
or leas cabbed, cribbed and confined.
Poor city chap I
for him are no gnat Sdda or shady
woods where wanderlust may lead
him. Vor hip no company and touch
■Castas.
He Is rod* and destructive? Whs*
wonder? If he la Sll boy a»d worth
hie rearing he spells Store*. And If it
Is oppreaead torea means expioato*.
His mother ecolda. He spoils the
furniture, teaaee the est and wwrriee
his atster. Giro him a dime a*d he
win go to a picture show or to the
Sll* its strsats that often lead direct
ly to hell.
A hoy unspoiled Is the fines* thing
aa hp.
The normal hoy, under Us vest. Is
sSectionste. His heart. If you know
when to find it, is bigger than his
head. He Is, by primal instinct, hon
♦— ' -- " ~* .7
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1912.
est,
The normal boy is to all
the winds that blow. He stands for
fair play. He believes In the squire
deal. Later on be may lose some of
these qualities. Disappointed In his
Ideals, he may quit wearing his heart
on his sleeve, but as • boy he Is simply
admirable.
Glvo the city boy his chance. i
Send him to the country as often aa
it inay be possible. That Is his real
habitat
And encourage him to build his shop
in the back yard or in the basement—
anywhere but In the parlor. And be
sore to give him a room for hla very
own.
Yes; his room win often be topsy tur
vey. Let it He Is not a young gentle
man. He is a boy. And God bless
him I
Let him bring his chums home with
him. Let them romp and "raise Cain."
Give rudeness vent and it ceases.
And you public officials—
Give the city boy his chance. Give
him plenty of room for his playground.
room for hla ball and his calliope
▼olce Multiply the parks. Ventilate
the schoolroom. Interest him In the
gymnasium. And when be goes wrong
provide him a juvenile court that un
derstands him'and guardians that will
help him to become what be ought to
be.
TBE ABJECT BRIDEGROOM.
The brldecroom was attired In the eoa
ventlonal black.—News Item.
Always and everywhere nowadays
it is the same old story—black, con
ventional black. _ .
Entire paragraphs in the society Col
umns are lit up with descriptions of
the wedding decorations, the gowns of
bride and bridesmaids, even the bou
quets carried by the maids of honor.
The groom's toilet gets one line.
The groom's hair is combed just aa
he combs It every day. The collar be
wears will be of the same style be is
accustomed to wear. Hla trousers will
be a little more sharply creased, and
there will be a little more expanse of
shirt bosom. No color, mind you, noth
ing but white and black.
He Is permitted fo wear "the con
ventional black," a meek dlspoaltion
and a doubtful smile.
And thus attired be is led like a
sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb
before his shearers he Is dumb.
On tbe wedding day nobody pays
any particular attention to blm.
He is a sort of necessary evil.
The show could not well proceed
without blm. He is not to say a super
numerary, but the spot light does not
hover over his station on the stage.
He is on the program, but not fea
tured. He is in the cast, but receives
no applause
Ah, my brethren-
It la a far cry, this studied neglect
ot the groom, from the daya of tbe
■tone age, wben tbe man wooed and
won his wife with a knobby club and
dragged ber borne by the hair.
It is a far cry, indeed, from tbe day
wben the wedding ring placed on tbe
Anger of the bride meant something.
You know tbe wedding ring Is a sur
vival of tbe time wben the bride was
literally and actually owned—when tbe
ring, instead of being put ou the
bride's Onger, was put about her neck
or about ber wrist, for tbe convenience
of her owner and lord.
Ah me, my brethren—
Those halcyon days af absolute lord
ship are over.
Tbe shoe is on tbe other foot!
And It Is the fault of tbe benedict.
He permits himself, on tbe very verge
of his matrimonial venture, to be sup
pressed, subjected, snubbed, ignored.
Why should he wonder at tbe sequel
—wben he gets what Is coming!
MOLDING THE PUTTY
Take care lest you handicap your son.
There's a man inside of bim—lf yon
can get the man out of him. And man
hood is made by putting flesh and
-Mood up against tlie sharp corners of
Uta.
Cruel? It Is effective.
Is it your aim to shield your boy
from the hardships you knew when
you were a boy? That is a natural de
sire, but in carrying it out you may
coddle your boy and weaken his char
acter.
For Instance:
Ton let the chap sleep late while bis
mother keeps the breakfast warm for
him, and be cornea downstairs to find
fault with bis food Look out! You are
pampering that boy. Ton are padding
things to give bim an eaay Impact
Which may be fatherly.
But very uif Is*.
Bmhuc ye# sire taking away bis
ehrfiNrw j>ecolna a man. You let bim
Spend not earn. You
mak* the g** »Jffy Instead or bard.
He ought to strife against odds. lie
outfit to work toiwin.
How shall ha learn to ewtm without
gulag Into the water?
Ton want to aave him from snfferioi:.
but Buffering perfects character.
If your boy U to know tbe worth of
a dollar b« must uro It: If be la to
know tba thrill of wcm in moat
win It
'And mark this:
Tour boy " n nvrrr get Into touch
Wltb I boa* who *trlre If be doea not
ktaaaelf go tkmiili struggle. Lacklag
Ik* atruggle. bo laeka sympathy with
thoae who contend. And without per
sonal toncb and sympathy with otter
folk your boy cannot be tbe maa
among men ttet te ongbt to he.
Hhrd BneaT
Even to. It la hard llnea far yon, my
frlaad, and for CM, and for aU of aa,
bat it iv the way by which wa gat
fiber and forcefulaeaa.
Tte world win give no man place aa
laaa be climka np to- gat It. WoaM foa
keep yoor boy from climbing, perforce,
because he mt blister his haada oa
tte ronnda of the laddart
TOOT boy la made of tte same aartoC
patty yon are made of. Ton wara atold
ad Into what rocceaa 70a hare achieved
while tbe potty waa soft
Wtea tte potty of which yonr boy la
made beglna to harden it la tea lata to
try ta mold It
TO TIE BOSS,
So yon employ yoang men?
Baa It occurred to yoa that yen owe
tteaa yoa nc men mora than their
wages?
Or—lf you fight shy of moral con-1
siderations—have yon considered that
by raising the standard of honor and
conduct of these young fellows you
might profit thereby?
Tbey pattern after you.
Consciously or not, those who work. l
for you look up to yon and follow your
example What more natural? You
are their ideaL You have aucceeded
in yonr business. Tbey hope to suc
ceed in the k tme business. Why should
they not Imitate your ways and follow
your methods?
Therefore-
Your standards of business snd of
life your habits and purposes will be
come theirs.
You may urge tbat your llfo la your
private affair. You may aay to youi
people "Do as I say, not ss I do."
Nevertheless tbey will Judge youi
creed by your actlona. Ha is a rare
young man who ia able to profit by
tbe errors of bis boss and avoid them.
You cannot conceal yonr real charac
ter.
For example—
If you are accustomed to use sharp
practices in your deals, if you deceive
your customers, your employees know
It Unconsciously tbey will adopt as
their code, "Be honest with the firm,
bnt .cheat other people." if you will
think a moment you will see where
tbat sort of "honesty" leads.
If Ton now dishonesty you will of
dishonesty reap losses.
And If you swear, habitually or oc
casionally, you may expect to bear the
•cho of your oaths In the months of
Tour i>*" —Indies. if you lose
your polM and your temper you wll
lose tbe respect of your people.
If yon drink, even occasionally, yoi
aet tbe example for your helpers. Yot
may bare strict rules forbidding tbe
use of liquor, but you will Bud tbat
your hablta count for mora than your
rules.
If you gamble your men will know
It, and If some time one of them em
bezzles yonr money to pay his gam
bling debts you will discover why be
did it
If yon apeculate look out The boys
under you will speculate.
This Is not a preachment
It Is straight speech—man fashion.
Be not deceived. Decency, cleanli
ness of life, line purpose, are vet at a
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Early Top Hate.
Bilk hats were known In Kranee
some years before John lletberingtou
frightened Londoners by wearing one.
They came In with tbe Kreucb revo
lution, when all patriotic citisens aban
doned wigs and bad their bnlr cut
short Engravings printed so early as
1790 depict suns culotte dandles wear
ing top hats, in n rare print of the
trial of the Ulrondlsts. which took
place in 1703, all tbe judges appear
crowned with silk Although the
silk top hat la not much more than a
hundred years old. bats of that shape
were worn hundreds of years before.
In Elisabetban times a cylindrical bat
with a brim rather similar to that of
the "fiftiss" and with tbe addition of
a plume was worn by the nobility.
According to Raphael, It was worn
very much earlier even than that A
red top bat appears In tbe cartoon
"Paul Preaching at Athens.
Chronicle.
i 1
Legend ef the Ostrich.
Among tbe Arabs there la a curious
legend to account for tbe ostrich's resi
dence In the desert. "On a certain day
appointed," so the story nms, "all cre
ated beings met together to decide
upon their respective order and preced
ence. All went smoothly until tbe os
trich. plesding Its Inability to fly. dis
owned tbe birds and claimed to take
rank with the mammals. These, how
ever, would have nothing to aay to a
creature clothed not with fur, but with
feathers, while the birds, wben tbe os
trich went dejectedly back, repudiated
it also as a traitor to Us race. Bat tbe
ostrich waa equal to the occasion and
declared that, being neither mammal
nor bird. It most be an angel. At thla
all the other animals indignantly rush
ed upon the oatrlch and drove it before
them into tbe desert, where it has lived
In solitude ever alnce, with no one to
contradict it"
Convinced Toe Late.
"But yon and father married against
tbe wish of your parents," said the
young woman.
"Quite true," replied her mother,
"and your father ba% never ceased to
talk of hls-fath?r-|n-l|iw unl mother.
A SARTORIAL TRAGEDY.
The Lady Accepted a Hewer and Lost
Her Beautiful Figure
In London Troth of Mareb 8, 1877,
Henry Lnboochai* told this story of a
toilet calamity doo to the feminine
fxihioe of tbooe daya:
At a dinner party given lately in
Paris one lady was remarked above all
others for tbe elegance of ber figure
and tbe perfection of ber toilet Dur
ing tbe mauvala quart d'benre before
dinner she was surrounded by a boat
of admirers, and one leas bashful than
the rest ventured to offer ber the
flower from bla buttonhole It was
accepted, but as tbe "princess robe"
worn by tbe graceful creature was
laced behind It was necessary to fas
ten the flower to tbe front of ber
drees wltb a pin. The operation was
successfully performed, and tbe fsir
lady was led in to dinner by tbe donor
of the flower. They were hardly seat
ed when be beard a curious sound like
tbe gentle sighing of tbe wind, and on
turning toward hla partner be aaw
with horror that tbe lovely figure was
getting "small by degrees snd beauti
fully leas." Tbe. rounded form bad dis
appeared before -"the soup was over,
and long before tbe first entree tbe
once creaseless garment bung in great
folds about a scraggy framework I it
seems tbat the newest dresses for
'Wight" ladles are made wltb air tight
linings and inflated until tbe required
degree of embonpoint Is attained. The
unfortunate lady mentioned above bad
forgotten this detail wben she fastened
tbe fatal Dower to ber bosom with ■
pin; bene* the tolls pee
A City of the Dead.
Bath, from which city Dickens car
ried away the tin mortal name* of Pick
wick and Snodgrtuis, hold* relic* of the
master. Ilia tobacco ]ar and beer Jug
are •till piously preserved at the Sara
cen'* Bead. But. though Dlckena wrote
gloriously or Hath, be never really
liked the place.
"Lander*! ghost goe* along the allent
street* bare before me." be write* In
1868. • • • The place looks to ma
like a cemetery which the dead have
racceeded In rising and taking. Bav
llng -built streets of their old grave
atonaa, they wander about, acurcely
to look alive.' A dead failure.''
Aunt Sarah's
Pension Money
By M. QUAD
Copyrlcht, Mil, by AoodtUd 'Lit
erary Prrnt.
In tbe village of Bowells, after Mr».
James Griggs became a widow, she
wax always spoken of as Aunt Sarah.
Her busband was a carpenter, and in
tbe last days of tbe war be enlisted
and went to the front to be killed. It
was years afterward tbat Annt Sarab
got ber pension, and then It came In a
lump sum of S6OO. She was flfty-flve
years old then and Urine with rela
tives.
There were two brothers, two broth
ers-in-law, three sisters and four or
live uncles and aunts intereeted in that
pension money. It came by tbe 2
o'clock mall, and by 6 o'clock tbe news
bad buzzed all through the Tillage and
reached relatives living eleven miles
away. Tbat evening there was an as
sembly at the bouse of brother Moses.
Tbe family bad let tbe dish washing go
and dressed up Aunt Sarah* In her
calico best. She was a SOOO woman
now, and brother Moses had said to
her; « V
"I'll take charge of the money aud
all you'll have to do the rest of your
life la to eat peach preserve*' and
with folded handa."
The other relatives, an faat as they
approached, made similar offers, aud
there was hardly a man In tbo Tillage
who didn't offer to borrow the money
and pay 10 per cent lntereat Aunt
Sarah certainly held the center of the
stage. She bad often been taunted
with having no will of her own, but
sow it waa found that her relatives
bad made a great big mistake. She
had a will. She refused to let any one
of them take charge of her finances.
She refused to lend a shllllug. She re
fused to follow any advice about In
vesting it. Blie proposed to paddle ber
own cauoe. When she cashed the
check she refused to bank tbo money,
but carried the wad of greenbacks
around in a pocket made for the pur
pose.
How was any relative to get hia
hands on that money? Thia kept sev
eral men and women awake nlghta
and gave them shivers In the daytime.
It seemed that cajolery or flattery
was the only course. They bad Aunt
Barah from home to home. She waa
fed on preserves and lodged In the
■pare room. Kl.o had an alpaca dreaa
and a new honuet. If she went to feed
the bogs or wash the dlabea abe waa
chased back luto the parlor and told
to look at the photos in tbo family
album. She waa told that she waa
growing younger every hour, and she
waa provided with "hair dye and a
toothbrush, and ofter a couple of
weeks hints would be thrown out that
ahe had better hand over the money.
She waa always ready to pass on to
the next relative after that.
Tiling* Anally got around to Mom*
again, lie bad been thinking and try
lug to decide what bin duty won. He
bad finally made up his mind. He
didn't even toll hli wife about It. He
was not decretive a* a rule, but In thl»
case be felt tbnt be could do bla duty
unaided. At midnight, when Aunt
Sarah wax soundly usleep in tbe bent
bed In tbe house and dreaming of tlie
quince preserved alio had eaten for
supper, Moitcn left bin own bed and tbe
house and started to crawl Into her
opeu window. It was known to him
that once tbe widow waa asleep no
thunderclap could awaken her. Under
tbe window he deposited an old. pair
of aboes, and on tbe grass not far away
belaft au old hat. Husplelon must be
cast upon o tramp, yiiu see.
The loving brother had got most J of
his body Into the room -when A tint
Barah bobbed out of bed and grabl>e&
a chair and brought ,It down on tbe
bend of the Intruder with such force
as to break tho legs and bis bead at
the same time. The chair fell to tbe
floor, and .Moses fell to the ground.
There was au alarm. He was not a
good liar and realized tbe fact, and so
be simply explained that It was n case
of sleepwalking. lie had gone to bed
worrying about tho sister's money and
in his sleep had tried to crawl Into the
window to see If It was safe.
After Moses had done his doty, or
made a good try at it, tbe SOOO widow
accepted au invitation to pass a couple
of Weeks with a friend. .Ifiii was a bit
afraid that aome of her other relatives
night try the sleepwalking stoat
Amid all tbe planning and talking no
one bad mentioned marriage. Such an
Idea was prcposteroufk VffM-flx?
years and over and no man'ln .sunt
They bad aaid she was
er; that she almost bad s'gl*i?isralfc«7/
One afternoon Annt Har-h took a
walk down the highway to a bridge
over a creek. She was standing there
when Deacon UMscom. sixty years old,
cam* along, lie looked at her and
baited and asked:
"Mebbe yea are a wldder woman?"
-I am."
"And I'm a w!d ler man. Want to
get married?"
"Why—why—l hadn't though'."—
""Neither had I. Imt I'm thlnklns
now. stopping up at Perkins'?"
"Tes."
"Let's go and talk. I'm t!nd r lone
•ome, and 1 kinder like tbe 1 ok* of
Too."
|_«f They bad. tMr talk. HDl v.Urti Ana'
Sarah asked "A Vf? - Pertlm
she iraa :
"flay, it will be )e*L 100 cuti*'"
Two day* later Mw railed the rel
•tlTM together to say: *
i "Tea, li'a true that ftarah baa want
and got married, and doggoue my cats
If the lawyer* don't aay we can't do a
domed thing about It"
Hia Number.
He gated tanderly Into ber eyea as
lb* tpoka
"Life." aba mnnnnred dreamily, "is,
after all, nothing bnt a romance la
which we are the character*, moving
hither and you aa the supreme author
of oar being directs."
"And in the norel of yoor life," said
he tenderly, "where do I come tnr
"100 r abe answered with a smile.
"Oh, you are—let me see-one. two
O. - riUm* a«r»nt«iiQ."-
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