C!TY AND COUNTRY
FUNERAL CONTRASTS
THEM*: ts Kt) i
-f^e People Ju the City At^? the Same
As Those to the Country.
(Baltimore Sun)
Sometime ago a writer contrasted
the difference between the city fun
eral and the country funeral. He
spake of the indifference of the city
toward the dead and tne bereaved.
He described how he himseif mereiy
telephoned the florist to send a
spray. Then, at the last moment, he
slipped into the undertaker's chape!
staying ju-st !rng enough to be re
cognized and siipped out again.
He compared this with a country
funeral where the dead man !ay in
hi-s own home and was carried to his
)ast resting piace on the shoulders
of his neighbors. He spoke of the
interest displayed by everyone and of
the kindly helping hands held out.
To me those two pictures suggest
but one conclusion. The narrator
evidently had never attended a city
funeral that meant much to him. But
he had been to a country funeral that
touched him closely. That was all.
The people in the city are the same
as those in the country. There is no
difference. The same warm hearts,
the same helping hands, the same
sympathy. ,
% attended a funeral in a large city !
not long ago. The dead man lay in ^
his own home until the time canig for
the last rites. The house was so be-!
sieged by would-be helpers that re- !
lays for persons had to be selected to
meet those who would assist and to '
take their affectionate messages of
condolence, if was necessary to ap
point one just to take charge of the
flowers sent. For two days preced
ing the funeral the street in front of
the house was lined with automo
biles which their owners had placed
with the hope they might be of
some service. ;
Of course this was a man of af-,
fairs and wide influence.Uut 1 am
reminded of the funeral of a simple
factory workman who lived humbfy
in the midst of a large city. So
worthily had he touched the lives of
those with whom he came in contact
that 150 autos followed him to the
cemetery.
The average man's sphere is more
limited to the city than in the coun
try. He may know fewer people but
their hearts are just as kind.
Therei s no difference between city
people and country people. If a man
^a§ 59 Uved in the city that he has
won the affection and respect of
those with whom he has associated,
they Will be right there when the
t(me comes. And if he has so lived
ip the country that the people around
him have no regard for him, they
will shed no tears and besiege no
house when he dies.
As we live, so we die, whether it be
ip the city or in the country. But
the people are just the same.
.—A wild candidate for president
next year won't do. says a down-state
* editor. Neither w iil one that's tame
enough to eat out of everybody's
hand.
RMMi.SCMMM.NEW'S
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! The Recent Country Lite Oonfei^nce !
Devoted To the Rural Home. j
(Bureau Of Education)
Interest in farm homes should cer-j
' tainiy receive a new impetus as a re- j
j suit of the spiendid program of the j
j Country Life Conference which met)
in St. Louis, Xovembr 8th to 11th. j
Speakers of national reputation in
various fieids of rural endeavor,}
' farmers and farm home makers, ru-!
! rai church and schol officers, and the !
{tike, took part.
Modern Home Lite.
What the rural home should mean
to the farm family; how it can bej
made beautiful, convenient, spiritual- j
ly inspiring; how it can and should!
be kep tphysically healthful and mor-;
ally wholesome; a place of rest, in-j
spiration, rffection, and respect,
were all stressed by speakers and
delegates. Special emphasis was
placed on the mutual responsibilities i
of home and school and their close {
relationship to each other. The^
old-fashioned home with its cherished j
traditions and sentiments; the homej
as a place in which the fine virtues j
of honesty, integrity, and thrift may j
be cultivated is not extinct in our ru
ra! communities. Indeed, the farnij
home has a groat opportunity to pre
serving the nest of the old home life
and combining with it nw ideals ,
which make modern home life at-i
tractive as well as substantial and <
wholesome.
Tlie t radio Of Oreat Men.
From our earliest history great;
statesmen, soldiers, professional men, !
and artists have come from farm ;
homes. America's most eminent cit- j
izens have ascribed their success to
th training received about the fire
side in the far mhome. May not our
present farm horns, then, be the:
means of preserving the sterling j
qualities of home life so long re- {
vered during the time that city homes i
ar adjusting themselves to the new i
conditions which the exigencies of ;
modfi'p civilized living are bi inging j
about? t
The Rural School Library.
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Oxford. N.C.
OFFERS FOR THE SPRING TERM BEGIN\!\<i
JANUARY 12,1924
SOME SHORT COURSES
1. Commercial. Shorthand and Typewriting—that may
he completed ht 18 weeks and will fit for important Bus
iness Positions.
2. Practical Course in Home Economics.
3. Courses in Preparatory Department to aid in .remov
inn conditions for lull entrance to the H-eshman Classes
of Collenes.
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We are now receiving new goods in
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We also have a full line of Cups and
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Come In and Look Them Over.
H. J. COUNCIL
) The holiday seasons bring with
{them special and charming editions
! o!d books that will tempt children
[ to read when they otherwise would
j not, as well as large numbers of new
) and worthwhile bookg and stories. In
i the winter, too, the Congress is u-sual
} ly in session and people's minds are
! more easily turned toward questions
of national and State-wide interest.
There is better opportunity to teach
god citizenship, patriotism, and loy
alty through well-selected timely ar
ticles on current thought and move
ments. Moreover, in rural sections
such local governmental activities as
grand jury and town meetings, sess
ions of county courts, and meetings
of tax-levying bodies are usually held
in the winter months when the farm
ers are not so busy, and the rural li-;
brary may be well used to give help :
and information along these lines of
civic dqty.
The Christmas Program.
Many pupils attending rural
schools will soon begin to talk about
the Christmas program for which
they are rehearsing.
Fortunate are they in the poems
they are becoming familiar with are
chosen from among the great poems
which have been inspired by the
Christmas spirit.
Among the Christmas poems which
'are loved by ail who have the oppor
tunity to know them are:
' O, littie Town of Bethiehem.—
' Brooks.
j Everywhere, Everywhere, Christ
. mas To-night.—Breks.
; While Shepherds Watched Their
jFiock by Night.—Tate.
; The Night Before Christmas.— j
Moore.
} A Christmas Carol—Lowell.
I God Rest You, Merry Gentlemen.— !
Muloch.
May these poems or others equally j
beautiful be read over and over—and !
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at least one learned by heart—by
every child attending a rural school
during this December.
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Somehow or other when we read
an advertisement offering "Entire
stock of women's dresses, which sold
as high as $69.50 at- $23.50," we
can't help losing faith in humanity.
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