He jabbered to me pleasantly while
he examined my teeth, calling my at
tention to his pots of blooming chrys
anthemums. Suddenly his thumb
and forefinger closed on the trouble
some tooth, and before I had the faint
est idea of what was going to happen,
he lifted it out and held it up before
me, smiling at the same time that
bland and cmldlike smile peculiar to
the Orient. I looked at him in amaze
ment. He said, ‘You look for forceps,
maybe. No use them here. See there,
that way we teach here to pull
tooth.’ ”
A Japanes boy sat on the floor with
a board in front of him in which pegs
had been tightly driven. He was try
ing to extract the pegs with his thumb
and forefinger. I was made to under
stand v-iat as the strength of the
thumb and finger increased by prac
tice, the pegs would be driven in tight
er. After a couple of years at peg
pulling, tne young dentist would grad
uate and be able to lift out the most
refractory molar.
My missionary friend is pleased
with The Golden Age, and has prom
ised to write some sketches about Ja
pan for the paper.
JOHN E. STANTON.
Savannah, Ga.
GREETING AND RANDOM
THOUGHTS.
My native state is North Carolina,
but having married a Georgia man five
years ago, I have adopted his state,
though the tenderest spot in my heart
is still for my old home. 1 agree with
the household sister who wrote con
cerning shop girls, and think she gave
excellent advice. Girls, particularly
those who come in contact with the
big. evil world, cannot be too careful
as to the way they conduct themselves.
If we married women had our girlhood
to live over again, we would act more
thoughtfully, at least, I would. For
one thing, I would be more obedient to
my mother, more considerate of her
feelings. I think mothers should win
.xie confidence of their daughters and
talk to them intimately about mar
riage, its obligations and responsibili
ties; also warn them against the
snares they will meet with in the
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better the land the more profitably a good fertilizer can be used on it.
Do not imagine because land will produce a fair crop without
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world outside their homes. They should
be careful what they say before chil
dren. I once heard a man criticising
his pastor unkindly before his family.
When the minister came in shortly af
terwards, the boy looked into his face
and said distinctly: “Papa says you
are a one-horse preacher.” There was
no smoothing over this remark. It hurt
the preacher and caused him to lose
confidence in his parishioner. If we
would make it a rule never to speak
evil of any one, particularly in the
presence of children, it would be far
better. We should never say anything
to make another unhappy, unless to his
face, and with the motive of leading
him to correct an error, and then we
should use gentle and kindly speech.
Girls should exercise great care as to
the young men with whom they as
sociate. Invite no one to your home,
dear girls, whose moral character is
known to be tainted or who drinks
liquor and speaks lightly of women.
Be careful what you read. It is worse
than waste of time to read some of
the modern novels picturing fashiona
ble, frivolous life. And, speaking of
good i-ings to read, reminds me how
much I admire The Golden Age, the
Household page, the Voices of Youth,
the Good Cheer department and the
splendid sermons of Dr. Broughton.
The last one about “Recognition in
Heaven” was so fine and so comfort
ing. Let us try to be worthy and
meet our friends in that home for
Christian souls that Jesus told us he
‘ went to prepare. We should be very
grateful for the mercies that surround
us, the blessings we enjoy, home, fam
ily, friends and kind neighbors. Dear
Household Editor, write more about
the bringing up of boys. We have two
dear boys to rear and train and neeu
all the suggestions your greater expe
rience and wisdom can give.
With many good wishes for The
Golden Age and the Household, its
members and its editor, I am
Yours sincerely,
MRS. B. M. ROSS.
Colbert, Ga.
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CIGARETTES AND SOFT DRINKS.
I have today read The Golden Age
for the first time. I enjoyed the
The Golden Age for February 25, 1909.
Household letters, and I was much in
terested in Margaret Richard’s poem
story, “The Suicide.’’ The editress of
the Household asks the readers to tell
why, in their opinion, suicide was so
greatly increased, and why it occurs
with men so much oftener than with
women. “Is it that women have great
er endurance and moral courage?” she
asks. Well, I think women do pos
sess these qualities in a higher degree
than men. But my belief as to suicide
is that many men take their lives be
cause i-ieir nerves are exhausted and
their vitality lowered by smoking cig
arettes. The cigarette, and also the
paper and the cut tobacco used in
making it, have been steeped in a so
lution of morphine, cocaine or some
other kind of drug that deadens the
will power and takes hold upon one
who uses them with a grasp almost
impossible to shake off. Their effect
upon tne brain is to impair its sound
ness and produce insanity or idiocy.
Not long since I visited the state in
sane asylum at Milledgeville and while
walking in the grounds with an assist
ant superintendent, I observed a group
of young men with blank faces and
lack of lustre in their eyes. “Those are
cigarette victims,” said my companion.
“Every one of them would right now
give his life for a package of cigar
ettes.’’ I had a package in my pock
et, and I asked him to let me give it
to them. He said it was againstt he
rules, but I might do it as a test. I
tossed the package towards them, and
as it touched the ground, they pounced
upon it as would a pack of hungry
dogs upon a bone. They tore it to
pieces and soon each one had a cigar
ette between his teeth. I looked at
them with pitying interest, for 1
thought that but for Providence and
my strength of will I might have been
where they were through the same
cause. I had once been employed in
a store. Being of an active tempera
ment, I found the confinement irritat
ing, and took to smoking cigarettes
and drinking soft drinks. The two
habits seem to go together. They had
pretty well enslaved me before I real
ized my danger. When I waked up to
it, 1 had enough strength of mind left
to quit the store and go at a distance
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in tne country and run a little farm. 1
had a long, hard battle with myself be
fore I could break away from the mad
longing for cigarettes and soft drinks;
but I finally conquered through hard
work and all the grit I could summons.
1 have since always had a strong sym
pathy for the poor, enslaved “cigarette
fiend” and the scarcely less enthralled
victim of the soft drink habit. I ear
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resolution to break away from
them before the habit has riveted
chain upon their will.
WILLIAM LANGLEY.
Clarkston, Ga.
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and Florida. Final limit of all tickets
May 31st, 1999.
Two trains daily are operated from
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