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WflDMMFS MAGAWE FA(EIE
Adelaide Kennerly
Editor *1 1
i United Daughters of The Confederacy,
; I Alabama Division <£ .
■■ - - -
President, Mrs. Bibb Graves, Mont
$ gomery, Ala.
A Brit Vice-President, Mrs. J. A.
•Rountree. Birmingham, Ala.
Second Vice-President, Mrs. G. M.
Burt, Opelika, Ala.
Hg Recording Secretary, Mrs. E. I..
.V; Huey, Bessemer, Ala:
Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. S. S.
• Crittenden, Montgomery, Ala.
Treasurer, Miss Allle Garner. Osark,
% Ala.
y' Historian, Mrs. Joseph E. Aderhold,
Anniston. Ala.
jl Recorder of Crosses. Mrs. Joseph
- McClendon, Dadeville, Ala.
Director, C. of C.. Mrs. F. K. Tar
Abrough, Auburn, Ala.
;Mrs. Charles McDowell, Jr., Editor,
Eufaula, Ala.
;.L. Chaplain, Mrs. S. I* Handley. Blrm
9 Ingham, Ala.
Honorary Life Presidents.
••f Mrs. Ellen Peter Bryce, Tuscaloosa,
, Ala.
AV Mrs. Electra Semmee Colston, Mo
bile. AM.
Mrs. G. X. Thompson, Tuscumbia,
'AM.
W Mrs. A. M. Allen. Montgomery, Ala.
Conducted by Mrs. Joseph E. Ader
f hold, Anniston, Ala.
■Books are the treasured wealth of
the world and the flt inheritance of
generations and nations."
Through the generosity of The Mont
gomery Advertiser, space has again been
offered the United Daughters of the
Confederacy, and through these col
umns we hope to make a medium for
the Interchange of Ideas as to the
best methods of creating Interest In
the study of true history.
•y, Our organization is based on foun
dations of loyalty and deepest love
for the Southland and we want to
see it plumb with its setting in the
ground work of history. Let it not
be as the leaning tower of Pisa, which,
while straight at Its base, does not
have its level with the rest of the
world.
Patriotic education cannot be Incul
cated by us, unless we are educated
patriotically, and the first essential
Is to study our own country's history
and, like Seneca's pilot, keep our rud
der true.
In Alabama are women who are'
gifted in magnificent qualities to do
for their homes, towns and State, the
work defined as historical research.
Women are superbly unfaltering in
faith to these historic ideals. The
Daughters have undertaken as their
right and privilege keeping alive the
fires which burn in lambant lustre on
X the altar of the ideal—men have ideals
but it is for the women to keep them
bright and burnished as the women in
the days of good King Arthur did the
armor of their knights.
The Daughters of the Confederacy
have long realized the Imperative need
of preserving the records of the
South's glorious past, and are urging
chapter historians to join in this re
search work. Let every true Daugh
ter grasp this opportunity, that will
give our great organisation the dis
tinction. that will be regarded as a
spiritual heirloom In the attainment
of great purpose.
Some one has written, "the thrill
of heroic passion Is the touch of Qod.”
The United Daughters of the Confed
eracy take a pride in placing monu
ments, boulders and markers as bea
con lights of history with tho hope
that they will act as a torch to kin
dle flames of patriotism in the hearts
of future generations.
* Build, Daughters, and edlcate your
' memorials to the holy cause of patri
otism. that they may abide all ages
to come. Lest we forget,
"This a labor of love the Daughters
shall be.
We call it remembrance or sweet rose
mary.” ■ *
The South is a veritable gold mine
of unpublished facts. Old letters, Wills'
and manuscripts relating to the war
between the states will be gladly re
ceived by your State Historian.
THE BOXM1' SHE FLAK,
(Te Be Sung by Children of Con
federacy.)
We are a Viand of children
Who respresent today
The men who fought for Southern
rights
In uniform of gray.
Bor four long years, thro' shot and
. shell
They strove for liberty.
With Stonewall Jackson. Beauregard,
And glorious Bobert Lee.
iChorus.)
Hurrah, hurah. for Southern rights
hn rrah.
Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag
Fall Bulbs
For
Spring Flowers
Roman Hyacinths
Paper White Narcissus
Freesias
Calla Lilies
Rosemont
Gardens
Florists
116 Dexter Av., Montgomery
Phone 200 or 250
That bears a single star.
We are proud to know that for all time
History with glorious pen,
Shall tell the grand, heroic deeds
Of all our brave Southern men.
Tho’ loyal to the Stripes and Stars
That float on high today,
Our hearts enshrine the Stars and liars
Borne by the Boys in Gray.
(Chorus.)
Words written by Mrs. E. C. L.
Longmire, of the Fitzhugh Bee Chap
ter, New Orleans, La., and adopted at
the reunion in Birmingham by the
U. C. V. as the national song for the
Children of the Confederacy.
Women la Alabamans Hall of Fame.
Many of Alabama’s literary women
have been like Grey’s “gem of purest
ray serene,” which “the dark, un
fathomed caves of ocean bear,” and
“the flower born to blush unseen, and
waste its sweetness on the desert air.”
These women blended their sweet car
ols with the songs of birds and whis
pered their prose-poems to the listen
ing trees. Mountain echoes never
caught their thoughts to send them
back through years, and yet they live:
for. every ennobling thought breathes
its way from soul to soul, even into
eternity. But in the magnificent Hall
of Fame constructed of Alabama’s
ninety-five years, we find those whose
“voices reach us through the lapse of
space,” and “fill up the silences of
night and morn.”
Among the earliest brilliant minds
who won a place in Fame's Hall was
Octavia Walton LeVert, In whom the
light of many generations concentrat
ed When a young woman, Octavia
Walton was known as “the belle of
the Union,” and those who knew' her
as Madame LeVert said she was “the
most charming woman in the world.”
Her fame was international. She was
received with applause in the capital
of our own nation and abroad. The
world has seldom known a woman so
rare. When a little girl she showed
unusual linguistic talent, and as ft
woman she conversed fluently in three
languages besides her mother-tongue.
Though a leader in society, Madame
LeVert was far from the butterfly
type. Her fine intellect was in accord
with the deepest thinkers of her day. j
She found pleasure in taking notes ,
from the speeches of such men as |
John C. Calhoun. Henry Clay and Dan
iel Webster. In England, Queen Vic
toria received her at court, and Pope
I Pius I., of Rome, was pleased to give
her audience. It was the French poet.
Lamertine, who suggested the writing
of her “Souvenirs of Travel,” the only
I hook by which she is known as an
author. The little hook is as full of
| interest today as when * It was first
| written, which fact bears evidence of
[merit.
Madame i<eterra nomr.
Madame LeVert's home In Mobile
wa« noted for brilliant hospitality. In
that day when travel was not so com
mon an now, many distinguished guests
from different parts of the Union and
ifrom foreign countries were delighted
to be entertained in her beautiful Gov
ernment Street home. Singularly
sweet was the domestic life of this
gifted woman. As a devoted grand
daughter, daughter, wife and mother,
ehe dispensed the loveliest of her na
ture ttr those nearest and deareat to
her.
Thta. Is a pen picture which one of
her ‘friends drew of her appearance:
"Her forehead is white and smooth,
the very finest I ever saw; high, and
as transparent as marble. Her eyes
are large, with an expression peculiar
to themselves like that of a dove de
scending from Heaven in some of
Guido's or Carlo Dolce’s pictures. They
tell of the same ineffable softness, the
same fragrant purity, the same un
ichankeable peace."
Adam Iladeau said of her “In con
versation she never flags, nor utters
a commonplace.” And again: "No hu
man being has ever been paine'd by
an unkind word or an ungenerous
act of hers." Another friend said to
her "Yonr social success is clue to that
sympathetic power which enables you
| to fling yourself into everybody’s place
or feelings. We may talk of pres
ence of mind, but there Is a still dear
er quality, presence of heart."
Po—e of Madame EeVert's distin
guished friends were: Henry W. Hong
fellow, Henry Clay. Washington Irv
ing, Jefferson Ifavls, General Beaure
gard and Daniel Webster.
Madame LeVert died at the age of
tlT In the home where she was born,
near Augusta, Oa. Her death occurred
twelve years after the close of the
war.
A neither Early Writer.
Another among Alabama's earliest
writers was Caroline l,ee Hentz. Mrs.
Hentz, as Caroline 1-ee Whiting, spent
her early life in Massachusetts, where
, she was born in 1800. Her brothers
I fought in the war of 1*1-. and the
events of that time made a vivid lm
riressioa on the young girl's mind.
It was then that she began writing
plays, poems and short stories. Though
fond of writing, she was by no means
"bookish." and possessed an enthusi
astic, companionable disposition, which
tirew many friends around her.
She and her husband went to Chapel
Hill, N. C., t wc> years after their
marriage, and spent the rest of their
lives in the Southland, with the ex
ec ption of two years in Cincinnati.
Fourteen years were spent In Ala
bama. and many of the scenes in Mrs.
Hentz's hooks were laid in Alabama.
She died at the age of 56, and was
buried In Marianna. Fla.
Mis. Heinz's hooks enjoyed wide
popularity in their day. They reflect
or, the author’s nobleness of charac
ter.
Period of Produotlvltj.
The war period in Alabama was es
pecialy productive of literary genius.
To those days belong some of the
State's most brilliant women. A co
terie of these we tind in the Gulf City,
where the iirst settlement was made.
Queen among them is Augueta Evans
Wilson, whose life and works are
known in many countries. There are
few readers who have not read at
least one of Augusta Evans' novels.
The most popular of these is "St.
, Kin o." It is a strong story that one
never forgets. Almost every girl when
she reads it, pronounces it the best
I book she ever read. Although writ
* ter. just after the war, it contains no
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true friend of expectant mothers. The future
baby’s health and that of its mother Is of utmost
Importance and nothing can take the place of
“Mother’s Friend” In preparing for such an event. Get it
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[hint of the turbulent time, showing
I that the writer possessed a wide field
I of vision, and could lift herself above
, personal colorings.
Mrs. Wilson's attractive home on the
edge of Mobile was one which a beau*
tiful mind could delight in; quaint in
its architecture and surrounded by
luxuriant, moss-covered trees. There
were many kinds of flowers, with
plenty of sunshine, and always a
! chorus of sweet singing birds.
Mrs. Wilson was a student who kept
abreast of the times. She never wrote
j about a subject of w’hich she was not
sure. Her range of knowledge was
broad. She considered “At the Mercy
of Tiberius*’ her best work. Her last
long novel, “The Speckled Bird,” was
written in nineteen and two, seven
years before her death.
Other Mobile Writers.
Another Moldlian w’ho possessed ver
satility In writing, combined with
charm of personality, was Mrs. Ma
riane Gaillard Spratley. She wrote in
teresting war stories, historical
sketches, and other articles.
Mrs. Elizabeth Whitfield Bellamy,
I under the name, "Kamha Thorpe,*1
I wrote excellent stories which won her
fame as an author.
Mrs. Chaudron wrote a series of
school readers, and made translations
from the German.
Mrs. Bat re held an honored place
in Mobile’s literary circles, and was
known nationally as a leader among
women. She was a woman whom oth-j
ers delighted to honor.
Mrs. Virginia Clay Cloptoa.
One of the loveliest of Alabama's
lovely women is Mrs. Virginia Clay-1
Clopton, who lives near Huntsville.
Hers is a personality that emits sun- j
shine and the fragrance of roses. She j
was the wife of Senator C. C. Clay and
enjoyed several years of brilliant social
life in Washington. When her hus
band and {’resident Davis were im
prisoned at Fortress Monroe, she suf
fered incarceration with them. After
Senator Clay’s death she remained a
widow several years, and then was
married to David D. Clopton. Since,
Judge Clopton’s death she has given j
her time to relatives, friends, and
many varying interests. Her charming
book, “A Bello of the Fifties’’, classes
her as an author. She is honorary life
president of the United Daughters of
the Confederacy.
Huntsville was the home of another
woman, whose unique talent gives her
a place In Alabama’s Hall of Fame.
Howard Weedcn has portrayed In
paintings and verse the old time South
ern negro. Her sympathy and under
standing enable her to reveal the hu
mor, •pathos ami beauty of her sub
jects. She has named her books,
“Shadows on the Wall," “Bandanna
Ballads,” “Songs of the Old • South,”
and “Old Voices.” The volumes consist
of portraits of negroes with descrip
tive vterse on the opposite page. Miss
Weeden wrote some sweet lyrics be
sides her dialect verse. She died in
nineteen and five.
Mary Gordon Duffer.
The scenes of Mary Ann Cruse’s ani
mating novel, “Cameron Hall/' are laid
around Huntsville. Miss Cruse wrote
several books for children.
On a lonely mountain near Blount
Springs there lived until a few years
ago a quaint little maiden lady who
was born in eighteen and forty. Miss
Mary ^Jordon Duffee preferred the life
of a Recluse, and her only companion
was an old negress who served her
many years. Often visitors climbed
the steep hillside leading to Miss Duf
fee’s mountain cottage, that they might
enjoy a short visit with this exhillrat
ing conversationalist. She lilted men
callers best because their conversa
tion was more to her taste. She kept
informed on the topics of the day. Be
sides articles on Southern industry and
a history of Alabama, she wrote poe
try.
Mrs. Ina Marie Porter Ockenden, of
Montgomery, is a writer of ability.
She is the author of many excellent
poems, and has written magazine ar
ticles of special merit. For a long
time she was correspondent for sev
eral English and Scotch papers.
Mrs. Louisa Clarke Pyrnelle, of Un
iontown, stands high in the ranks of
Southern writers. Her descriptions of:
plantation life in the old Southland and j
her fascinating stories of child life, j
evidence the versatility of her talent.
Two of her childrens’ books are “Did
idy, Dumps and Tot,” and “Lll Tweedy."
| Two Talladega W omen.
Talladega has given to literature two
women with extraordinary gifts. The
j first is a Talladegan by birth only, fvt*
her father took his family to Texas
when Mary Evelyn Moore was four
I years old. It was on the Western
I prairies that the gifted girl began he**
j work as an author. She married Mr.
j Thomas K. Davis, who became editor
of The New Orleans Dally Picayunne.
i In the Creole City Mrs. Davis has en
joyed a place of eminence. She has
| written short stories, poems and
I novels. Her novel. “The Lltt’le Chev*
I Her," is considered by some to be her
: best work: others say that she excels
I in short stories. IJer poems for spe
I cial occasions are highly commended.
| The other Talladega genius is Mrs.
j Idora Plowman Moore, whom Alabam
ians speak of as “the Inimitable Betsy
Hamilton." Her writings and imper
sonations have won well-merited fame.
Idylls of the Houth.
A beautiful book, entitled "Idylls of
the South”, was written by Mrs. Bet
tie Key Chambers, of Decatur. This
is a volume of verse. The tirst poem,
“Eva Landeneau," is dedicated to the
Putted Daughters of the Confederacy.
An exquisite lyric, "Bend Low, O God,"
is a passionate plea for deliverance
of tie South from the yellow fever
ecourge.
Mrs. Ellen Peter Bryce, of Tusca
loosa, beloved for so many years by
the Daughters of the Confederacy, is
a woman Alabama loves to honor. Her
hospitable home is a haven of delight
to university students, who claim her
for their college mother, and to the
young people resident in Tuscaloosa.
Her ample lawn is the scene of many
happy occasions.
Friends, But Different.
Two life-long friends, so different in
personality, yet both so admirable, are
Miss Eleanor Churchill Gibbs, und Miss
Julia Strudwick Tutwiler, of Living
ston. No two women have had a wider
influence in the state. They are teach
ers of teachers. Miss Tutwiler was
largely instrumental In opening the
ctate university doors to young wom
en. She was active in prison reform,
j She represented the International Jour
nal of Education in Paris, eighteen
and seventy-eight. She has contributed
many articles to leading magazines,
and has written patriotic poems, which
are used in public schools of the state.
Had she written only the one poem,
“Alabama,” that alone would have
given her claim to high rank among
the authors of her state.
Miss Gibbs is not so widely known
as her more distinguished friend. Her
personality is like that of a modest
violet. She diffuses truth and beauty
about her as a pervading atmosphere.
In her class room, she inspires students
with enthusiasm, and opens their eyes
to the beautiful in literature. She has
written excellent stories for publica
tion. Asa woman. Miss Gibbs is sweet
ly Southern in type.
Mrs. Aurora P. McClellan, of Athens,
is one of Alabama’s most intellectual
Breakfast.
Grapes.
Pried Crisp Bacon.
Toast. Jelly.
Coffee.
I.aarkeoa.
Indian Dali.
White Bread.
French Apple Tarts.
Pickles. Tea.
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Dinner.
Reheated Beef.
Mashed Potatoes.
Plum Fritters.
Orange and Prune Salad.
Irish Iceberg.
Breakfast.
Fried Bacoa.—Cut off the rinds
and soak rashers of bacon in cold
milk for an hour. Take out,
dredge well with flour and fry
in fat.
Lnrkm.
Indian Dalle—Wn"h one r”"'”'
of lentil*, drain and put Into three
quarters of a pint of vegetable
stock and one tablespoon of salt.
Simmer for one hour. Melt two
heaping tablespoons of butter, add
three sliced onions, one tablespoon
of curry powder, and fry until the
onions are browned. Then add
the lentils, season and heat.
French Apple Tarts.—Line patty
pans with rich pie crust. In a cup
of strained apple sauce beat the
yolk of an egg, a pinch of cinna
mon and one tablespoon of cleaned
currants. Fill patty pans and
bake until the crust is done.
Dinner.
Plant Fritters.—Stone and stew
two cups of green gage plums,
adding a half cup of sugar. When
done, add two cups of freshly
cooked rice, a tablespoon of melt
ed butter, then add a tablespoon
of ginger syrup in a cup of wa
ter and enough flour to make a
batter. Drop by spoonfuls Into
deep fat.
Orange and Franc Salad.—Steam
a dozen large prunes until puffy,
then cool and pit. Cut in two and
mix with an equal quantity of
orange pulp. Put a tablespoon of
tart boiled dressing, mixed with
whipped cream on each helping.
Irish Iceberg. Make a svrup bv |
boiling four cups of water and j
two cups of sugar twenty min
utes. Cool and add three-fourths |
of a cup of lemon juice. Freeze
and serve in glasses.
and charming women. She was greatly
loved as state president of the Daugh
ters of the American Devolution. Her
presence In any gathering suggests
the rosy dawn, whose name she bears,
for everywhere she dispenses the sun
shine of good cheer.
More Recent Writers.
Among writers of the third and pres
ent generation in Alabama, Miss Mar
tha Young is In the front rank. Miss
Young is. a niece of Miss Julia Tut
wllsr. Her first book, entitled. "Plan
tation Songs," was published in 1901,
and immediately became popular both
In the North and South. It was
praised above the works of Joel Chand
ler Harria. In 1902 Miss Young pub
lished “Plantation I3ird Legends," and
of her dialect veree, Mr. Harris him
self said that some of it was incora- I
parably the best ever written. Sev
eral of her songs have been set to
music by famous composers. Her
child's book, called “Somebody’s Lit
tle Girl," is said to be a perfect pic
ture of a child's mind and heart. In
her little story, “Mister Frog's Note
of Regret,” she represents the frog
as saving:
" 'S wrong
To put It off
S’ long;
’S wrong!”
Miss TounK write* numerous Jokes,
for which she is paid large sums.
Much of her time is spent In travel.
Miss Mary Johnston, known as an
American author. Is by birth a Vir
ginian. Out at the age of 15 she
moved to Birmingham, Ala., and lived
there a number of years. Later she i
moved, to New York, and Richmond, j
Va., is now her home. Miss John- ■
ston’s historical novels are recom
mended tor supplementary reading In I
connection with the history of colo- j
nial days. Her works are almost as
popular in England as' In America. i
Miss Mary Moore, of Huntsville, Is
a young woman of whose tntellec- !
tual attainments Alabama is proud.
For a number of years she has been j
president of the Athens College.
Mrs. Belle Richardson Harrison of j
Tuscaloosa, has written some delight- |
ful poems.
Miss Anne Bozeman Lyon of Mobile, |
has written historical sketches and
dialect stories of merit.
Montgomery Writer.
Frances N. Green of Montgomery,
has beautifully Interpreted Tenny
son’s "Idylls of the King" in a little
volume called "King Arthur and His
Court.’ She has written other books
and poems.
Louise Manly, of Fairhope, has writ
ten a history of Alabama for children,
and a history of Judson College.
Mrs. Kate Speake Penny of Birm
ingham, has written among other
things, a novel entitled “A Woman
Problem.’’ This book had wide pop
ularity and good Influence in the
cause of temperance.
Mala Pettus, of Elkmont, is a
writer. Her novel, “The Princess of
Glendale,” sets forth the ante-bellum
days and the war period in a most
pleaeing way. She arouses enthusi
asm by her clever portraiture of Gen
eral Forrest and Samuel Davis.
Mrs. Margaret Ellen Ruffin of Mobile,
who makes a special study of Celtic
antiquities, is well known In the
world of llteratrue and music. She
wrote a story called, "The North
Star." which drew a letter of praise
to her lrom the king and queen of
Norway.
Mrs. Feaolloaa.
Mrs. Mary McNeil Fenollosa Is an
other Mohillan of marked ability.
Much of her material and Inspiration
was gained during several years’ res
idence In Japan. She has written
some exquisite poems. Her “Dragon
Painter" and the "Breath of the Gods"
were written In Japan. “Truth Dex
ter" Is the first novel she wrote. It
is a story of Southern life in America.
Its popularity continues.
Mrs. Elizabeth WUltson Btephen of
Oxford. Is a Mohillan by birth. She
has written poems that have received
merited praise, besides magazine ar
ticles and one novel, written con
jointly wth her mother, and called
"Confeeions of Two.” She has told
the Bible story of Ruth In exquisite
verse. Mrs. Stephen wrote a little
poem called "The Copper Cross” which
is a beautiful tribute to the Boldlers’
Cross of Honor, and has been used at
a number of memorial celebrations by
the Daughters of the Confederacy.
One of Anniston’s gifted women.
Mrs. Mlnnc Scott Hagermeyer, trans
lated Van Dyke’s famous story. “The
Other Wise Man,” Into the Italian lan
guage, and received high commenda
tion for her work.
Hrlf, Smith Wood rug.
Mrs. Helen Smith Woodruff, form
erly of Anniston, now of New York,
has written an extraordinary book
which was Inspired by a singular ex
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SOLILOQUY OF MODERN
& EVE &
Words! Words! Words! They Can Mean So
Much or Mean So Little; They Can Be So Sweet and
Yet S6 Cruel
How Utile there is to mere
words, compared with the inflec
tion of voice, the intention that la
flashed by the eyes and the gearal
manner? *
There is a Southern expression.
"Do you hear?" soft in its tons.
It means little or nothin*. The
children use the expression when
speaking to their parents and t<*
nurse alike. There is no vicious
tone back of it—in fact, nothin*
at all. It is one of those super
fluous conglomeration of words
used without rhyme or reason.
This same expression is used in
frequently In the north but with
quite a different inflection, tone
and meaning. When a parent
wishes to reprimand a child in the
sternest, most severe manner, a
"curtain lecture” is often ended
with "Do you hear?” It is almost
an insult coming from one adult
to another and is rarely ever used
in that way. To a northerner
coming South the expression
sounds impudent from the lips of
children, but it doesn't take one
long to discover that the three
little words change their meaning
with their geographical location.
For Instance.
Take the word “no” for instance.
From some people it comes with
such softness and modulation that
no offense could posibly be taken,
but the same little two letters,
from some other lips, is rude, un
finished and carries venom with
it.
We all know the married cou
ples who think they are hiding
their anger behind “dearie” and
"sweetheart.” but they are fool
ing themselves more than they are
deceiving anyone else.
Can a wife be deceived as to her
husband's feeling toward her when
he savs: “Mv precious child, you
act like a little fool. No woman
with a grain of sense would be ,
so extravagant. You spend the
money faster tUs I can bring it
in. and hereafter you don't get a
blooming cent without telling me
what yoa want it for—and take
care not to hare too many wants
| or I shall be forced to cat yon oat
all together. Men wake np after
they are married.”
A Bepty.
And the wife replies: "Honey
boy. yoa know I am not extrava
gant. If yoa were not such a
tight wad I could drear like oth
er women bat yoa hold to a
penny antil it sticks to your An
gers. I hate men anyway and one
in particular."
Are they softening their quar
rel by using pet naraesT No. not
when the eyes are biasing Are and
the tone is almost craeL
How about the husband who
writes his wife while she is array:
"You are my only inspiration,
i darling girl. and without row life
is one bleak, monotonous exist
I enc*. I shall never let yoa leave
me again, no matter what hap
pens." When, as a matter of fact,
he is having a hilarious time and
hoping that she will prolong her
visit and want to stay longer
away from him. His deeds speak
hio feelings in the matter, moch
more loudly than his pretty
words.
Words! Words' Words! Properly
assembled and with Be right in
flection they make nie a perfect
bliss. But. words, assembled or
otherwise, with malice and hatred
behind them mar life lost as cota
ptetely as they, in other atmos
pheres. make it.
Some people can swear and it
doeent sound really profane, while
others cannot use the simplest
slang without being offensive.
Pay more attention to the heart
and the words will not need roach
care.
perience. Mrs. Woodruff was serious
ly ill and became blind for a short
time. During: the agony of that brief,
dark helplessness, her deepest com
passion went out to the manv who
epend their lives in the thraldom of
blindness, and after her recovery she
wrote “The Lady of the Lighthouse.”
It is a beautiful story. charmingly
told, and Mrs. Woodruff expects the
royalties from it all to be donated to
the New York Association for the
Blind. It is soon to be presented on
the motion picture screen.
“The Fusing Force” is a story of
camp life in Idaho. From beginning
to end it holds the reader's undivided
interest. It carries one into the real
life of an Idaho mining camp, and
portrays vividly the rugged moun
tains. where the reader fancies him- j
self drinking deep breaths of exhil- i
iration, sniffing at the fragrance of
wild flowers, and actually sighing
from exhaustion after the strenuous
climbs, yet enjoying every minute.
Such Is the enthusiasm which Mrs.
Kate Hopkins Chapman weaves into
her charming love storv. Mrs. Chap
man’s attractive, hospitable home is in 1
Selma, where her husband is a prac- 1
ticing physician.
MInm Helen Keller.
The following lines, so full of pa- !
thos. yet bubbling over with joy, were
written by Alabama's most remark
able daughter:
“My fingers are ever athirst for the
earth.
And drinks up its wonders with de
light.
Draw out earth’s dear delights.
My feet are charged with the murmur
The throb of all things that grow.**
Do you not recognize in these lines
a soul that has burst the bounds of
captivity? Groping in darkness. it
readies out to nature with a buoy
ancy which puts to ehame those con
tracted beings of whom it may be
said: “Having eyes they see not: ears
have they, but they do not hear!"
Helen Keller was born In 1880 at
Tuscumbia. An illness when she was
10 months old left her totally and
hopelessly blind. She had no means
of intelligent communication with the
world about her till she was 7 years
of age. Her groping for that which
she craved but had no means of ex
pressing could only be made manifest
in frequent fits of passion. Her fath
er applied to the Perkins Institution
for the Blind to get a teacher for her
and Miss Anne Mansfield Sullivan was
sent. Miss Kellar says she remem
bers the first time her consciousness
was awakened.
“Suddenly I felt the misty con
sciousness of something forgotten—a
thril of returning thought; and some
how the mystery of language was re
vealed to me. That first compre
hended word wakened my soul; gave
it light, hope, joy; set it free!"
>IIm Kellar’* Work.
Three years after that first expe
rience Helen Kellar learned to speak.
Seven years later she went to New
York City and entered a school for
the deaf. There she was taught two
years. At the age of 20 she entered
Radcliffe College and took a full four
years’ course. She spent a part of the
winter following her graduation in
Alabama. Since that time she has
lived in Massachusetts with her for
Inter teacher, who married Mr. John
A. Macy.
Miss Kellar spends much of her time
studying and writing. The Century.
Current Opinion, The Ladies’ Home
Journal, and other periodicals publish
her contributions. She loves outdoor
life. Her favorite pastimes are sail
ing and walking. She makes friends
of trees and dumb animals, and loves
to play with children. She also en
joys indoor games and music- She
has even learned to sing. She wrote
a little book on "Optimism.** which
j shows that she feels with Browning:
"How good is mans life, the mere
living! How fit to employ
Al the heart and the soul and the
senses forever in joy!”
In a poem entitled “A Chant of
Darkness,” she closes with the fol
lowing stanza:
“O fathomless. soothing Night!
Thou art a balm to my restless spirit.
I nestle gratefully in thy bosom.
Dark, gracious Mother! Like a
| Dove I rest In thy bosom.”
Miss Kellar wrote two books of
special interest, "The Story of My
Life,’ ’and “The World I Live In.”
CITY OF WASHIAGTO*. D. C.
e .
Mr*. Joseph K. Aderhold.
Some one has written “the history of
a Nation is its Pedigree.'* Great or- !
ganizations such as the Daughter* of •
the American Revolution, United
Daughters of the Confederacy, Colon
ial Dames and others are busy at
work preserving and handing down as
landmarks, representing principles for
future generations, as a nation’s in
destructible pedigree.
In looking over aoms old magazines
Sleepytime Tales
THE KI> U HOKE PIIKT.
Once upon a lira*- »h, lit lie Row
Fairy came oat of her garden '
looking very Hi Her rc«es had
olossomhi all sunnrr and every
nomine #he had sent great arm
fulls of them to she jKv»r little
children who didn’t see any flow
cra at all and never would have
seen such wonderful rows if it
hadn’t been for the Re* Fairv.
Now it made the Rose Fairv 1
feel very badly to thing she could !
not send any more until next sum
mer. “Merer mind-" said the :
Golden Bumblebee. “1 trill look af
ter your rosea and it trill soon be j
summer again and then they will I
bloom for you.” The Rose Fairy
smiled and said, “I will go around
the garden and we may find a few
more roeee.” Hop os my back and I !
will take you around." said the
Golden Bumblebee,
So the Rose Fatry jumped high
«n the bee's back and off they
flew around the stall beautiful
garden. All at once the bee heard
the Rose Fairy cry out, "Stop,
oh. please stop.’* and very gently !
the be* stopped on a rose bush
and the Roe« Fairy hopped down
and ran back a few steps where, i
almost hidden among the leaves,
was a lovely pink rose- and close
beside it on the same stem a tiny
rose bud. “Isn’t it beautiful and
the last rose. I'm sure.'" said the
fairy. ‘*1 am going to take it right-,
home with me and we will send
it to someone
They flew back to her home with
the rose held tight in the Rose
Fairy's hand. That afternoon
while the Rose Fairy was taking
her nap, ths Golden Bumblebee
flew to her pink ro*fe arid called
out, “Little Rose Fairy. I have
found the very place for your rose,
i Wake up and come with me.
The Rose Fairy jumped up. put
on her very prettiest dress and
, went with the bee. Over the
grass and bushes tisey flew until
! at last they reached a very large
and lovely house and very quietly
they flew through aa open win
dow.
There in the pale pink room
>■-— — »«.-* —
pink baby ana v*ry fOlTTy tk. Rose
ij SvOOl- . m aiui-a u- •-* fltii *Jig (
pink rose with the tany pink bud
growing close beside it. across the
j pillow and, with a ksss as soft as
I down, they flew out again, and
home to her rose garden.
i that had been stored away, it was
i my good fortune to fend a kissey pub
lished several years ago containing an
excellent article contributed by Isaac
Marcos son, as to how, when, and by
whom Washingtoa was selected from
many -cities to fcccon&e the center of
political life, as well as the Capital of
(Cearlaaed •* Berk Page.)
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If cleanliness is next to
godliness then the sanitary
service we give at our
founts shauld appeal to the
discriminating.
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2 Court Square
114 Dexter Avc.
New Fall Styles
are now on display
in our window
“Washing is Our Business—We Know
How."
And trench Dry Cl anina Co.
Telephone 69 Chambtys Bros.
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