La Junta tribune., November 11, 1911, Image 5

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Beatrice Stevens, Editor
ERILY then* U reconi pens*
for him who *lll wake early
ami g**t up early One who
is not often guilty of ex
W
Vbiuely parly rising was up and out
Mkr**nt)y, Just after the dawn The
4k>« that foretoken* the coming sun
pis hut beginning to suffuse the
OB*r One ur* at stur whose brillian
cy was such that even th** dawn light
tpuld scarcely dim It. stood silent.
Stenting to have paused above our
qul»*t rlty In pity or in benediction
>:r Just above* the roofs cf the tall-
Jbt hri« k business hous« s tin* groat
MI'V moon tarried, defying the*
■Pprnai hlng sun Now the moon
BB<1 the stars are. I grant you, an
cient subjects. but like good wine and
fll)*- violins they improve with a e
If we should yidd to the Insistence
Cf those who decry th old and seek
C*er. in mad haste, for the new we
Would |»e iii daug'-r of IIm arding tin
ehlefesi and the b'*st Besides, since
those wiser than ue have concluded
that "there is nothing new under the
•Cu. ’ will not the efforts of the
■Can In rs after the new he unreward
td’
M We. f'»r one. are content to lm* *
the satin* moon to shim- upon us thnt
looked upon the Greeks and Komars
Of old and to them was Diana of |
the Silier Bow.who loved Endvtnlcin
!We are content If the same stars
tha opened like IIII* s in the soft
Jcriean nights and dimly lit where
flocks were folded will shine* upon
us now although more than r*on
years ha\e circled beneath their si
lence Sonn- beautiful things that
ar«- et* rnally ancient are. paradoxi
cally. eternally young Flow.rs and
»n-lc. religion, stars and laughter
and love.
It Is said that John Milton, when
a young man. spent night aft* r ni hi
Upon the roc f cf hts father's cU* :1
Ing In eanust study of the heaven
ly constellations Deep into hi*
lens It lie wnul he received thedr ini' •
jfltts* melodi and when his phy- al ■
■* were sightless, his spirit
]b*'h**1d them still and his immortal
pities move to th«*lr eternal tuns'*
Jk Occasionally, to b<* up before th*
dawn Is to know nature in he r boll
Oet mood, and Is an experience that
loaves the mind ami the spirit richer '
Popular Religion.
Never was there more lm* r* si !•
religion than today. Never was th* r*
more true and practical religion li
Ihe world, never more* erroneous ami
Spurious religion than now Not w ith
standing an Intense devotion to ,
the material Interest* of men's lire*,
there is a rapidly d**eponing Interest
In the problems of the higher I If* *
M»*ti and women of thought and ac
tion are thinking hard on the \ ItmI .
questions of life here and hereafter
As a contribution to current ,
thought along this line, with the j
hope of helping. I have outlined n
series of sermons on the most iltnl
and practical questions In religion
Th** first subject will be taken up
Sundav morning: "The Popular 1*.
mand for a New Religion." Sunday
'■$ evening I will give the second In
* the serbs on the future life "Hell
.■ It* allty. Its Cause, and How to
‘*1"* It" * respectfully ask the
■ ritlon of all earnest and thinking
* lP5.pl** to these discussions
OTIS G. DALE.
"Ups and Down* of Matrlmcny."
Dr. George Banc reft, according to
announcement, gave his lecture Tues
day evening, in the Presbyter Inn
church, therewith delightfully .*ti
tertslnlng one of th** largest corn
‘‘ panic* that has ever assembl'd In l*a
Junta Judging from that attend*
* snc*«*. the lecturer's subject. "The
rps and Downa of Matrimony.or Who
When and llow to Uvr." wm« n
theme of universal Interest
Dr Bancroft's slot an se ni«- 1 to b •.
"Think It Over," and he gnie hl«
hearers many near Ideas upon which (
to ruminate. There waa much ab
surdity and fun. which served as a
scintillating background to make sa
lient the grave and sober tbuths of
psychology and philosophy. The hear*
er marked In the man. as expressed
In hla discourse,great fever* nee for
life's finest and noblest sentiment*
and realisation of Its greatest truths
Among other things Dr. Bancroft
•aid* "Two hundred years fmm
today, cltlsena of onr country will
look back and call our'a a day nf
barbarism considered from the stand
point of. It* attitude toward mar*
rlage and its attendant ups and
Itovna.” "I do not believe In robbing
Wk er the cradle or tha fan*— rtel*
SOCIENTY
Phone. Junta 2 1 3
th**r the too youthful nor the ag«*d |
should wed." "I bollevc In di
vorce Our divorce laws properly con
structed and wisely ex* ruled are the
only safety valve by which «*• may
rectify the mistakes that our lax
marriage supcritslcn has made pos
sible, and protect posterity."
Occasionally one mught :» note of
contradiction In the doctor's re
marks. and several titties the fact
was borne in upon us that he Is
something of an idealist but all in
all his lecture was replete with com
mon sense and Is one whose like
should b** oftener heard and whose
truths should be more earnestly heed
ed.
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Chicane Club.
The Chii ane Club wns entertain
ed Monday afternoon by Miss Clarice
Cook Besides the club members.
Mrs D* an Holmes. Mrs Forest May
hew. and Miss Ardri** Colioon wer«
her guests
The Chicane Club will meet next
Monday afternoon with Mrs. T A
Williams.
Twenty Friends Entertained.
I Mrs Leslie I ones *nt* rtain**<l about I
twenty friends Thursday afternoon. In
I compliment to her slst* r Mrs Corn
Hart Sumne rs, who Is her guest The
time was passed very pleasantly at i
sewing and at an original guessing 1
contest
There was n service of d< llrate r»
freshni*'nt in two courses
Th** affair wns entirely luformnl.
but f ir that reason the more enjoyed
Wcman'i Club.
Th»- Woman's Club nu t last Fri
day afternoon with Mrs Chan Flatter,
on B*Il*vl*w a i or tie The program
consisted i f a paper on Bayreuth b>
Mr* Minnie Veasle, and tin* story of
• the Hh»ir.L'i ld. from Wasn*-r‘s "Dl**
Nibelungenlb d." told by Mrs. Elmer
Cook.
Th* re was an excolle it nt»emlnm-»
a id the program was greatly enjoy
ed and was foil »w**d by a lery spirit
• d and delightful disc-ussion
This club m»*t again yesterday In
(regular session. In the afternoon, at
th** home of Mrs. L. W. Clll>ert on
1 llelleview avenue.
♦♦♦
St. Andrew's Guild.
Saint Andrew's Guild of the Kpis
ropal church met Thursday afternoon
with Mr* McMillan, at her home.310
Sun Juan ain«*ue. The attendance
was large, and the meeting was an
unusually pbu-ant and profitable one
Much was accomplished In the hour
d« voted to business, and the social
i hour was tak**n equal advantage of
The guild will meet next*week, on
I the regular aftrenoon. with Mrs-
I Jeff 8te«art and Mrs A. H. Jones,
at the Todd Boarding house. 417 Col
orado avenue. An effort will be
made to begin exactly at two o'clock,
and each member of the guild la ear
neatly requested to be present and to
prompt
♦♦♦
Birthday Party.
Miss Jennie Olson was given a
birthday surprise party, honoring her
.twentieth birthday, on Thursday ev
ening. at tie* home of her parents on
South Han Juan avenue
The rooms were made bright and
fraurant by the pr« s* nee of American
Beauty n»*e« and pink, white and
crimson carnations, used In generous
profusion.
Twenty guests were received from
# to 11:30 o'clock and were entertain
ed most delightfully at a number of
the fun producing, old time games,
such n* "wink 'em" and "fruit has
ket change."
At the evening's close the hostess
served apples, cocoa and cake for tie
refreshment of her guests.
m
Unique Km broidery Chib.
The members of the 1'nlqtie Knt
broidery Club gave their annual re
ception in compliment to their hits
bands,Thursday evening, at the home
of Mrs. Htacy D. Wilcox, at 21 ft Llti
coin avenue, with Meadame* Wilcox.
Mullen and Welch acting aa hostesses
The affair waa a comical party, and
eighteen guest a came in coatumes
that were "fearfully and wonderfully
made." Mr. Walter Dubree received
first prlxe aa the most comical
among the gentlemen, and Mra. Cl. A
Thom peon was awarded the prise for
the ladles. The company assembled
"on maaque;" but about Bine o'clock
they removed th* Ir masks, and th** re I
malnd»-r of the evening w is passt-d at
pleasant games and in the giving of
an impromptu musical program.
The house had been at tra* ti\• ly
decorated in autumn leaves and lut*-
autumn flowers, and so it was with
| quite the f* cling «-f gipsy plcuicers
that th** Jolly company partook qf
th** luscious supp< r. picnic fashion.
I in the dining room.
This club Is looking forward (•> a
delightful time next Monday when it ,
(expects to meet with Mrs. Crawford
About oil** and one-half tulles east of
th** city If the w*ath*-r permits!
the ludies will go "thither" on a
huge hay wagon.
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North La Junta Woman's Club.
The North La Junta Woman's Club }
was entertained In its regular session I
last Saturday afternoon by Mr* John 1
Broomfield.
The regular program whs dispensed
with and an original and Inter* sting
"conversation*" wa> c.irihd out
Each lady chose her part o r f- r th*
discussion of six questions The qties
tions wer*- First. "At this time
«»f year, what Is imus ial S«-i>»nd.
"The Hr-akfast nix husband lis* s "
Third, "We think our youngest is—?"
Fourth. "The Female of th- Species."
suplemented by th** r*-ading of
Kipling's |M>ein of th* *atue title
Fifth. "Th** GroatoM En**m.v." sup
pl<*m**nt* d by an artlcl*- on "Head
ache Tabb-ts ” Sixth. "Have you
read"—nml here came In an Inter* st
ing discussion of lute tiookf
At th** close of the con. ersatlone.
Mrs Broomfield a*-rv**d appropriati*
rt freshmei t Mrs. Bert Jai ■ wax a
gat < f Hi- < lub This ifternoo -
I meeting will b* a* th*- honi*- of Mr*. !
I> C. Derrlng* r
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Birthday Club.
lira Warren VTitorb
i the m*-in lie ra of the Birthday (‘bib I
and othl ' • TUI idgj if
da) <ompllnunt to hei
l Clyde Smith, and h*-r m«»th»*r, Mrs
Regina Sturm.
The boom •
\ • I
used I'l tilt- r
!i>"M aid pink and whltt u it long
in th- dining room Th*- hours u• re
from thret to flv* and «
■ • preferred by t
c* rial. Industrious club
M i Bln er Cook and
Smith both lent tht oab gra
j * lous asslstniK *- i.i her pba*-ant du
j tt*-s
> The following Is n list of those in i
attendance- Mrs Otis Wright. Mrs '
j Forest Mayhew. Mrs. (P H Winch* 11. I
Mrs Kltuer Cock. Mrs W S Kakl-
Mrs Summers. Mrs Albert Jones.
. Mrs. Klntner. Mrs F T L**wl«. Mrs
jshotwcii, .Mrs Wnlsh. Mrs. Dean
Holmes, Mrs Walter Wellman. Mrs
Theodore Thul**meyer Out of town
guests were: Mrs. Clyde Smith and
| Mrs Regina Sturm, of Dodge City,
and Miss l«aut**rbacli, of Fort Worth,
Texss. wim i n visiting h* r sister. Mrs.
Thulemeyer.
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Homs, SwNt Nemo.
The following squib. tak**n from j
I the Brooklyn Engl**. Int* r**st*-d the
|s*»<-lety -dltor for reasons too nuim-r
ous to in«*ntioii—the main one being
that Dyersburg T«*nn . Is her native
town, and holds within Its civic
bounduri* s the spot of all the earth
d«*ur«-st to her—her "home, sweet
home." Believing that the little Joke
In the dipping will bring a smile to
the lips of many. w«* take pleasure In
reprinting It l>r Ferguson U a r*-al
character and a genuine wit, and th**
funny sayings as*rlb«**l to him would
; make s small volume of as good read
ing ns Is contained In I'uck:
The citizens of Dyersburg, Tenn.,
have about given up their fight to
get a credit of in.OOO population nt
th«* hands of the census department
In place of th«* miserable 4,300 allot
ted to the place by official count
Dyerabur* Is one of th*- llvll* sf towns
|ln the south, although It may not*
appear so to the superficial obscrv
j **r Th** finest cotton In all th**
world Is raised In the surrounding
, Dyer county, and It Is quickly taken
at top prices by English buyers. A
1 story which well Illustrates the seem
ing backwardness of Dyersburg as n
mask covering superior insUht and
Intelligence, In which the colored p••<».
' Pi** "har»\ in told by Dr Ferguson, a
r* "ldent of Dyersburg for eighty-four
years, and a man with a vast reputa
tion throughout the county, and as
far as Memphis, as a whistler, philos
opher, wag and unreconstructed dem
ocrat.
Dr. Ferguson was driving with his
colored man through a lonely str**f*li
of country. They had not exchanged
a word for hours. As they neared M
bridge |>r. Ferguson asked:
"Bam, do you like eggs?"
"Yaa, auh." replied Ram.
Precisely one year later to the
day. they were pa-.slug the same spot
when the conversation was resumed,
as follows:
j “How?"
"Fried."
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