Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-12-14
s''Cauthe Mother and Me Canst

''If you pleathe, thir," said Bijah's first caller
AIT little girl Of 10, 1--WE run away from home,
What" exclaimed the astOnished lanitor. as
he looked down upon her bare head.
1--WE run away from home, thir. cluthe
mother and me can't agree, thir," she replied,
making herself very much at home in the big
chair.
'Wall, swan" he growled, as he drew up
chair
.'Tho do /. thir,'' she put in.
"Then you have run away from home, ell?
Well never heard Of such case before
Nor j, either, thr.H
"When did you leave hOne"" he asked, as he
kindly wiped her little nose.
'Thith afternoon, thir Ma and had dith-
pute at the dinner table and made up my mind
TO run away, and here am thir.'
"What did you come to me FORE
81 want you TO get me place as hired girl
thir. can wath towels. sweep the floor. build
fires, look after the baby and fry pancakes, and
IL work for five cents week, thir"
The old man leaned backed and laughed till
the whole top OF his lead was red and the child
put on new dignity and said
''Do you think Id lie thir? Don't you think
I'm big enough for hired girl. thru
''Ihen you couldn't agree with your m0thcr?.''
he asked, as soon as he could control his merri-
ment.
'sNo, thir Mother uses lard to shorten pie
crust while l use butter. and 80 she boxed my
ears: and ran away from home Do YOU know
OF any family wanting hired girl, thir.''
He argued and cOaXed, but she was deter
mined not to return home. Going to the closet,
llt Out HULK Oh DlOldSSeS CANDY ana q
handful of peanuts, and she soon consented to
go back and give her mother another trial.
Detroit Free Press.
MANNER IN THE PULPIT.-The Observer in the
course Of an article on manner in the Pulpit ~
says: with the increased activities OF the age
and the competitions OF religious enterprises,
and the improved tastes OF the people. the de-
mand for a better class of speakers has grown
apace, and we hardly err in saying that in all
OF most OF our seminarleS the manner is made
Of more account in the art of preaching than
it was fifty OF even twenty-five years ago.
The Rev. DR.. Adams, president of the New
York Mon Theological Seminary. has adopted
mode of teaching which may be i'm vogue
elsewhere, but If so we are not aware of it,
Each morning he receives one student of the
senior class and spends an hour with him
in its delivery, and telling him of those
faults which ii would be painful to speak OF in
the presence OF the class. This plan is of grand
utility. 1t Is great expenditure of time and
ii is given by the president freely In addition to
his lectures and recitatiOnS; but 1t must have
the best effect upon the student. 1t is true that
few professors are themselves so good an eX-
ample as DIR. Adams is, still there are many
who can teach what they cannot learn. Minis
tiers have. Signally failed as public speakers,
who have become able and useful professors in
schools OF theology. There are diversitieS of
gifts, and niche Is provided for every man.
We are not sorry to hear that the number of
theological students is less now than it was a
year or two ago. for it is said the quality Is
vastly improved. One well-qualifed, earnest
preacher Is worth dozen drones."