Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-08-30
From Cloud Land.
NORMAL HOTEL, MT. NEBo, Aug. II, 1890.

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'seternal fitness Of the time to the company? |
love to give way to myself on day like this; lose
my identity as nearly as possible, and behold the
moving panorama of the human race through the
rosy glasses genius lends Pass on the other side,
oh, restless world, for what have in common with
your pay days, your heartaches, your unrequited
labor? Pass on, and take with you, pray, the
unreal visions of evil, leaving only the true and
the beautiful to me! How easy it is to be good
when you are happy; but [ can't help but wonder
how much strain this negative kind of goodness
will bear. Rather brittle, [ suspect. Ready to
snap the first time an unregenerated mob Of juye-
niles go bowling through the hall. But will not
precipitate the unpleasant by anticipating it. No,
indeed; bear me witness, while [ affirm genuine
happiness is not mythical as the genuine ghost,
Josh Billings to the contrary Notwithstanding.
And picture me as sit at my front window, the
personifcation of creature comfort In leftover
last winter Hubbard for the air is quite chilly this
morning, felt slippers and easy chair. The rain
has ceased its ADMINISTRATIONS no word of less
than six syllables need apply on the tin roof, but
the descending mist has wrapped the external
world in white cloud-blanket How very fast
the clouds fly past my window; how they gallop,
overtake, and run each other in the alternate
race and chase Of the big and little ones. They
sail through the hail. fyup stairs, down the narrow
pass-way and visibly enter my room. Here they
are, to the right, the left, before and behind me.
Dear CHRONICLE, shall | enclose you a sample
cloudlet or two? The supply exceeds the demand
this morning and you can get the finest in stock
for the asking, They are "horrd old Clouds as
my next door grl-neghbor, who is bemoaning the
poor prospect of a diversion by way of beaux,
will inform you. But if the dear girl will possess
her soul in patience, they will presently partially
lift themselves, leaving here and there white SEN
tnellike columns, framing as separate pictures the
dark darker by contrast) green valley below. A
little later on these, too, will disappear before
glorious sunburst, as groundless fears in joyous
wonder if this letter is pontless.
Nay, verify j really have something to- say,
and as that something affects the educational in
terest Of State, desire to say it particularly
WELL So you may imagine that your kind invita-
tion to give you dot or two from this part of the
moral vineyard is specially opportune.,. After
most profitable and highly enjoyable term of six
weeks the first session of the Arkansas Summer
Normal School closed Friday, August IT, The
charter members of this school are certainly to be
congratulated and the management to be COM
mended in securing the services Of instructors
who excel as specialists in their several branches.
The faculty composed: Jerome Allen, Phi. D., pro-
lessor and founder of the chair of Pedagogy in
the University of the city of New York, wide and
favorably known as editor of two progressive edu-
cational papers, Teachers Institute" and
"School Journal" Wickliff Rose, professor of
Higher Mathematics in the Nashville Peabody
School, is young man Of high intellectual attain
ments, and is so thoroughly imbued with scholas-
tic enthusiasm as to merit any distinction conferred
upon him; Mrs. G. M. Best, B. E., of Searcy, our
lovely little lady professor, is as efficient as she is
charming in person and address. And really,
there was but the one thing needful to the eminent
success Of this first term Of our ''Arkansas Chau-
tauquan," and that was the material (teachers) to
work on. In spite of the attempt to advertise it