The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-05-27
SHE PROMISES WELL.
'GOraldine" Wants TO See the Page Full
Every Week.


DEAR HowARDs-As want TO see our
page full every week / am going to scratch
a few lines. I've been waiting for all the
rest to write but it seems we've all been
waiting, for the page is seldom full as it
might be, but can't scold, for it has been
more carelessness than anything else on
my part, and l presume I'm not alone.
Now, let Us all try and do our duty in the
future and have the II. L. c. columns
teeming with good letters each week.
While can only fill up space there are
noble writers in our ranks. and they
should contribute often. 1 think every
week when The SENTINEL comes Now
must write this week vet. but l have Just
kept putting it off from day to day. I
really shall try 70 do better In the future.
Evergreen" your letter of q recent
date was just splendid. You don't know
how thoroughly indorse every word of it.
] hope you will write very often. While I
don't belong TO the white ribbon order
you all know l am a prohibitionist, SO you
see. Advance" 1 can't possibly agree
with you. War caused wore misery than
lntemperanCe? How can you see it in
that light? Did war cause the husband
dul AdlLltE 10 tOLllb nome more DTuLe Lnau
human, and turn wife and children out in
the highway to beg or starve, or beat them
nearly to death, and perhaps murder
them outright? Did YOU ever hear of war
causing such an incident? War is cruel ;
it's terrible. We all admit that, but, oh,
my brother, God alone knows the heart
aches, sorrow and anguish intemperance
has caused, annually hurting thousands
into utter ruin and degradation. Allow
me to say, Advance" and others, if YOU
ever have any one who is near and dear
TO you lost, ruined by the wine-cup, then
you will have drained the cup of bitter
ness 10 the very dregs; no hope of meet
ing them in the dear hereafter, no conso-
lation in any shape or form. They are
gone, ruined body and soul. Could any
thing be worse? However, I'll say no
more on that subject at present, and I
agree with you In regard 10 women having
faults as well as men. Certainly our
| faults are numerous. I have failed TO find
a perfect specimen OF either sex so lar. IL
1 ever do and it is of the masculine gen.
der mean to try awfully hard to capture
him. While waiting for such golden op-
| portunity I'm thinking Geraldine" VIII
| become an old maid.
"Incog," if you step in my "den" Il
won't take you very long 10 discover both
the Cottage Hearth and Ladies Home Jour>
nal, so you see Pm familiar with Rose
| Hartwick Thorpe's writings. Did you
learn how to make those tissue-paper rose.
buds? II rot, will send you some speci,
mems and directions, and did 1 ever ted
you tried your way of baking breads
Well, did, and it was excellent / in.
tended to give my way of making ham
| croquets, but I've written so much now 1
will wait till next time.
Welcome Leah Daphne" Farmer
Boy No. >" and all new members. Write
again each and every one. There are so
many would like to mention but space
forbids. "Ex-Buckeye Boy" this is the
last warning. II you don't write soon
mean to tell honest Iniun," now.
dan D." want to bid you welcome.
for believe you said you were lonely,
did you not2 Well, come to the page
often and that will cheer you up.
l know you are all wishing you could
get to the end Of this and wondering who
is taking up so much valuable time and
space. Why, it's GERALDINE"
Ohio Home, May IA.