Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-10

appeal to all who have not b;.rtered their
birthright, and there seems 4 truth in the
charge made against these two writers,
when it is remembered that it has been
thought necessary to organize societies for
the Interpretation of the thought supposed
10 be enwrapped in the mysticism they
affect. Authors have duty to their read
ers and the fact of societies and handbooks
TO explain any mans writing is a serious
accusation against him. If the message"
these poets have claimed 10 be theirs to con-
vey is so difficult of comprehension in this,
their day, what Will it be TO the generations
to Gomez Better the homely song of him
who sang Of the peasant than all the versi-
flying of the modern who thus sums up his
method
As l walked by myself. 1 talked to my
self, and thus TO myself talked l. -
The autumn days have come now in the
Northern ATTITUDES; the naples begin to
put on their bright hues and the golden,
catching and hiding in its heart the warm
golden tints OF the summer sunshine now
lavishly scatters her boarded wealth and
gaily mods gay blossoms to every passer- by.
This month the September girl expects u
sapphire of her own, and TO miss her birth
stone is to fail of possession in the sweet
favor Of life. 1t is hoped her friends will
not forget the pretty superstition she cher
ishes and that her jewel case may show
many such favors from those who love her
-
Do any of the readers of this column in
dulge in paper-covered literature If so,
let them read Miss Kate SanbOrn's adopt
ing an Abandoned Farm She tells Of her
failures in 4 most fascinating way, and the
book is entirely free from that unhealthy
sentiment which is found III what Dr. Tai
mage denounces is summer reading
One may lie in a hammock and read this
with pleasure or while away the dizziness
of travel without detriment to their intel
lectual nature. Fiction such as this, if it be
fiction, has the ring of heartiness and is no
more enervating than are the soft blue
skies. Skimmug swallows, Soft-tinkling wa
ter. the faint perfume Of flowers and all
that 90 to make u summer holiday restful
and happy. -.
There is danger of bringing wrath
upon your devoted head by saying, and yet
truth has in all ages had its martyrs, and
why not add another 10 the noble army:
Why cannot mothers learn that excessive
fondneSs for their offspring is weakness
pardonable perhaps, but still weakness
that often exhibits itself in forms very try
ing to others!
Reader, have you not ever called upon a
mother for the purpose of having pleasant
conversation and found yourself thwarted
by some obstreperous youngster whose
every movement you are called upon to adj
mire! However pleasant the Interchange
of thought would be, all is abandoned for
the worship of mammals ''prettiest,
sweetest and best of babies" Mothers
should remember that ever since Cain cut
his first tooth and crowed and jumped in
Mother Ewes arms. babies have been per-
forming the same marvels, and that it is
better for the babies and their mothers that
they be not always on exhibition.
Mothers who live in their nurseries and
think only of their maternal duties, risk
growing puerie and thus becoming uninter-
eSting TO husbands and friends. Love the
babies of course, but do not expect every
one to see in them all the PROJECTIONS you
discern, and remember that babyhood is
short, and it is necessary to keep the mind
in j growing state in order to meet the de-
mand this same baby will make upon your
intellectual nature rs the years go on.