Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-03-19
SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1892.
The Kingdom Of Queen Ina, the
Beautiful.

Beautiful.
I've trip planned for yoa for the sum-
mer. You know that very many people
go to the seashore, to the mountains, to
watering places, to anywhere, in fact, SO
that they may say that they have not
been at home during the season. No we
won't need any extra clothes for our
journey. Your calico dress is good
enough. It is clean and whole. Yes, I
shall wear this dress and-I know it isn't
pretty-and I shall wear this apron also
yes, yes! its my work apron to be sure,
but, then I'm planning this journey for
our amusement and perhaps little in
struction, but will let that be Incidental
just come in if it wants to. I'm not
planning to show off our fine clothes, be-
cause, in the first place, we haven't any
fine clothes to speak of, and in the second
place we couldn't have such a good time
if we had them, and in the third place we
can't take papa along with us and I don't
much believe in long journeys that would
take us away from papa for whole
season, SO we can't stop to change our
dresses every trip, or we'd be no better
off than the dummy" who stands in the
shop window, who, though she has many
changes of clothes, never gets outside the
shop where she lives. So we'll wear these
clothes that we have on and we can come
home in the twinkling of an eye and be
ready to work the instant we arrive.
Now, isn't that nice? No long prepara-
tions, no packing of trunks, and worry of
getting them checked to the right place,
fearing all the time that something is 60
ing to happen to them, no rush to the
train, no fear of wrecks, nothing but the
losing sight of self and surroundings for
q moment and there you are.
There are few people who know all the
beauties of this country to which we are
going. They say it isn't practical. Now
I want you to beware of that word prac-
teal. One time that word meant sensi-
BILE, but there was a man who was selfish,
stingy and heartless, who used that word
all his life to cover up his sins and mean
ness, SO when he died his little puny soul
went into that word practical, and there
it is yet and people who use that word
too much become possessed OF that mans
spirit. Now that you may tell the grown
people also to beware of this word, and
why, I will tell you something of this
man.
He lived in the city of avarice and
though he had married beautiful NO.
man from the country of kindness he
could not be turned from his ways of
greed and selfshness. BE rarely allowed
his wife to visit her own people because
It was useless to fritter away time and
money in galavantlng around the country.
1t wasn't practical.
His daughter taught school IN a
strangs, lonely place, and would so much
have enjoyed coming home Friday eve
ming to spend the Sabbath at home,
But her father said it was useless to drive
the horses ten miles q week for nothing.
It was silly. 1t wasn't practical at all.
His son wanted horse OF his own, OF
fishing tackle, or gun and dog, or q
boat, or a bat and suit to join the club,
or anything in short that would be his
very own. But his father, good, practi-
cal man, only remarked. "You owe me
your time. young man, till you are TWEEN
ty-one for your board and clothes and
fhe care took of you when you were a
baby, land it was fact, his neighbors
soid that he never noticed the boy till be