The National tribune., 1893-05-18
EDITORS CHAT,
Few Things the C. C. are Thinking and
Talking About.
A LTTERARY EvENING.

A LITERARY EVENING.
A friend in a Western city sends an account of
how a small company was enlivened by the intro
duction of pleasant literary exercise, by way of
variety.
II was a game of poets and authors. Large cards
were handed round with tiny pencils attached on
which were written 10 charades each the answers
TO which would form the name of poet or author
They ran something like this:
What rough man said TO his son when he
wished him to eat properly.
4 covering for the head.
A name that means such fiery things can't de-
scribe its pains and stings.
Not of the four points of compass, but III
clining to one OF them.
An American manufacturing town.
Hump backed, but net deformed.
disagreeabIe fellow to have ones foot.
manufacturing metal.
A-game and a male of the human species.
An answer 10 which is the greater poet, William
Shallspere Martin Topper.
What the meat in the pot might say If it could
snswer the query, What you doing?"
slang expression.
Put an edible grain between a bee and an ant
A shade Of morn shade of night. nor black nor
blue red white, yet formed when two OF
these unite.
(Householders are invited to solve and send
swers.)
The list can be extended at pleasure. In the
hands Of lively company the quiet fun of isvery
enjoyable prize may be offered for the card
which returns the correct answers, and penal
ties determined for the worst exhibition.
THE SAME OLD QUESTION.
Win the Editor please inform me how to get
persons who do not read THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
into the c. C.?-George w. Strong. Bridgewater,
The writer Of the above says he is the only C. C.
Guard in his County that lie knows of that he
likes the c. C. better every week, and would like
an exchange of letters especially with ddleaged
ladies' From this take it the writer is a vet
teran-no longer in the Summer of life. If so. lie
will understand how recruiting is done. 1t is
simply by placing the subject before those of like
aims and interests Members of the Q. c. can in
terest others by gathering their friends about them
showing them THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE and
planning to them what the Loyal Home Workers
Department especially, Is trying TO do.
They can meet together evenings to read THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE and become imbued with its
principles. Then all will join the c. c. do their
part for Progress and Patriotism. and strive to be-
come true citizens of this great Republic
HOW TO JOIN THE c. C.
If Fannie Rediker and others will read the para
graph al the beginning OF the Loyal Home Workers
Department; Of which the C. c. is a part. they will
fad their questions answered as to how to become
&C. c. All that is necessary is that you be a resu-
lar reader OF The NATIONAL TRIBUNE, and it does
not matter who subscribes for H. just you
reader and in sympathy with its lines Of thought.
Can members who join 81 club or circle. join
the G. C.. provided the club subscribes 10 The
NATIONAL TRIBUNE and all read it?"
To this question, 20 frequently repeated there
be but answer and that is yes. They ali
under the head Of regular readers of The
NATIONAL TRIBUNE
WE'RE STILL COMPLAINING.
by Lenore Sherwood Marble.)
When Winters here wish for Spring,
And say the wind makes blood run cold;
And when It's Spring and the brides sing,
We want the Summer, with harvest's gold
When Summers here want the Fall,
Aud say its warm, with the days too long;
And when ii. Fall. and the reed birds call,
We're still com planning. Is this wrong?