The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-11-15
CoNyERsATION CLUE.


CONFIRMATION CLUB.
Oar Roll CalI-Circles and Clubs-On the
Tennessee MountaiDs-A Loyal Home
Worker-FIaG Workers.
Plaes oftae Club Write briefly Q. Write only
on one slde OF ire paper 5. Write TO the point A..
Write subject 5. Write year best. 6. Each
week The names OF those writing the best letters
eraI merit consse3ed-wiii be named al the head
of This column Tie Honor Roll. First honor
will include ali oil these requirements. Second
honor vii! include a deficiency IN some one point.
FORM CIRCLE OR CLUB.
Maggie Emogene Dial, Correctionville, Iowa,
asks If there is not some way TO make our 4. (.
baud better knovyJl in small towns wbcro The
NATIONAL TRIBUNE is not widely circulated.
Certainly there is, and il Maggie will read
the letter of Alice Putnam. FredoDia. she will
see at once how it can be done. Members Of
the Conversation Club may form Local Conver-
sation Clubs, or if they choose to pay their %
cents each. and join the Loyal Home Workers
they can have Local Circles of Loyal Home
Workers The great thing is to come together.
regularly read The NATIONAL TRIBUNE drink
in new inspiration. and then ali pull together
for progress and patriotism.
1t costs nothing to be enrolled in the Con-
versation Club. Il costs p cents 10 be enrolled
in the Loyal Home Workers. and so enjoy all
the privileges of Reunions. But no matter who
joins the Loyal Home Workers, the Converse
ton Club work should never flag
In closing her letter. Maggie +. Dial says:
{" / am like the c. c. brother whose picture ape
peared short time ago. IN regard TO patriot
ism. / think religion and patriotism should
go together.
What beautiful motto the " c. T. U.
has Can we not. also, work for God and
home and every land? Perhaps the majority
OF us are doing SO. | would like a c. {. CORE
III. = q.
who wrote ia my autograph collector"
THE EMPIRE CIRCLE.
DEAR EDITOR: We have a c. C. Circle here.
known as The Empire Circle, and believe we
are No. 1. We have ala excellent constitution
and strong set of bylaws.
We meet once week, review THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE, and read a selection. join in musical
numbers and fake up the bulk of the meeting
with DIR. Pettit's " Underground Railroad" the
event Of which occurred in this section of the
country.
The President of the Circle is catharine NJ.
Brown; Secretary. Helen Petit. Our men,
bership is increasing and to-day send you
names of young ladies desiring mem bership in
our Circle
For use at our meetings we have neat cards
on one side OF which is printed o. Edith
Dickey's c. c. Greeting Song, and on tho other
the Parting Song. by cur Editor. Kate Brownee
Sherwood.
on TIE CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS.
DEAR EDITOR: l want to thank you for
your many helpful Chats in THE NATIONAL
TRIBUEE and may God bless you IN your
work.
Ever since ] became member of the c. C.
] have thought Of sending in few thoughts ;
and now let me tell you OF my home in the
Tennessee Mountains.
The little town of Pomona, in Cumberland
County, is said 10 be on the crown of The Cum
bertrand Mountains, near tho center of the
Cumberland Plateau. IL consists OF a score Of
buildings, including church, scboolhouse and
postofice. some of them of handsome style
built by Northern people and is the faifest
little village In all Tennessee.
The site of the town. with it's unduating
levelness. IL you allow that expression is Eeau-
tiful. The dark-green Of the forest in Autumn
so brilliant in rainbow dyes, fringes tie hori-
zOn. and the gentle breeze goes through it,
awakening the sweetest, saddest music of
earth.
The COWS. far Ont on the range tiukle their
bells softly as they MUNICH the wild grass; the
sound floats in drcamily, forming sort Of duet
with the wind in the forest.
The shrek Of an engine never breaks these
soul-renewiRg sounds and perhaps il never
will; yet from four miles to the north comes
the sound of earthly thunder. Ii is the blast
building through the County.
When they were surveying for the railroad,
two or three experimental surveys ran through
Pomona. and what commotiou they created !
The Chicago man had declared be left Chi
cago to get rid OF railroads, and here they were
going to build one under his nose repre-
sentative of Old England was frantic because
il would spoil his building site; and the rest
Of one-baif the population came out igurative-
~ and shook their fists at the surveyors
The half that wanted it began to raise the
price Of their real estate and lay off town lots
Just as the matter began to seem serious the
surveyors " folded their tents like the Arabs.
and quietly stole away" The citizens lock ed
at each other little sheepishly, and laughed
goodnaturedly at the result
Shall ! tell you
HOW THE WORLD LOOKS
about me? In front of my door, facing the
south, is a rambling, red frame house, lust
across the street. There is quaint New Eng
land air about it. restfui and pretty. 1t is the
home Of the minister from Illinois whose
Vermont wife might feel it bit of New Eng
land grated here for her.
Fifty yards TO the west is the country store,
with a pleasant I.don't care. W neither school
keeps-or-nOt" air about it. few yards far
Their on is the schoolhouse. with its tall Gag
staff standing sentinel before it; aud
THAT FLAG rs UNFURLED
whenever occasion permits; for it does not
take a very great occasion here for the Stars
and Stripes to be flung to the breeze
Perhaps hundred yards to the east of our
house a large cresm-white hotel looms up
against the horizon, where the dull points of
Waideu's Mountain range are purple in the
sunlight. Alice Westover Hampton.