The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-01-24

''WyandOtt DewdrOp" Comes Again
After Long Absence from the Page.
Dear Howard Friends-Such a long
time has elapsed since l visited the page
] fear you will scarcely recognize your
truant sister. However. I wish all the
members and especially the newly elected
officers a happy, prosperous and success
ful year; may they be filled with new
zeal and delight in working for such a
noble organization.
Yes, and we that are members should
uphold and encourage our leaders in
their efforts to raise our banner on high
that it may be seen and recognized by
the world as a social. moral and religious
society that any person might well be
proud to become a member of. Let
there be a simultaneous echo, and imme-
date action among the members to Pres
ident Comets" words, in unity there
is strength
Some writer q forget who) says we
are not as social as we should be
Really, I think perhaps we have been a
little selfish and neglected our social du-
ties, unintentiOnally though. We have
warm feelings beneath our assumed in
difference and we do not express our
thoughts in words of commentator or
DldioC Ailctl IL lElll encourage a weak
writer TO try again and eventually be
come noted i'm literature.
There Is more life in any society when
words Of praise are not withheld, and
encouragement, not flattery, is bestowed
where meTited. There is a wide dis
tinctiOn between fattery and praise; we
nearly in every instance can distinguish
f1attery from genuine praise There is
a half-heartedness and sham about fiat
terry that lacks earnestness. Let en-
courag cement and praise find ready eX-
preston and enkindle anew the love that
lies dormant
We are social beings and enjoy TO the
fullest extent the society of congenial
minds.
What higher enjoyment is there in life
than meeting and holding converse with
persons Hke-minded as we. interested and
enthusiastic on the subjects we dOte on?
There is also danger Of our social nat
ure running away with us and leading
US out of the paths of rectitude unless
we use our better judgment. How i'm
portant ii is that we choose our asso-
ciates only from the best elements Of
society. the pure and the good, be they
rich or Door. Too often wealth is
looked upon as all that is necessary for
good companionship.
There Is nothing lost and everything
to be gained by treating every one, rich
and poor, old and young. and especially
the Old in a polite, friendly manner.
We have often noticed one cheerful
agreeable person enter a room and in
stantly their jovial nature spread over
the room in a contagious manner. Let
US remember TO be social.
What an old-time and homelike ap-
pearance the page had in the last issue.
So many of the old writer's that we
have learned TO love through their noble,
interesting letters.
There are many more we would like
to see.
With a thrill of delight we read Flor
ence Nightingale's" cheerful letter and
hasten TO say, NO, Florence we have
not climbed a stairway like that at Mum
Gle since the reunion
Sunset and Winnie West" I have
not forgotten you; please come to the
page, and Little Nuisance" why this
long silence?
Marie" now that you are not cum
bered with an Office, we shall expect to
hear from you often as of yOre.
MAUD Maple" your communications
on 1.-The Congress Of Religions are read
with eager interest and we can but say
how favored We're they who had the
privilege of attending such n noted CON
gress To see and hear the representa-
tives Of every religion in the world would
be a scene long to be remembered.
In my next / will endeaVOr TO tell what
7 remember of the white city-that is, if
the readers patience viii hold on to the
end "WYANDOT DEWDROP."