The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-05-16
CONVERSATION CLUB.


Thoughts Suggested by Memorial Day.
Varied Messages from The Loyal Home
Workers.
R,fles offhe C,tb- Write briefly. 2. Write only
eide Of iltc paper. 8. Write 10 the point. =.
Write on one subject g. Write your best. 6. Each
week tic Of those writing. the best letters
style. composition spelling, penfnaHship ana gen.
Of Ibis column or the Honor Roll First honor
Will include all OF these requirements. Second
honor Will include deficiency ia some one point.
THE MINNEsoTA PRAIRTEs
By Liylicn Knight Kontcuideo. Mimi.
Oh. We Ninnesots prairie-,
Spreading out long before the eye
Like a broad eKpsnsc Of ocean
Lying meath y Summer sky,
How we love TO Hpon you
With ysur fields of waving grain,
And behold your pillows rolling
Like the waters of the main.
Oh. We Minnesota prsiries.
With your groves of growing trees,
And your ho4ne-teads nestled snugly
From the keen merit 1os;ern breeze;
With your rrsnefies Of plenty
Filled with fruit. from out the soil.
Where ali nature seems to highten
The rewards of honest toll.
Oh. ys Minnesota prsiries.
Sweeping proud aud grand;
We would mol exchange your blessings
For ali otissrs la tao land.
Though troy boast their many riches,
The North Star is still tire best.
Aud we love thee Minnesota,
Sovereign OF the growing West
PASSING IN REVIEW.
Aanie T.. Williams will accent thanks for q
box Of woodland beauties. bringing the first
sweet breath of Sprinx to tho Editors desk.
A. i. DE Winter, Sanbern. N. Y, reminds the
c. C. and /. II. w. that Uncle John Dean.
LitekGeld, Mich. who has done so much for
frsfernai charity, still has oil paintings of
Niagara Falls and Lake Ontario for sale. These
who pnrcbnss will swell the relief fund. and
Uncle john is to be trusted TO do the most good
with the funds.
Carrie Hailowell, Kiddsr, NO., would like
G. C. discussions and an increase of c. c. space.
Both might be secured If the interest were
more general.
Ac C. CHAT.
DEAR c. c.: am SO glad TO note the improve
msnt in the c. g. columns Of late and hope the
bright little chats will still continue, though
not 20 the EXCLUSION of all the more solid work
Soon some Of our band will hio away to sea,
mountain and lake for amusement and rest.
While spending the Summer vacation / hope
they will remember those not SO favored, and
when they have an especially pleasant excur-
sion or rambie, they will write OF it for the G. c.
columns that others may be able TO catch the
CLEAN Of the restfui sea, glimHering lake and
hay mountains through their eyes and pen.
We ussa 10 have these descriptions OF places
and excursions. and thought them very enjoy
able. Wonld like TO know if others were not
pleased with them?
am so glad the C. c. is so decidedly against
noms-des- plGmes. How much more open and
friendly our intercourse seems when the little
chats followed by the true names of the
writers.
We are such q great band. scattered far end
wide, that we know each other, our aims, opin.
ions, ideas. and mirthful humor, little enough,
at the best
am glad that the picture gallery has been
retained. and that the exchange column has
not been entirely abolished. for those who have
joined the ranks late should not be deprived of
the privilege which the earlier C. C's have en-
joyed.
should like to hear from the New York c.
C's, with references and exchange postal auto
graphs with Southern and Western C. C's.
IL. Elite Fuller, Spring Lake, N. Y.
UNITE AND MOVE on.
c. C. FRrESDs; With great pleasure notice
our columns are getting more interesting every
week, especially such letters as Julius Gogarn's
and Amos J.. Sesmans.
Lot all prendly sign their names TO anything
which points 10 the interest and progress of
our Order. We all love our country and our
Gag, and SO should be all faithful and true.
Why do not some Of the veteran members LET
us hear from them? What has become of those
~CbiFt leui gtafb abOf
i enjoy columns more and more and
TIE NATIONAL TRIBUNE Should be dear 10
every patriotic heart.
Long live the l.. II. w. and The NATIONAL
TRIBUNE.
Let us all put our shoulders TO the wheel.
and make each Circle a success. Pro Patria-
Lizzie Aldrich, 935 Morton avenue, Chester,
Pa.
EIGHTEENTH BTRTHDAY
Miles w. Buck, Tyrone, Pa, tells how eight
Of the C. O. and L. VI. ". helped Nettie Bailey
celebrate her eighteenth birthday, when tnere
was music, songs, and q sumptuous repast.
Same OF the good things were eaten mp By the
veterans which had been prepared for little
dinner party for which ehe Eettic, had planned,
assisted by her sister Blanche. Cornrade Buck
invites G. c. and l.. II. W. friends 10 stop at
Tyrone and he will introduce them to the c. c.
brothers and sisters there. They will be sure
to know him, rs he walks on his knees. having
had both feet cut off by railroad car in 1855.
A PHILosoPHIc VIEW.
FRIENDS OF TIE C. c. ] am deeply inter-
ested in the new woman. 1 agree, in part,
with Daisy Barnes, "Tsxatien without repre-
seDtetion IS tyranny" Seine women pay taxes