The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-09-05
CONVERSATION CLUB.
Interchange of Thought and Sentiment
c. c. Members.

Interchange OF Thought ana sentiment Dy
c. c. Members.
P,les cfae c7,.5-l Write briefly. .. Write only
siCc IIc paper. :. NrIic 10 the point =.
Nri,e a., one subject; 3. Write your best. q. Each
week the uf those writing The best letters
81, ie conn osition sicIlir. pcnrlanstip nnd gen.
eral merit conSldere,-NIl he named at the head
al tl4is column tie JiUnor Roll flist ionor
will ncludc nil al lliesc requirements. second
honor Will include a deficiency Ia some one poih''
TRAIN OF SORROWS.
DEARC. c. FRIENDS: Another and another
Of our happy G. C. homes is Ges0lated. Scarcely
had the tidings reached me that our dear. faith
ful sister. Eva L. Grair had been enrolled in
The {. c. above. until q letter came bearing the
soriowful news that Brother Chas Hawley, OF
Ottawa Ill.,, hal been called upon to part with
a little two eRrold son.
MI Hawley is Sister Adde Roberts's son.
She writes me they are prosirated by their loss.
Low much Of sorrow in this world OF ours,
and yet they have gone to that home where
sorrow doth not enter. May all our bereaved
ones look to Him who hath taken their loved
ones, aud be com:oried by ;he thought that they
are only parted for time.
Annie L. Williams, Saugus, Mass.
STAND BY THE VETERANS.
Lara c. White Glenhurn. Pa, says that he is
not a comrade. although quite compimented 10
be so designated, but the son OF a soldier who
did gallant service lar his country. His great
grand father was Timothy J.. Porter, Major on
Gen. Washinrton's staff during the Revolution
his father, Hiram II. White, Captain, Co. h,
18th Ia. Cav in the civil
lie thanks The TRIBUNE for its splendid
stand for the soldiers aud its efforts TO make
this the best and freest Government on the face
OF the earth. He SAYS THE Cannoneer," in
his closing chapter in The TRIBUNE last month,
did not know who would take mp the work of
the GAR. Why. the sons viii do it.
Az OLD SOLDIERS VIEW.
c. C. FRIENDS: There are many bright gems
Of thought expressed in g. {. columns, with
now and then one that CRATES harShly. 1t is
orc Of the latter that causes me to write. q.
i. Cox. in The NATIONAL TRIBUNE of Aug.
10 would associate secret societies and patriot
ism. j think they far apart as north is
from south.
The motive that prompts societies 10 keep
part or all OF their actions from the public is
10 take advantage OF the public, and Is del
liment 10 the country i'll proportion as this ad-
vantage is used.
Patriotism excrts itself to further public
welfare. Those having tue genuine article are
willing TO sacrifice self, if need lie, for country
and home. 20 let Us keep sacred and profane
things separate From an old soldier
Ii. ii. Phelps, Cogin2ton, Iowa.
DO AS THE ROMANS DO.
DEAR c. c. FRIENDS: If TO mortal man it is
given 10 feel unalloyed happiness, happy in
deed should be hc who is so fortunate 10 give
voice 10 some thought which shall be handed
down from generation unto generation a
motto by which men are TO guide Alright their
faulty footsteps.
This fortunate man. while unaware of the
magnitude OF his greatness. cannot bat feel a
glow Of warmth and satisfaction as he notes the
Difference shown TO hiss opinion, and the good it
ma z accomplish for man kind,
Some one has saiG. borrowing from St Au-
pusiine, : When you are in Rome do rs the
Romans do" most ancient adage, and yet it
blooms like the biushing june rose.
Sweet is its perfume if faint the breeze that
stirg it: but caught Ia a whirlNind, conscience
cries out: {" Bitter! bitter!! +" and Sat9u whis-
pers, Sweet, ROW sweet /"
On entering the homo Of an esteemed friend,
where the mode Of life differed from that to
which the guest Was accustomed, he made his
stay rnach more pleasant for his friend as well
as 10 Iimsel, by at once conforming TO the rules
OF the h"nse
Has friend was happy because his guest was
both easily entertaiH ned aud entertaining; aud
lie WAS happy because he had rendered his
friend happy, and The quiet home atmosphere
was as though pregnant with the altar Of
roses
In Rome be was as a Roman, and in no way
may he regret il.
Later this Same man visits friend of dis
reputable character. lie is not aware that he
is in a field where Satan regns supreme. He
has proved it best TO do as his friends do. when
be is in their domains aud al once sets out To
repeat his experience by conforming to his
friend g ways.
AT FIRST the oior OF roses is borne on a faint
breeze. and the perfume is delicious: but grad
ualiy his friend leads into Satanic paths, and
the breeze becomes stiff and the perfume
sitting.
First it is glass of wine, then two, then
more, till the once balanced brain becomes
unbai anced, and the tongue, a short time since
ireighted with messages of purity, now yields
unTeseTYedly Satanic messages OF death and
eternal destruction.
Overcome now by the sitting, awful malaria
borne on by raging hurricane he follows his
leader onward. ever onward, until upon his
hand is the blood Of iellow-man
Conscience has cried out, Bitter, bitter I"
and pleaded for his soul. but Satan was whis-
pcrinE: "'Tis sweet. so sweet TO sacrifice what
your selhshness Graves that you may make your
friend happy"
But all is over. Before him is the rallows
and Satan bcckoning and grinning in iriu m ph !;
behind him is the dark and deep sea. over
which the hurricane rushes a wild cyclone.
Thus this old adage may produce heavenly
result; or, If o5eyed without the exercise of
good Judgment, 1t may lead To defeat and dis
aster Dick.