The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-02-04
by MRS. WILLIAM KING.
ALI letters 20 this Department and
1.-The Constitution Jr." mast be
addressed TO Mrs. VIM. King, $50
Courtiaud Ave-, Atlanta, Ga.
THE CaAUTAUQUA MESSAGE.
February in the Country.

The ground lies fallow aiield,
Among the hills are the pent-up brooks,
THE farmers nod by their ingle hooks,
Anc dream of the autumn yield.
Annie L. Johnson.
VIII you ACCEPT this little quotation ~
a February message, dear friends? DO you
Wlo live on the farms recognize the
picture. aud co you imagine it to have
baen pennal 10y one who lives IN a farm
house home?
No. tie writer is fond OF the country.
She loves dearly the freedom of the farm
ltc but she herself has lived her little
lie aH,1g tie deaf and dumb and bhIid.
Silence ana darkness have been with many
of those about her all her life long, ana
now. though young, she Is deVoung her
time aud energy and life To teaching in
tie institute for these unfortunate ones
Who dwell IN this silence and darkness.
Sae he's n rare gift OF pOesy, this sweet
riri. ard she finds in this her recreation.
Lanes quotations, verses and poems seem
a. flow from tha Don as naturally and
freely as does the ink with which she
d3shcs tarm of and yet, though she has
books fuIl 81 these gems OF thought, few
have boon the favored ones 10 see them.
j. was through the chatauqua that
came L. know the rare sift Of this rare
..'. ae1 so ii Sc through the chaUtauqua
tsat tne poem Aunt Susie gives you at
tae hsef o. the column and this February
picture came 10 you.
Next summer the Alabama chatauqua
assembly meets "a the town whore this
a-ar eii poet lives, and then I hope,
tarsu ~ the Chautauqua Literary and
..cit..isc Circle round tables, which
shall have in charge. 10 bring
many more Of these 'hrain-babies," IS
sae calls them. into happy rcquisiton.
-ra afa for .tH
Eear friends. lot as not miss t. Chautau-
qua. 4 honestly believe, has. next 20 the
9ie. not 10 speak OF ghc church. except
81 its great Christian unity Split, done
more good than any increment of the
-.-."t".stu century,, ar4 certainly a. has
accyupl shed more for the masses; bat
a!eve a. II has awakened more indiyidu-
us's AMI arouse! a greater number OF
taem T. Tho development of the POSSIBLE
itas sleeping within their own beings
than amy movement ia this country. Then
.iis Is e tAr-re8chias movement. The last
ChHntanGa7 N'-Izine brings wofd that
c'aot "isuiers'' ara reading in india with
possibly fou- move 20 enroll.
Rat 60 come D.u-c. Many are the COM
fo.t.r- mess S., / sea from YOU, dear rea-
,~s q. Jaa Con- tit-tioI, ANA some Of the
.rn ais IS ~ c5ftc a. Iur tuScE ny redrL
s..y oeerit. Jt,-n / wish with all my
meant D might command dollars just enough
TO help theee who. but for lack ~ them,
need not cry A vain Ter more light and
culture.
Yesterday came this happy assurance:
"Nuur message have. indeed. inspired me
with new energy, au3 4 have resolved to
90 what l car toward thc cultivation Of
bl1i m.aa a1d heart"
teie.. a..f -i..r ) began this message
Else uestrnaa brought uio Letter from n
t..t.lr a-Nscus Iat n-v children shall
.raHs "a So. ff. gft
ara w~a..r 10 know il it IS too late Tor
her - he.H j1- CiautauQua Liz
crDE ard Se.rr,.uc Circle readings.
she SAYS: = have been reading your
cHautauana messages and thank you for
them. God viii bless you in your kind
euoits."
Could oae with any heart ~ all fan 10
appreciate sd-4 s-iuu expressions? Not /,
dear fi.nl.
,1aw l4t one point u3ore-that for the
eaeouragtueut Cf The faint hearted and
tEe h-s.f-t.Hs ones. Sometime we hear:
'oh. c.a 90 nothing and really have
na- the time" Read this from The Chau-
laHtaar.
AmeaE tae graduates Of the chautauqua
reading ci sic class Of 1885, IS an engineer
m faclo.s, whose wording hours are
trom 3 O'clock a.. m. 10 O'Clock r. IN.
yet for iaar years he has steadily followed
5a9qut Literary aud ssient i'S circle circle
Ta.s is only another Illustration OF the
feet that II IS usually lack Of VIII rather
than Jack OF opportunity that stances in
tlc Way Of mans progress. Another in
ter#st4H~ 2aCt IU TINS connection l. rbc
eeiEoe.atle eharaet'r % ChuUtau4ua work.
ina tt.S SD ne class Of 1921 were 10 be
Iagl.4 l.t48at,s ~ vale Princeton, Cor
nel huteees ard othor American col
ltEes."
as you that engineer HAD rot a right
10 he proud OF his chau8uQua diploma? II
he succeeded, may not You? Indeed. you
may" would be the Verde ri az your friend.
BCNNIE LOVE,
81 Whitehall street.