The National tribune., 1895-07-25

Nav / ask Mr. Coke how and where he
rained this information?
10 you know that to be Christian is not only
to believe i'm Christ, but to follow him also?
Does your society teach men to initiate
CHRISTI If not. how could they be better
Christians by following its teachings?
You say that your society has more fraternal
spirit than can be found in the churches. /
want to ask you how much you aid suffering,
needy people outside the limits of your society,"
As for the unfortunate members, you help
them on the condition of their having paid
regularly whatever sum the society requires of
them. IF they fail to pay their dues they are
promptly suspended.
The whole spirit work and aim Of the s0ci-
ETY. is selfshness. When Christians help their
fsllowmen it is with no expectation OF earthly
reward beyond a sense of having done their
duty. That is the distinction between the work
OF the church and the work of the society. L
would like to know the opinions of other c. G..
members on this subject. Loyalty
Luella Martin, Pekin, Ind.
NO DRESS LEGISLATION.
FRIENDS OF THE c, c.: / wonder how many
Of the new women among us have adopted
the bloomer costume for bicycling?
How sorry / feel for the poor State Of Hi
nois-the State that has counted many noble
men and women among her natives-and moro
especially do l feel sorry for Chicago. to think
that We have returned to the old Colonial days,
when alen of the law had the power to say
what woman's dress should be.
The passing of the law in Chicago debsrring
bloomers from the streets. will cause the women
to arise aud show how little they care for such
law. We have not the power to say our
fathers, husbands or brothers shall not wear
scarlet ties or some piece of feminine apparel
that our finely formcd dudes have donned /;
neither have my masculine mel hbors tho right
In NJ hat m Grnss shall ha And
TO start q lengthy trip on my wheel or
should our Mayor and City Council pass an
ordinance against boomers, / would, just for
the sake of independence, put on boomers.
The day has passed when men can tell us
what we shall or shall not wear. Let tho new
woman and her hloomer alone and you will
find she will discard them of her own free will !;
but try to dictate and force her, and the more
she is pressed the less yielding you will find
her.
Last Sunday met an old white-hsired lady
and her two sons the youngest on the wrong
side of 80. on their wheels, and she had on a
full boomer costume. She seemed all right
while on her wheel but the moment she alight-
ed she looked ridiculous. How those men. her
sons, liked it do not know, but would not
have stood in her place for something nice.
like sensible clothes, but girls will find
that they lose half their daintiness when they
discard the hundred and one little things that
constitute "a girl I" and adopt their brothers
apparel, which makes them look, in my eyes,
disgusting.
Edith NJ. Haines, East st. Louis. Mo.
WORTH OF AN IDEA.
Part II.
OF Sherman Jefferson wrote: o. He never said
foolish thing in his life" 1t might have been
said of him. in his age, as it was OF another,
" Ii O was so loaded with laurels that he could
scarcely stand erect" The idea of his boy hood
was worth to him all that he became worth.
Patrick Henry is another illustration of our
theme. In his boyhood he appeared to think
more Of fshing-rod aud gun than he did of
true manhood or good name. lie was not a
machine. but he was devoid Of laudable am-
bition and enterprise.
But the time came when new and nobler
idea flashed upon him. He saw that he might
become an honored citizen. He resolved TO
enter the legal profession, and he set himself
about preparing therefor with will.
In an almost.incredibly short time he was
admitted to the bar as lawyer. His success
was phenomenal. He handled the first case of
importance that came to his management with
consulDmate skill, and exhibited such power of
eloqnence that his most intimate friends were
astonished.
lie won the case by his adroit management
and bewitching oratory, and the admring
crowd bore him intriumph upon their shoulders
from the courtroom.
An idea did it. But for the thought that
awakened him from his reverie one day in
early manhood he might not have outgrown
his gun aud fshing-rod.
Il can do something better than this" he
said. And he did. The idea reused his whole
being TO begin and run a marvellous race.
L. w. Goodlin, Provo, o.