Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-01-04

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The Friendship, Of Books, ,a
To fall in in love with q a good book + !.
is one of the greatest events that,
can befall us. # is to have a new
influence fuleennce pouring itself rinto our, r.,
life, a new teacher to inspire and i,
refine US, a new. friend to be, by "a
our side eide always, who, when life, Il.
grows narrow and weary, will take
us into his wider and calmer and
higher world. +" i'e'''' ''''''N = y
Whether it be biography, intro. '
ducing us to some humble fife made .'''
great by duty done, or history,
opening yistas into the movements =
and destinies of nations that have :
passed away, or poetry, making :,
music of all tho common things
aronnd us, and filling the fields =
and the skies and the work Of the
city and the cottage with eternal n
iheaning-whether it be these, Or -
story-books, or religious books, or :. :.
science, no one can become the
friend even of one good book with: r
out being made wiser and better,
"-Heury Drummond. :
lo The iCommereial-Appcar recently 59q
copied the following criticism on woaii iw
men poets;ul esasia9gnao baa igire3eal
WHY isit that our lady poets areo so e-ni
apt to write as if they were men?- ava
Have they a better insight into the
emotions of 'the manly bosom? Or
does the mascnlina finenra = = : z.
more picturesque? ?. It's queer, but d 2
inc TACT is that they all appear as if e g
disposed to play the part of;strength, q
and passion, rather than that OF sweet :. 10 d
ness ness and grace. Here, for instance, is, nob
one OF the cleverest among. them.-....
Miss Madeline S. Bridges, discoursng
OH the great theme OF the poetic fan. 7u
cy in aneat bat rather anthropologi- fenl
cal stylel;it 0i nuiiG9ljH 10 mumiGim g
Tread herlittIe letter over; "a A9iaW io tia
say unstudied, courteous. friendly, wise.;3 N
3 NO hint OF hope to cheer her lover; r. .o-,o
NO lender word to glad his eyes 49,,
No vaguest sign or Indication. III 7iAl lit-
d Or even discreet Or mild Irritation. ud .sioGl
Yet, oh, i kiss the scented anissixe)Gi &c eoH9
q AS would kiss hegcould hold her edt 81
AS hold It, mute and submissive; ~
l'And heart beats higher and hope grows ~
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Her written words skim unheeding
lis what-she doesn't say I'm reading. f..
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In these lines there is nothing to OBJ. ;s,,,
ect to either in point OF sentiment or ''''A
Dt artistic construction, Bat why, ahpl zol
why, do, the women poets like so ,tes. fad
perately: 20 write as If they were enti-
led tewear the dress of man and TO Jli9 til
agure as1oyers of other women?e-N .svi:
Y. Sun.
Pcrhaps the reason a woman. SO .4;,
often affects the masculine style is ,.f
rom the desire to eliminate her own S"'
personality from her writings. The7 enc
,oaI re,hsr ,h.. nus aaonaenoy 70 con- :
~, ,h,s % 49,, Ia sa'',oi' inie'''i'So
= ,itreA ,,s ~. e ne", uneef 'he oonseo'ahso
: ,nv oo',0 musc, 'hey demand ex- 99ns
preston, sue IL apt to send them mas-5T
HIT ~ .ne ps.era9ces , rag ifsss OF an, aoe,
''.. ~ ~ WIS no uouo., tnls tenqen- a
,f,s vaeo4e'aen' pso,.,.,.", .'nu' prompted
,,,;si,s,v sho tsnaan ma .,,,; sns,,oia 80 easi I,
~ sysnV s'"sS'sl ps'noS'e s'oryoii5iiA
y, oyutk2'snlp, 'ogseno IL iierlhs ais-hj 2
a,s'u y q N Sorpnness esstrom trom the P9gtuf svaf
suese" Although accustomed from