The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-06-29


drinking in beauty which God grants us
at the close OF every day-a glorious sun
set
John I.James. Milford. TeS.-What is the
matter with the older writer's. especially
the boys? Are you simpy getting careless?
Now what is the result OF care
lessness? Success and happiness NO.
failure and misery. Show me BOY
who doesn't care enough about his BOOKS
to study them, and TN show you boy who
doesn't care much. Show me any one who
is careless about anything which is of inn
portance i'm the world and you may depend
on IL that il not already failure he is on
the road to failure. Every boy ought at
least to determine to make a good citizen
OF himself not merely voter and per-
haps one who Will listen more to the politi-
clans arguments than to his own convic-
tions but an independent thinker. who can
form his own opinions and thus stand by
them even though II cost him his life.
Some day this great government Will ran
as a legacy to the generation which may
read these words, and viii we he round
unprepared? Can We afford to lose an OPP
portunity that is within our reach? No;
you may occasionally stand beneath the
tree and catch an apple which the wind
has shaken Off. but after all you must
climb the tree to get the fruit at the top.
Effort is not without reward and 1t is in
tended that we put forth effort. ] believe
that there is purpose In everything, and
that every individual is fitted for some spe-
cial work I'm life. Then find your place and
press on. remembering with Tennyson:
"That nothing walks with aimless feet.
That not one life shall be destroyed.
or cast as rubbish to the void
TIL God hath made the pile complete"
Leila Morgan. Manti. Ala-Dear Junior
NFWHa4 l.
ourselves. Let us all live that will
he called by all that know us "a true girl"
How much is embraced I'm these three
words and what does constitute a true
girl? We must not merely understand by
a true girl one who is truthful, but one
who endeavors. under whatever circum-
stances she may be placed. to do her duty
There is no happiness In this life without
suty. \ sense of duty ALWAYS pursues us;
il is omnipresent, like the deity
The chief characteristic of "A girl should
10y truth. or all the duties the love OF
truth with faith and constancy in it ranks
first and highest Truth is God. TO love
God and to love truth are one and the
same II is this quality more than any
other that commands the esteem and re-
spect and secures the confidence of others
To the true girl i'm all her relations, as
daughter. sister. friend. i'm all her actions
in all her words. faithfuness will be the
first consideration. Faith is the root OF all
good works, and it is a fruitful parent of
an other eraccs.
Tier word must be her bond through
life" 4 true girl will not make a promise
and break il. nor say one thing and mean
another. but will be- true i'm deed and word.
\ broken promise is an untruth told. The
ncxt attributes which mold a high place
in "a girls character are patience and
leutIeucss-uccessary qualities in every
Il.
ing envy. overcoming anger and crushing
pride. How much good may be done and
JOY brought by a gentle word or lookt
Truly "a soft answer turneth away
wrath" Girls are not called upon to do
great things. except in rare instances; but
the every day trials of life in the ordinary
and appointed exercise OF the Christian
e-aces afford us ample scope for practicinR
ito cncu''' u'Ei"r' "iie" "o $50
served attention. ana iugrattude wheh We
expected thanks. 20 bear with disappoint-
mcuts iu our expectations with folly, in
trusion. disturbance. in short whatever
opposes our Will. contradicts our humor
Earnestness ranks next as holding a hiCh
place I'm girls character for do not
ea~ucstness and simplicity carry all before
Them Let us bear this in mind and what
ever we have to accomplish let us he
earliest We are told 10y great author
that hc considers a. beautiful form better
than "a beautiful face. and a beautiful be
lavior better than beautiful form. To
have true beauty a girl must have a tender
regard for ola and young. for the poor
and suffering. must bc pure in her
thoughts
Are We content to be as we are? No
let us put corth our strength in doing our
utmost TO elevate our standard OF pcrfec-
ton and strive one and an of us to become
true girls"
"A r." Cascilla. Miss-Dear Junior:
thought perhaps some of YOU would like TO
hear about Holland and the people that in
habit il. SO I VIII try and tell you some
thing ] have read about it,. Holland is a
country protected from the sea by dilSes.
diversified with windmills. peoplcd by
thrifty. well-contcnted race. and soaked
hy am atmosphere bringing about such
tones and effects as artists love.
Perhaps among am it's attractions the
windmils are most varied. one never tires
OF watching them. there are as many vari-
cities as there are of flies in our country.
though they never make themselves TO
uroluiucut ln the landscape as flies often
do Most OF them are painted the brightest
tiuts which nevertheless harmonize with
the blue-eray of the atmosphere.
A traveller soon learns that they are the
gigantic s"rvitors of the country. and are
not only used for draining the land. but for
crushing grain and saving logs. Their
number on any farm indicates the owners
wealth
The hcadgear Of women is most elaborate
and striking. Almost all of them wear
caps. sometimes plain and often trimmed
with lace and Ornamcntcd with gold pms
at the sides.
The cleanliness Of Holland deserves to
pass into a score of proverbs In some OF
the larger towns, where the houses front
directly upon the street, without yard,
the morning is the time adopted for -
general scrubhing. The early riser IS liable
10 be splashed BIZ the pals Of water which
are being dashed against the walls anu
windows. Girls may ice seen roofing the
grass from the paNements. where u mas
tried 90 assert its uuWelcOmc existence.
There are few fences in Holland, but
rush-boriered bitches separate diHerent
plots oi ground. and everywhere IN the ire
uueut streamlcts. are reelected the wind
mills in long. waycrlug lines.
little earlier iu the day may be seen
the milkmaid going home with two brass
cams suspended on her shoulders. Inc
farmer also takes his homcward way,
smoking his pipe Storks are living at all
/ hours across The country, their long wings
| Tapping loosely and their slender legs hang
| ing down The Dutch regard them with a
| consideration which amounts almost TO rev
ereuce. often the birds build their nests
| on the chimucys. but here and there are 70
| be seen long poles stuck i'm the ground and
/ ~ Irckaf- which the