Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-20
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. THE ROSARY OF A RAMBLER


we read SO much of local colOrng
and the atmosphere" until we come TO
think they have to do only with books
and dramas and not at all with life and
affairs. The iconoclast, who is also
realist and who never remembers that
the ideal of today may be the reality of
tomorrow, would break for us all our
fanciful illusions and place in their airy
abodes only the practical. Yet there is
one establishment at least which gives
the lie to the theory of the realist. But
few tourists who go cast visit the viii
lage of East Aurora, \. Y, and yet, as
is 50 often the case, the unfrequented
spot abounds in more interest than.
many of the places which all sightseels
must do" For it is from East Aurora
that the Roycrofter books come, which
have made the name of Ebert Hubbard
one to conjure with among bookmak-
ers. There have been editions de luxe
of many books, but such a sympathetic
knowledge and love as this man has for
| books is an avis rara among publishers
The love of the good, the true, the beau
lstiful is in the atnlospaefe, and the
! workshop is described as almost ideal
! There is no forcing. each one does the
work he loves to do, and hence II is that
| the work is all good, for. although the
old proverb about necessity being the
mother of invention may be true, i can
| never be urged that eompulsion VIII
produce the artistic. So happy and free
are the workers in their various depart
| ments, that it is related that When a
| visitor asked a young man employed
| there if his wages We're good, hesenth US
answered: Wages = who
thinks OF wages in heaven? II may be
/ that all employers can not provide stch
| an ideal place for their workmen, but
neither can they send out such work as
/ the Roycrofter books. That Hubbard
/ himself appreciates his employees, no
are really his co-werkefs. none can
doubt If they have read his little sketca,
which eaped into fame and favor,
/ carrying a Message to Garcia.
A young lady. who belongs to club
| in the city which unites, as few elups
| do, the social and the literary was
| heard TO remark a few nesting ago, as
the hostess entered the room With nap
kins and tray Nell. Inn almost
ashamed to confess it, but always feel
|more sociable and bright II we nave q
\ little lunch. I'm no eourmand, btif q
/ something can't explain makes me feet
4 brighter and better. Some OF hei
I hearers looked shocked. for they haa
been reading Lillian Whiting, and ~
that little volume 81 APPLY named ne
4 World Beautiful'' she says 1T is SAD
commentary on our modern social IRE
that the greatest honor we can eestpW
d upon our friends is To ask them TO dine
4 with US We thus infer that I'D BITS 10
4 delight the palate are more acce ptapie
i than morsels of food for their mind OF
! ,iraughts of good cheer for their hearts
II may be true, yet tho il be sad, we
i must know that many OF man M
slsstincts are not such as 70 make US re-
/ iolce If you can remember BACK 70
4 that dim period when an invitation 70
4 some little playmate's birthday party
sIsmeart as much to you as summons
Ito appear at Nictoria's court would TO-
llsday. YOU will remember how shy you
4 we're and how strange the little boy
/ and girls looked. How prm YOU sal
Il back in a corner and how demure tne
stlitla hosts mother and young ladyt5sls-
4 ip,. thought YOU We're, Hut when yol
sat down at he long dining table heap
Ned with everything YOU liked the pest
l3how everything changed, Laughter ana
4 talking. and perhaps shouting and sing
ling made the moments fly 50 fast ina
4 YOU weren't nearly ready 10 so Mhfi
4 faths. appeared to take YOU home. Bu'
laysn 10 your infantile mind it was pati'
i the good time all came after the slipper
Post prand!al speeches have made the
i fame of many a Dspew and 1t IS obvious
4 that an after dinnsr speech must ieiio8
/ the dinner So perhaps, after al. tAt
i Young lady should not feel ashamsd
4 We may yet CONE 10 know that What
/ the old saying really means IS, Eat
4 drink and you viii be merry
Is there anything which really mat
4 ters so mucn as the point OF view a
A little lad was in a store day OF s.
4 ago buying Christmas gifts for MS
friends He MAS 50 happy With Tbs
,noney Just taken from his bank and
Il wonder of wont.es.s, although his lisi
was a long one, his benign face shove
4 he never feared but that he had enough
10 90 around. Inresponse 20 the, n,ieil'
desired question a 5 70 how much y
had he proudly answered, one doiial
Il and seventy-seyan cents. Ana th'
y person who had asked the question ane
Il who had many times that amount ana
a was SO dissatisfied With Il Went o.
pricing the books and pictures and toy:
ana she Wondered II her more preten'
tious gifts Mould carry with them NOR
10y and cheer than those of the geler'
Ious and contentesl little lad. She knew
they would not he 50 full OF pleasure
Cot herself.
The question OF entertaining guests :
one of ever-recurring interest as tbs
holidays come aMembers q the family
and il one have no family, near an
dear friends are required 7, make th'
days festive. Vet IN cur choosing w
may be selfish or al the best thought
Hess. Novels and dramas and our owr
|sexperience nave sought To teach US tina
Iii is not the poor alone who need oul
attention and generosity The loneli-
ness OF a mansion may far exceed tina
Inf hut and Shakespeare was more
than aliiterative when he formed tn.
phrase. '.Perked in a glittering grie
and wear a golden sorrow 'rhe char
,ty associations, the churches and mel
and women With philanthrepic tcnden
4 eies remember that many tables mus
bear little unless they give of tleil
bounty but are there many who re-
member the lonely ones. to whom ths
holidays are only mockeries OF glad
ness To the emptiness of the heart
"A rho lo,yinr for. things material can no