The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-10-10
AUNT N LETTER.

30 3tober is always such q OeautltuI
month" says a we'll known writer.
Never does the air seem 90 fraught
with exhilaration, never does the sun
lie more golden On the leaf strewn
ground, never do the mists hang
more purple over the distant hills.
RightfulIy hes October been called the
jewel of the year-garnet, sapphire,
opal all i'll one" It is so calmly bright
so b~eneficent so conducive to human
comfort and happiness, that I am half
inclined to take this month as a type
of what we ought to be. We could
hardly have a better example,; this
serene lovely compt sure, while mis-
fortune not only threatens but is at
hand, is very s digestive.
While all the leaves r ready to
drop and leave the branches bare Octo,
Der holds them in breathless stiffness
aud let's them fall tenderly to the
ground without a sigh. I'VE hear no
moaning and CO nplaining about hard
frosts and coming storms lst a sweet
serene face turned smilingly toward
US; it is like some dear aged faces We
see that make US almost ready to say
that life's sunset is better than it's be.
ginning"
This is the month that takes so many
of our young people to the halls Of the
boarding school. Whether or not a
girl should attend such a school de-
Ponds largely on the girl herself, her
capabilitit and intentions. The aim
of the average girls education is to fit
her for domestic and social life and
whatever will make her content and
useful in these spheres is the thing
most desired in her development
Contentment and usefulness r posi-
BILE without any special culture but all
other things being equal the girl with
the broadcast culture lives the fullest
life and is most in touch with most
people. Will the boarding school prop
erly equip her for future usefulness,
will her associates be Of the right kind
and will her teachers be interested in
her progress and we'll bsing9 If a girl
associates with only n group Of
friends their thoughts, their opinions
aud prejudic9s are h9rs. With new
instructors, new friends and new sur
roundings, comes a food of new ideas.
Her contact with girls trained in other
atmospheres and who look at life from
a totally different point of wow is a
wonderful etimulant and gives z9st to
the requirement of knowledge. Ere
quentIy talent and unexpected talent
is developed and cultivated causing
the girl who possesses such possibil ties
Intellectual pleasures of which she
would never have dreamed had she not
attended boarding school. M 3ntallg
there a be no question as to the bene
fits derived, for each teacher is a
specialist in his or her seperate depart
ment and devotes all time and at
tention to it. Every girl has her IN
pleasant traits which if not overcome
Lna OOSOAAO 2 A4SN4OLO u 0LA 6AO
will fnd the bracing il fl 1encs Of criti
cism outside her hone Of wonderful
help in fco ming them. Untidy
habits of person and clothes are quickly
noted and commenced on greatly to
her chagrin but alway5 to her gain, if
she has a particle Of self respect or
pride. In constant association with
others she Will see illustrated every
day the d9spoiling ef3c5s OF selfish
ness, vanity, careles mass, jealousy,
fault finding, sarcasm, and al the
other thousand aud one petty faults
that are so common to girlhOod. These
lessons in character building are most
wn )lesome, for a girl who has daily to
put up with annoying faults In her
room mate will not b3 guilty Of these
faults herself. It is possible when I'm
desirable traits have alread developed
that the influence Of some intelligent,
etudious, talented girl or a favorite
teacher may inspire a more worthy
ambition. 1T ia the personality of
the teachers that is all important and
the general character OF the students
for the every day association with 80
many having high aims in life must
inspire with new force the beauty of
noble, earnest WON nhood."
AUNT JENNIE.
CARELESS TOM WRITES,