The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-02-19
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In the sprirg the wanton lapwlng gets
himself another crest:
In the spring IoVener IT'S changes on
the FURNISHED dove: ,x.,
turns TO thoughts or love-
Tennvson sang these sweet words from
the land of the English Sparrow" but
l think they were inspired from soma
sweet memories that chung to his Loss<f
even after the birds of which he spoke
had passed away, or else the English
sparrow was not so destructive of other
birds I'm his native land as in this. Surely.
I'm a few more years. there VIII be no
robins nor lapwings nor doves to sing Of
in America, and we put 1t to the hhglish
sparrow In a great degree. we may De
wrong .n putting this evil at the door OF
the small sparrow which " as only Drought
from the homo of Tennyson few years
ago. 1t may be that our American BIRDS
became SO imbued with what they cali
American progress that they decided 10
quit the building OF nests and the raising
of young. The mother birds wanted to
romp In society. attend to club meetings
and help their preachers. and lost those
cravings that birds used to nave whlCh
gave an increase of the feathered tribes
and proved a blessing to the world IL
takes time and attention to raise baDy
birds lust as it takes 10 raise human
babes. but ii would be cruel and In
famous, perhaps, to say that mother DraS
would so lose those blessed instincts th4t
blessed the world to follow in the ways OF
fashion and of progress. Let US lay the
blame at the door of the "Engilsn spar
rowland yet Tennyson sang OF bros
I'm the spring a young man IHEcS
lightly turns to thoughts OF love III
Broughton has been nammerlnS some
heavy ticks upon the people of New YORK
and some of the sentiments he has utter
ed give US "A hint of why 1t Is that young
mems fancy do not turn 10 love now as
il did when TennysOn wrote. Inc doctor
implies that there is danger IN elri stsil-
cgraphers being locked in rooms VIII
some" men, Thousands of people THINK
there is mucn improperly in girl commit
tees-caI them what you piease-Delhs
locked in rooms with some" preachers
There is no use I'm this great doctor nam
mering the girls who work. some OF them
have TO work / can tell the reverend
gentleman that some preachers are
taking sen e. women away from tho
keeping of the house TO meet day after
day in the study Of some preacher 10
help" in minis erial wOTk-this IS the
| greater. the terrible blight that threatens
Q
has but little effect upon some youns
/ mems fancies. Somebody ought TO tell
/ these preachers the effect that so much
society in the church is having upon the
world bug | cannct-I am not strong
1 enough, and yec L could tell a truth that
might save some" preachers of TINS laL-
| from being looked upon as worse than
| serpents for men to introduce IN Their
| household OF to commune with In public
| A Young man told NE last week that there
were not lust q few some but many
/ some" preachers that had forty women
| swinging to their coat-tails under the
name Of the Lord Jesus Christ and as
| HELPER in church orlk. There is no.
| much chance for this young man to eVer
/ get his fancy in tot ch with Iennyson =
1 sentiment, spring or no spring
I St Valentines day in the oidcn tlrn-s
was hailed By birds and by man as the
/ coming OF the sweetest season Maurice
/ Thompson wrote not so long ago:
The blue birds viii come with the coming
| OF spring.
! And l feel a new song in my mouth
! A song that my lips are a-hungTG 10 sing
IN the warm dim woods Of the south.
The young people hailed the coming of
! the day as Il time for the stealing OF kiss
/ and for mating as sweethearts. JUS
/ think of "a young man being privileged '"
/ kiss the first girl that he meets on the
| morning! OF course the girls were not
| caught and kissed by every fellow that
| came along II was generally understOo
who should meet. and the kissing was
| mutual and generally wound up in q wed
/ ding before another year had passed
/ These old customs are gOne-these limo
| cent privileges are no more The Vdleu-
/ tines sent OIIt now are not what they
/ used 10 be. 1t takes money now to celr-
\ brate the day--!t takes money 10 do any
/ thing. Even lovers of these later days
with all their boast Of education. can
I send nothing that speaks from the heart
/ Their feeling is all represented by the
/ dollar mark. They sail away 10 tho sto-s
and represent their feeling i'll the price oc
| the valentine. The valentine that cos
the most is the measure of the greatcS-
affection. In the olGen times there was
no going 10 the store. but from tho
/ abundance of their feelings, they wrote.
The rose Is red.
The ViOlet'S blue.
Sugars sweet
And 50 are you.
! Many a good fellow has Iabored over
such an effusiOn as this till The sv eat
| dropped from his prov in great beads,
but it got there. and was after all a moro
| tender expression of affection than can b.
| represented in dollars end cents.
Thers is out one class benefited by the
modern store-bousht valentine. Those who
! Ike 10 make folks feel bad can do 50
with very little trouble. \ nickel spent
! for comic valentine can express more
Vileness. more ugliness and more con
tempt from the sender than could be ar
ranged in a weeks work on the old plan.
There is no use for me to talk about these
comic valentines. They are bound 10 play
their part. and have fools to laugh a
their effect as long as progress has the
SWING. but We old-timers can treat them
with contempt and reyel in the memory
Of
"As sure as grass grows round the stump,
You are my sweet sugar lump
No matter whether We are anyb0dy's
sugar lump now or lot, We can live upon
the memory Of what we used 10 be and De
content. But the coming of birds is OF
more Importance to US and TO the world.
venture that of all the patridges hatch
ed last year there is not a bakers dozen
left. They have all been killed by the
hunters with never a thought of the evils
of determination. 1t is not only patridges
that these hunters destroy; they destroy
every sort of bird. even to the red
headed peckerwOOd. Between the hunters.
the English sparrows and the desire
among birds TO initiate the human trend,
there will soon be no birds: then you viii