The Atlanta constitution., 1900-04-02

to be banished from society and all kinds
of enjoyment. All wild animals and fowls
can be tanned. but the tongue can no
man tame; ii Is an .unruly evil. full of
deadly poison" You can scarcely find Il
company of persons OF either sex assem-,
lied i'm conyersa ton but there is some evil
spoken of some one In less than an hour.
We think the .irst virtue is to restrain the
tongue Cato said. lie approaches near
est the gods who know how to be silent,
even though he be in the right Core
spondence solicited.
Il. G. ThomasSon, Summitville. Tenn
Dear Junior: | have attended school to-
day The ground is covered with snow
and oh how cold l reckon some of our
Florida, Georgia, Alabama and other
cousins never saw the climate where If
YOU dipped IA pen in ink the ink would
freeze in less time than half "a minute.
II you never did you need not want to.
have just been reading a late newspaper
of Cincinnati. n gentleman writes on
education and says: once / called on
one of my friends, who is "a graduate from
one of our best colleges ana seems 90
think his education. name and good looks
makes him a real gentleman. He was sit
ting with his feet almost as high as his
head. He was in front of the oven, when
his pretty wife. lady of about eighteen
summers came and wanted to see 10
some baking she had i'm the oven. She
asked him to move and he said: Crawl
under my legs She asked him again and
again, but he gave her the same reply,
and at last she did get on her knees and
crawled to the oven and back again.
Now. my dear cousins. don't you think
his education was a real disgrace to him
Il is A fact We need education. but we
need moral training with it, Just to see
that Young woman kneel in disgrace on
account of her educated husband VANITY
and crawl to that oven would disgust al
most any student who is trying to obtain
an education. Now hereafter when we
are attending school lets try to study the
moral character OF some noble man anu
shane ourselves by his GOOD example.
Don't be vain like the peacock and think
you are better than any of your associ-
ates BE gentle. kind and true Is my
Correspondence solicited, either sex.
from fifteen Ia twenty.
Ruth Newbold. Hertford. y. C.-Dear
Junior: have Just read your letter and
it was such a pretty. yet almost sad. one.
/ send this to you a birthday greeting.
though hardly "A scaSonable one. May -
carry one little realization of the love
which is in my heart for YOU. always
want to steal away TO myself To read your
pretty letters, and ! think it has been a
year ago that ! wrote YOU letter ana
sent YOU some money for the hospital.
The letter was not printed mot that
really cared about thaD owing to the tact
that YOU have 50 many. | would love tn
give you a description OF my CouhtFN'
which is the eastern part of North caro-
lima | live near the famous Alhcrmarle
sound and as this is the season for lShlnS
our men are busy, and are thus TAR beng
well paid for all the exposure that Such
a life necessarily calls for. 1t is lovely
to visit a fishery and watch the men
howl in the seine ana see the tluiter ana
bouncing of thousands of fish. hay"
seen as many as 5000 at one hawl. My
father took me to one of our largest fish
cries on the sound when | was only a
little thing six years old, and the Slght
was such a wonderful one ] shall never
forget il as long as life. They have two
engines emeloycd for bringing in the seine
and two steamers for carrying II out IN
the sound. and don't kSow the number
of men-aii coiorcc except four-but VIII
say. and feel sure | am not eXaggeratinS
there were over 2o.
II is beautiful along the banks; such
lovely foliage and flowers, anu tar dS
eve can see steamers and all kinds OF
sailing craft coming and going | nave
wandered from my subject surely, Tor
started to tell YOU, Aunt Susie, what
lovely surprise my mamma had Tor me
on the 18th of February, being my own
birthday. and as you say she surely re
and must tell YOU now beau
tifuly she did. ! was at school all day
with nv two little sisters, Tula and
Margaret and when We came home every
thing was Just lovely, and my dear god
mother Miss l.. {. Norcorn. and some
dear little friends were already here be
fore we were. and TO me the table was
very pretty indeed And dear, good mann
ma did Il an for me. How ! love her. She
had not told me anything of it. leaving it
all for mo To find as a pretty birthday
surprise. and surely il was to all. !
send YOU a little card which | painted.
Mamma wants me 20 be an artist, and
do hope I ray for her sake, as well as
my owE. Goo... deer Aunt Susie, ! should
say were about nifty years old. and that
is certainly not old; my grandmother -
in the tiftieS and To me Will never grow
old. She is So beautiful in every way.
Now IT is only right that | should tell
YOU my age. as our birthdays come IN
the same month | am twelve years. but
not as we'll up i'm my studies rs / wish
to he have been sick a great deal.
The lovely amethyst is our birthstone,
isn't IL? To me the prettiest of all set
tingS. | viii always remember your birth
day. dear friend and may many more
be added 10 the number is my sincere
wish.
1Note--Aunt Susie thanks YOU very
much for the very pretty birthday card.
You have quite a decided talent aud |
think YOU should continue To- cultivate it,
must also thank YOU for your excellent
letter. | am sure il will interest all the
juniors as il did Aunt SuSi.t