The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-09-10


will be very much appreciated by me. All
letters will be promptly answered. Would
like TO exchange books and song ballads
with the cousins. My age is eighteen
years. Aunt Susie, | don't think you
could have originated a more important
| Please enlist my name. l pledge to keep
the rule. Correspondents solicited.
Pearl Pratt. Whiteville. Ga.-Dear Jul
nior: / come begging the cousins to be
true to all pledges they may take upon
themselves: Tor instance the Bird 10y
ers' Society. Do you fully realize what
the pledge is? If you do, please do not
wear feathers on your hat after you have
Joined 1T. / know lady that has Joined
IL and wears "a hat beautifully adorned
with feathers. Now cousins, do YOU
think she is very true to her pledge?
| What great thing II 10 to be always
truthful and true5true to our parents
| wasn't We honored this week by having
l. Aunt Susio's picture our page. oh,
1 that We could look ut that pictured face,
| and pledge ourselves to become as noble
and true as she is; but that Is one pledge
| we cannot take: that must come as n
| gift from God There is one way we can
be ike her. We can be charitable. How
/ many OF You have sold any of Toms
books for hm2 Sisters. / have sold ten.
Win some of the cousins send me the
| words of the song sweet Maggie? l
| send cents for the Grady hospital.
John O. Hudgins Temple, Ga.--Dear
Junior A year and more has passed by
/ since | wrote to our page last, and I'M
4 doubtedly year full of events TO many
/ a junior. How many of you have re-
1 solved 10 live a better life? How many
of you have made promises and vows that
I are unbroken? Oh. juniors. IL you would
pause TO think that out before you lies
/ tie dark valley and the river, ana be-
/ hind you Is the shadow or the track. and
how grand il will be when you Iningie
/ with its dark waters 10 east one hnSer-
! ing look back on your path well trod.
have watched this page as IT developed,
and became more and more Interesting
with its many bright ana cheerful let
| ters from all parts of these United states.
Juniors, ] live away up here in North
western Georgia. very healthful part of
the country, surrounded by schools, and
the soil of this section Is more produce
tive than any one may suppose. Almost
anything can be raised here. There are
fields of cotton. corn and other grain. We
have good country for all. i would
he proud II some OF tho Juniors would
send me tho words. Bury Me Not on the
Lone Prairie" with n description of their
country7
Walter Berry, Paragould, Ark-Dear
Junior: A / have never read letter
from this part OF Arkansas, win try
and do my best to interest the Junior
readers OF the dear old Constitution l
live IN northeast Arkansas. IN Green
county, about thirteen miles from the
state line OF Missouri / have been
reader OF The Constitution for four years
and in all mat time j have possessed
such fear OF the Wastcbaskcr / have
never decided to write until now, but /
came TO the conclusion that If my little /
literary effort found it's way 10 the 4
monsters paws" IL would be no great /
loss.
Well. cousins. / see the subjects Nov
el Reading" and "CnknQWn Correspond I
ents' are not discussed now with AZ /
much earnestness as they forIperly were.
Now as to unknown correspondents. /
saFHFa A.s1. D.
from that. You gain knowledge you
otherwise would not possess. You can |
possess friends 90 home. true enough. bur
can you not have friends ~ distance
well. "A friends - friend Tor a .
that" And as to novel reading. l am
never better pleased than when reading
Ii any one in South Carolina by tho
name of Hyatt should this, either
the Junior page OF The Constitution. My
mothers maiden name was Hyatt and
her father name was Alexander Y. 4
Hyatt Correspondence solicited.
Clara f. Powell. Montgomery. Tex
Dear Junior: For my subject | w4n take
Education -something We all should try
to obtain. Education teaches us tina
great question which We should earn. /
that is. how 10 HVe-not how to live In the
nero material sense only, bul m the
widest senae. how to live completely; how
to use our faculties to the greatest adj
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tunatcly, many Of us neglect our oduca-
ton, and devote years 10 some subject
Mhlch fashion or Fancy suggests Before
DONG TINS. IL WoulG De wise 10 weigh With
great care the worth of the results, as
compared WIN the worth of the results
when the same years ~ ght bring being
see boys ana girls occupy themselves with
irNithuess ANA NOT eNrn consider what |
a serious thing life IS. II we nah an un-
limited time 90 1--we. We need not he so
particular; but We that have but span
long lives must ever bear in mind our
limited time Tor acquisition" " Inv do We
leave tue most important to be- consider
ed iastA Surely. our heavenly Father N
tended II otherwise. As we only have !
one life 70 live. We should live II well; ana
T. live 81 well We must climb intellectual
ly above the mass of Humanity"
I'VE I've IN deeds. not years; IN thoughts,
IN feelings. not In figures on a dial.
We should count time by heart-throbs.
Who thinks most. feels the noblest. acts
the best
Della Ridley. westbrook. Ga.-Dear Ju-
nior: What music could be more inspir-
ing 10 the human mind than the enchant-
Inc notes we daily hear sung by the birds
OF The forest. whom We may wei dis
iineuish as the most perfect musicians?
Are they not pertcCt* And they sing
their songs exactly as God has attuneg
their little tlr1ats 20 do. How little 10
we use or appreciate the opportunities
afforded us here in this life. it Isl. tn
deed. pleasant to 70 forth into the for
eSts and enjoy the cool. refreshing breeze5
of bright sunshinv afternoon while
listening to the songs of these famed
musicians that are singing so gayly in |
the ieafy boughs Of the trees above us
Each person can find at least a few mo-
ments 10 spare from their daily tasks for
such paStime as this. which proves TO be
a great refreshments fOi the tired minds
ana bodies of those who have many du- |
ties 20 perform. Together with the read
ing Of good books ths is "A much more |
clcVating way for young people 90 spend |
their leisure moments than 70 indulge
In all manner Of sports. where evil Is | !
most always predominant. our Creator /
bestows upon us with a lavish hand GIFTS |
too numerous TO mention, and We would |
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OLD TIMES IN GEORGIA