The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1901-08-15

AuEEE tHN HAtt' NNAa1ht tebCN AF+
sleeves gitl roams The streets ut her
own sweet will. THE little notice
gave her couple Of weeks ago has
been copied BY nearly all tho papers
Ia Southeast Missouli, SO that Il mnst
have struck a popular keynote. an
glad | explained her, Tor otherwise
people would wonder what she was
aud how she happened. Bare beads
are all right aud proper for eyeaing,
but they do look on, Of place With the
Thermometer climbing way up to The
hundred mark.
notice that the State library board
arc hard at work preparing a list OF
books for the school libraries, The
bgard consists vi men prominent 10
educational circles, bat there Is not
woman on tho board fancy tho /
mothers could supervise such lisl
fully as well as the fathers. Possibly |
better. for men often forget what they |
liked when they were boys, aud u Is a |
delicate matter, teaching love OF
reading rs II should be cultivated. III
hope that every library viii have .
little book Of which l am very fond,
aud whigh everybody should read.
I Wha, boy IL not taken With the glitter
and spangles Of the circus, add what
girl, for that matter. remember
when | thought 1t was the most mag.
uihcent feat IN The world TO ride two
OF three horses at time In spaDgles
aud tulle skirts. hut TO read Toby
Tyler, OF Ten Weeks with a Circus"
takes the glitter from the tinscl aud
shows and teaches lesson all boys
should learn. / doub, whether one
Of the learned men on the library
board ever heard Of Toby Tyler.
/, takes some time to get the ball
to rolling 40 thai Il gather, from all
sides, but believe Il will not be- \
difficult matter TO atrauge for our
centennial celebration Ia October. 4
street fair has been suggested, and
also a flower parade. With the large
number VI handsome vehicles In town
it ought no. 10 be difficult to have q
very crcduable display. Should the
lack Of flowers At this season seem a
reason for abandoning this pleasing
feature, let me whisper that natural
flowers ate not used in this climate,
but the equally pretty ones made Of
paper. With the hundred dollars
from Mr. nubart Long as starter, II
ought TO bc an easy matter to raise
enough money to present attractions
enough TO bring Ia the whole surround
ing country. This Is not matter in
which jus, few people are interested,
but Il should appeal 10 every citizen
Of The present Pennington We have
E piiie in our town as the best steady
t grower in S0ulheas, Missouri. Other
towns have spasmotic booms. Farm.
uglon has never had boom OF this
kiad but grows and grows each day.
Somebody say something, please,
C about what can OF ought to DC done TO
. properly celebrate the centennial. We
r may succeed ii something to pass on
10 the World's Fair, IN addition to the
grand showing st. Francois county
r. will make there.
Is there not q heart to heart talk IN
this beautiful poem, the author OF
which do not know.
y We go our ways to life too mach alone;
4 We hold ourselves too far from bll our kindi
Too often we arc dead 70 sigh 0r moan;
= Ton often 90 the weak anu helpless blind
We turn and pass by on the othcr side.
The other sisie Is irolien smooth. ami worn
. IIy Footsteps pa sing lliy nIl the DAY.
Where He the bruised ones that faint and
Mourn
- Il seldom more than an uu;rodlsn way.
10 our seiil ~ heart are fur our feet the guide
Ihsy head Us 10y upon the other side.
} It shonld be ours the oil and wine 10 pour
/, lhru the bleeding wounds OF stricken ones
y 10 take tha snitten ans the sick and sore
h And bear them where stream Ut BLESSING
= Instead We I,ok about-,he way IS vide.
: ANA we pass by upon the other Side
u
The appalling number Of children
killed In the great cities BY the stree
cars tells the sad story of the playing
=, ground Of the children Of the tenement
district. There are no yards con
T. nccted With the houses aud the stree
:, aud sidewalk are the only places thu
little ones have. In the excitemen
i, VI play they become careless an,
scarcely notice the dangerous machine
= that glides SO swiftly back and fortl
every fcw moments until snddenl.
there is cry aud one more little un
:, fortunate has met lis fate, To remed.
!, this, some OF iho philaalhrnpic clul
women have had the public sehoo
., yards and Easements fitted mp as pla
!, rooms aud play grounds. Some on
{, il in attendance To guide the ebi.dre
IN their play aud they arc provide
with NIL sorts of amusemeuls. q
~ swings. bars, sands. building block
4. aud all the things that are 10 mor
fortunate children every day aifalrs
II Is great aud noble charity aa
Il, cannot fall to have beneficial cifes
IA on the children for whose pleasure til
- p!ay grounds were arranged.
Sons time ago, coming down q
Il, the train, sat ia front Of two traine
- nurses coming home IT, eon'e town
this section on vacation. Ceftainu
there arc trained nurses and tralne
i, nurses. These two girls talked free
, Of the cases they had had. and no
= they managed to do ~ little a. 20
= sIhle to inoonganianae themselves, aa
freely discussed the people who q
peclcd so much OF them when iht
ID. we're employed. Que confessed 81
ese dreaded baing called on foe . typlso
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