The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-11

.S'SS.S'i SshAA thS w my lHbL iAhIlUs =
am only clghteen ana oh, ! AM 30 nis.
cradle. u have always believed In God,
put think Flo has forgotten mo. don't
think It Just that some people Cand thoy
don't always deserve It. elthor), have
so much and othars 50 little Dvcn at
school the girls who least needed a pc.
Hition always got the best.
know i'm taking great liberty In
writing thus to n stranger. But 4
feel 80 unhappy. I must unhurdch my
salt to some one. B.L,
You have not taken n liberty In ask
Ing mo to help you. "rhat is what
with you. It is tho truest kindnes i =
am unfcignedly sorry for you, yet much /
that makes you miserable" might DO
avoided, in part, by youraelf. You arc
hurtfulys sensitive and willfully morbid.
Hurtfully sensitive, because 1t all re-
bounds upon yourself. You are giving
UP a goodly portion Of your capital in
resigning your place. Tho fact that you
have held 1t for three years Ia SO much
stock In trade. 1t would have been ju-
dicious for you to pocket your pride
and keep 1t pocketed until you had Sc
cuged a second situation. A safe bust
ness motto Is hold fast to one place
while you make sure OF another. When
you are older you Will learn
prido"-which is usually wounded
vanity-is is the most expcn-
sive luxury ono who has to work for a
living cnn keep.
Z am afraid you do not really respect
yourself. Otherwise. the familiar ad-
dress OF an employer who Is not so we'll
supercious member Of the firm would
not enter your soul like poisoned arrows.
Hold on your way calmly, as IL these
things were not. Your employer and his
friends who call you BETTY" probably
know no better manners Try plying
them for a change OF sensation. and
see how much less miserable you VIII
be. Don't "feel'' at all 80 far as they
are concerned. Cultivate a civil indiffer-
ence, and be too much absorbed in your
work to notice their blunders IN de-
pertinent.
AS to your hot and hasty assumption
that God has forgotten you--you will
be sorry for 1t when you have cooled
down to your sober senses. He forgets
none Of His children. and when He leads
them in strange paths they have not
known, He always has their, good at
HEARTH s,.s
Think less Of how miserable you are.
and moro OF how wise and good He Is,
more Of what you owe to your fellows.
Set about helping somebody; go out OF
your way to be attentive to the neglect-
cd, patient with the wayward, charitable
to all. The rest will come!
am very anxious to find a. book that
will teach me the Polish language. Cln
you inform me II there is any Gchool
where i could learn in the Ncning2
have been to several of our larEN book
stores, but none carry such book. I
need to speak the Polish language WHARF,
I am employed SO 1 am very anxious
to find some way by which Gun learn
1t. a. K. Be-. :
Referred a.
Having been employed In the tea and
coffee. business for some ten or eleven
years, and wishing to become an expert
salesman in that line, my object in
writing to you is this: Are there any
Journals. papers or books which may
subscribe for which will help me? !
have fair knowledge of teas and coffees
but would like to know where the differ
emit varieties are raised. and the way IN
which they are prepared for tho market
Being constant reader OF your depart
ment Of the paper. and this being my
first offense, I trust you will favor mo
with reply. .-ss A. F.aP. e
Your Jealous desire TO become tho
roughly acquainted with every depart
ment OF your business, instead OF being
content with just enough knowledge Of it
to enable you 10 draw your salary regu--
larry, is not such a common happening
as to make It offensive In any sense of
tho word I refer your pertinent and
modest queries to an intelligent and
many-sided constituency. sure of their
sympathy and cooperation.
I am the owner of an incense burner
OF Chinese workmanship. Crouched upon
tho lid is a carved dog. desire to know
what part the dog plays in Chinese wor-
ship. My books Of reference make no
mention of the dog. I find only that the
ancient Egyptian and Chinese religions
were similar and that In some parts Sc
Egypt the dog was worshipped. If you
find It necessary to appeal to your readers
williyo oblige me by SO doing? D. M.
The dog was domestic fa,vorite over
5000 years ago. and has held his own
through all the centuries AS Is well
known. with the lower classes Of CHI.
nese puppies are an article Of food. dc:
not know what part the animal played IN
their ancient Worship or ifaha bo15r !.