The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-06-08
Sarge PlunkeH.

pies in June, and pears plums.
dewberries and blackberries-all these and
more we used to have early IN June
The seasons have changed this much
all in the memory OF many now living.
but then we had trees hanging with lei
cles by the first Of November. and so the
late winter regulates the lateness o.
spring and the dago's fruit stand, with
the railroad facilities. now furnish us
with what we lost by the changes In ma
ture
But the changes in the seasons Of fruit
and vegetables are not all the changes
nor the most importapt-the change IN
human nature and in human method IS
greater than these. and the dago from
across the ocean nor railroads nor nothing
that may come will supply the place Of
what we had nor retain to US an irnita-
ton of character a feeling of heart
| that art and fiction has so we'll supplied
in the fruit and vegetable kingdom.
BOYS fifty years ago rejoced over find
ing hornets nest and they had a royal
I battle for every one they did find. but a
waller jackets nest gave the greatest
plea sure to these boys. and whatever boy
has not been stung 1y one Of the little
''yaller" flyers knows nothing Of pain A
baseball may break a finger or a RIB. but
there is no such glory In this rs waz
brought by the, sting Of ''yaller Jackets"
and there were precious few boys raised
in Georgia before the war but what havs
felt the pleasure of this sting and received
the plaudits of the other boys for some
gallant rush with a brush on the Htt..
hole in the ground that went to their
nest.
Riding the colts fifty years ago was not
so subject to wholesale killing and Sz.n-
Cling as the automobile runaways. But
they were quite as foolish for the colts
could have been broke and managed IN
such an intelligent way as would have
brought no danger. but there was better
excuse. at least more romance in wres~
Ting with thing of life. and taking tne
chances that they did take than can ever
be felt or understood by those wh'rei
to danger through the turning OK q
screw or the pressing of a buttin scientfi-
caIly PERFECTED by some genius expert
And now they say that a son Of the
great Edison has perfected a machine
or something that viii develop brain into
greatness. 1t wont be long I'LL great
ness will be all owing to the machine
| gust as speed on the race track that re-
ceives as much homage as the living
thoroughbred used to receive ny torn
ing the crank invented by some fellow
an expert in mechanics. Sentiment res e,-
cnce, affection has about gone through
! the worship OF the commercial idea aud
now greatness viii be simple necAan-
/ ism-tbere will be no greatness.
I have said this little as a hint on ths
| lines that have been and are still drifting
us away from things that once lost
| can never be reclaimed. and from things
| that brought the best results and great
! est blessings 70 these United States ~
ours. : received letter from crank
Yesterday, wherein he says that I'LL
twenty more years one-half the people 2
the world will live IN towns and In this
connection he shows the speed OF this
trend My own observat tons makes ms
think this has been true. but I am hop
/ full and believe that this trend has a
ready called q halt, and Of this satisfied
spirit IN country life Is what ] Ike the
most to write about
Just as boys took up the notion that
was better to develop muscle DT
athletics than by labor, so the girls took
! up the notion that the excellencies ~
! their sex lay in wearing fine clothes and
! having smooth skin. A boy would refuse
i to cut stove wood or to work the gard5o
! because 1t was too hard work to 90 Va
| the baseball field and struggle and swoa-
/ almost to exhaustion. The girls went t9
/ dieting and bleaching for a comDlexi70
| that they could have had easier by going
out in the morning and milking and
rompjng. Such health comes with one
! that their checks would bloom with any
sort of diet. with the other there Gomez
! a day Of fade, for surely those who hod
! their beauty from following these fa5.s
will find q day Of fading and, besides
! they go through life without doing
! thing TO. make the world better AS fo-
tho dressing. there sbo11fd he no ohfer-
! ton to any, one dressin, as fine az fhey
are able +o dro.e b,,+ rbo,, o,o r,,,z he
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