The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-20
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Story B J J! !,

I, Il with al tho advantages attained Ito
Einsthc acknowledgements seems a. tlifli-F
cult muttcrslto select story uild lossoli
books for Ito children which afford slcl,
Keen enjoyment Us that CLEANED ny boys
ana girls from &thelr "prl nlcrs ana
A''rcaders' u general Ion or TWO ear Ter.
.s Looking back To tile cl,ildisli days "a 'i,lc-
gi.ture comes npsof d littlc girl who SIT
s beside her mother and having mustered
The EI1trlcacles Of tile npiiabes and I'll
easy spelling book, wis feeding nh nc.
I've Imagination ~ witlliSwllnt seemed III
q her "rcnder, 10 DO tho most wonderful
tuinances iii tho world 1'crhat,s addi-
tonal color ana beauty were given what
Il She read by tile ready sympathy OF the
gentle presence which, was associated
Il with all Of her hl1hood'B trlest joys
Porhnps the we'll worn pages might
VI lever havc seemed such d fascinating
n,inc off,ncxploicd mystery had not thelrl
meaning been made plain and their moral
sent home In n way that none but
mothers can comprehend.
Tlie beginning Of everything il, the tit
Ito girls, after life seems to date bacls
4 To tlnt curly time. Many things, on
3 many subjects, about many people were
learned then, and notable among tlieiii
a The moral which wns taught In n read.
ing lesson called Little Victories" The
\ story Iii Little Victories was about n
boy named Hugh who had lost his leg.
One day as lie lay on his sofn, lie forgot
"a that lie was lame unit. feeling n pain In
His foot h. he put his hand down and
II was gone. Hugh, overcome Wit i Y the
Fl fresh realization Sof his misfortune, burst
4 into tears. His sister Alice Red s5t 10
Z comfort him and after the fashion 81
i many comforts, insisted that really eal! TIC
loss OF his leg did not mind. ard that he
would soon learn to do quite we'll without
IT,, Instead OF being consolcd Hugh only
cried the harder. n & tt55
Just then IIugh's mother came, and,
4 Of course, abe understood. She took Hugh
q IA her arms and when his sobs were
checked, she went 10 the bottom OF tho
y trouble She acknowledged TINT there
were many hopes and ambitions which
lie must forego. he could never be ~ y.
j. soldier or, n sailor. n G could never take
mr. active part In many out OF door
a sports and enjoyments. But. X he 50
,willed It. he could endure Ills trouble.
s3bravelySand make, OF villa 7 remained 70
fsiiIm. life hatgmight be q blessing 70 9
Il himself and Others. "a
8s Size reminded him of Huber who was
Deprived or Ills eyesight when he seemed
4 to DO on the verge OF discoveries which.
might have proved to be al he greatest
Importance 70 himself and to humanity.
n She cited Beethoven, who, while deaf
himself. held throngs entranced by his
ltltntchless music. She inspired him with 4
courage and enabled him byEn series OF
little daily victories over sell. to con-
Il t,ier fate and adjust his nature TO trials
which must be endured.
This Is the end OF that story. il was
very simply told. but It seemed more
than delightful for the IMPRESSION II
made then on the little girls" mind Is
fresh after the lapse OF many years and
OF many SORROWS
THE range OF subjects IN the Old.fash-
y icncd readers was very wide. bringing in
extracts from all we'll known auth ors
IN prose and poetry, and giving sketches
o. most famous nersonages. The lite
girls" heart glowed In them With the
story Of q William Tell and Ehe dropped
4 burning tears over the glorious fate OF
Arnold IVinke lried. who made way for
& ,iberty,''$ when he broke the Austrian
pi;nlsnx r he image Of Napoleon wrap
n led 81 In his gray surtnut. crossing tho
Alps, matched in with Phillips's eloquent
f estimate OF his cllaracter--"the man
Without model and without shadow"
d which came later. i,{ I'D
Byron's .'Apostrophc to the Ocean and
william Cullen Bryant's Death OF tho
Flowers, were read SO often that not Il
Inc In either has over been forgotten by
the little GIRL" Equally admired was
..TEe Closing Year" by Prentice; Mar
q, Bozarriss' by Halleck, and host OF
other selections In poetry and prose.
1T seems certainly true to the little
Clrl'' whenever in her gray-haired ma
tnrity shs turns the pages of her book
3 OF lie backward. that all of her literary
tastes and incliMations received their
bias from the readers which the chill
d,en OF to-day turn from in distas,c.
pronouncing them dry and uninterst-
Il ing."
What tho reason II this difference may
beGit Is hard to tell. The little girl"
in 5noilng 1t can but feel sorry for chill
oren who are unable TO have reverston
o. she does to primer and reader, as
to the dearest OF childhood's friends.
friends that have never grown cold or
proved false, whose help and instruction
must always he gratefully acknowledged
8 and as gratefully repaid. a. u. 3tSs.
YOUNG. MAN LOSES LIFE