The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-03-18
Home Circle
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Yet are these aged wrinkled hands
Most beautiful to me.
Such beautiful, beautiful hands
Though heart were weary and sad;
| These patient hands kept tOiltng on,
That the children might be glad.
I almost weep, Is looking back
[ think how these hands rested not
When mine were at their play.
Such beautiful, beautiful hands,
They're growing feeble now;
For time and pain have left their mark
On hands and heart and brow.
Alas. alasl the nearing time.
And the sad, sad day to me;
When meath the dalses, out Of sight.
These hands will folded be.
But oh! beyond this shadow-lamp,
Where all Is bright and fair;
I know full well these dear old hands
Will palms OF victory bear.
Where crystal streams, through endless years
Flow over golden sands,
ARd where the old grow young again,
I'll clasp my mothers hands.
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Giving a Kansas City negro, who
killed another negro In a crap game,
two years In the pe~nitentiary instead
of ten, because he was kind to his old
mother, tends to exalt a virture that
always makes a tremendously strong
appeal to popular admiration. Some
how you just can't help putting in an
oar for the man who is good to his
mother, even il there is nothing else
on earth to be said In his favOr-which
is quite too often the case.
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In London they have formed an
Anti-Scandal League. The members
promise to combat In every way in
their power 1.-THE prevalent custom of
talking scandal, the terrible and un-
bending consequences of which are not
generally estimated" Scandal is one
of the crimes of the tongue, but it is
only one. Every individual who
breathes a word of scandal is an ac-
tive stockholder In a society for the
spread of moral c0ntagion. He Is ins-
stantlY pnnishsazr-m1nu deadened to
rune sunlight and glow OF charity.
There is developed a wonderous, in
geniouS perviSion OF mental vision by
which every act of others is explained
and interpreted by the lowest pos
sible motives. They become like GER
tain carrion flies that PASS lightly
over the rose garden to feast ON a
piece Of putrid meat. They have de-
velOped a keen scent for the foul mat
ter upon which they feed. There are
pillows wet by sObs; there gentle sem
sitive natures scared and warped,
there are old time friends separated
and walking their lonely ways with
some hope dead and memory but a
pang; there are cruel misunderStand- |
ings that make life bare, these are
but q few of the sorrows that come
from the crimes OF the tongue.
THE LITTLE THINGS OF LIFE.
Every girl can do some one thing
that will leave the world better for
her having lived In It.
The great trouble with nearly all
girls Is that they want to do big
things and are not content with the
small, every day chances that come
their way.
1t is really the little things that
round out and make perfect a charac-
ter.
We can't all be great singers or
painters, but we can all be sweet
tempered and cheerful, doing our duty
where it lies plain before US, and do
ing 1t to the best Of Uur ability.
Surprising you are a seamstreSs,
saleswOman or engaged
In any Of the many occupations open
to women; make up your mind to fill
that position the very best you can.
think it a small chance and not !
worth putting your best endeavor in
TO. Everything that is worth doing I
1t all Is worth doing well. Z
Make up your mind to do what you 8
10 today a little better than you did
e yesterday. BY doing this you will G
svOid mOnotony and diState for your I
work. |
Cultivate as far al you are able any I
,alent you may have. Always bear
a mind that the talents cultivated
or home use are doing just as noble
york as those cultivated for the pub b
ic. I
The girl with a sweet little voice c
iced not feel discouraged because she I
las no opportunity to sing In grand c
'peras. She a give great pleasure I
y being a sOngbird In the home nest. 4
Or IL she has a knack with the il
rush and pencil, let her give her ar Il
istic tendencies full sway in making b
he pretty.
And the greatest talent of all liesin
others happy. You can %
the whole day for some dis Il
outraged heart by Q pretty little %
peech or action. N
Don't think about yourself; think 9,
{ the people you are with; seize every
.pp0rtunity that comes your way TO-
a gracious act. Big ODpOr-