The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-11
pernonaI and Pcrtlnent.

 bundles all over him. He wore rough suit and looked very thoughtful and shy A suggestion of hay fields, and fishing in country brooks. Of salt | ing the sheep and bringing home the cuws at eventide was within him, but was very refreshing to the beholder. But then was he really from the country? Or was he showing for gain | or greed? One grows suspicious of every guise in the city.
 The conductor passed with his: Flares! Please. Fares!"
 The boy handed out a pink transfer l No good
 T just got 1t for good" the boys
 eyes looked larger and sadder. NO good"
 "why?" Surely that great concern | has not feigned.
 Just ain't. Down town in tent" The boy pulled of a rough knitted mftten and reached far down 4n his 1, pocket and handed the conductor | nickle. tearing his pink transfer in his l fingers as he did so.
 ''dThat boy wasn't trying to cheat, v ! was ssy verdict to myself
 | Quietly the great gray eyes looked 1 ont the window, sawea lamp post and | looked startled "I wanted to go the 1 other way" he said to the conductor. '.T can't help It," said the man. Why didn't you goE =. |. . So the pink transfer was good to go | his way after all And the great grey l ewes were good and true, though shy and troubled.
 He stood outside on the platform too
 tronbled to know what to do, his pack
 ages heaping all around him. l was i just about to leave the car block be- l yond and use with a. nlckIe m my l fnrers to hand him. passed out ] when a lady next the car door said
 tn a low tone to the conductor: Here s
 Fare for htm.' .Oh, I'll make 1t all | right fer d kid" he said; I'll hx nm up.
 i Sure enough he did , Poor boy. Those grey eyes or ms | have haunted me ever since. l rear the ,,itv will be full of troubles and mis-
 tsEes for him not so easily restifed as 1 ,rss inc car fare. May he always find | tFibdness close beside as on the bfoad- | ugav car was the lady in the corner l vIth inc soft grey hair and the con l ductor to make 1t right for kid'
 nr Henry van Dyke, whose new
 yoIiime. Essays in Application mas been received in way that remark | ahIy emphasizes his reputation as | writer and thinker, has received dietinguished honor from Johns Hop | kfns University in Baltimore, He mas | haen aHkSu LO uSlINCf oS NhoS | sItv a series of lectures In the course l aY English literature. This course was 1 orfninaIlv founded for Sidney Lanler | a few years before his death, ana ne | delivered the first lectures in it, Every | one who knows Dr. van Dkyes "ork and his quality as a speaker and writer | will agree that no better choice could | have been made. His addresses will ] be waited with the greatest interest l | Sydney Brooks. writing from London | in the current Harper's Weekly con i cedning the recent changes Tn the l British Cabinet. gives some interesting | personal sketches or the men who | figure in the new body. Speaking or | C.-B" (Sir Henry Campbell Banner man) Mir. Brooks says that, although ] be Is exceedingly popular, he does not l rise in any way above tfe average ol | British Prime Ministers; indeed ms warmest friends, 1t is said, would not I deny that he falls considerably be- l low it. Nobody expects from him the | brilliant dialectics. the profound poll | cies. or the nnasterful influence oi | Disraeli. a Salisbury, or Gladstone i The general opinion appears to be that | he Is an efficient but uninspirlng ad-
 ministrator. Nevertheless. the Ensilsh | people appear to be satisfied to see nm
 in his present position.
 To all the Sunshiners in the United | States and to all who may wish to pe- l come members by a kind word. action
 or gift (thls Is all the feei Your interest is asked for a great under l taking. which can be accomplishe1 very soon if every member will lehu
 a hand"
 We hope those who have never heard
 Of the Sunshine homes, hospltaIs'
 branches, etc. will ask quee.ohS anu anu learn about the wonderful work pelhs done by the society.
 new proposition has been mace to 5 the president general and has ehcieteo
 her hearty interest-that the soclueS
 should unite in building a NatonaI
 Sunshine Home for Women Ieachers
 itl Washington, D. C. ,,s a Other associations have fine ouliu-
 ings and undertake great "ork why
 should not this society do so too?
 Some articles have been written
 about 1t, and one says: Nearly al'
 women teachers work to support others
 They care for aged parents sup orl ol
 brothers and sisters. etc. Many ol them see with dismay the approach or W WoIu
 age or i'll health and no one to cai for them. Who better deserves re- , turn from those benefited or me me
 moria1 to faithful work. than those whose lives have been spent u th, huencing multitudes in the r'en' 2 way!
 Tn such d home as the one planned a many might live and find light emPloy fnent to cover expenses, or do work b!
 which they could expand the ""ue'
 taking and SO help others .,
 The originator of this pian-hersei