The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-07-04
HUMAN FLOWERS.
THIS IS WHAT AUNT SALLIE
CALLS TIE GIRLS.
Who Are the sweetess Things the
Good Lord Created on the
Earth.

Come, girls, and ''snuggle" up close
to me while we have q hea5t-to- heart
talk, for I expect to get as much as ]
give. I want to think Of my girls,
whether they are one year or ten OF
twenty, as opening flowers some Of
them early spring beauties, Others
summer roses-an sweet and tender,
and all needing love and care to de-
yelop the best that is in them.
Girls, don't be in a hurry to reach
young ladyhood and the advantages
you imagine will be gained by 1t. Do
not rob yourself Of the rosy flush OF
happy childhood. It will scoa be
over. You wilEput away with loving
hands the playthings Of your child
hood. How hseting are the years OF
childhood. AS the years pass they
bring with intelligence and experience,
but take away the innocence Of child
hood.
Girls, do you realizs you are the
-osebuds In the garden Of life? You
are the sweetest things that God Gre
ated. Your voices are like music SO
unselhsh and sweet. so helpful and
loving that sad hearts grow glad and
sad faces brighten wherever you go.
Love this youth chat G)d has given
you, and forget not to thank Him for
1T. There are no skeletons In youl
closet, no sorrowful memories to bring
the tears to your eye.
I hope you are all happy and cheer.
ful these bright spring days. While
the birds are building their homo in
hedges and tree tops they are filling
the world with music. Busy from
morning till night, they find time to
sing. Don't wait till your work Is done
TO sing-sing and be happy and make
others happy. Yes, follow the bird Is
example and go singing to your work.
Surely God wants US to be Cheerful,
and happy when BE made this world
so beautiful for us. Kind, cheerful
people bring out the best that is In
US, so chat we can hardly help being
good while We are under their infu-
ence. There Is no sWeeter music IL
our heavenly Fathers s ears than tbs
innocent song and laughter OF his
children, and no sWeeter tribute could
ever be made to the weary ones OF
earth than that which comes from
the sparkling, innocent soul OF young
girlhood.
Girls, have all tho pets you want,
but don't keep any living thing in con-
inenent. Don't have sweet little
songster beating It's wings against the
cage, nor froncsome squirrel. Let
them be free, happy and joyous h
their native element. A felloW-feel
ing makes US wonderous kind. 1t has
been eleven years since walked the
green eafth, and the time seems long.
and dreary. I often long in the glaas
spring time to get away into some
deep tangled wildwood and listen to
the sweet songs Of binds In JOYOUS
freedom as they fit from tree to tree.
I have learned lessons Of patience
and submission to the divine will. As
never before I've learned the value OF
true friends, to appreciate more and
more the love and friendship Of pure
minded Christian girls. How patient,
ly and sweetly, with tender hands
they ministered to me when the death
angel seemed very near. None but
God Is sufficiently wise to understand
the heart Of Christian girls. They
bring joy and peace to their homes.
They are their mothers companions
and helpers, and their sweet influence
brings much Of heaYen down to earth
by keeping their brothers wandering
feet In paths OF safety. Surely the
sheltering wings OF the unseen angels
must hover very near our sweet girls.
God bless them and make US worthy
OF their tender devotion.
Pure minded gi-ls are not only
blessings In their homes. We meet
with them on the highways and by
ways. Oae of them came into my life
as ministering angel when I was Tar
from friends, when I was bereft OF al
that made life worth living. But We
we're as ships passing and hail1ng each
other as we passed. No girl can be
pure and good without the world be-
ing the better for it and making her
own heart happier. God bless you
all and keep you well and happy, and
remember you have the best wishes OF
AUNT sALLlE.
Destructive Storm.
Charlie Thomson, a negro living
sayen miles east Of Union, had the