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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-01
AHappy Thanksgiving
Original story.)

"oh. mamma. ! am 90. 50 lonely"
sighed little Dorothy Grande to hea
mother IS they were stbsllE =
with God. so lie could have enjoyed
dime, Is hs used ssd ee Wool
hopefully at her mother.
II am afraid not. darling she an
swered, while a tear gllstened in her
eye. God wanted uncle, so He took
What makes you so lonely?" she asked
"Nothing. dear mamma. only miss
irncle," Dot answered. as she came ard
kissed her mother. "May l sit down
certainly. dear. replied Mrs. Grande,
as she made ready for her little daugh-
II II did not take long to have pot in
was wa Just about to lay her on the sofa
when a sharp peal from the door made
her hasten her action.
a Hurrying to the door. she found
Elarge-built man. dressed nicely, stand
'As G gorge! George!" exclaimed Mrs.
Grande. and she was soon almost
smothered In her brothers. large arms.
: "W y, ,sn. c you uaa drowned huFfled'y
"Perhaps SO. but bundled myself
up again, and came home" he an
isw sRss h s%sNn dia sou escape" asked
q He explained to her how he had
stayed on the ship until every one wns
of, and then catching hold OF WOODEN
chest, plunged overheard. HOW ne had
almost starved on the chest; how sea,
sick he got, and explained when ne
got on the boat to take him home how
he had called to an old colored waiter.
For laws sake. gimme something to
eat!" and many other hardships he hnd
1T tried to- get here In time for
Thanksgiving. and here am" he said.
laughing merrlly now.
Dorothy, awakened by the sound Of
voices opened the door. and was about
to run to her mother When she espied
Tho tell form standing In the doorway
she ran to him instead.
Si'Incle! uncle!" she cried. jumping
into his arms didn't you burn up IN
= mo. Buggy; but how glad uncle Is
5tossee you said Captain Dighton.
MT n y 1,, nnal Fl how did you keep from
J lie tl.s, told her the story, and when
he fir she clasped her little hands,
ana IS .ns down. said II 2 sweet
and over q gain for bringing my dear
uncle to little Dot,
And that was her sweet little
Thanksgiving prayer. In which both
mother and uncle Joined In .reNerently.
n ',. KATHERINE HARNEY.s
Hampton, Va.
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Thanksgiving Day.

! laugh and an! troll. for my bones are
l am going to give thanks for that.
ne Ron aFe ~ pa give an thanks aor at
And when Tn dressed no person asks,
Where DID you get that hat?"
For I'm thatched With tile that's as
And I'm N going ei 8 10 Give thanks for
that.
Attention. ! beg. for I've put n the peg:
rye shook the gang. and let them go
You bet I'll give thanks for that.
/ thinks I'll stray to the narrow way.
And stick to 1t now, that's fiat;
But It's no use talking. It's terrible
walking.
Yet I'm going to give thanks for that.
There's q tnrs N the tide, and the
I'm going to give thanks for that.
There's III LADDERS 1;n,r to elimb-one's mine
I'm going to give thanks for that.
Bohemia's land where fortunes are
few.
But Canaan. though far. is fat;
Though handsome and poor. I'll get
there sure.
And I'm going to give thanks for
that.
I'm going to give thanks for that:
Nor half as good as some other folks
claim;
I'm going to give thanks for that.
I'm not a model, but manage to toddle
Along the midway fiat;
A villain ] amt and I'm not saint.
i And I'm going TO. give thanks for
that -
There's stylish maid OF whom I'm
I'm going to give thanks for that.
I'm right on her nerves. she's on to
my curves
I'm goingto give thanks for that
She's sassy and crabbit. and every bad
She saws must drop-that's hat;
I'll drop the. habit of sparkling. don't
blab it
But I'm goingto give thanks for that.
Selected by ELIZABETH REID.
& 20 East Canal Street City.
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THANK SOWING.

As Alfred and Mary awoka one morn
lng 1t was late, and their mother was
very busy Mary. who was ave years
old. said: Mother, what are you SO
busy about this morning q" Why. nv
dear" said their mother, Ito morrowtla
Thanksgiving. ana you are golng TO-
have 50 much fun. Your title cousins
are coming to spend the day with YOU
SO the children went. q, h hes that
morning they awoke early. It was late
when Lizzie and 4 Henry Games and
what a happy time they had! The tur-
key was soplarge and good. N IT was. a
ground. = Oh. what fun they had 4 It
was o'clock whom Liszie and Henry
went home. They said they had spent
the happiest Thanksgiving that they
ever had. MI 1,
n 5sEy5s a, GAY 3. LEWIS.
Hanover Courthou use, We
Age ten years, H 3Ss
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THE THANKsG1v1NG TURKEY,

II was warm spring day. had
been asleep for four long weeks. so |
broke my'shell and found myself In a
world unknown. grew and thrived,
and before was hardly aware ofsit. l
found myself a fullgrown turkey.
was very proud because was so hand
some. /, strutted about. an said. GOO,
ble Eooble. gooble!"
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MEDALIsTs FOR NOVEMBER.
Ida X. Reid, B East Canal Street, city
DiIIs Baber, Pocuhontas, Va.
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s.sa wEEIS,s I'RIzE-wINNERS.
Mildred N. Page Lewis, Cismont, Abe
marie county, yn.
Charles y. Everett, Greenfield, vn.
Nuby Owen, Bassctt, vn.
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MY TRIP TO THE snAsHoRE.

Mother father and started OFF for
the seashore. We We're going to Rich
.mond and then TO Old Point, and when
lost and father went running back to
the train and then to the trunk room
and they were not there The steamer
was whlstlirgT and father was not
there, but. presently up came father;
ana we all went on board the steamer.
THOMAS r.. Y POTTS.
NJ Gotham, Va.
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ANSWERS.
Answer to .Anagranl.

at Answer to .Anagran. t
!, Thames 3. Hudson. a. Amazon. s.
Milo 5, Kanawa. g., ST. Lawrence 1s37
Grand s, indus, o.. Volsa. s,e10. Illinois,
II. Niger -. Guadalupe, IA. Delaware,
IL. Albany. Az Is. Yukon. $s5s n S3gt 5S 4
4 The first letters spell Thanksgiving Day
cARRINGToN CALLAyyfAY.S
Norwood, Va, ~ "A sS5 Ii HI
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coNTR1BU5rons FOR THE WEEK.

FOR THE WEEK.
Miller, Nan NJ.
Mercer. May r.
Metzger, Frank
Miller. Major
owen Ruby
Potts. Thomas 4.
Pannill, Then!a
Perkins, Mia
Paccini. Caesar
Pedin. Allen B.
Pannill, Marian
Page, Mildred
Pannill, George
Robertson. s. L
Reid. Elizabeth
Robertson, Lucy J.
Roettger. Dorothy
Reid. Ida
Schaadt. A. NJ.
Stewart. Ruth
Shumate. Anna
Smith. Charles
Schriener. George
Smith. Bessie
stlR. Catharine
6chreIner, B.
Tyler, Lilo
Terry. Edgar
Tyler, Bessie
VIM, John F., Jr.
Whitehurst, Celia !
Whltehurst. O. J.
Williams, r. w.
WOODY, Lucille
Wicks. Harry r.
Wharton, Oneita
A. ~
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Puzzle Department

GEOGRAPHICAL PUZZLE.
Here nre nine pictnres, representing
nine geographical names. Can you
find ltherns
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ON sroRMY NIGHTS.

Upon my roof. on stormy nights,
love to hear the rain,
And hear the gentle pit-a-pat
Upon the window pane.
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~ 8 N On "a M The tx deaCenuHd
on my head and cleft II from my body.
Lo! the poor turkey! Ha had been
q true prophet Of his sad fate. For
when that Thanksgiving dinner was
ovor there was nothing left Of him
but few bones. s sg5i M IA AZ
Original by
ss. MILDRED N. 81 PAGE LEWIS. M
81 Clsmont AlbemRsls coupty. Va.
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ANAGR.AM-BoYs.. NAMES.
JUs1BLED NEWSPAPERS

/. Simts Hdcisapt 4 IA. i, I
sven perlae. Z
8. Jlnoura.
4. Wen kroy Hcrad, *
CHARLES u. sJoHNSoN.
No. % East Main street, City.
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Dear Edltor,--My litt,s son. eight and
orc halt year, Of ago, has just handed me
ar original story which he desires to con-
tributs TO your Sunday edition.
Very truly yours.
Richmond, Va. JOHN F. VIM,
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BOX No. I. Chester. va.

Dear Editor.--I would like to Join the
It'd. c. Club. ! have saen some OF tho
work which the children OF this class have
ttne. Please send me q badge. Send to
tho address Of LUCILLE WOODY.
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Good might, goodnight, dear child"
II says,
'eCome, close your, eyes and sleep"
And listening to its voice so soft,
q fall in sIunber deep.
Selected by ELIZABETH REID,
rs East Canal Street, City.
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Summer " an e d

summer w g. II e q
and the oonl an.
ltulnn days came on.
E a ch no rn ! n g
Farmer Blair came
into the henyard
and gave .us some
delicious grain. One
day US he was feed
lng us he sudden
ly reached out his
hands aud caugh {
me. He put mo In
q pen. and ! stayed
there awhile, and
then a boy came
with something In
his hand.
Why" thought.
what can he be In.
tending TO DOT" for
he had an AZ IN.
h lis h a n al. He
seized my h ga a
and laid It across
q block and raised
the ax high In the
air. Then I h g
bought came into
ny mind that he
meant to end my
armless life.
"AlasW thought l.
/, I shall be made to
trace some Thanks
giving dinner ta-
! lie. where greedy
ulnans shall eat
me until there Is.
nothing left.n
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Dear Editor,-l would like to join your
al indian canoe. Please send mo a badss
and rules Of the club Your sincere friend,
CELIA lWHITEHJRST.
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CONTRIBUTORS
Boyd. Harry A.
Bushwood. Ella
BIscoe, Betsey
Butcher. Robert
Bruce. John
Bruce, Hester
Boyle. Sarah
Bryant, A. G.
Church. Dorothy
Cox. Essie T.
Church. Omer
Clary. Kate
Galloway, c.
Chaplin, r. q.
Everett. c. j.
Grubbs, Mario
Grub, Roy
Gardner. e. N.
Gillian. r. D., Jr.
Gillian c. u.
Green. L. c.
Gillian. G. NJ, Jr.
Goode, Nellie a
Herndon. Josephine
Hamey. Katharine
Hoge. Alice a.
Herring. Mary g.
Hathaway. A.
Hale. Mary q.
job nson. c. G.
Jacobs. 9. NJ
Lyme. r. G..
Lewis. Gay p.
Leibiger, Ella
Meade. G. x.
Macllen. Helen
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(To be continued


"A fresh supply Of badges has
been ordered for the n. u. C.c g. Club.
II Ia hoped that new members will
have patience for . little while un-
+ til they can be gottcp, when they
will he promptly Sent. 4. Il
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-01

Dear Editor.--.I su.ss you have forgotten.
that 1 have ever written to YOU. but I used
tc contribute very otten. haven't sent
anything in q long time. send a picture
be- published. 10 show thcs members tina.
II have not entirely forcottent the page.
went to Richmond last summer AMI
stayed almost two months. and had a fins
time. did not Wait The Times Dispatch
building, but would have liked to. will
close. hoping to see my draw Ing nppear.
on the It'd. C. G.. pas sc. One of your old
members. BESSIE TYLER Ss
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Dear Edtor,--1 an, Z little girl nine years
old would like to join the 7. D. G. Club
SARAH BOYLE
No. ai5 NJ Thlrty-sixth Street Richmond.
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rfar Edltor-.1 was 90 sisd to I'd, your
o. p. C. c. badges am lhciosing you d
sl,tre." fss THOMAS r.. pO'rTS
Castle HILL .cobham, Va,
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Dear Editor.-lnclosed you will and y
drawing. and I hope you will think It good
enough 10 print. Will try to draw come
thing every week. Please send me badge.
u have Lost mine. Your old member.
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Dear Editor,-.I want to be a ,1,enabar os
the T. DC. Club Please send me- 3aIbadrs
am twelve years eid, Your llttle MEMBER,
e = u ~ 4 ALLAN b. PEDIN.
4 No. S36 2Clney Road IN orfoIk, Va Z MI
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Rocky Mount

Tear Editor-Inclosed you will find an
other composition on "Alfred the Great"
hope may see thisain print. I was sorry
j have not received my badge, vet. II this
story Is too long. half may be printed on,s
Sunday and the other half another Sunday.
IL Il Is worthy to be printed Your member,
ELLA BRIISHwOOD.
eco Mallory Avenue. Hampton. va.
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No. 7oo Stuart street. staunton. Va.

Dear Editor.-I want to be member OF
tho 7. D. c.. C. and hope you will send rne
a badge. am thirteen years old and real
.rhc Times Dispatch every Sunday. enjoy
the Children's Page very much. Mary Ans.
derson goes to the same school that do,
and when saw her medal wanted to be
a member. too. Inclosed you Will nnd y.
picture entitled Lady Harriet which T
drew, and hone that 1t will be printed.
drew and hope that 1t Will be printed. Your
friend. DOROTHY ]. fROETTGER.sie
sycamore Street. Petersburg. Va. ~
2 s.--Pease don't forget to send mo q
FLadse
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Dear Editor--I should like very much 10
become member OF your club. Please
send me a BADGE. Enclosed is "a story. which
hope you will publish In your Sundays
-'imes- Dispatch. so to school and I am
in the sixth grade. Miss Berkeley Is my
teacher All OF the scholars together arc
mvklng Misunderstanding and Christmas
paper which think W be very nice after
tEey have finished. will close. Your un-
krt wn member LILLE II TYLER,
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Tear Editor.-I have been reading the
ch.'dren's Page for some time and am
cutie Interested in 1t. I am twelve years
old VIII you please send me a badge as
I would like to Join your club?
HARRY A. BOYD
No. 241s Warwick Avenue. Newport News.
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| Dear Editor rnpst write and thank
you for my b-artifui badge. and also for
50 nice OF you. j have not got picture
| Just now. but Will have one taken soo,,i
and will, send swon one. returned from
time. Thanking you again for my badge,
rcmain,S Your member.
MARY e. HALE
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( Dear Editor--I suppose you think I have
forgotten you sas !! Invent written to you
to such d long while. but 4 recl,v have had
40 nuch 70 do that ! couldn't md time
to do much writing, u want to tell sly,
abcnt what II did last summer, Every
take a walk 10 Inc road ~ loved 10
walk. so was a'wsays With the party. We
few. but thoss tsw we're interestirg. Here
are the ones we would see nearly every
ss. ce M B Mar pDes ss attls pppsr
North star and Orion. " think astronomy
is very Interesting, and When = II am larger
would Ike Y am afral,l
time ,e Youp l'..l- unkuow- friend, 81.
COURTNEY KEITH MEADE, n
pear Eaiter-I suppose you hayei for
so,,sa me sy this inns A. hays ,sa, not
think it has basn nearly four mouths; but
4 hope TO have mere time to write this
iW WE'VE I'D r. IRIS
rs Il was 8 ndas:: bu, lnsteaa it,asI
snp sH s game. Is Hae
VAS ready AZ dinner opened my pre-
snts,s and s.amons them was q q lovely ri'.'
AND ap :,,S. al came tho cake. III haa.
lovely white icing on ~ and = dosep rcd
epndlss on IL and 1t was beautiful w After I
d.nner we played . few mere games. and
Their the chl!drsn had 10 50 home Ono I
'I'isi L wsl,p,aysd 90 very amusing games
AZ snJoSlld the very much pleass8tsn
nv IN Vour sex Sundays paper how many
Nv tdp voj' take In q story.fl must closss
n d Wishing our club much success, and
hep ms thar IN q m y escape the waste \
4 s is a II NAV: ScARRINayoS HEARING,
Ysncey Mills. Va, @ 81 IL ss
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Nothing, dear mamma. only l miss
srncle," Dot answered, as she came ard
kissed her mother. "May l sit down
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But I'm goingto give thanks for that
Selected by ELIZABETH REID. /.
20 East Canal Street. CITY.
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Dear Editor.-rnclosed you will please
find a drawing. We take The Times Dis
dren.s Page. I want 10 be one OF your
MON bers. 50 please send me badge and
tho rules OF your club. remain your new
member. OSCAR j. WHITEHURST.
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Dear Editor.--wiIl you write mo In re-
turn how can become member OF tho
children's Club in This Tines Dispatch?
hive been reading the pieces in 1t. and
thought would 1cin It.
Yours respectfully.
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TOMS THANr<sGIv1xa DINNER,

Williams, A. c
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-05-11
--------------------
DiscinIinina a Humorist.

Hugh Pendexter, author of that book
of droll and unique humor, "Tiberius
Smith" finds that the way of the hui
morous transgressor is sometimes
hard.
On the publication of his book he at
once sent copy to a dear old lady in
his native state, Maine, who has known
him since he was child and has al
ways felt an interest in his welfare.
But, alas! the dear old lady takes
humor all too literally. She read Pen,
dexter's delightful account of discover
ing the town in Vermont whose inhab,
itants didn't know that the civil war
was over, and this part of the book
especially Jared her, whereupon she
wrote to him:
"That part of your book is a lie from
beginning to end, and SO | fear that
other parts must be also. Hugh, | am
disappointed in you. asked father tc
read about that town, too, and he
agrees with me that it isn't SO.
hadn't ever expected you TO write any
thing that isn't true. Why, there
never was any such a town as that OF
any such people, and you can't make
me believe there was"
Pendexter is vainly trying, now, tx
win back his old friends respect.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-05-11
WEIGHT AND HEALTH
THIN, NERVOUS PEOPLE NEED
The TONIC TREATMENT.
This Woman Took Or. Williams Pink
Pills, Gained Thirty Pounds and
Has Been Well Ever Since.

Flow rnany women-and men too
are suffering from a general decline In
health which the ordinary remedies
seem unable to checkl How many hus-
| bands see their wives wasting away,
steadily losing health and beauty, and
are powerless to helpl Consumption
and other germ diseases find in these
debilitated systems easy prey, for the
lowered vitality is unequal to the task OF
| fighting off the Infection Of these diseases
to which most of us are almost daily ex-
posed.
The symptoms indicating the decline
which may have results so fatal could
scarcely be better described than in the
statement of Mrs. William Manley, of
SO Court street, Utica, N. 7. Her case
is typical one. She says:
"For six months after the birth OF my
baby, suffered from sick, dizzy head.
aches. which seemed like q rush Of
ewes. Some days they twitched so
could hardly see and black spots doated
before them. The least exertion brought
on this sickness. My appetite was poor
| and I was often sick to nay stomach.
eff tried to work my feet soon be-
came swollen, paining me terribly.
had sinking spells and grew pale and
nervous. was SO thin that I weighed
only 95 pounds.
"One day when at the drug gSore 60
get headache powders decided to try
DR.. Williams Pink Pills instead.
soon noticed that my headache was dis
appearing and my nerves gradually
grew stronger. The pills gave me q
hearty appetite and I now weigh over
1870 pounds. I believe the pills to be the
best tonic and buildera woman can take.
as they certainly helped me when my
condition was critical and have never
been seriously Ill since"
The great value Of DR.. Williams Pink
Pills lies in the fact that they actually
make new blood and this carries health
and strength to every portion of the
body. The stomach is toned up, the
nerves are strengthened, every organ is
stimulated to do it's work.
If you are i'll and the treatment you
are taking does not cure you, write for
proof of what DR.. Williams Pink Pills
have done in similar cases.
Your druggist sells them or they will
be sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt of
price, 30 cents per box, six boxes for
$3.50, by the DR.. Williams Medicine Co,
Schenectady, n. Y.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-05-11
CARE OF HOGS.
Experience Shows That Care Taken Of
Swine Will Prevent Disease.

A successful swine breeder says:
while I have sheep, cattle and hogs
on my farm, take more interest in
the hogs because they are paying the
bost At the start am very careful
Lot to feed more than they will clean
up nicely. feed mixed ration con-
sIsting of corn, shorts and oil meal
or tankage, and am very careful not
to feed too much corn. I make sure
that they have no filthy mudhole to
wallow in, and also disinfect the pens
AMI troughs at least once . month.
Puring the winter I give change OF
bedding as often as the old one be-
comes damp and use good dip often
enough to keep down the lice. have
found by experience that Logs taken
care of in this way will seldom, II
ever, die Of disease"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-05-11

may prove to be bad egg When he
reaches foreign shores; but every col
lege man in the land knows the stock
from which he springs. recalled
while leaning over the rail conversing
with Mr.. Hong-Kong merchant.
that few weeks before had read an
enthusiastic autograph letter from
President Roosevelt to Rev. DR.. Ar
thur H. Smith Gather of the project
of bringing Chinese students to Amer
lean universities) concerning the lat
ters books on China A few days
previously DIR. Smith had been the
presidents guest at luncheon.
As a matter of candor / may say
that thus far l am having some diff
Guilty in running down to particulars
the countless charges against the mis-
sionaries. I hope to have better for
tune in foreign lands. AS an illustra-
ton of my troubles. there is the in
stance of a fellow passenger on the
Trans-Pacific steamer, the wife of a
Philippine official. She had learned
the nature of my quest. Il am glad
you are going to get after the mis-.
sionaries, and l hope you will rip them
up the back" she began, breeztly.
eve who travel and live out here
know that they are a bad lot" Yet
she could not, when urged, become
more definite, and, although long a
resident Of Manila, and an Episco-
palian, she confessed that she had
| never heard or met Bishop Brent, the
brilliant head of the Philippine mis-.
sions of her church.
Good Morals But Bad Manners.
Already have dim suspicion that
one reason for the antipathy which
many travellers have to missionaries
is to be found in the latter's attitude
toward life aboard ship and in port
cities. The missionary is, infer, often
narrow and intolerant, and DESTROYS OF
| imposing his standards upon every
body. He is prone to make unman
nerly remarks about the amount OF
drinking that goes on, seven days 8
week, aboard ship. The incessant
gambling, also, of the smoking room
and ship saloons gets on his puritan
ical nerves. He cannot see-and he i!
entirely too blunt and inconsiderate,
believe, in expressing this opinion
why practices should be counted goot
form aboard ship that are contrary tt
the law of the land when ashore Tha
is the way he iustifies his tactIessly
aired opinions.
Tourists do not like to have thu
narrow standards of the missionarie
thus flung at their heads consciously
and they are not likely to form an en-
tirely favorable estimate of their crit
les. TOO many young missionaries,
said a famous veteran missionary t.
me a few minutes ago, think tina
they must start out by trying to cor
vert the whole ship. They do not tr
to mingle socially and congeniall
with their fellow passengers. The
acquire an identity as missionaries
rather than as men and women"