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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-09-26

Copyright. 1906. by Casper s. Yostl
a ar Y DEAR LITTLE GIRL
NE got your letter just rs l was
starting to make bee line
for the train, and as | had to
make Il long jump this trip I've had
10 opportunity to reply until this very
minute. I read it through as soon as L
got on board. and then | laid back on
my seat and laughed all to myself.
Now, don't get excited, my dear l
wasn't laughing at you. Not bit OF 1t.
But the serious problems which you
imagine are just about to overwheim
you right at the beginning of your mar
ried life remind me SO much OF the
same worries that encompassed your
mother ''all round about like the little
old wOmans petticoat And the cause
Of it all was meme. your respected
and rcvprcd ard much beloved old dad.
You wouldn't hardly believe 1t, now,
would you? BHt it's a fact, my little
sweetheart, and, gee whillikens. what
ii load she did think she had. Why, I'd
be willing to bet bushel Of Ben Da-
Wis apples against peck of railroad
dou"hnuts that she'd have traded me
of for counterfeit half dollar with n
hole in il three months after we were
married. She never would admit 1t, of
course She was too sweet and gentle
and good hearted. And then she really
thought Il heap Of Inc, even when
was furthost below par in her estima-
tio1.
But it's that way nearly all the time,
nv little gill. The trouble with you
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-09-26
and Vicinity.
The Name of jefferson
Davis.
A Northern View Of Why it Should
Be Restored to Cabin John
Bridge.
Indianapolis News


Some time ago the Confederate
Ladies' Memorial Association asked
that the name of Jefferson Davis be
restored to the Cabin John bridge,
near Washington, where it had been
chiseled out during the war. Gthad
been placed there because Davis was
Secretary of War and had selected
the plans for the bridge.) The
Charleston News and Courier-pro-
tested against the action of the Asso-
citation, on the ground that it was
not the affair of the Southern people,
but of those that did the act, and it
wanted to see the mutilated stone
stand. In turn we argued to a cor
respondent that this mutilation-
done in the heat of war time-re-
fiected on US as a people and ought
to be obliterated by a restoration of
the name, and cited the argument of
our Charleston contemporary as re-
vengeful and as evidence OF its want
ing to ''feed fat it's ancient grudge"
by having the stone stay mutilated.
To this our contemporary (which,
be it said, We highly regard and ad-
mire) replies that it has no grudge
and is not animated by revengeful
feelings; that it simply protested
against the action of the Southern
Ladies' Association, because cit was
not our affair" and that the correc-
ton should be made ''by those that
represent the vandals that did it,"
1t continues thus:
"The mutilated stone on Cabin
John bridge, as our Indiana contem-
porary says, reflects On US as a peo-
ple," not upon the people of the
South, nor upon the interests repre-
sented by any Confederate associa-
ton, but upon the people of the
North. They mutilated the stone;
let them restore it. Itdoes not make
the least difference to Mr.. Davis peo-
pie whether they do or not, but as
long as it remains in its present con-
dition it will continue to f'refect on
US as IA people" eve think" says
our contemporary, ''the name is bet
ter there for us than the blank space,
far better" Doubtless that is true.
but it is not IL matter in which Mr..
Davis people should interfere. That
is ALL
But "Mr. Davis people" are "us
people. j" They are part and PARCEL
of this American people, and their
opinion is part OF the public opinion
that guides the country They have
their due share OF responsibility for
any and all actions. That is where
the Confederate Ladies' Memorial
Association is wiser and broader
than the News and Courier. WHAT'S
done or acquieseed In today we are
all responsible for. "Mr. Davis
people" cannot stand apart and saw
I'VE have no responsibility for what
was done by Mr.. Lincoln's people"
We are common country and every
thing OF national import affects us
all; and, speaking to the case in
point, the South would have it's
share OF responsibility for the mutt
lated stone still standing if it did
not speak, just as the North would
have for letting it stand. There is
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-09-26
New Verse in "The Old North
State"
News and Observer.

Correspondence News and Observer.
To the Editor: In the light ofrecent
events, combined with North Caro-
lina's achievements in the past, and
noble standing in the present. why
would it not be the proper time and
a fitting tribute OF love to her to
change one line in the song 1.-The Old
North State (The third line of first
stanza and one word in the fourth
line | respectfully suggest that it be
changed to read as follows:
Carolina, Carolina, Heavens blessings at
tend her:
while we live we will cherish. protect and
defend her.
HER OWN SONS IN ALL CLINICS ARE DELIGHTED
AND .'our hearts swell with gladness when
ever we name her"
Why should we think for a moment
of any one sneering at or defaming
her? Whatever OF this nature may
have prevailed in the past, that day
has gone when any one worthy of re-
spect would dare attempt to speak
lightly Of her. Now no true man
names her but to praise her. Why
should we, who love her with a pa
triot's devotion, ever even allow it
to be intimated to our children that
any one would think of sneeriug at
her?
Respectfully,
J. NJ. DOTNUM.
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Friendship and Office.
Major J. B. Neal, Of Halifax Coun-
ty, Man Who Holds Friendship
Higher Than Political Prefer
ment.
Salisbury Evening Post.

Salisbury Evening Post
Major j. b. Neal, OF Halifax coun-
ty, u representative in the Legisla-
ture this year, and one of the States
grand old men, is q visitor. His visit
recalls an incident in his life that
shows the manner of man he is.
In the days OF Populism when it
was as popular to assail the rail-
roads as it is now, Major Neal
wanted the Democratic nomination
for Corporation Commissioner. His
prospects were most fiattering when
one day friend saw him enter the
office of Col. 4. B. Andrews, vice
president OF the Southern. When he
emerged the friend called him aside
and said:
See here, Major, it won't do for
YOU to be seen going in Col. Andrews
office. First thing you know it will
be going the rounds that you are the
railroads candidate"
Good God, man." the Halifax
county soldier cried, "do you think
am going to shun the friend of q life
time, and my comrade in arms for q
miserable little Office? Not bit of it.
II that's the price to pay the office
can go to he'll, for | propose to shake
Alex. Andrews hand every time
come to Raleigh
) Major Neal was beaten, and the
chances are his friendship for Col.
Andrews, who has accomplished
more for North Carolina than any
man in the State, had something
10 do with his defeat. 1t was O
dangerous thing as it is now for ar
aspirant for Office to be on good
terms with a railroad official.
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to say on that side presently. It's
the purely physical side you want to
look after first. After he's been fed
let him have his easy chair. his slip
Eers and his cig.r. Don't keep every
thing SO spicn and span and shiny and
straight ul and down that he's afraid
to sit Gown anywhere because he
might disarrange piece of batten-
berg or sofa pillow What women
call good hcusekeeper isn't always
good wife. not by long shot II
3 man has IL sit up In a spindle back
new art chair as stiff as a REINFORCED
billiard cue he's going to sigh for
something different, and the first thing
you know he'll be sneaking out on
business about three nights in the
week. No. MY dear, let Bill feel
that right at home he can get more
solid comfort than he can have any
where else on earth, and you've got,
tim anchored for keeps
He h;ssried a Companion.
And yet that isn't everything. For
instance. If You We're to fall into the
habit OF ling over to neighbours
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rTt.H "-..-.-, ,.-:--S ne reads tie pa
pes he'd have good cause to grumble
and probably would. He married to
get companion. not just housekeep
er, and he wants you with him, not all
of the time. but most of the time,
when he's at home. He wants you
to sit on the other side of the table by
the tireside; he wants to read to you
or have you read to him; he wants
to gossip with you just like pals; he
wants to tell you of his hopes and
ambitions; he wants you to help him
in his struggle with the world by
your sympathy, your encouragement
ana your advice; he wants to hear
Your trOubles-not the endless repe-
tition of the daily string of annoy
ances which come to every WIFE but
the real troubles, the problems which
you find it hard to solve for yourself
And. over and above all, little girl, he
wants to feel the gentle caress in
touch and speech; the little evidences
Of the love that Goes not die with the
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then. and my opinion hasn't changed.
that he's all right. He's a man, and
that's all any woman can reasonably
expect. | don't want any cherubims
or seraphimS in my family, and you'd
find life pretty uncomfortable if you
had one Of them for husband.
Compared with good woman good
man is mighty small potatoes, but
when it comes to getting married there
Isn't anything better available, and so
you women are just obliged to take
them and do the best you can VITA
them. And that, little girl, is the point
| want to get at That's just what you
want to do with Bill-or William. II
you prefer 1t. \ man Is just a piece of
soft clay in woman's hands. and
neither lie ranks Al or double naught
rs 4 husband depends 4 good deal on
how she handles him. Yes. that places
pretty considerable responsibility on
the woman, but You needn't blame me.
| didn't have anything to do with lay
ing out this arrangement It's that
way, and | reckon the Lord knows
are too soft and some too tough to do
anything with, but the most of them
are plastic enough for practical pur-
poses, and I'm satisfied your Williams
one of the majority.
"Your Material Is Mud"
It's up to you, sweetheart, to take the
material you have and make { good
husband out of ii. Don't expect nor try
to do more than that. Don't attempt to
mold him into figure of Gabriel toot-
ing q trombone. Don't try to put too
many fine lines in your model If you
do. the whole blamed thing will come
to pieces, and then, little girl, you can
never, never put it together again.
Just remember that your material Is
mud, and mud, even in the hands of an
expert modeler, has its limitations,
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't icotStt1- the monuments
you see il the parks to the heroes who
If" bied and piUsIdered for their
country. Then you put the man on top
OF this beautiful pile, and you look
up at him with your hands clasped
and your eyes moonin' like Il calf
with the collie, and you say, MY,
amt he beautiful" or, 'Oh, amt
he awful nice" or some such emphatic
and forclble expression of feminine
:idOra ton. You don't have chance
to get real. genuine assay Of him,
and you think he's all gold and
studded around with diamonds like
birthday ring. Then you get married
and you climb up beside him ana you
make the terrible. discovery that his
feet are clay: also his hands and like
Wise his head. In other words, you
find that he's just plain garden mud.
And then you proceed to have fit.
You don't say, Woe is me"' nor beat
your breast. nor raise the neighbor-
hood with your cries. like they used
to do i'll the three volume novels.
Such crudities are no longer fashion
dDlc. lou tUinSS now
adays. but your methods are just as
effective.
When the Man Is Mffed.
And all this time the man is stand
ing around on one foot with Il face
as long and as solemn as the presi-
dents message. wondering what in
the dickens is the matter Sometimes,
by way of diversion. he goes in the
other room ana kicks over chair
or sneaks out into the back yard and
throws rocks at the chickens. | have
a kind Of q recollection that l did
something Of that sort myself. You
see, my dear. the man doesn't know
that he has been set up on a pedes-
tai; he has just been going along at
tending to his own business same as
usual, thinking himself IL pretty fair
average of man and letting it go at
that. That's the way it's been with
Bill. l had pretty good chance to
size him up while | was loafng
around home waiting for the wedding
to come off, and it was my judgment
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a DCc tHC lDf me JTSL We II Tue
car greatest apOS-
ties of til, doctrines Of sweetness
and light sit down to the table and
eat like blue ribbon porker with his
feet in the trough. Yet comparatively
few women appreciate the importance
Of this fact, and nuny Il home is ruined
by the theory that anything that hap
pens to be handiest will do for dinner.
1t won't. Give him the best his in
come will afford and see to it yourself
that it is properly cooked. The aver
age man isn't hard to satisfy. He
doesn't banker after the strange and
weird dishes you'll find in the cook
books. He doesn't care for airy waters
and delicate ices. He only wants some
thing plain and substantial and filling,
like roast beef or bacon or ham and
eggs or something equally gross and
just as bully. Fill him up with such
truck and then hell lean back and
beam at you like the father of first
baby-that is. il it's cooked right.
If the steak comes to the breakfast
table fried hard, If the eggs are swim
ming in grease or the biscuits heavy
enough to use as weights on the cuckoo
clock, he's got kick coming. And it
will come It may not be just then.
He may keep it to himself until he
collects al assortment and then let out
all at once. But sooner or later the
kick viii! cone, and the longer he holds
it in the murder it will come out. So,
my dear, say to you solemnly and
praycrtnlll. see TO it personally that
Willi.;.a is we'll fed. Maybe that's
what's the matter with him now. May
be he's ALREADY got the crouch of the
nnGerieI or the badly fed. Better fig
ure on that a little. my dear.
And then, little girl. make home so
comfortable and so pleasant that he
won't want to leave it. except to go
downtown and hustle like a good fell
low for the woman who presides over
1t. When l see Il man jump for his
hat when the quitting bell rings and
make bee line for the first car that
will get him home | say to myself:
THAT fellow doesn't have to go
chasin' around nights lookin' for
amusement. He's got all he wants at
home" And when man has that
he's bound to be contented, and. be-
ing contented. he's bound to be hap
py. and, beings happy, he's bound to
be good natured. and, being good ma
sured. he's bound to be good hus-
band if he's rightly aged on the
intellectual side. I'll have a word
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-09-26

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W OlllPH Is ludt
you pick out a
man and then,
before you're
married to him,
,you build q
high pedestal of
marble or onyx
or sonnet hing
equally fine,
and you carve
pictures in bold
relief al around
the sides illus
trating his tran
scendent viz
tues. just like
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no way in which any of us can wash
our hands of any national matter.
Those of us who are not "of the
government" belong to CHS males
tvs opposition and, as good citi-
zens OF common country, have
their part to play. So we must COM
mend the Confederate Ladies' Memo
rial Association for having done it's
duty and arraign the spirit that we
regret to note prompts our esteemed
Charleston contemporary as less wise
and patriotic.
If we grant that it is not revenge
full land we shall confess that we did
not greatly fear the vengeful feelings
OF so wise An exemplar of good influ-
ences as the Charleston News and
Courier), we must hold that it is I'M
justifiable; for there can be no aloof-
ness or ''non-intercOurse' on the
part of any good citizen in national
affairs. 1t is not question of what
was done more than forty years ago
by one side in the heat of civil strife.
1t is question of what the American
people do today and the magnafimi-
ty or malice of their action is COM
pounded of the sentiment of the
whole people. Whether nearly fifty
years after a civil war we shall per-
petuate little thing like this, done
when mems minds were stirred with
passion, or whether we shall obliter-
ate it, is conclusion to be reached
by hearing from the whole country
just as the return of the battle flags
was based as much on the desire OF
the Southern States made known to
receive them as on that OF the North
ern States to give them. So we say
the Confederate Ladies Memorial
Association has chosen the better
part and shown the larger spirit.
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money nlecn. but
lives on and
g.oWS stronger
and stronger
with each pass
Ing year.
That's the in
tellcctual side.
S VI, e G t b G art.
That's the side
that gives mar
riel life it's
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-09-26

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Restrain your ambition to the point OF
making u good husband, and when you
have accomplished that be satisfied
with keeping him SO.
How? Oh. my dear little girl, you
have a better counselor than l right at
home. I'm not saying that your mother
did a very good job with me, but, bless
her heart, it wasn't because she didn't
know how. The trouble was with the
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The Host important Point.

fact so old that
even Eve got a
hint of it that
the first princi-
pie in the man.
agemeHt Of a
man is the sat
isfaction of his
stomach. What
ever else he
may be, no mat
ter how full of
brains his head,
he's an animal
and be wants
TO be fed. Why,
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makes sound kidneys and will positively
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Flu hia up and hen lean back and
iaHa at i0U.
material she can tell you much more
and much l.ettcT- than l can what and
how - DO And yet there are some
pointers | can give you that may be
Of value to you, mainly because they
will enable you TO get view or things
from a mems standpoint. have init
mated that nan is pretty generally
what women make him. His mother
gives him h; start in character build
ing, and his wife puts Oh the finishing
touches, but it isn't good policy to let
him know that you are working on
him. \ good deal has been said about
the cG,.t-3riEcss Of woman. but she
isn't really il tie same class with
man if lie thinks somebody is trying to
improve hm. So whatever you make
up your IM.nd to do with William,
don't, for heavens sake. give him a
hint of Your designs. And, as | said
before, don't Try ID 90 too much.
The Host Important Point.
In the first place. my dear, you'd bet
LET SeL til1 lHtt lieu Ill tuc
Of your gray untter and keep it there
that the most important point in the
making of good husband is the max
ing of good wife. That takes time
and experience, but two processes can
go along side by side, for you needn't
expect Billy to be ready for the last
coat of varnish by day after tomorrow.
No, inGcedy. little girl, you can't turn
out finished husbands like you can hot
aftics and speaking Of watties brings
me right back 20 the starting point in
the home industry I'm talking about.
That's Il little matter of feed. It's a
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ried life it's SoJ9y foos aug Ue't"
,11-oo+,.. wi coffee.
beauty and makes home a home OF
happiness, but it will peter out mighty
fast under diet Of soggy rolls and
weak coffee. Just remember that, lit
tie girl; just remember that. Your at
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The Making Of a
Successful Wife
BY CASPER 5. YOST.

MANAGEMENT OF A MAN.-Feed
Him We'll and Make Him Comforta-
BILE At Home-The Average Man Isn't
Hard 10 Satisfy-And Don't Forget the
Little Evidences Of Love. Il *
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Soggy roHs and We'tk
coffee.
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" T. wcah. The author Of @BuGai9
Land. tells thls cat story
The chicken hawk u the west u y
savage aua dangerous enemy, but @nc,
one Of these air pirate, got worsteti. I
was sitting lu front ~ the doctors 81
flee when a hawk shot down with won
lerful rapidlty of wing SD fast that
its shadow seemed hardly 10 reach the
earth before it~ body II pounced upon
The doctors fayorite kitten, which lay
asleep ou the grass and made off with
it. Al an elevation 3t about atty feet
puss recovered from It's surprise and
went ~ work for liberty. Its feline
mind was exercised - astonishmenI
and wrath Twisting ike weasel
It's claws came uppermost and to mE
straining gaze sight presented Itself
much like a feather bed being ripped
open In mldair The amazed hawk
received new light on the subject OF
prey. let 80 and made on Ike a badly
plucked goose. but tbe cat came safely
to earth-on It's feet