St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-11-13

thing but there is not. Every village can
be beautiful-;f the people have the proper
spirit One woman with the right spirit
and the requi4 tie energy and tact can make
the ugliest v;,,1ge beautiful Think what it
would mean . the face Of America if one
woman in evlEy village would make up her
mind that hel village was to be the most
beautiful one in her neighborhood. We talk
much Of the ''uplift'' of communities, and
we talk on large scale. But the only up
lift that amounts to row of pins is that
which begins with the efforts of some one
single individual in community. And that
single individual is generally woman.
Where women are content with their sur
Iroundings it is natural to accept things as
they are. Men derive their aspirations for
better living from women. There is not a
group Of men, however impossible they may
seem at first glance, who can remain indiffer-
ent where a woman or a group of women are
determined upon having as much order and
beauty as they can have within their scope
OF possibility. No man can withstand Wo-
man when she really starts out to influence
| him. If our village women would only real
ize this fact, awaken their latent qualities,
and use the influence God has given them to
make their spots on the earth as beautiful
as possible. America in a very short time
would not be accused of having a vast ex-
panse of unbeautiful village communities
The opportunities for the woman with
TIME ON HER HANDS are unlimited in this
work." So says and thinks one of the
brainiest editors of our time, and he must
know. So, hear him we'll, oh, We daughters
of CoVington !! for the glorious opportunity
is awaiting you at your very door,
| Our town has more god-given beauties than
many can boast, and with justa little of the
right spirit, requisite energy and tact'' We
could do so much to remove or abate the
ugliness that man has fostered upon us.
Think of the eye-sores, unsightly back
buildings, dirty back-yards, tin cans and
tloWerless, grass-groWn gardens. We wo-
men could surely remedy these and many
other sorry conditions, if we only would.
And we could put in their places something
that would help beautify our town.
Then let the suggestion Of wise Mr.. Ed
| itor sink deep and fire our minds and hearts
with determination to be up and doing
| What better work can we take in hand than
that OF identifying our home and making
dear old Covington place to be sought out
and ever after to be rem EN- bered wit h
| pleasure. -.
Deep sympathy and grief is felt and ex-
| tended to Mrs C.. z. Williams by her many
friends and by this column in her recent be-
reavement, the death of her father, DR.. L. NJ
Quin. In so great grief words are poor
things at best, so we can only give to Mrs
| Williams our heartfelt sympathy and sorrow
| in her loss.
Mrs. Williams has returned from Holmes
Vile, where she attended the bedside and
burial Of her father.
The friends of Mrs. H. H. Smith are
pleased to welcome her again in social circles
after forced retirement through illness.
The announcement Of the engagement of
Miss EdWina Moore to Mr. Edmund Stern
comes as very pleasant news to the CoVing-
ton friends of BOTH H.. :
Miss Moore, during her summer sojourn
in our town, formed large circle Of friends
and admirers, who look forward with a great
deal Of genuine pleasure to her return, and
will welcome as young matron the sweet
maid who won her way into their hearts by
her lovely nature and charming manner.
10 Mr. Stern we extend our congratula-
tons, and can only say, he's a lucky man.
The scribe was asked the other day, why
don't you women get up a literary club, in
stead of so many card clubs?'
Aye! why don't we, indeed There are
just as many brainy, educated women in
Covington, in proportion, as in any other
town of our size. And moreover, [ think
every one of those so-qualiied women are
longing for just that thing-but no one
wants to take the lead Mr.. Questioner,
that's the whole situation in nutshell It
is hard to form small circle from a large
one without hurting someone's feelings or
getting oneself disliked, and there are few
women who have the grit and tact to do it.
But it would be blessed thing, wouldn't it?
They say that destiny develops the man for
the occasion perhaps it will the woman, too,
some day.
The Misses Patterson returned recently
from an all-summer stay with friends at
their homes on the Hudson These ladies
will only be in Covington short while, as
they soon go back to New Orleans, which
they will again make their permanent home
We are sorry to lose the Misses Patterson,
as they have contributed much to the pleas
ATTEST social life of Covington and will be
much missed by all who knew them.
The handsome gold handle umbrella won
by the Women's Progressive Union in the
Farmers subscription contest was disposed
Of by the Union for the benefit of the Cow
lngton Fire Department in the parlor of the !,
Southern Hotel and the lucky owner of this |
handsome prize now is Miss Carrie Freder-
s0lr 1ubo Iooo4;lv,