The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-14
The Gospel Of Hope

when Margaret Andrews was twen.s
ty-flve- she received what she thought [
was call to the foreign mission iield,i
She began training at school In an3t
other city. lTs.$,
One day. says the California Advo-
cate. she received a telegram. Her
mother had met with an accident. just
how serious could not at once ba 4
known. Margaret took the first train
home, expecting to return In a few
weeks.
Long before the weeks had passed {
she knew that her dream must be
given up. Her mother would never be \
able to do anything again and Mar
garat, Instead of making her Journey
TO strange lands, saw herself shut i'm
TO the duties of housckeeper and nurse. /.
For a year or two she bore her dis
appointment in silence; then she went
to her pastor with 1t. The pastor
was an old man, who had known Mari
garet all her life. He looked at her
steadily for a moment Then he said
slowly. You are living In a city Of
100000 people. Isn't there need
enough about you to fill your life7p $
oh: yes the girl answered. and
could give zip the foreign Held. It
Isn't that. But haven't time 10 do
anything, not even to take a mission
class. and to see so much work watt
ing. and be able to do nothing"
Margaret" tho old minister said.
come here"
IheI girl followed him to the next:
room, where a mirror hung between
the windows Her reflection, pale and
unhappy, faced her YEARLY
All up and down the streets" the
49, "
markets, the stores, there arc peopiaS
starving for the bread of life. The
church cannot reach them: they Will
not enter n church. Books cannot
help them; many of them meyer open
n hook. There Is but one way that
they can ever read the gospel or hope.
OF Joy. OF courage and that is In tho,
faces OF men and of women.
Two years ago n woman who has
known deep trouble came to me onal
day. and asked Your name. She wanted
to tell you how much good your happy
faco did her. but shc was afraid YOU
would consider 1t presumption on tho
part OF an entire stranger. She hoped
] might tell yot, her thought some
time. Margaret. look In the glass and
tell me If the face you see there has
anything to give TO the souls that are
hungry for JOY. and they are more
than Any OF us realize. DO you think
that woman. if She were to meet you
now. would say what she said two4
years ago."
The girl gave one glance and then
turned away, her cheeks crimson with
shame. 1t was hard TO answe err but
she was no coward. She looked up
into her old friends grave eyes.
THANK YOU, she said. IL Will try
to learn my lesson and accept my
mission"
Conceptions Of Friendship. l5
Dora MeleEari. in her Makers of
Sorrow and Makers of joy says the
| Greek Idea of friendship is represented
| by the figure Of girl, with uncov-s
| cred head one hand one her heart, the
other resting on an elm struck by n
thunderbolt. about which a vine heavy
with grapes is entwned. Her dress
was high and close fitting, her atti-
tude chaste. - @
The Roman conception of friendship.
was more complicated and modern,
The girls dress was cut Ia VERGE,
her head crowned with myrtle and
pomegranite iowers: She held In her,
hand two hearts enchanted. On the,
fringe of her tunic was written.A..l4ife.
and death" on her forehead were the
words Summer nnd winter
With her right hand She pointed to
her left side; exposed over heart, and
on 1t was written. From far and
near"
White Dress in Question.
y party of young people were about.
| to explore coal mine One OF tho
young ladies appeared dressed.in white.
| a friend demonstrated with her. Not.
Fixing the interference, she turned to;
| lie old miner. who was To conduct
! them. and said Cant l wear n white
dress down in 1.-THE nline?n bS
"Yes, mum" was his reply ':Thcro
| is nothing to hinder you from wearing.
| q white frock down there. but thereiil
be considerable to keep YOU from
| wearing one back
| Bchoid How He Loved. 81,
Queen Ayi was woman of marked
ability. the consort of King Anenhotep
| III. who ruled in Egypt from 141t to
1919 B, G,
Recently Psychologists discovered'
| the Queens shrine in Thehes. 1t was,
| cut out OF solid rock. Approach 70.
| ii was by descent OF twenty steps
| It adjoined that OF Rameses L. y
| Around and within were all that ma
ierial wealth and skill of Egyptian art,
| could offer. The coffin itself was a,
| superb example of the jewelers. craft
the woodwork covered with frame.
of gold inlaid with lapis lazuli. carne-
lian and green glass.
Tho royal mummy was wrapped
from head to foot in sheets Of gold.
| bracelets on this arms. q necklace Of
| gold beads and ornaments cncrusted
with precious stones around the neck
| and the head encirclea by the imperial
crown or the QMceniof ancient Esyrt.5
Behold how he loved her can be
| said of king Amenhoiep, whose con-
| sort Queen Ayi She was. Nothing Is.
too precious for love to give.
TO Rcmodel the Figure. Fl
| In order TO remodel the. figure With
! out tho MD OF uncomf Portable corsets,l