Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 331, 30 December 1906 — Page 5

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The Richmond Palladium, Sunday, December 30, 1906.

CHILDREN'S BOOKS AND CHILDREN'S READING. An Able Discussion of a Most Important Topic By Mrs. Eliza Mendenhall, a Former Teacher in the City Schools of Richmond.

Our dear old Earlham naturalist, Joseph Moore, used to say, that when a queen beo died, the bees in the hive would select the larva of a common bee, put it in the royal chamber and feed it peculiar kind of bee bread which made it develope into a queen

bee; and when we lead our children into the realm of books, if we lead wisely, we lead them into rooms with higher domes into relms of thought that waken and widen as the years go by. Here, worthy ideals will shape themselves without rule and line. Naturally and unconsciously, the strong and gracious outlines of Christian character will assert themselves in the child life. We do not now gather an ill assort

ed mass of facts and ideas and call

it an education piling the child's wisdom high "until the wonder grows that one small head can carry all he : knows." We recognize, of course, that knowledge is one of the natural and inevitable results of study, but our aim, ; if we are true educators, is to care for the physique, to strengthen the weaker . faculties, maintaining a wise and helpful oversight, that shall allow each child to assert its own peculiar ; individuality, and yet secure the dejvelopment of all the powers of its j being until it shall be an harmonious

j whole, physically, mentally and spirf itually, like a beautiful piece of majchinery, strong in every part, and i equipped for service. If we have, as mothers and teachers, failed "to attract and interest the j child, we are t he dullards and it jis we who are bound to make jblunderers. We are bound to make study so delightful and inspiring that jthe children shall have that one thing jbetter than knowledge, and that is the llove of it. j It is a happy child who learns of jSir Walter from the mother's luljlaby. "Oh hush thee my baby, thy siro was a knight", or of

Teanyson from the same voice,

crooning, "Sweet and Low, Sweet and

(Low, Wind of the Western Sea," or

of Klngsley's Water babies from the same lips, singing, "Soft, Soft Winds

from out the Sweet South Sliding." j Yet many remarkable children and countless hordes of rolicking, sunny

iialred, every day children have grown jup successfully without them because tvery mother has her own coterie of

Jullabyes and nursery rhymes that her

turn to select these books. They are so many. An exierienced librarian has said that more than 250,000 new books are published annually; that if

we read 25 volumes a year, we can only read 1,230 in a half century. So it is a foregone conclusion that we cannot read them all, and wc must choose wisely-

Xor is it a hopeless task of all the new books that come like the leaves on the trees how many fall in nothingness to the earth, or blow away from the memory of man. Only a few comparatively, never grow old, or out of date, simply because only a few hold a vital message.

With our great need of knowledge,

and the little span of life before each one of us, it isn't wise to devote ourselves entirely to the newspaper, the magazine, or the book of the hour.

While we must keep in touch with

has the art of entertaining and in

structing.

lhey should be in every home li

brary where possible, otherwise they

are to be found in our Morrisson and

Keeves library. Her histories of

Si!!!!' ROmf Jna, Germany, Lecause ghe nag no Ume to bR down

Kindly helpful purposes will be builded into his character. .Then let ' every mother keep the kitchen open to her daughters and have, a cooking school of whose divine and mysterious arts she Is the priestess. Procure for them the books they need, to understand the scientific phases of domestic science and be sure you understand them yourself. Every kitchen pantry should have a little shelf for books, and it would be better for a volume of Emerson, or Whittier, or some body else's to wander there occasionally, than for the mother's mind to storm as it so often does,

and read in the proper place. Help your daughters to collect a cook book of their own and be sure

France are all there, nor would we

omit her books of "Golden Deeds

Hezekiah Butterworth has written

a U. S. history for boys, and our chil- to have a department that shall predren surely need to know the history serve your family recipes, the seed of their own land, before they reach cakes and pound cakes, the puddings

across me seas ana DacK mro the and preserves of your grandmother's

centuries. I days. Nothing can add a more gra

In biography the list Is endless, j clous flavor to your Thanksgiving and

Here we rind Plutarch and Jacob Ab- Christmas feasts.

bott s old fashioned standbyes. Among Let the book be of leather, well

the new books, we have Brook's true bound, written with good ink that will story of Washington, Omen Wester's not fade with time, and it will be a "Grant," Carl Schurz's "Lincoln and lasting orament to any kitchen book-

His Cabinet." In books of travel ev- shelf.

the times to know events names and iCIJ uuy . eoue wuu oianiey uur cnnaren are mgaiy iavoreu in

books of authors and read our critics ; to finfi Livingston, gone with Peary to having a Morrisson and Reeves Li

what they have to say is too apt to be : find tne orth Pole, and Zigzagged brary, and they should be taught to worth everything today and not a cent' witn Hezefeiah and his class through use it from earliest childhood; use it

tomorrow. It is wise to devote the i Europe ana every wnere else ne cnose freely and wisely.

body of our reading hour to some book, j to s

that time has proven worth while. The mother who with many cares,

tries to keep pace with her children

But sometimes one reads the titles

How all the children need them, but! most of all the city children, to give a knowledge of birds and bees and

trees; of fields and streams and skies, which instil a yearning that will take them away some

times from the edingy walls and din of factory bells, out of the dusty

streets, and sweltering air, and ceas-

less turmoil in the haunts of men in

to the peace and beauty and love of God, spoken no where so plainly as

in his great out doors. Among the nature classics are Chapman's "Bird

Life," Dugmore's "Nature," and "Cam

era", Mrs. Dana's "How to Know Wild

Flowers," "How to Know Ferns and Mushrooms." Celia Thaxter's "Seven Little Gardens." (Always keep pour

author's name before his work as you do your article before every German

noun.) "Mary's Garden and How it

Grew" by Miss Frances Duncan.

Clifton Hodge's "Nature Study and

Life."

H. E. Farkhurst's "How to Name

Birds."

Olive Thorne Miller's and our own

Maurice Thompson's book on birds, "The Tree Book" by Mary It. vis. Coulter's "Plant Studies." Apgar's "Northern Trees."

These will make a little list for a

working library, and you can cover

your table with magazines, whifch,

come with bird notes, and the smell

of the wood fresh upon them.

Magazines for the children's morn-

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Bayard Taylor's "Views a Foot" are of the books worn to rgs upon the

very interesting and when this is read, shelves, and counts the great array of

numberless others will open their pa- tne best books left dusty ana aione

bv readinc their books, can comrratu- ges invitingly and no one will be more We realize that there is no enemy to jnjr ana evening hours, w ith a wealth

late herself, because in these books ( willing or more competent to suggest Une best books, like the fairly goodj 0f SOng an(j science and story, that she will usually get the most facts in and direct than the librarian with her books. aueurs well for the Twentieth Cen-

the fewest, clearest words, and in the assistants. The mother, teacher and librarian j tury tnat shall read in the future, as

Then we must not forget the pleas- cau do muctl to change tws lacK or j lt has in tne past the Dook that 8

ant story books that charm away the iaeie' uy the oldest, and the newest, tne most

instil their out as qcMy issiuic m luu i wonderfully Illustrated and written

lessons, all imrnnrim.sl v snoum De laugni ana auoea io ma;by the best author extant. The Great

wi,oA. , hi3 own selections, unless very per-jBook of NatUre, written for every

YOU MAY

shortest time. There is less cant and

pretention about them, and the break !

of the morning is upon them. One j hours, day or night and

.1 , 1 .1 nA . J . 1 . V y-. w '

uuu i giuw aJ uiu ui j niso iu men

children love.

When they sang the alarming rhyme

t"Rockabye baby, in the tree top. When the wind blows the cradle will

rock,

When the bough bends, the cradle will

fall,

And down comes the baby, cradle and

i all."

f "Tl.-. V. r.A In n 1tlf

science teaching at the right time by

elling us, that the baby was only a

little brown acron that wanted to lie

'safe on the ground.

How delightedly we "trotted away

to Boston" and took our daily airings In our way to Banberry Cross. How

We enjoyed Little Miss Muffet an

fiiappy Jackey Horner. They peopled

iur little world and satisfied our so

cial instincts and just how much our imbition for athletics was stimulated

by comtem plating the phenomenal leap of "the cow that nightly jumped

ver the moon," can never be ,told

dany of our Mother Goose's melodies

ome down from old Saxon times and

tilled the babies to sleep, for centuries

fefore our bards were born.

iThe mother should allow no household

ares no society no literary abstrac

4lons to rob herself and her children f the precious morning and evening lour together. Everything she has ,Tid is belongs to those helpless morsels

f humanity, that are to waken at her

buch and call to the higher possibil-

tles of living.

If the mother have no singing voice, hat a wealth of song and story lies

lefore her in tho world of books.

j She can read aloud and commit to

ftemory, teaching her children beau

Iful poems; that will be treasure

BJ-oves to the coming generation.

B Katherine Shute has made a most

harming selection ot songs witnout Btusic, entitled. "The Land of Song,"

6h three volumes adapted to the vary-

sg ages of the children. i Charles Welsh has a book of nur-

4ry rhymes. Our own Elizabeth

oulke has written dainty little stor-

As we turn the leaves of such books, lildren's eyes look up, eager and exctant. You can hear the jingle of laughter nd dellcht. and there come the

Ana ri mnoi ctiro in t fi rfa Una

trough the generations.

The songs you sing and the stories

mi tell your children, they will give

0i theirs and so you set your seal upthe generations that are to come.

tnemselves ana yet there is nothjg can be taught them more satisfac-j-ily. It takes the spoken poem, the dencc of the human voice to imirt the fire and tho pathos the real

- jpaning of a poem. If this be given, 1 child will grow up to say ho "docs

it like poetry." "Macaulay's Lays of picient Rome" Parts of Scott and

1 vi O " KJl 111, - I V 'V I V , 1 i 1 1 11 . (1 1 1 VI

TeiaKespeare, aro peculiarly aaapiea the boj-ish taste. His pulses will Hll hia 1-mifinatiiin will tlnrllii

111V 11C 1V1VV V. I.IO Vlll.ft,. 4111VC

Nlsucuiation win remma you of The

larrre of the Lieht Rrisradf "

tea 1 - " - rjjlThe whole plane of his thought will

js-i luted and keyed to high Ideals if

EE direct wisely, and in after years.

yyiat an Inspiration the knowledge atl love of noble poetry becomes! e jt us give our children what wej

yxr " it'iinu tu iifii'iui in nit kiivks

Xjjjl strain of our own lives. HEfext t the parent comes the teach-

iairias a power in the child's life.- Per-

he f al acquaintance with the best

hetfks; a love for the work and a love B the child are necessary to make iteacher competent to suggest the fUht book at the right time. fVe may well be apalled when we

own conceit, reading them. They are

so fresh so simple and direct so en

tirely wholesome. In selecting reading for children

we must recognize the ethical value

of animal stories from Aesop's Stor

ies, simplified in Baby's Own Aesop and pictured by Walter Crane and Joseph Jacob's Fables, of Aesop

through the history of Iteynard, the Fox, down to Kipling's Jungle Books some parts of which need to be taken

with the proverbial pinch of salt.

These teach ethics the power of

kindness, the necessity and nobility of obedience, the real strength of the weak, and the quality of "mercy that is not strained; that drops like

the gentle rain from Heaven upon the

place beneath, and Is twice blessed

It blesseth him that gives and him

that takes."

Then in natural history, we have

Lloyd Morgan's animal sketches, Earnest IngersoH'8 "Wild Life of Orchard

and Field". W. F. Hornaday's "Two

Years in the Jungle," Paul DuChaillu's "World of the Great Forest." Ernest Seton Thompson's "Wild

Animals I have Known." "Wab, Rag and Vixen," "The Big Bear of Tallace" and others, hold much truth with

their fascinating fiction, while Jack

London's "Call of The Wild," and "The God of His Father's" are profitable,

and rare good reading. There are too, pernicious nature books, which hold false science and are poor stories. These must be avoided. Joel Chandler Harris in his "Quaint Uncle Remus Tales," gives simply a laughable and delectable folk lore. We all have in memory that cor

ner of our mother's magazine devoted to fairy tales, and we remember well Gay and Grim and Anderson, but I hesitate to begin the names of the innumerable host of Iris-hued volumes prepared for the children of today by Lang and others.

The trips of Jason and the flights of Pegasus are as nothing to the

flights of their imaginations.

Among Mythologies, Bull Finch's "Age of Fable" is a favorite. The fact that it is compulsory reading in some schools quenches the joy of this

book'.

"Lang's Translation of the Iliad" is

full of interest for boys and girls ran

ing between the ages of 12 to 13.

The Boy's Odyssy", which holds the

most stirring passages in the"Butcher

and Lang Translations" is very read

ble.

This list omits Pope's Odyssy

with Flaxmans exquisite lllustra

tions, .which are an education to any eye, and Bryant's

translations, of which critics say

"Bryant's translations are first and there are none second" But they are

too difficult, for feet just learning to

scale Parnassus.

From home, the boy naturally gravi

tates to the Norse and Arthurian le

gends.

Hamilton W. Mabie has written

"Norse Stories Retold." M. E. Litch

field. "The Nine Worlds" in this de

partment of mythlcgy.

Sir Walter Malory's "Norte de Ar

thur," and Tennyson's "Idylls of the

King" are dear to all who are mature

enough to comprehend them, but per

haps Sidney Lanier's "The Boy's King

Arthur" is best for young readers.

Andrew Iang's "Book of Romance"

tells the stories of "Arthur," Roland.-'

'Robinhood' and "Wayland tho Smith"

iu his own delightful style.

Then comes historical fiction with

ts glamor or romance and its need

ot truth, where no new author out ranks Sir Walter Scott, or Jane Porter, or Harriet Beccher Stowe.

Jane Andrew's "Ten Boys and Seven

Little Sisters" are in our school course. Mollie Seawell's "Little Jarvis," "Star Bright," '.'Paul Jones," "Decatur and Soniers" aro too well known to need mention, while scores of others have taken their place worthily in this field of literature. Then comes the heavier readings of history, proper. Few children perhaps will re a dall of Macaulay, but they will like the account of Lord Somers. and "The Founding of the

Bank of England." They will not consume Fronde's 12 volumes, but they can dip into them, not too deep, and out again. They will read every word concerning tho trial and death of "Mary, Queen of Scots." and "The Destruction of the Armada." and although much may be beyond them, they will be tho better for the reading because they have stood on tiptoe to reach It. Charlotte Tonge, in her histories

our boys fast at home of evenings

The mother that can read aloud and

have the patience to listen and cor rect and enjoy her children's blander

Ing attempts as they read to her, has found a spring of perpetual joy for

herself and her household.

The whole array of Louisa Alcott's books were the best stories in my

day or story books. "Little Women,'

"Little Men," Under the Lilacs," "The

Old Fashioned Girl" and "Eight Cous

ins," all found grace in my sight,

Margaret Deland's "Oakleigh Alan Pansford," "Katrina Malvern," "Old

Herrlck House."

Frances Hodson Burnett's "Little

Lord Fauntleroy," "Little St. Eliza

beth," "Sara Crew," and "Edith's Burg

lar."

Margaret Sangster's stories and

poems.

Mary Mapes Dodge, "Hans Brinker

But there is

not bu

HAVE

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no rearon

BURN"

why you should

xonomieaHy.

verse In his tastes. hod v. nnd writinz for all

The use of indexes, catalogues and tim(? to come. if we but learn to read

reference books should be shown, and ; ia this bocd not all of it, for we can this with all the teaching we have giv-! not but just a few pages in broken en at home and at. school is all we epntpn 'We shall hunger no more.

can do. We can go no farther, but ;neither thirst any more." It is so sat- MISSING VERSE IS FOUND.

must stana ana Dia our cnna uoa s jsfyjng. ye gather knowledge. We

Our Coal ibEconomical Coal.

Hackman, llehfoth Co.

a : a

speed in his search for the truth he

must find.

But I must close with a short men

tion of nature books.

They are the best, left until the last.

And a contentment there that the

world cannot give, neither can it take

away.

ELIZA D. H. MENDENHALL.

Cincinnati Man Has a Literary Treas

ure in the Third Verse of "John Anderson My Joe."

Social and Personal Mention

Mrs. J. M. Knodle entertained infor

mally at bridge yesterday afternoon

at her home on East Main street, com

plimentary to her sister, Mrs. Chas.

Rankin of. Newark, Ohio. Cards were played at four tables, the prizes being

awarded to Mrs. Frank Land and Mrs.

Margaret Sidney's "Five Little Pep- Yarrington Barnes.

Wiggin's "Birds

Wiggs"

pers."

Kate Douglas

Xmas Carol."

Polly Oliver's "Problem." Alice Hegan Rice's "Mrs

and "Lovey Mary."

Sophie Sivett's "Bilberry Boys and

Girls," "Mate to the Mary Ann," "Capt Polly."

Arthur Stanwood Pier's "Boys of St

l imotny, are a few or the newer

books upon their shelves cheek by jowl, with Chas. Dickens Little

Nell," Hawthorne's Wonder Book,"

'Tangle Wood Tales."

Washington Irving and Fennimore Iwm

Cooper, "Robinson Crusoe" and "The

Swiss Family Robinson."

The engagements of Miss Lulu Wil

Hams, daughter, of Mr. and Mrs. King

R. Williams, of this city, and Mr. Levi

Meyers, has been announced, the wedding to take place in the spring.

Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Wehrley

entertained at dinner Friday evening

at their home on South 16th street. The table decorations were of holly and poinsettias. Covers were laid for Rev. and Mrs. J. R. Wade, Prof, and Mrs. D. R. Ellabarger, Mr. and Mrs.

Coil Broington, Mr. and Mrs. U. B. G.

4S- -X-

Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Sample will en-

Margaret Knollen-

Local lovers of tho works of tho

poet Burns will be much interested In knowing that the missing third verse

to "John Anderson, My Joe" is now in the possession of W. I McElroy,

of Cincinati. The verse was the property of the late Judge Gilmore, of Columbus.

The poem with the third verse at-

Every boy before he is 17, should tertain the Duplicate Whist club to-

a ti t ..j ci morrow eveninz at ainner at tneir

on "Gpntlomon" nssurpH- n "wi home on North 13th street

j . Troasiir Tslnnrl " Jt is. 'hUlrlon awav I "

in tha Thitio Trmin f,min,. ot.wi Misses Maude and " Jeanette

ies of Men and Books and it is a des- entertained informally with a .thimble

cription of kindly living, ready tact M?arty yesterday aiternoon at

Firth

in his own pure English.

their

North 13th street. Tha

rooms were charming in their appoint-

The essay strikes at the ideal of ments of holly and evergreen.

There

a gentleman and is more potent in itself than much training and many corrections. Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, with its strong imagery, its rare symbolism and its deep lessons, is not very familiar to our school children. The Bible itself is an unknown continent to man-. For years the law has forbidden its use in the public schools, and busy mothers have delegated much of their duty to -the Sabbath School teacher, who has at the most, only one hour once a week.

Chas. F. Thwing, Pres. of Western Reserve University, gave a Bible Test to his University students and the result proved them lamentably ignorant

of the simplest Biblical allusions in our poets.

Charlotte Yonge, the child's histor

ian has written an interesting and

concise book of Bible Stories.

Richard G. Moulton's Stories, two

volumes, "The Old," and the "New Testament" and "The Bible for chil dren," arranged by Mrs. Joseph Gilder, will be helpful and make Bible study fascinating.

Our own Indiana Author, Gen. Lew

Wallace, has written two books, "Ben Hur," and "The Boyhood of Christ," which should not be unread upon our shelves.

Teachers should not neglect when

giving their manual science talks to

mention "The Boys' Book of Invention," "The American Boys Handy

Book." and Hopkins" Experimr.etal

Science. Early in life the habit of buying the best books needed in their

work or study should be formed. Not

many books, but a few useful, well

chosen volumes, to form a nucleus to

the library.

were fifteen guests present.

Mr. .ind Mr3. Patrick Kinsella enter

tained in a delightful manner Friday evening in honor of Mr. George Phibbs of Muncie. Progressive euchre was

played, the prizes being awarded to

Mrs. William Pieffer, Miss Nellie Law

ler, Mr. James Varley and Mr. James Hart After the games a three-

course luncheon was served. -a-

Miss Margaret Zimmerman will en

tertain with a watch party tomorrow evening, at her home on North 10th

street. There will be twelve guests present. Mr. Albert Krell of New Castle has announced the engagement of his daughter, Miss Elsa, to Mr. Maurice Goodwin. Both Mr. Goodwin and Miss Krell are well known here. - Miss Lucy Turner entertained Friday afternoon at her home on North 21st street, in honor of Miss Mary Carmen, of Marysville, Ohio. A sewing contest was the feature of the afternoon, the prizes being won by Misses Agnes Kelley, Bessie Lintner, and Margaret Rush. The guests were Misses Mae Hamilton, Bessie Lintner, Marguerite Rush, Agnes Kellej, Gladys Clark, Gwendoljn Foulke, Nellie Chandlee, Nellie Carman, Margaret

Zimmerman and

berg. 5CMrs. L. H. Bunyan gave a charm ing party yesterday afternoon in hon

or of her niece, Lois Catheryn Ostot of

Springfield, Ohio. Those present tached reads as follows:

were Grace Shera, Corrine Wilson, No- John Anderson, my Jo, John,

la Russell, Pearl McMinn, tern Ew- When we were first acauent.

ry, Ruth Shera, Nina Shera, Iva Rus-LYour locks were like the raven,

sell, Marion Stevenson, Nettie Chase, Your bonie brow was brent;

Hilda Marlatt. But now your brow is beld, John,

" ' lour locks are like the snow:

Miss Bessie Trueblood entertained But blessings on your frosty paw,

Friday evening at her home on houtn John Anderson, my Jo.

12th street, in honor of Mr. ana Mrs.

Virgil Trueblood of Chicago. The John Anderson, my Jo, John,

guests were: Miss Myrtle Sumon, Nel- we clamb the hill theeither:

lie Williams, Imelda Murray Mrs. a. And monie a canty day, John,

F. Trueblood. Mrs. Sumon, Messrs. ana We've had wi one anither:

Mesdames Virgil Trueblood, Harvey Xow we mauns totter down. John.

Wilson , Messrs. will jenmns, tagar But hand In hand we'll go.

Mote, Ernest Rauks, Alva McClung, And sleep thegither at the foot.

Herschel i rueoiooa, cnanes Kay John Anderson, my Jo.

and Clarence Parks.

I John Anderson, my Jo, John,

H. J. Hanes will entertain informally we win no min that sleen:

with a stag dinner this evening at his The grave, so cauld and still, John,

home on South 10th street.

the the

PERSONAL MENTION. Herbert Firth of Toledo is guest of relatives and friends In

city. Miss Mary Carmen of Marysville, Ohio, is the guest of Miss Lucy Turner. Misses Ruby and Ada Kelley have returned from New Hope. Miss Inez Clawson has gone to Columbus, Ohio, for a visit of several days. Misses Clara and Leon Kennepohl are visiting friends in Indianapolis.

Miss Edith Bowman has returned from a visit in Hagerstown. Miss Julia Laws of Cincinnati, is

the guest of Mrs. James F. Hibberd.

Miss Edna Crocket of Knightstown,

is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W . P. Houghton of South 10th street.

John Ratliff of Spiceland is visiting

in the city.

J. H. Clements has returned from a

visit at Lynn.

Miss Laura Arnold of Indianapolis

is the guest of Mrs. Robert L. Study.

James Robinson of Piqua. Ohio, is

the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Farrow.

Miss Mary Tanner of Muncie Is the

guest of friends in the city.

Miss Ora Wilson of Greencastle is,

visiting friends in West Richmond.

Miss O. V. Porter and daughter are

risiting friends in Newark, Ohio.

Mrs. Milton McMahan has returned

from Doddridge Chapel.

Our spirits canna keep.

But we will wake in heaven, John,

Where young again we'll grow.

And ever live in blissful luve,

John Anderson, my Jo.

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ALLEN JAY TO SPEAK

The Dedication of the New .Friend'

Church at Charlottesville to Take Place Today.

Charity.

Charity never faileth." How in the face of that can we be charitable unless in thought, and mind, as well as deed! Were it not better to feed the

Rev. Allen 'Jay, of Richmond, and various other prominent Quaker min

isters, will participate In the dedlca

iion or tne mends" church at Char

lottesville today. At 10 o'clock a. m.

Rev. Ira Johnson, of Winchester, will preach. The dedicatory service will be held at 2:30 p. m.. at which time Rev. Morton C. Pierson, pastor of the First Friends church at Indlanapelis, will preach. At 7 o'clock p. nifRev.

Charles O. Whitelej-, of CarUSge. will

preach.

Mrs. Austin's fa

makes the finest

Ready dn a moment.

Hock

is Buckwheat

rheat cakes.

See how wmt you have neard took in print and get a dollar for doing it Win tho news "tip" prize.

Mcrchaffto' DpIiiVC-ty Hcaomiartrs llifr'o Storo Phono 723

How DclicipiiG

That

CHOCOLATE is at Greek Cpdy Store. It's just like all their

vnocoiaie vanoies y They are so good y

Richmond Hontiaent Co.

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It is but a few hours . since the

Christmas bells rang out their message ninety and nine unworthy than that of "Peace on Earth, Good Will to all the one worthy should suffer? Hav Mankind." Hardlv the time. one we not His own word for it? And

Every child should long", would think, to criticise good deedsjwhat are a few paltry dollars, a bed,

to have, and to be a continual "vade ( for if there is one time, more than any ! and motherless, and some more for- j mecum" in his future study,. 1 other, to exercise abounding charity, it i tunate sister's cast off clothes, in com-i

In these books are a wealth of know-' should be in the glad Christmas Time. ! parison with a human soul? Are we

ledge to interest and occupy the boy, j The time of peace is not the time to ! as a city not able .to lose that much

especially in his work shop, under the ! agitate war on charity. Of a truth, ; cheerfully, if it be a loss for a good j

ratters of the attic or down in the ; there is a proper time to wage war on i deed done?

8f fcCIAL HO4.I0AY PKIO&8.

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weather and what a solution is offered to the parent, for spending the rainy days and the winter evenings, satis

factory because pleasantly and profitably, all around. How proud we are of the plate racks the "dinkey" little boxes, and the wonderful match safes and tooth brush holders, our boys" hands have fashion

ed and dedicated chivalrously to us

good deeds, charity we can call it rightful or misplaced, it is charity, for charity goes not hand in hand with close investigation. Charity is a free will offering from-the depths of a loving heart. Charity? What is Charity? Charity Is love! - Love for God and love for jour fellow man. It were better to know what ekarity is, before we criticise it tod freelj. '

If we but closely study the 13th

Giv' your boy the books, the work- chapter of 1st Corinthians, we might bench in a comfortable place, some-! learn much of its true spirit. God's thing to work with and he will do far holy word in that chapter tells us, more than spend the passing hour, j Charity suffereth long and is kind, You are giving him the joy of creating J charity envieth not, and again it bear-

pomeinmg an ms own practical ideas, f eth all things, believeth all. things,;

There can be but one tree, charity, abounding for love for God's poor. Let us give, when we give, freely, ungrudgingly and remember we give not to mankind, but our offerings are to God; for he hath said, "In as much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these, my brethren, ye have done it unto Me." Richmond is a city of beauty, wealth, culture, progress, and, if we have fed and housed one unworthy unfortunate, let us thank God that at least we have not in our careful charity turned away the angel that came unawares. The bells yet echo "Peace on Earth, good will to all mankind."

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