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Show A great many Deople do, sir," said the conductor. "There's, old Judge HERO CONSCIOUS O," Eleanor Skinner and his wife; they are both going-to sit up man telegraphed for a sec tion." ;! i"They were all taken then, sir." Morris Holmes had donned the plain dress of jthe ordinary business man and wore a hideous gray ulster that concealed his elegant personality, and was onvhis way to the mining district, where a mine was located of which he was part owner; not a gold mine, but one that brought In gold a bituminous coal mine, known as the "Little Summit." : f Morris had taken, little or no notice of this branch of his wealth, the management and details being, left to his agent, but when he left Eleanor Lands-ber- g on the occasion of her second and final refusal of his offer of marriage, he suddenly determined to take' a trip to the mining country and try his hand at heroism, lnithe way of imnrnvint.condition of the men who worked In underground chambers, a work to him, the embodiment of hardship and nrlva-tloa Lands-ber- g to-nigh- :'B said, as she crushed the cluster of fresh American Beauty roses ' she held in her clasped with painhands " ful intensity, as if they were somewhat td blame. "I cannot marry you, Morris you are not , my hero." ., do not exist out of novels," er0, Morris Holmes with that per- -' ection that good breeding gives !ect "I cannot fight for my lessor; iai0ve as the mediaeval knights did, . m the wars, in these degenerate ; ' " l DY i3 day -- acquaintance, "if it 'you are ' flow many evils have you' remedied, Answer me that." jforrU? Tew, as yet, I admit. But, Eleanor, j ; i I V ;. .. ,.j . , , . . moment you will with money you can remedy a many evils; without Srtlcally helpless." : himself, and then he thought of Eleanor, and fancied her soothing the troublesome, crying child in the further end of the car, and gaining the confidence of the mean:lookIng parents, who were poor and tired. At the next stopping place he went out to catch a breath of fresh air, and bought a bag of cakes for the baby, an act of generosity that the tired mother appreciated with a smile. He talked with the father and learned their story. Two children left behind with relatives because they jljdear socialist," said Morris with JTiiiat : I certainly am not a hero," he said to lux-Sham- long." familiarity of long In'jisten to reason a i 'I ould riot make a goad soldier, and '' are to lie idle in -- .. iVin me e. the lap of Mrris Holmes! When I I will choose my husband from Jthe ranks of the people; my.hero st do great deeds, not dream them, Mt yoa v - in-'t- ed ... rnfl .j : there arn crHor of nfiane! r dls- need that be waged ars to ie 7ned soldiers. anyimng dui a of society. dler on the silken skirts ?I that because you have a fortune that other men earned - De tt rfvan ' . 1 -- l- t." we'll give him a warmer ' welcome-hou- nds that they all are!" The miners, dirty, black and complaining, had gathered around the foreman, and although they hated him, tney were bound to him by a common ! THE NORMAL GIRLS. STUDIOUS MAIDENS OF A MOUS HIGH SCHOOL. after school hour3. These organizations are not the outcome of the suggestions or the direction of the faculty. , FA- grudge.'. "Tell them to come and get fllled Quaker Clubs for PupilsSpecial Organizations of Bright.,. Young Women with warm lead we'd heat it fur the for Intellectual enjoyment and Im'casion," said a burly, miner known as Ule Geordie." provement Outside of Regular- Classes . come own dassn't "They nigh their property," said another, "they're white- Philadelphia Correspondence. livered cowards, and not worth the HAPPY thought powder to blow 'em to thunder!". prompted the sculp"Go gack to your master, and tell him tor to carve above what his lovin workmen says," said the the archway of the foreman contemptuously, "an get a Philadelphia n o photygraff of 'some of the hungry chil school a bust dren and dyin' mothers, for the family of Minerva. Day by album. My missus will give you hers." day the Men,"; said the stranger, unbutton goddess beckons ing his heavy ulster, and throwing It through the clear open, "have you ever heard of Morris light of the No Holmes?" vember morning' to A groan and a series of yells saluted the of hundreds girls who seek the porhim. and at afternoon, when the stu"Aye, an' of his father afore Mxa, tal; in It's that he might lie soft and eat fine dents, arm in arm, chatting gaily groups of twos and threes, retrace food, that we gets lost in the choke an steps, the chiseled face, bathed in damp. If he sent you, go back and tell their warmer radiance, still smiles upon their him to come out here himself. We hev a long account to settle, an' the Aggers way. Coming or going one marks the is waltln." It was "Old Geordie" who springy step, and the eyes that see the future through spectacles. spoke. Youthful aa undimmed. is yet optimism "I am Morris Holmes! I am here to right your wrongs, but I demand pro 4You who have never looked into the tection at your hands. I demand your faces of these seven hundred girls as one can 9 confidence, and that of your wives and o'clock see them every morning at in room of the the assembly children. I have the right to ask this. For the present that is all I have to Normal School, will still muse On, marveling why the ancients conceived of say." A few cheered him, others remained wisdom as a woman.No school means more to' Philadelsullen and discontented, good news be ing received with caution and sus phia than does the Normal School the crown of an unbroken system of free picion. education which leads from kinderEleanor Landsberg had no word from garten to college and university door. Morris for six months. Then she re Even In America the continent of ceived a paper marked In red ink, which liberty, or, as Emerson defines it, 'Anhad a paragraph that interested her. other word for opportunity" educaIt gave a plain statement of the great tion for women has been accomplished improvement that had taken place in only after hard struggle. It was one the "Little Summit" mine, and went on hundred and fifty years after Harvard to describe the comfortable homes of College was founded before any pro- the miners, the new machinery which had been put into the mines to take the place of child labor, the comfortable stables above ground that had been built for the mules, the improved social condition of the men's families, and ended with a glowing tribute to the noble' energy of the young and ath letic mine owner. Morris Holmes." In a few months she received a second newspaper, published like the first, in a town adjoining the mines, and giving the news of that section of the country. marked paragraph, It also contained awas irregular black but the marking on the borand lines, of jagged pencil, a der was drawn rude hand, pointing tc the notice, and the badly written but legible name, "Old Geordie." Eleanor read in a few intense words the news that had been sent to her. There had been an accident in the mine. The roof of an entire chamber had fallen and buried twenty miners, beneath it. The men wepe rescued with great difficulty, and some of them were badly injured. When all were supposed to have been saved, there was a wailing cry, and the wife of "Old Geordie" struggled from the hands of friends and tried to throw herself into the mine. Morris Holmes, pale and out of for i breath, called for men to go down with vision was madeUiby Massachusetts tllU JJUUUU him to rescue Geordie. No one re- lilt) tjuucaciuix Boston for were in schools established men owed their lives to sponded. The e thirty-fivone and hundred years their families, and they knew the dan- boys to were before "learn admitted So roof. with a girls of Morris, falling ger one look at the blue sky above him, reading and writing for a part of the swung into the cage nand was lowered year." When Mrs. Willard, in 1821, presilence sented to the New York legislature the alone amid an of death. There was not first plan for the higher education of into the bosom much more to tell. When the signal girla proposed. in the United States, she was given there were willing hands very scrupulously stated that she feto help deliver the two men from the iwished to produce no "college-bre- d wreckage, but only one came up alive. males." The annual commencements of our The other had succumbed to the fatal damp. A long panegyric followed, but Girls' High and Normal Schools are as it meant little to Eleanor. Her eyes welcome as the June roses. The Amerirested on four hackneyed can eagle spreads its wings in pardonlines, that closed the story; they would able pride when one after another never leave her: r pretty girl mounts the platform to deliver a graduation thesis. Yet only "For whether on the scaff old high," fifty years ago Lucy Stone was shut out Or in the battle's van, ? the New England College, to which of The fittest place for man to die. her brother was admitted, and, journeyIs where he dies for man." ing to Oberlin, extraordinarily liberal She had found her hero, never aeain in governmental policy for those days, to lose him. He had returned on his when she graduated at the head of her shield. ..' class, she was awarded the honor of a commencement essay, provided she would agree to let a man read it! She GRAINS OF GOLD. didn't! Learning without thought is labor Fifty years ago is a long way off. lost; thought without learning Is peril The world moves ! In Philadelphia to- r-m- al all-wi- se rose-color- - ed - i. - They seem to have developed out of a desire for increased knowledge iwhich the spirit of the school seeks to stimulate. While the societies are, of spontaneous growth the faculty of the school are not unconcerned in their organization. Some of them depend for their of the existence upon the ; teachers. Each of the Normal School Clubs has an individuality of its own, but by right of age and the number of its members the Hobby Club stands first. For simple, unconventional enjoyment the Hoby Club Is unique. It3 name suggests Its purpose. It aims to allow each of its members to air her hobby at least once a year, Is your hobby absurd? Do friends intimate-polit- ely that it is a bore? In the Club It receives respectful seri-- j Hobby ous attention. The flourishing membership allows of no end of hobbies. They canter, they trot, they pace, they gallop and run from light and frivolous volumes of Darwin and Spenser to pon- derous newspaper paragraphs Ion the "new woman." As a rule the meekest-face- d girls scorn any but the most vigorous hobbies; leaving humble confessions of weakness to their apparently strong minded sisters. Students ' who thirst for higher Is about the Club Everything Hobby springs of literary, culture, are many. The Shakesperian society has arisen spontaneously out of the students' own aspirations for these better things. This organization Is made up of devoted Shakesperian1 students, who read and study the plays of the myriad-minde- d dramatist. The' plays are cast with the good readers, each reader being assigned one part.. From time to time the one who presides, who Is Miss Corinne Sickel, the clever daughter of J. F. C. Sickel, assistant superintendent ' of schools, Interrupts the reading, and an animatea discussion ensues uh w ujo interpretation of the text. Miss Jean McGrath, is the leading spirit in the' organization of the society, and haageneral managerial charge of the castion ; : , ; " i -- ing of the plays, a work which requires tact and taste. The organization Is Very successful, both on the literary and social side, and promises to be a great agency for culture in the school. The vfeSf JL a i v HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF MORRIS HOLMES 1 tault tnat my father left me this -- ciief Listen, dearest. I may callmy . i Lucy , ' . i were! too poor to take them alotfg, but LliXU IU piUlUlBC Ul VT Ul ii. WUCIO Why not help me to be- they jwere going, and then they would e tWa almoner? At least I am' not he did riot let his left hand know what :'T, Wigate." his rignt was aoing, uut a uo a.uvw Tardon me," returned the young that thd children followed their parents the heart from a rcse--- a farniance which made the. sensitive H XC W wccno- law, Morris prepared for a night of vigils, rris wince "I think you are profll-i- e tion fpll Into a sound sleen curled tm with time and influence, and all a! corner of the car seat, and when good things which you waste by in r tllcc Wishing them on yourself. How will he awakened it was eariy morningi A j more desolate place than that in 'i account for wasted opportunities, line e talents folded in a napkin, when iro : day of located would be hard , to describe. The reckoning comes?" aUir Sie wa3 pourea weaun inio me coi-f- a very handsome, very attrac-- 9 minerrthat was conducted , by- illr itVrf nwnera w ia her womanhood,1 -- O JAAa-strong young fatand as al wf Ronibbv-f bova was a'reformer, the fad of the hour. dlUy DVUUVU 'mpn The mules. foreman, tat would you have me do to prove half blind course: of low Jsslf a hero?" asked Morris Holmes bmialized by a long and sordid ;sura gently patronizing air, as if he wages, iheavy expenses word and a blow been which roundings. It was amore 4; speaking to a child, and demoralizing ' with him, or an oath r r.' plated Eleanor. : a When stranger appearedblows.: She with withering than repeated tir: rOr.oT0H sullen and suswith t. mi "do woo xie world to the show anything more than half a man and at least capable picious silence, being jtfaare the bread out wanting ' ging your own affairs. Lifa is suspected ofmouth. ml Morris was shocked & hstmctions, but you have never some other or nimsen ujr one of its lessons. You have almost out of recognition id f .."f1 of Rtate things, for he I.U1J3 UUCAilcvv- vveJea been a profitable dreamer." to nasatvelv blame, ne vstweTf ?aa intense and angry, and at last on the should could riot lay the odium aroused.. u Ic3 fca?e of !this agent, for ne naa never ers one me lesson, taught miacHnn concerning the mine, that I shall not forget I hope welfare of the 3 you find your hero he will love or the moral or physical revenue from s truly as I have done as I will men. :j He had taken the f Ma natrimonr. indifferent Ir you do not orl)ld me' i. :7 r,S t0 He had been helping good bv.- Wfl nart friends. as' to methods. to grind women and children into the ;t'" ' loll in luxury. .His 3 she answered him Eleanor dust, that he mighthim with reproaches stung E0 doInS V 1 dropped th fiow-"a- 1 conscience were which inadequate io been boldlng. : Morris j them up- - when iQStantly suffer as he deserved. ra MEick said to had he fripn'd." tcr arnall. imperative foot ; scowl, to floor. the foreman, and noted the uglj with them the cruslllng 51 at her shocked and wounded. and determined air of refusal 19 how hopeless it is that you which the man drew . ,.'V -- '..e,'tr whUfl M vours: and how understand me," she said . uu nave more consideration do I know that you are my friend, was r, Un mitIv rPtllV. r .7, "aouse weeds than for the 'u around you. You hurt "I am here to see what you need and cie by your indifference to , if you wm you will help 0n3 ... : but you are sorry for swered Morri3 geuuijr. Good by, Morris!" , . nxrraeer. . ' ' illke enough A. Buy ul or, out sooner get you The ot 0 '1 for your health. I :.on better the ,..f I must have a berthJZ all night," and Morris the! Woomln' mine him taint tell an" baek at the thought of such bere, go 5. once. so - vro-teari- ng - ; "-- ff i j .a ' VTA. ! -- - : : ; ;;r, -- ; .. V' va-v- , J. t; : , i , come spy in' rouir. i'- - 1 oft-quot- ed, ous. hundred students atday twenty-thre- e Christianity Is not a new system of tend the Girls' High School and in the theological reasoning, nor new assort- - beautiful building dedicated to Philametn of phraseology, nor' a new circle delphia's professional school for the of acquaintances, nor even a new line of training of .young women in teaching meditation but a new life; 725 more names are enrolled. The trouble with a good many men Every phase of tne life of a large is" that they spend, so much time admir school is Interesting. It has been well ing their own ability that they don't let said, however, that the character and other people have a chance to see that influence of a school may be pretty, accurately determined by the number and they have any ability to admire. The man who; has begun to, live and character of the independent organiza work by artificial stimulant never tions of the students which grow out of knows where he stands and can never the wonc or tne play or tne scnooi. ii count upon himself with any certainty. the atmosphere of the school is stimuHe takes into his castle a servant who lating and the teachers inspiring the becomes the most tyrannical of master. students catch the infection 'and supwork of the class room There be many who mourn the want plement the of special organizations. , In of opportunity, and yet endeavor to con with that schools form to the disposition of their Master, many professional or social gain, Intellectual from apart and to carry themselves wisely and ; , : self-intere- st, when well, who will wake up of the all- they stand in the presence sweet: revealing Eye, with, see surprise and how. much adoring gratitude, to more their life! meant than they them selves thought. Free Silver Knight. All are born alike in this that they have to begin and find out the ways of life. The equipments and means by which men may learn these ways are better in some than in others; but all have to learnall are obliged to gather experience for themselves; and although the experience of parents can as they are unguard children so long der their authority, and although they may influence them very powerfully, it ia not possible for any parent to transmit the whole of his experience to his children. by-and-- by, j i demands such organization of students.! Clubs, quizzes and societies are a familiar adjunct of medical and Often the pure love of learning born of contact with the school whose spirit Is Intellectually jstimulat-in- g law-schools- . determines the number and character of the students organizations, or simply affection for the placej that intangible something that makes the students love to linger about its halls and delight In pleasant memories which are apparently aroused by the rooms themselves. Of the seven hundred and twenty- five students who daily attend the Nor-- .. aaal School one-hal- f, perhaps, are memof various bers organizations, which hold their meetings in the building r . class meets each Monday afternoon. The tale is toM in the Hobby cluh how one day the tall figure of the principal of the school appeared in the doorway. The students set him in the midst of them. Then they tried to guess his hobby. They guessed long and they guessed frankly everything Is bon camarade between principal and stu dents. One said , "English," another "Neckties." It will be no violation of the secrets of the Hobby club to divulge the right answer, Mr. Cliff freely confesses that his supreme hobby is to make the Normal school a power, in th civic life of Philadelphia and 725 girls it are trying their best to help him ride ' , to success! Rose Thorn. , awe-stricke- ot Somewhat the same character of an organization is the class under the di rection of the teachers of physical cul- ture, which meets each Wednesday in, the gymnasium.. These are the special students who aspire to become leaders of divisions of their own classes, so that they may have charge of the work and instruct their classmates. They are' practically being tjained for offlcer-ship- s; to become, In fact, first lieutenants of the teachers of physical culture, who are glad to find helpers among the students themselves. This is a voluntary work; as interesting as it is enjoyable. The students who join this class are strong and vigorous. It is a pleasant sight to witness them going through this special athletic training. Some have become expert In very difil-cu- lt exercises and' beside any of them the young lady of the old social novel whose smelling bottle was the most Important belonging of her outfit no longer exists. She has vanished with the "salt tears" and the "crystal tears" of the poet's ideal. Athletics have no little to. do with the growing self reliance in women. The work which the girls of the Normal school do will, for grace. agility and daring, astonish those who think athletics are the prerogatives of v the masculine part of creation. JmmH jK.ru JIM Stitr . I unique even the manner of conducting the exercises. Before the particular hobbyist announced on the program speaks each member of the society is required to name the particular hobby which she thinks best suited to the speaker. The guesses set the meeting in a glow of geniality, and that they frequently fall short of the right answer adds all the more to the merriment. The officers of the Hobby Club are Miss Blanche Levi, president; Miss Carol Massman and Miss Sue Stuart, vice presidents; Miss Helen G. Lovett, secretary and treasurer. Upon these slight shoulders rest the responsibilities and trusts of this hovel organization, whose delightful meetings are among the brightest pages in Normal School annals. In one of the finely equipped laboratories, which to every visitor are a delightful and inspiring revelation of the educational advantages which lie within the reach of the women of one comes upon the serious and dignified special physics and chemistry class. This organization, which meets each Tuesday and Thursday, is composed of students who, desiring to pursue these studies beyond the limit prescribed by the school curriculum, have persuaded Prof. Skidmore, who directs the department, to give them more of his special subjects. Prof; Skidmore's long experience with girl students has made him wise and he has cheerfully given them the freedom of the laboratories. Among them is the right to use the fine apparatus which the professor himself employes in demonstration, and which has, up to the present time; been limited to his use. The man who thinks that girls are not so fond of research as men and lessenthusiastic as scientists, should visit this class of busy special workers enthusiastically purof their suing under the guidance are bewhich teachers investigations to inyond those generally supposed terest young women. The class has not it necessary to have officers. - ; to-da- . - y, Longevity Stories Told in Georgia. Two remarkable casea of longevity were recalled recently by a conversa- tion between several gentlemen in Athens, Ga. They were discussing the death of the Rev. George McCall, the veteran Baptist preacher, when it was authentically stated that Mr. McCall's lived to the ripe old was a bachelor, at 127 He years. age of a 100 and took notion to get married. He carried out his idea and was married. Three sons were born to him, and he lived to see the oldest son old enough to vote. This was considered remarkable, but a gentleman in the crowd whose char-cflTI el txxu QYA CA AXX. XkLJL otdnHnff Mill CtUCd Dtauuiug) WXX3 XV cially, are above reproach, told an authentic account of the life of his great-uncl-e, who was one of Georgia's pioneer citizens. The old gentleman lived to be 130 years old. He lived in a log cabin, in the northern end of which was cut a square hole. The old man turned the head of his bed to that hole and slept that way in the warmest and .coldest weather. His wife died when he was about 90 years old, and for many years he lived as a widower. At the age of 115 he cut a new set of teeth and at the age of 123 one morning he saddled his own horse, sprang Into the saddle and rode thirty miles to address a widow and ask her to be his wife. He was evidently rejected, for he rode .back that day and lived seven years longer. Atlanta Constitution. great-grandfath- er ? XT t X -- Beginning life Over. Christ's Invitation to the weary: and heavy laden is a call to begin life over a new principle. "Watch agan upon of doing , things," he says; my way "follow me; take life as I take it; be meek and. lowly and you will find, rest." Henry Drum mo nd. |
