THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMS BURG, WA.
(i
HIM
The American and Continental
Ideas Far Apart
SOME GERAAN VIEW'S
Breaking Awny From Accepted
lioundiirlp Ahvny Itognrdod Ask
ance on Both Skies of the Ocean
Thoughts Suggested ly Xow Ycur's
Occurrences in New York.
The Incoming of 1908 was marked
In New York by one Incident which
' e city at large and women In ar
: .-ular viewed with widely varying
(.'clings. For It was on New Year's
.e tnat for the first time certain
n.-taurants remitted women to
t-'jioki la public.
For a long while we have been told
that, little by lltt ns our women
traveled more extensively, or re
turned from residence abroad, we
should find ways and manners of
freer foreign social life creeping In
to evei conservative American cir
cles. Wiseacres shook their heads.
Piirltai, consciences were stirred and
uttered timely warning. The up
lifted finger spoke of disapproval.
It Is an interesting question, this
matter of the tendency toward the
breaking dowu of Inherited tradi
tions and Ions honored conventions.
Who Is ready to say that they are
conventions more honored In the
breach than the observance? On
the whole It Is possible to aftlrm
definitely what attitude the women
. whr stand for common sense and
hlsh Ideals, are takin? to-day toward
n-anv new Hons Imported from for
eign shores?
Whatever I say and whatever I do
Aunt Tabitha'U say that she never
did so."
And so one Is forced to conclude,
like 'ha same perplexed girl, "What
a wonder Aunt Tabitha's aunt must
have been, and her great-aunt!" Un
qualified disapproval of everything
novel was the dictum of generations
gone. "We never did so," settled
any vexed question, and effectually
blocked the way to changes In so
cial forms.
Impossible as It Is, to arrive at re
sults that can be tabulated after the
fashion of modern psychology charts,
It is Interesting to watch, the Amer
ican woman in any situation which
Involves the breaking down of bar
riers. Two women, after six weeks of
"Ireland cathedral towns and the
district principally found
Mselves the guest of an artist and
wife, themselves Americans, at
i outdoor cafe on the Boulevard
ntparnatso. Interesting looking
. Vsts, students from all quarters of
the slobe, bearded Russians, swarthy
Poles, slim Japanese, and globe-trotting
Americans, were the patrons.
There was an absence of restraint, a
freedom of camaraderie, the manners
and tune of the Latin quarter In evi
dence fn every hand.
There would have been a time
wrien the same type of American
woman would hav left, hastily, for
these two represented the conserva
tive element of modern femenlnlty.
The women of the present, however,
watched with a critical Interest, lis
tened as certain stories relative to
those at the tables were told by their
host and hostess, and left after three
hours of observation with anotherplc
ture to adc to their rapidly growing
allery of European scenes. The
toaln feature evident In their pres
ence, was willingness to observe, an
In elligent appreciation of differ
ences ot conduct, but no yielding of
their own Ideas of propriety.
On a comment, made after two years'
residence In Germany, by a keen
wetted American girl, was: "The
majority of German women I knew
were of the j-upfrau type. They
ranged socially from professors'
wives to the daughters of lesser of
ficial?, or girls of the army circle. To
those girls I was the unconventional
American of whom they had read. I
attended theatres and dances unchap
eroned; I walked on the streets or
lunched at the restaurants with men
blends, or, worse still, went alone
to erncerta.
"Between the girls and women,
with all their attention devoted to
the Kaiser's four k's, and the women
who .-ere not admitted to desirable
circles there seemed to be no mean.
Ton were one or the other. . The ex
istence of a well defined class of wom
en, who were not primarily house
wives, nor the antithesis of these,
was not even recognized."
Left to their own devices, the av
erage woman does not find conven
tions really irksome. Freedom to
follow ber own sweet will In matters
social la not the most sought-after
thing. In the main, woman is a
convention being. She loves to do
the correct thing, the thing counte
nanced by tho majority, the thing to
fee defended on the score of respecta
ble ancestry. When old-time Ideas
are laid aside, there has been some
Influence at work, to the will ot
which she bows.
i Wires in the Sudan.
Telegraphic communication is be
Iftg rapidly opened up along the 8u
dx.n part of the "Cape-to-Calro"
stun railway route. Khartum has di
rect connection with Egypt There
arr now more than 4,000 miles of
tales aph working wires In the Su
dan, and last year more than ISO, 000
private telegrams were sent over
'.hem
uiiniB
1 I 1 11
He is a Familiar Figure to the
"Man in the Street"
POWERS LITTLE KNOWN
iw VAy lisclf I Takes Pre
ceticiHp of Kvorjr Subject of tho
Kln I'llnces of the Itojal Wood
Xi.t Kcci:ed K.vjKctcd to Spend
Mere' Than His Salary.
Tho Lord Mayor of the City of
l.fT.ilon I) a familiar figure to the
"i; In the ftrcet." but of his real
..)ci-s and privileges and tho hls
t ..: nf his ancient office very little
!s known to the average Londoner.
How many, for Instance, nre aware of
tl.t fact that within tho city itself he
t-.rj, precedence of every subject of
King princes of the royal blood
t-.ot even excepted?
His princely emolument of 10.000
a .war and "lordly pleasure house,"
; ivvlJed a3 his official residence by
;Ve corporation, are fitting aconipa
n.'.entn to the state he la called up
'. to maintain. The sum In ques
'.: ::. although considerable. Is nl
a;s vi ry Much less than he Is ex
to spend during his year. The
i':;y of of.lce alone Lord May
r.; l .-.v v. ith its "Show" and ban
i .i. t l:, t' evening costs something
'v.ex.i f.nr and five thouoS'.nJ
;fvi!! is. oiis'-half of which is borne
. y i and the rott equally by his
:w sheriffs.
;:; p;vat rational disaster in
or any other land finds in him
t: - !-i :! and willing public receiver
r'.r.'cr.cr of the world's charity,
h.' .:;'.:ision House Fund being Just
Ty r .'ii.iv. ne.l for their munificence
:.:.! promptitude with which they
i .!'. vie. 1 and applied.
., p ".Wic duties are innumerable.
He .s chr.irnian of the periodical
:iveM:"..:s of the Co.urts of Aldermen
r.nd or.ion Council, presides over the
Li wry in Common Hall and every
other great meeting of citizens In the
-.indent Guildhall. These meetings
during the South African war fever
were frequent and, uproarious. He Is
ex-officlo member of many of the
.'nrpiration's committees, although
.ttvn lance of these is not looked for
: any oNtent during his mayoralty.
At corporations, by Immemorial
:irano. he acts as Cup-bearer or Chief
iv. tler. He la Chief Magistrate in
'..e city. Coroner of London, trustee
jf St Paul's Cathedral and chairman
:)f H'.s Majesty's Commission of
L'e.it.vaney, to which body he alone
!.: n the highly prized right of nomi
nating to fill vacancies thereon.
i'u"h old-world privileges ns the
right to go a-hunting in Epping For
; and to proceed In glorious pag
eant upon the Uiver Thames have
MM: Uu he is stiil Admiral of the
v,i of London and ex-officio chair-
;;. ti of the Thames Conservancy, a
'::! t however, which 13 now never
eia'n-.ed.
The Lord Mayor only recognizes
:r.r greater than himself In his own
1. r.nin the Monarch. Him he
r.eets on royal visits to the city at
rV:'.;p!e Tar or Ilolborn Bars, and
!:;'. up to him his emblem of civic
sovereignty the sword which be
ing duly returned, he bears in front
of the royal procession until the city's
oi:rdaries are again reached.
No troops may enter the city's
-:q'.;are mile,, save by his leave first
iMained, and by day or night he may
;::im admission through the gates of
the "ower of London, the password
tie'.r.? duly furnished to him from
tlir.e 'i time by his Sovereign.
Not ftily In the matter of emol t
r.ivr.ts and residence are his sur
roundings magnificent. There Is his
coach, a wonderful equipage built in
1 7." 7. weighing nearly four tons,
with exquisitely painted panels and
.o gilded and regutlded as to earn
f.-i it the sobriquet of "the ginger
bread coach." as distinct from the
nre modest though very handsome
veil'.-1) used on ordinary occasions.
The oach was built by a contribution
of IWI a head from the Aldermen
v. 'ho had not served as Mayor, and Is
r.r.w seldom Been save In the civic
i."o."s3lon of to-day.
!Ls chains and Insignia are all
worthy of note. The badges of roy
i are attached to his office; the
v.-ord and mace are carried before
him on state occasions and he wears
the eollar and Jewel conferred upon
r.r.u as a mark of royal favor. His
"ha in, which Is five feet long, consists
t a series of gold S links (hence
called the S3 chain), the Jewel being
ms; ended by a ring of diamonds.
There are several swords attached
to the office, one being the magnifi
cent anu unique "Pearl" sword pre
sented by Queen Elizabeth In 1671 on
".wiling the Royal Exchange. This,
however. Is seldom seen, being Car
rie 1 only at great national functions.
Another Is the black sword, borne on
l.e death of any member of the royal
:Ily. On these occasions It Is the
i.od Mayor's duty to direct the toll
ing of the great bell of St. Paul's. A
sword always reposes on the table at
the. corporation's great fortnightly
meetings at Guildhall and by order
ing Its removal the Lord Mayor can
summarily and automatically end the
t'Jilns a course not often adopted
rovp.days, though In more stormy
'm i It was frequently resorted to.
Ai recently stated by the retiring
i.ord Mayor, Sir William Treloar, the
rr. 1 to this high an?, ancient office,
- a ''Miff and difficult one, and prob
r' ' ;r.!q". In the number of times
-v !rr.nt has to nubmlt himself
fwf r'"-tinn before he reaches It.
Of Interest
to Women
A Woman's "GymM Chib Alb!e!ic
Organization a Success in Kanxai
City Has Thirty Classes in Which
Nearly Two Bl.-..cJ Won u Take
Lesson From Fhys'cai Lircctcrj. S
When the Idea of having an athletic
club for women was mentioned a ycr
ago no one supposed that such an in
stitution would amount ,i much. An
other fad. some said; a society s:'he:;ie
that won't last was the opinion or
others.
But the club was organized the
Kansas City Women's Athletic Club
and now, or auy night. yo;i may see
from twenty-five to thirty wo.iien in
the gymnasium In the O .wn '. lih'lns,
on Walnut street if you haw the'
great privilege. Thirty classe;! a wielt.
nearly 200 women, one ha'.f the mem
bership, and others waiting N. fad
about that sort of work. It went on
all summer and fall, right up to the
Christmas season, when all exercise
except shopping teas s.
The club has been a success from
the start, Mefore a month had past ed
It had outgrown Its home in the Owen
building, and Mrs. Viola U.ile McMur
ray, the founder, was hustling around
looking Cor a larger pi. ice; a second
physical director was employed; th'
tea room couldn't acco nino hue half
Its customers; the wot.un Ju.it natur
ally dropped into the real club at
mosphere ns If they'd been waiting
yeirs for It. took to the club life in
a hurry, the sort with showers and
Indian clubs and drills and dances,
the better to fit them for the other
kind where Emerson and drowning,
and Keats, and all that sort of tint":
Is the rule. When It c::-:o to c::e;iv
lng they were ahead ' the :ren C.v
long odds, and they ;.:: to it w;ia
a regularity that ir,nt;e soi.ie oiii-ti.iirf
athletic club members gi.p.e in won
der. The club has proved to te a fine
thing for business women, of who..i
there are many In Kansas City wo.ii
en who employ others in public
stenography, who own stores, and re
In a money way quite Independent
Night after niEht they ticop up to Hie
"gym," put on the looseiy-littir.g in
coming bloomer, ar.d bio ..se uniforms,
the piano is opened, the director gives
the signal, and the c-xercice begins.
Nothing more graceful could "be imag
ined. Sometimes dances are taught,
not for the dance Itself, but for the
grace It gives to actions. Then, after
the showers and a few minutes' rest
in the reading room or In the music
room where there is another piano,
the classes go home to sleep that
comes to few who miss such exercise,
Kansas City Star.
THE STORMY PETREL.
Ey Winifred Black.
"I don't know whether the Stormy
Petrel files because there is going to
be a storm or whether there is a
storm because the Stormy Petrel
flies," said an old fisherman to me
one day. "I wish I could figure It
out"
I have been wondering whether a
certain woman I know makes trouble
wherever she goes, or whether she
has the strange faculty of finding out
all the trouble there is wherever she
does go.
I call her the Stormy Petrel. She
has been a Stormy Petrel ever since I
knew her.
When she was a little girl in Sun
day School, you could always tell
which one of the girls in the class
was "mad at teacher." The Stormy
Petrel was always very Intimate with
her. When the little girl who was
"mad at teacher" got into a better
humor, the Stormy Petrel's friendship
cooled, and she found some one else
with whom to "sympathize."
When she went to boarding school,
all you had to do to know which one
of the girls had a quarrel with some
other girl was to watch the Stormy
Petrel. She 'was :.lways the bosom
friend of one of the bitter-hearted ene
mies. The Stormy Petrel is a grown won
in now, a club woman and a society
woman. I met her down town shop
ping with a certain well-known club'
woman the other day. "Look out, my
friend," I thought! when I looked at
the club woman. "There Is going to
be a storm somewnere In your vicin
ity." Two days afterward I heard that
the woman I saw with the Stormy
Petrel was going to resign from her
club.
Whenever the society woman Is
fcaving a row about some one she
Uidn't Invite or some one who didn't
Invite her, there Is the Stormy Petrel
tight in the midst of all the excite
tnent I wonder if she does It on purpose,
or if she cannot help it. Whichever It
Is, I know one thing if I should see
the Stormy Petrel beginning to fly In
my direction, I would take the first
east wind to foreign parts.
To Restore Discolored Enamel.
Dissolve the contents of one smal
box of chloride of lime and one ma$
package of baking soda in a tubful
of water. Let your enamelware stand
in same over night, thoroughly rinse
and dry. It will look like new.
Mrs. Aitor Wears Genuine Turban.
Mrs. Waldorf Astor trying to In
troduce a new fashion In England and
also Is making efforts to have ber old
time American friends take It up. It
is in the shape of a genuine turtaa
bat
ScIeclionG
cr.i..L r ,i u t'..Z'-ii i." i. li i r.
r.ict Tti! frcr.l - . '.
A o',;.-. ce -p e r .', a 'TV
c. jc ar.d v ero i..,., i . p .i
v'.o"i fis a brh'.r.l pr.ir. t. .;. v e;i
rr-:r.r.l;:tb'y t or. c-.l ' t.;.l l c
l.t.ve.l v iih such imci f-.o'd t! :.t t'.-.o
c.'.o," pas; p'vT'.ta l-cs;:n to dr.tt:. .;. s
ti e dooton He-ahl.
As the train ficvrd c;. the y.'.'.tt
nan ro?e to trl:o r' V.i.i cc." .t 1
a rhnwer oi rh e foil o ;t. T '.e
cnrTer3 s-n!led bfv.d'y.
Itut even tl.at did r.ot r..'.Vrt
!.;!, who niio str.i'.cd. cr.il. t.ifiii. i
to "hi;-, pttrtrer. rc.r. iV.ei c-.:-K''y: -"i"y
.love. Mr.;.-! I've rte.'.etl the L. ..'.o-
! cvccivt'a overcoat;"
A V.'arr.;.-; f, ::-.i CI.;-..t.
Tr.vrrtr.-r.! 'cti i
Chir.a by Mr. I ;..i.h ::. : . ., .
Vr.'tfd 5?'.:tca Pu:c.:r, . l'h.nt ; .
try afTord a rl .i in -. . o: ..
' --tractive e.Tects .;' '.'.. !'. . .. i
of nountnin.-j. r.;-.n,J re.- v. v. ;,
Te v ceni:ries r;"" we. . ' , .
rre.-t fertile cu 11. o ; '. :,., i ., v' '
roimtry reser.-b'.!r.r; a ;; u'rx. re
o. -npied Vy l-.-;ra . '.
v si nd r.nd .v.v.. !-eo : . '
In their (i;:yj of p:o. . : ..
g:;;ns were thirh!" ve.'.'--'.'. V .- -. i ;
tains being covered to t'. vh . n: i.. . -n
Tho Hun Ho Uiver, nice a (;;. ti .'
gabto 8 treat;!. Is no v or.'y a !:.. 1.
sani'y bed, thront.-h wh;eh c-t.i: :re
rhallnw, rapid current.', i.e. enr ; nn
navigable. But r. round red t.-ttv
pics, where the native vcgete.tien V.n
1 cm n'lowed to re-ir.'n, e1 ,'.'
t'.e npler.dltl fcrerdj ! rr.-lt t:t :y?.
r.: o yet to be r.e:.s. T're.-lde i .
volt, in a recent rie.-ip. caih-.l ;h?
attention of Congrcis to thi3 warninj
from China.
IMustrr.iicn of "orm.
James Ten Eye'.;, oarsiran ml
coach, discussing rowing or.o day U
the Syracuse Ilenld ofMce, said suc
cess depended on form. Ho exphune I
what he meant by form. Thea. by
vay of Illustration, he added:
"Hveryth'.r.g, eve: ything. goes b
form. Thus, out West in the old day..
It was the essence of form to be 'in
formal. My father used to toll abou:
a 'squire who would marry tho youn.;
co-jpics that came to him in some suc'i
form as this:
"'Bin. do ye take this gal whos i
hand yc-'re a-squcezin' to te ycr law
ful wife, in flush times an' in skimpi'
"'Mame, do ye take this cuss ye'v
Jlced fiets with to bo yer pard throug'l
thick and thin?'
"Yer right, for once old man.'
" 'All right, then. Kiss In court, r.i'
I reckon ye'er married as tight as th j
law can jine ye. I guess four blts':i
do. Bill. If I don't have to kiss th i
bride. If I do, it's six bits extrv.' "
Marjorie's Remark.
Marjorie, aged four years, has a for
terrier. In the welfare of which shj
takes great interest. Said fox-tcrricr
wears the customary collar an I
license, and Marjorio understands thi
Importance of these perfectly well.
The other evening a young wor.ai
came to dine at the house of thj
small girl. She wore around her
throat what was possibly a souvc-air
of some Eentimental nature, a tier
chain, frora which depended a goU
hertrt
"Dear me," said Marjorie when ttj
g-jpsts had assembled iu the drawing
room, and she was bidding them ,oo..
night before going to tho nurrery fcr
her supper. "Dear me, taainnia. Misi
Smith has on her license, hasn't she f
Why are Fido and Mi3s Smith tl.
only ones who have on licenses?"
And then she was hustled off run
marily to darkest retirement and !.I!ti
Smith, tag and all. went out to d;nr.e .
It Came at Last.
Few letters have remained so lcr. j
in the keeping of the post office aj
one which has now safely reached til
destination after a lapse of twenty
nine years. On Christmas day. 1S7?,
the document was posted at Swindon,
addressed to a young lady who resid
ed In Charnham street, Ilungerforc.
A day or two ago It was delivered t
a lady at Newbury, having occupied
quarter of a century plus four year
In transit. The delay was caused by
the missive falling behind some wood
work at the Swindon office, where It
lay unnoticed until certain alterations
In the building brought it to light It
was then sent on to Hungerford,
where there happened to be a post
mati who knew the lady to whom th
letter was addressed. Hence the de
livery to the rightful owner. In spiti
of the fact that she had changed her
name three times since the envelop i
was Inscribed.
Automobile's Odd Feat.
A chauffeur in Kansia City was uii
able recently to stop his car when bs
took It in nt the rear door of a gar
age in Broadway in that city. The ma
chine went straight through the gar
age and plunged through a largs
plate glass window facing the street
and stopped with the front half of tha
machine on the sidewalk and the rer
hn'f Inside the parage, says the CU
Louis Popt-D!rTvch.
John Davis., fi chauffeur, . n
the front nest of the motor cs- wh.n
ft went thro"ir' te gla". J -
unhurt end rf- iw vr r'.'' 9
ltOTpeil ho r,T:t f:"' on ?-- ;
TV, ' . '. ''
lie 1 ...j.. - r. ' r v 1.
sands s.i it
'5 'o ,y.
Emm
Tho Kind Yon Have Always
iu so for over HO years,
and
fflJ1', sonal supervision since Its Infancy.
l-&CcUAZ Allow no one to deer! vo von in Ma
All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-ns-ffootl" are hut
Experiments that trlllo with nndendanper tho health of
Infants and Children Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTORIA
Castoria Is n harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. I
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Nareotlo.
substance. Its ago is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Fcvcrislmess. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates tho Food, regulates tho
Stomach and llowcls, giving healthy and natural (deep
Tho Children's PanaceaThe mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears the
1p . yF7-AJ-
The KM You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
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THE COLUMBIAN Bloomsburp, Pa.
When a horse picks up a nail in his
foot what does the driver do? Does lie
whiD the llnmi
. force I im along? Not uiileM he wants
I tn rut 11 1 1... 1. t . . 1 .
lauieiiefcshejumpsdowii, examines the
foot ami carefully removes the cause of
the laiuenew. Wliat is called -weak
stomach" is like the lnmeuess of the
hon,e, only to be cured by removing
the cause of the trouble. If" you Htiiiin
late the stomach with "wliinky mcdi
ciues" you keep it going, hut every
day the condition is growing worse. A
few dunes sometimes of l)r. l'ierce's
Ooldeu Medical Discovery will put the
disordered stomach and its allied or
gans of digestion and nutrition in
perfect con.iition. Ninety-eight times
in every hundred "Go'deu Medical
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ments originating in disease of the
stomach. It always helps. It almost
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Dr. Pierce's Pleasant PelleU. They're
sure.
..T:?x,:er.k'nce win knieh a man lots
if it doesn't worry him to death.
CASTORIA
For Infanti and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Sign&tvc of
n
Bought, nnl which lias heen
lias borne tho signature of
has been made mulcr hist imt-.
Signature of
Great
FAI
The first widow of a decedent
without issue to take advantage ot
j the recent act of Assembly which
: allows the widow, in addition to
! the $300 widow's exemption here
tofore allowed, the firit $5000 of
! her husband's estate, and of the
balance her dower as heretofore,
was the widow of James C. Ander
son, deceased, of York county, who
Monday filed a paper claiming all
of the balance of her husband's
estate, after the $300 widow's
exemption, it amounting to less
than $5000.
Kly's C'keam lUi.Mhas been tried
and not foi nd wanting in thousands
or homes.all over the country. It Ims
won a place in the family medicine
closet among the reliable household
remedies, where it is kept at hand for
use in treating cold iu the head just as
soon as some member of ;the household
begins the preliminary sneezing or
snuffling. It gives iinm.-diate relief
and a day or two's treatment will put
a stop to a cold which might, if not
cheeked, heeomo chronic and run into
a bajl ease of catarrh.
TrtBpm liotices.
Card signs ' No Trespassing" lor
sale at this office. They are print
ed in accordance with the late act
of 1903. Price 5 cents each, tf