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THE RICE BELT JOURNAL
WELSH PTG. CO., LTD., Pubs.
WELSH. LOUISIANA
After all, icebergs are not half as
dangerous as automobiles.
The rattle of the lawn mower trg
makes life merry in the suburbs.
The male mosquito does not bite
anyone. He gives precedence to the
lady.
"W'onnen first" should be the rule In
the street cars as weli as on the
liners.
Much poetry will have to be rewrit
ten if the 24-hour clock is to come into
general use.
An Indiana farmer is planning to
sow his oats by aeroplane. Wild oats,
presumably.
No, Belinda, it is not from econom
tical motives that statesmen strive to
save the party.
A New York utjlor says motoring
enlarges the chest, ut he does not
mean the money chest.
It takes more than a muere court de
cision to disturb the steadly clicking
of the faithful gas meter.
An American woman piloted the
first airship across th, English chan
nel-the first one by a woman. 1
A Connecticut youth has played the t
piano continuouisly for C, hours, which t
gives the endurance record to his
neighbors. r
A Chicago woman is seeking divorce E
because of her husband's fondness for
onions. Sour pigs' feet are, however,
worse still. t
_ - t
Charles Frohman, who is in a po- I
sition to know, would have us believe
that tall chorus girls have run short I
of popularity. i
A doctor says that card playing
stupefies the mind. Evidently the doc- 1
tor neve- sat in a game with two good
poker players.
A Chicago judge has ruled that a
man is not competent to help select
his wife's gowns. Hooking them is
man's specialty.
A man who was once a railroad
president is now a beggar in New
York. Couldn't he get a job as a
palace car porter?
While the unsinkable ship gets
them once in awhile, the revolver that
was not loaded adds steadily to the
mortuary statistics.
An inventor has produced an ap
paratus for broiling 700 steaks in six
minutes. It is, however, useless un
less one ,can dynamite a bank safe.
A bird in New York robbed a wom
an -f her feather torn from her hat
by the wind. If ever' there was a case
of retributive justice, this was one.
A Chicago citizen has been arrested
P for dancing on the street in a costume
consisting of nothing but a hat. C~hi
cago policemen never did care for
classic dancing.
An Ohio farmer is said to have re
covered from an attack of blindness
when two of his teeth were extracted,
but it probably was the dentist's bill
that opened his eyes.
An aviator claims that he was
forced to descend by an attack of sea
gulls, but if he had been a real dyed
in the wool nature faker he would
have made it flying fish.
The spring robin is shot down south
and frozen to death up north. His
life is short and full of trouble.
The cotton manufacturers still cling
to the idea exemplified in that sugges
tion of boosting the market by getting
Chinese to lengthen their shirts. Now
they want women to widen their
skirts.
The Englishman who had a walking
stick made of the love letters he had
received during his courtship possibly
would be peeved if the young woman
borrowed it and wore it out over his
shoulders.
A New York court holds that a man
with an income of $160,000 a year Is
not in affluent circumstances. At the
same time, he is able to buy a square
meal occasionally, and hand the waiter
a modest tip.
4 New Jersey woman got a verdict
from a sympathetic jury against an
ungallant man who called her "an old
maid." It is necessary to impress the
tact that old maids in these feminist
times are as extinct as the dodo.
The tailor who has discovered that
automobiling enlarges the 'chest evi
dently forgot to measure the head.
The reason why a ship is called
. she" appears to be because the ship
is always alleged to be "the last word
in naval construction" and never turns
out to be.
A New York couple waited eight
years before they were joined in the
holy and everlastfng bonds of wed
lock. Plenty of time to think about
the fatal step.
is, 4., es fo iieyd a g dit h
(v
N some ways "the dwellings. introduced to all the house
playground of lo- hold oods, especially-if one is
and is quite a d Aerican or an amateur antiuari
name for the islands it old clock or cradle,
e of the Zuider Ze-e. tom %-(hi(h the owner voks neoer to
tsThe s a In o: rt. But 1e yields so redily tot
trees, the blhl persiasinif 1;(t p tioeraps uoe ( iu nut
/wvhit, cuWc: tie natty,~ .4' l(isl-- htliiasiit. li'~t
- white\Ctron)g hr1' in thiiking that shL sol
andtit he's, mihte naces herself for the loss with a little
w'oodeI houses, mig'ht ý. expdiio to e:.teda as ".rc
all have trooptd out (-XlitIl to At rdatl ii : eat('li of
oif sor" - ery ne(w aid
~Y~st~ie;5~lra s~aLitA/a2t t ate
splendid n I r e r ihe Ma arken fi>c g h ina fleet nas a
`iseae nArk The rt y brave lewinuslt one feel= that a really
prdtt(o h 0 1f.Th- toSld routis r(nceru ýou1i d It 1pein:d
ple are drtssed in a mlr« day and un- n b Ri l n hrbr However. on
practical fashion than lelsew i eteands t ia a ilhe in chailr i. Oiar
ttheir mvocation t in lifelike a chlilds. i. ,s '` ond s libe ( Itha Ctaonlyt
!ý,.. ¢ 1Su11f" ll'r'e I"(' hipi~s III1 10 dilV 10
eto maike a prert and pleasitntimtiraresc n tltre iiis'anplce the mnre un
tsion on the it otst'r ers. 'l.lee' tlar- It.A il thle. ca thllc e e ito
t( or anyho \\'ai n Ct ;ah s :P!·c ifo tile ('2S1' ailt use l101-e
making and tishlilg at which they an man . a the >ase ;yi o'' lol
make believe to toil : 'are, or anyho' . cuaiintest der i rs in dro l. The 1 ark
appear to be, as unimportant to the l o o 1 i r
genera al weal as the productions of .a. .' :'
child's cooking stove. What they have
to do is to look, dress and behave so
that they appeal to artists wanting
models and Americans wanting excur*
sions. Two-thirds of the tourists andl
half the guide-books actually seem to
imagine that this mode of life has left
them quite kuileless and childlike. Of
> yý, .: Yea;: '": G.:(:ý::: ti:...~ ... : 5
course, they are really becoming,
thanks to the tourist, the most canny
and long-sighted people in Holland, 2 AlW? eMQ5 V
ap ~ ~ ~ ~ I'delle io -e as extravagant brece and ceremonionsi.'l`····~·:
Justl ea as the remotead pagans Bton is geting bootdienst of Amsterdam, which has
'Alti
childeosl looike sthret o'ft the wrl has regad heytne n o loehrds
mphat i ii :all ot c.irn but t ad
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A cextrn vma antde chesandm aere n onot t
atend remoe andch, aa thi houisghs aa fat, h the Haveno -
h lusthe reeton bdl sa ueoo otdienst of Asterdam, whic hasr oin o u
tehieous like thrs ofthi e wrld as regards the ver tender and not altogt her das on
i- thine Nplm.hsNo and oilk ofe te Zuid Z ar trsted ation Inatesae btt cit-es
vbashtfl.y Te ngwodeni ous es' and e : consc o:iou f rad s 1l.ý ..h
a n d w e ve m eu st b a nde i thei casem ofa o-lte sr e n e o f h ais la b o r e. o ut a hi
rend g daorke an touendmm ardse n t dthe
Anth aNorathea, and sritsd womtenby h are blsigand thiscovs. ,ero rnthese plce t - not ciataies
bashful.~~~~~~~: Th odnhue r elyhms tal u onknao h
and. whaeve traue n erom a i trnt fhvn tdotasi
wihnaentshw otesrane rbree i Spnirds at ilorn I esrieda
d~::~ fo i od Tecsuesrie n sgeunwihdi odsric gis h
d At ny rte, he sprite litle bys wh areal- .. .~ "At,~ ~-, it. r·.nn·q n thinla' Pt:tsin
a.. . r as alluS auuuL iue JLLY pruove Dy tnelr
romps and gymnastics that their faded magenta
garments and round black caps are eminently
p.acticable to play in. At first, one has fears for
the costume. The coats are so breathlessly tight
-an economy which, perhaps, counterbalances
the absurd superfluity of material in the trousers
-and the caps would be at the bottom of the
Zuider Zee twenty times a day were it not that
they have the tenacity of limpets. The men re
main faithful to this artistic costume both when
stalwart, serious fiihermen-at which stage the
visitor sues little of them-and when their work
ing life is done and all that remains is to spend
the day leaning up against the jetty wall, smok
ing and musing. Old age is very kind to the
Dutch fisherman. His fine wrinkles, twinkling
e;vc, scant hair-his whole smoke-dried and sun
dried old face-have a shrewd, distinguished,
quizzica: look, which is very attractive and is not
seen elsewhere in Holland.
The women, too, improve with age. In youth
they are stout and buxom lasses, with sunburnt
cheeks, bright but shallow eyes, and hair tucked
away, all too neatly, under their light and grace
ful winged caps. In age they grow twinkling and
thoughtful, and some of them, save the costume,
are Cinderella's godmother to the life. Their
gowns have not the gaiety of the men's habits,
being generally a useful black, blue or purple,
broadly checked or striped, and made in a tight
and awkward fashion. Beauty comes with the
obadrn or color maae Dy tme apron ana witn tue
cap, which is as dainty and fragile as a flower.
The Volendammers are a placid people, with
only one strong prejudice-against the neighbor
ing island of Marken. The denounce it as a com
munity of beggars whose only excuse is their de
flcient mental capacity, due to the fact that no
one on the mainland will marry with them. The
guide-books put down this animosity to a differ
ence of religion; but one feels that there is some
thing in the Volendammer's contention when one
finds that the Markener standpoint can only be
ascertained by the application of hard cash. On
that mainland-despised but tourist-beloved isle
even conversation is chargeable. The childre4
shriek plaintive and inopportune good-byea in 4x
change for a shower of copper, and the most cas
ual photographer has willy-nilly to pay a ?e to
every unmannerly urchin who chooses to dispose
herself in front of his camera.
Really, the costume of the Markeners is not to
be taken seriously. To begin with, the women's
dress is largely made up of printed stu.fs, a kind
of shoddy substitute for embroidery which has
surely not been so very long in the world. The
dress itself is dark enough, but over it Is worn an
overall of the most gaudy and flaunting hues; the
cap is chiefly print, and the fair hair i* worn in
long ringlets with a straight, bushy fringe across
the forehead. Mr. E. V. Lucas, in his "Wanderer
in Holland," calls these worthy dames "fine, up
standing creatures." One would like them better
if they were less confiding and attentive. As it
ly the silent little town shows no desire to emu
lote its forme. achievements. It it dreams it
dreams quietly, and not even the boisterous clang
of the bell of a seemingly quite unnecessary tram
way can rouse it from its reveries. It forms a
striking contrast with Edam, whose cheese fac
tories are extremely bustling but strangely unpro
ductive. Edam has a huge church, which, hav
ing once acted as a shelter for men and cattle dur
ing a flood, is now afflicted with the cow-damp.
The town also prides itself on its cleanliness, a
fact that makes it horribly unsympathetic.
The Zuider Zee, which lives in the art of A.
ton Mauve, is off the beaten track of the tourist
His own town of Laren is visited only by artists,
although it is a pretty place and the environs are,
for Holland, thickly wooded. Zaandam, the place
where Peter the Great worked at ship building,
pleases by its bright green houses and staid old
windmills. In these last places the visitor feels
inclined to stay, but ror Markden and its fellows
the few hours provided by the Havenstomboot
diest are quite sufficient.
CURED,
"Does your wife often grieve because she threw
over a wealthy man in order to marry you?"
"She started to once, but I cured her of it the first
rattle out of the box."
"I wish you would tell me how."
"I started right in to grieving with her. And I
grieved harder and longer than she did."
WHAT SHOULD WOMAN SPEND?
Question Resolves Itself Into One of
income and Proper Regard for
Appearances.
Tile other day a woman writer was
condemning feminine vanities, espe
cially the one of dress. To some ex
tent she Is right in her judgment on
feminine vanities, especially when she
condemns the woman who spends all
her days and too much of her money
on clothes. But the average woman
does neither; in fact, who are the
women who pay the enormous prices
the dressmakers ask for their dresses?
Numbers of women want to know
where to buy their dresses, and when
they know how much they will have
to pay at the big dressmakers they
buy them elsewhere. These are wom
en who dress well. They will not
spend more than they can afford on
dress, and everyone will agree they
are quite right,
As to the time spent on dress, it is
difficult to pass an opinion on such a
matter, but one thing is certain, and
that is that some women do not spend
enough. One woman, high up in the
educational world, realized not so very I
long ago that dress was of importance,
because she unotlced that many of the
cleverest stutlents missed the best
posts in after life because they paid no
attention either to dress or carriage.
She herself had no taste for clothes,
either, but she was wise enough to ac
knowledge it, and she persuaded a
friend to undertake the care of her
wardrobe.
So now, twice a year, she Is thor
oughly turned out with new toilettes,
the result being that she has gained in
Influence and has not lost any of her
serious character. She has even lec
tured to her students on the subject,
and made them see how important it
is for a woman to have a pleasing ap.
pearance, even though she may have
all the learning of the sages.
Then there is another plea for wom
en who spend time and money on their
clothes. They keep endless Industries
alive by wh-t appear to many people
to be extravagince, and the only thing
with which to reproach them is that
they so often accept hideous fashions
from the dressmakers when their
sense of the fitness of things shcn l
make them refuse to look at anything
which does not express beauty and
usefulness combined.
MOULS OF I
Rulers '. . hose Powers d
V. Succeeded
Ta'm r' r h as the Pione
tictat: rs Followed by
Sn h Ja `", Who Bullt
Taj Mahal,
Le n 'r. coronation
V. at l y of th
gul ,i I; heir and 4
the it :: ,1: l power. Theby
th(e e.. " * -ors Is one of
contra '0
erlnet ri t CBloney
erl ·, 1:· g1ity conqueror,,
of u rrI'" ir g arrogance
strain v fear of God
In 1 rb drama he kills
Calyh : ,1ing fromt
and wi. :.ate fury urge
Scaptive- w:. ho draw his
The F,,;:. , r orv is only re
thbe of the fierce
for hi. K,. ' /,ocrate and mi
gri. Ii lost to himty
i vnturer, was
lf . race. Poet a
! hr. ;, :l nmusician,
'I: ire of nature
t a; .i. men. Withý
ilnl e a strong
le h: 3 .. *1 Tamerlane as
mi:·.in the Punjab
S anga, the old
ti: i t:.a s an eye adi
a nd i . : ,. leg,'" and 01
..... . India over
by . chieved the en
tis in India.
Ili ;.. of.ln accomplisbhed,
ive ltr years at the
A!, r~. !s newly acquire
try ith L >ice and severity.
From hi. fort of red Stan
Agi:, Aklar, son of linuay4
a territory stretching from
Asia to the delta of the Ganges
Prince of Dreamers," a my'
strove to preserve the masterg
spirit over the flesh, Akbar u
theless a daring soldier, a gra
man and a wise legislator. C
the satffron robes of the
I
Shah Johanis Mosque of
would walk alone on the
muse on the sorrows of h
the bitter sufferings eataliM
women of his land.
Akbar, too, passed aray,
next century arose anothf
despot of the line, the
builder, Shah Jahan. WIl
well known to us by the
to Arijumand Banu, the
ful queen in all the worlL"
he built the palace of wii
with its golden pavilioflisI
tower, on the walls of
fortress at Agra, and wh
he raised to her memory7 tb
loveliness, the Taj Mahal.
.Shah Jahan practically
hi and reared there the
he held his brilliant
mosque of pearls where
r spend hours in prayer 0f?
A great and good man,
t the eastern code of virti,
his country faithfully till 1
rangzeb, his son, deposed
I oned him In the palace
spent the days of his
with the lady of the TaJ.
t In Aurangzeb the race
>. the crimes and bloodsheld
* but, though an evil man, M
for India during his losS Y
i. years. On the death of
r 1707 his empire fell to Pi
a the cataclysm the m)fahntW
e and held Delhi against the
g and Jaut. Another hlandll&
t Lake had taken the ipedr
a thus, after two ce turie8
r strife with native princS
4 rivals, England becamet
g power in India, though 10!
d longer a miserable desce
mogul house still lived ifl
of the Jumna.
