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Saturday, June Twenty-ninth, 1912.
Good Medicine
UNCLE WALT'S DENATURED POEM.
In No Man's Land
By Walt Mason.
s EORGE WASHINGTON, in snowy dress, was seated on a star, and gazed,
& -a with symptoms of distress upon the Earth afar. Beside him sat King
" George the Third, his sceptre in his hand; said Washington to him: '"My i
woru: i view my native land, and scarcely recognize tne
place; the changes make me sad; there is a presidential race,
and everyone seems mad! Beside our native presidents,
as presidents should be, your kings would seem like twenty
cents for power and dignity The office, as it was designed,
the greatest was on earth, for men of high, majestic mind, of
substance and of worth. But Uiey've degraded it so much,
made it so cheap a thing, that fakers for it claw and clutch
like monkeys in a ring. The candidates go forth and rant,
and pull a "thousand wires, implore and threaten, sweat and
pant, and call each other lyres. Each tells of what the other
did disgraceful, sordid things; 'you stole some candy from a
kid,' one noisy statesman sings;, and then the other one re
plies, with wild and frantic whoop: 'You stole a blind
man's china eye3, and robbed a chickeneoop!' It grieves
me that my native land should be disgraced, by jingsl
L almost wibu we iiu . wm.icv jvu uu j. ...... . --
Kin George looked down a billion miles on this fat land below, and sprung one
of his greasy smiles, and sighed: "I told you sol"
1F i
iT III ill --n- ,
At the Mercy of the Air
By Constance Burleigh.
The Herald's Daily
Short Story
, jHERE you are. Sis. that is
Ronald Clavering the tall
chap with the bronzed face
talking to aunt."
Cecelia Travers looked across the
room, and at that moment the keen.
waving crowds became mere specks be
low them.
"All right?" shouted Clavering. And
Cecil called back:
"Yes. it's fine!"
On tney went, skimming through the
air. high above the tossing waters; then
suddonly. they seemed to get caught
iare met nera. v.ecu, as sue was iamii- i
isrlv called, blushed and turned swav. i "Keep calm hold
right around.
tight!" roared
Plli-r rlnw ml f"As1 1 on Vo tha
and her usually well regulated heart , beu fa'ce was set and anxiouE.
beat violently. For some time they fought a grim
"Isn't he a fine looking chap!" pur- ; battle with the blustering wind; then
sued Jack Travers. "And he is just as I came a short, sharp exclamation from
splendid as he looks, the bravest and i Konald. a jarring of the machinery, and
And
ICHARD BURGES was the only man in the United States who was abso
lutely certain Saturday morning as to what the Democratic convention
would do Saturday afternoon. Even Zach Lamar Cobb suspended judgment,
which meant that Bryan himself was bumfoozled. A study of the tabulated bal
lots discloses an almost unprecedented solidity of the various state delegations.
The only parallel in American political history is the Republican convention of
180, which went to the 36th ballot with Grant's "immortal 306" standing pat
The instructed delegations, especially those bound by the unit rule, hardly
varied at all, until New York's break to Clark put a little different phase on the
situation. The. Clark men thought surely the change of more than 100 votes at a
clip would start a stampede, but it didn't; Claok's vote fell off in subsequent
balloting, and the adjournment must have been a relief to Clark's partisans. Once
a candidate's star begins to decline, it is mighty hard to head it the other way.
Despite, the dogged persistence of the Democratic factions as shown in the
convention, it is doubtful if there exists in the Democratic party such bitter per
sonal and factional hatred as the Rooseveltians have shown for the old line party
organization of the Republicans. Upon this very point rests the final result of
the November election. In the Republican convention, compromise was absolutely
unthinkable. In the Democratic convention, there was strong factional antagonism,
but nothing quite like the liar-thief-scoundrel roughness of the Rooseveltians at
Chicago. Possibly there was not the same provocation. Bryan went pretty far
with bis personal attack on Morgan, Belmont, and Ryan, seconded by the conven
tion almost unanimously as a matter of good politics. But on the whole, the
Democrats in their formal work conducted themselves rather more decorously than
the Republicans did.
Harmon had no chance, because of his creditable personal record and his un
popular acquaintances. Underwood, who had earned Bryan's personal dislike, rep
resented the old line machine, which has been rather discredited in the party as
semblies since Bryan began to transmute crowns of thorns into stacks of gold,
and crosses into lucrative lecture tours. Wilson was an unknown, whom the
New York crowd didn't feel quite competent to handle. Clark was a politician
without influence among the old historic party guardians but with a winning per
sonality appealing to the folks west of the Mississippi, and. no very well defined
notions on great public questions to embarrass him. No one of them had previously j sray eyes belonging to the bronzed; in a wind eddy, and the 'plane swung
excited the violent opposition of the Radicals, except Harmon, who was altogether
too much of a man to be available in this emergency. So the convention proceeded
to fight it out, just as if Bryan were not present and dictating every move of the
real majority.
The "favorite sons" held on long after everybody thought their balloons would
collapse. The party instructions were adhered to with remarkable tenacity. The
old trusted leaders, of the one-time efficient machinery found themselves for the
time outclassed when "the people" took the hit in their teeth. It was anybody's
convention, seemingly, for a long time, and chaos smoked and steamed away in
profound indifference to the theoretical tendencies toward order and regularity
that are supposed to dominate the Democratic cosmos.
It has been a great fight, and it won't hurt the Democratic party in the long
ran. As The Herald has said in reference to the Republican catfight, active di
visions within a party are really signs of health and growth, and judged by this
rule, it appears that the Democratic party is healthier than the Republican party,
for the very reason that divisions are more numerous and more contentious. A
two-thirds vote for any avowed candidate would have been utterly impossible at
Chicago. But the Democrats have a way of settling their differences in nominat
ing convention, even if they subsequently go to pieces when charged with national
responsibility.
Anyhow, it is going to be a glorious fight. Roosevelt will be the doughty
guerrilla leader, harassing both the old parties, unless he can gain from the Demo
crats the tolerance he failed to command among the party which, -until recently,
he espoused. If things Democratic suit him, he will be found stumping for the
Democratic nominee against his old and lamented friend Taft. If the Democrats
should be so bold and ungenerous as to invite him to go hence with his medicines i
" umci ucauiy weapuus, .Kooseveit wm De as independent, and about as savage,
as a Cave Man, hurling rocks when biscuits would do as well, 'and brandishing his
club to terrify the lightning.
What a beautiful lesson it all is to our latin-American neighbors. How
peaceably we go about our business, quietly munching milk crackers while reading
the extra Heralds telling of the progress of the strife. Imagine Madero and
Orozco and Zapata, Huerta, Reyes, de la Barra, Calero, Creel, and the ghost of
Diaz, quietly sitting at the end of a telephone wire awaiting the verdict of "the
people" deliberating in a superheated hall where ice water is the favorite beverage
ana "mug fans" with portraits of the candidates are the only weapons allowed
on the delegates. It is a beautiful and comforting thought, that this day sir
months hence we shall all be thinking about something else and be under the
necessity of consulting an almanac to learn that we ever had a difference in the
world.
The politicians take themselves so seriously. It is well they do, else "the
people" would forget there was a presidential election due and let the government
go to Guinea for lack of attention to its needs. Let's whoop it up; but try to
remember that we are fighting for principle, not for the personal glorification of
a few somewhat obscure and rather annoying individuals, temporarily elevated by
the newspapers into the glare of popularity, and assuming themsclvas competent
to direct the destinies of 100,000,000 human bugs.
THROUGH SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT LEAGUES
WOMEN'S CLUBS PROMOTE CHILD WELFARE
Federation Believes All Children Should Have Equal Educational Advantages
In This Country.
By FREDERIC J. ILASKIN.
b,
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The Argument For Curb Parks
ASPHALT streets absorb heat and hold it long after the grass and verdure
of the curb parking have given off their accumulations. The more parking
the less heat, the less glare, tie less dust and wind. Thirty feet wide is'
ample for any residence street that is not a principal thoroughfare, automobile
speedway, or street car rightofway. .
Of what use is it to you, now candidly, Mr. Home Owner, to have your street
made an automobile speedway and a glaring white expanse of asphalt of a width
far u excess of any possible need of normal traffic? Here is the argument- You
own your home; you pay every dollar of the cost of improvements; you de
light in the vision of green grass and shrubs and trees; you can get the park in
front of your house for very much less than the paving would cost; you can main
tain it through the cooperative system at one-fourth the cost of maintaining it,
at private expense; tie parking affords a safe place for your children to play-tfia
street certainly does not; you are naturally more interested in making your' own
home a pleasant and comfortable place in which to live, than you are in giving
speed fiends a double-width pavement to joy-ride on.
All in all, yon pay the total cost, and you have a right to consult your own
advantage, welfare, and pocketbook. If you do that, you will pave not to exceed
30 feet wide between curbs, and put tie remajnder of the street area into parking
which will increase in beauty and money value year by year, give vou and your
children longer life and greater happiness, and enable you to sell your' property any
tune, or rent it, to much greater financial advantage than' if it were on a street
not parked. k
This is gospel tenth, and in time those who pave their streets too wide will
keenly regret their mistake as tiey look with envy on their wiser neighbors' park
ways, secured at an actual saving in cost as compared with paving.
most daring aviator in England,
he won the '
"I know everything he has done." in
terrupted his sister eagerly. "He Is
just grand and I've always longed to
see him."
This was Cecil's 21st birthday and
Mrs. Denton, Cecil's aunt, was giving a
dinner party In her honor. She now
came over to them.
"Jack, will you take Miss Marsh In
to dinner? Cecil, dear, I have paired
you off with Mr. Clavering. I know
you are crazy about aviation, though
I don't suppose you will get him to
say much about his own exploits. He Is
30 terribly modest." ' "
Cecil looked np rather resentfully at
her companion. She told herself she
hated him, and felt angry that his voice
and a glance from his eyes had power
to set her heart beating furiously and
make her blush like a flapper. And
Ronald Clavering. the woman hater,
found himself watching her sweet face
wtih more than ordinary interest. Find
ing how enthusiastic she was abdut tna
navigation of the air, he patiently an
swered her many questions, and ex
plained all he could to her.
A few days later Cecil sat sketch
ing, and, as she worked, one face would
come between her and her drawing
board a brozen race, with deep, gray i
eyes. An angry little frown puckered
r her forehead.
"I hate, him I do!" she saiT"to her
self. At last she pushed her work impa
tiently away and sat staring dreamily
before her. A sudden exclamation from
.Tack, who was reading the paper, made
her look up.
"What is it. Jack?"
"You remember Mr. Clavering, who
took you into dinner on your birth
day?" Cecil's cheeks burned at mention of
the man who had been filling her
thoughts.
"Yes, I remember him. Well, what
about him?"
"Oh, it only says here that he is go
ing to take passengers for flights at
550 each from Seaham Aerodrome thia
afternoon and each day this week, the
money to go to a fund for the widows
nd children of the heroes of that terri
ble mine disaster." Cecil glanced up,
her heart beating rapidly. "Then I'm
going up with him," she said firmly.
The afternoon proved dull and rather
rough, and not many people seemed
anxious for aerial honors, though very
large crowds had assembled when Jack
and Cecil appeared.
On account of the contrariness of the
wind, it was late before they made a
start. Cecil's heart throbbed with a
wild excitement as she took her place
In the machine with seeming calmness.
There was a deafening noise from the
engine, and then the monoplane rose
with the grace and swiftness of a bird.
At firt Cecil felt as though she must
scream, for it seemed as if the breath
were being forced out of her body and
she must surely die. But that feeling
soon passed off, and a sense of glorious
exhilaration took Its place as they rose
higher and higher, till the cheering.
the aeroplane rocked violently
Something was evidently very wrong
but a calm, cold courage took posses
sion of Cecil. Now was the time to
show that women have grit as well a's
men!)
"The steering gear's gone wrong!"
shouted Clavering, wondering how
much he should tell his passenger.
"I thought something was up," re
plied Cecil calmly. "Is it serious?"
The aviator looked at her admiringly.
A sudden downward swerve stopped
any further conversation, and for a
long time Clavering was busily en
gaged doing his best to control the
aeroplane, which tossed about at the
mercy of the wind. Cecil was getting
cold and cramped. She knew they must
have been in the air a long time, for
darkness was threatening to set in;
yet. strangely enough, she felt no fear,
though she was sure they were drifting
to death, but she did not care what
happened as long as that stern, brave
figure was with her. Ah, how little
she had thought her adventure would
turn out like this! She had intended to
get home quickly, unobserved, directly
she found herself back in the aero
drome grounds: and now v
"We are nearlng the land!" Cover
ing's voice broke in on her reverie.
There's a chance, after all "
The rest of his sentence was carried
AN FRANCISCO. Cal., June 29.
Since the entire scope of the work
of the General Federation of
Women's clubs is educational in the
broadest sense of the world. Its depart
ment of education has been, aud prob
ably always will be of prime Im
portance. The women's clubs of the
country have been mo-,t influential in
encouraging t!ie advancement .t the
public school system. ."Jothing per
taining to child welfare has been
deemed too trivial to merit attention.
Every club In the federation is actuat
ed by the belief that ail of the chil
dren in the United States should have
equal educational advantages and op
portunities. The women's club work
lias before it five principal ends: (1)
Strong and well enforced child labor
and compulsory education laws in ev
ery state: (2) a sufficient number of
well equipped and well cared for school
houses in every community; (3) a
properly trained and properly paid
teaching force; (4; expert paid super
vision of all school work; and (5)
training for the hand as well as moral
instruction in all public schools.
Continue Campaign For -O Years.
Fighting for these things, the Gen
eral federation began its educational
compaign more than 20 years ago. The
great improvement which has been
made in the public school systems of
many states and municipalities is real
ly an evidence of the power and influ
ence wielded by this great organized
army of women. The work has not
been uniform throughout the country,
of course, because the needs and re
sources of localities differ. In some
places one line of work has seemed of
greater Importance than another, but
as a basis of work for the club women
of the country for the improvement of
the public schools, the five principals
have been kept well in mind and at
the different councils and biennial
meetincrs the reDorts of progress have
given an opportunity for a comparison
of methods and results which has been
helpful to the general cause of educa-
the old fashioned dusting with a
duster.
Irse Ventilation In School.
The subject of ventilation also re
cedes attention and the club women
are anxiously hoping to see in all
states a law similar to one recently
enacted in Wisconsin which provides
a bonus of S5(n annually to each rural
school which complies with the mini
mum requirements as regards cleanli
ness and. ventilation. The school chil
dren also are stimulated to take an
Interest in helping to keep the school
buildings and the grounds In order. On9
club in a southern town gives an an
nual prize of ?5 to the library of the
school which has been kept in the
best condition throughout the year.
School Improvement Leagues,
The establishment of school improve
ment leagues in different parts of the.
country is a direct outgrowth of the
educational work of the General Fed
eration of Women's clubs. In many
small towns, especially in the southern
states, the school improvement leagues
constitutes the organized woman's
movement of the commanlty, since
there is no subject that appeals more
directly to the average mother
man the improvement of the school
in wnich
Lafe Bud has thrown away his union
suit an seceded. Ti' thing that's de-
populatin' ti' farm more'n anything else
her child is rceivln
his education. In the rural communl- is that you can't plow an' be a dude.
w wiese lenBiies nave accompiisneu
much good by keeping constantly in
touch with the newer educational de
velopments which 'the federation is al
ways ready to supoly. By this means
the schools receive a help and encour
agement thai reacts for the good of
the entire community. Tne Alabama
State federation -f.er a prize of ?5
each to the local, .nd to each county
school Improvement league which
makes the greatest progress during the
year.
The subject of hom economics as
applied to the course of instruction of
the public schools is being ccnstnntlv
pushed forward by tne club women of
the country and they are largely en
titled to the credit for its initiation.
In many towns where there is as yet
no provision for ta mmnmrni nr nn.
mestie science classes, the club women
t - ih ho rr,h,- r t, P.ave tome to the aid of the municlDat
T,t.i d.T,rtmnt hav, a.le ex- "?, . r Civic dob of Philadelphia,
wnicn nas long been recognized as
one of the pioneer olubs of the coun
try in educational advancement.! first
equipped a model house in a steoOI
building in a tenement district of the
city The club furnished a bedroom.
Kitchen and dining room and the chil
dren were taught how to make beds,
sweep and dust a rojm and to pre
pare simple, wholesome food. A laun
dry was added later In which the girls
were taught how to wash and iron
clothes properly, special attention be
ing given to preventing the shrinking
of woolens and the fading of delicately
colored fabrics and other matters
which the home laundress should know
in order to properly care for the family
wardrobe. This laundry work was
first installed in a vacation school with
volunteer teachers from the club mem
bership. It is interesting to know that
one of the first teachers in laundry
work was a college woman with the
degree df doctor of philosophy, who
If, XT1 caPJ, f Siving practical in
struction to her girls upon the proper
way clothing should be handled upon
the washboard.
educational departments have made ex
haustlve studies of educational raeth
ods and of psychology in order that
they might have a definite understand
ing of what should be required of a
teacher in charge of the training of the
citizens of the future and they have
tried in every possible way to en
force these requirements. The Gen
eral federation from time to time has
issued bulletins and carefully prepared
lists of books which have been helpful
to the smaller clubs in arranging their
study schedules and have also been
much appreciated aids to thousands of
publl school teaehers. One of these
lists which has" been in great demand
during the last three years was pre
pared especially for the use of wom
en's clubs by Prof. Paul Hanua of
Harvard college.
Morsl Inxtruction ia Schools.
The movement for moral instruction
in the public schools, which has come
into such prominence during the past
two or three years, owes much to the
influence of women's clubs. This sub
ject was brought forward at the last
biennial meeting of the General fed
eration and since then many clubs
have been planning a course of syste
matic moral instruction In the public
schools "which would not in any way
touch upon religious denominational
prejudices and therefore tend to create
away by a violent gust of wind which J-fo Jfeelins amonR some of the various
tossed .them about, then Cecil saw the nationalities and religions which go
long, low line of the shore. The plane to ake up the scholarship of the
of tne English speaking nations, so by
contributions from all of the states,
the scholarship has been arranged for.
After a most rigid competitive examin
ation, it was awarded to Miss Juliet
Stuart Points. The choice of Oxford.
Cambridge and London was given to
her. but as the London School of Eco
nomics Is recognized as the best place
in England to study sociology and eco
nomics. Miss Points chose that and is
devoting her time to exhaustive re
search regarding the entrance of wom
en Into industry and its effect upon
modern life.
Years Ago To-
day
From The Herald Of
Tils Date 18gg
made a swift, vicious swoop. They
were falling.
"Look out!" she heard Ronald's short,
sharp words. Then came a terrific
crash. She struggled hard not to lose
consciousness as she saw Clavering
standing over her. and heard his voice:
"Saved by a miracle! I came down
as gently as I could. Are you hurt?"
he asked anxiously as she did not
speak, and he helped her gently to her
feet. "You're a brick. Miss Travers! If
you had not kept up your courage so
splendidly I might have lost my own
nerve."
Cecil blushed deeply, as she recov
ered consciousness, to find herself in
Covering's arms.
"Ah. that's better! "What a fright
you have given me!" ho exclaimed. She
tried to get up, but he still held her.
"Take It easy you'd best keep quiet
a bit. The shock has been too much
for you. And I will get you home
directly you are able."
His clasp of her tightened, and there
was no mistaking the emotion in his
voice. Cecil looked up Into the gray
eyes, no longer stern, but with an ex
pression of wonderful tenderness In
their depths, and suddenly, she scarcely
knew why, she burst Into a passion of
tears. And Clavering felt that he loved
her for her weakness, even as he had
admired her for her courage.
"Dear little girl, what Is the matter,"
he whispered gently.
"I I had no right to do it," she
sobbed. "What must you think of me;"
But it was nearly a fortnight later
when he told her what he really
thought And now the famous aviator's
charming wife accompanies him on
most of his wonderful flights, but he
often teases her about the first one!
American public school. Club women
feel that the first of all a child should
be taught to honor his parents and
that the introduction of any principles
liable to be opposed to the child's home
training should be avoided.
In their crusade for cleaner, better
equipped school buildings, the club
women of the country have brought
forward many novel methods of work.
Some clubs have a committee which
visits the schools regularly and reports
upon the conditions encountered. These
may keep records and give credits for
improvement noteu. At least one ciuo
has found that a prize offered to the
Success Under Difficulties
S. B. F. Morse Waiting Five Years for a Patent In Telegraphy and Then Had
to Fight for a Chance to Introduce It.
-BY MADISON C. PETERS
One-Sentence Philosophy
POIKTED PARAGRAPHS.
(Chicago News.)
r r,wman,'.s real secrets never show
up in her diary.
JFhe 5veraee married man doesn't feel
sorry for a bachelor.
arh.ft,?,eiy13 OI,irylnS to get rich quick
are still m evidence
n-S,meK,Wen deEht in showing how
agreeable they can be to strangers
taikJiSI? J.ISt?-ns when h,s -tvif
Wd listens for the last
Many a good woman pravs for her
iuSrte-sanite.She " an a h'm
will rob h s own family to pay for an
other man s drink.
If. during courtship, a j oung man
th-V S"".1 that hes ""worthy other
heV itbelleVe U any mre than
QUAKER MEDIU.YTIOXS.
(Philadelphia Record.)
Any man can go to law, but the
trouble is to get back.
Politically speaking, the proof of the
pudding is in the plums.
It's a mighty poor doctor that can't
Keep -body and soul together.
No athlete wants to break the record
at the jump from the frying pan into
the fire.
Success is merely a matter of con
vincing others that you are as good as
you think you are.
Blobbs They tell me Borrowed Is
paying his attentions to an heiress.
Slobbs I'll bet that's the first thing
he ever paid in his life.
Wigg I don't believe Henpeckke has
ever really formed an opinion of his
own AYagg on. -Rell. give him time.
n ii drriif at a difimte conclusion
when he dies.
SAMUEL FINLEY BREESE MORSE
was born in Charleston, Mass.. April
27, 1791. ms father. Rev. Jodiah
Morse. 1). D.. was worldly enoush to be
come the "Father of American Geogra
phy." He was the author of "Morse's
Geography." v
Garibaldi's father decided that Giu
seppe be set aside for the priesthood
because "the boy felt 9o sorry for a
cricket which lost its leg," while under
investigation. Morse's father concluded
that the boy would preach well because
he could not keep his head above water
in a dangerous attempt to catch bait
in the Mystic river. But the boy declar
ed that nature fitted him for a painter
and a painter he would be.
Enters Yale at 14.
He entered Yale at 14. Under Pro
fessors Day and Silliman lie received
his firstimpulse towards the electrical
studies with which his name is mainly
identified. The tastes of his carlv vears
were so strongly favorable to art, that
at 20 he accompanied Washington Al
ston, then the Greatest of American
painters, to J-Jngland, under whom he
pursued his studies in art for four
years. He could do fair work as a
portrait painter, but on his return to
America the commisions came in slowly.
After working on portraits for two yeara
at Charleston, S. C, he removed first
to Washington and afterwards to Al
bany, finally settling in New York.
In 1826 he laid the foundation of the
National Academy of Design and was
ejected its first presirent. but his life
was not a sucipss. No man can struggle
vutoriouslv asr.nrst Ins nwn iinrif,..-
2"ature Lad intended him for something I
other than a painter. There is a right
place for everybody. 'W hen you strike
water you will have use for j'our fins.
The refusal of the government to com
mission him to paint one of the great
historical pictures in the rotunda ot the
capitol destroyed all his artistic am
bitions. The year 1S27 marks the revival of
Morse's interest in electricity. From
Professor J. F. Dana, of Columbia Col
lege, he learned the elementary facts of
electro-magnetism, yet he could not
break away from his training in the
ideals of beauty, and the fascination
of imaginative "scenes, so in 1S29 he
again went to England to study the old
masters.
Begins Scientific Career.
In 1832 he closed his artistic career
and entered upon his scientific life. Re
turning to America aboard the packet
ship "Sully," which sailed from Havre,
October 3, 1S32. lie discussed one day
with professor Jackson, one of his fel
low passengers, -ie propertie- of the
electro-magnet, which led to the remark:
"If the presence of elcetricitv can be mode
visible in anv part ot the'eircuit, I see
no reason r.hv intelligence mav not be
transmitted by electricity.' Thi3 was
not a novel proposition, it had been
known since 1774. but the process of
formulating started in his mind a train
of new ideas, and Morse was the first
to apply it for the benefit of man.
Morse knew that the current of elec
tricity would pass instantaneously any
distance along a wire, or if it were in-
tomiptcd a spark tiould
school houses in one city. A number
of clubs supply additional cleaning
utensils to supplement those provided
by the school authorities which often
are of the most primitive type. The
feather duster is taboo. A progressive
western club now gives annual demon
strations in schoolhouse cleaning to
which all of the public school janitors
are invited. Some of the most prom
inent women of the city take part in
this demonstration which is intended
to show the janitors how the room
should ba cleaned and the dust taken
out of it. Instead of being merely
shifted to other places as was done by
annwr flirif
SI). irlv it fl.tfllOrl ymrl.t v.Ar.nn4- .. .. J.
V' , ,-""' "i"""" i p.irt cntrrcn im nnd re o. incj ltir t n-
ot epeeth, a letter or a number, the 1 fumi the go ernmeiits of the world.
absenpe of the spark and the spark it
self, a third, so that an alphabet might
be femed and words inscribed. In a
few days he completed enough drafts
of the "necessary apparatus which he
showed to the passengers, and five years
later the captain of the ship "Sully"
identified under oath Morse's completed
instruments with that which Morse had
explained on board the ''Sully" in 1832.
None More Brave.
There were far greater men than
Morse in the sphere of science, but none
showed a noblier sacrifice or more un
shaken brave spirit. He began his ex
periments in 1832 and live years later
succeeded in getting a patent on his
inventions. He was ridiculed evrywhere.
One day in Washington he talked with
a congressman, of the "standpatter"
kind and as he retreated, the congress
man said to one of his constituents
who now approached him. scornfully
pointing to Morse. ,."What do you think
that old fool Morse wants me to do?
He wants me to help him get a bill
through congress so that one fool over
in Baltimore can talk to some otner
fool over here if. Washington, forty
miles away."
Secures Appropriation.
It was not until the verr lat day of
the congressional session in 1843, that
Morse procured from Congress as appro
priation of 530.000. The first message
sent over the wire between Washington
and Baltimore. Mav 24. 1844, was,
"What hath God wrought," mark a
wonderful day in the eras of the world's
civilization. Morse's mother, suggested
the familiar words of the Scripture and
they were used without consultation with
the inventor, but were singularly ex
pressive of his sentiments. It took four
years to make apparatus that would
work, his original idea on the "Sully"
having been supplemeiitsd three years
later by the discovery of the "relay." by
which moans the electrical current might
be reinforced when it became weak
through distance irom its source.
Morse's English applications for a
patent were refused on the ground that
his invention had already been appro
priated by the French government. In
1847 Morse had to defend his invention
in the courts at home and finally his
claim of original inventor of the electro-magnetic
recording telegraph was
indicated. Thence forward his life w.is
spent ;n v.'t l"!ig the growth of Lis
cntrrj'n e-i nnd re e! incj diftir t uni
The IVorfc In Colleges.
While the work In the public schools
is recognized as of first importance be
cause of the enormous number of pu
pils enroled in them, the club women
are not neglecting the colleges and
universities. The complaint is often
made that the course of instruction in
the average woman's college is lacking
ir practical value and the great feder
ation, composed largely of collegebred
W,?.T.in;J3 ftrIylnS I" every way to
refute this charge and at the same time
to improve the curricula in the col
leges In any way that seems needed.
necons-itlon is being given to the fact
ViH1 . e "rase college woman has
not been thoroughly drilled in the
studies which go to make up success
ful commercial or professional life.
She needs these if she is to compete
with men along these lines, as thou
sands of women are doing successfully
every year. In addition to thl tu,n-.
janitor having the greatest number qfl ever, women must have some nrenara'
ifi.vitru.uir? rnmirn! in ins rrcuiL mu ihuizui unn rey hnnAni.2 . .- i
to secure the proper cleaning of theactivity to which almost evervwomtS I
is cauea at some period in her life,
even though she may have a prof e
? C. ."se requirements is a matter
to which the educational department of
Hon. l3 sMas much atten
r-IL if,nS!JEen.e.ra,,y known that the
oEiai x-euerauon or Women a eluhn I
bv rwii T?i,,Ji "-"" lo lnr provwert
?? c.!. Anodes for men at Oxford.
It is said that Mr. Rhodes at first eon
52 fend,ne his beneficence to
t "V i bu 8ve It up because be did
", fee,I..t.na,t women are likely to have
any political influence in international
matters. In the opinion of the feder
ation, however, the time has come to
demonstrate the value of a closer rela-
.... ucincra me intellectual
H. M. Daugherty, district attorney
for Socorro county, N. M., is at the St.
Charles.
Sam Hawkins came across from Jua
rez last evening and registered at the
Lindell.
Franco R. Delgado, . of Chihuahua,
Met, came up on the Central last night
and Is at the Vendome.
Last night the choir of the First XL
E. church gave a most enjoyable con
cert. The program was well selected
and well rendered.
In order to make more room the G.
H. is removing a large fountain which
has been a beauty spot in the floral
district of the machine shop for months
past.
Every advantage has been taken by
the Knights of Labor excursion com
mittee to make the excursion and pic
nic at La Luz next Sunday one of great
success. i-
The two Mexican bands, the 13th cav
alry and 15th infantry bands of the
regular Mexican army, will arrive from
Chihuahua over the Mexican Central.
They will bring 68 men.
"Look here," said a man of Juarez
yesterday, as he pointed to a number of
baskets of fruit. "These came from the
Mormon colonies of Mexico. Very little
Is said regarding that country, but the
fruit speaks for itself. Every day the
Sierra Madre brings In dozens of bas
kets of fruit, and no paper has thus
far taken any notice of it."
The Tsleta citizens have notified the
local committee In charge of the fourth,
of July celebration of their intention to
take part in tae parade on July 4.
There will be about 158 citizens on
horseback, and then there will be a
decorated float with Fueblo Indians on
it This will be very pretty and shows
what interest the people outside of El
Paso are taking in the celebration.
From letters received np in New Mex
ico and Arizona, the people of that
country are coming to El Paso to see
what a fine celebration we are going
to have.
woman
CHIHUAHUA BAXIvBIt TO
SAII, FOR PARIS, FRANCE
E. T. Lafon. cashier of the Banco Na
cional. of the city of Chihuahua, with
his son. and Juan Diaz and wife, of Chi
huahua, form a party bound for Paris,
France. They departed today on the
Golden State Limited, and will sail from
New York on the Olympic.
Miss Maria Layng Gibson, principal
of the Scarritt Bible and Training
school, of Kansas City, is visiting her
sister. Mrs. Charles M. Clark, of 63S
Stewart street.
BRIDES
BY GEORGE FIT CH,
Author Of "At Good Old Siwash"
(Copyright, 1012, by George MathewAdams.)
A -BKIDt. is a young, woman who is I
f uuuul io cease ininmng ot itoral
bells, wedding presents, and hand
some clothes, in order to fix her frenzied
attention on wash women, dirty dishes,
dust on the piano, and the price of beef
steaks. This is because the bride is a young
woman who has just been or is "about
tot be married. 'Being a bride is a very
joyful and popular experience, and is
written about profusely, but getting
over being a bride is not embalmed in
literature very much, except in letters to
mother.
A bride is a beautiful vision in silk
and chiffon with a long veil and a bouquet
ami a sau lather in a new dress suit
whom she has to propel to the altar by
the ann. It takes about six weeks and
1000 to make a firstclass bride who will
cause any excitement among the society
editors and families who are about to
have a bride do not generally buy a new
automobile that year.
Brides are fragile and delicate to look
at, but "as a matter of fact they are very
durable. A bride goes to three recep
tions and two teas and a box party each
day for a month before her wedding,
and spends her spare time standing while
dressmakers hang clothes on her, yet very
few brides arc trundled up the church
ai&lc in wheelbarrows. On the other
hand, the young man who plays the solo
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friends and gets married according to
Hoyle, and the announcements in the so
ciety papers. The extemporaneous bride
goes to St. Joe, Michigan, with her
gentleman friend ami tosses up to help
decide whether they shall get married
or ge to the moving picture show. Tha
liabitual bride buys a wedding dress
which will wear well, retains a lawyer
by the year, and gets married whenever
she changes her taste in mustaches and
table manners. ,
Brides are very happy and overlook
things so easily that thev can be kissed
part in the responses usually conies to j almost with impunity een by guests
the church in a state of collapse, and has
to be punched twice in the ribs before he
can revive sufficiently to hoist the ring
out of his vestijiocket.
There are three kinds of brides -von-
who only sent salad fork-. One of the
linest forms of sport next to Juck shoot
ing is to throw an old shoe, as she ia
leaving town, at a bride. The person who
knocks her hat off without damaging licr
ventional. extemporaneous and habitual, i features u-ually sets as much applausa
Th" i ivntkn.il bnI goes to church I ns if he hd done something worth
with her relatic3 and a chorus oi' girl while.
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