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Street Courtships arid Lax Marriages in tHe Land of Pretty Girls
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rujvTE viijko, Uruguay, may i.
Aside from revolutions, uru
guay la probably mora noted
for Its pretty girls than any
other thin. . The , romantic aide of
southern Ufa haa been heralded a, treat
, deal, but the average northerner, after
siting up the situation in a sentimental
way, la. likely to. conclude ' that the
courtships are too atrlot and the mar
' ruses not atrlot enougn. . -, . -
When a your. nan decides to pay hla
attentions to a young woman, ho be
gins by locating her ' residence and
pacing up and down' in, front of It
He may have to put 'In several hours
a day at this Job for weeks and months
before he succeeds In getting the young
lady to look out of the window. If
she looks out while ho Is doing his
solitary sentry duty In front of her
home, oven though she does not notice
him, her action is taken as encourage
ment to his suit. When she begins to
return his ardent glances, after a few
weeks more of patient parading, then
things may be said to , be coming on
fairly well. '
Up to this .time not a word ' has
passed between the young people. They
have never spoken In their Uvea All
they know of each- other's character or
disposition , Is hear-say. The young
,man now approaches the father of the
girl and aaks his permission to speak
to her. This granted, ho approaches
the house and as she leana over the
balcony, they have their first conver
sation. There is nothing to prevent
the members of the neighboring fami
lies from bearing all that passes be
tween them and there is generally an
Interested audlenos to this preliminary
skirmish, as It might be called. When
the young man finally enters the house
he has no mors prlvaoy In the courting
man lr ha bad remained in the street.
because-on or mora members of -the
family remain In the room during his
call to keep their aye on him, and listen
to What he baa to nay...-.' .. (
' Marriage lottery. ' .
They may listen as ' attentively as
they will, yet they will not hear much.
His remarks . aro confined to compll-
mentary statements to the girl. He
begins with her hair, and ends with her
feet He tells her that she Is beautiful
and says It la as many ways as ho Is
capable. She says "thank you", to all
hla remarks and the call Is over. He
never has a moment alone with her until
ha gets, her homo from the marriage
ceremony. Ha doss not know whether
he Is getting an angel or a shrew. The
bride is going It even more blindly than
the groom.
But It all' eomes out in the wash.
The Latin honeymoon is noted for Its
brevity. The groom's ardency soon
burns itself out He Is as indifferent
In the role of a husband aa he was con
stant In that of a suitor. The wife
aocepts his Inconstancy and devotes
herself to bringing up her children. It
would be untrue to . aay that this Is
always the case, but It Is generally so.
The light manner in which South
American men hold their domestic re
lations la not at all In accordance with
Anglo-Saxon standards. The northern
wife generally leaves the roof of the
man who neglects her so wantonly.
Southern men are always starting rev
olutions and ths women ought to try
their hand at tba game. They certainly
have the provocation.
Tba social customs of Uruguay are
all radically different from thoao in
vogue in the United States. In our
oouatry the gentlemen, when passing
lady acquaintances on the street, wait
for the fair ones to speak first The
Uruguayans reverse this rule. The
man must make the first sign of recog
nition, and. when a man doffs his hat
to a lady, she noda at him whether she
knows him or not This practloe gave
rlsa to a good practical Joke In Monte
video not long ago. a young tnan
from the states, who had quite a rep
utation at home for being an active
circulator among the ladles, went to
the steamer to meet a friend from
North America, another young man
who seldom allowed a pretty girl to
pass without siting her up. The flret
young man had only been In the south
few months, out aa they walked up
tha street It was noticeable that a
great many women nodded to him. The
second young man aald: "Tou seem
to know a few of the girl a even if you
have only been here a short time."
Hla friend looked at him In a chesty
way for a moment, then replied: ''Tea,
and they are a fine lot The moat
sociable people on earth. Why, old
fellow, I know every woman In Monte
video." The capital of Uruguay la a
city of several hundred thousand In
habitants, and the new comer cautioned
the boaster to go slow. A bet was
made and they started out In the
first block they met five women; In
the second, seven; and ao on for many
squares. Every time the hat came orr,
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there was a smile and nod In return.
The new comer gave in and told his
friend ha was a wonders After he had
paid hla bet ha was told, about the pe
culiar custom, and now he la waiting
for soma stranger to show up so that
he can get evea :
laay Mai's raradlse.
Every year is leap year In Paraguay.
There are six women In the country
to every man. A long time ago thla
little nation passed through a disas
trous war during whloh the major
portion of tba mala population waa
killed. Btranae to aay. nature haa not
corrected this unequal state of affairs.
for since that time tha great majority
of all children born have been girls.
A bachelor does . not stand any more
ahow of saoaping. matrimony in Para
guay than an old maid in aissks. m
muat marry or give soma mighty good
reason for not doing aa There are so
many women after him that It la leas
trouble to marry one of them than to
be continually bothered by all of them
The nrevalllng scarcity of men haa
made the women a rather strenuous lot
From necessity, they have learned to
do the work generally performed by the
sterner sex, and while doing so, nave
not been slow In taking up some nanus
that we think are not polite for ladlea
They are mighty good Judges of smok-Ina-
tobacco and are large consumers
of strona- claare. Although handl
capped by a heavy basket on their head,
one of them can Uck into the wind and
light her cigar as cleverly aa an Irish
man or a cowboy.
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and everything they need In the front
part of their waists so that ah article
they require will be within easy reach
without taking the load orr their neaa.
After making a sale of fruit or vege
tables one of them will toss a coin
Into the bosom of her dress like a mer
chant would throw caah into his money
drawer. It does not embarrass them in
the least to make change. Men are ao
scarce that when a woman gets a hus
band she takee splendid care of him.
He can have his meals at any hour, and
need never bother his head about the
flour barrel being empty hla wife looks
after that. In addition to being
great field for the exerclae of feminine
activity. Paraauay may truthfully be
said to rank as a laiy man s paraaise.
Country life In these far-away places
haa many strange features. Althougn
the climate Is warm, the people live
Drlncloally upon meat. Mutton Is the
ereat staple. The favorite way of pre
paring It la to boll It wun vegeiaDies,
sfter which It Is served in a large dish
the family gathering around with knlvea
and sDoons. each one helping himself
according to his wants. Very little
bread Is used by the poor natives living
In the country districts. The kind that
Is used Is so hard that a hammer comes
In handy In breaking It to pieces. The
principal pastimes are horse racing, card
playing, and dancing, i ne men are per
fectly at home, on their animals, and
have the reputation of being very ac
complished horsemen. But they are
very cruel to their beasts. They over
work them and do not properly feed
them.
The one thing that all travelers notice
Is the way In which they drive. Instead
of going slowly at the beginning of a
Journey, In order to give their horses a
chance to warm up gradually, they put
them to the gallop from the start, and
as a consequence they are soon winded.
Then they lash them unmercifully to
keep them on the go. It Is pitiful to see
high-strung, spirited animal fairly run
oft Its legs, snd then beaten half to
death to get a few more miles of travel
out of It. The horses are willing enough
If they were only handled In the proper
manner. The way In which the poor
beasts are misused Is shocking. It Is a
frequent alght to see fine looking speci
mens with one eye knocked out. or an
ear missing, all tha result of useless
cruelty and brutality, t A man who will
ride his steed at a forced pace all day
and then leave it standing hungry and
thirsty all night while he enjoya him
self and takes his rest Is not much of a
man, no matter what also may be Bald
of him. ' -
Neither do the natives understand the
art of hitching their horses to vehicles.
They hook on sis or aeven animals in
tha most haphazard manner. It Is a hard
Job to get them started and a bigger un
dertaklng to stop them. One of the big,
lumbering stages will circle a few times
In the attempt to get the horses headed
right, and when the start is fairly made,
the pace makes one think of the line In
the old song which runs, "Hold onto yer
seat. Miss Lisa Jane."
The natives are skillful card players.
They know most all the games, and are
up to many tricks. . They deal from the
bottom ard always to the left It la a
slow gamo that doea not end In a fist
fight or a cutting scrape. The country
people are great lovers of music. Their
nightly gatherings are similar to those
of the negroes In the southern part of
the United Btatea. except that the guitar
is used Instead of the banjo. One of the
country dandles, dressed up for a aesslon
with his girl, looks like a character in a
comic parade. If she listens to his blar
ney and goes to live with him, she will
be treated but little better than the poor
horse who serves him so faithfully and
well.
Thla calls to mind Benito, who owned
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mule and a woman and a dog. The
mule is mentioned first because Benito
spent more time with it than he did with
the women. Benito wss a water carrier,
but he usod very little of it himself.
He weht often to the country saloon
where he drank much liquor. After
wards he always slept Arousing from
his drunken slumber, he would curse
his woman, kick his dog. and whip-his
mule aa together ttvey went over the hill
for more water. Benito's head was cov
ered by a coarse growth of stiff, black
hair. His cranium ran up to a point,
He waa not In the habit of thinking
great lofty thoughts, becsuse his head
was not shaped for such things. There
was a treacherous glesm In his black
squinting eyes. He had a way of laugh
ing when nothing funny had been said or
done. Look out for those people who
are always giggling when there Is no oc
casion for It They are Just as certain to
be angry without reason.
Well, to make a long atory short, a
missionary got held of Benito one day.
and because he giggled like a fool, the
good soul thought he had an amiable dis
position, and that he ought to be re
deemed. The redemption of Benito
oroved to be a story of disaster with
many chapters. If ever a man of Ood
had a sore trial, the native proved such
to that missionary. Benito would walk
the straight and narrow path for a. day
or two, then he would let loose like a
wild est The good man had written the
account of the water carrier's redemp
tion to his denominational paper, under
the head of "Another Brand Plucked
from the Burning," but before- the
steamer arrived with the printed copies
of the paper, the "brand" was back In tha .
(Ire again, and had broken one of tha
mule's ribs with a club. A few days
respite only seemed to make him worse
when he did break loose. The mule and
the woman and the dog felt uneasy dur
ing one of those quiet spells, because
they knew it was merely a calm before
the storm. t
Faithfully did the missionary strive
to encompass the roul and conscience of
Benito with the doctrine but some wsjr :
or another he could not make-It stick.
There were some of us who believed It
wss not the missionary's fault nor tha
fault of the doctrine he taught but that
his pupil did not have enough brains In
side of his head to understand what waa
expected of him. or, if be did understand,
not enough strength of character to com
ply. Argument is wasted on all of bis
kind. Force is the only law they know.
The most effective way to reform a bully
Is to use a club.
II Students in High Schools and Colleges Ignorant of the Bible I
From the Chicago Tribune.
T"X R. IRA N. REM SEN, president of
U Johns Hopkins university, re
cently made the assertion that
much of the present lack of
good engllsh in the schools waa due to
the lack of biblical knowieoge ana me
proper appreciation of its beautiful .ng
llsh.
Dr. Rem sen made the statement that
if a score of Bible texts were selected
and mingled with lines taken from tha
modern poets, few persons In the schodia
or out of them would be able to dlstin
' gulsh tha sacred quotations from those
taken from the poets. This fact, aa ha
saw it was held to be a menace to the
development of literary style. Constd
erlng the Bible merely aa a work of lit
erature. Dr. Remsen was of the opinion
that allowing it to sink into neglect
and obscurity must prove disastrous to
the literary prospects of the future. For
1 the child not to memorise many of the
beautiful texts of the scriptures while
It Is yet young Is looked upon by the
doctor as so much opportunity lost In
its literary education.
To discover how truly Dr. Remsen
has spoken of Chicago schools and their
pupils, the Sunday Tribune has prepared
a list of quotations, scattering seven
passages from the Bible among 2S from
the world in general. These quotations
were printed upon slips of paper, leav
ing room for answers at the right of
each question, and in submitting these
slips to classes no notification was given
to the students. Ten to twelve minutes
were given to each class for answering.
In tho beginning Superintendent
Cooley refused to allow the slips to be
distributed in either tne normal school
or any of the high schools of- the city.
Mora liberalr-Profr-Thomas-Holgato of
Northwestern university and Profs. Bel
field of tha high school and Jackman
of the School of education in the Uni
versity of -Chicago, entered into the
spirit of tha thing, each holding that It
waa a pretty etlff list of quotations to
go before a class at a moment's notice,
but each recognizing the interest at
taching to tha opportunity for an an
swer. In tha 73 answers received from
these three- schools tha interest of the
Individual students was marked.
Tha list of 80 quotations prepared was
submitted with tha understanding that
If possible the . book from which the
Bible quotation and tha lay selection
. were taken should be named, but if the
student could not so designate, merely
to gtva tha Bible credit for the biblical
quotations and tha profane writer credit
for tha others would be sufficient
- Following Is tha Ustr the authorities
- for tho quotations having been affixed:
1. He kept him aa the apple of his
eye. Deuteronomy.
2. Mine ayes have seen tha glory of
the coming of tha Lord. "Battle Hymn
of the Republic" - . ,
I. O. inhabitant of Lebanon, that mak
est thy nest in tha cedars. Jeremiah.
4. And ona far off. divine event to
ward which tha whole creation move
Tennyson's "In Memoriam."
. 6. And ha shall rule them with a rod
of Iron. Revelation. - v- ,
' s. A little learning Is a dangerous
tblnjrPopa'g ;"Easag5 oa CrlUciaa, ,
7. Handsome la that handsome doea
Goldsmith's "Vicar of Wakefield."
8. Faint with love, tha lady of the
south lay In the paradise of Lebanon,
under a heaven of cedar boughs. Shel
ley. 9. Even from out thy alime the mon
sters of the deep are made; each sone
obeys thee; thou goeet forth dread,
fathomless, alone. Byron's "Chllde
Harold."
10. I went into the deserts of sleep
that world which like an unknown wil
derness bounds this with Its recesses
wide and deep. Shelley.
11. And ghastly through the driaxllng
rain, on the bald street breaks the
blank day. Tennyson's "In Memoriam."
12. For wisdom la better than rubles;
and all the things that may be desired
are not to be compared to it Proverbs.
13. A Daniel come to Judgment
Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice.'
14. One touch of nature makes the
whole world kin. Shakespeare's "Trol-
lus and Cresslda."
IB. How wretched is that poor man
that hangs on princes favors. snakes
Deare's "Henry VIII."
1. He tempers the wma to tne snorn
lmh. Sterne's "A Sentimental Jour
ney."
17. It Is not good tbat man snouia ne
lnn. Genesis.
18. For lo. the winter is past, tne rain
is over and gone, the flowers appear on
th earth, the time or tne singing 01
birds is come, and the voice of the tur
tle la heard in the land. eong 01 boio
mon. .
is. Full many a flower Is born to
blush unseen. Gray's "Elegy."
20. But winter, lingering, chills tho
lap of May. Goldsmith's ."The Trav
eler."
91 Tn the anrinar the young man's
fancy Uarhtly turns to thoughts of love.
Tennyson's "Locksiey au. -
22. To tha angel of the church in
Philadelphia, write: These things salth
ha that is holy, he that is true, ne mat
hath the key of David, he that openeth
and no man shutteth. and shutteth and
no man openeth I know thy works.
Revelation.
8S. Water, water everywnere, nor any
drop to drink. Coleridge'a "Ancient
Mariner," , '
24. I am escaped try tne skin 01 my
teeth. Book of Job.
26. All is not gold that glittera. Ba
con. " ,
, 2. Thy love did read by rote and
could not spell. Shakespeare's "Romeo
and Juliet"
27. Hates any man the thing ha would
not kllW Shakespeare's "Merchant .of
Venice." . . w .
28. Good . wine aeeda no bush
Shakespeare. 29. Knowledge comes, but wisdom lin
gers. Tennyson's "Locksley HalL"
. to. Reading maketh a full man- Ba
con. '' -' ..'' ."'
In tha preparation of these quotations
several more or lass "catch" quotations
were Inserted. Save for tba claaa tn
literature In Northwestern university,
there were dosena of answers accrediting-
tha first line of tha "Battle Hymn
at tha Republic" q tho scrtpturaa. la
the class from Northwestern not one
failed to designate its source.
The line "All Is not gold that glitters"
was taken from Bacon. At the same
time Shakespeare uses exactly the samt
words In different phraseology to read:
"All that glitters la not gold." Not one
attributed the Baconian phraseology to
Bacon, but one student from Northwest
ern university transposed It to the
Shakespearean before she credited It to
Shakespeare. In most cases the quota-
tlon was recognised aa from Shakes
peare.
Analyzing the answers received to
these questions, It Is shown at a glance
that the younger young people In the
city are losing the Influence of the Bl
ble. As Dr. Remsen has said, the time
was when the young child In school and
in Sunday-school memorised passages
from the scriptures. Thus, fixed In the
memory, they were not easily forgotten.
Evidences are that students in North
western university tnay have come un
der the earlier training and that they
might have made their selections for
Bible quotations five years ago With as
much certainty as tbey made the selec
tlons yesterday. At least, It is a slg
nlflcant showing that while eight of
Northwestern's class picked six of the
seven Bible texts and four found the
full seven, there were eight pupils In the
University of Chicago high school who
could not find pne text, and eight who
could find only one.
One of the oddities of the table, show
ing six of tho high school class unable
to name the Bible texts. Is the fact that
two of these pupils named six each of
the literary quotations figures that are
a good average for any of the classes.
8ixteen out of the 30 students in North
western university fell below this num
ber In their answers, and only eleven ex
ceeded it On the other side of the
biblical proposition, however, there is
the fact that some of thos students
showing the best knowledge of the Bible
make a poor showing in literary selections.
From all points of view and with re
gard to the quotations submitted, noth
ing lii the whole list approaches in
familiarity the lines, "Water, water
everywhere, nor any drop to drink." It
could not have been guessed that the
knowledge of the line and Its authorship
would have exceeded the knowledge of
the first line of "The Battle Hymn of
the Republic" Some one may find in
the fact the disposition of the young to
delve Into the uncanny and the morbid
of literature. Certainly 'too child ever
read under favorable conditions this
poem of Coleridge's without falling un
der Its spell. At the same time It is
hard to believe that the same child,
hearing the "Battle Hymn of the Re
public" could afterward so far forget
aa to ascribe Its authorship to the Bible,,
pr to fall, as dosens of others did, fo
make oven a guess as to Its origin.
The expression. "I am escaped by , tha
skin of my teeth." waa considered one
Of the difficult catch quotations from
the Bible. It was answered correctly
by six students from Northwestern uni
versity, two ascribing it to Job in par
Uculaii while two pupil la h Uoiveci
slty of Chicago High school Identified
It aa holy writ
Considered as class tables In general.
the returns from the University of Chi
cago High school show a better knowl
edge of literature In general than or lit
erature of the Bible, allowing for the
fact that only seven Bible selections
were taken in contrast to the 23 lay
quotations.
The School of Education of the Unl
verslty of Chicago mars its correctness
in distinguishing Bible texts by naming
an unusual number of literary quotations
aa coming from the same source. To
find only four texts and name nine oth
ers wrongly Is a bad showing worse
than falling to distinguish a single
Bible line and finding six lay quota
tions.
As to Northwestern university's show
ing In its table, the lowest Biblical
count Is two, while the same Individual
has five literary points to his credit In
the same claas. however, two Of the
four who have perfect scores on Biblical
texts have only five credits each on the
lay selections.
The best work of any individual in any
school is the identification of the seven
Biblical texts, together with 13 of the
literary lines and two errors In the total
of 22 answers. The highest number of
answers attempted by any Individual
waa 25, showing 12 literary answers and
the seven Bible answers correct but
with six errors in the marking.
In view of the certainty that not one
literary adult in 10,000 could have an
swered every question correctly In the
full sense of the term, the showings of
these schools may be considered fairly
good. At the least they will not disap
point Dr. Remsen greatly In any case.
Dr. It H. Belfleld of the University
of Chicago High school always has been
an advocate of the use of the Bible In
the schools if for no other purpose than
to put before the growing generation
Its well of pure English.
Anything that will cause the young
people to turn to the book of books in
any spirit must be to their advantage,"
said the doctor, as he received a bunch
of proofs of The Sunday Tribune's quo
tations. "Without question there is a
lack of knowledge 'of the scriptures
among the young people of today. I
have seen It here in the schools, as I
have seen it everywhere else in schools.
'1 have always said that the, Bible
might be presented to students in the
schools without the least pressure upon
them to believe one way or another. As
llterature.lt cannot be left out without
loss. It should be read at least as any
other history, leaving the student to
think for himself. But If It is not to be
a text book In the schools, the whole
student body Should be urged to look
into it In their own time and take ad
vantage of Its literature."
Dr. Belfleld waa not at all enthusiastic
as to the outcome of the answers, but
be was willing to submit the list-of
quotations with a keen Interest The It
slips distributed tn tha school went to
the fourth year class with a time limit
for anawerlng of Just II minutes. Indi
vidually . and collectively these papers
returned to Tha Quad, Tribune are a
study, representing ss they do an unex
pec ted tax upon the memories of the
students, with only 24 seconds to a ques
tion.
' The ability of the individual student
to mark the Bible texts was the chief
test and considering the selections made
It is almost unbelievable that eight
students of the total 26 were unable to
mark a single Bible quotation, that eight
others could point only one each, while
another five could pick only two each
from the seven Bible verses on the lists.
Yet two of these pupils who could
make no certainty of a single Bible text
answered six questions each In the lit
erary miscellany, while the two who
made the record of six Bible quotations
out of the seven could mark only seven
and four respectively of the literary se
lections. The largest number of quota
tlons marked on any list was 18, and the
persons making them found four Bible
texts and failed on every other point In
the 18.
The analysis of these answers shows
several features that appear to be com
mon to the pupils of the class. For In
stance, 26 out of the 31 competitors
were ablo to name the source of the
lines from the "Rhyme of the Ancient
Mariner," though Coleridge was spelled
In half a dozen ways and the author
ship of the poem was credited to several
other men. Again, one or the seem
lngly easiest quotations for the class
was from the "Battle Hymn of the Re
public." but 11 students credited It to
the Bible, only 12 could place Its
authorship, while eight made no at
tempt to name it One student who did
come near enough to be counted wrote
"Glory Hallejah" after the lines; one of
those counted out called it the "Star
Spangled Banner."
One of the selections most commonly
attributed to the Bible Is the line from
the "Sentimental Journey" "He tem
pers the wind to the shorn lamb." Six
students credited this to the Bible, while
for the most part the others left It un
marked. The line, "I am escaped by the
skin of my teeth," taken from Job,
found only two answers that were cor
rect and few Others attempted to name
its author. One pupil of whimsical turn
wrote after the lines, "Water, water
everywhere, nor any drop to drink," tho
words, "A Hollander, doubtless."
In the answers the methods of the" in
dividuals are brought out clearly. The
papers where only three or four of the
quotations are marked and all of these
markings correct are at wide variance
from the papers where 12 are answered
and nine wrong and 18 answered with
14 wrong.
In the University high school ,as a
whole, however, the tables show a
marked lack of knowledge of Bible lit
erature. Dr. Thomas Franklin Holgata of tha
Northwestern university, dean of the
College of Liberal Arts, waa Interested
enough- to distribute SO of the Sunday
Tribune's slips to a class In literature
where the average age of students was
21 years. Only 10 minutes tima Twss
given to the answering or tba questions.
but In that -19 minutes it was demon- ' t
strated. that somewhere between the
high school ages and the maturity of 21
years there Is a disposition Tor the
student to delve into the literature of
the Bible.
There was no failure on the part of
any student to find at least two Bible
quotations. The lowest record was the
naming of two texts from the Bible,
while out of the total of 30 students
four of them found every text and eight
found six texts each.
But oddly enough. 18 pupils fixed
upon the line, "He tempers the wind to
the shorn lamb," as having come from
the Bible; of the four who named every
Bible quotation correctly three gavo
credit to the Bible for the line, and of
the eight who found six of the Bible
texts, six named the Bible as the source
of the proverb. Just one pupil, evi
dently a young woman, gave the correct
answer, attributing it to Sterne's "sen
timental Journey."
Contrasting with the high school
class, no one failed to mark the lines
from the "Battle Hymn of the Repub
lic" One named It as "Marching
Through Georgia," and another calling
It the "Battle Hymn of tha!. Republic"
ascribed the authorship to Mrs. He-
mans.
That "It Is not good for man to be
alone," a young woman attributed to
"Longfellow's 'Miles Standlsh,' an idea
from the Bible."
From the University of Chicago high
school three fourths of the pupils mark
ing slips avoided the line. --"A-- Daniel
come to Judgment" The other fourth,
however, answered correctly. Oddly
enough, from the older students from
Northwestern university four papers
were marked opposite the line: "From
the Book of Daniel."
One of the Northwestern pupils "bit'
at the catch paragraph from Revelations
beginning, "To the angel of the church
In Philadelphia, write." The answer of
this student was: "From the Mormon
Revelations I" To the other line with
two authorships "All is not gold that
glitters" the universal credit given to
Shakespeare for the line was tempered
by the student's note. "All that glitters
Is not gold." The first arrangement of
the line Is from Bacon, while in giving
credit to Shakespeare this one writer
makes the change conforming it to the
text of "The Merchant of Venice."
The best individual paper submitted
shows 25 answers attempted, covering
every Bible text and missing only five
of the literary quotations. On tha
showings made, the lines from the ."An
cient Mariner" are better known to tha
class than any other In literature, J or
not one failed to name lta authorship. . -
It waa reserved for the school of
education class in the University of Chi
cago to make soma changes tn tha order
of things connected with the contest
Most of those competing received tha
Impression that' simply to mark the
Bible texts "Bible." and to write "Out
of It" for the selections not Identified
with the testaments. , . :.
?iOne student attained the maximum of
seven in the picking out of the Bible
texts and confused no other quotations
with the scriptures. Two others wha
picked out the seven texts added re
spectively five snd two of the other se
lections to Bible authorship. The
worst case of individual Ignorance of
the Bible showed four texts identified. ;
While nine other literary quotations
were credited to the same source. r Con-,
sldered from tha point of view of ac
curate answerings, however, the pupil -who
Identified six Blblcal quotations snd
confused no others with the same auth- .
orlty may be counted best . In this
school's list
Sixteen papers were returned to The .
Sunday Tribune by Prof. Wilbur 8.
Jackman of the school. Four of these
students who answered In 'line with the
rest of the classes hi the contest have -fair
records to their credit three find
ing five texts each and one finding the'
total of seven. .
Eight of the students credited Mrs.
Howe's hymn lines to the Bible. Twelve
of them were certain that Sterne's Una
was from the same source, snd five
credited "A Daniel come to Judgment"
to the Book of Daniel. "
tb noxTXjro bags.
From the Catholic Standard.
I've been readln'.the papers
And watchin' the capers ' -
Of Russian and Jap on the land and
the sea; .
And It's got me to guessln
Why some names is mlssln'
That should be conspickyus wbort
flghtln's so free.
Sure! where are the Relllys,
The Caseys and Kileys,
And all of the tribes of tha Macs and .
the 0sT .
There was never real flghtln'
Or wrongs to be rightin'
'But some o" them byes d be strikln"
their -blows. -v -
Now the longer 1 ponder
The struggle out yonder
Where the Jap and the Russian are
fllrtin wld Fame.
The. more I'm decidtn' . -The
Irishman's hidln'
Behind the quare front of a baythenlsh
name,- -. . . ...
If ye read of "PatrlskT
Or -Mlchelkomtskl" v , ' '
Te'U know they're not Russian at all.
If ye're wise. -
And the Jap Tomohara" :.;- !,. , .
And "Teddlmsgara" 4 ' . . '
Are simply good Connaught men that
In disguise; ' . 4.
.' j: What the trasf . it'M:
5 From the New York Time : '
The Rev. Dr. Ratnsford. while taking ,
a stroll along Madison avenue one tan
day. met a poor hot, poorly clad; set
with an unusually intelligent fae
Bald ha to the lad:
"Don't you go to Sunday school, ay
boyr
- "Nope; but I us"d ter."
"Why did you give It ui'T"
'Causi from th whv m t
talked, I knew dsrnM A n-- -went
to heaven 'c I t -
women. '
So what's tUe t