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available when the executive business
was done In the main building Con
gress has appropriated money for
doubling the size of the new wing, and
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work on It will begin soon The addi
tion will extend over the ground used
«LIGON
.
BANDON
by President Roosevelt as a tennl’
court. The plans provide for a large
not necessary to tell a woman oval room for the President, overlook
on the bright side of the mir- Ing the Potomac, flanked on the right
by his secretary's office and on the left
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by a new Cabinet room. An enlarged
How dull and uninteresting life waiting room for the public and a
would be If everybody minded ' is awn special waiting room for members of
business.
Congress will occupy part of the spa'-«
“How sweet Is the sweet girl g; ad- vacated In the original building, and
the President, separated from the pub
eate?" asks the Baltimore Sun. I'm-
11c by a hall, will be able to do hl»
m-m-m' Is our answr.
work in greater privacy.
P apers
^THE
HUMANITY APPROACHING DIVINE IDEAL.
By the Rev. R. F. Campbell.
Humanity is progressing towards some
great end, an end higher than the perfecting
of separate individualities. One generation
goes on where another leaves off. and un
folds the divine Ideas a little more fully.
Some day, we may hope, this idea will be
realized in a human society as nearly perfect
as the limitations of earth permit. We may
reasonably hold that those generations which
have passed on have not stood still either, and nre stllj
concerned with the work of evolving humanity, a
mighty Whole,»one with and in the glorified Christ.
"Then comath the end.” All illusions, all sense of
separateness, will disappear; the material will make
way for the spiritual, the phenomenal for the real, and
the universe of universes, visible and invisible, attain
to perfect conscious oneness in the eternal life of God.
This is the New Testament view of the matter seen tn
the large perspective of our present-day knowledge <■'
the vastness of the universal order.
When we come to the question of the survival of In
dividual consciousness after death we can say no more
than that the evidence which would satisfy the ordinary
religious mind might fall with the uninformed by the
religious temperament. Nevertheless the lack may be
In the latter rather than the former. The plane of
spiritual experience is real and is felt by most to be
higher than the purely Intellectual, and it Is In the
plane of spiritual experience that certitude regarding
the immortality of the soul has hitherto generally been
attained.
There is the mind behind all, and the divine love
that vibrates between soul and soul in response to the
call of human need, like the ether that carries the elec-
trio force from point to point In the visible universe,
I see from the list of Injured In connection with the
terrible mining disaster of a few days ago that there
Is a possibility that an interesting correspondent has
been killed. If so. perhaps he knows more now' of the
ways of God with men than I could ever tell him.
Death Is no calamity to those whom it calls higher, but
only to those who mourn their loss. And even that
would be turned to joy if we could but know how things
really are In the great beyond.
peopl J
which are Inhabited by people who have much smaller
fortunes than the great New York banker. Near his
house Mr Morgan has built a large library, where he
amasses various collections of books, manuscripts and
relics which ought to cost a great many millions, But
this library is not a part of his house; It Is a sort of
public monument.
Mr. Carnegie has built Immense palaces all over
America for libraries, museums and schools, Yet for
himself he has reserved a house In New York which n
European would consider hardly worthy of a man of
such great wealth.
European journals tell frequently almost unbelievable
tales of American luxury, of fortunes spent on jewels,
on dresses, on flowers. They tell of fabulous feasts
given, of the caprices of the new Neroes on the other
side of the Atlantic. Like everybody else, before going
to America I read these reports with Implicit faith In
them. Now, however, I confess I have become skep
tical and I do not consider these journals as reliable
sources of Information regarding American extrava
gance.
Briefly, I have not seen any essential difference be-
tween American luxury and European luxury, The cry
about American extravagance had Its origin not In
Europe, but In America, and It Is rather proof of Amer
ican democracy. This cry about extravagance has been
raised by Americans who have been brought up In the
spirit of purltanlsm and democracy and could not look
Indifferently upon any growth of luxury which followed
the growth of riches In the last century.
The good deeds II. H. Rogers per
The essential thing for a young
formed on the quiet make splendid
man to cultivate who is desirous of
reading since his death.
success In the business world are mu
The airship is going to be a suc sic, a love of poetry, modern lan
cess, although we do not recall that guages and a thorough knowledge of
Mother Shipton predicted that it the technique of the business he ex
pects to follow. That Is what the
would be.
graduates of the Montclair Academy
It seems pretty hard to find a man were told by William B. Dickson, the
who can afford to be ambassador to second vice president of the United
the court of St. James on a salary of States Steel Corporation, at the com
mencement exercises of that school.
117,600 a year.
Mr. Dickson’s talk was a brief one,
A comet la eafd to be fly’.ui through but it was full of practical sugges
■pace at tho late of a million m.ies tions. He advised the young men who
a minute. 1 et't see, what's tbs speed were about to enter college not to
spread out too much, but to go deep
limit for comets?
into the subjects they considered. In
It must be a great comfort to the other words, he would have them elim
men operating airships and balloons inate non-essentials and be earnest in
to feel that the bystanders cannot tell their pursuit of essentials. That mu
sic and poetry should be placed first
them how to do it.
In the list of these essentials by a
WHAT UNIVERSAL PEACE REALLY MEAN8.
In the absence of any exciting news successful man of large business In
By Barones» Von Suttner.
from Panama It will be understood terests will surprise some people, but
The whole object of the peace advocates
that the work on the canal Is moving the fact is that some of the greatest
consists In turning the people and the gov
along as usual, If not a little more so. leaders In this era of combinations of
ernments to kindness and mutual love. They
all branches are lovers of these arts.
strive to show how much pleasanter, more
Some newspaper writers believe It They are not men of visions—not vi
comfortable and healthier It is to live In
is better to make people laugh than sionary, but dreamers of dreams that
peace than it Is to quarrel and fight, The
to make them think—and It Is a great are prophetic. Much of their Inspira
public Imagines the peace advocates to be a
deal easier; for almost everybody can tion for the gigantic enterprises In
sort of a wishy-washy flock of sheepish men
which they have engaged has come
laugh.
upon whom our war lords look down with
from their education In music and
contempt and whose arguments are now and then re
The German emperor has been pho poetry. They have combined with
futed by historians and other learned men. This con
tographed In an ordinary business this education a deep knowledge of
ception of the peace advocate, however, is wrong. The
suit, but we are glad to say that he the technique of their business, and
peace advocate as the public thinks of him is only a
absolutely draws the line at rowing h^ve thus been enabled to make prac
phantom. He is only a caricature created by those who
tical the inspiration they have receiv
trunks.
AMERICAN PRODIGALITY MOSTLY MYTHICAL.
know nothing whatever about the movement and agi
ed from the arts mentioned.
The
By Guglielmo Ferrero.
Moat of the Vassar graduates are young men who follow Mr. Dickson'«
tation for universal peace.
described as sincere and sensible girls. advice will acquire a liberal educa
In Europe one Is fond of speaking of the
War has from time Immemorial been and is at the
It Is good news to the sensible young tlon whether or not they go to col
"barbarian extravagance” of the Americans,
present day the ruling motive and course of human
men that not all of these sweet grad lege, and will thus be fitted to tak«
Naturally, there are men and women in
society. Peace is an interruption and an accident. What
New York, Philadelphia and Chicago, just as
uates are engaged.
the advocates of peace want Is precisely to turn the
high station in the business activities
there are such men and women in Paris, Lon
thing around. They want to make peace the ruling
of the world.
A New York woman wants a divorce
don and Berlin, who delight in spending their
course and motive of human society, and war, in so far
Men make sport of the trials of wo
because her husband kissed a lady
money foolishly. It is perhaps even true that
as ft ever could arise, to be only an Illegal interruption.
to whom he had been formerly en men over the purchase of a spring
there are more of that class of men and wont
In our present society, which rests entirely upon a war
A recent cartoon by Me
gaged. One by one man's privileges bonnet.
en in America than there are in Europe. But
basis, peace is maintained only through expensive war
Cutcheon. the genial satirist of the
are being ruthlessly torn away.
It is equally true that this class of people in America
preparations and through the constructing of fortifica
Chicago Tribune, suggests that men
as well as In Europe form only an Insignificant minor-
tions.
The effect of the last advance In also have their troubles, The cartoon
tty and their folly could not be taken for a normal phe
The movement for universal peace has In the last few
nomenon of American life I* general.
the price of meats In New York has shows the customer In a shop, de
years developed into a science. Sciences never create,
One rarely sees real palaces in America, One of the
plead or force phenomena—they merely observe them
been to cause a marked falling off In manding the latest style in straw
mansions reputed to be among the largest in New York
and recognize them. The movement toward universal
the demand. TheT® are other things hats. A sailor shape Is offered, and
peace accomplishes more and more as the world be
is that of Mr. Vanderbilt on Fifth avenue. Yet even
than meat, which can be eaten In sum ho tries It on. The face that looks
at him from the mirror Is so differ
this house is far from attaining the proportions of a
comes organized as lts separate units begin to unite
mer, and will sustain life.
real palace as we understand the word in Europe., The
more closely. This is a process In harmony with the
ent from the one to which he has been
home
of
Mr.
Morgan
is
much
smaller
and
does
not
sur
laws of nature. To conclude a universal peace pact be-
accustomed
all
winter
that
the
hat
Is
Lord Curzon, the Chancellor of Ox
tween all nations is the next step in human develop
pass in magnitude or luxury many of the beautiful ho
Then an
ford University, proposes the abandon rejected unhesitatingly.
tels
which
embellish
the
elegant
quarters
of
Paris
and
ment.
Alpine
Panama
is
tried,
followed
by
ment of compulsory Greek, the confer
ring of university degrees on women, others of different shapes. Not one
and the admission of non-conformists Is satisfactory to him. and he departs,
KISS BY CUSTOM AND FAVOR.
THEN SHE PADDLED.
to theological degrees Although the still wearing his stiff winter derby.
chances are all against the adoption Many a young man has had a similar Perquisite» nt Hungerford nnd I’rlv-
of his recommendations, they Indicate experience. The older men have usual
lletfei of Newcii*ile*M Mayor,
that the most conservative of British ly learned what style of a straw hat
Though kissing is eald to go by
institutions feels the effect of modern they like, and wear one of the same favor, yet it sometimes goes by cus-
Bhape year after year. Even they are
ideas
tom, and occasionally by law, says
sometimes almost ready to yield to the
The humor of college hazing has desire for variety. Yet, In nine cases Tit-Bit». For instance, there Is a cus
tom connected with Hocktide at Hun
failed to appeal to the New York Leg
out of ten, after trying on all the
Islature. That body has lately pro- other shapes, they call for one of the gerford, a festival which takes place
vided a penalty of from $10 to $100 old style. The psychological situation every April. A penny tax Is collect
for the ordinary forms of hazing, and Is not the same when one buys a silk ed on that day by two well-known res
has classified as mayhem that form hat. No young man ever tried on such idents of Hungerford, who are termed
of the "sport" In which the victim Is a hat without a feeling of gratifica “tuttymen” and who go from door to
branded with nitrate of sliver or oth tion that It was so becoming. Behind door, each carrying a stave trimmed
er like substance. The penalty for the the gratification, and largely responst with gay ribbons.
It Is not recorded whether this hon
offense Is imprisonment for not less ble for It, lies the long-cherished de
orary
post of "tuttyman" Is put up to
than three years.
sire to have a "stovepipe” bat. If open competition, but It certainly
ft is two sizes too big for him ft ought to be, for there Is
one very
On the active list of the United makes little difference. The fact that valuable perquisite attached
to the of-
States regular army there are now It Is a “stove-pipe" is enough. He can
flee—namely, a kiss from at least one
only fifteen officers who saw service face an army, or that more trying as
Orme—I suppose you are one of those fellows who likes to paddle their
lady In each family visited, It is
In the Civil War, and all of these will sembly, a group of hfs female rela
said, moreover, to be the rule at Hun own canoe.
be retired by the age limit, 64 years, tlves, without flinching, conscious that
Fred—Well, I would rather see the girl paddle this one.
within the next six years. The young he Is wearing the proper thing But gerford to yield graciously to this cus
Orme—And why?
tom,
especially
If
the
"tuttymen"
hap
est of the fifteen, Colonel John L. there are so many shapes of straw
Clem. Is known In history as “the hats, designed for so many tastes, that pen to be young and handsome bache
lors.
Vn conquerable Souls.
a mayor of Newcastle who has not
drummer boy of Shiloh,” and he was all the kinds of a man that go to
"Beating the bounds” Is often asso deemed this privilege cheap at the
under 11 years of age when he beat make up every Individual have a
The English soldier who sent hk
the drum at the head of the Union struggle for the mastery when it ciated with other remarkable customs price. Nor Is this all. No sooner has people the tunic he had worn In a bat-
troops In the famous charge of that comes to deciding which shall have and at Maidenhead kissing Is lmme- the mayor received his kiss and pre tie at the beginning of the South
morlally associated with it.
Any sented his sovereign than the sheriff, African War, and wrote from hospital,
battle.
the hat It likes.
lady, old or young, rich or poor, who not to be outdone, also chooses a fair "You will see that there are eleven
An eminent psychologist asserts
is encountered on the road must have lady, duly kisses her, and presents bullet-holes In It, but I was awfully
LIVE STOCK NOTE.
that many mothers make a serious
the fair alternative submitted to her her with a sovereign. But the fair lucky; only six of them hit me,” has
mistake in encouraging baby talk
of being either "bumped" or kissed. maid whom the mayor has kissed has a rival In an English schoolboy of 10,
by their children for years after they
It speaks volumes for the good sense still another gift to receive, and this whose cheerful acceptance of the
should be articulating In Intelligent
of Maidenhead maidens that the vast time from the mayoress, who is bound "bludgeonings of chance” a writer in
fashion. He says ft often results in
majority of them prefer the latter al by custom, whatever her feelings on St. James' Budget has made public.
permanent lisping and stammering,
ternative to the former, although they the matter may be, to present with
“My life has been a very lucky one,”
and Is a drawback to the general de
might prefer It as a private rather some useful gift the lady whom her wrote the 10-year-old. “When I was
velopment of the child. Mothers nat
than as a public function. Neverthe husband has kissed.
3 years old I fell downstairs and cut
urally enough dislike to see their lit
less. there are cases on record where
my head. When I was 5 years old I
Quick
Wit
Save».
tle ones "grow up too soon,'' but they
ladles have chosen to be “bumped,”
was looking at some hens, and a dog
"The strangest and most thrilling bit my leg.
can 111 afford to encourage them In
and. as this takes place on the boun
talking and acting in unnatural ways.
dary stones, they have probably re- piece of swordsmanship I ever saw,”
"When I was 8 I went with my
pented, when too late, of their undue said the fencing master, "was In Ver- brother in the trap, and the horse fell
mont.
Few prouder boys could be found
Miss Cltee—Your pigs are quite fat, coyness.
and threw us out of the trap; my
"I was spending the autumn in a brother lit on bls feet and I lit on
anywhere in the country than those aren't they?
Barge day Is a festival which ap-
the
who were recently used by detectives
Farmer Yappe—Yes, marm.
pears to be peculiar to Newcastle-on- mountainous part of the state, and horse’s back.
there
was
a
military
encampment
in Omaha, to assist in the arrest of
near
Miss Cltee—It will be necessary for Tyne. It seems to be akin to the
"Last year I was playing, and ran
some train robbers. One of the boys them to grow a great deal thinner, I
practice of boundary beating, for the my hotel. One morning an officer's into a lurry and cut my eyebrow, and
pulled a leather string from a pile of suppose, before you can use them for
horse started to bolt with the man It has left a mark.
mayor and corporation, who doubtless
rubbish In a vacant lot, and found an spareribs?
during parade, and made at breakneck
"One day I went into the «laughter
in olden times used to sail In barges,
automatic pistol at the end of It. He
now embark upon four beflagged speed toward a precipice. The officer house. and a big sheep ran after me
Her
Paata.
discovered burglars' tools also, and
tried to stop the horse, tried to turn and knocked me down, and broke
steamers and. followed by two old
my
told the police. The police concluded
They were talking in low tones 01 state barges, steam up the river to its head—no use. On dashed the fran arm.
that the robbers would come back to the hostess. "She has a very gracious claim the soil of the Tyne,
tic animal straight for abyss.
"I have had a happy life.”
But the
the rubbish pile to get their property, presence," said one. "It’s a pity sht
"We all held our breath. In another
piece de resistance Is reserved for the
and had the boys play In the neighbor Isn't married to a man with money, sc
Instant we expected to see horse and
What She Wa, Doing.
landing A big crowd Is always wait
hood, and keep watch for strangers. If that she could entertain more elegant
rider go over the cliff But the officer,
"Didn't you telephone us that you.
ing on the landing stage for the ar
any appeared one boy was to leave the ly. She seems to be used to enter
when within fifty feet of the edge. wife was ready to go with us when
rival of the "grave and reverend selg-
game and telephone to the police sta tainlng."
drew his sword, and plunged it twice we started?”
Bora.
”
and
from
the
assembled
multi
tion. The plan worked successfully,
deep into the horse. The horse stag
"She is.” another explained. "Sev
'
"Yes. but she's upstairs now chang
tude the mayor has the very delight
and those accused of the robberies eral of her former husbands were I men
gered, slowed, keeled over, dying.
Ing her mind.”
ful but extremely Invidious privilege
were arrested.
"The man had sacrificed the ani
of brains and some means, they tel’
of selecting any young lady he pleases
We are never fooled but once on
mal's life to save hl» own.”
me.”
and
giving
her
a
kiss.
For
this
oscu
The wing of the White House, built
store teeth.
IT there is so much enjoyment in
In 1M3 for the offices of the President,
The men who are bound for the latory performance she receive* a gol
A man without viable means of
flirting, why don't men flirt with their
has proved to be too small, although front, do not wait until New Year t» den Mverelgn.
support just can't keep out of trouble.
It la said that there has never peeu Wives?
B contains much more room than was make a start.
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dances which 2o0 years ago «ert tn
vogue, only the minuet remains, anl
that nowadays Is very rarely attempt
ed. Of course every one admits that
of all dances the waltz Is queen. It
originated among the German peas
ants in the seventeenth or eighteenth
century. As they danced It it waa the
slow waltz. called the landler. •
Later the Vienna musicians took It
up. quickened the pace, and by their
lovely musical settings of this dance
rhythm established the reign of the
waltz throughout the world. It is note
worthy that the composers of the finest
dancing waltzes ever written Schu
bert, Weber, Beethoven. Strauss. Lan
ner, Labltzky and Waldteufei- were
all Vienna men. It is properly a three-
step dance, whether slow or fast. The
two-step waltz Is a recent innovation
and not an Improvement.
Besides the waltz we owe to Ger
many the gallop, an Impetuous, dash
ing dance dating from about 1800; the
polka, a justly popular four-step dance
derived from the Bohemian peasantry
about 1830, and the redowa, a quick
movement in triple time, also Bohe
mian in origin.
France has given us the minuet, the
quadrille or contradance and the far-
andole, all square dances or dances
participated in by several pairs or sets
simultaneously.
Poland has furnished some beautiful
dances, notably the much-admired ma
zurka in modern triple time; the state
ly polonaise, a kind of processional
much used in European courts and at
elaborate social functions; the varso-
vlenne, a slow three-step, and the era-
covienne, a fast two-step.
Italy's chief contribution Is the jig.
which is danced under different names
in all countries—in Italy as the taran
tella and saltarello, in England as the
hornpipe, and in Scotland anil Ireland
as the reel.
The only dances native to his coun-
try are sundry jigs, reels, clog dances,
break downs, etc., mostly originating
among the Southern plantation hands.
While these dances are lively and
amusing, they cannot be called artis
tic, like the national dances of Ger
many, Poland, Spain, Scotland and
France.
It was a murky day In August, and
the old sea captains were talking of a
schooner which had been struck by
lightning a few days before, and add
ing their contributions to nautical fic
tion, thinly disguised as fact, "How
about the Emma 8., Captain Ell?”
asked the privileged listener at last.
"Wasn't she struck once?”
"She was, sir,” and Captain Ell
fixed his gaze on a crack in the ceil-
Ing of the old wharf office. "She was,
Indeed, off the Cape; home'ard bound,
she was.”
“I’d like to hear the particulars,”
said the young man, and all the cap
tains moved In- their seats and fixed
their eyes on the crack which held
the gaze of Captain Ell.
“ 'Tisn't much to tell, only what
might happen to any vessel under slm-
succuinstances,” said Captain Eli.
bolt struck the deck amidships,
bored a hole right down through
bottom o' the schooner big as a
man's leg.
"The water come rushing in, and o’
course the Emma 8. would have
foundered if a second bolt hadn't come
and struck my foreto'galla’mast, cut
it off near the top, turned it end for
end, and drove it right Into the hole,
plugging it up an’ making it water
tight.
" 'Twas a clear case o’ what folks
call the ravages an' repairs o' nature,”
said Captain Ell, as he removed his
gaze from the crack and let It rest
thoughtfully on the Ingenuous face of
the only landsman in the company.
Hmr French Women.
There are 7,000,000 women In Francs
who earn their own living. In Paris
women now work as cutters of pro
clous stones, and they have proved so
skillful that they may win supremacy
from Amsterdam as the center of th«
stone-cutting industry, The women
cutters receive $1.80 a day, against
the 60 cents paid the Paris seam-
st ress. Women are found in almost
every line of work In France. Foi
example, a woman Is In charge of th«
railroad station in Froissy, a Parli
suburb, while her husband works un,
der her as a porter. The only barbel
shop In Froissy is run by “Mila
Jeanne,” who w-orks only on Tuesdayi
and Fridays. Mme. Lesobre holds th«
;olnt position of telegraph messengei
and postman. She averages twentj
miles a day, seven days a week, and
ha» not missed a day In fifteen yeara
A woman pounds the big drum In th«
Froissy brass band, and a woman
holds the street cleaning contract
The llliiht Side.
Patience—They say a man's beard
Is generally heavier on the right side
of bls face.
Patrice—I don’t see, then, why a
girl always tries to get on the right
■Ide of a man!
After a woman has been married
six months the tradesmen don't hear
so much about what her husband like«
to eat.
Sometimes a man wants a thing so
much that he forgets the other feb
low doesn't want to give it up.