The Monmouth herald., August 11, 1922, Image 3

French Marriage
Customs Change
Many Girls Happily Wedded After
Being Won in Fashion of
English Sisters.
Number of Educated Gentlewomen
Who Are Earning Their Living la
Increasing Every Year— New
Occupations Are Open.
CONSULT WEATHER
BUREAU
Washington.— “ What is the health­
iest place in the United States?"
“ Is there any pluce in Florida where
shell too much of a woman to stand a persou can live the year round
without getting malaria?”
alone.
Questions like these come almost
That there are French women who
daily to the weather bureau of the
understand that their daughters must
I United States Department of Agricul­
be better armed for life Is evident,
ture. The latier Is evidently from a
but they belong more generally to the
corres|M>iideut who is discouraged by
petite bourgeoisie than to the grunde
New Jersey mosquitoes and wants to
bourgeoisie, or the aristocracy. Not
try something else. Inquiries of this
until quite lately have women of the
I type, including questions on the tem­
upper classes contemplated taking up
perature, climute, rainfall, and similar
paid work outside their homes, and
I factors of weather which affect living
the prospect confounds them. Many
| conditions, business, or work in some
mothers would like to see their daugh­
distant locality, are taken cure of by
ters murried unsuitably rather than
the climatological division of the
not married and forced to earn their
weather bureau.
living.
The Inquirer is usually supplied with
New Occupations Open.
printed data giving a great many facts
The result Is the girls of today are about the section he is interested In,
turning their eye to occupations which as well as a letter answering his spe­
hitherto have been forbidden.
The cific questions.
The weather bureau has 100 printed
cinema has many attractions for them;
It Is easier than the stage. The Rue sectional descriptions of this character
de la I’alx offers many opportunities. which it sends persons asking alwiut
Shopkeeping appeals to the practical conditions in definite places In conti­
artist which is latent In so many nental United States. Similar data are
also available for I'orto ltico and Ha­
Frenchwomen.
waii. Information about Alaska is In
Business attracts more than cook­
ing, housecleaning, gardening or run­ preparation.
London.— French parents know no
better than English parents what to
do with their daughters, writes a
I'aris correspondent of the Times.
When marriage fails, or is unduly de­
layed, action becomes imperative. For­
merly, marriage was the Invariable
remedy; today there are not enough
men to go round, and girls must look
for some alternative to wifehood and
motherhood when they leave school.
An aim In life Is essential. Their
parents are the first to realize this,
and turn reluctantly from matchmak­
ing to the choice of a career. The girls
are less reluctant, because they do not
despair of finding a husband and are
glad to think they may meet him and ning a car. Teaching is more to her
choose him for themselves.
taste than nursing. She dt>es not look
Sometimes their dreams are realized, with favor on any occupation which
and there are many happily married takes her away from her family alto­
women In France who have been gether, which spoils her hands or
wooed and won in the English wny. destroys the outward signs of her In-
They met their husbands through their wafd grace.
work. The numbers of educated gen­
She strives to keep her wage-enrn-
tlewomen who are earning their living,
ing work and her private life as far
or preparing to do so, increase every
year. The liberal professions include apart as possible. The freedom which
comes to Frenchwomen with nn earned
many qualified women. There are a
Income does not often run into li­
few notuble cases where women are
associated with big business concerns, cense. Sound common sense and a
practical conception of the value of
hitherto only run by men. In agricul­
money keep most girls from extrava­
ture women sometimes direct their
gance, even when family traditions
estates, but there is no general fem­
fail.
inine movement towards outdoor man­
ual labor. Women gardeners can be
counted on one hand; farmers are al­
most as rare.
Upholds Modern Mothers.
Mine. Leon Daudet in her recent
book, '‘Comment Elever nos Fllies,”
puts herself on the side of modern
mothers In such things as sport and
liberty of thought “ within measure." !
but is opposed to the Idea of women
taking a part In politics, law, medi­
Adventures
Follow
cine or business. She does not be­ Exciting
lieve they w ir find happiness in a pub­
Wreck of Vessel on Coast
lic career: “ La veritable vie des
of South America.
femmes est a la maison.” She would
have her daughters accomplished in
fine arts and fine manners, charitable,
domesticated, “ sachant composer un
menu et au besoin l'executer.” They
should excel in well chosen fqiorts, and
In their late teeno Balzac's novels Sailors Spend Weary Months on Coast
might be set before them.
Waiting for Rescue— All on Verge
In all they do they should be
of Starvation When Picked Up
watched tver and guarded. For daugh­
by Coast Guard.
ters so educated marriage is -he only
desirable end. They are ill fitted to go
Houston, Tex.— A strange tale of ad
out Into the world.
ventures in the wilds of South Amer­
M. I'ierre Soulaine in his novel. “ La ica, of shipwreck and weary vigil on
Hue de la I'ulx,” draws a vivid pic­ the coast was told recently by Captain
ture of a girl brought up in this way Whittemeer of the Mount Evans.
who is forced eventually to earn her
“ It was in 1893, during the days of
living. It does not offer an encour­ the sa 11 boats,” Captain Whittemeer
aging outlook, and one feels the girl said, "that I had what probably was
who must earn her livelihood needs the strangest adventure of my history.
something more than the education
“ I was very young then, and had
which even a delightful and virtuous been to sea only a few years. I was
home can give. She emerges from her still with the St. James, u sailing ship
on which I set out for my first voyage.
“ On this voyage we were out of Rio
de Janeiro for Valparaiso.
“ We had been out several days— I
Child Falls in Oil
forget the exact number— when a gale
Well and Is Drowned
hit us. We tried to stay safely out
from shore, but all efforts were futile.
Electra, Tex.— “ Daddy— Dad­
For three days we were battered and
dy, help m e!" were the Rgonlz-
torn by a heavy sea, and on the fourth
ing cries which came from the
our vessel wns enst on a reef near
ten-inch opening of an oil well
what is now known ns Good Success
here.
Rescuers worked fran­
bay.
tically, but the narrowness of
When we saw that the ship was
the hole, which was ISO feet
doomed we decided to leave her.
deep, handicapped their efforts.
“ We went overboard In lifeboats and
It was a race with death which
rowed for 20 miles up the const.
lasted five hours, but death won.
“ We built a fire and waited for
Rising water
in
the
hole
morning. It was terribly cold. Our
drowned the child before grap­
clothing was wet and fear was felt
pling hooks were fastened into
for several of the men.
the clothing and the body was
Watch Interests Indians.
drawn from the well. The child
“ When morning finally came we de­
was Lee Gandy, four. He step­
cided to split into two parties. One
ped into the opening of the well.
party was to take the imats and try
to reach the coast guard station, the
■t
Needs the Money.
Tucson, Arlz.— A fter playing every
part in life’s cast from lumberjack
and prizefighter to the graduate school
of a great college, Fred (K id ) Wedge,
who attracted nation-wide attention
when lie hoboed his way to Harvard,
plans to leave Tucson to till a movie
contract. Wedge declared he intended
to employ ids profits to return to Har­
vard, which he was compelled to leave
on account of waning finances.
"It ’s only a means to an end with
me. I haven't lost the old ambition,”
declared Wedge. “ I expect to take
Mrs. Wedge and the boy to Cambridge
this fall and I need tlie money.”
Sailor Tells
Strange Tale
WATCH INTERESTS INDIANS
Manuel Proves He Is a Dare-Devil
Congressman Manuel Herrick o f Oklahoma, who admits he is the “ aerial
daredevil of congress.” being strapper I in the army plane In which he attempted
to thrill btase Washington. His pilot, L. J. Maitland, took Herrick through
the loop the loop, tail spin, falling leaf and every stunt known to aviation.
.
Aerial Booze Runner Has a Crash
If Moving to Another State You Can
Get Just the Information .You
Want From the Government
other wns to return to the ocean bench.
“ I happened to be one of the 13 to
return to the bench.
"W e had gone about 15 miles when
we were stepped by a river. It wns
not wide nor deep, but it wns very
swift and great pieces of Ice floated
on It.
"W e were still standing on the bank
of the river when we suw a bund of
Indians coming toward us. I stood
close to where they emerged from be­
hind a small knoll, so there was noth
ing for me to do but await develop­
ments. The others ran.
“ The Indians surrounded me nnd
looked me over curiously. For some
time I wns undecided what to do. 1
was frightened. The Indians were re­
puted to he cannibals. Then a woman
in the hand noticed my watch fob.
“ I took out my watch nnd gave It to
her. I was surprised to find that 1!
was still running. The ticking noise
proved Interesting to her, and she di­
rected the attention of the whole band.
“The rest of the party observed that
I was having no difficulty with the
Indians and started back to tne. As
they drew near they came in for a
great deal of comment from the In­
dians, but there wera no indications
of violence.
“ I walked slowly awny from tin
Indians. No effort was made to stop
me. When I hnd drawn a short dis­
tance away I halted and motioned the
others to follow me. They, too, left
the Indians without difficulty.
Live on Grasses.
“ Afterward we learned that these
Indians were known as the Terre del
Fuego Indians. Their name was de­
rived from the land In which thev
lived, dubbed Terre del Fuego by snil-
ors. because of the peculiar blue light
that shone over the islands at titties
The Indians wore no clothes except
a loin belt, despite the extremely cold
weather. The belt they obtained from
the skin o f a Otinneo, a species of
deer that thrives In that territory.
“ We lived for several days tin what
few grasses we could find nnd upon a
small shellfish, something like n clam.
We found these growing on rocks.
“ About a week Inter we reached 8t.
John's lighthouse. That is a coast
guard station for the Argentine govern­
ment, but a boat rails only once everv
three months. For five months we
waited for a boat to call. During that
time one of our comrades died from
exposure nnd the rest were on the
verge of death by starvation when we
were picked up hy the const gttnrd
boat Amatio. We found out that n
revolution hnd taken place In Argen
tine and that If had heen necessary
to take off all the const guard boats.
“ We were taken to Or «w a r. the most
snuthemly port in the world, anti
stayed there for ationi a month before
we finally rntight a boat to San Fran­
cisco again.”
Lace Curtains for Fish Nets.
Portland. Ore.—Crowds o f Portland
people flock dally fo the banks of
Pandy river. 14 miles from he.-i to
fish for smelt whl -h an- now running
Hundreds o f automobiles are ;iarke»i j
daily along the high» ay and traffic
officers are needed. The smelt are s o !
numerous that Mg hauls are made
with all sortr of improvised dr» p net*,
ranging from bird rages to lace ur
tains.
Crooks Keep Loot in
Safety Deposit Vault
New York.—Through the con­
fession of two criminals detec­
tives were led to a safe deposit
box maintained in a bank for
the disposition o f stolen prop­
erty.
Abe Harris and Louis Klein
pleaded guilty to possessing
burglars’ tools and Klein agreed
to open the box. A visit to ttie
bunk revealed the box was
empty.
It was not known that they
rented the safe deposit box un­
til the arrest of a third man.
v The police believe that another
v man may have hud u key and
| removed valuables since the • ur*
ur- *
| rest of Klein uml Harris.
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3
more papers nnd reviews than any
other man. He has his own book of
This is the big biplane which crashed to earth on the farm of George J. press clippings shown to him every
McCall, near Croton. N. V., laden with unbroken bottles of Scotch and Irish day. besides reading carefully ids own
whisky which had evidently been brought from Canada. In the plane were Milanese paper, yet nothing is allowed
to be left about. The same rule is kept
found also a woman's powder puff and a much used route map.
in Ids study, upstairs and down. He
Insists on neatness und quickness. In
a day lie probably examines, besides
bis usual correspondence, ten very diffi­
cult nnd serious documents, each one
being brought to him In turn.
Tlie severity of his private rooms Is
softened by tlie number of flowers
placed about on ids desk and on the
dining room table. He always has been
passionately fond of flowers, and in
the library ut Milan ha always had a
Has Hasty, Frugal Meals When his bedroom until he is dressed nnd small vase with flowers in it. This
hns entered Ids study for his break- ! love of his is so well known that on
He Feels He Can Spare Time
fast. His own personal attendant looks his birthday his Milanese friends sent
after
his needs when he is In his pri- | so many flowers that his private
From His Duties.
vate apartment.
rooms were full o f them.
Expects Instant Obedience.
This man. Giuseppe Malvestiti, was I
Pius Is an undemonstrative man.
the personal servant o f Cardinal Fer-1
rari nnd passed Into the service of very calm and very sure in everything
t ordinal Ratti when lie became ardi- ^ he does; but once his mind is made up
bishop of Milan.
He Is a capable. ' he expects absolute and Instant obe­
Unusual Number of Audiences Granted sensible valet, who keeps his own coun­ dience. A short while ago he notified
by Pontiff in Few Months— Refusea
sel, nnd takes good cure o f the pope. Ids valet to urrango that rooms In one
to Allow Traditions to Interfere
Before tlie present pontificate, three of the outer wings o f tlie palace should
With Mode of Life.
teen did his work. Besides caring for he prepared for Ids old housekeeper,
the prlvnte rooms, he assists In the who was coming from Milan. This el­
Rome.—Plus X I Is a man who service or ushering In those who in derly woman, Signora Linda, was
thrives on work, and lie insists, against t;.e morning nre received in audience housekeeper to the pope's mother from
his boyhood, and at the time of the
bis doctor's orders on devoting at least ir the state rooms, downstairs.
With the exception o f Malvestiti death o f Signora Rattl, n few years
10 hours of the 24 to management of
nnd the two private secretaries. Pope ago, she retired to a convent, as the
the church.
Probably never since the time of Leo Plus mnde very few changes after his pope had not then been appoint« d car­
X III have so many audiences been election. When he notified Ids desire dinal nrchhlshop of Milan. When he
granted ns in the last few months with Hint the four secret participant cham­ succeeded Cardinal Ferrari he sent
diplomats ns well ns pilgrims. The berlains, “ ciinierlcri segreti partlcl- word to tlie Signora Linda to come
papal entourage, accustomed to Bene­ pnntl,’’ who attend during the week, and tnke chnrge of the nrclileplscopul
dict's precision in keeping to one o'clock should retain their posts held during palace.
Soon afterward Cardinal Rattl was
as his luncheon hour, find it a little Benedict’s pontificate, ho also added
Naturally everyone
difficult to adapt themselves to Plus' that ids own particular secretary. Mon- elected pope.
new rule— that audiences come first signor Gonfalonieri, should be made thought ttiat she would have to re­
It was pointed out to turn to the convent again. But Pope
Bnd meal time Is a second considera­ chamberlain.
tion. Many thousand pilgrims hastened him that there hail always heen four Plus decided that she should come to
“ Never | Rome nnd take rare o f his vestments
to Rome for the Euchnrlstlc congress chamberlains, never five.
and within a certain number of days mind," said the pope, "we will make Hnd clothes, so that In her old age
were due to be on their homeward Jour­ my secretary, not the fifth, but the she might still be looked after liy the
Rattl family.
ney. In consideration of tills the pope first one.”
When the pope's entourage, lienrd of
Ha* Efficient Assistants.
decided that ull the different groups of
In this wny Pope Pius has sur this decision they pointed out to him
pilgrims must be received and greeted
rounded himself with assistants who that, though Pius X desired to have
within this limited time.
This necessitated making the holy have proved their efficiency in the his sister live in the Vatican, the op­
He position wns so great thnt he hail been
father's luncheon a movable feast. years they have been with him.
Some days he lunelies at two o'clock hns chosen these men from his own forced to arrange about taking a house
They nil know In St. Peter's square. “ For centuries
and sometimes a few minutes before, province, Lombardy.
but never at one o'clock or 12:30 their duties and never have to be told the popes hnve abided by this rule,
o'clock, which was always Plus X's a second time. For Instunre, the pope your holiness." To which Pope Plus
hour.
Though tlie pope's doctor In­ never allows Ills desk to become lit­ replied: "W ell, we nre pope now, nnd
sists that no man can stnnd this nnd tered with papers. He probably reads future popes cun follow our example.”
keep well, bard work in Rome being
contrary to habit nnd tlie climate, the
holy father's only answer is that he
has always been a busy man and likes
tr. get through what he sets out to do.
No nmount o f remonstrating causes
to prevent this form of outlaw broad­
him to chnnge his mind.
Outraged and Indignant Pennsylvania
caster from Inflicting ids personality
Breaks Old Custom.
Lady Makes Complaint to Gov­
on the world at large.”
It always has been tlie custom for
ernor of State.
the pope to have Hie walls of his suite
covered not with paper but with dam­
Philadelphia. — Enter the radio SEA LION BOARDS SEAPLANE
ask, and up to the present every pope
masher.
lias accepted what was tradlt'on In
Ills Initial appearance In the ether Boards Craft on Destroyer Range Near
I npnl tiouaefumlshlng. When Plus XI
was related by Governor Sproul of
th* Coronado Island* and Re­
visited bis npnrtments on the third
futes to Get Off.
floor of Ids palnee he ordered that the Pennsylvania at a recent banquet
here.
tapestry be taken down, tlie walls
“ 1 received a letter the other day,”
San Diego, Cal.— A hold sen lion took
sernped nnd w hite wall paper put up.
with the exception o f his private said the governor, "from n very out­ charge of n seaplane, No. 3, on a
chapel, which was to remain decorated raged nnd Indignant woman who hnd destroyer range near the Coronado
Just purchased r. radio set. ‘I wus Inlands recently.
with damask.
The sen plane. In chnrge of Ensign
The papal prlvnte suite consists of enjoying a lovely concert,’ the letter
seven rooms, besides n waiting room read, ’when suddenly a coarse voice Edwnrd Dolleck, alighted on the water
and a modern bathroom, width was re­ broke In In Hie middle of It nnd shout­ to wait for the destroyer* to take
modeled this year. There Is, besides ed : “ Is there any good-looking dame their position for practice, and the
Because If there side door o f the nft compartment wn*
the pope's bedroom, drawing room, din­ listening to this?
ing room, two waiting rooms, study is I want her to meet me at the cor­ o|»en to let the gH ses from the engine
nnd chaind, n suite for the private sec­ ner of the Friends' graveyard In (Jua- escape. Suddenly the ensign and hi*
retaries Monsignor Gonfalonier! nnd kerlown tomorrow night at eight crew were surprised to hear a re-
ijensignor Venlnl. who held their posts o'clock. I've got a bottle of hooch In Bounding "w oof" from the compart­
with fhe pope when he was archbishop my car and If I like her I’ll lake her ment. In It they found a sea Mon
weighing some 75 pounds which had
of Milan Plus XI's ehn|iel is the room to Atlantic City.’
“ In order to pass the buck to the evidently foundered up the incline
where Benedict died. Tlie present bed­
room w hs under 'he last pon fiflrnte the federal government.” the governor re­ lending to the compartment and de­
private chapel. It Is a moderate-sized marked, chuckling, "I wrote that the cided to remain.
The crew tried to put the sea lion
room, with a brass bedstead, a ma­ development of radio hnd come eo
hogany chest o f drawers and stnnll suddenly that we hnve not hnd time off. hut he resented that attempt,
desk. Above tlie bed is a large picture yet to lieoomo conversant with tlie fighting bravely, and bit one o f the
of the Madonna o f lood Counsel. peculiar conditions It (Teateo, tiut that crew In the arm. Then the crew de­
On the chest o f drawers Is a small 1 trusted due action would b* taken cided to let him stay and piled life
preservers on him to keep him quiet.
mirror, the only one In the suite of
In that position he was taken hack to
rooms. Three straight chairs, one In
North Island to serve a* a mascot for
front of the d«*sk. one hy the M and
the seaplnne force.
one against the wall, complete the rest
ij Engineer Finds Chicks
of the furniture In the room. When
Where He Left Eggs
the prlvnte secretaries suggested that
CAUSES MOTHER’S DEATH
an easy rhalr would lie of use his 2
—
-*
Grove land. a Cal.—Tern
MrrCen-
holiness pointed out that he had given X
Child
Jump*
Into
Her
Lap and Cause«
ft
na.
an
engineer
of
the
Hetch-
up sitting in easy rhalrs, as he fen red
Internal Injuries That Prove
ft 1 tetchy IWllrond, was bnek In
It V - . I d :
l e ‘ n IT . . 1
-
Fatal.
II camp today with *lx young
Cares Nothing for Tradition.
ft chicken* batched from the heat
Ills holiness 1« not one to allow tra­
$ of the locomotive 1 Killer. Mc­
Pottsvllle, Pa.— By playfully leaping
dition to Interfere with his usual node
Kenna. anticipating that he
Into his mother's arms, Edwnrd Rnrry,
of life, lie wishes to follow the same
would he awny from camp at
eleven
year*
old,
unintentionally
simple customs lie has heen used lo
meal hours, placed the e g g * In
caused the death of Mr*. Alice Childs
all his life.
<»nc of these Is that In
the engine cab about 23 day*
forty live year* old, at Port Carbon
hi* own private apartments he has
■ go.
He forgot the auxiliary
The
boy was a child by a former mar­
around him only hia personal attend­
provision* until he heard tlie
riage. Mr*. Child* was seated in a
ants, who know his love of simplicity
peeping of newly hatrhed chick*
. rocking chair w hen the boy, coming In
and abide by It. In his life down In the
as they broke through their
1 train play. Jumped Into her lap. Mr*.
papal reception -oom* he allow* the
lihetl* yesterday.
Child* wa* at once taken violently III
tradition o f centuries to he kept up
with internal Injuries and aoon died.
For this reason no one la allowed in
Pius XI W ork s
16 Hours a Day
SIMPLICITY RULES HIS LIFE
Radio Masher Peeves Lady