Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-02-22
SATURDAY SMALL TALK

The poet who wrote of
II be kiss on tie stair
And was thrill, d IN his eight finger tips
| WuUl have shown little
More sense, rtc'Grc,
Ii he'd taken his Kiss on the lips.
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Lent is on, and social amusements will
lie in the shadow OF repentance for the
next forty days. Few people, even those
no wear the most sack cloth and dig
deepest in the ashes, know whence came
this custom. In former times the ddra-
lion OF lent was but forty hours-though
the fact is disputed-and was intended
to commemorate the intervening time
between Christ's passion and the resurrec-
lion By degrees the time was extended.
although in reality the world was growing
better all the time, until now it is taken
to signify the forty days that our Savior
tasted in the desert. Don Sozomen says
the lllyrian and Western churches kept
lent for six weeks, as well as those of
Libya and Egypt and Palestine, While
Coustanlinople and the neighboring ma
tons kept it seven weeks, and other
churches only tasted three weeks ont Of
the seven by intervals, and still others
only The three weeks before Easter. Mr..
Socrates remarks that the Romans only
fasted three weeks before Easter, always
ext eptlng Saturday and Sunday. Another
gentleman Of renown i'll his day,
Ell Senior ChrysOstum accounted for
the origin of the custom by saying: "Uur
fathers, Ill consideration OF the mischief
arising from y negligent and careless at
tendance on the Lords supper, appoin
ted forty days for fasting, prayers, ser
mons, and assemblies, that all men, be-
ing purified by such and similar means,
might come thereto with pure CON
| science"
A gentleman by the name of Cassian,
who was kind of side partner of Chry-
sostum, says that so long as the perfection
of the church remained iuviolate, there
wasn't any Lent, but when people got to
betting on the Lupercalian races and in
! dulglng III similar toOllshL ess, the priests
in general agreed to recall people from
worldlness by canonical induction OF
lasting and setting aside tenth OF their
time to religious observance.
A recent Nrlter says: The chief sug
gestion OF the Lenten season, to those
who do not keep 1t, is the prominence it
gives to the disciplinary element OF relig
l"us lite. That Is its idea; it stands for
repression and self denial. Lent is an in
stltutiun of society as well as of the
church to overcome the world simply
through its activity and benevoence.
Luxury will gam upon charity. The
sphere OF self indulgence will widen be-
! hat nj
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Take care, Young mau, don't marry her,
You'll ind there arc rocks al, cad.
That's VIVA | Want--htr ather's Ucks,
line young man softly Said.
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The American woman does lack the re-
pose Of her English sister, but in place OF
it she is rich in virtues unknown to the
British natron.
She is generous and considerate.
She is not bit afraid to say what she
likes, and hat she dislikes.
She knows wherever she may be, or in
whatever position she may be placed,
that at one word from her the American
man is by her side ready to prott ct her.
She believes this Is the greatest coun-
try in the word, because it's women are
good looking and men adore them.
She is not used to waiting on herself,
for ever since she can remember some
thing that wore trousers attended to all
her wants.
>he is quick to see and good at remem-
bering, and doesn't disdain bit OF adj
vice.
In whatever strange land she has gone
she has been success and to-day II an
American girl were asked to be cZafina OF
RUSSIA she Would not be bit surprised,
and she Guild combine mercy with justice
in her rule.
| The American woman is the product
OF the finest plant known in the civilized
world. 4**
Affairs have been rather quiet about
the military quarters for the past week,
and the coming on OF Lent makes them
more 80 in the social line. Col. Doug
lass is preparing to take long trip for
his health, and will be succeeded in COM
mand here 10y Mayor Edward W. Whitta
more, 10Th infantry, now stationed at
Fort Union. The new commanding Of
ficer at Fort Marcy is native OF Mas
sachusetts, and AS a civilian was appoint
ed I'd lieutenant, l7th infantry, i'll
October 1861. During the war he re-
ceived honorable mention for gallant !
service on the field of battle, and was
breveted major. Only last summer he !
was promoted from the captalncy to be
major of the 10th infantry and ordered to
take station at Fort Union. Major Whit
tamore is personally well known TO the
officers and ladies' OF Fort Marcy, and |
pleasure Is expressed at his coming.
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CHIr-CHAT.
"Did you knock when you came tonight"
asked she
With blusn, the shy little thing
81 did, bu why do you ask" said he.
"Oh, thought You came with ring
Rev. E. W. Mtsny has gone on visit
to Las Vegas.
Mrs. Geo. Cuyler Preston is visiting
relatives in Omaha.
D. L. Sammis, well known Albu
querquean, ID al the Palace.
Hon. Thomas D. Burns and family are
travelling in southern California.
Mrs. T. B. Catron will return from
Aguas Calientes, Mexico, in about two
weeks.
Mrs. A. E. Walker, wife of the district
court clerk, is in Albuquerque visiting
friends.
Rev. NJ. ]. Byrne and James Devany,
of Irondale, ILL.,, are guests at st. Vim
cents sanitairum.