The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-08-04
THEY PRAY FOR 4 MAN.
ma LAtsst Fad Or tho Washington
Girls Borders Close on
ldolatrY.
1nppllcating Saint Joseph to Send
Thorn Along Some Good
Husbands.
Ons of Them Knows Of Two Engagements
which Have Ilcsn Assurod-Othcr
Capital Gessip.

W@ INV III AAO10 MWOWo y AWV AAHkSkCAsO
which Have Dcsn Assured-other
Capital Gessip.
The eirIs Of The national capital are in
ths clasp of . new fad. says a Washington
correspondent Of the Chicago Evening Post
Il 10 IN odd kind Of = fad and but for the
louuAciousnssa Of one Of them IL might
still bs a secret. But Washington girls are
like Ill the rest when il comes to keeping
secrets. They like secrets. The Young
miss ia question. a sweet, dark-haired girl
dressed in white, while standing on the
white house lawn last Saturday listening
10 the music Of the Marine band, said she
loved secrets.
.Do you know" she added, pushing tho
Zip Of her parssol into the ground, do you
know that there is only one thing that
makes : girl happier than having . secret.
OF course You don't. Well. its telling IL.
Not TO everybody, but just to . tew VINO
will kssp it to themselves. Now this secret
ID the 81. Joseph fad. ! am mot supsrstl-
tious and I don't think it does any good.
Its perfectly absurd. But lots Of girls
know Of have the fad. And it 10 just this:
You know that st. Joseph 10 the patron
saint Of matrimony, and to obtain his
~oracious aid-no! / don't mean that hut
she hlushed nevertheless i mean that to
induce him to assist any girl to get mar
RED who ia foolish enough to want to get
married il ia necessary to supplieate him
with maidsnly devotion.
well. you know the way the girls do is
ID frat buy q statustte of st. Joseph. Then
thsy make a pretty little shrine for it and
every morning when thay get up and every
night before they 90 to bed they must kneel
before this shrine and supplicate with
great devotion for q good and noble hus-
band. Isn't it sillyT'
II suppose a girl must marry" her COM
panion observed.
lust like . conoeited man. A man must
marry; bnt a girl. never"
..Ihen wherefore the shrine and st. Joseph
within?"
20, we'll, 1 suppose the girls think they
must marry. And you know Washington is
euch . hard place tor q girl to get married ea
turned her reddeninR face toward the
monument, ''at least ! have heard SO. And
lsuppose it must be so or there would not
be 90 many with the shrine and the saint.
I wouldn't be surprised. though, if it diY
bought statuettes q month ago and both
were engaged last week. And l know thAy
had no idea last winter of getting engaged
70 their sweethearts."
..Do You know the origin of the fad?'
"Oh.. yes. Everybody knows it who has
Who had been compelled to live practically
in seclusion most all her life BY an old aunt
Who wanted her money; for Colette was AZ
Lsiress. In the course of time. when the
girl was nearing w~omanhood she wanted a
husband. Her only confident was an old
d. =, -ns ,hhoriur vil1aoa Whop
the old woman was appealed to she told
= Ealette -tn huy a statuctte, OF the patron
saint Of matrimony and to pray before it
nine days in succession, and that then she
would met the prince who would be her
husband. Colette did as she was bid. At
come to her, she became enraRed and seiz.
ing the s~tatuette flung it out of
the window. She heard some one
cry out in pain. Running to the window
she saw a young man with . cash In his
head lying on the sidewalk. The statuette
had struck aim. Colette had him brought
into the house and she nursed him.. He
was a youth of good family and by the time
he had recovered they had fallen in love.
The old aunt raved. but there was no hope
tor it and they were married."
'.Do you think it ia true?"
"Weil, I don't know. i have had ny
statuette over nine"
A blush, deep as the color of tho setting
sun, finished the sentence. Then the band
struck up n of the patriotic airs with
which Sous always ends his concerts and
everybody started for the gates.
Next to being president of the United
States the present chief executive Of the
nation likes to have his head rubbed. lis
then he filings inside the severe frown of
state. and, settling himself comfortably
while Mrs. Dimmiok messages his Uranium,
he closes his eyes in the sweet ecstasy of
She sensation. and elasping his hands across
mis- stately paunoh, smiles the smile of the
good and in a few short moments falls into
q slumber full Of dreams Of presidential
terms that have no ending. And, SO long
Is Mrs. Dimmick can stand it. the presi-
dent sleeps. The operation never fails to
work. Let the cares Of state be ever so
heavy, but q few passes of her hands are
needed to bring sleep to the head of the
head of the nation. 1t is not known that
amy office seeker ever tried the operation on
resent such familiarity. But could the
ofioe-seeker get behind the presidential
chair and make a few passes before the
president could ring for "LiRe." he might
have the highest office in the presidents
gift for the asking.
They are cleaning the big chandeliers in
the famous east room of the White house,
This 10 lone only once in three years. They
are busted regularly enough, but not Of
tener than once in three years are they
thoroughly cleaned. 1t ia because of tho
immense amount of work attached to the
operation. In the three chandeliers, every
one of which cost $500, there are 5000
prisms. To detaoh these, clean them and
Tehang them requires several men several
weeks. The prisms are of the very finest
kind and their reflected lights, when the
room is illuminated for the evening, SHIN
mer like the oolors of a rainbow reflected
from q river.