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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-06-01
SCHOOLS FOR. GIRLS.
The Wonderful Influence for Good @
EVIL They Exert. f

The Wonderful Influence for Good or
EVIL They Exert.
AS to bad schools-schools that in
stretching after the mint and anise and
cumin lose all that might have given
successfully are many. 1t seems some
times that there is no profession in
which there is SO much humbug as in
that of education; and the utter inabil-
ity of the parent to determine what
kind of school it is into which he de-
cides to put his little girl has, to those
who stand behind the scenes, very much
of the pitiful. When, however, we
think OF one or two other professions,
we doubt, and are silent. One is re-
minded of the nurse-maid who never
stood in need of thermometer for the
baby's bath, because if the baby came
out red, she knew it had been too hot,
and if it came out blue, she knew it had
been too cold. Too many father finds,
when it is too late, that he made mis-
take in the school to which he trusted
the training of his little girl But how
could he have known before? There
was much shrewdness in the employer
who, quite unmindful Of the applicants
having afterwards been graduated from
Yale, engaged him at once as soon as
he knew that he had been expelled from
a certain university. For girl to have
been at some schools for any length OF
time is u certificate of frivolity, lack OF
consistent purpose and thoroughness,
and, what is Of far more consequence,
of any real reverence for the truth OF
her own womanhood. Anna C. Brack.
EFT. in Harper's Magazine.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-06-01
WOMEN IN OFFICES.


ITeb6uCS EAcTUS ~ brighter
and BETTER Influence.
mo wonder!' wrote Mrs. Carlyle
merrily to her husband, after achieving
q rene wal of the lease of their house on
surprisingly favorable terms from their
landlord, who was lawyer; mo Won
derl Probably no such beatitic vision
as that OF real, live woman in silk
bonnet and muslin gown ever before ir-
radiated that dingy, dusty law chamber
Of his. and sat there on three-feet-
high stool since he had held pen be-
hind HE ear"
Since the date OF Mrs. Carlyle's trad
iation Of musty old law Office there
has been great change. Many hum
dred Offices Of law and other businesses
now number real, live women" among
their daily occupants; only they do not
wear silk bonnets and muslin gowns,
and lawyers are too well used to their
presence to bs wheedled by them into
improbable contracts They are type
writers, stenographers and clerks; wom-
en- of business with definite work be-
fore them, and the training and capac-
ity to do it.
Most Of these young women under
stand both the benefits and the require
ments Of their position. They dress
plainly, If prettily; they guard their
gowns with long aprons; they do their
work faithfully; take an interest in the
business. and often acquire business
manner polite but terse. They heartily
dislike the newspaper joke about pretty
typewriters. They are lady-like, mod
est and independent.
There are, of course, exceptions.
There are girls foolish enough to bring
to their daily work feminine airs and
yraces, furbelows, vanities and little
coquetries, harmless enough in them.
selves. but woefully. out of place in
working hours. Unfortunately the ap'
parent success of such little wiles AT
first often fixes habit of folly which
might have been broken up easily in the
beginning. The direct appeal made &c
mems sense of gallantry often procures
them favors for which their wiser sis
I
tiers will neither ask nor hint But
business is business, and after time
among men engaged in laboriously earn
ing their living, the very ways which al
first seemed pretty and piquant become
tiresome and annoying. 1t is felt that
an office is no place for would-be belle
The sensible girl is a lady first, q
worker second, and as agreeable a:
nature and courtesy can make her after
that Her feminine presence is felt
and pleasantly felt, in the Office where
she works; but it is never thrust for
ward. She feels that her value is il
accordance with her intelligence. hel
trustworthiness, her industry; it is il
these qualities that she wishes to stanC
high in the estimation of her employ
ers. She wishes also to be liked by he
companions, both young men an'
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-06-01
NOTES BY THE WAY.

SOME Of the most influential students
Of the University Of Pennsylvania have
organized THE Temperance League Of
the Holy Cross" the object Of which is
to do away with the use Of wine at class
suppers.
AN inventory of the cargoes of vessels
bound for South and West Africa, stop
ping at Madeira, for one week, con-
tanned the following items: 900, 900 cases
Of gin, $4,000 butts of rum, 80, ZOO cases
of brandy, $4,000 cases Of Irish whisky,
zee, 900 demijohns Of Old Tom, 10000
cases Of vermuth, the total value of
which was IS, 800, 900.
MANY people see no progress in the
great temperance reform, and are we'll
out Of heart and hope OF the ultimate
triumph Of their cause. The faith
should strengthen with even limited
observation. Recently the Brother
hood of Railway Trainmen met in
Galesburg, H., and from their banquet
they excluded wine. That was a prac-
teal plea for temperance.
THERE is queer legend, revived in a
recent book on vines, that the devil
was once entrapped on earth and held
in durance for some centuries. Then
returning to his own kingdom he found
it empty. Longing for subjects he went
to Nordhausen, invented brandy, put up
distillery there, and from that time to
this sheol has never been lonely. 1t is
supposable that brandy is the Dutch
"brandwijn" or the Germans "brannt-
vein" or burnt or distilled wine.
THE Independent gives some facts re-
garding the more recent testimony OF
science as to alcohol, and 1.-The whole
direction of evidence, says the writer,
both of recent chemistry and recent
physiology, is to deny any place to alco-
hol among the food products. AS never
before, modern chemical investigation,
with its greater perfection of methods,
fails to find it either among construct
i've, reparative or energy-producine
foods" The facts adduced in support
of this assertion are simply unanswer
able.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-06-01
TEMPERANCE NOTES.
A CRAzED MOTHER.
4 Woman VINO Unconsciously Advocat.

4 Woman VINO Cnconsciously Advocates
Temperance.
A New York physician related the
following fact, which has not before
appeared in print:
A few weeks ago ne was called to the
help of man who had been MORALLY
wounded in one of the low dance halls
or dives" of that city When he had
attended to his patient, the doctor
looked curiously about him. The
wounded man lay before the bar.
against which lounged some ragged old
sots. In the next room a few young
men, flushed and brighteyed, were play
ing cards, while the gaudily dressed
barmaids carried about the liquor.
But neither the gamblers nor the
women nor the drunkards paid any at
tention to the dying man on the floor.
They squabbled and laughed, deaf to
his groans. The proprietor of the dive,
4 burly fellow who had been prize
fighter in his younger days, having seen
the police secure the murderer, had
gone back quietly to his work of mix
ing drinks Death apparently had no
interest or terror for these people.
Suddenly little old woman, with
white hair, thin shawl drawn about
her, came to the street door. Her ap-
pearance produced a startling effect.
The besotted old men at the bar put
down their glasses and looked at her
uneasily; the card players hastily shut
the door to keep out the sight of her,
and the barmaids huddled together in
silence; but the change in the brutal
landlord was the most striking. He
rose hastily and came up to her, an ex-
preston of something like terror on his
face.
SIS James here?" she asked, gently.
mo, no, he is not here. l do moi
know where he is!' he said, hurriedly.
She looked about bewildered. 81 was
sure he was here. If he comes, will
you tell him his mother wants him
sir?"
Eyes, yes" The man urged her Out
of the door. The physician soon fol
lowed, and saw her going into another
and another dive and grogshop along
the street.
''Who is she?" he asked policeman
outside. rs she in no danger?"
The man shook his head significantly
''They'll not harm her, sir. They've
done their worst to her. She is the
widow of clergyman, and she had one
son, boy of sixteen years. They
lived happy and comfortable enough
till he took to going to poolrooms. ant
then to the variety theaters, and at las
to these dives here.
''He was killed in one of them in /;
fight three months ago in that very one
you was in just now, and was carried
home to her, bloated from drink ant
covered with blood, and dead.
''She's known nothing since. Sht
only remembers that he came to these
houses, and she goes about among then
searching for him every day.
''They're afraid to see her. They
think she brings a curse on them. Bu
they won't harm her. They've done
their worst to her,"
This is true story. How many son.
of loving mothers are going down like
this boy into these dark places to-day
Youths Companion.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-06-01
CAUSED BY DRINK.
A Tramp Compares His Condition With
That of His Brother.

'Wot's the matter with yer, Jim; yer
seem owly?"-'Well, pard! I've been
thinkin'r- "Thinkin' don't seem ter
agree with yer!"-"Naw! it don't-it's
like this dye see. am tramp. Now,
my brother Bill is jest what I'm not!"-
Flows that?" you ask. well, my
brother Bills the president of bank
he's got as pretty and handsome ahome
as yer'd like to see; there's music in that
home, there's flowers there, and there's
pretty wife an some bloomin', happy,
carly-headed children; there's a car
riage and servants, and people call him
Mister He's twice been elected
mayor, and everything's comm his way
all the time, and then look at me--dif-
ferent, amt it?"
''Howd he strike it rich like that?"
you want to know. 81 can't think of
any other name for it, but good sense.
We were boys together, and while l
was foolin' around, havin' good time,
Bill, he seemed to sorter look ahead.
He didn't drink or smoke; did. He
didn't care for style, and what 1t cost me
to put it on, that same money he saved.
He was fond of reading, and I'd rather
play cards and have fun with the
rest of the boys When was
loafin' on the street corners and in beer
saloons, Bill was putting in his time
at biz'ness college. l blew in my
money on cards. Bill saved his, an |
remember how l used ter guy Bill an
call him goody-goody an tell him he
was foolin' of his life away without
havin' any fun. While well, l, was
a-havin' fun-but say! was colorin'
my nose; was getting to play good
game of cards. Twas cultivatin' fine
stock of bad habits-among 'em was
love for bulge; ter make it short, pard,
/ was givin myself fine education
for this here business, an amt sue
ceeded pretty well?"-"I should say!-'
WELL now look at Bill. Who's
havin' the good times aotos He doesn't
have dogs set on him; he amt pulled in
every once in awhile for bein' a tramp
he doesn't have ter move on when his
feet's sore, an he don't go hungry, an
have ter saw big pile of wood to ge,
meal, an sleep under haystacks; an
morn all, he hasn't got the awful
awful thirst I've got, and doesn't live
in hell, as / do because I can't ge,
liquor. He's got manhood; wot have
got? He's got character; who have
got? He's got no end of friends; whose
mine? Not one since broke my dear
old mothers heart, which laid her il
her grave Amt that record? Why
shouldn't do some thinking" This poor
FELLOW shows he has mind to think
but the trouble with him, as with toe
many young peopla everywhere, is, he
didn't begin to think soon enough
Orange Judd Farmer.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-06-01
SELF-DEGRADATiOii.
Nothing So Low and Depraved AS ths
Drunkard.

DTunKHru.
What is a drunkard? I have gone
through the whole creation that lives,
and find nothing in it like the drunk
ard. The drunkard is nothing but a
drunkard.5 There is no other thing in
nature to which he can be likened. The
drunkard is self-made wretch, who
has depraved and has gratified the de-
PRAYED cravings of the throat and body,
until he has sunk his soul SO far that it
is lost in his flesh, and sunk his very
flesh lower down beyond comparison
than that of the animals which serve
him.
He is self-degraded creature, whose
degradation is made manifest to every
one but himself: self-made miserable
being who, while he is insensible to his
own misery, affiicts everyone around
him or belonging to him with misery.
The drunkard is let loose upon man
kline like some foul, ill-boding and
noxious animal. to poster, torment and
disgust everything that feels, while the
curse of God hangs over his place and
JHc Sdlco VI ucdVcu dTc ClOScu dRdluS'
him. Drunkenness is never to be found
alone; never unaccompanied by some
horrid crime, if not by wicked crowd
of them.
Go to the house of drunkard, con-
slider his family, look on his affairs,
listen to the sounds that proceed from
the house of drunkenness and The
house Of infamy as you pass. Survey
the insecurity Of the public ways and
of the night streets. Go to the hospital,
to the house of charity and the bed OF
wretchedness. Enter the courts of
justice, the prison and the condemned
cell. Look at the haggard features Of
the ironed criminal. Ask all these why
they exist to distress you, and you will
everywhere be answered by tales and
recitals of drunkenness And the mis-
cries and the vices and the sorrow and
the scenes of sufferings that have har.
rowed up your soul, were almost with.
out exception either prepared by drink.
ing, or were undergone for procuring
the means Of satisfying this vice and
the vices which sprung from it.-Arch'
bishop Ullathorne.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-06-01
IN WOMAN'S BEHALF.
THE GIRLS, OPPORTUNITY.
Improve 1t and Reap the Rich Result Sure

Improve III ana Reap the kich Itesuit sure
to Follow.
A long time ago, during some of the
dark ages, daughters were not so highly
priced as their more fortunate sisters OF
the present time. They did not expect
to inherit the family estates if there
were sons, though small portion was
sometimes presented If they married
sort of peace offering to the husband
AS this was the only future open to any
class, from maid to mistress, it was ac-
copied as an escape from the dull life
of a fathers or brothers house, where
no definite rights were secured to them.
This low estimate Was not caused by
lack of natural affection, but by the
inca pacity of womanhood without edu-
cation or training for any but domestic
duties The young heroines of old ro-
mances were accustomed to faint at
mice and die of despair for very slight
causes. But such helplessness, once
thought proper, would create as much
amusement now as travelling on a
pillion.
Even at the beginning of this century,
young ladies Il use the term as express
ing a greater degree of inability than
any other were hampered by dress, and
restricted by public opinion from any
paid employment except housekeeping
and sewing.
1t often happens in these days, that
from various causes the wife, daughter
or sister becomes the producer, instead
of the dispenser, OF the family income,
and it is only fair she should receive
some business training which will help
her to meet such emergencies, or secure
an independence for herself.
The keen-eyed. quiet-mannered girls
of to-day who have grown up in the
public schools, will face the world In a
business capacity with as much conf
another continent. The out-of-door
work which would have been impossible
for our slippered grandmothers, is made
easy for them by thick, high boots, cloth
suits, and waterproof garments.
One of these new-fashioned girls,
who has taken her brothers place be-
cause she never had brother, is sue
cesding; and this is how it happened.
She grew up in western city where
wide prairies reached the foot Of high
distant mountains. Always the COM
panion of her father. she became famil-
lar with the practical side Of life, while
she gained health and strength In the
open air.
Every wish Of the petted daughter
was grati6ed. And 80 the girl Of
eighteen, who longed for accomplish
ments the great west could not supply,
came 10 Boston for = years musical
study She finish the course, but the
long daily practice and constant strain
on = comparatively unused set OF mus
Giles, brought on dangerous nervous
disease. The courage which had car
ried her two Thousand miles from home
did not leave her. ~ shall get we'll.
papa" she would say, and though doc
tors and doctors declared she couldn't,
wouldn't and shouldn't live, she did,
and took up her old life and interests.
The father was large IRON manu-
facturer He made her stakeholder
to give her some required right for a
position OF trust.
She il treasurer, book-keeper and pay
master for the company, and her work
is As satisfactory IS if she were her own
brother.-Wide Awake.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-06-01

young women. and she does her best In
modest and friendly way to make
them like her. In short. she is a per.
son of tact and right feeling, who fills a
niche at once useful and ornamental!
She is no ''beatific vision" but some
thing at once much less and much more,
whose presence brightens many a dull
Office which is the less likely to be
either dingy or dusty because she is
there.-Youth's Companion.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-06-01
They Drew the Line.

Featherstone-I understand that you
didn't have any celebration at your
church, Uncle Ebony. What was the
trouble?
Uncle Ebony-De chief trouble was
sab, dat de parson dat was engaged to
preach de sermon instead of opening
wild prayer, as is de custom, wanted tc
open wild a collection for himself an
family, sab, an de congregation dis
puted de arrangement.-Tr
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-06-01
1t Mirht Have Reen

Mrs. Peckham-This paper says that
Harry Sharpe is worth two million dol
lars Just to Think | refused to marry
him once
Henry Peckham with q dark brown
sigh)-Ah, yesl Some people have al
the good luck. Puck.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-06-01
InginuatiOn.

''I've got washing machine here"
began the inventor.
The capitalist looked at him in the
cold, calculating manner common to
capitalists, and answered: "Well, if l
were you, I'd run right home and use
it."
That night the Anarchist Bund re-
ceived another application for member
ip.-Indianapolis Journal.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-06-01
For the Cycling Ninstrels

what is the difference between o
pneumatic and powder magazine9"
II dunno"
THE former IS DO good until II Is
blown up and the latter is no good when
it Hearings
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-06-01
No Hope for Statesmen.

American Boy-Pop. we're taking up
political economy IN our school now
Pop Ia local statesmanl That's all
right, my boy, but it's no use. All the
book learnin' in tn country will never
git votes down to less'n two dollars
Good News
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-06-01
A Spirited Illumination.

Staggers Coming home at two a. m.)
Look out O thish window, m'dear,
and see the glorious aurora borealish.
Mrs. Staggers (waled out of sound
sleep)-Window? That's a mirror you
are looking into, and the aurora you see
Is your own highly-decorated and rum
soaked mug.-Jury.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-06-01

The average American woman's foot
wears No. 5. The woman who wears
No. 3 is considered to have small foot.
The American foot has grown percept-
IDLY within few years. Women who
wore twos and even ones were not un-
common in the last generation. WON.
en- walk more than they used to, and
their personal vanity has shifted from
their feet and is more generally dis,
tributed throughout their frames. The
gain is Unreasonable, both in comfor,
and health
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-06-01
Wonderful Lack of Enterprise

Levi, Jr.-Fadder de shentlemans vat
puys te tiamond engagement ring yes
terday comes py to store to-day ant
pawned it.
Levi, Sr.-How vos he look?
Levi, Jr.-All proke up.
Levi, Sr.-Vill You nefer learn to
take interest in tie bizness. Wy didn't
you try to sell te shentlemans pistol?
Life
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-06-01
Wanted to Get Out.

'Carley," said Holloway, you're 6
clever fellow. Write book on Fifty
Ways of Breaking an Engagement with
out Breach of Promise Suit will
you? ! find that my fiancee spent
$4,000 on clothes alone last year. "-Har-
per's Bazaar,
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-06-01
A Possible Cause.

Harold is very indignant with you,
Maud. What have you done to him.
Nothing that know of, except thar
when he told me last night he never
fished for compliments | told him he
was wise. because he didn't have the
right kind of bait. "-Harper's Bazaar.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-06-01
A Mystery Solved.

Mrs Knickerbocker-l wonder why
those people opposite stare yver here SO
much?
MIR. Knickerbocker-I suppose they
are trying to hnd out why you stare
over there. Texas Siftings.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-06-01

Magistrate-What, you here again,
Slattery? This must be the twentieth
time you've bee,i up before me.
Slattery-Welll yer worship. it's no
fault of mine that We don't get promo
tion.-Once Week.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-06-01
An Incompetent Valet.

Miss Highupp-So you have discharged
your valet?
Mr. De Chappie-Ya-as Last Sunday
the dull fellaw couldn't think up any
new excuse fob my staying away from
church.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-06-01

Scrimpitt Ito the rich distiller's daugh-
ter)-Miss Wrye-Hebe!-What can do
to prove my love?
Miss Wrye-l appreciate the spirit Of
your offer, Mr. Scrimpitt; but your pow
erty, am afraid, renders your love a
spirit above proof" as papa would
say.-Truth.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-06-01
Brutality Extraordinary.

Mrs. Girgle-Roger.
Girgle-Well?
Mrs. Girgle-Something tells me I
may die before wake.
Girgle-Oh. go to sleep!-Brooklyn
Life.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-06-01

WHERE twelve men formerly made
beer in Walruff brewery, Lawrence,
Kan. one hundred persons are now
busy making shoes.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-06-01
Not Popular.

Mamma-Why don't you play with
little Algernon Maythorne?
Small Boy-Oh, he's such girl-boy,
regular fool.
docs he play with dolls?"
Worse. He plays with girls. -
Good News.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-06-01
MADAME ADAM.
The Journalist and Hostess Who IL so Well
Known In the French Capital

The Journalist and Hostess Who IL so Well
Known In the French Capital.
Nine. Adam is well known as a
journalist and authoress whose life Is
devoted to the recognition of obscure
but genuine talent and whose salons
are famous for their assemblages Of
brilliant men and women. Personally
Nine. Adam is a charming woman,
sweet, cordial and genial, intensely in
terested in the great questions Of the
day, and like all women who have sue
ceeded in establishing q rendezvous
for choice spirits, she has a happy fac
ulty OF calling forth the best and
brightest thoughts Of even the most
constrained and silent guest. As an
editress Of the Nouvelle Revue she has
had and improved every opportunity to
encourage struggling genius, and is now
rejoicing over the recent election Of
Pierre Lott to the academy. Lofts
triumph AS largely due to her energy
and protection, and she takes q mater
nal interest in his welfare. Nine
Adam will be better known to MS In her
official capacity through the Light OF
Paris, new English paper which is to
be published in Paris by an American
lady, assisted by the famous editress OF
the Nouvelle Revue.-N. Y. Sun.