Omaha daily bee., 1894-01-21

emu tOuF scented rNDHS. his re-
minds US Of the passage in Psalms XIV.
speaking Of the robes redolent OF 'myrrh
and alJes and cassia. il was. no doubt,
the custom ia Babylonia 10 perfume the
robes, a. it Is 20 this day ia Persia and
India. Another item IL also illustrative
Of eastern life. Two winders.' prob
ably scarfs used for binding round the
waist.
This document has likewise an addi-
tional value in showing rs the great de-
velopmcnt which had taken place in the
textile arts In Chaldea even a. this early
period. The decorations On the statues
Of Judea .B. G.. $500, the embroidered
fringes. show that the skill Of the
weaver and the emb.oidcrer were far
advanced: and it is a curious feature 70
notice that nearly all the attempts al
decorative work in early ChalIeI are
in patterns which are derived from tex
tile designs.
As a convention viii be held in this
state In May. 1894, - amend the c1nsti-
tuition, the adyocate- 81 wJman's suffrage
are organizing their forces for a most
strenuous effort TO have the word male
stricken out OF the constitution, says the
New York sun. Lille DeyereuX Blake,
president Of the New York Suffrage
League, says that wJman's suffrage
would first reform woman. converting
her from a condition or apathy n in
difference t. her absurd position 10 a
lively interest in which she would claim
recognition in all departments Of lie:
for responsibility cducatss and care
brOadens our lives. With woman's suf-
irage viii come, Mrs. Blake thinks. a
revolution which will have no precedent,
but will stand alone.
TnJyr. N,aI ngvfu lor-z nv +ln Lrlfant
that he believes that woman suffrage
would strengthen and ~inyigorate Us "a a
nation, not cripple us. 1t would keep
straight a national backbone that too
often bends under the weight Of political
errors brought about by laundering male
suffrage.
when women vote to quote the
words OF this legal authority. Il believe
they Will frame al eXpurgated edition
Of our codes and law-.Civil and criminal,
and renter impossible the corruption
which now disgraces politics. The re-
forms which woman suffrage would work
in this respect would for a time, at least.
be markedly decisive. These reforms
would not come through the number OF
votes cast, for most wOmen seem to be in
no hurry to vote, but through the strong,
refining influence by which they would
turn the tide of politics in the direction
toward right.
Then, too. put suffrage in the hands
of women and you give them a deadly
instrument. with which they would de-
stroy the saloon power. To this fend
who strews our land with human wrecks
female suffrage would prove a hang
mans moose. And what stands between
woman and suffrage? What deprives
her Of her sacred right? One little
word in our cOnstitutiOn-'male.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton argues that
to strike the one word male" out of the
con stitution will be an act of monentous
consequences, lifting one-half the peo-
pie of the state from the degradation
Of disfranchisenent; giving mothers
new dignity and honor, daughters added
opportunities n respect in the world;
securing for the pariahs of society, he
most mournful figures in our c~ivlliza-
tion, protection and redemption"
Nothing delights me more at times,
says an elderly clubman in the columns
of the New York Tribune. than TO listen
to the unsophisticated chatter of very
young people. At Deimonico's the other
day l happened to sit next TO a lunch
party of this seasons debutantes, and
although their conversation could not
perhaps have been compared to either
| SduCS pll ldubS VI AltIC SdlI, ~ was
nevertheless very amusing and seasoned
my solitary chop quite to my liking Tor
the time being. One of their topics in
terested me as presenting rather a novel
eXemplification of the influence of mind
over matter, for ! had not before con-
sidered never having had the occasion
to do so) Just what the physical effect of
shyness would be on the system. IN the
first place they ali declared thai ii was
quite too dreadful TO feel shy, and
agreed that of all sensations it was
about the worst.
81 feel it down my back, declared a
tall, handsome brunette, who looked as
if she might be a veritable Amazon on
occasion. ut is exactly like the cold
trickle of ice water down my spine" 1T
affects me in the stomach. y laughed a
pretty little blonde. 1T gives me eX-
actly the sensation that you have in a
very swift elevator when it makes that
horrid little lift rust before II stops on
going down" 81 think dizziness is the
worst" interpolated a third healthy
specimen. Whenever feel shy every
thing swims before me, n l feel ready
to drop"
~ really am the shyest Of all Of you,"
exclaimed a black-eyed, impish-looking
little creature, amid the d~erisive laugh
ter of her companions, who evidently
had their own opinions on the subject.
1T is just because / am 20 overcome with
it that ! do the things l do; it affects me
that way. | am SO utterly miserable
that a horrible feeling Of recklessness
comes over me, and ] have a wild desire
to shock the stately, stiff old ladies who
look at me SO disapprovingly. But it is
all shyness, ! assure you. ! am really
just as timid and bashful as Maud there,
whom every one considers such a sensi-
tive young thing; only, you see, II affects
me differently, " she concluded, while the
others exclaimed Hear! hear with
i%ronical emphasis.
Kisses and embraces are simply I'M
known in Japan as tokens Of affection. if
we except the solitary fact that japanese
mothers, like mothers all over the
world, lip and hug their little ones be-
times. After babyhOod there is no more
huggirg or kissing. Such actions, ex-
cept in the case Of infants, are held TO be
highly immodest. Never do girls kiss
one another, never do parents kiss or
= embrace their children who have be-
come able TO walk. And this rule holds