The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-07-06

ism OF loan OF Arc, and the GGhurchAFVllE
hail. with q mot her JOY. All her 3tri-
ITumphs il the modern world & But Tin all
the glory Of her success In the twentieth
century, the wise and experienced old
hchurch will warn her ito mod her life
after the queen of all # Womanh0 od,
whom Genius sees crowned with the
eternal stars. sss 81 q
Young ladies 81. ST. Glaras Academy,
your fond friends salute You today With
Iaffectionate and reverent hearts. In
their name, and as one among them, T
offer you most sincere congratul ions
on the precious advantages WI ioh are
yours. You will learn 10 Value them bet
| ter in the lapse OF time. sA Wider
knowledge Of the world will reveal to
you the golden worth of your resent
opportunities. = our alma mater has
which her host 81. friends in the great
one Of the brightest gems that sparkle
in the diadem Of the ,churc eli in our young
republic. Not only upon. the church Of
the diocese III which she noufishes, and
which she SO nobIy adorns has she
brought credit and honor, but she made
the entire community her debtor by the
,fayors she has conferred Id the eIeya-
ton Of woman. S @ VI VI = Y I'll, i.
! 1t Is an enviahie advantage to share
| in the glory and honor III tllsSrelafion
of a. child to its mother, Of noble in-
stitution like this. You are the gain
ers in every success that gladdens the
heart OF the fostering mother, who shall
ever watch with vigilant eye over your
future happiness and fWelf fare. The in
| fuence OF this school Of true culture
can never be effaced from your hearts.
The lofty ideas of womanhood, constant
! ly present to your vivid imagination,
| have been, not simply visionary phaI1-
| toms Of dreamland, or abstract theories.
but they have been actual, living real
| tiles, moving among you and sWeeten-
ing the very air you. breathed by the
perfume Of their Christian virtues
These heroic, valiant and highlys4c ul-
tured women, who have been your in
stfuctors and guides, have given you the
nOblest conceptions Of the exalted char
acter Of the new woman, who Inay honor
her sex at tie dawn of III the
twentieth century. One living ex-
ample OF the wpman's posA
sibilities, worth and power, Is OF far
greater value in the formation of wo-
mans character, than ponderolls yolume s
that record the heroic deeds of a dead
and buried. past. Seeing is believing y
and tho living example must unfailingIy
influence your future lives. The elements
| OF science might be Impaired with equal
or greater success, in other schools. The
minds Of these young people, who must
take their places in the ranks, with the
new woman of the century at our doors,
might be equally well equipped in
schools of. a different character. " But
the special culture, so important in safe
character build ling. would DE wanting.
These: young girls here learn, not only
in beautiful theory, but In active reality,
that life's greatest blessing is labor,
that they are in the world for work and
action, that idleness is ignoble and that
the new woman Of the .twentiath cen
fury must win her ascendant place ia
progressive society by the worth of her
character and the practical usefulness Of
an active life. y. IA (. r : 81
WOES OF THE FAT AND THE LEAN.
They made afbet. The Fat man thought
he had all the worst of life, w hile the thin
man held that flesh was a blessing.
Just in. the ordinary. affairs Of every
| day s,sbegan the fat man. f';tl 53f
8S"That's what Tim referring to- put in
the thin man, go home with me this
afternoon and I'll demonstrate it for sup
per and theater tickets, aas is y
SO they started together from one OF
! the big Office buildings, and as they were
leaving the office a man in q big hurry
entered. The thin man was able TO dodge
him, bat he fouled the fat man, OF course.
There you are said the fat man as
soon as he had recovered his breath.
Every blind fool runs into me- Il
man, as he stepped on the elevator ana
was promptly crowded alto a corner by
a $50 pound woman. ~ q "A: sS 5s.sl ssS. 81
..We'res even he said as they reached
the street. YOU'RE comparatively cool,
while I'm melting away 0 i s.$5, h M
but you'll have q chance to bescoH1-
Portable when we reach a car
.'No more than YOU" .s M. n
! "Wait and see.' 'y-3 " IA , .Sss u 5f S# as "
| They each took one Of the seats de-
signed to hold just two people Of less than
medium size, and for IL block .sWere on
equal terms. Then a big. man got. on.
| There were four Or five other people HE
could have sit beside, but he singled out
the thin man and soon had him wedged
| "A few blocks farther OFF the seat ahead
was vacated and the thin man moved to
it. Two minutes later a woman with
puffed sleeves got on, and again heswas
singled out. She gave him such an i'm
dignant look because he8could not make
all the room necessary for the sleeves
that he got up and moved to The side of q
man of medium size. The man got Oft at
| the next corner and fat wona n took his
place Again the thin man was crowded.
against the side OF the seat and his. face
| showed the agony he was in.g 5a@ ssS:I
| 'sBut that was an exceptional case,
prot ested the fat man when the two had
left the car. 81 81: 81 s5 ssS II sSs3 .s5
| ION the contrary, IT'S a reg1lla thing
returned the thin man. Is . orS can see it
any dayiif you watch cut. N The thin man
never gets q seat to- himse H He's al
WAYS selected as a seat compHniO nssanl
crowded ana crushed until his hDnes ache.
I'll have that supper with YOU tomerrosy
night. 8 "a rs a4 sss
And he did Us a. s;s
HOT WEA THEIR DoN'Ts 5s1s
Don't IVORY about the weath er.. g
Don I walk on the sunny side Of the
Astreet. 8ss 4s IN
DON'T work & unless YOU have to, and
then work slowly. i ss 81
Don Il fail 10 carry an tlnibrel la 81 you
are exposed long to- the sums rayA 81
4 Don Il drink anyt hing to excess. rs Ice
wa ter III u bout as bad as any thing else.
Don tase q ia III. $sa The II exercise pf
working IL Will oyerconn q 4 the good you
Eexperience s SIS 22ssHS.sl
ri Don't think III tie hottest day yoi
lever expera fenced, and II YOU think Il.
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