The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-09-07

at your feet. Do what you Will. Your
servants serVant,-The Editor
BY contrast with these the phrases
employed by Occidental editors have a
note OF sincerity that atones for some
Of the vexation they cause And they
have the merit of brevity, at least in
the printed form of rejection. But, Just
occasionally, if they could be made to
kowtow, and place their heads at the
feet of disappointed "aspirants," what
sweet revenges might be enjoyed by
those whom they have discouraged and
distressed by their autocratic rejection
of "honored manuscript
THUMB-BELLS.
A thimble was originally thumb
bell says a writer in Harper's Bazaar
because 1t was worn on the thumb, as
sailors still wear their thimbles. 1t is
Dutch invention, and in 1884, in Am
sterdam, the bicentennial of the thin
BILE was celebrated with q great deal or
formality. This very valuable addition
to my ladys workLbasket was first
made by "a goldsmith named Nicholas
van Benschoten, the ancestor OF the
American family of Van Benschotens.
And it may further interest Colonial
Danes to know that the first thimble
made was presented in 1854 to Anna van
Wedy, the second wife of Kiliaen van
Rensselaer,, the purchaser of Renssela-
erwyck, and the first PATRON. Nine
van Rensselaer's memory was duly hon
ored in Holland on the occasion OF the
thimble bicentennial.
In presenting his useful gift Van Ben
schoten begged Nine. van Rensselaer,
Ito accept this new covering for the
protection of her diligent fingers as a
token of his esteem"
1t was not until 1896, just 200 years
ago, that the thimble was introduced
into England by a Hollander named
John Lofting, who opened a thimble
mandatory at Islington.
AGAIN THE OAK AND VINE,
A communication in the Courier a
few days ago disposed of the ''oak and
vine" smile in manner that will be
very satisfactory to most sensible peo-
pie.
The olden fancy is poetic and pictur-
esque, but it does not bear analysis, as
III. S. c." has pointed out. But it is a
fancy that will die hard. 1t is favor
tie with many man whose self-love is
hattered by the picture of himself as
the stately, sturdy, steadfast oak, with
graceful vine of woman festoonins
herself upon him, and dependent upon
him for support and sustenance. The
thought that such a Ginger may ever
develop into choker rarely suggests
itself to his section of mind His
ideal woman is soft, mild pitiful, f1exi-
ble"-for this reason he is in state Of
revolt against the young woman of to-
day, inaptly named new" The wo.
man who is energetic and efficient
strong of muscle and brain and soul, he
finds "mannish" and unattractive, and
he has much to say in her disfayor, in
private and in public; in the press and
even in the pulpit. But the time is
coming when woman shall be counted
as tree, a symmetrical and graceful
tree, but strong and self-reliant. Then
if she must stand alone. she will do sc
confidently to her honor and profit o.
if she elects to stand close beside some
other tree, though Strength or gifts OF
graces may vary III degree or in kind
there shall be no question of dependence
or independence, out a glorious com
panionship, as God meant there should
be. HILARY.