The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-15

the boys who hope to be proficient in
any of the games is forced to take a
| pledge to abstain from using whiskey OF
tobacco; to abstain from keeping late
hours or doing anything that will in any
| way injure his health; to diet himself
and eat plain food. 1t teaches a young
man self reliance, and self control, and
there are no lessons that need so much to
be learned Over against these benefits
must be placed the tendency to the I'M
due elevation of the physical over the
mental and the british instinct.
Speaking of the interest DR.. Manning
takes in foot ball, recalls an incident of
his career in Congress that has special
interest in this day Of agitation over
woman suffrage. | had heard a very
amusing story about how the Doctor
routed acommittee of women suffragists,
and determined to learn the truth
about it if the Doctor would tell the
story. Dr. Manning was member of
the Committee on Woman Suffrage when
in Congress, and "the story runneth
thus :" A committee of seven New
England sisters came down to address
the committee. AS they were about to
commence, these dialogues ensued
DIR. Manning to first woman Madam,
how many children have you 2"
First woman, very indignanD. 81
am proud to say that / have none, sir. !"
DR.. Manning to second woman How
many children have you"
Second woman, with head tossed high
in the air. 81 have never been married,
sir, and have no children"
This dialogue was repeated with little
variations until all had been catechised.
1t was developed that not one of the
women was a mother Then DIR. Man
ming rose, with his most solemn air, and
said Mr.. Chairman, move that these
ladies be not allowed to speak because
they have not qualified themselves to
discuss the suffrage question"
DR.. Manning said the story thus given
was incorrect, and then related the Incl
dent from which the story grew. He was
coming down the Potomac, talking with
a party of Congressman and their lady
friends when Henry Ward Beecher's sis
ter attacked him upon the suffrage ques
ton. The learned doctor, as gallant as
he is wis.,, told her that If the womea OF
his State were in favor of suffrage he
would vote for it, because he always
favored what the women wanted. But
he expressed the opinion that some or
TIE dirt of politics would get on the
women's skirts if they voted. Beechers
sister II can't think of her name at this
Iu yys 9
no danger in that, because, said she,
"tbe m0therly instinct would prevent it. ="
The doctor quietly observed that sta
tistics showed that in New England ''the
notherly instinct had about died out,
| and therefore il could not be relied upon
to prevent the evils he feared. The
lady denied the statement of DR.. Man
ming, when he proved that he had mora
children than both the Senators and all
the members of the House OF Represen-
tatives in the State. CT Massachusetts.
The conversation ended here.
There are two big improvements at
Chapel Hill since my last tern-time
visit, The first is the attendance on
prayers. Then the boys came by the
handful. Saturday morning | went with
Prof Gore at 8:15 O'Clock to prayers,
and almost every chair in the
chapel was occupied. Prof Harrington
presided at the organ, and the boys
Joined in Coward Christian Soldier -
with a spirit that could not be surpassed
in any religious gathering. DR.. Win
ston read chapter in the Bible, repeated
the Lords prayer in which many joined,
and after the announcements, the boys
filed out to enjoy the several duties or
pleasures of the day. 1t was an object
lesson of the spirit that peryades the
University, and showed that, though
standing as a non sectarian University,
and not emphasizing the creed of any
denomination, there is here the same
spirit of Christian teaching and example
that prevails in all our schools and col
leges-public and private-in North
| Carolina.
The second big improvement cannot
escape notice, because it lights up the
whole campus and all the buildings II
is the new electric light plant. This has
been put in by Prof Gore and his assis-
tant, aud is one of the best little plants