Griggs courier., 1895-01-25
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

OF GENERAL INTEREST.
An elderly man dressed in the garb
Of preacher got into Broadway,
New York. car the other day, carrying
q gold headed cane. Around the gold
handle was knitted cover. The cane
itself was scratched and marked in
several places, but the handle evident
ly was as new and bright as the day he
got it.
One popularity of the girls foot
ball club formed in Denver is that only
two or three girls of either team have
ever seen game of football played by
men. The two clubs, the Denver and
the All America, wear the regular
padded football costume, and as they
do not court observation. they play in
large hall. They are coached by men,
and play an excellent game, although
it is less rough than those in which
men are the performers.
The woman suffragists are waging
vigorous war on the Pacific coast. The
Women's Equal Rights league of San
Francisco seems to have captured
many of the prominent society people
there, and swell social events are being
made the medium for missionary work.
The league has secured. maybe import
ed, a white man. and he is telling San
Franciscans of how lovely things are
in New Zealand, where they have
women mayors, and talk of having
women members of parliament.
While lace making of the more
delicate sort is not large industry in
New York, lace mending is done by a
few skilled needlewomen. Really valu-
able laces are intrusted to only we'll
accredited persons Scores of the
cheaper sort are made for pastime by
women and children of various foreign
ians, and above all the Syrians. One
seldom sees Syrian girl or woman
sitting in the doorways or windows of
their quarters without a bit Of lace
work in hand.
The text: 81 love them that love
Me, and those that seek Me early shall
find Me-" painted high up on the party
wall of church in Park avenue, New
York, which was pulled down some
months ago, has just been erased, and
beneath has been painted the prosaic
warning: Post no bills under penalty
of the law" The ragged remains of
some old theater posters on the wall
suggest that the text was erased in
order that it might not be brought in
juxtaposition with the vulgarities of
every day life.
The rigid refusal of the post Office,
the elevated railroads and the surface
roads of large cities to accept mutilated
coins seems to have somewhat re-
stricted their circulation, but it still
holds good that almost anything bear
ing the stamps of the federal mints
will go in saloon. The popular be-
lief that the saloonkeeper makes ab-
normal profits proba bly, has something
to do with this, but perhaps the fact
that some of his customers are not
critical as to the sort of change they
get may account for his Indifference.
There is no law setting apart day
for Thanksgiving, nor is the president
under any legal obligations to issue a
proclamation. He simply follows an
old custom, both as to setting apart
this day, and as to its date. Custom,
however, has established the festival
and the last Thursday in November
has been accepted as the date on which
it shall occur. This custom dates back
to 1864, though Thanksgiving day was
celebrated at odd times as far back as
the days of the colonies. Among the
records preserved by congress is a
proclamation by the council of Massa-
chusetts, dated November Is, 1916, rec
ommending Acknowledgements for
mercies enjoyed" A form of Thanks
giving proclamation was reported to
the Continental congress November l,
1777, by Samuel Adams, of Massachu-
settS.
A Generous Poet.
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