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&c WANDERTNG JEW

Id i W WANDERING JEW.
. This story traces through all its forms
sSnd changes to its sources, as far as
can be perceived, the marvellous legend
(which won such general belief during the
middle ages. The FIST appearance OF the
story written cut as a narrative occurs
in the works OF Matthew Paris, published
in 1888, wherein is described the visit to
England thirty years before of an Ar
mepian bishop. The prelate was asked
whether he knew aught of the Wander
ing Jew. He replied that he had had
him to dinner in Armenia shortly before;
that he was a Roman named Cartaphi!us.
doorkeeper for Plate. This rufianiy
kisOt struck Jesus as He came from the
hall Of Judgment saying: Go on faster;
why dost Thou unger?''
Jesus answered: Il will go; but thou
shalt remain waiting till 1 come"
Therefore Cartaphilus has lived en- ever
since; never smiling, but often weeping
and longing for death, which will not
como. In the sixteenth century there
We're accounts Of the. appearance of the
Wandering Jew in German towns. HIS
name is now AhasueTus; his original oc-
cuDation that of q shoemaker. In the
seventeenth century he is heard of again
and 2gain-in France, Spain, the low
countries, Italy and Germany Many
solemn and learned treatises were written
In Latin On the subject Of this man and
bis miraculous punishment The various
stories OF him quoted are so graphically
related that it Is a surprise to follow
Dir. Conway into his next chapter in
which he sets down the myth of the Wan
dering Jew with that Of King Arthur.
70 sHho sleeps at Avalon. and BarDapo of
Germany who slUnlbers under. the Ra-
yen's Iiill, both ready to awake at the
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Bead Of De BouSe~
HUSBAND
or WIFE z

in some instances. In still other cases.
and these are not infrequent, the WON
an is the head of the house, but so tact
FULLY exercises the governmental au-
thority that man is not only not aware
of it, but goes through life in the vain
belief that he is the head. Such men are
usually happy, and show lofty superb
GRITTY to their brethren who are con-
stantly in struggle. for the mastery Of
the household.
1t will be interesting to watch the eff
fects Of this Virginia decision upon those
who have heretofore been considered the
weaker vessels" as well as upon men
who have followed the preceGents laid
down SO empha dcally by Paul. The au-
thority Of Paul, however, has sensibly
diminished in the lapse Of time. There
have been many bold ,wemen, headed by
Miss Anthony, Mrs. Gait and Mrs Dew
ereuX-Blake, ~whe. have not hesitated to
call him epprobrious names, and he is
now quite generally regarded not only as
an old fogy, but Womanrhat ter Tt is
questionable, therefore whether the Pau
line inJuncdons of nineteen centuries
ago VIII hold as against the decision of a
united states judge on the-eve. of the
twentieth century. And yet there will be
men undoubtedly who viii be eager to
learn whether Judge Purnell decided this
case upon its legal merits or upon per-
sonal convictions impressed upon him by
Mrs. Purnell.
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y | THE FAMILY FORUM

sion town, and it's famous Parson Lo-
throp-whose stately bearing, whose ser
mons in Addisonian English, and whose
scholarly temperament, marked him as a
social and intellectual leader-introduce
the story.
Lady Lothrop, the parsons wife, at
the time of her marriage stipulated that
she should be permitted to attend Episco-
pal services on Christmas, Easter and
other great days of the church. Horace
Holyolxe, nominal1y author of the book,
is left an orphan when a mere boy. He
tells how the views Of Calvinists and
Arminians, and great questions of free
dom and slavery, were freely discussed
at the village gatherings.
Henry and Tina Percival, English or
phans, were consigned, respectively; to
old Crab Smith and to Miss AsPhyxia
Smith, Illustrations of the 1nalign sin1u-
| epce Of a misplaced adherence to the old
theology. The children are ill-treated
and run away, taking refuge in the de-
| serted Bench house (the estate of Sir
Charles Henry Frankland), where they
are found and returned to the village by
| Horace's uncle and Sam Lawson, the
| village do-nothing, a. quaint character
whose dron actions and sayings 'enl.ven
the whole book.
Tina is then adopted by Miss Mehi-
table Rossiter, daughter Of the former
| clergyman of the parish, while Harry is
+ under the patronage OF Lady LothrCp.
On Easter Sunday the children, with
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Horace, are taken in her great coach, by
Lady Lothrop, to Boston, where they
attend service at Kings chapel and meet
prominent people in the city. They make
the acquaintance of EllefX Davenport. a
former officer in the Continental army,
whose characteristics closely resemble
those of Aaron Burr. He recognizes
the Percivals as belonging to an excel
lent family, and finally secures a valu-
able English inheritance for the children.
Henry, after leaving college, returns to
England to manage his estate, and finally
takes orders in the Church of England.
Tina IS married to Ellery Davenport;
but Immediately after the ceremony
Emily aRossiter,@ whose MYSTERIOUS dis
appearance some years before was
cause of intense grief to her family, re-
turns from. Europe, c9nfronts Ellery,
! and tells how he luFed her from home
to live with him zout Of Wedlock. Tina
adopts Enily's' daughter, and goes
abroad with her husband After their
| etuTn to America EHefy 1deTp{es> himself
to public affairs, and is eventually killed
in a political duel. Two years later Hor-
ace. .IIolyoke is. united to his first love,
| Tina. The story chiefly lives in the char
acter of Sam Lawson. s-s. : =.
| Harriet Beecher Stowe, a. distinguished
American author, was born at Iitchz
field, Conn.,, June. H. 1911. and died at
Hartford, Conn, July !. 1896. She Was a
prolific writer Old Town Folks ap-
peared in 1861.
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OF ANCIENT. ORIGIN.

Since becoming a national holiday,
Thanksgiving generally falls upon tile
last Thursday in November. Our ma
tionaI thanksgiving to God for the fruits
of the earth. like most other observancas
of a religious character, finds its pro
totype among the devout customs 3of all
nations lifted above the savage state,
even Of those appearing on the most re-
mote borders of prehistoric times. IN
AbeTs sacrifice OF the fruits OF the earth
we have simple Manufacturing after
harvest. And in the autumnal fesu-
walls of joy for harvest blessings Of the
older historic nations-diGdOos, Ara
bans Egyptians Greciaus, Romans,
Germans, Scandinavians, Muscovites-
we find the same thing in the form Of
the worship of the feminine deity of
FruitfUlness. She was Isl in In 9iA
AIN. Arabia, Isis in Egypt, Demeter in
Greece, Ceres in Rome, and HeTtha
(earth) among the Suevi Germans and
Scandinavians. She was symbolized as
a woman with a COWS head in EgyT
and elsewhere, a stately matron in more
refined Greece, and in old AuscOVy, as
in the Arabian wilderness during the a5-
sence Of Moses, by a golden heller. In
October was the Thanksgiving every
where, when all was JOY and hilarity.
In November the deVOteeS mOuTned the
When The Christian church was welded
to the state by Constantine = hea then
festivals SWere added. to the simple reli-
gOus memorials, and from that period
until now its lituTgies have contained
forms or thanksgiving after gathering
the haTvests of grain and fruit. In the
churches Of our English ancestors a day
was set apart for that purpose; and in
the autumn of 1921 the remnant Of the
English Pilgrims, who had landed from
the MayAOWer, in December SHOWS. the
year before on the bleak coast of Massa-
chusetts bay, being a devout company
OF mon and women, peTpetUated the
pious custom. All know the sad story
Ef the sUfferings' of those Pilgrims for
raohths efter their arrival. The summer
Of 1923 was one of peculiar trial to the
infant colony, owing to a long continued
crouth. which threatened a total failure
Of the crops and consequent starvation.
p day of humiliation and prayer was
appointed and observed carefully by the
people that the calamity might be avert
ed, and IN answer to their pious pray
ers, abundant showers were sent to save
the crops and the people.
The first formal American ThanksgiY-
ing was called IN 1923, and the annual
celebration of thatsdag took the place of
Christmas among the Puritans and PHI
srinis OF Nav %4CHgla+fu.91 The NIassa-
chuaetts, gen&rals court passed. a law,
which was operative for forty years, for
bidding the clJs@rTante OF Christmas, be-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-25
They Live Longer Than
Single Ones 81 ,,..

That is to say that out of 10000 -hug-
bands and WidoWers from 10 to 40 years
of age 1,407 die each year, as compared
with 1855 unmarried who die out Of a
similar number. The difference is
greater at the earlier ages. DR.. Stark's
comment or the result of his inquiries
is that "bachelorhood is more destruc-
tive to life than the most unwhO!csOme
trades or than residence in an unwhcle-
some house or district where there las
never been the most distant attempt at
sanitary Improvement Of any kind" The
conclusion may be too sweeping. In tie
first place, the 6ifference between mar
RED men and the men who are fitted, for
marriage-who together represent the in
surable class-is not recognizable. It
must also be said that the ranks of mar
ried men are filed from among the
healthier and stronger portion of the
community. Men engaged in unhealthy
trades, men living drunken and irregular
lives or those who are in depressed cir
cumstances in relation to health or
means are likely to remain single. There
is, therefore, a material. difference in the
death rate apart from the question Of
marriage. Tho figures in the tdblo must
be read with these ,TnCdifca items.
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A GOOD DRESSER.

He dressed well and extensively, ac-
cording to the fashion of the day. In
his earlier years he was looked upon as
a dandy, and the cut and color of HI s
waistcOats and breeches were widely
copied by the American Beau Brum1neIs.
His every day clothes were of black
velvet, with which he wore white six
stockings. knee and shoe buckles of sill
Yer, hair powdered, and gathered in a
queue, adorned with black velvet bow
With this garb Washington usually wore
a cooked hat, the edges of which were
adorned with black feather an inch
deep, yellow gloves, q long sword with
a scabbard Of white polished leather, and
a hilt of finely wrought steel
A perfect borseman, carefully dressed
ard superbly mounted, he was invariably
attended by a fine looking body servant.
After the Braddocl defeat it was a sell
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-25
BIG HANDS AND FEET.

WashingtOn's head was not large, COM
pared with every other part of his body,
which seemed big and bony. His finger
joints and wrists were so large as to be
genuine curiosities. His hands We're so
long and broad that he could not buy a
covering to fit him, and had to have his
gloves made to order. His boots were
enormous; they were No. IS, and their
combined weight, with spurs attached.
was twenty-one pounds. His walking
shoes were No. IL. His arms and legs
were as long as they were large Mus
cular, wide-shouldered and always ath-
letic, he weighed LIS pounds when he
took his Seat in the Virginia House Of
Burgesses in 1883, and tipped the scales
ait 30 pounds in 1883, shortly before he
died.
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Husbands and IN
GHOSTS OF MEN AND THINGS

GHOSTS OF MEN AND THINGS.
They have a history and lit ratura Pc
culiar to themselves The bsi-f in
ghosts, or the spirits of the departed,
has existed among men from the, earliest
ages. How did the primevaF savage ar
rive at the idea Of ghosts? Death was
one of, the first mysteries for which early
man was unable to account. He no
doubt reasoned that sleep, with which
he was familiar, was similar 10 it, and III
sleep, while apparently as still and quiet
as in death, he wandered. about in
dreams, saw the faces and forms of
fTiendSf< but returned again TO his body.
1t was reasonable to assume that he had
two selves, and in the mystery of death
one self went away but did not return,
and hence with the body was buried
weapons and food SO that the wandering
spirit might not go hungry and unarmed.
All ancient iteratuyes alike testify to a
belief in continued life. and tbs belief
underlies all primitive religions. The
conclusion is inevitable that this uni
versal belief has had unbounded Unfit
ence Upoa the religious and moral growth
OF the human race, since accounts OF
apparition meet US at the thresholds of
existence, among the most untutored
tribes and the highest grades of civilized
ties has been founded the faith of a large
part of mankind. All along the track
Of history 1.-The spirits of the air., in the
form of departed friends, and OF fan
cied beings known as fairies, brownies,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-25
~ FATHER
and
MOTHER.
H2an and Bis Parents
FOURTH ARTICLE ON MAN AND HIS PECUL1ARITIEs

touched BY the simplicity and tenderness
Of the incident; but we overlook the fact
Samuel also had a father, who accom-
panied the mother on these Journeys, and
was blessed with her. He had another
wife, to be sure, and she had borne him
children, but he loved thissene, and Sam
ueI was his pride and joy. The affection
OF the mother is beautiful, and we are
bound to regard it with admiration, but
there IS no e to DOUBT that tie father
loved the boy just as well, and was just
as solicitous for his welfare and success.
1t IS not necessary to give all the credit
to the ore, and thrust The other out Of
sight. We can afford to include both in
the interest that we attach to the matter
It IS not difficult to imagine that the
little coat represented a mutually of af-
lection and an equality Of service on their
part. Tie wonderful child belonged not
more to Hannah than, 10 Elkanah. He
was given to them in the holy. copartner-
ship Of matrimony, and, according to the
theory that each had shstrsane degree
Of right and duty con{saqling him.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-25
> Late B0QRg :
Must Hush bands
Explain :?
4N~~~~~O0oooo~

It is to be hoped that the supreme court
of That state will be afforded an oppor-
turity to decide this question; bit even
if these decisions. should be affirmed
there, it IS dQHbtf5ll if the courts Of other
states would feel constrained to follow
so harsh rule.
The merits of such a decision depend,
of course, on circumstances; but it is
m2uifestly a part, and a very important
part, of a mans marital duties and OBJ
legations, to be at his home, usually. at
least, at reasonable hours, if his wife de-
sirrs his presence there and does her
part to make the home an agreeable or
even a tolerable place for him. ABIDE
FROM physical brutality there can he few
more aggravated kinds of 'cruel and in
human trea tnent" of wife than habit
ual CT frequent and unexpected absence
Of the husband ct late hours. Unless his
business keeps him away, his place Of
diparily, is at home, and if he is s. arcely
ever there at night, the wife has a right
t. know what keeps him away, and to
redress in the courts if he refuses to
make a reasonable excuse.
If this is not the law, it ought to be.
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ley and established a new system, under
which the man became the absolute mas
ter Of his household. He owned his fam
lily, and the members thereof could I'M
deFtake nothing without his sanction.
H1ssconsent was necessary to the validity
OF a marriage, and daughters were vir-
tually sold. AT no time and nowhere
else has woman occupied so high d posi-
ton as she did in ancient Egypt She
was not only the equal of man, but his
superior in most respects. The title to
the throne was transmitted through the
female line, and all property was held
and inherited in like manner When
marriage occurred, the man assumed the
womans name, and the sons Of the FAM
lily also took her name, instead of the
fathers. But this halcyon condition en-
dured only until Philopator came and
brought about a revolution by which
woman's rights were greatly restricted.
and the supremacy of motherhood was
reduced to mockery.
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IS IT THE WEE?

Is woman the head of the house? Judge
Purnell of the United States circuit court
of appeals. at Richmond, Va, thinks she
is, and has so announced in his judicial
capacity. Therein he differs from Dis
trict Judge Waddilb Of Virginia, who
holds that a woman living with her hus-
band IS not the head Of the house The
woman in the case" who is now likely
to become famous and much envied by
her sex, is Mrs. Marion Richardson. She
was engaged In business and made an as
signment for the benefit of her creditors
The assets We're not sufficient to satisfy
them If her claim of 5000 under the
homestead exemption law was allowed
The lower court would not allow it, but
the higher court sustained it. making
the sweeping decision that "a married
woman, either living with or apart from
her husband, can be considered the head
of the house"
The new woman thus enters upon the
new century, says the Chicago Tribune,
under new conditions. Under the IN
written household law there has long
been an impression that many women are
the '1head of the house. In some cases
men are made aware of it. in ways that
are trying to them. In other cases the
household sovereignty is asserted in sGch
exasperating fashion that it leads to. re-
volt, and this leads to the divorce courts
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-25
WE THANK THEE.


we thank thee, o Father, for all that
is blight
The CLEAN 81 the day and the stars Of
the night,
The flowers. of our youth and fruits of
our prime
And blessings Ger marching the path
way Of time
We thank thee o'Father, for song. and
The harvest that slowed and the wealth
that increased; ---f.~
For never a blessing encQmpassed thy
child
But thou, in thy. mercy, looked down
wasd and smi, ed.
We thank thee. o Father of all, for the
OF aiding each other in LIES darkest
The generous heart and the bountifuf
e hand
And ali the soul-heips that souls uffder-
stand.
We thank thee, 0 Rather, for days yet
For hopes that cur future viii call us to
That ali cur eternity form through thy
One Th9nlzsgiving Day in the mansions
win Carleton.
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Married N2e51
DO THEY

DO THEY?
Do married men live longer than single
men? fortunately something substantial
is available as a~repIY, Thirty wears ago
the British government appointed a royal
commission on the law of marriage.
Statistics ware not then so fully COMPLIED
as at the present day, bus the commits
sion. succeeded in bring out Of what they
possessed some astounding conclusions
regarding the influence of marriage on
the death rate. Dr.. Stark. the registrar
general for Scotland, discovered that tae
death rate Of married men and widOwers
was a great deal lower than that of IN
married men,. and that. although the
death rate OF the married and unmarried
differed to some extent in various cOun-
tries, the relative proportions generally
appropriated to tire rates found in
Scotland. The uRdernoted figures ex-
hibit the yearly mortality reT 900, and
have been confirmed by a wider han d.
Stark's range of statistical inquiry:
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hold musket with one hand and shoot
with precision as easily as other men
did with a horse pistol
His lungs We're his weak point, and
his voice was never strong His
finger joints were so large as to be gen
nine curiosities.--* He syas an eneF-
nous eater, but was cohteflt with bread
and meat, if he had plenty, of it. But
hunger seemed to put him IN a rage
at was his custom to take a drink
of rum or whisky on awakening in the
morning. Of course all this was
changed when he4grew ODD saw him
at Alexandria the year before he died
His hair was very gray. and his form
was slightly bent. His chest was very
thin. He had false teeth, (which did net
fit, and pushed his under lip outward. ~
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CDe GlmkN0QDJ7
Washington.
HIS Personal APPEARANCE.

W,ashington's personal appearance was
striking. He was a tall man, standing
six feet two inches in his boots My
stature is six feet; otherwise rather slen-
der than corpulent," is the way he de-
scrihad himself to London tailor. He
limped little in his later years. as the
result of striking his left knee against a
tree during the campaign Of re. His eyes
were bluish-gray in color, but bright and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-25

expressive. His mouth was his strong
feature, the lips being always tightly
compressed. His hair was a chestnut
brown and curly. His cheeks were prom
inent. and his complexion generally pale,
with just a tinge OF color high up on the
cheek bones. His face showed marks of
the smallpox, with which he was strlck-
EN- during his trip to the Bahamas IN
l75l His chin was firm, his nose straight
and long; his eyes, widely separated,
were overhung by heavy brow. His
teeth were nearly all defective or false.
He was excessively fond Of sweets. ard
the early decay of his teeth is said to be
due to that fact. He suffered more from
toothache than from any, other ailment.
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. A JUDGE DECIDES.

-.-4 a JQJtILE DECJD rs.
A recent decision by Judge Ogden, of
Alameda county, Cal, that aroused much
comment, was to the effect that man
was not obliged to give an explanation
to his wife il regard to his Whereabouts
or conduct while absent after coming
home repeatedly or habituauy late at
night or carly in the morning, and that
his conduct was not a sufficient ground
upon which the wife could secure a di-
vorce.
A San Francisco police judge affirm
ed this decision recently, saying:
1.-THE defendant need not state What
hours he has been in the habit of keep
ing. he is at liberty to come and go to
his own home as he chooses. Judge Og-
Gen, of Oakland, has ruled, and wisely,
too, that husbands may go home at night
when they choose, and need not offer
explanations therefor. 1t is good law,
and will be observed here"
Fortunately, says the Portland Tele-
gram, the judge of the superior court, in
Oakland, even when reinforced by a
police judge of San Francisco, does not
finally settle the law, even in California.
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MOTHER AND CHILD.

The relation Of mother and child ap-
peals to US W. tn such 70 -ce that the father
is ignored or forgotten, which is certainly
not consistent with it's true and full
meaning. When the psalmist assures us
that he went heavily, as one that
maurneth for his mother" he reaches the
climax of pathetic expression; and in
that other ScTiptural saying, "as one
whom his mother conforteth, :" we have
the best words that could be used 20
convey the idea of comfort and tran
GUILTY.