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Pam IN Stomach

Flatulency, sourness. ND taste, loss Of
appetite. sense Of weis It or fullness after
eating, together with uneasiness, impa-
tience. irritability Of temper, nervousness,
anxiety, lost energy, depression Of spirits,
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Add to these the old Mosaic Ter. ."
and you have my religious creed com
plete- And though IL is simple enough
Tor child to comprehend, it is dim
cult for the wisest to give perfect
obedience. because il is not always
easy to love that tormenting neighb0r
even little bit, let alone as ones
self
How I wish there was some other
word to take the place of religion" 1t
has been so abused. so misconstrued
thousands of people shrink from the
very sound of it. believing that TO be
religious means the solemn. sOur-faced
setting of one foot before the other in
a hard and narrow way-the shutting
out of all beauty, the cutting off of
all enjoyment oh, the pity! the pityl
Can't they read: Let all those that
seek thee be joyful and glad in thee
and let such as love thee and thy sal
walton. say always; The Lord be
praised Again: 1.-THE Lord Ioveth
a cheerful giveri" But it is not in Civ
ing alone that he loves cheerfulness.
Real love and trust in God-which is
religion-mind yOu-opens the eyes to
beauty. the heart to sympathy the
ear to harmony; and all the merriment
and joy of life is but the sweeter for
! the reverent gratitude one returns to
the divine giver.
One evening IN a green room chat
ter. the word religious" had in some
way been applied to me, and a GER
tain actress of small parts" whose
life had been of the bitterness of gall
suddenly broke out with What
what's that? reIigious-you? Well
guess mott Why. you've more spirit in
minute than the rest Of us have in
a week-and are as full of capers as
a PUPPY I guess I know religion
when I see it, 1t makes children loathe
the Bible by forcing them TO learn
hundred Of its verses for punishment!
It pulls down the shades on Sundays
eats cold meat and pickles Locks ND
bookcase and piano and discharges the
girl for walking with her beau, Oh.
no. my dear. you're not religiOusi"
Poor, abused word, No wonder it
terrifies people.
How many thousand women 7 Won
der are kept from church by their in
ability to dress up to the standard of
extravaganza raised by those who are
more wealthy than thoughtful? Even
if the poor woman plucks up her
courage and enters the church. the
magnificence of her fortunate sisters
distracts her attention from the serv-
ice and fills her with longing, too
often with envy, and surely with hui
initiation.
Some years ago a party of uItrs-high
church women decided to wear only
black during Lent. One of these
ladies condescended to know me. and
1 in speaking of the matter, she said:
"Oh, 1 think this black garb is more
than a fad--it really operates for good.
! It is so appropriate. you know, and
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airy boxing goes much further than
words
To return to oratory, there is no
doubt that in debate parliamentary.
legal or literary. the English. and
might sGy the English-speaking people,
are past masters in the art, with this
difference between the English and the
Americans, that the former are gener-
ally solemn. dull and prOsy. whereas the
latter always know, by the introduction
of pathos or humOr. to tighten and en-
liven their speeches.
But IN America public speaking is
practiced at schOOl-in England only in
the universities. I have witnessed in
America oratorical contests between
students of Is or 20 years of age. some
of whom made really remarkable
speeches.
A speech is an ESSAY. and. with the
exception OF the essays of Addison.
Steele and Charles Lamb, that form of
English literature is about the dreariest
in existence.
The London Saturday Review, which
favOrs England with weekly essays,
cures its readers Of the most terrible
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far apart. But the question has in
variably been as to a compatibility
between religion and the stage Now
l take 1t, that religion means q belief
in God and the desire and effort to do
MS viii. Therefore, I see nothing in
compatible between religion and act
ing.
I am q church woman now, but for
many years circumstances prevented
my entering the great army of Chris
tians, who have made public confess
sion Of their faith and received bap-
tism, as an outward and visible sign
Of a spi1tual change. Yet during those
long years without a church I was not
without religion. I knew naught of
justification" OF 'predestination." of
trans standardization only knew
must obey the viii Of Cod. Here was
the Bible-it was the word of Cod
There was Christ-beautifuI tender,
adOrablel and he said: Thou shalt
love the Lord thy God with all thy
heart, with all thy soul and with all
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one innocent man who ought to be ct
large.
The English are the best debaters in
the world. but their speeches are dry
ana their delivery generally monOtOn-
Gus: the Americans are more eloquent
and entertaining, but they often devote
to effects efforts which the English de-
vote to clear exposition of facts.
In political life English speeches are
as cold and deliberate as they are IN
the courts of law. the government and
the opposition being very much, in the
case of a bill before parlis ment, like
counseIs for the prosecution and the
defense in the case of a prisoner.
The very hall in which the members
OF the house of commons meet suS-
gests a quiet debate and seems to for
bid attempts at impassioned elOquence.
In the United States. as in France, the
halls in which the legislators meet
lead to oratory, a man facing the whole
house.
In sacred OratOry 7 think the palm
ought to be awarded to the French.
Fathers Hyacinthe, DidOn and many
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the counterfeit of the romance they
missed, yet how poorly even an actor
generally does it.
John Drew makes love like a chaste
icicIe that might thaW a little, but could
never melt, even under the ray of burn
ing passion. Mr.. Faversham, with a
moderated fervor that seems to .
come to my breast but be careful not
to muss my shirt front Mr.. Richmond,
in an honest. bourgeOise way that is
convincing. but hasn't a thrill 10 IL.
HaCkett's love is merely nearsiik, and
Kelcey learned TO propose out of man
uaI OF correct department, where you
ask papa first and then mention the
matter 10 the girl.
It is only once in q blue moon that
YOU ind q stage hero like Joe Haworth.
who clutches the heroine to him in a
way that lOosens her back hair and
makes every woman in the audience sit
up with a gasp
on the stage each man has his own
individual system Of lOve-making. and
reaches the critical point of proposing
0y his own route
One of the most popular is by way
of the confessional. When a man begins
TO get sentimental he yearns to tell 2
girl all about his past life. He con-
fesses his own sins to her and those of
his friends
Then he tells her that she IS the only
person who ever really understood his
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IT in the Garden of Eden, they do ii
very badly.
They balk at the critical moment.
They bungle the situation. They out
rage the artistic prophecies They sit
down on che halo Of romance that a
woman has woven about the affair.
She has dreamed of being wOOed in
Booth Harrington language, and when
he shOves a commonplace question at
her III any old way it skaters the ideals
Of a lifetime.
Women nearly always burst into tears
a such a moment Men think they are
cry ing because they are 50 glad they
have gotten a good thing. and are not
going 10 be old maids. but it Is not.
They weep to think how badly the thing
was done.
One of the unconfessed grievances
that every married woman has against
her husband is the way he proposed to
her She was probably glad enough TO
get him on any terms, but there is a
difference between having the thing you
want rendered you on a silver salver
and being slugged with it. Later on
YOU may be very grateful for the gift
after YOU get over YOUR bruises
Even when men embrace the pr0fes-
sion OF love-making as a business. and
devote their minds TO studying it. they
are SO rarely successful that a good
stage lover is worth his weight in gold
10 a manager.
Women crowd to the theatre to see
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tionary wash tubs, he says: say,
Mary. how would you like to live here
and be my little hOusekeeper2'' and If
you have any sense you say res
That night you may shed few tears
in the silence of your own room over
the beauty of the romance you have
missed. but you will never have TO weep
any over bills you can't pay.
Then there is the cOndescend1ng low
er. the man who offers himself TO you
in a way that seems to say; I know
I am a good thing that any woman
would be glad to get, but / have de-
cided to bestOw the blessing on you l
hope you properly appreciate your luck
in getting me-"
This kind Of man always expects you
to fall on his neck and thank him
kindly. and If you say no" he goes
away and remarks that YOU were not
the kind Of q woman he had supposed
you were, and he was disappointed IN
your taste and intelligence.
But the most aggravatlng OF all suit
ors is the widovF-r. He always tells
YOU that YOU remind him so Of his dear
departed Sarah Ann. and as II there
was one person. alive or dead, IN the
whole universe you wouldn't rather re
semble than your husbands first Wife
Sometimes he even tells you that
Sarah Ann ~icked you out as her sue
cessor. and. man ike. he can't see why
the woman who has to feed her hungry
heart on warmed-over affection and re-
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intense nature, and that he only needs
her angel influence to enable him TO
lead the higher life. and with her by
his side he viii never thirst again for
a high bail or desire to see a pony run.
When he gets that far the finish is
in sight. and it is time for a girl to
steer of. unless she desires TO become
an amateur Keely cure
The really bashful man always pro-
poses suddenly. and when you least
EXPECT It. He doesn't waste q word in
preliminary compliments. because ne
has screwed his courage up TO the
sticking point. and he dare not let
turn of it go.
There is silence, and then he
catches his breath and takes the
plunge. like ne was jumping into a sea
of ice and didn't know and didn't care
whether he ever came up again or no.
The woman who wants him must be
prepared to take him on the jump OF
not at all. She viii never work him up
to the scratch again
A disappointing lover. but an emf
nently satisfactory husband, Is the
business type. You have been good
friends. and he has cOnhded TO you that
he is getting OF in the grocery trade
and last months sales were double
those Of the month before
Then one Sunday afternoon he steers
Won around TO some new fats or cot
tages. ana after pointing out that the
is exposed and they have sta
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Once. in Savannah, Ga, the prison
or. accused of murder in the first de-
gree. was so struck with admiration y
the speech of the lawyer VINO prose-
cufed him that he forgot it was an
about him and madly applauded the
lawyer when he resumed his seat
That kind of oratory. Objectionable
in the case of the defense because IL
nay. cause a criminal to be allowed 10
go at large. becomes a dangerous YEA
pom. for it may cause an innocent man
to he hanged.
The speech of a lawyer should be the
cold exposition of facts. Juries should
have their minds enlightened, not their
Imagination and passion aroused, and
even in exposing these facts. the coun-
sci for the prosecution should do il as
a painful duty u society. for the whole
principle of the administration OF JUS
tice lies in this:
Society has to protect itself against
criminals. it has not to avenge itself
on them. I would rather know 70 De
at large 1 200 criminals who ought 70
be in Jail than TO know to be in jail
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is a good aH-round" brace-Up for the
system.
Spinach has medical properties and
qualities equal 10 the most indigo Of all
blue pills ever made.
Parsnips. II is now cOntended by sci
eutists, possess almost the same virtues
that are claimed for sarsaparilla.
Beets are fattening, even moderately
learned man viii explain because OF ths
sugar. they contain
Ordinary Lima beans. someone has
said, are good 10 allay thirst, but the
same can be said. with equal truth, Of a
pitcher of water.
Asparagus is efficacious In kidney an
ments to an extent that Is not yet, per
Raps, thoroughly appreciated;
Cucumbers, aside from sun beam emit
ting properties known to readers OF "a
cetfOUs paragra phs, contain an acid tna-
is helpful in cases Of dyspepsia.
Cabbage. in Holland, is regarded as
something OF a blood purifier, but the
authority is vague In Germany its er-
ficacy is purely Sauer kraut-
Parsley will assist good digestion, Ike
cheese and nuts, but quantity IN excess
OF ordinary capacity has TO be con-
sumed. Therein lies the Joke.
Pumpkins are an ingredient in a patent
medicine that is guaranteed to cure
variety Of ailments flesh is heir to. but
the world is increasing in inhabitants
VINO do not believe all they hear
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By Max O'ReH

others have been unsurpassed in pulpit
oratory during the century. and neither
in ancient nor in modern times can we
find anything equal to the sacred elO-
quence of the seventeenth century.
Whether we consider BOssuet. lead
ing our Imagination with the flow IF
his irresistible Titanic elOquence: or
BcurdaIOne. enchanting cur reason bv
the power of his arguments; or Mas
sillOn. stirring our souls to their depths
by the graceful tenderness Of an ever
charming dictiOn; or Fletcher, appeal
ing to the intellect in style more elab-
crate perhaps. but harmonious from the
very perfection of his art; we must adj
NIT that the pulpit has never been
adorned as it was in France during the
reign Of Louis XIV.
But the Catholic religion, appealing
al it does to the soul and the magma
ton, must produce eloquent orators. as
the Protestant religion. which appeals
more TO reason, must produce lecturers
and debateTs.
Copyrighted, 1901, by W. r. Hearst)
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and a constant reminder of that frsE
great fast-the origin Of Lent; and as
l walk about IN trailing black, I know
look deVout-and that makes me feel
deFout, and so I pray often and you're
always the better for praying-even if
your dress was at the bottom of it.
And-Oh, well, I feel that I am i'm the
picture, when 1 wear black during
Lent
But the important thing is that be-
Tore the Lenten season was half over
female New York was walking the
streets in gentle, black-robed dignity.
and evidently enjoying the keeping Of
Lent oecause-to use theatrical ex-
preSslon-"it knew it looked the part -
So much influence do these petted
beloved daughters Of the rich exer-
else over the many that 7 have often
wished that, for the sake of the poorer
women, the wealthy ones would set a
Iashlon OF extreme simplicity of COS
tune for church going. Every femi-
nine creature has an inalienable right
70 make herself as lovely as possible
and these graceful, clever women of
fasnlOn would know as we'll how to
make simplicity charming. as does the
grande dame of France who is never
more grande dame than when in plain
little bonnet. simple gown and a bit
Of fichu, she attends her church.
These bright butterflies have all the
long week TO hUtter in their magnifi-
cence. Their lunches. dinners. teas.
dances, games. yachts, links race
courses, give occasion for glorious dis
play. Will they not then be sweetly
demUre on Sunday for the sake of "the
picture'-and spare their sisters the
agony of craving for richly beautiful
apparel-since God has made them so
and they can't help wanting to be
lovely. too
Perhaps some day woman Of fash
ion, simply clad. viii turn up her pref
~ nose COntemptuOusly at SDlendOT Of
dress at church service and whisper:
What bad formi"
Then, indeed. as the tide sets her
way, she will realize her power. The
church viii have many more atten-
dants. The very poor woman viii not
be so cruelty Inundated and the wage
earning girl. who puts so much of her
money into finery, viii have a more ar
tistic and a more suitable model to
follow
To those two little maids who so
anxiOusly inquire if believe prayer is
Of any real service, and why, since my
own could not always have been an
swered. I can only say, they are in a
minority and I have no authority TO
answer their question here. Perhaps.
however. they may recall the fact that
their loving mother tenderly refused
some of their most passionate demands
in babyhood. and that we are yet but
children. who often pray to our father
for those things we may not have.
CLARA MORRIS.
Copyright. 1901. by 5. 5. Mcclure Coz
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attacks Of Insomnia. and in the pages of
that pOrtentious production anything
light or humorous is called fippant and
condemned as vulgar. The Saturday
Review is the most typically English
periodical.
I have heard good after-dinner
speeches made by the late George Au-
gustus Sala. by Lord Rosebery. Sir Viii
liam HarcOurt. but even at literary din
ners I have seldom heard a good, short,
pithy, witty speech.
And as for the official banquets. the
city dinners, especially, the torture In
fiicted by the speakers is beyond ex-
pTesssiOn.
The tOasts, I must say. are not con-
ducive to humor and cheerfUlness. The
king, the queen and the members of the
royal family. his majesty's ministers,
the house of lords, the house of com
mons, the army, the navy, the reserve
forces.
I defy you to be humorous or witty
on the subject of the volunteer and the
reserve forces. unless, like Senator
Chauncey NJ. Depew you refer to them
as men invincible in peace and in
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/ when ] was absent attending rehear-
] sal. The creed of his denomination was
/ particularly Objectionable TO me but
/ having wandered into the big stone
/ edifce on Fourth avenue one Sunday.
( I was so charmed by his clear reason
/ ing, mis- elOquence. and above all by
/ his evident sincerity that / continued
/ 10 go there Sunday after Sunday
In my absence he held converse with
my mother. as to his regret at missing
me; as to the condition Of the weather;
as to the age and attainments and
breed OF my small dcg-who had ap-
parentlv been seized with a burning
/ desire to get into his lap. eve af-
terward found she only wished to
! rescue her sweet cracker which he sat
UpOn.)
In his absent-minded way he then
( fell into a long silence-his handsome,
scholarly head dropping forward
Finally ne sighed and remarked; ''She
is an actress-yOur daughter"
Ny mother. with lifted brows, made
surprised assent
''Yes-y-yes, he went on gently. ian
actress surely, for I see my paper COM
mends her work. I have noted her
presence in our congregation, and her
intelligence. Ct never sleep in the
daytime.) Our ladies like her, too-I'm
an actress. and vet takes an interest
I don't understand, No I don't under
stand!" a speech which did little tc
erdear lis maker to the actress moth
er. I'm afraid.
This. reverend gentleman was per
sonaly gentle, kind, considerate. and
naturally just-yet knowing no actors
life. never having seen the inside Of
q playhouse. he. without hesitation de-
Aounced the theatre and declared it
the gate of helli
In the amusing correspondence
which followed that call, the great
preacher was on the defensive from
the first and in reading over two or
three letters, which. because of blots
or errors had 10 be recopied I am
fairly amazed at the temerity of some
Of my remarks. In one place charged
him with standing upon hi5 closed
Bible 70 lift himself above sinners. in
stead Of going 10 them with the open
volume and teaching them to read its
precious message
Perhaps he forgave much to nv
youth and passionate sincerity-st all
events we We're friends. I had the ben
e1t of his advice when needed. and in
spite of our being of different creeds. /
ne 1t was who performed the marriage
service for my husband and myself
The question then, that has been put
so many times. is: Can there be any
compatibility between religion and the
staRe2'
Now had it been question of church
and stage, 7 should have been forced
TO admit that the exclusive spirit of
the FIRST and the unending Occupa ton
Of the second, kept them uncomfOrtably
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that human consumption and cattle con-
sumption are two different diseases
The latter view / have upheld for many
years against DIR. Koch and his support
ers. who until now treated it with stud
led contempt While glad that DR.. Koch
has at last come around to my idea, j
cannot suppress some establishment. 1t
the same time that he failed for so many
years to recognize the true identity Of
the various diseases.
Strictly speaking, tuberculosis is
pathological process due to the presence
and growth in the tissues of the tubercle
bacillus of a small, fine. short rod vary
ing in length from a quarter to half the
diameter of a blood cOrpuscle-
About the nature of the tUbercle, aside
from its outward FORM medical men Diff
fer. Some have called lupus q disease
akin to consumption, some going still
further saw consumption in every ana
tomical WaTt on the human body, De
cause once or twice such warts were
found to be pregnant with bacilli- All