Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-10-10

memory of the late chief executive of
- the nation deiiv-
cred by his CRATE
full countrymen in
all parts of the union none was more
impressively fitting or beautiful than
the address of eXPre sident Cleveland
to the students and faculty of Prince
ton university at the memorial eNer-
cises held in that institution. The key
note utterance of the eX-President was
an admonition to the young men of the
university to lay less stress upon mere
mental attainment and to seek to cui-
tivate these homely virtues which gave
Mckinley such power over his country
men and at the same time made him
universally loved. Speaking upon this
phase of the late presidents career, he
said:
''The man who is universally monrned to-
day achieved the highest distinction which
his country can confer on any man; and he
lived a useful life. He was not deficient in
education but with all you will hear of his
grand career and his services to his country
and his fellow citizens YOU Will not hear
that the high plane he reached or what he
accomplished was due entirely to his edu-
cation. You will instead constantly hear
as accounting for his great success that he
was obedient and affectionate as son,
patriotic and faithful as a soldier, honest
and upright as a citizen, tender and de-
voted as husband, and truthful. generous,
unseltish, moral and clean in every relation
of life.
"He never thought any of those things
400 weak for his manliness. Make no mis-
take. Here was most distinguished man
a great mana useful man-who became
distinguished, great and useful because he
had and retained qualities of heart which
fear university students sometimes feel
like keeping in the background or aban-
doning."
Here is message from an eX-presi-
dent, says the Chicago Record-Herald,
The contemplation of which need not
be confined to university students. 1t
merits the serious reflection of man
kind at time when our tendency is to
magnify mere erudition and smartness
10 the neglect of those qualities of the
heart which lie at the basis of charac-
ter. The eX-president merely sought
10 emphasize in the minds of university
students the truth that has been exem-
plified in the lives of all great Ameri-
cans who have had any enduring hold
upon the affections of the people.
Six years ago, when a woman who
had served the town in many useful
An Ide, wor,h capacities died in
Deerfieid, NJ a S.,
her friends decided
to erect a fitting memorial. And in
place of a tablet or fountain or OF her
token of small use, they conceived the
idea of a village club room. In Ladies'
Home Journal, Mary f. Allen tells of
this appropriate and novel tribute and
the way it is conducted. 1t consists of
a large room with an open fireplace,
coZy window seats and low bookcases,
a coat room, a small kitchen and clos
cts. The bookshelves contain free
library of about 400 books. A piano
has been loaned and some other fur
niture given. a number of folding
chairs and tables were bought BY
means of these an audience may be
seated or supper served. The Martha
Goulding Pratt Memorial is owned by
a regularly incorporated body. con-
trolled by seven trustees. \ commit
tee of IL women is appointed to see
that things are kept in order.
1t is one of the most humiliating ele-
ments in woman's life in America to-
day, and one of the phases which is
most uncomplimentarily reflective
upon American husbands, says Edward
w. Box, in Ladies' Home Journal, that
IA just allowance is withheld from
many wives. No matter how small the
allowance may be, so long S it is fair
in proportion to the income earned.
every wife should have purse of her
own, sacred to herself and her needs,
and free from the slightest intrusion
on the part of her husband. Every
wife is entitled to this, and no Young
mani care not how small his income
nor what his reasoning may be--starts
married Life arioht who withholds that
courtesy and that right from his wife.
When athletics become the chief end
and aim of student life they have gone
beyond their legitimate function, says
Boston exchange. That they are all
ready tending in this direction is the
opinion of many of the best educators
in the country. At any rate the coun-
trymen of Hawthorne, Longfellow,
Holmes and Lowel! might at least show
decent speaking acquaintance with
the best English books before becom-
ing oVerwise in football and baseball.