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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-18

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though there are excellent private acad-
em1es and kindergartens. Every canton has
It's school board and every village its school
buildings. The country is small, but alto
gether there are more than 5000 schools in
II, and large number of high schools and
universities. Basel has a university which
was founded before the discovery of Amer
lca, ana there are good universities at Bern
Geneva, Fribourg and Zurich. These uni
Vers1ties are organized on the same plan as
those of Germany, each being governed by
rector and senate, and divided into four
faculties of theology, law philosophy and
medicine.
Here at Zurich a polytechnic school, is
maintained by the federal government 1t
mas Loo students and $50 professors In
addition to this there are $50 technical
schools in Switzerland which receive money
from the general government or the cantons
and there are also seventy Commercial
schools, with more than 5000 pupils.
They Believe in Gymnastics.
Inc Swiss watch the health of their
school children and almost every school has
us gymnasium. There are more than a
thousand schools here which have gymnas-
Tic training all the year round and 3.4OO
Wnicn give lessons In gymnastics a part of
the year. nave visited number of GYM
nasiums. They are well equipped and the
boys and girls do their work under regular
instructors.
There are ten school houses in this town
which have baths connected with them and
the dirty child is sent out for wash The
city mas its school doctors who make reg
uiar examinations of the eyes, ears and
teeth Of the pupils. Think of school dem
tist! That is what they have in Zurich.
Many OF the public schools have gardens
about them. 1 visited one this afternoon
which had at least an acre given I'D to play
and exercise grounds and this notwithstand-
ing the school was in the heart of the city.
Under the trees We're vaulting horses and
parallel bars and this in addition to the reg
ular gymnasium under cover. In one sec
ton of the grounds a class Of boys was
training under their professor, tawny
bearded man Of thirty-five years. The boys
had iron rods about four feet long, which
they threw about In a variety of motions as
directed. photographed the class in action
and the boys were delighted thereat
In all parts of Switzerland the teachers
take the children off now and then on edu-
cational tours. The little ones visit the
country nearby, and the older pupils have
excursions on the railroads to the most
beautiful parts Of Switzerland. More than
5000 scholars were sent out from Zurich
on such tours last year with their teachers.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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and 1t has wholesale silk stores which COM
pare favorably with any I saw in France.
The silks are made to suit the foreign de-
mand and also to catch the eye of the tour
list. l bought, among other things, an
American flag woven in Zurich as a souve-
mir and was offered end of Italian blan-
kets made by the Swiss of refuse silk for
the tourist trade.
/ say Italian blankets, for the Swiss are
great imitators. Like the Germans, they
copy the goods of other countries, and l
am told they do this even to the trade
marks. One instance 1 know of was that
of the Mccormick reaper The Swiss saw
these machines were selling well with their
farmers. and one firm initiated them and
put fac-simile on the market, which 1t
named 'the Cormick." OF course the
American Mccormick company objected,
and as the steal was so apparent the Swiss
We're compelled to change the name to the
Helvetia. although they did not alter the
make Of the machine.
This makes me think of a revolver saw
In South America which was the exact copy
of a well-known American make 1t was
manufactured by the Germans and bore
cartridges must be used with this revolt
YER" The Smith & Wesson' were in
large letters and the remainder in small. so
that the South American who could only
read Spanish and could make out nothing
but these words thought he was buying a
genuine American gun, whereas he got a
cheap and nasty German imitation.
/ came near being arrested today. I was
coming from the bank with my mail and had
just torn open letter and thrown the envel-
ope on the street. A policeman came up to
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kets are In the streets The women bring
in their vegeta bles, their butter and cheese
and other wares and peddle them cut from
stands on the sidewalk. In Basel they push
the goods into town in little wagons IKE
baby carriages and in Bern you frequently
see dog cart going from door TO door,
the woman huxsters now pulling with the
dog and now stopping to peddie milk or
vegetables to the houses. 1t is with these
dogs that they bring their wares in from
the country, the dog taking the part OF the
horse.
The purchasers in the markets are also
women. Every Swiss housewife does her
own buying. She comes out early ana
picks out the things for herself. l stopped
before one woman who was buying some
butter of a white capped female butter
seller. The butter was nodded into great
loaves from which were cut the portions
demanded by the purchasers. The cutting
Is done with brass wire in the shape OF
a loop, which the woman fits around the
loaf and pulls through, cutting the butter
much more smoothly and evenly than coulo
be done with knife. 1 asked as to prices
and was told that good butter Is now
worth IA cents pound.
Swiss Schools.
have spent some time in going through
the schools of Zurich and other parts OF
Switzerland. I am surprised at their excel
lence. The Swiss pride themselves on their
educational system, and they universally
patronize the schools. Here in Zurich 1t is
estimated that 81 per cent of the children
OF all classes go to the public schools, al
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A TIMELY PROTEST.
Gentlemen Should Not Smoke in Pres
ence Of Ladies.

From the Knoxville Sentinel.
Mrs. Russell Sage, wife Of the aged
financier, protests against the habit Of men
smoking In the presence of ladies In New
York restaurants and public dining rooms
1t used to be considered bad form for a man
to smoke any where in the presence of wo-
man. First he got In the habit of walking
up the street with his best GIRL cigar
cite in his mouth. This became customary
and matter Of course. Now he even
draws his cigar after dinner in restaur-
ant, and a scant with your permission" is
quite perfunctory. Next. no doubt. the fair
ones themselves will be putting These
things are possibly all right in some cases.
but they are hardly in line with the old
ideas Of courtesy to women. They are
among those little acts which have re-
moved the barriers between the sexes
The man and woman have become boon
companions, rather than the one paying
court to the other, offering her every as
slstance as weaker physical being and one
to whom chivalric attention should be
paid. NO doubt there was much that wa q
ridiculous In the old way. Yet It had its
beautiful suggestiveness. It preserved the
tender respect for woman, on which respect
the finest family life is based. It made
other, and their conduct to unprotected wo-
men knightly. Women were not spoken n,
lightly. A reflection on a woman's name
was an insult to any of her friends and n
serious matter. "
The women were on a pinnacle, so to
speak. and their own ideals were thus made
the higher. 1t was sort of 'nobIesse
oblige' for the sex. Our magnificent south.
ern womanhood came from it. The old
timers regret to see difference in the re
lations OF the sex anywhere, and though the
south probably maintains the old customs
better, 1t is not by any means what it used
to be. These familiarities, such as Mrs
Sage speaks of, are stepping stones to FUR
Their lapses in courtesy and indeed to H.
cenSe.
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The Plague in India,

From the New York Commercial Advertiser.
In the fiscal year 1S99-190O the present
outbreak of plague began in India with two
small districts and one native state affect
ed and $50 deaths. In the next year 1t
spread considerably; a mortality of $3.50 re-
suited. Last year it caused over 100000
deaths and had spread to twenty-three dis
tricts and nine native states. Experience
has shown that isolation of the Sick is
practically impossible; that evacuation of
dwellings even in villages can only be
partial and that disinfection is of no use.
The rapid growth of the intensity of the
present epidemic has led the Punjab gov
eminent to make serious study of It, and
1t now proposes as the most promising
means OF staying its progress during the
coming winter to offer universal voluntary
incubation with one of the plague anti
toxins. Arrangements are being made to
provide for 6.50OO00 NEGOTIATIONS between
now aud January 1, which. 1t is estimated
will cost more than Rs. lakhs ts400. 0009.
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me and eyed me sternly as he pointed to 1t.
blushed red and at once picked 1t up Tor
had heard that it was against the law 10
throw waste paper on the street. You can
even throw it into the river or canals with
out being liable to arrest, and the laws are
rigid as to city cleanliness. All the peopie
are expected to keep the streets Clean M
front of their houses, and the ponce neip
them The result is that Zurich looks ike
a Dutch kitchen and the whole town Is
spick and span. The streets are well KEEP
and are relaid whenever they sno" Signs
of going into ruts.
What Swiss Workingmen Get
Some of the Swiss roads are paved with cob
b,as went over such an one this afternoon
which the laborers were repairing. ihero
were perhaps dozen men at work laying
the stones, and 1t seemed to me that they
did 1t In a most leisurely way. Eacn mason
had a milking stool to sit on as he WORKED,
and photographed one In the act. re wa
pleased to have his picture taken. ana zen
into converse ton with him. he toio He
that his wages were cents an nour anu
that he usually made 50 cents Tor MS Gay
of ten hours. ,a
In coming back on the street car asked
the conductor what he was paid, and 1ouno
that he got the same as the mason-oo Genus
but that his day was twelve hours IN
stead of ten. Car employees who nave peeh
long with the company sometime receive
as much as 80 and % cents day, put there
are very few who reach as high as 81 Tor a
day of twelve hours. The normal SWISS
working day is eleven hours, ana wages
range from 80 cents upward. There are
many hands in the silk factories who DO
not get more than this and some VINO get
less. The wages are low in the emproluefy
mills and also in those weaving cotton, al
though in the latter much of the work Is
done by piece, and skilled employees make
what are here considered fair wages
Laborers' Organizations.
And still the workingmen In Switzerland
have their organizations. There are Work
ingmen's societies nearly everywhere Inc
government has passed factory laws ana
a few years ago 1t was found that there
were 5000 factories under these laws; they
employed 100000 men. Many OF the can
tons have their own labor regulations. In
some there are labor bureaus and techn1-
cal schools. The workingmen combine to-
gether to further their own interests. and
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they have succeeded in getting legislation
by appealing to the Swiss congress. AS It
Is now the railway companies are liable to
damages from men seriously hurt while in
their employ. and If a man is injured in
a factory the owner of the factory can be
made to pay as much as six times the
amount of his yearly earnings. or a maxi
mum of 81 200
How Swiss Women Work.
Some of the saddest scenes here are the
women at work. They perform all kinds
of labor, and I have seen many a gray
haired dame with the sweat streaming
down her wrinkles You see girls pitching
and raking hay and spading and hoeing
in the fields. You see them going over
the roads with great loads on their backs
and in the Alps you may meet them toll
ing along with baskets full of manure
strapped to them. The manure comes from
the barns and is being carried up to be
spread over the pastures on the sides Of
the hills. have seen women pushing carts,
harnessed up with dogs, and 1 frequently
see them saving wood in the streets. An
other sight Of more modern type is a
Swiss girl riding an American moving ma
chine. pulled by two cows. for indeed,
cows are also worked, and for labor there
is no distinction of sex either bovine or
human. The cows are worked In most
parts of Switzerland. They are sometimes
haInessed up with oxen, and / frequently
see cow and horse pulling along side
by side.
Returning to the women of Switzerland
they are used very largely as clerks In the
stores Some have government offices and
you find them acting as cashiers in the
cafes and restaurants. They are as good
In business way as their French sisters,
and. like the French women, are among the
thriftiest of their sex.
The Swiss Markets.
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Buildings Mostly One Story.


The buildings of the town are mostly one
story in height, built of sun-dried brick.
plastered outside and painted white or light
yellow, and the roofs of red, sun-baked
tiles.
Back Of the town. to the south and east,
rise the steep mountain sides. on a spur OF
which stands the little fertilization Of La
vigia, which is reached by a narrow path
partly hewn out of the solid rock.
This fort is practically the sole defense
of the town. and, as a defense, is of little
or 10 value, as It's guns are old and its
walls of such nature that they would
rapidly crumble under q well-directed fire
OF modern rifles. A landing, therefore.
could be easily made even against strong
opposition when effected under cover Of
warshps. which, on account Of the great
depth Of water well in shore, can stand
close in.
On the southern side Of the bay the noun
tains recede from the shore forming, on the
west. somewhat extensive and very fer
tile area of fat land.
East OF La Guaira the mountain bases
are nearer the shore, with here and there
a small patch of land sufficiently level to
admit Of cultivation. A short and very
primitive railroad runs along the shore
close to the water. to the little watering
place called Macuto. distance of about
four miles from La Guaira.
From La Guaira to Caracas.
In an air line is seven miles. but owing to
the elevation Of the latter city 5000 fee),
the distance by rail- is about twenty-five
miles.
The railroad is the property of an Eng
iish syndicate and was opened for traffic in
1888 1t is well constructed, and required
great engineering skill to surmount the
natural difficulties of the route.
From La Guaira the road runs west
through the little suburb of CARDINAL. and
then, turning south and east, IL ascends,
by means of a steel viaduct, to its artiti-
cial ledge on the side of the mountains, and
thereafter follows the twists and turns of
their precipitous sides, passing through
three or four short tunnels and over eigh-
teen steel bridges, ascending $500 feet in
a distance of twenty-five miles and then
descending 200 feet into the valley of the
Guaira river. in which Caracas Is situated.
The nature Of the country along this
route is such that a comparatively small
number of men could successfully oppose
a vastly superior invading force.
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HIGH AND RUGGED
is COAST NEAR LA GUAIRA. PORT
OF ENTRY TO CARACAS.
Natural and Artificial characteristics
OF Country Now Threatened
With War.

Inc present state Of Venezuelan affairs
IN connection with the attempt on the part
OF england and Germany to force the i'm
medlne payment of certain financial obli-
cations and the fact that this country Is
more or less concerned In these events
through the application Of the Monroe doc
trine to possible complications OF the situa-
tion has aroused general interest to such
an extent that a description of the natural
and artificial characteristics Of that portion
OF the country near the scene of operations
may be OF interest.
Near La Guaira, the port of entry to Car
acas the coast is high and rugged, the
mountains rising nearly perpendicular.
their bases washed by the blue waters Of
the Caribbean sea. their submits capped by
huge masses Of billowy clouds.
The town OF La Guaira Is on the eastern
side of small bay, the natural outlines Of
which have been extended and improved by
means Of a stone breakwater and quay
which stretches due west from the eastern
extremity of the hay
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20 deal and for this reason 1t will pay well
20 cultivate them as 70 American trade.
Public Concert Halls.

20 deal. and for this reason IL VIII pay Weu
20 cultivate them as 70 American trade.
Public Concert Halls.
In a ride with Consul Lieberknecht one
afternoon we rode by the Zurich Tonhale
and other Characteristic buildings. The Ton
halle is one Of the features of almost every
Swiss city. 1t is public amusement build
ing. containing a good restaurant. theater
and concert room.
1t was built with private funds, and Is
owned by a private company, but the city
gives 81 900 year 10 its support. The
people feel that they get more than this
out of 1t in having cheap music and good
amusement place for themselves and the
travelling public. There are beautiful Cash
nos at Geneva and Lucerne, with reading,
tiers and gardens. You can go into the
gardens free and listen to the concert which
Is held daily at pm.
Department Stores in Europe.
find that the department stores are slow
ly but surely making their way into Eu-
rope Paris has had them for many years.
but the other cities are just beginning to
adopt them, and l find several here in
Switzerland. There Is one In the heart of
the city which looks as though it might
have been lifted up out of an American
town and dropped down into the Alps.
Its walls are OF iron and glass; and
1t Is constructed in much the same way
as our stores. 1t has, however, about two
clerks to our one, and instead of using the
cash carrier system or the cash boy 1t has
little cash desks here and there on every
floor and the purchaser has to pay all his
bills at these desks. the clerk who has
made the sale going with him and carving
the goods to be there wrapped up. The
clerks are not allowed to handle the money
and the system Is altogether most clumsy
and inconvenlent to the purchaser.
Zurich does a big business in silk 1t
too wit a. IN tai 1dS
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Martha-'That horrid Mr.. Roamer kissed
me in the hall last night"
Constance-''Yo don't mean It! How did
it happen?
Martha-"It was pitch dark In the hall"
Constance-"Ah. see. That accounts for
II, dear."-Boston Transcript.
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The Extinct Bookworm.

Andrew Lang in Longman's Magazine.
Somehow many men of literary originality
appear to be the reverse of wide readers;
one marvels at their slender libraries their
scantily tenanted shelves The bookworm
Is almost an extinct reptile. presume
that mankind is the book OF the novelist |;
Dickens was no reader.
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Beyond Him.
.Hadelphia Press

From the Philadelphia Press.
He-Oh, my, yes, I'm very fond Of the
plano.
She-Indeed7 And do you play Hearts
and Flowers?"
He (lounderingly)-Why, er-er-"Flowers"
Is a new one on me. OF course, I've played
Hearts" but it's a dead slow game, don't
you think?
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last month. for. naturally, operations of
this Kind Will not be started at this time of
the year unless there is some pressing rea-
son.
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The Swiss Markets.

The most OF the marketing OF Switzerland
Is done by the women. In Bern the mar
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-13
STANLEY HALL OPENING
School Eenters Upon Its Thirteenth vea,
Next Tuesday-lncreased
Attendance,

School Eenters Upon Its Thirteenth Year
Next Tuesday-lncreased
Attendance.
STANLEY Hall enters upon it's thirteenth
year on tuesday. Everything indicates q
most prosperous year and full depart
ments. Not only is there large increase
OF day pupils, but the boarding deDart
ment has grown far beyond the capacitv
OF the two buildings now in use, and it has
become necessary to provide another
home, Twenty-ffths and Pleasant avenue.
which is already filed.
This growth and prosperity NAV be
easily explained when one understands
the educational aims of the institution.
Miss Evers believes that, while rigorous
intellectual standards are virtually neces-
sary, yet the true end Of education can
be attained only by such training as will
develop the moral nature along with the
mental. Character-buildfng. the devol-
opment of well-rounded womanhood. is
the goal toward which she strives and it
is the knowledge Of this purpose which
causes parents to entrust their daughters
| to Stanley Hall so confidently. The fac
ulty is an earnest corps Of devoted women
| Woh keep closely in touch with the latest
educational methods. The new members
Of the faculty have all been engaged be-
| cause Of their special fitness by reason of
training and experience, for the particular
work they will do. 80.
The school has always pursued an in
dependent policy, providing curriculum
| much more liberal than the usual academ-
| ic school offers, besides giving the lower
grade pupils, both boys and girls, the
same advantages Of specialists in the sew
! eral departments. .<,s. u -...
The high rank of Stanley Hall as a
| college preparatory is we'll known, its
| graduates taking their places in all Of the
| eastern schools thoroughly well equipped.
] This is due in part to the training by
| specialists and in part to the careful at
| tention possible in small classes. Nearly
| all Of the pupils continue their work in
| the leading women's colleges. =. T.. -
On Thursday eveing Miss Evers gave a
| dinner for the graduating class Of 1902. as
a farewell to the departing college girls.
| Those present wee Misses Nettie Kelley,
Florence Hofflin, of Minneapolis, and
| Charlotte Gillette, of Eau Claire who go
| OF Wellesley; and Misses Frances Nickels
| and Jessie Hill, who go to the university.