Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-12-17
MENTAL TENSION.

Hard t. Realise the Di0eultv %
Kseping . Natural Foso.
We never know how active our In
aginations can b till We let them out
g till they get the bsttef Of ~ for
some reason. A major in tho army
recently admitted that when 10 went
int action for the first time he was 80
scared that he did not know which
way was north, but he had an over
whslming desire to reach IT. wherever
It was. Yet. after six Or eight battles
and after being wounded couple Of
times, he regarded battles very much
% people hereabout regard the evening
fight at the Manhattan end Of the
bridge, says the Brooklyn Eagle.
Gases Of wanting to run when bullets
Ay are BY no means dimcult to and.
But q young soldier in Brooklyn con-
fesses to a more queer experience. His
regiment was In camp and had been
ordered out for dress parade, ~ usual.
When lined up for inspection, every
man 40 stiff az a ramrod and not
white glove moving, this young man.
q lieutenant. began to ask himself:
Suppose should slip, or anything, to
break the quiet7 Suppose I should
fallT' The idea of falling kept grow
ing in his mind till before the inspec-
ton was over and the regiment was
allowed to use Its feet once more he
could hardly keep on his legs and was
L. a ~rnnf owont ~ ououv fr0ua tho
dread Of tumbling over and making an
exhibition Of himself.
People who have never tried it do not
realize how hard it is to stand abso-
lutely still and yet appear interested
and. at ease. Artists models succeed
at It. especially those in Italy. and will
hold pose not too difficult for an hour.
Actors, when they group about the man
I'm the center Of the stage, who is en-
Toying all the limelight-and how they
hate them for it-are required to keep
still 90 as not to distract attention from
the great mans sayings and motions,
and because they must group in such a
way az to form a picture and keep it
TIL 1t can be realized by the eyes in
front. But this enforced statuesque-
ness is hard on the supes. They are
not used to it. When they are put un-
der the strain, and when as Roman
warriors they must stand at the back
without winking while Brutus or Vir-
ginius or some other ponderous person
unbosoms himself respecting love or
politics. they are in a small torture.
One such last season who could no lon
ger abide 1t to listen to the soliloquy by
the head man pitched over on his face
and had to be lugged out by the arms
to the spelling of the scene.
alnaos women.
= Hindoo women are very beautiful,
and, Ike most other women, they like
to yet OF their charms by the wearing
Of jewels Those Of the rich are often
exceedingly valuable. and any amount
Of them are worn. A Hindoo lady
wears a large nose ring. a number of
rings in her ears, bangles galore on her
wrists and arms. anklets Of silver or
gold and a ring on every toe. These or
naments are very becoming to her dark
beauty, and naturally they are great
source Of pleasure, but unfortunately
one which. together with the wearing
of colors, is denied to widows, whose
lot Is a particularly hard one.
Anyhow a Hindoo woman has not
particularly cheerful life, for as she
must never look upon the face Of any
man hut hor h,,cI,o nh If fc SDont nntirQ.
~ in her heme, which, even if she be
rich, is not in the least pretty. The
rooms are small and dingy, have bare
walls, very little furniture. and their
only outlook is upon the interior court
yard which is not made bright and
pretty, but is usually without vestige
of tree or flower.