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sDo the women ever balk at this2' was
asked Of the administrator of the oaths.
.They stand up there like little men,
was the response. sThey know it's coming
80 1t amt like subway explosion But
I'll tell you one thing, notice that there
amt any unmarried wimmin comm for
ward on this election an tellin' their ages.
don't blame EN- he added, sits hard on
EN-
what Is tho age Of tho oldest woman
who has registered?'
He turned over the leaves Of tho big book.
she was To-" He handed the interrogation
q bag Of peanut brittle and munched in COM
pany as he reminisced.
1T was year ago. 1asked her perlitely.
Your sge?'
I'm over a. she said with her lips set
In . firm line.
Madam said. perlitlely still. I'm
afraid that 10 not quito In accordance
With the law Then asked the question
again: , ;. u... ~. .,,, -,.,
hor lips set like wise.
Y repeated to her. "I'm very sorry.
but I'm afraid that answer amt quite in
| accord with the law; then again, your agef
Il braced myself for the conflict that
felt coming. when to my surprise. she said
meekly: 'Seventy-two.'
| Now. I ask you, just as man to man
you're a reporter amt you2-if that amt
lust like a woman?"
The girl with the peek boo waist took
another piece Of peanut brittle from the
paper bag and admitted that 1t was.
The post Office in Sound Beach is one Of
the interesting places TO visit when one is
looking up registration news. 1t is there
| that the 1wimmin' catch the car which takes
them over to the registration Office in the
town hall at Greenwich.
1t was here that q motherly looking
woman in speotacles, a skirt which had been
made at home on single thread machine,
and a fall hat that did not suggest political
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and the newcomer could command the
company Of any young lady for Sunday
afternoon drive. But when Myrtle Taylor
turned away from him and married John
Wingate, a farmland near the village.
the other boys tainted him by asking him
how he liked the Society of Thankless,
Jilting Maidens.
For years this was the accepted name
OF the society among the younger class.
Every initial in the name has been tortured
into something derogatory to the society,
according to individual taste. y" has been
made to stand for jealous. jaunty, jilting.
jabbering, jaundiced; IT" for treacherous.
tattling,- teasing, troublesome, tiresome.
and M for mothers, matrons. maidens,
misanthropes, makeshifts, martyrs, match
makers and the like.
But the nam, is still a secret, and no
amount of coaxing or threatening has SUI
feed to induce a member to reveal it.
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tration office In Greenwich leads past the 60.
tatesof the rich mansions imbedded In parks,
and over wide carriage roads. sprinkled
with the smart turnouts Of what In Eng.
and would be called the handed gentry
1t IL noticeable that the wives and daughteTs
Of this class are not sinterested In school
matters. The feminine voters at the com
ing election will como by trolley, fat-heeled
footgear or hired -haoks.'
There are forty-nine women, 80 1t is stated
by lection authorities at Sound Beach,
who intend to take advantage Of the op-
portunity to express their views publicly
in regard to educational matters. The
reason for there being 80 many has to do with
new school building and q respected
citizen. The respected citizen. wishing
more expensive building and seeing In
the fact of there being twenty-five women
on the voting list, means to an end, got
the twenty-five women on his eide, thus
giving a majority for his plans. Then
the other women Of Sound Beach determined
to register to defeat the unwonted extrava-
gance proposed. Monday was the last
day Of registration. On that day the re-
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A GREAT TROUT POOL.
Exceptional Catches Taken by Anglers
at Hurd Pond in Maine.

KINEo, Me-. Oct. 3.-The closing weeks Of
wilderness fishing have furnished excellent
sport, and Hurd Pond has been brought into
special prominence through the number
OF exceptional catches made there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert A. Lesson and WAL
worth Pierce Of Boston are just out after
two weeks OF Gshing. Their luck was
little short Of phenomenal. Their guide.
Claire Morris, pretends to have discovered
pool in this pond which Is not generally
known, and from this spot from eight to a
dozen trout weighing from pound and
half to two pounds could be taken daily.
Doubles were so common that much Of
the time only one fly was used. At one
time while Mr. Leeson was landing double
Mr.. Pierce had another pair in tow, the trout
weighing two and half pounds each
The party had some novel experiences,
one OF which WAS an encounter with
monster bull moose which stood nd grunted
and snorted with curiosity while tie three
canoes made for 1t. A large white doe
was seen
September fishing In and Immediately
about MooseEead Lake was disappointing.
owing mainly 70 extremely warm weather,
and the quick water Of the Moose River did
not provide It's usual fall sport with trout
and salmon. Many large fish were tskAn,
Dut the strings were s0al.
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The trio, with handksrchiefs held IN the
centre, with downcast eyes and walking
on tiptoes, are ushered into the room.
The Selectmen are busy listening. to
would-be male voter who u saying obstin-
ately:
7 spell It Frye"
But your brother spells II Erie
Il don't care what my brother does. I
the way want It.
The town clerk stops him. .Neyer
mind that-we'l look It up Aftefward, the
ladies' are waitin' to be made voters.
The ladies' advance and one by one answer
the inevitable questions. The second stag
gers little at the age hurdle. but. AFTER
prolonged pause. takes it gracefully.
Forty-seven.
Your oocupation?'
Housewife"
Housewife is the usual occupation OF
the would-be freewomen OF Sound Beach.
1t has nice, old fashioned sound, and when
the Selectman pronounces 1t with clear ac.
cent. the recollection Of the New England
housewives OF former generation passes
across the mental vision, and one cannot
help questioning what they would have said
II they had had the clairvoyant power to
witness the registration Of voters last Nom
day.
One young woman 10 not sure Of nor
occupation. She IL Scottish, and speaks
with burr. She is only %, and the pict.:
ure Of her taking the oath by the side Of
her husband Is rather pleasing.
It turns out, however, that she ID not
ambitious In regard to school matters, but
she Ia soon to return to her native shore,
and wishes to impress her feminine con-
temporaries Of the Thistle Province with her
honors and emolument as freewoman
in a free country.
1t il safe to assert that the last oath taken
by the citizens who became freewomen
last Monday was that taken at the mar
riage altar. And there was little to sug-
gest the village church. the young bride,
the calm acceptance Of welded ties in the
later scene. Life had not dealt too gently
with any Of them-there were external
marks TO prove its severity.
The Town Clerk reads the oath clearly,
80 that no one can have the excuse Of not
understanding
30 you solemnly swear that you will
be true and faithful to the State Of Con-
necticut and Constitution and Government
thereof as a free and independent State
and to the United States, and whenever
you shall be called upon to give your vote
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GOOD WORK DONE IN VACATION
WONDERS WROUGHT ny PUPILS
IN THE SUMNER SCHOOLS.
An Exhibition Of the HandlwOrk Of Boys
and Girls That Was Worth SeeinS-A
Five Foot Iron Model Of the Brooklyn
Bridge One Of the Noteworthy Things.

What amounted to an exhibition Of mar
wells. taking into account the sources OF
it, was the display to be seen until last
Tuesday in the hall Of the Board Of Educa-
ton. at Park avenue and East Fifty-ninth
street. 1t consisted of specimens Of the
handiwork and crafts nanship Of the girls
and boys who last summer attended the
city's We ltion schools.
There were thousands of these exhibits,
the walls Of the hall and parts of the
floor and the stage and the gallery front
being covered with them. with great num-
beers Of lighter objects arranged in drapings
and festoons reaching from the gallery
to the ceiling. Still more examples were
shown on long tables, stretching along the
floor of the hall
The hall seemed, in fact, to be lined and
filled with these curious things, presenting
a unique and remarkable sight. And yet
the things shown were only part Of
those produced in these schools.
There were fifty-four vacation schools in
operation In this city last summer They
were open from to IL o'clock in the fore.
noon and had an average attendance of
about $50 each, all that could be accom-
modated. At most II not all of these
schools there was waiting list Of children
who wanted to get in.
The children taken were up to is or 10
years of age, children Of IA and under
being In the great majority. The work
shown in this exhibition was done, or at
least the greater part of 1t, by children
between the ages OF IL and H.
In these vacation schools there are no
text books used, there Is no teaching In the
ordinary understanding Of that term,
except as to very young children, who are
taught by kindergarten methods; but ali
the rest, including much the greater num-
Der, are taught In useful arts and employ
ments, the teachers being selected with
view to their special knowledge and use
fulness In these directions.
In these schools there was taught a great
variety OF, things-basket work. yenetian
iron work, carpentry, cooking, chair
Gaming, waiting on table, sewing, first aid
TO the injured. painting and various other
things; and each one Of the children Old
enough to take up any OF these arts and
occupations was permitted and invited to
choose for himself or herself what he or she
would like to undertake. II was sought 10
have every one follow his own bent or incli.
nation. 70 do work 10 which he would be
interested
Pictures taken OF groups OF the children
at work In these schools show very intel.
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MIG FIND OF INDIAN RELICS.
A Mound Burial Place in the TuscarOra
Reservation DisciOses Them.

NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, Oct. What
is believed to be the biggest Indian barrow
or burial pit Of Huron or IroquOis origin
ever found, has been discovered by John
Mackay, local arch ologist, and Samuel
johnson, a full-blooded Tuscarora. on the
Tuscarora reservation about four miles
back from the Niagara River at Lewist on,
abov. the old Ridge road.
The place is the old plateau, known in Ind
ian annals az Kienuka. This was thoroughly
explored by Schoolcraft, who thought Kie-
nuka an important Indian fortress. ball
ground and storehouse. SCHOOLGIRL, found
two elliptical barrows then, but missed the
important one just opened.
Most of the Huron burial pits contain
about thirty skulls. This contained 272
skulls and vast number OF bones. Be-
sides the skulls were found four brass ket-
ties, four big stone pit e4, 800 beads shell
orr anents and pieces of wampum, twenty
two iron axes, many rings and two swords.
The axes and some OF the beads show the
barrow to be not more than 200 years old.
The beads which show this are known to
collectors as Jesuit beads, being rounder
and containing more colors than those OF
Indian manufacture.
The Tuscaroras came to their present res
ervation in 1881, Immediately after Sulli-
vans raid upon the Six Nations. They
are sure the mound has nothing TO do
with their own history
It Is undoubtedly Of Huron origin. The
Hurons brought their dead to designat1d
places for burial often waiting several
years for the numbsr to grow large. The
barrow Just found closely resembles those
opened near Georgian Bay, but Ii larger.
II 10 about 10 feet square and feet deep.
The skulls were all placed on fat rocks
while the bones were strewn about promis-
ouously. This In In accordance with Huron
custom. The Senscas and the IroQuois
usually preferred single graves.
The find 10 q rich one. Mr.. Nackay
has taken what relics he wants and has
given his Indian companion the rest.
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THE SUN. SUNDAY. OCTOBER 4, 1908.

corruption, met two or three u her con-
freres last Monday morning and discussed
the situation.
Sam told me I'd better let it alone and
not get mixed up in it, but jos told him
that guessed was old enough to know
what I was about. an It want any worse
to 60 an say publicly what I'd said all over
the place an after while he agreed was
right"
To the most careless glance. Sans wife
usually had the last word. She had brought
up family. That was evident She had
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naming women who had determined to
break away from traditions went to the
town hall. You might think it an easy
thing to do. II so. you forget that one Of
the questions asked is What is your age'"
There IL no evading that question. It
Is incorporating and severe. backed up
by solemn oath and by frieze Of men,
Of all kinds and conditions. who stand In
the back of the room with their hands be-
hind their ears SO they won't be cheated
out Of the truth the whole truth and moth
Ing but the truth.
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could not afford to take his family with hi m.

could not afford to take his family with him
Tho wo men on board transport discuss
little else, according to reports, than the
prospects Of life In tho Philippines. One
Of the stock conundrums OF the transports
is this:
(which looks better: Manila over the
stern. or San Francisco over the bow2'
There Is kind OF fatalism inbred In army
service, and this In a measure pervadea
wives and families as expressed In the
saying. -We like to go wherever we are
sent, but back and behind all this the
human element comes into view, on close
acquaintance, with its fondness for the
fatherland.
There are as many answers to the DO
nestle question which each order to the
Philippines involves as there are family
conditions. The small baby usually holes
the family back In the States. Manila offers
only condensed milk.
School age children prove another strong
argument S for having the family . home na
ever 60 out with their husbands, intending
to return a little earlier than the men are
able, while many officers who now 70 out
alone expect their families to Join them
later.
The Regular army officer learns to live,
ana TO ike to i've, IN places That the gen.
erality OF people OF similar culture would
not consider desirable His life at home
is preparation for Philippine experiences
such az few Americans ever get.
Some officers boast Of furniture and per-
sonal effects stored in nearly every army
post from the Missouri River to the Preside,
and soon this western limit will be extended
to the l20th meridian east Of Greenwich.
Their heavier woollens need protection
against enemies In such range Of temper
ature more versatile than the familiar
moth miller Of the Atlantic coast.
Moving becomes the regular experience
Of the army family. and it, children need
little school-book instruction in geography,
political or physical Before the Spanish
war the terms OF service at different posts
were relatively long, but the changes Of the
last few years have been rapid and up
setting.
I'VE have lived, in the last three years,
In a. many posts Ia the mo,irnful COM
ment OF the army wife, as she relates the
successive changes which the vicssitudes
OF the service have brought to pass.
Prudent husbands tell OF tho enormous
cost Of moving, and the inadequaoy Of the
Governments allowances In mileage and
freight. Ohicers OF the regiment which
was stationed for fourteen years at Van.
couver Barracks, bsfoTe the Spanish war
relate that they have lived In Ave places
since thsir return from tho Philippines
two and q half years ago Benjamin
Franklin said that three moves were a.
bad ~ Ore.
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WOMEN WHO HAVE A SECRET
AND THEY KEEP 1T; WON'T TELL
THE MEANING OF S. r. j. NJ.
The Letters Stand for the Title OF an Anti
Male Society Of Some Sort Out In
Indiana-But That's All the Men
Know After Vain Years Of QuiZzing.

Male Society Of Some Sort Out in
Indiana-But That's All the Men
Know After Vain Years Of QuiZzing.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Oct. S.-A peculiar
society, which for twenty years has been
a standing contradiction Of the old libel
that a woman oannot keep secret, exists
at Westfeld, Hamilton county, and bids
fair TO prosper for another twenty years,
des. ite The shifts Of ridic,ile which 2 ON
time to time have been hurled against 1t.
Twenty-Five years ago number OF the
men of the village formed a literary society.
Just for fun they decreed that no woman
should ever become member. A club
house was built, meetings were regularly
held and the leading periodicals were read
and discussed.
The organization limited its membership
to the intelligent class and soon began to
exercise decided influence.
After the first year some OF the women
In the community applied for membership,
but none was ever admitted. 1t was always
explained that II took unanimous vote
to elect a new member and that there
was just one dissenting voice" when the
name of the woman applicant was pre-
sented.
Two years later company Of ladies'
met and formed the s. r. j NJ, and they
decreed that the meaning Of these letters
should never become public. Each MEM
Der was solemnly pledged not to reveal the
secret. and for twenty years the 5. I. ). M.
has been In existence, and there h not
man In Westfeld who has any Idea what
the four letters mean.
From time to time the membership has
changed AZ the women married and moved
away and other members have been added,
but no one yet found, be she mother. wife,
daughter or sweetheart, has revealed the
meaning Of the mystic symbols.
When Mrs. Sarah Jackson applied for a
divorce, charging neglect. and the husband
contested the suit, alleging among other
things that she had concealed from him
the meaning OF the letters 3. T. j. NJ, and
had spent too much time at the meetings
OF the society, 1t was thought that the mys-
terry would certainly be solved at the trial
But Mrs jackson refused TO state what the
letters stood for and the Court ruled that
the name Of tho society was not material
to the testimony.
Mrs, Jackson got divorce and alinony,
and her eX-husband declared that the
letters stood for the Society OF Tattling,
Jabbering Matrons" But this definition
was not accepted by any but tho soreheads
Of the community.
Several years ago q young man named
Crawford went To Westfield and WIS en-
ployed In one OF the stores. He invested
his earnings In q horse and buggy and was
the envy OF many Of the other young men
because they could not afford such q luxury
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Her companion was = younger woman
with pink roses around the brim Of her hat.
and a striped calico gown made with five-
Rored skirt and q waist that buttoned In
the back. She also had sense OF humor
which her voting chums seemed to Lack.
II II the serious back that is fitted to the
burdens.
"You know John is travelling now. He's
out West and won't be back In time for the
election. wrote him all about 1t and he
didn't take very kindly to the idee Of my
votin' but as he was goin' to be away he
din't fuss as much as he would Nv II he'd
been goin' to vote himself. Anyway, he
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The ARMY OFFICERS FAMILY
A DOMESTIC PROBLEM ARISING
FROM PHILIPPINE SERVICE.
ObJcetasns to Taking Wives and Children
to the Orient and Also to Leaving Them
HeFe-Baby's Trip Around the World
--MnCh Moving About Since the War;

objections 10 Taking Wives and Children
70 the Orient and Also to Leaving Them
Hefe-Baby's Trip Around tho World
7-Mhch Moving About Since the War.
WASHINGTON, Oct. s.-Travelling to the
Philippines has now become quite a part
OF the life of m army officer. Under the
present plan OF giving regiment two years
In tho archipelago and four years in the
gtates, the average officer will make about
seven trips 10 the Philippines in the course
Of aA;aFpy career. between graduation at
West Point and retirement on reaching
The age Of ~.
This Staee IA our insular policy has not
found The, place In contemporary records
slnt It's Importance warrants. Thus tho
deck Of every transport furnishes picture
Of ubrooting. There are baby carriages
end nurses, nursing bottles and dolls in
abundance.
Ono lttle fellow 20 months old, who went
out on recent trip Of the Sheridan, first
eaw. IN Light In Jolo, where a white baby
provsd great curiosity. He went back
70 thS'land Of his fathers by the Sues route.
and f5o~, tin short Of the age Of ., is COM
pletlk1 Iii tour Of the globe.
Tke httle lad is destined to make these
trips back and forth many times with the
fortunes Of the army. It Is the same with
sthsr children Of the service.
Shalf tbs offlosrs leave their families at
homs' Tor the period Of Philippine service,
- ths navy people are obliged to do when
thsy 60 away from home, or shall their
families share tbs hardships and adventures
Of the Journey The domestic problem
which this question raises Il often serious.
Il hsar men say wrote back an expert
sncsd Philippine campaigner OF middle
Ne Ia frtends In the city, that they think
too much Of their families to leave them
at hsuss. dssirs to say that think too
much OF my family to bring them with
me-
SonaStinss family gets out there to
and ~ hsad assigned to 80 disagreesble
. plans that the wife and children have
- b lsst 70 exist by themselves In Manila,
end thses Il y often about a. hard TO reach
thsu = n thsy were In the States. II any
ehlng happsns to IN oficsr hh family II
1oAoo na3lss from homo and home consola-
t1onD.
HqpAeS 40 soarps In Manila. Every
thing that dvtlissd people want b high.
Aoms men ny they cannot Afford to issve
their families at homo, thus dividing thei,
salary bstveeu two establishments; bun
~ odsosr atsady quoted wrots that hs
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or suffrage touching any matter that con.
Germs this State or the United States you
will give 1t as you shall judge will conduce
to the best good Of the same without re.
spect to persons or favor Of any n,an?'
The voice fingers on the words-favor
Of any man. The room is stufiy and un.
about the doors; the air is redolent of to-
bacco smoke; it Is easy to see that the double
row Of Selectmen are not taking the matter
very seriously. But the women, with up
lifted hands and eyes, stand as II in patient
protest.
Why do they wish to be freewomen3
Is it mere love Of excitement? Are they
the pioneers Of wider fields OF feminine
influence, or Ia 1t that even in their limited
lives the favor Of man has proved insufi-
cient2
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performed her duties as helpmeet and
mother. Now she wanted little excite
ment. She was going to have it il she had
to vote to get it.
Later, facing the row Of selectmen and
the town clerk, she admitted that she would
never see the vernal charms OF SO again.
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Called for Q Vote On the Gailsws.
From fks Albania Constifufion.

BIO Stone GAP. Va, Sept. 2s,-Clifton
Branh en- paid the psnslty OF wife murder
to-day 1t Wise. Before going 70 the gal
lows hs made 2 speech q some length ,fy Slain.
Ing that he vas {Ystiasd " ths Killing BY ne
Yor a. isdor:.nsnt n sis DECD and about
three hundred OF the crowd sUssd with
hin.
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CHURCH SERVICES.

St Andrews Cathedral-5th Sun
day after Christmas--7 am .Celebra-
tion OF the Holy Communion; $50 a
m Pule Kakabiaks; IL a. N. Morn
log Prayer ADD Sermon; $3.50 p. m.
Pule Ahiahi; 1880 p. N, Evensoug
and Sermon.
Church OF St. John the Baptist
Kalihi waena) = Religious service
as follows: 8 a. m. High Mass, with
sermon and collection the for usual
expenses of the church; 3 p. IN. Re
hsarsal; p. N, Rosary.
Services at St. Clements Chapel
(Ep;scopal) Wilder avenue, Punah GU
Celebration of the Holy Com
munion; First Sunday OF the moth
11:05 a. m. every other Sunday, 7:l5
am Saints days.. 6:45 am mathis
and sermon, 1:05 Am. evensoug and
sermon, 1902 pm. daily prayer at
9:42 am