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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-09

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dull ache in the back joints muscles your
ache and back ache. indigestion stomach and
trouble; salow yellow complexion, makes feel
though had heart trouble; have
hiton. but strength weak and "a
Swamp-R Root is pleasant q leadin
hospitals recommended by physicians their
ana taken by doctors themselves because they
in the and
has been able to compound.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-12
The OLD-FASHIONED MOTHER.

sue no such bulletins Of advance styles as
these: The correct thing for mothers
this spring is to be seen frequently
with their children in public. The
latest fashionable fad is for mothers to
kiss their children on bidding them
goodnight" or The newest wrinkle
INDUCED in by fashionable mothers is
telling them stories on Sunday after
moons, gathered together about the fire.
side. Even ultra-fashionabIe mothers
now permit their children TO Chamber
upon their laps" No, the duties ana
the privileges Of motherhood are de-
pendent upon neither time nor the
whims of fashion Mothers faithIess
TO their sacred trust there may be,
but how happily few they are in con-
paTison with the millions of noble
mothers who today share the magnif-
cent honor of training up the coming
generation If American men and women.
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All kinds of types may be noticed
among the gathering, from the little
street urchin to the petted child Of
fortune. There is the little gamfn whose
propensity for throwing things at people
who are not looking his way causes
many a good-natured individual to lose
his temper when he is struck in the
head with an egg or something equally
as bad. The force of police and watch
men always on hand at this time is kept
particularly busy enforcing the rules Of
order which the President insists upon.
Here and there may be seen the little
fellow. oftentimes of dark hue, who is
the proud possessor of buster" that
defes the picking of other eggs. The
query, Want TO pick?" is the watch
word Of the day and the little boys
go at il industriousIy and with an
ayidity that promises much for their
purposes in later years.
The presence near the grounds of num-
bers Of vendors Of balloons. eggs, Or
anges, and other things attractive to
young eyes and palates gives the oeca-
sion something Of the tone Of circus.
for ever. the red lemonade is not missing
and many a little ones head and stomach
suffer the next day from overdoses AMI
mixtures incident to the celebration.
The Inevitable Lost Child.
one of the amusing and aIways-to-be-
looked for features Of the days joys and
sorrows is the child which never fails
to become SO interested in what is go
ing on at the bandstand, the fountain.
or in the egg rolling district that 1t finds
itself separated from its mother, and
up goes a wall. The little face. wreathed
in smiles but moment before. be
comes the picture of woe, and all that
can be brought TO bear in the way Of
wry faces and lung power is worked
TO the fullest extent in the effort -
make connections with the lost parent.
When this is done. the baby cuddIed
up to its mothers breast and SIS anguish
soothed with a bright-hued egg. every
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DoNTs FOR SHOPPERS.
: HE following "don1s" for shoppers

He following "donts" for shoppers
were prepared by a policeman
stationed at a big department store:
Don't carry a pocketbook N your hand
Don't carry a pOcketbook in a loose
pocket which hangs away from the per-
son.
Don't lay your handbag containing
your pecketbook on the counter Of a
store while you walk across the room to
examine goods.
Don't wear a watch in an outside
pocket
Don't wear chatelaine watches.
Don't judge strangers by their dress.
Don't stand too long in the same spot
in crowd
Don't go into a crowd with your outer
coat unbuttoned.
Don't carry vaIuables in your outer
coat
Don't make display of your jeweIry.
Don't carry money in the pocket on the
right hand side of your trousers.
Don't forget that you are just as likely
as anybody else to be the victim OF
piCkpOCkets.
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viii begin parting his locks in the mid
die and curling his mustachs.
Man and the family cat are alike in
their unaccountabIe tendency to absent
themselves from The domestic freside.
The best trained cat in the feline world
will occasionally roam ia an unexpect-
ed hour; but, like his club-Ioving mas
ter, ne always comes back home again
with q renewed appetite for milk and
petting and keener appreciation of
the corner by the stove. To whip a cat
or nag q husband after a little excur-
sion is the best possible course, II you
want to drive him out again.
Il IS a secret OF Cat-fancieTs that the
most impressive and satisfactory pun
ishment which can be administered TO
cat that has been naughty or disobe-
dent is 10 fling a bucket of icewater
over him. The rule Will apply equally
well 10 a man The woman who meets
her husband with a running fire OF hot
words or an avalanche Of tears does
not impress him. She only annoys him
His enc desire is 10 dodge her. TO es-
cape her presence. But a little icy re-
serve. if you really decide that your hus-
band requires punishment. viii teach
him to appreciate the warmth of the af-
lection he may have lost a cool and
rather Indifferent reception of his halt
ing explanations. a deliberate ignoring
of the morning kiss, an apparent lack
Of interest in all he says or does. viii
pique his seIf-Iove and make him SILVER
like a haIf-drowued cat
Unfortunately. it IS the old maid who
takes the most scientific interest in cats.
The woman who should set Thomas up
as her household god usually drives
out Of the kitchen with broom. But II
she would only study him a bit more
closely; II she would only burrow her
way down through the softness of his
fur. she would find subtle, interest
ing. attractive nature there. and with
il she would find the key to her life 8
problem and the equivalent Of the IN
known quality-man.
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hold slipping from about the heart Of
the man she loves, desires q recipe
for bringing him back TO her. let her
set the family eat upon the hearthstone
and study him When she has attained
q scientific knowledge OF his likes anu
dislikes. his habits and idosyncrasies.
his faults and his virtues, she win have
acquired The subtle art OF managing q
man
cat IS not really a wicked animal
He is lOvable in q way But he has
q complex nature quite different from
that Of the simple dog. whose affections
are written in his eyes A dog needs
only to be loved. cat must be very
deftly handled.
Most women make the mistake Of ap-
preaching nan as they would . dog
Before marriage they let him trot at
their heels. carry their packages and
sit at their feet. After marriage they
smother him with caresses and cling
about his neck in a manner that would
send the best-natured cat in the world
seudding away 10 freedom.
It is the woman herself who possesses
the dog nature. long suffering. devoted
and enduring, Possibly that is why she
cannot understand the masculine cat.
A dog loves his master: 9 cat loves his
home. woman loves her lover. man
loves the society Of the woman who
makes him most comfortable. The
strongest masculine love that the world
has ever known has not been able to
endure the strain Of burnt chops and
curtain lectures; while the vainest and
weakest woman living VIII stand up in
The divorce court and fight for the free
dom Of the man who has been arrested
for beating her. II requires a sixth
sense in a dog or cat, or a man or q
woman, TO understand each other.
A man. like a cat. may be coaxed. He
cannot be bullied. The girl who at
tempts to attract a man by pursuing him
with those obvious feminine attentions,
such as making love to his sister and in
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Began in the Middle Ages.

viting him TO call when he has not
thought of coming, is. in vulgar par
lance, "flnging herself at his head d"
She IS trying 10 charm him as she would
try to charm q cat by catching it by the
nape Of the neck and rubbing its fur the
wrong way. or BY finging is a bone as
she would fling a bootiack. The man.
like the prosecuted cat, is aware that
something is about to descend upon him,
and he runs.
It is that subtle woman, who looks
the other way while she bangles a rib
bon, who attracts the most attention
from d cat OF q man. The woman who can
wear a picture hat without apparent
purpose, the woman VINO makes the
most Of her own charms. but does not
faunt tbem-she is Of the subtle class
4 cat will always run after ball Of
bright worsted. provided it is not flung
at him.
A mans vanity. like cats head, is
his most susceptible point. Nine men
out Of ten viii succumb to subtle bit
of fattery as quickly as will the aver
ag cat to a gentle rubbing on the pate.
But. like feline fur, masculine vanity
must be rubbed the right way.
1t is an old truism that most men ap-
preciate compliments upon those quail
ties which they do not possess, just as
a cat appreciates being stroked on those
portions OF his fur which he cannot him
self reach. Stroke a cat softly under the
chin and you will have made him
friend for life
Tell a prizefghter that he should have
been a poet. or an intellectual giant,
OF that you admire the way his hair
grows, and he viii worship you. The
best athlete in the country prefers your
estimate of his literary taste to your
Tapturous applause of his muscular
feats- Let clever woman credit a
rogue with a saints virtue and. nine
times out of ten, he will reform. Let
her call the man with snub nose and
red hair distinguished looking and he
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Of the church and eggs is still maintain
ed throughout the provinces Of France.
On Easter Sunday the parish priests
visit members of their congregations.
bless their homes. and are presented
with baskets Of eggs.
Important to the Little Ones.
The day, therefore, in Washington,
while something OF a revival OF "ye
oIden times" viii be as up-to-date rs
Young America in all his glory and stur-
diness can make it. Year after year The
Presidents formal invitation to the chill
dren of Washington TO make merry in the
Executive grounds is looked forward TO
with as much expectancy as their elders
anticipate the Chief Executives message
70 Congress. IN addition to the pleas
IRE they extract from the egg rolling,
it is Z great privilege for the children
to get within the grounds It is the
nearest many Of them ever get 10 the
President OF the United states-a per
sonage in their eyes so big and so grand
that thy fud difficulty in deciding Just
how big and how Grand he really is.
When interest in their sport abates,
and the novelty Of the bands music has
worn of in some degree the little ones
turn their attention to the White House
mansion. To them the house is a Curl
osity, and they w0nderingly dream what
great place il must be 10 live in
The big pillars and the wide portico
suggests all kinds OF pleasures to them.
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DINNER TABLE ETIQUETTE.

HOSE dishes TO which guests help
themselves are handed at their
left-hand side. Fresh plates. glasses.
etc. are slipped in from the right-hand
side. so that the maid may avoid leaning
across the guest
When hors d'oeuvres are given. they
are generally placed on tbe table before
the guests enter the dining room.
Large fish. like salmon or turbot. is
generally carved by the host: small
nllets OF FISH are handed round for the
guests 10 help themselves.
Cheese Is very seldom offered after an
elaborate dinner. If given II should be
cut into little blocks about q quarter OF
an inch square.
Before serving dessert. ali crusts. etc
should be removed from the table. and
eruiabs taken OFF with q cFtrmb scoop ant
tray. Then dessert plate. with anzer
bowl, dessert knife. fork, and spoon. is
placed before each person. the dessert
handed around. and he fruiJ dishes then
placed on the table after which the SER
ANTS retire.
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and the broad expanse of the house
is almost limitless in its possibilities of
good times.
Presidents Absence Regretted.
In gazing on the mansion they fer
vently hope for a sight of the President
and his family. In view of President
RooseveIt's absence in the West the
little ones Will have no chance for
sight of the face which has become 80
familiar 10 them through newspaper
and magazine pictures. It is doubtful
if anyone would more thoroughly enjoy
the ehildren's sport than the President,
and IL is more than likely. were he
here that he would hold an informal
reception TO them sometime during the
afternoon. It is hardly probable that
the Roosevelt children viii be out in
the grounds tomorrow. but there is
no doubt they will be on hand at the
windows to watch the little ones whose
lots are cast in less pleasant places.
Homeward at S O'Clock.
The Marine Band will arrive at the
grounds some time in the afternoon. AMI
viii play until o'clock, the hour de-
termined upea for closing the grounds.
BY that time many of the little ones.
who will have been rolling their eggs
since early morning will be tired out
and gone home. There is, however.
always a large contingent anxious 20
wait until the last minute, and these
viii probably be there to hear the fam
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E1XL1 HERE is the old-fashioned
w mother who. with her fnnu-
merable duties. found time TO devote TO
her children: who felt that they we're in
trusted to her for a brief time only;
that they, in turn, were to be history
makers, and that she was responsible
for their early training; who was moth
er. sister, friend 80 Thus walls a Jere-
miah of the press. bemoaning the sub
sutution of hired nurses for maternal
care and attention. and continues;
Whence viii come the strong men and
women of our nation if the mothers arc
to fritter away the futures of their chill
dren at clubs and bridge whist and so
eial dissipations? The queen mother
has abdicated the mIghtiest throne in
the world. that of the nursery, for a
kingdom far other than that where
RICH :eousnesE rules.
Te the old-fashioned mother the
mighty manhood of America dofs its
hat For the fashioned mother is
still with us, and to stay. declares Rob
ert Webster Jones. in the "Housekeep-
err Modern scieEee has wrought many
improvements that would make our an
cestry stare could they return to earth.
but one familiar figure they would still
find here. that OF the oId-fashioued
mother. For she cannot be improved
upon. Before the mighty mystery of
motherhood man stands hUshed IN awe;
this silken cord Of sisterhood that binds
the mothers of today TO those of all the
ages. What has been the mightiest
power since the world began The
mothers influence. And is IT likely that
at this late hour the queens of America
would willingly relinquIsh the jeweled
scepter for torch wherewith TO chase
the will o the wisps of social delights
But there are no fashions in mother
hood, so why speak of the old-fash-
Toned mother? The dictators of wom-
ems wardrobes' who send forth their
royal commands from season to season Is
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Z VERY woman's life is a problem in
l. which man is the unknown quar-
tity. Y. To reckon without him means
failure to put Q. E. D. at the close Of
her solution. To reckon with him re-
quireg more acumen than the average
woman possesses That is why the beau
tiful drama. called Life. so often turns
out to be a tragedy. instead of an idylL
Some women attempt to erase the
masculine element. They fancy that BIZ
furicated skirts and Iatch-key VIII
efface man from among the things Of
Importance. But. as long as men sit in
the law courts. and at the breakfast ia
bles. as long as they run the business
affairs and the elevators of The. world,
sAey face a woman on every side. like
the four walls OF sanctuary which must
be passed before she can enter her king
dom Of grace.
i she could find an equivalent for that
unknown quantity X, the difficulties OF
her problem would dissolve like tic
morning mist before the rays Of the san.
If she could only discover some key 10
the situation besides a latch-key, She
might open the door to peace and con
tentment and glide through. in her ruf-
fed skirts and French slippers, much
more easily than her sister of the bi-
furicated garments and The common
sense heels.
The nearest thing which can be found
in the domestic paradise to equal y is
the family cat.
It is known that literature and the
joke writer's refute this statement. Wo-
men have always been compared to the
animal which purrs and claws. But, while
women may have inherited the claws
and the purr OF the eat. men somehow
came in for all the other distinctiveIy
feline qualities.
# any poor little soul. who feels her
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HER RUBBERS.

He used TO gladly get upon his knees.
When both were young and she was
fair and slim.
And. while she held her small Feet
out 10 him.
He'd slip her dainty rubbers on-but
she's
Become afflicted with a pIaintive wheeze.
And Time, that old destroyer hard and
grim
Has spoiled the figure that was once
so trim
And robbed her Of her youthful costa
She seats herself upon the bottom stair
And. gasptng, tries TO reach her feet.
while he.
All buttoned up. looks on impatiently
And wonders. as he hears her putting
there
And sees the veins protruding from
her face,
Why women still are fools enough to
lace
S. E. Kiser. in Chicago Record Herald.
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blood shed for sinners. In the various
churches the rules of the game differed
somewhat but in the main the perform
anee was about the same. The play was
intricate. the eggs being thrown from
hand to hand, back and forth in a COM
pick and bewildering figure. It required
experts in its performance for a missed
egg meant smashed egg, and untold
damage to the church furnishings.
Survived for a Purpose.
This custom must have proved vastly
interesting. if not elevaHng to the con-
gregation. It seems almost incredible
that such a ceremony should find place
in religious exercises. To see the priests
OF church engaged in throwing eggs
at each other is a spectacle unusual TO
say the least. The custom has probably
been handed down in the method Of deal
ing with unpaIatable theatrical attrac-
tions Of today After a time genuine
eggs were replaced by similar shaped
balls and prizes OF brightly coIored eggs
were awarded the best players.
Another Dastime was to roll the eggs
down a hillside. The owner of the one
reaching the bottom first. and intact. be
ing privileged to claim the others. The
natural result of this. both in earlier
and late years. has been the same. When
one. especially a child. wins q number
Of eggs, he believes it his sacred duty
TO eat mis- Winnings Hence, subsequent
Inconvenience and calls for The doctor.
Odd English Practice.
The egg contest stiu survives in mani
parts of Europe In Northumberland.
England. an interesting custom prevails
in that if man asks woman for an
egg on Easter end she refuses to give
it 10 him. he is privileged to take off
her shoes and keep them until his re
quest is grauned. If, on the other hand.
the man refuses similar request from a
woman she may take his hat and hold
1t for money compensatl Jon. These
customs SAVIOR much of the fun of All
Fools Day for the chief object OF tho
people is 10 demand eggs from cacn
other and have the fun OF carrying The
penalty into execution. The association
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thing is righted until the next one
wanGers away
The operations OF the camera fiend are
long and persisting. Everything from
the rear of the White House to interest
ing types of humanity which find their
way into the crowd is snapped, and the
picture takers mania is partly salts
fed.
Not the least interested among the
visitors to the White House grounds
on Easter Monday are the old folks.
many Of whom have happy recolIecuons
of the day when they rolled richly dyed
eggs about the grassy hills of Wash
ington. The sight of group of chill
drea Interestingly watching the course
of one or more eggs down the hill brings
back fond memories TO them. It seems
but little time since they contested
for the glorfes of egg rolling when the
course of one of the brightly hued Easter
symbols as it went zigzag down the
hill was followed with as much awe and
anticipation as a crowd of college boys
follow their home team at great
football game
Origin of the Custom.
The custom Of egg rolling. so general
y observed here in Washington IS u
survival Of those peculiar to oIden times.
Every county IN England. Ireland, Scot
land. and Wales has its own peculiar
superstition regarding the Easter sea
son, Just where these originated is diff
fcult to say, as there appears to be no
record of them. but they are known to
exist With most Of the people Of these
countries the egg is typical Of birth, and
figures as a special token and symbol Of
Easter.
Began in the Middle Ages.
The coIoriDg and rolling Of eggs is
thought to have originated in an eccles-
iasticaI game Of ball played inside the
churches Of England by monks Of the
Middle Ages. In these games the eggs
were coIored a rich red, symbollzIug the
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Gus musicians play Hail Columbia. =" in
their weH-known spirited and enIIven-
ing way.
When this has been done another
Easter viii have passed into history and
another day OF joy into the annals OF
the past
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CFiLDRENS ANNUAL DAY OF JOY AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Easter 6Nonday, With It's Egg
Rolling FroLiG, Happiest
o4nnfpersary in ell the
Year to Thousands of
Washington Tots PT0i-
legged to Enjoy the Presf-
dent S Hospitality, X X

80 Distinction of Race,
Color, OF Creed in the In
citation Freely Gfven to
Come and HaBe a Good
Tnre-The Time-Honored
Caston1 to Be Observed
IomomoB. - - Is sss