The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-17

diaeval myth, "relic of barbarism."
and altogether unworthy of the seri-
Gus considerations much less the ad-
mlring affection, of Christian children,
one faction gave a model Christmas
entertainment to back up it's views.
This worn out myth of SantaClaus
IS harmful to children" announced
Miss j. l. Baldwin, of Elizabeth, su-
perintendent of the school of method,
who before the curtain went up under
took to expound the purpose of the
entertainment. 1T takes their minds
off the real significance of the day.
What We propose to do is to make
them happier by giving them more
real and more healthful pleasure with
out talntlng their minds with ancient
paganism." And she snapped on the
signal cord, and the lights went out.
First came Stereopticon view en-
titled The Chimes" While the audi
ence was gazing at this four girls.
robed in white, rendered a CAROL Then
came series Of similar views, each
accompanied by a carol or text from
scripture. Some of these pictures bore
the titles Giving to the Poor" cit Is
Better to Give Than to Receive"
Bringing Home the Christmas Tree"
"The Five Points Children at Christ
mas Dinner" and Christmas in Paris
1t will be interesting, when Christmas
comes again, to see what effect this
demonstration has upon the preva-
lence of the relic of barbarism.
One can't help laughing at Mrs. Car
RE Nation, and yet that was cruel
trick which some light-minded person
played on her Thursday in a Pennsyl-
vania railway station Mrs. Carrie was
featuring the ticket agent on the in
EQUITIES of smoking-he had appeared
at his window smoking a stogy-when
some one got fistful of whisky labels
and plastered up her baggage with
them. The denouncer Of spirituous
liquors and the weed made the station
hum for time, then she went in
search of policeman. After that she
spent all the time that was left in get
ting the labels off, but the paste had
had time to dry, and they stuck like
leeches. Not half of them had been
dislodged when her train came along
Farming in Pennsylvania seems to
be in the way to drift largely into the
hands of women. There are a great
many German farmers in the eastern
section, and for the last two years the
women have been doing much of the
farm labor. even to the ploughing. The
daughters are found in the field. while
the sons are at college, at the loom, in
the rolling mill or cigar factory, or
"clerking' in the city. This year not
only the German women, but the farm
ers' wives and daughters everywhere
went into the fields. 1t was the only
way to save the crops after the long
and damaging drought. Modern agri-
cultural machinery made the task a
comparatively easy one, since much of
it can be operated just as well by the
farmers daughters as by the sons, who
have fOrSaken the farm.
The joker who used to make capital
out of the big feet of Chicago women
will have to seek for other pastures,
pedal extremities of the rising genera
ton of Chicago women have shrunk
to No. 2 and No. g. This fact was as
certained by an investigation at the
girls normal school in Chicago, where
the great majority of 120 young wom-
en- wore No 2 boots, and none took
higher than No. 8. The change is at
tributed to the influence of athletics.
Everyone has heard of the inn at
Wellesley. which has grown out of the
tea room instituted by two of the col
1ege girls. but Vassar college also has
an inn. which, while it has not had
time as yet to gather many traditions
or associations, is becoming daily more
strongly identified with the college
life. 1t seems that the thing had been
tried a number of times before, and
Miss M. S. Wagner and Miss A. S. Lap
ham, two college-bred girls, decided to
give it another trial. Both have studied
at Vassar. Miss Lapham, who comes