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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-24
THE AMERICAN WOMAN.
EDITOR OF THE
NEWS AND OBSERVER.

In recent lecture by DIR. c. AL
can we find the following tribute 10
the American man and woman:
''The last quality that shall men
ton as contributing to the distinctive
superiority of the average American
is his attitude toward woman. There
is nothing in Europe comparable 20
the fine comradeship and mutual un-
derstanding that exist in this country
between men and women. 1t is a form
of social reciprocity from which the
average American has reaped more
good than he would get from mercan-
tile reciprocity. Most foreigners who
study our institutions comment on the
leniency of our juries to all offenses
except offenses against women. Pro-
fessor Munsterberg even fears that
American society and American char
aster are in danger of becoming Gem .
inized"; but the fear is groundless,
and this in spite of the fact that no
where else does woman occupy so high
or so influential a position as in
America.
I'm France the average woman Is a
toy, in Germany a drudge, in Eng
land a necessary piece of ancestral
furniture. For European young lady
to walk to or from church with a
young, man, provided their engagement
has not been announced, is to lose
caste. The presence, however, of Amer
lean giris in German universities is al
ready an influence making for wider
social freedom and for saner relations.
Germans do not criticise the American
girl They realize that she belongs to
a different social regime, and, if 1 am
not mistaken, they are beginning to
ask: rs it not better social reg
ime?''
1.-THE position of woman in Ameri-
can society has never been better
phrased than by George William Cur
It's in an address in 1890 before the
students of Vassar College. Said he:
We have left woman as a slave with
Homer and Pericles; we have left her
as a goddess with Chivalry and Don
Quixote; we have left her as a toy
with Chesterfield and the Club: and
in the enlightened American daugh-
can home, we find the fairest flower
and the highest promise of American
civilization
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for money? Is it not hers as we'll as
his? Is it any more his, because nature
had so arranged the partnership of
married life and his part of the work is
done at the end of the line were the
money naturally comes, and hers at
the end where it must naturally be
used for their mutual benefit? 1t
would be quite as just and reasonable
for the wife to require the husband
to ask for something to eat three times
a day, because she holds the key to
the pantry as for him to require her
to ask for money, because he holds the
key to the money chest. We do not
know which is the more to be pitied,
the poor woman who suffers herself to
be subjected to such an indignity ana
in justice from her husband, or the poor
man, who has such dull, unrefined SEN
sibilities.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-24
QUAINT SAYINGS AND DOINGS OF
CHILDREN.

Some one has wittily said that the
smartest child always has the smart
est mother. AS the children of to-
day, will be the women of tomorrow,
the doings and sayings of childhood
have been given conspicuous place
in this edition. Most of these are
brand new. just from the mint and will
make you laugh enough to digest a
big or poor Thanksgiving dinner.
We have always thought that chill
dren were more interesting than
grown people because they were more
natural and not SO affected. Their lit
the sayings are untinged with selfish
ness. 1t has been wisely said that the
face of person under fourteen years
of age is as God made it, after four
teen it is as the person has made ii.
This is an age of, and for children.
Dickens among the novelists and Ten
nyson among the poets are the two
writer's that the future will hold as
the chieftest of friends of little chill
dren. Could there be truer fame?.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-24
FIRST WOMAN TO RECEIVE A
COLLEGE DIPLOMA.

The first college diploma ever given
to a woman was given to Miss Gather
inc Il. Brewer on the 18th of July of
the year 1910, and it was such an un-
usual event in the educational world
that it called forth a great deal of
comment There were many persons
of intelligence who were not sure that
they approved of women taking col
lege courses. 1t was not thought ne
cessary for women to receive as high
an education as men received. Indeed
it was regarded by many as evidence
of unwomanlineSs for a woman To seen
to equal IL man in her intellectual It
tainments. Miss Brewer was regard
ed as something of a curiosity because
she had been given a college diploma.
The diploma was given ID her by
George f. Pierce, then president of
the Georgia Female College, which has
for many years been known as the
Wesleyan Female College, and which
now numbers it's gratitudes by thous-
andS,
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ORIGIN OF BREAKFAST.

Until a century ago breakfast
consisted only of a draught of ale or
tea or chocolate. There were only
two meals a day-dinner ranging from
8 a. m. in the fifteenth century to noon
in the seventeenth, and supper, which
similarly advanced from 5 p. N. to z
o'clock. But in the eighteenth CEN
fury dinner was gradually postponed
until 5 or in the afternoon. When
it passed midday breakfast became a
necessity and a meal. Before this
hunger had demanded the addition of
bread and some such relish as radishes
to the morning draught. But Wher
a hundred years ago, cold meats and
fish began to be served at braakfass
the utmost surprise was expressed
It's novelty made IT fashionable, anC
led to the giving of breakfast parties
of which Mr.. Gladstone's were the last
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Thou shalt carry with thee all kinds
OF food as an Offering to the Great
spirit. AT the rising of the sun shalt
thou go. On that day shall the snealxar
make known to the people ali thew
shall do. nave spoken" This harv.
est festival embraces four DAYS.
Throughout the Colonial DAVIS of
New England Thanksgiving was of
annual occurrence, and during ++e
Revolutionary War Congress repeated
ly recommended the setting apart of a
day to be devoted to Thanksgiving ana
prayer. Governor Trumbull, of Con
necticut, became famous for his Fast
Day and THANKSGIVING proclamations
His words in these documents had tn,
fire of an ancient prophet" The first
proclamation issued by Washington
was a Thanksgiving Proclamation, as
signing Thursday. Nov. &c, 1889 This
was done at the request of Congress
The quelling of the Whiskey Rebel
lion and Anthony's victory over the
Indians gave rise to the second proc
lamation which was the first issued
by Washington without instruction
from Congress. Thursday. Feb. 10
1895 was the day then appointed.
The presidents from Washington tC
Lincoln seem to have issued Thanks
giving proclamations only in the pres
cIlCG VI SOIiic CclloIlllIN
threatened or in progress. Thus We
find nations, like individuals. draw
nearer to God when they feel this
weight of the clustering rod.
Adams issued two-the first wher
trouble was threatened with France
Wednesday. May 8, 1898, being ap.
pointed and the second being Thurs
day, April % 1899. when war witt
France was narrowly averted. ant
Philadelphia had been visited by {
great scourge. During the war o
1872 Madison issued four to be OBJ
served in the following order. the thirC
Thursday in August. 1912. the SECOND
Thursday in Sept, 1918; THURSDAY
January. IL, 1915. and the secont
Thursday in April 1915.
We find no other Thanksgiving proc
lamations issued until the administra
ton of Lincoln. He issued one il
1851, one in 1862. and three in 1868
and it is about this time that the las
Thursday in November seems to have
become the popular day. But in 1856
he appointed two. one in August anC
the other for the last Thursday ir
November, and from that time on this
has been the day appointed by al
the succeeding presidents, and the
wise and beautiful custom has become
established by national consent anC
approval. And so God bless Thanks
giving Day" and God save the Com
mOnWeaith.
MRS. J. A. BROWN.
Chadbourn N. c., Nov. %.
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THE PRESIDENTS IDEA Oh
THANKSGIVING.
Charity and Children

President Roosevelt has written two
Thanksgiving proclamations, and in
neither of them has he suggested that
weak and needy. He refers to the
Thanksgiving as a festival" and ap-
pears to think the proper way to show
gratitude is to eat. drink and be mer-
nv
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MORNING TONIC.
(LoWell.l

He gives only the worthless gold
Who gives from sense of duty,
But he who gives but slender mite
And gives to that which is out of sight,
That thread of the all sustaining
beauty
Which runs through all and doth all
unite,
The hand cannot clasp the whole of
the aims;
The heart outstretches it's eager palms,
For a god goes with it and makes 1t
store
To the soul that was starving in
darkness before.
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PARTNERSHIP IN THE HOME.

1t is wife's privilege and duty to
know well the financial condition of
her husband. If she be worthy Of
ministering to him in the higher and
more sacred part of this life, surely
she is worthy to confer with him III
the lower and more material part.
Why should wife ask her husband
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-24

Jowes-Talk about men being
changed by matrimony! The women
are lust rs bad. If not worse.
Barnes-Think SO, Ell
Aowes-Yes l do. Ihere my wire.
fo,, evamnle When / was counting
hey She believed everything | told her.
now she won't believe a word | say
Boston Transcript.
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Motto-Good Cheer.
Colors-Yellow and White.
state Color-Deep Orange.
Flower-Coreopsis.
Song-Scatter Sunshine.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-24

Sunday School Teacher-What! Is
it possible you have never heard the
story of Cain and Abel yet?
Little Elsie-Of course. / haven't.
My mamma says it is bad manners 10
pry into other peoples family affairs.
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We Buy Ash Timber

and PAY CASH MONEY for all Tracts
close to a Railroad which is nice
timber and convenient to get to rail-
road. Write us at once how much
YOU have and how far to the railroad.
address L. G. Brinser & Sons. Wise,
n. G.
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dren what you don't believe your
self.
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WOMAN'S WORK WRITTEN By A
WOMAN AND A MAN.

There's not place in earth or
heaven,
There's not a task to mankind given
There's not a blessing or a woe,
There's not a whisper yes or no,
There's not a life, or death, or birth,
THAT has feathers weight or worth
Without a woman in it"
On hearing these beautiful verses
the other day, a crusty old bachelor
remarked: Eyes, they will break in
everywhere: you can't keep 'em out
Nothing could better illustrate the
point of view. Some Frenchmen has
said: In our youth women are our
sweethearts; in manhood our compan-
IONS; and in old age our nurses" A
mans sweetest joys. strongest duties
and most tender infirmities.
Women are longer lived than rler
healthier. more moderate in eating and
drinking. and far more seIf-controlled
in passions. Female beggars are rare,
and female criminals scarcely to be
found Men may be lion-tamers. ele-
plant trainers, horse breakers. but
women alone can tame and manage
men! The divine talent of patience
and persistence is one of the chief
weapons of the sex. A woman who
has not these qualities is much to be
piticd.
Women have no trouble in managing
all the rest of the world. Their only
difficulty is to manage one another.
Hear what the cruel man says:
Mature, impartial in her end,
when she made man the strongest
I'm justice then to make amends,
MADE Woman's tongue the longest
How false and >scandalous,
Talleyrand was once asked to set
tie and make peace between two ladies,
erstwhile close friend, now enemies
after words and insults and bitter cpl
thets. 20, mCnsier," said one who be-
sought his aid 81 fear you will never
even with all your skill and tact. be
able to reconsile them" why not?
asked TalIeyrand. "Oh, because they
called each other words and made the
greatest allegations" But, did either
call the other ugly?" rejoined Talley-
rand. "Oh, non' was the answer.
well, / will reconcile them very
easily" said he.
No man ever understood woman
better than Sheridan. Said he: ''Wo-
men govern us. Let us render them
perfect; the more they are enlightened
SO much the more shall We be. On
the cultivation of the mind of women
depends the wisdom of man. 1t is by
woman that nature writes on the
hearts of men,
Everybody knows that woman rules
the world. She builds all the
churches, teaches most of the schools,
trains all the children of every gen.
Grafton, nurses all the sick, and pro-
vides for feeding and clothing the
world. No wonder the male sex try to
belittle her by discussing the query:
rs woman equal to man." But even
male audacIty has never ventured to
ask: rs man equal to woman 2"
We do not condescend to say that
women carry off the honors at Har-
yard, Cambridge, Cornell and Column
bia. Das veIsteht SIGH. If work is
heavens first law, no man Will ever
get there except under some woman
petticoats. Perhaps this is why many
d man keeps his religion, like his prop
erty, in his wife's name.
WCman'S work is:
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-24

Dollars produce dollars here. The
plant is bearing fruit. If you're
wise, you'll plant your dollars where
1t win be most productive. In word.
start an account with a small amount
IN the Carolina Trust Co. bank, and
you'll be surprised how soon you'll
be adding to it, In this reliable i'm
stitution Your money will be securely
placed. Safe and sound.
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Carolina Trust Co

Banking in all its departments. Safe
deposit boxes for rent
a. D. Ruffin. presidents; Leo. ID.
Heartt. vice-prcsident and general
manager; III. Il. Smith, cashier; S. 4.
Hinsdale, booll-keeper.
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VCJndOS work Is.
III 70 manage her husband.
ca To manage her children.
ID To manage her household.
"a To manage herself.
60 To keep up all the pure and
lofty ideals of life.
There is not Il man on earth that
can do it, or do even half of it. The
average man can't even manage him.
self. The greatest power on earth. the
!oveliest thing on earth is the smile OF
II sweet, pure woman. 1t is greater
than wit, beauty, intellect, wealth, or
titles.
was She beautiful" / said, that
so many hearts were led to her feet?
Was her mind of rdrest KIND.
Depth and brilliancy combined
No, not beautiful nor
More than thousands whom we prize
Thus ccmplete?"
But her smile
Twas like sunshine in a room
That before was filled with gloom
All the while
What sunshine is to nature and the
life of the worlds creatures, woman
is to man and the life of humanity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-10
TWO FAVORITES WIN.
Lady FOnSo Sold to IL. GoIdbLatt
at NczC Orleans.

New-Orleans. Dec. 9-Josette and Brush Up were
the only winning favorites to-day. After the third
race Lady Fonso sold to NJ Goldblatt pri-
vate terms. The weather cloudy and threaten
ing the track heavy and lumpy. Summary:
First race five and half furlongs)-Josette 100
ltiothersoD, II 10 Tristan Shabby. lO4 Whipsl,
10 l. second knowledge. 90 IS Dicksop, to > third.
Time. 1ll5 Conundru, Julia NJ Bagserly. Myrondale.
Inexpensive, Little Boy OgontZ also
second race tseVen furlongs)-Lor OF the Valley. 100
t5airdl 10 won; Worthington. lCi3s 81 Phillips IL
10 J. second: Niona IS (Schiling), third. Time.
30 Burning Glass Latherqn. Ernes; Parhani' Lady
Free knight. Flora Levy and La Cache also ran.
Third race Zone mile)-Iady Fonso lOl IS Dickson.
10 l. won; McntebanE. 10 tisher) IL TO o. second Tom
Mankins 1Ol Lee. u !, third. Time 1;49B. Lila
Noel. Rachel Ward Ghats. Avenger Sue Perlative
Fourth race Chandicap; furlonssl-R:ush Up 9s
CNlcn, Careless. los "a. Phillips, Ia TO o.
second; Jungle Imp 80 tCrinninsl - third. Time
-:lSs5. Footlights FayoIite also
Fifth race zone and one-eighth miles-Barkelmore 1O5
&C. Harris. l. Lee King. 1872 CCocoloJ, 10 to
l. second Merry Acrobat 1o5 (Schingl. even. third.
Time. POS Beng II. New Amsterdam Bourke Coch-
also
Sixth (six furlonEs)Ly Brook, % q. Hennessy)
IA y, Girl from Dixie, 81 (Crimmins). IL to l.
second: BsQue. 90 Brennan). Il TO- third Time
1:20 Hacyon Days. Lanplight Martha Celia. Gasconne
Miss Mamie L. and Irumphtress also Sis Lee Left
q he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-10
". CAMP ON OPEN GAME
Yale athletic AdUiser AdUocates
Ten Yards for Dozens.
fsr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE. !


New-Haven, Conn, Dec. 9-Walter Camp Yales
athletic adviser in open letter TO ]. Mott Halo
well. OF Harvard. has replied Mr.. Haowells let
ter, in which the latter demands that football be
opened up that professionalism In coaching and
training be done away with, and other evils of the
game checked. Mr.. Camp makes this personal
letter saying that he has right to represent the
rules committee or Yale and that ne hopes il will
be construed. In regard the opening up Of
the game. he says in part:
We can make a dozen experiments which may
promise relief, but neither you l be sure
that IL VIII come. II you could see the Suggestions
would appreciate that there is endless variety.
and that probably three four excellent games
could be devised from these suggestions, but they
detail of rules. and those rules only tentative:
Players and the public alike would be at sea. and
the result might be a sort of chaos.
why not let the success OF the original five
yard rule lead to just such radical legs-
lation easily ruled. thoroughly simple. that public
has been suggested by many. and ii seems 10 me
that the time is ripe for it. and that is TO require
quired-that is, yards in three trials, or sur
render the ball. This may not do all we wish tor
the game, but ii insures the progress or the ball
twice the present rate. else q kick, whereas
few tell any more than they have been able
for the last half dozen years what other leSsla-
ton. though properly intended, might DO
toward that end.
Another thing which leads to make this sUg-
gestion with more insiStence is that men who
anxious over its future, who care enough about
the game to take up the pen In its behalf IKE
Frank Butterworth and Ralph Paine, of Yale; for
example. ami / dare say dozens OF my lootbait
friends at Harvard and elsewhere. all want 10 see
Matching together parts of various suggestions. We
Igant the rnle direct not indirect in it's results
There is no beating about the bush, and it puts It
to the players to make longer runs or kicks
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-10
RESULTS AT OAKLAND.

CFuturity Course)-Robert Mitchell, 100 Qer-
10 won; Rossbourne. 106 tKuns) to l. second
Fisher Boy. 1913 drawers Is /, third Time 1854
Andvari, Bearskn. Herthue, Calculate san Jose and
Royal sweepstakes also
Second mile and seventy yards)-tlyng Tor
pedo. Ill Andersonl. TO l. won Gaanthus. 1O ldelge
sem second: Scherzo, 1O6 (Michaes), II TO 1,
third. Time 1:=S%4. Achilles. Chckadee. Anopath,
Gaucho. PetroG Tannhauser. Ethel G. and Lbbio Can
did also
Third race (six furIongsl-Hooligan Oountain> 10
l. won Squire Johnson 10 (Buman), TO l, second
Cornblossom 10 CTravers). to l, third Time, 10
Head Dance Calasas. Plat. Lilitus Sable and Smthy
Kane also
five furlongs)-Pelham. 30 CKunz). to 1.
Won The Mighty liz Hielgesen). to g. second Andrew
r. Cook. 112 Dominica, s, third Time 1;0l.
Sagittarius Border Mark The Cure Tocolaw and Amy j.
also
Won IL L. Frank, 1ol GIichselsl, to l, second: Little
Waly, lob CMcLaughlin) II 10 !. third Time. l:l4a.
Headwater Matt Hogan Jennie f. and Native also ran
Sixth lone mile and eighth)-G. w. Trahern,
1O7 Davis. >. won: Royalty 1O4 tSherwood to l.
Major Mapsir. 1O3 Mlchaels) p third. Time
15Ta. Whoa BIZ, Colonel Anderson and Serenity also
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-10
DECIDES $50 PROTESTS.
Board Of AppeaIs of Trotting Asso-
citation adjourned.

Chicago. Dec. s-The board of appeals of the
American Trotting Association to-day adjourned
until 1903. Besides the, Cresceus case, which was
the most important the board has ever had to de-
eide there were 100 protests of more less i'm
portance. Many APPLICATIONS for reinstatement from
members who had been expelled We're granted
Among the cases decided were:r Dominion of
Canada Exhibition. Winnipeg, Us. Adam Brown,
Portage La Prairie Manitoba, and horses Chestnut
Regal Raron and NathaIia Brown; applications for
an order was denied.
F. A. Sage. Parker, S. d. ]. Carson. Winni-
peg. Man, and the horse GeerSk0; appeal from
decision of judges in 215 pace and 20 trot. Grand
Forks. y. d. July - 1901, was dismissed.
J. II. Snyder, Kings Mills. Ohio. VS.. John Brann-
gan. Mount Vernon. Ohio. and gelding SearChmont
alias Coldbarko in the protest of first money.
Shown by the evidence that there was no inten9
tional fraud in the performance and that Search
mont did not prefOrm of class. The protest
was therefore overruled.
The American Trottng Association Chicago
Ill, Joel Bragg, Deerfeld. Mich. and horse
VIII Raven; it ordered that the winnings Of
WIN Raven in the three-minute pace at Dundee.
Mich. be declared illegal and redstributed under
10 rules.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-10
DTS4GREES WITH CAMP.
W1ghtington Says Ten-Yard Ra'e
WouIdn't Stop Mass PLay.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.


Cambridge. Mass. Dec 9.-Water Camps sugses
ton, contained in THE Yale Alumni Weekly of to-
day, that rule be made requiring ten-yard gain
for first down instead OF five yards has made a
great impression in football circles at Harvard.
Although it is generally thought that i would be
beneficial move. of the well known Harvard
football think that 1t would not be productive
OF the desired results. Edgar n. Wrightington, who
coaches the Crimson eleven this said in an in
terview that he did not think that the proposed
change would have the desired effect. Said Mr.
Wrightington:
do not agree with Mr. Camp that the change
which he proposed would have the effect Of doing
away with the mass momentum plays. The ex-
perienCe of past years has proved that against the
strong scientific defence of a big college football
eleven. all of whose players are working in unison
stop the opposing teams play. mass plays are
the only sure way of making steady gains the
science OF defence has developed to such an extent
that end runs and trick plays are smothered before
tbey are under way. A change in the rules making
II necessary TO gain yards instead OF hVe would
not change the style of play, to my way OF think.
ing hut would have the effect of having the bali
change hands oftener, else Of producing game
in which kicking played larger part than II does
at the time.