New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-05

Incidence not exercise should be the motto Of
the average American away on his or her summer !
vacation. according to DR.. Collins. the spe-
cialst. It IS all right. he thinks. where is !
accustomed to rowing swimming every day to
pitch in and have strenuous vacation but for most
people who live by their wits-teachers bank
clerks, physicians. clergymen writers-rest not
activity is what the system requires Sleep. sleep
all YOU can, advises the doctor. Lie in bed Of
morning and don't have breakfast till 9. Spend the
n me-. doing nothing Put some golt or tennis
Ing If you like that sort of thing-but go easy, go
sacrifice rest to fun in their summer vacations.
After holiday spent in hard physical exercise q
when me vent AVA inse@d 81 storing up strength
possessed
Tho New-York state Federation Of women's
Clubs may well envy the record that the Texas
State Federation has show. Last year 1t raised
$500 for State university scholarship fund II
schools and colleges.
Those people who have never been fortunate
enough to visit North Carolina will surely want TO
80 there after reading Mrs. Lindsay Patterson )
description the recent biennial OF the Ma
tional Federation OF Womeu'a Clubs in St Louis.
the State where still believe in God and
read Walter Scott"
1T is also land where everybody is kin TO
everybody else she continued. ''and where friend
BEiES descend from fAfher 10 son as most NtlL-
able family Inheritance. And what Of the women?
Well. 90 please, and We please TO please
What a turn that must have given tho assem-
bled sisters And why not They love us more
lay IN their power. our pathway would he streWn
YOU will remember that whether in the federation
or out o' IT, our mon come hrst. you VIII under
well. and DO not do other things a! an ,..-.,,..
cI A4Sns me elect i 10 do i 10 nanSso
libraries Last year they sent out sixty three
please the men Gvil service reform borders on
terms concerning IT.
A writer IN a recent number Of Tho Queen *
presses the opinion (which is shared by many other
people, that children are not one whit better
brought up by the smart, white frocied. certlhcated
much sought after nowadays than they
by the comfortable Mama OF the days gons
b..
Tho old nurse still holds place IN the hearts Of
the men and who knew her loving care
when they We're children. and they viii never FOR
bTt ne! treats tldI Isei 10 Dei's Tt,t..r, t.s
when an the lights were pa! out and the nursery
colored candies which cast weird shadows on the
There are said to be two widows Of the Revolu-
tionary War who still living and drawing pen
sions. They Esther Damon, Of Plymouth Union.
Vt. and Rebecca Mayo OF Newberne. Pulaski
County, Va. The latter has recently had her pen
sion Increased from IS to $25 Her husband served
through four terms OF service. and fought in the
battles of Brandyywine and Germantown Mrs
stone deaf. She lives with widowed daughter IN
little cabin in the foothills Their only income
granada ughters who work out as servants
Mrs Mayo young woman when. In 1884. she
0la stephen Mayo then ''Ven'y-''vsn years
1t IS said that the japanese are devoted 10 tho
Empress Haronko and that many believe her to be
the reincarnaton of empress who lived centuries
y1ba M4a ado htr he 20 70 htF
GiSdo ana tbaf aTeo ,I mbned with e h Rreot
spirit Of her predecessor. Will lead them safely
through all peril
According to American standards writes Ed
ward Walter Dawson in housekeeping" Japanese
women can never be considered beautiful. but they
unfailngly picturesque. For instance. matron
of this Land of the Rising Sun, whose hospitality
l often enjoyed, robe Of cream coored
silk klmono OF darker shade. fastened with ex-
Quisitely embroidered gtrdle. These girdles
the distinctive features in the dress Of the Jap
women. Several yards Of material go TO the
making OF them. and there is much significance at
tached even to the way I'm which they tied"
Men also wear these girdles or obs, but for them
they are much narrower and smaller, and serve
only the purpose OF holding the robe in place. The
which he was allowed 10 attend. "A wedding is a
cup the bride and bridegroom pledged each other to
snare es [Gs5 ha b 4on oI%d b o
table placed before them. on which We're cups.
kind OF rice beer. on stand near by We're figures
a tortoise, emblem Of long life ir tree, emblem
OF strength. and blooming plum tree for beauty
and prolicness. AS the guests Were seated
Il stand placed before each. and typical
Japanese feast was served During this the bride
waited upon her future mother and father in law
at the close and the bridegroom drank
alternately from the double spouted vessel until il
empticd.
lone OF the side dishes boiled chrysanthemum
petals, gaTnished with vinegar sauce; another
mushrooms and cucdmbers dipped in honey. Gu
cumbers favorite food in Japan. and, fresh
around. many ways the Japanese go about
things in exactly the opposite 10 what we do !
For instance. in the building of house, the upper
and roof completed stout scafolding.
and then the first story and foundation are filled in
from below. japanese carpenters draw the plane
and toward them. instead OF pushing from (
them. as our workmen do. Above the main door
the number and of the family The giving of II
name in Japan is a ceremony of much Importance
and does not take place until the child Is three
old. There is 4 tradition that babies in
the land cry. Perhaps this is an eNaggera- /
ton. In stay there OF many moons never
heard a child's voice raised in distress These lit
tie people themselves have tradition about their
toys THAT Il "a doh is properly and afrecuonately
cared for sooner or later il will become alive. Full
OF legend and quaint superstition is this pict- +
uresque home Of picturesque people. on a
small rustic bridge which spans one or its sacred
rivers. hardly than creek may be seen I
many women kneeling different times In the
day. They watch intenty the mysterious current
and time time throw hits OF paper into (.
where I'm ~" unknown the gods are supposed
gather these waited petitions. "nd - he 0um"r
urges grant them"