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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-10-14

summer. 1t paid my bills, az ieast.
The summer before 1 addressed en-
velopes, folded circulars. and what IS
really funny-I haven't told this
before-I played the drum in ladies'
brass band in the Bowery.
The two women then told their
topic of conversation. !.
"Oh, this house is no exception,
said Julia, 'nor is this an OFT year.
1 lived in another house where there
were eighteen of us, equally divided,
and we nine women actually kept the
nine men from starving. Not one
had or could get anything to do. At
least they thought they couldn't. 1t
amounts to the same thing"
"But why. oh why, do they stay
here?" asked Maglet. "Why don't
they go into the country where the
fields are whitening with the harvest
and the laborers are few and the pay
good?' -.
SO they would, Mag, if they were
Harvard or Yale students. But the
most of them are actors, and their
only hope of an engagement is to be
on the spot. / appreciate that my
self. Nothing would drag me out of
walking distance of Broadway. The
only chance is to hang on"
"I asked Mrs. Flanagan the other
day, if she had her choice, whom
would she select as clients.
Clients, Mag? I thank thee for
teaching me that word p
"Well, dodgers, then. Roomers
1 will not say. Mother F. almost
leaped to answer.
Clerks 7 she shrieked. Actors
and art students are no good A
clerk has already work, steady pay,
and he's an all round the year man.
"God bless the clerks, men and wo-
men," is the lodging-house woman's
prayer. Actors and art students come
and go, and on mighty little money.
Medical students aren't bad. Good
enough pay while they're here, but
soon gone
That's the professional view of
the situation"
"What did she say about US :"
Julia asked.
Gus? I didn't ask, for / know
that she couldn't pay her rent every
month if it wasn't for u.s.
"Well, I'd like to have their credit,
1 know. We women simply live to
pay our bills weekly"
"Credit? What do you think?
Delorme asked me to lend him five
dollars. There was to be game of
poker in Jackson's room, and he
wanted to play. Wasn't that the
limit?"
"Did you tell him so?"
"No, l told him hadn't it. I
hadn't either. So he went and bor-
rowed it from Mother F"
''It was fier on her part"
cit was just that. For he won all
the boys had, and paid her months
back rent. ~. Y. Sun.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-10-14
ARE ANIMALS sYMPATHET1Cs

John Burroughs, in the current
issue of outing :. An Iowa correspon-
dent asks me to give him my opin-
ion as to whether or not any of the
dumb animals have sympathy, and
added that a minister at funeral IN
their town had said that no animal
except man was capable of sympathy.
I agree with the minister. Sympa-
thy, I think, is beyond the lower ami
mails. When we sympathize with
person we put ourselves in his or her
place; we feel sorry for him we
pity him; we would gladly alleviate
his suffering-all of which implies
more or less imagination and disin-
terested regard. Susceptibility to the
sufferings of others is one of many
higher attributes. When sympathy
was born the race lifted above the
purely animal plane. The next step
is taking the suferings of others upon
yourself, which is the highest form
of altruism. Pure selfshness rules
the lower animals, and necessarily so.
Sympathy is not necessary for the
continuance of the species, but affec-
ton for their young is. Animals GER
tainly have a feeling of comradeship
for each other and experience some
thing like grief at separation, yet a
dog or a cat or a horse or a cow will
sniff at the body of its dead fellow
with apparent unconcern. A cry of
distress among the birds will bring
every bird within hearing to the spot,
and cause them to be more or less
agitated, but it is only because they
are alarmed for their own safety; a
common enemy may be about. In
the herd and the flock sick or
wounded member is often fallen upon
by its fellows and destroyed. If any
animal ever experiences the emotion
we call sympathy it is, of course, the
dog. The dog has so long been the
companion of man that he often shows
in his nature a trace of the purely
human.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-10-14

In these days there Is one quality
which great may young people lack,
and this is respect for their elders.
For this, of course, the parents are
largely to blame.
If children are allowed, from their
babyhood up, to have a voice in all
family matters, to interrupt their eld-
ers, and generally thrust themselves
forward, it is pretty sure to result in
their growing up with feeling that
respect for their elders is not a ne
cessary part of their training.
Naturally this feeling must be to a
certain extent Unborn, for there are
some children who always show def
erence to those older than themselves
no matter what their home train
may be; while others, in spite of the
best efforts at right training. have
brusque, impatient or impertinent
manner that is far from pleasing.
The other day several young girls
were overheard talking to an old lady.
She was sweet hammered old soul,
with bright, youthful interest in
all that was going on.
One of the girls was extremely nice
to her, answering all her questions
and treating her with tenderness
that was pretty to see.
The others were plainly bored. and
showed it by taking not the slightest
interest in the conversation. They
did not take the trouble to answer
half the time indeed they hardly
looked at the old lady when she ;ad-
dressed them, but giggled and whis-
pered together. The contrast be-
tween them and the other girl was
most unfavorable to them.
There is nothing that prejudices
people more against girl more than
seeing her show rudeness to an old
person. Can't you realize. girls,
that some day you may be old your
self, and imagine the sadness of being
treated as though no one wanted you
about or thought anything of what
you said?
These old people that you are treat
ing so scornfully were once just as
young and active and pretty as you are
now. Many of them did much hard
er work than you are doing. They
toiled early and late in order that
their thankless children and grand
children might have the education
which they-the old people-could
not get.
Don't forget that you owe every
thing to old people, and even if they
do sometimes tell long winded stories,
try and listen to them patiently, and,
when they wish to go out with you
try and accomm odate your quick,
youthful steps to their wavering old
ones.
How many of you remember to
spring to your feet when an older
person enters the room and to stand
until they are seated also, If they
talk do you try to remain on your
feet until they have finished! The
respect of youth for old age is beat1-
tiful thing, and cannot be too much
emphasized.
1t is really painful to watch the
number of old men and women stand
ing in the street cars, while boys and
girls young enough to be their grand
children sit comfortably and read
their newspapers.
This nation is alresdya very strong
one, but if it wants to be a cultured
one as we'll, it will have to mend
some of its ways-notably the man.
ners of its young people.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-10-14
Hrs PARTING WORDS.

Sherlock Holmes was thinking
about getting married.
cat any rate, women are truth
full" he said solemnly. II had that
fact impressed upon me last week"
GA woman's husband had disap-
peared-a young millionaire-and I
was called in to try to find him.
"He had been missing three days
when arrived. Of course the first
person 1 questioned was his wife.
She was young and pretty. The first
question I asked her was, What were
the very last words he said to you
before he disappeared?
'She turned deep red as she an
swered truthfully:
ellis last words were, ooh, for
heavens sake, shut up.''-N Y
Press.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-10-14

The age in which we liveis rapid
one. Men live longer now in year
lin point of experience acquired
than they formerly did in decade.
The express train, the telephone and
and the telegraph have practically an
initiated distance.
A newspaper that is six hours old is
cast aside in disdain because readers
want the news up-to-date. Men are
seeking short cuts to education, to
wealth and to almost everything else.
All of these conditions have excited a
disposition to hurried living.
The hurry disease is essentially an
American one. That which strikes
the foreigner and especially the de-
liberate Englishman and German
most forcibly when he first visits this
country is the rush and hurry with
which we do everything. Many
years ago when Charles Dickens first
visited America he was more forcibly
impressed with this fact than with
any other. In Martin Chuzzlewit
he has caricatured this American
trait by making us rush to the table
at the first tap of the dinner bell like
a herd Of stampeded cattle, there tc
go through the process of dining by
simply gulping down our food. A
prominent New Yorker recently told
the story of friend of his-a young
student fron Germany-who came
rushing to his office few days after
he had landed excitedly exclaiming
that the people on Broadway were all
rushing pell NELL down the street.
The student felt certain that some
thing serious was amiss, as the people
on the street appeared to be wildly
struggling to reach some objective
point. Upon Investigation it was
found that which the student believed
to be a frenzied mob was simply the
usual throng of business men going
down Broadway to their work be-
tween nine and ten o'clock in the
morning. The foreigner admitted
that the sight was strange one to
him and he could not understand why
the American business man rushed
about as if he were fleeing from some
unseen danger.
This characterist ic of nervous hurry,
so much in evidence in this country,
is to be deplored. The American
people work in a hurry, eat in hur-
ry, take their pleasure in a hurry, die
in hurry and are buried in hurry.
Everyone who stops to think about
the matter must realize that more
moderation would greatly enhance our
comfort that deliberation in most
things is conducive to the best results !;
that hurry and worry are twins.
With these facts in mind why don't
we slow up? Why do we go through
life at a breakneck pace and thus miss
much of the Joy of living? The an
swer to these questions may be sta
ted in one word-habit. We have
got in the way of hurrying and the
momentum carries us faster and fast
er. The habit, nevertheless, is bad
one.-Kennett (Pa.) Advance.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-10-14
ABOUT SHOES.

A cotemporay says: What is re-
garded as the earliest reference to
shoes is found in the Old Testament,
where Abraham refuses to take
shoe latchet from the King of Sodom.
Among the Jews the shoe played an
important part in many social usages.
When buying or selling land it was
customary to deliver a shoe, and the
act of throwing down shoe on ter
ritory implied occupancy. The find
ing of sandals on Egyptian mummies
proves that the wearing of shoes is
almost as old as the race itself. In
Venice, in the seventh century, every
lady of any pretension to fashion or
position wore what were called "chop-
pines" high clogs or patters, to ele-
vate them from the ground. Thomas
Coryat, travelar, who visited Ven
ice in 1911, says of them "They
are so common in Venice that no wo-
man goeth without either in her house
or abroad. 1t is thing made of
wood and covered with leather in sum
dry colors, some white, some red, some
yellow. Many of them are curiously
painted some, also, of them have l
seen fairly gilt. There are many of
these chapineys of great height
even half yard high and by how
much the nobler a woman is, by so
much the higher are her chapineys.
All these gentle women, and most OF
the wives and widows that are Of
any wealth, are assisted or supported
either by men or women when they
walk abroad, to the end that they may
not fall"
Fortunes have been lavished upon
shoes. Men as widely apart in every
circumstance of life as Sir Walter
Raleigh and Caligula had their shoes
enriched with precious stones to the
value of thousands of dollars. When
the tomb of Henry VI of Sicily, who
died in 1897, was opened in the Cathe-
dral of Palermo, shoes made of cloth
of glod and embroidered with pearls
were found on the dead monarch's
feet, and also on those of his queen.
In the time of Louis XVI of France
the courtiers of Versailles were re-
markable for their boots, the tops OF
which were enormously large and
wide, and were decorated with pro-
fusion of costly lace.
Even horseshoes have been made to
serve the purpose of extravaganza
and display. Sabina Poppaea. the
beautiful and luxury loving wife OF
the Roman Emperor Nero, is said to
have had her mules shod with gold.
| All the world over horseshoes are sup
posed to possess some occult power OF
attracting luck and warding of evil.
IT IS A we'll known fact that sea
birds are often at sea for weeks at a
time, and the question naturally
arises as to how they quench their
thirst during that time. 1t is gener-
ally believed that they accomplish
this partly from the falling rains and
partly from the fat and oil which in
stinct teaches them to devour when
the opportunity offers. Sea birds are
known to possess very keen sight,
and they have often been seen flock
ing from all points of the compass to-
ward storm cloud about to burst in
order that they may quench their
thirst with the rain.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-10-14
THEY CAN'T SPELL.

A curious anomaly about modern
education is that, while accomplish
ments abound among all classes of peo-
pie, being, indeed, accounted COM
mon things, spelling and grammar
have been exalted into the fine arts.
Few are the people who can write
a strictly grammatical letter in these
times. If nothing else, they err in
the matter of abbreviations. "Tbere's
been a number of people, (" isa phrase
commonly heard. Yet there's
abbreviates "there is,' not there
have"
1--WE seen" is a grammatical hor-
ror which holds its place in ordinary
conversation. No amount of all
around information seems to instruct
the average mind on this point. N,ar-
ly akin to it and as frequently heard
is that other pharse, 1--WE had went. :
As to pronunciation, it is really
amusing to notice how many people
who laugh at the word either"
when made to sound 'eyther" take
pains to emphasize two long is in
"quinine.
Lots Of bright young boys and girls
up in Euclid and chemistry, ready for
the high school, cannot distinguish
between the spelling of the words two,
too and to. Quite recently a letter
written by woman of cultivation
came under the writer's notice. She
met her Waterloo in taste" which
she spelled "taist." !"
There is not space in which to list
errors, yet we must mention the un-
felicitous interchange of could,
Should and chad" 1--WE would
better have" is frequently heard, as
also 1--WE would better like. " instead
of 1--WE should like"
What have our educators to offer
in argument? There isno disputing
the fact that while people of former
generation knew considerably less of
arts and sciences, they did know how
to spell. Nowadays it is rare thing
to meet with a stenographer who is
thus proficient.
We hear a great deal about the
difficulties of the English language,
and some people actually say that it
takes talent in that direction to make
a good speller. We fail to see how a
child who is incapable of memorizing
the spelling of words can successfully
grasp the problems of higher edu-
cation.
Ifit is worth while teaching SPELL
ing and grammar at all, isn't 1t worth
while to teach it thoroughly Phil
adelbhia Ledger.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-10-14
FoR "THE UNION"
SCHOOL DAYS.
BY EDWIN HIGGINS.

My soul awake, with praise arise.
On fragrant wings of dawn,
Up to the gates of Paradise
To usher in the morn.
hear the tread of youthful feet,
Like showers of gentle rain.
Echoing through the city's street,
And up the country lane.
In happy groups they gladly come,
With voice of hopeful glee.
The joy, the life, OF cherished home:-
The innocent and free.
The charm of youth illumes the face;
The life that is to be
Speaks to all hearts in winsome grace
1t speaks to you and me.
A loving hand has robed each one
With tenderness and care;
And when its ministry was done,
She sealed it with her prayer.
NY little friends, nobody knows
The all mothers done;
For you she sings and tolls and sews
Constant as star and sun.
Scarce angel e'er on mission bent
To earth from heights of blue,
With loving heart so much intent,
As mothers heart on you.
with open door ana pictured wall,
The School House stands to greet,
And teachers lend welcome call
To win your youthful feet.
In robes as white as seraph's wing,
Or garments, patched or worn;
The rich and poor together sing
'Tis friendships radiant morn.
Joy of our hearts. our country's stay
Her destiny is thine
To usher in Times fairest day,
And make its light to shine.
At school, at home, where'er you roam,
Meath starry flag on high,
o, lift your country and your home,
An Offering to the sky.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-10-14

Now, THEREFORE,, !, EDWIN WAKEFIELD, Gov
ernor of the State of Maryland, in pursuance of
the provisions of Section / of Article II of the
Constitution of the State of Maryland, and of
the mandate of the Court of Appeals of the
State of Maryland, do hereby order and direct
that copy of each of said bills proposing said
amendments to said Articles and of the Con-
stitution of the State be published in at least
two newspapers in each of the counties of the
State, where so many may be published, and in
any county where not more than one newspa-
per may be published, then in that newspaper.
and in three newspapers in the city of Balti-
more, one of which shall be in the German Ian
guage, once a week for at least three months
preceding the next general election, which said
election will be held on the 9TH day of Novem-
Der. 1905, at which election the said proposed
amendments shall be submitted, in the form
and manner prescribed by the General Assem-
bly,, to the legal and qualified voters of the State
for adoption or rejection.
.................... Given under my hand and
Tur GprAr the Great Seal of the State of
SEAL OF Maryland, at the City of An
MARYLAND. napolis, this 2Ith day of July,
:.......... ........ 1905.
EDWIN WAKEFIELD.
Governor of Maryland.
~ OSWALD TILGHMAN,
Aug. 5-1stl Secretary of State.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-10-14

"YoUR HUSBAND has a wonderful
intellect, anyhow" said the soothing
relative.
eyes" answered the woman who
tells her troubles; "he is one of those
men who insist on worrying about
the treasury deficit instead of the
grocery bill"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-10-14

"Do YOU know why chickens are
the most devout of all fowls e. asked
Governor Hoch of colored preacher
who had called upon him for sub
scription. mo, sab, Goveneh why
am it ?' "Because more of them go
into the ministry"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-10-14

"THE UPPERrENs lead an ideal
family life. -" "Do they never quar-
rel?" "Never. She is in Europe,
he at Saratoga, and the children are
with their grandmother.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-10-14

"BUr," protested the plain citizen,
"don't you consider honesty good
thing?" "Sure," replied the politi-
clan; "but it's like all other things
you We got to make money before you
can afford it."
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-10-14
ROBERT MOSS,
Secretary of the Senate.

This is to certify that this engrossed document
proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of
the State of Maryland, the original of which was
nays. more than three-fifths of all the members
elected voting in the affirmative, on March 10,
1904. GEORGE Y. EVERHART,
Speaker. of the House of Delegates.
BENJAMIN L. SMITH.
CHIEF CLERK
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-10-14
HUBEHT MUS6,
Secretary Of the Senate.

This is to certify that this engrossed document
proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of
the State of Maryland, the original of which was
ilays. more than three fifths of all the members
elected voting in the Affirmative, on March 10,
1904 GEORGE Y. EVERHART,
Speaker of the House Of Delegates.
BENJAMIN L. SMITH,
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-10-14

This is to certify that this engrossed document
proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of
the State of Maryland, the original of which was
passed by the Senate by yeas and nays, more
than three-ffths of all members elected voting
in the affirmative, on March 3, 1904.
SPENCER G. JONES,
President of the Senate.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-29
CITY NEWS
THE WEATHER

Minnesota-Fair tonight, Saturday;
probably showers. with cooler in north
portion; variable winds.
.}y Upper Michigan and Wisconsin-Gen-
orally fair tonight and Saturday; fresh
southerly winds.
Iowa-FairS tonight; Saturday probably
showers; variable winds.
North and South Dakota-Probably
showers tonight and Saturday; cooler Sat
urday; variable winds, shifting to north
west.
fundamentally cloudy tonight and
Saturday, with showers in southeast por-
ton tonight; cooler In east and south
portions tonight and frost in north and
west portions; northwest winds.
For the Upper Lakes-Fresh southerly
winds tonight and Saturday: generally
fair weather. #a
Weather conditions and general fore
cast: -ss ~
The gulf storm has remained near
~ stationary, although the rain area has
extended northward over the lower Mis-
sissippi valley. The western storm Il
still causing rain In the districts lying
west Of the Rocky mountains. Unseason-
ably high temperatures have continued
over the greater portion Of the country
The indications are that the western
storm will move slowly. eastward ane
the one In the south northward, ant
they will cause precipitation over the
greater portion Of the trans Mississippi
region by Saturday night The tempera
ture will fail Saturday on the eastern
slope Of the Rockies but will continue
high elsewhere. 49, ~ f.. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-29
CRUSADE BY SAL0ONMEN

In their efforts to discredit the Home
Protection league and to turn. public
sentiment against that organization, the
liquor interests Of the city are credited
with plan to cause the prosecution Of
the proprietors Of the downtown hotel
bars for violating the Sunday closing
ordinance.
The hotels particularly singled out
are the West and Nicollet. This in
formation is given out by an officer Of
the Home Protective league, who de-
clares that it comes from source alb
solutely trustworthy. According to the
leagues Informant, this plan was de-
cided upon at meeting Of the execu-
tive body of the liquor organization
held Wednesday evening.
It was agreed, in case Of conviction
that the fines should be paid by the as
ISOLATION, as there is no intention OF
the part of the liquor men to become
actual crusaders and secure punishment
for Sunday sales. The theory is tina
the closing Of the hotel bars would hav'
tendency to discredit the Home Pro
lection league and arouse public senti
ment against its work. Such reaction
airy influence would naturally prove O
decided advantage to the brewers an
| liquor dealers.