Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-02-08
Feminine
Snapshots
What Harmonious and
Friendly Thought Did.

In Fright and Wrong Thinking" a
book by A. NJ. Crane, | find story
which illustrates wildly the result of
our unspoken thought upon other peo-
pie Note first the general rule: All
thought pleasant and harmonious to-
ward other persons is good thought;
all angry and discordant thought to-
ward others is evil thought and is
bound to react disastrously upon our
selves. A woman principal who knew
this felt an instructive antagonism to a
new assistant in her school. The as
sistant had the same instructive aver
sion toward her principal Whatever
either of the two did in their mu
tual relation crossed and disgruntled
the other. This will never do said
the woman principal to herself. y
will not permit the poison of inhar-
mony and hatred toward any living
creature in my soul. 1t is evil and ruin
to me-. The woman principal sat down
at her desk and began to throttle her
antagonism with strong hand. She
was wise enough to know that If we
feel antagonism toward another that
-antagonism is our fault, not the other
PERSONS The principal forced herself
to feel good will and kindly sympathy
toward the individual she disliked.
Take notice that this is something ev-
cry one of us can do and would do
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to ourselves of fostering i'll will. The
principal labored with herself tremen-
dously, for the task was hard one.
1t took a good while, but the teacher
had time. She just forced the bad
thought out of her mind and replaced
it with overtowing good will toward
the other. And, behold, even as she
finished the task of working upon her
self the assistant came to her and laid
half caressing hand upon hers and
said something in a pleasant way, and
from that day on perfect sympathy
reigned between the two. The princi-
paPs self victory had also changed for
good the subconscious mind of the as
sistant.
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There are 10000 clubwomen in New
York city alone
The girls of Girton college, Oxford,
England, have taken up the Japanese
jiu jitsu with vim and enthusiasm.
Miss Roberts is in England promi-
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Women everywhere have reason to
be glad of the progress made in the
achievement of political rights for
them during 1905. For instance, there
are the granting of school suffrage to
women in cities of the first class in
Oklahoma, granting equal guardianship
of children to mothers in Minnesota,
the appointment of three splendid wo-
men on the school board of Chicago,
and the naming of one of them, Jane
Adams, to the Craftsmanship Of it's
most important committee. Moreover,
the American Federation of Labor and
the Letter Carriers National associa-
ton both passed resolutions indorsing
woman suffrage. In Russia one of
the demands of the revolutionist party
is for the ballot for women. Over the
western ocean in far Queensland wo-
men citizens have received the full
right of suffrage. Really, does not
the sun move?
e.a71o ~ vol 1nairod h q oJy d,;x-n,. no 6
won for bride woman worth $780,
900 just by being neat and well
groomed, likewise polite to the rich
lady. Let this story be printed in
large type and nailed up in every pub
lie coach and street car in the land!
IL women must wear blouses and
waists split up the back do let them
be kept properly fastened!
Now and then we meet people who
/ are enough to set us to praying for the
advent of the fool killer.
Richmond. Va, recently enjoyed the
novelty of asiuTy of twelve women sit
T ting in the case of a dressmaker against
a customer The gowns had to be tried
on and the fit of them settled by the
jury. In New York city woman is still
relegated to her proper inferior station
even in dressmalers' cases, and men
judge and Jurors decide on the correct
trimming OF a cuff and the proper set
Of skirt
In the government land Office at
Washington is Mrs. Ann Gridley, a
clerk who has not missed day from
her desk in forty years. She was
eighty years old in December. Her
husband was a naval officer who was
3 l.fllod d1ln.ir,er fha ciril war She de.