Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1907-11-25
ROYAL BLOOD, BUT ISIT CLEAN
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ttt Ivy a tduulStS, ne lndue out nSI
certificate to royal descent. and she
rather proved her royal blood by not
paying her debt He snea for IT.
and she had to pay II and the costs,
too.
Only think Of It. how glorious II
would be il readers of this paper could
prove their descent from the liber-
tine and betrayer of trust, Charles
IT,, or from one of the four Georges
Ief England, whom Thackeray sums
up as being 'one of them a fool,
three of them scoundrels." HH
But Mrs. Woolsey has now the
glorious privilege OF snubbing colo
NAL DANES and daughters OF revolu-
lions and confederacies, and no doubt
that her dreams are sweeter by it.
We We're once talking with la
dy of Irish descent. and she remark
cd that her father was OF a royal
family. We knew him to be a plain,
Woodworking old Irishman, and were
rather surprised about his royalty.
She said: "Oh. yes, father comes Of
royal family the Irish were all
kings in old times, you know" We
did not know It, but were glad to
hear it, as one of our own ances-
tors came from the Emerald Isle.
| PM ,Yu1acc r,,x,aJ hinod 4. oto.... rxtx-r
we would not give two cents for q
jugful of IT, would you?
Wants Lovemnking Taught.
The old-time folks used to trust to
mother-wit and common sense
good deal, and they never once Inn
agined that they needed to be
taught how to laugh and cry, and as
for love and counting needing to he
taught to people. they would have
laughed at the idea. Knowledge OF
this kind was counted as an inherl~
lance from Father Adam and Moth
er Eve, and came as natural to peo-
pie as the mating and flight OF birds.
We shall expect to hear yet OF some
one proposing to have young ducks
and goslings taught how to swim.
and we would suggest Francis Blair,
of Illinois. as suitable teacher. He
Is a superintendent Of public instruc-
ton In that state. and he advocates
the teaching OF courtship in the pub
lie schools, so as to prepare the schol-
ars to court and be courted in
proper manner.
Now we would say that he had
not sense enough to superintend
school OF idiots or he would not adj
Iyocate teaching things that come to
one by instinct. The person who
needs counting lessons had better let
counting aione---don't you think so?
This dreadful Ounce of man thinks
that Enocn Arden and Miles Stand
ish would be good examples to train
the young people by and teach them
the ethics of courtship. But we fail
to see where they come in. Enoch
Arden Is beautiful poem, but its
lesson is that OF supreme self-sacri-
flee. He was not lover SO much
as a martyr TO love, for he crucified
himself rather than disturb the peace
OF the woman he loved; and as for
Miles 5tandfsh, he did not deserve
to win the love of any sensible wo-
man, ana he was not even In love,
or he would not have sent another
man 20 do hfs counting. No wonder
PriscIria turned him down: but IL
the men were ounces in the 1ove-mak-
ing business she was not, and she
used her Mother-Eve knowledge to
good effect on John Alden.
We hope yet to see housekeeping
work for girls and manual training
for boys added to our school system,
but we would keep counting lessons
out of the schools. The experience
OF the world teaches us that young
people take to them as naturally as
duck takes to water.
A Talented Author.
A late number of the Valley Reg
lister published at Middletown, Md,
contains good portrait and biogra-
ply Of Mr.. T. c. Harbaugh.
The article has many selections from
Mr. Harbaugh's poems. His poem on
Grant Dying" was pronounced to
be one of the best that was written
IN the subject. 1t was written at
the time that Grant lay dying at Mt.
MacGregor, and has found place
| in Stedman's 10-volume "Cyclopedia
Of American Literature" We give
one verse to our readers. many OF
whom are acquainted with the tai
ented author:
Hes dying nowl--the. Angel Death.
Insatiate and impartial E4