The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
SPECTATORS OBSERVATIONS
By CATHERINE ALTMAN

Grip has laid its icy. scorchy hand on
its tens of thousands of victims this win
Ter and h1a caused many 10 break forth
I into invectiyes, prayers. or poetry as the
temperament and mental condition OF the
patient determined 1t has been the sub
/ ject of editorials and has been banded
about by pert paragraphers, who have
/ tried to make a joke out Of what too
often proves tragedy.
/ Whisky and qUIHine seem to be the
most popular first ajd-when the victim
/ has an understudy who can take the
quinine, Here y a frolicsome quatrain
rs evolved I'm the disordered mind Of q
recent sufferer, who assured me that il
was on his mind and that his recovery
would date only from the time that the
| lyric gem was given to a painting public;
Oh, srip, It is a awful thing.
awful thing is grip;
For its case of nip and tuck.
Unless y0u tuck d nip
/ The task Of giving your children a
proper conception of the Biblical story
Of the fall Of man is oftimes a delicate
and difficult one. Sometimes their young
intuitons grasp the salient points Of
the old story with a quickness that
startles, and again their impression of
the Biblical tale is humorOusly warped
by their individual environments and out
look on life. An enthusiastic young set
tlement worker told me of her experience
with a band of young Americans who
spoke mostly with foreign accent.
Z fs A
impressive emphasis. Adam and Eve
were driven from the Garden of Eden
because they had sinned grievously in
tasting Of the forbidden fruit of the
tree"
Miss" piped up a little street Arab.
| do you reckon de Garden o. Eden looked
anything like de Zoo Park?'
"Aw, gwan. Jimmie" interrupted his
Chum scornfully; "wot yer tinkin' bout
anyways, kiddo? Dis amt no Noer's
Ark story; dis is where de Lord told old
Mr.. Adam and de Missus 10 skidoo cause
dere rent wus due"
Members of the Catholic faith frequent
ly hold up Protestants 10 scorn be-
cause of the latters laxity in the matter
Of fulfilling the duties which they owe
H..
many cases Protestant churches seem
to exist rather in spite of their adher-
ents than because Of them, so loosely do
the duties Of religious living sit upon
many PrOtestants, who seem to find
the least religious restraint or imposed
task peculiarly iTksome and distasteful.
Nothing illustrates this attitude better
than the conversation of two Christian
ladies on church matters.
Mrs. Smith is a splendid church work
ef, one of them remarked; her am
bition and energy never fail, and she
has done more to help us than any other
one woman in the parish"
Well Tejolned the other lightly, "I
don't see how she can find the time to
devote TO church interests as YOU say
she does. I'm a member of the church
myself, of course have been for years. /
but l must say, in these strenuous days.
that I don't work at it much Of the
time"
The harassing rounds Of society queens
have been told IN song and story, not
10 mention the times they have been |
played up in Sunday papers. American
women take the palm for the strenuous |
life, so say visiting foreigners; but their /
list Of comparative achievements, lasting /
monuments of their existence, aim in |
life. and all that sort OF thing falls far |
short OF the broader interests of, say. the /
English or French woman.
English women 90 in for charity very, |
very seriously. not through the frivolous !