The National tribune., 1908-12-24

year, should be time for expressing
our gratitude to God for His blessings
by making Just as many less fortunate
people than ourselves happy. The only
members Of ones family to whom we
as adults. should give presents are the
little children, the aged relatives, and
those with less of this worlds goods
than ourselves. All prosperous
friends an drelatives can be best re.
membered at Christmas by note OF
pretty card. To spend ones Christmas
money judiciously would require con.
siderable thot, 1t is true, but no more
than we give 1t now, and we should
then taste the true joys Of giving. The
poor and needy, the lonely and sad
the pathetically expectant little child
In its rags, 1t Is upon these we should
spend our money at Christmas, and
the brighteneding Of their lives even
only little and for a short time will
we have not only made them happy
but have obeyed the dictates of our
best Judgment and the promptings OF
our hearts and done as Christ would
have us do.
A Western pastor recently gave some
very unusual advice to the women In
his congregation in commenting the
use of paint, powder and the various
aids to beauty found in the Beauty
Parlors," II by SO doing they could i'm
prove their personal appearance. To
be ugly In this day and generation was,
he said, little short of sin to God
and self" It is difficult to believe that
this reverend gentleman really meant
what he said. 1t Is woman's duty,
unQuestionably, to make herself as at
tractive as possible by always being
neat, in putting her clothes
on carefully, and trying to select them
But looks are not all, or the personal
the most important thing
in life, by any means, and one has to
guard against spending too much time
in the mysteries OF the toilet. If a
woman so chose, she could devote the
entire day to the care Of her person,
her hair, her skin, her nails, in her
various messages. her baths, her rest.
ing period. etc. The use of paint and
powder is usually associated with q
person whose personal appearance is
the first consideration in life, vain
and frivolous person, not overburdened
with brains, and rather lacking in re.
fnement. OF course there may be ex-
ceptions, but generally 1t will be found
that the woman who touches up lit
tie" thinks more OF attracting admira-
and spends more time getting herself
up than she does in any other way
We know that European women, es-
pecially the French, use paint and pow
der very generally, but in American
eyes this practice carries with 1t al
ways am unpleasant suggestion or i'm
preston, and it will be a very long
time before most of US can feel differ
emily on this subject.
With his seven children standing
about his bedside a man for many
years In the very front rank OF Ameri-
can writer's recently passed quietly over
to the great Unknown at the advanced
age of S4 years. Donald Grant Mitch
ell, better known under his pen name
of "Ik Marvel altho the author Of a
number Of books, never wrote anything
which equalled his first, THE Reveries
of a Bachelor" which appeared in 1850
and which tho comparatively unknown
to the presnt generation still holds it,
own, making the same appeal it evel
did 10 readers OF refined taste and I'M.
agfnatfon. HIS Dream Lixe, which
was published the following year. wa.
also ve.y charming book, but did not
gain quite the popularity Of his first.
Mr.. Mitchell was graduated from Yale
at the early age Of 10 and spent much
of his young manhood In seeing foreign
lands at one time wandering on foot
al lover England. He did the State
some service as Consul at Venice for
two years early in the SOS. He was a
lawyer by profession, but his literary
work was the work he loved beet, and
gradually all his time was given to IT,
He died at his home, Marvelwood, in
the suburbs Of New Haven.
Emma Goldman, the female anar.
chiSt, and one Of the many disturbing
elements in our body polite, was ar
rested in the State OF Washington the
other day for airing her principles
and upon being told by the authorities
that she could either leave at once for
Canada, or run the chance of being
clapped into an insane asylum, declared
been cracked up to be anyway, and that
she was quite ready to shake Its dust
from her feet. When she got to Doug
las, Canada, she was taken from the
train by the immigration officers and
held for deportation. The further
Emma can be sent from the United
States the better satisfied all good
Americans will be.
Many lives Of conspicuous usefulness
glide along 80 quietly in some little
6orner. far from the madding crowd
the limits Of q comparatively small
circle they are unknown. They are
Ike the clear, cold stream, trickling
down the mountain side miles and
miles away from the beautiful, broad,
ostentatiouely important river which
1t helped to create. The river, of such
vast consequence to man, Is known 70
everyone; few eyes have ever rested
upon the quiet stream In the moun-
tains. Such an obscure but most USE
full life unfortunately ended the other
day, was that of Mrs Belle Cooke, who
for 81 years was bed-rtdden invalid,
and tho in almost constnat pain lived
a life Of such active benevolence as to
win for herself the name of the saint
of Second Avenue" the section of the
city where she lived. When she was a
helpless infant Of two years she was
dropped by a careless nuree, and altho
she was not obliged to remain in bed
permanently until she was q woman of
36, then a widow with several children,
II was from that fall that all her physi-
cal trouble eprang. She was a woman of
such remarkable spirituality and sweet
ness, Sd gentle, SO tender in her SYM
pathy for the suffering and unhappy,
60 cheerfully resigned to the Divine
Will which for some all-wise reason
from that sick room and from that
pale face resting On its white pillow q
powerful force emanated. Several very
rich men and women became interest
ed In her and made her the dispenser
Of the large sums of money which they
devoted to their charities, SO that for
many years Mrs. Cooke spent her days
in receiving the poor, suffering, and ufi-
happy In her little chamber. counsel
ing. sympathisinS, encouraging, and
helping them peeuniarily IL she found