The National tribune., 1908-05-14

The English suffragetS are very 1unny
and certainly most original. Armed
with a large handbell, one of these
militant ladies, who had special
grudge against the English politician,
Winston Churchill, attended a meeting
at which he was to address crowd of
workingmen. Arriving on the scene
before Mr. Churchill, who is the Presi-
dent of the Board of Trade in the pres
ent ministry, the suffraget enlarged up
on his iniquities-he had in a previous
speech made some remarks not COM
plimentary to the suffragets-and ap-
pealed to the workmen not to listen
to the minister until he had apologiZed
TO her for these same remarks. Pres
emily Mr.. Churchill arrived in his auto
bile, but before he had time to open his
mouth she began changing the bill bell,
which made noise enough to completely
drown a dozen voices. Mr.. Churchill
Smiled good humoredly and moved fur
ther on in his auto, hoping for better
luck in a different position. But he
was not to get off so easily. The SUI
fraget in her wagonet followed after
him, and whenever he attempted to
speak she began work with her bell.
Several times Mr.. Churchill changed his
position, but the wagonet kept close to
the auto, and each attempt TO begin his
speech was most successfully frustrated
by the deafening clangor. Finally he
saw that his case was hopeless, and
bowling his farewell to the crowd of
disappointed men drove off, amid re-
newed peals of the bell. The victorious
suffraget attempted to follow him, but
the crowd held her horse and compelled
her to go in another direction.
In this day of germs many women
carry their fears of contracting some
disease in this way to foolish extent;
that is, it seems so to many. Quite j
large class refuse to avail themselves
of the privileges of public libraries on
this account, avoid large crowds, pa
tronize the street cars as little as pos
sible, etc. Now we are told of lady,
and there may be many like her, who
as soon as she returns to her home
from a shopping expedition hands all
the old and soiled bills which she has
acquired to her maid, who washes and
irons them before giving them back to
her mistress. The maid puts the dirty
money, which the lady imagines is full
of germs, into a good bath of hot soap
suds, squeezes them gently, then spreads
them out on table rs dry. Then she
dampens them slightly and presses
them with a medium hot iron. The
bills come out as bright and crisp as
when they left the Treasury.
Personal beauty is a dangerous gift,
and unless accompanied by good COM
mon sense is apt to bring tragedy rath-
er than happiness to its possessor. 1t
is easy to see how beautiful girls born
of poor parents regard themselves as
destined for better things thru this fatal
gift, and instead of fitting themselves
for some honest vocation suitable to
their station, have dreams of ensnaring
some rich man by their charms or of a
career on the stage. History is full OF
beautiful, lowly-bern girls who have
been raised to the highest stations thru
brilliant marriages, OF who have be-
come famous as actresses, and history Is
also full of tragedies resulting from this
irresistible power when possessed by
some weak or wicked woman. But
beauty pure and simple sometimes
steers a pure and simple nature into a
haven of protection in the heart of a
good man. Such was the case of a beau
tiful but poor and friendless immigrant
of 20, who landed in New York short
time ago. She came from Denmark,
and in face and form was as lovely as
she was sweet in disposition. She soon
found a position as housemaid in a
good home, and by her simple honesty
and conscientiousness in the perform
ance of her duties won the affection of
her employers. So beautiful was she
that she could not escape attracting at
tention, and a well-known and most
successful doctor saw her, fell madly in
love with her, made known his atten-
tions to her employers, proposed to the
girl, and in two weeks married her. She
is now the proud young matron of a
lovely home, voted the most beautiful
woman in the town where her husband
practices his profession, and is just at
present the cynosure of all eyes when
she appears in public, and the subject
of every o'clock tea table talk. Her
husband is 80 years her senior
A crusade is now being waged by a
Canadian, one George Wright, of Hall
fax, who, by means of letters and circu-
lars, is trying to break up the habit of
swearing, which he says is terribly prev
alent all over the United States and
Canada. 1t seems to be Mr.. Wright's
opinion that most people swear, not
only men, but women and children, and
not always the men, women and chill
dren of the lower classes, either The
angry oath uttered by the half-drunken
laboring man is not half so shocking as
the "cuss word which escapes from
the lips of the educated, presuma bly,
Christian gentleman. And as for the
children, how can they help acquiring
the habit of swearing when they hear
their mothers and fathers doing so? Ii
seems, according TO Mr.. Wright, that he
has accomplished something in his
work, for by means of his circulars the
police of certain cities have been in
structed by the authorities TO arrest all
persons caught swearing. A number OF
railroad companies have taken the mat
ter up, and are pointing the moral OF
their remarks by discharging their pro-
fame employees. Some journals and So
cieties have also Joined in the good
work. But Mr.. Wright thinks the habit
can never be entirely broken up till the
laws, which have been made to prohibit
swearing. are rigidly enforced. There
may be a powerful lot of swearing going
or in the high as well as low classes OF
society, but il Is astonishing how seldom
one ever hears it. II is the experience
of most people that they never hear ar
oath from one years end TO the other
A little child of respectable parents viii
sometimes repeat profane word which
he has heard somewhere, but he j.
made to forget il as soon as possible
OF course, the children who live in the
slums of the big cities interlard theil
conversation plentifully with expression.
which are not heard in polite society
but il is difficult to believe that an,
other class Of children make a practice
of this particular vice. And as for the
women. who would ever believe tha
our women swear? But whethe
we have much swearing in the country
or little, il is a good idea to break i
up, and no one will be inclined to fint
the least fault with Mr.. Wright's cru
sade. On the contrary, all Will wisl
him the most complete success.
Countess Gladys Szechenyi had a yer,
disagreeable time of il at the circus il
Budapest the other day. She and th