Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-26
WORLD WIDE REVIEW OF ACHIEVEMENTS OF Men AND WOMEN
UNREST i'm IRELAND
HOURLY GROWS WORSE

lor and Winfield Scott; and for the Civil
war itself, Grant, Sherman, Sheridan,
Mcclellan, Meade, Lee, Jackson and Jo-
seph e. Johnston.
The consumption Of horse meat as food
has greatly Increased in France since the
present increase in the price of food
stuffs set In. 1t is authoritative1y an
nounced that out of 2S,935 sold at the
market In 1906, 22,792 went direct to the
public slaughter pens, not to speak Of
the hundreds of horses that went direct
to slaughter pens without being sent to
market.
1t is estimated that last year Paris
ate altogether, 10000, or more than 49,
100000 pounds of horse flesh. In 1899 the
consumption was less than 100000
pounds.
In the way of imported sausages quite
lot of horse meat from France is sold
in California. Many prefer It to beef.
while still more eat It under the belief
that 1t is beef. There is no doubt, also,
that many horses are killed and served
! in the restaurants in all our larger cities.
s.
Sarah Bernhardt's Memoirs will be
popular for some time for purposes OF
| quotation, not only for the interest that
will attach to what the star herself has
said and done, but for the sidelights she
| throws now and then on notables who
have passed her way, their lives touching
hers at some point.
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Mrs. Leonard Barber, who recently in
| vestigated the condition of shop assist
ants in England for the American Re-
tailers' association, declares that the girl
behind the counter in England is patient
and obliging and vastly superior in every
way to her American sister.
The English girl is always willing to
explain the merits of an article and never
attempts to rush a sale. 1t is stated that
great change will shortly take place III
American shops, and that they will be
| remodeled on English lines. Mrs. Barber
criticised the English shops on some
points. She said the counters were left
almost bare. and the methods OF paying
for purchases were verv primitive.
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China and cut glass that were used on
Washington's table at Mount Vernon have
been lent to the National museum At
Washington by Miss Mamie Randolph
/ Reth for exhibition in the Hall of History,
in connection with the other Lee-Wash-
ington relics.
Western Texas is proud of Mrs. Anney
McElroy Brett, woman promoter. Today
she is the telephone queen of the south
west. She is president of the Southern
Independent Telephone and Telegraph
!
ager of the Brett Construction, Telephone
and Telegraph company. These COM
panies, representing more than half mill
lion dollars, were organized by her with
out dollar of capital to start with.
A writer in the Bookman, speaking Of
the 'feshly" order of novels says: 1.-THE
worst of it is by women. They delight
to plunge where no sounding-line of man
ners or morals can follow them Their
men are depraved, their women unspealS
able. One of the authors is fashionable
parsonage unmarried on her title page).
| The female smoking room, with its license
of talk, its rivalries, intrigues, reckless
unbeliefs and anarchisms what man
would have dared to put 1t before the
world, calmly, unblushingly. as this Gull
tivated, polyglot. widely Travelled woman
has done?" Thus the Bookman's prophet
cries aloud with moving, prophetic elo-
quence. bewailing the popularity of the
tainted novel not less in the name of art
than of morals"
s.
The Paris bar now has one more lady
harrister. Mile. Helene Miropolsky, thu
daughter of a Polish physician, resident
Of New York, but herself born in Paris,
| is not only the newest of the lady bar
risters; she is also the youngest, for she
ie only 20 years DID, and In addition to
being the youngest she is also the most
beautiful. Even before she was brought
into prominence on the occasion of taking
her oath Of office she was celebrated for
her beauty, grace and elegance Her
large dark eyes. fresh complexion. tall.
we'll shaped figure and exquisite chic In
! the barrister's toga attract attention.