Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-05-14

papers remarked spitefully that most
of the frightened depositors lining up
to withdraw their money from banks
suspected of being weak were women.
But no newspaper thought it neces-
sary to comment on the fact that men
onIy-men who had been trusted and
depended upon-were responsible for
the unhappy financial conditions.
Why should men sheer at women II
they exhibit anxiety in regard to their
savings? AS a rule, the deposits repre-
sent the results Of years of toiling at
wages below the male average for
work in the same line
These same papers added to the pic
turesQueness of their pages by pictur-
ing gray haired widows weeping be-
cause all they had in the world was
held by these banks In many cases 1t
was all that stood between them and
the poorhouse. A man may repair his
losses, but such women cannot do SO.
Whether OF not there is any truth In
the charges matters very little. Man
claims to expect SO little from woman
it is amazing that he should feel sur
prised over what, according to his doc
trine, is natural display. The proba-
bilities are that there is little more
than grain of truth in any of these
stories. In the case of one bank at
least know from personal obserya
ton that few women stood In the line.
The lesson in this is that women
should trust less to the representa-
lions of oily tongued male capitalists
and acquire business knowledge
enough to put their funds In places
where they will not be affected by
changes in the money market. There
are other ways of investing money
than in banks. Investigate them.
There might be less money in the
banks-for from the statement it looks
as if women were thrifty nowadays
but it would afford banks a less con-
yenient scapegoat.
Queen Victoria's letters, which have
been published in England under the
direction Of the king, throw interest
ing sidelights on the royal character.
Many of the letters were addressed to
her uncle, Leopold l., king Of the Bel
gians, who evinced an almost paternal
interest in the young queen. The book
ends with the death of the prince con-
sort, SO that all of the persons mem
toned in the letters have now passed
away. In regard TO her coronation one
of Eictoria's most naive observations
was ..The crown hurt me great deal"
This quite eorroborates the proyerb
that uneasy lies the head that wears
crown" That the queen was more
than many of her subjects is shown
by her comments on Sir Robert NJ
Peefs bill to increase the grant to a
Roman Catholic college in Ireland: 81
am sure poor Peel ought to be blessed
by all Catholics for the noble and
manly way in which he stands forth to
do good to poor Ireland. But the big
otry and the wicked and blind passion
the bill calls forth are quite dreadful,
and | blush for Professionalism A
Presbyterian Clergyman said quite tru-
ly that bgotry is more common than
shame"
Mrs. Adlai e. Stevenson, wife of the
vice president during Cleveland's adj
ministration, made some very sensi-
bic remarks at a recent meeting of the
Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs.
In discussing the much exploited ques-
ton of race suicide she said:
s'There is no thoughtful mother in
America who has not been more than
startled by the appeal for larger fami-
lies. While this appeal has been urgent,
do not recall that there has been one
word in regard to the health or life
OF the mother, nor has the ability of
the mother, physically, mentally, NOR
ally, spiritually or financially, to rear
children been touched upon.Y
" D
The greatest hair market In the
world is in Brittany, France There
every fan agents of dealers in false
hair go from village to village where
country fairs are held and shear the
women Of the district like so many
sheep. Young girls, matrons and gray
haired grandmothers are all eager to
be shorn In exchange for the small
sum of money or the fnery which the
agent gives them. The trade in false
hair is said to be very prosperous in
dustry, thanks to the curling irons,
rats, switches, etc, with which the
average woman supplements her own
increasingly scanty locks. Curling
irons and crimpers have also injured
the hair SO that it looks as if there
would soon be more baldheaded Won
en- than men. A healthy head of hair
is to be preferred over the most elab-
orately rated couture in the world
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