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The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-06-20
Manners of Shop Women.

According to the Providence Journal, lively
discussion has been going on in of the New York
daily papers to the manners of shopwomen An
indignant shopper from the west started the ball
rolling by declaring that she not cvlly treated in
the New York shops because she was plainly dressed
Another woman asserted that no purchaser of the
wares of the large department stores received con-
Sderaton from the clerks if she offered to pay cash
for what she bought instead of having it charged to
account elimination and recrimination followed
Shopwomen Indignantly denied the charge; other
shoppers furnished heated armatons of its justice
and made harsh statements regarding the manners
of the woman behind the counter toward all custo-
mers not obviously of the wealthy class The feel
ing on both sides has been warm, and judgment for
and against the saleswoman seems to have been
about
1t must be admitted in looking over the letters
written by both sides in the controversy that those
written by the shopwomen on the whole quite as
indicative of good breeding those of the shoppers
The first letter by member of the latter class is
s1angy in expression and not particularly refined in
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-06-20
EVadin6 the Customs Tax.

Our young lady neighbor the boat as we neared
the port from France Ga tourist recently told some
body) was deep in Tauchnitz novel Three more
lay on the seat beside. I ventured to point out to
her that Tauchnitz books could not be introduced in
to England and that if they were discovered in the
custom house they would certainly be seized She
corrected me with amiabe firmness. "They can't
take Them" she said, If you actually reading
them at the time You watch me when we 90 through
shall say [ am reading them and it will be all
right. friend of mine told me how to do it." I
sat corrected and at the custom house followed nv
monitor submssively. Cant take those" said the
officer, holding out stern hand for the books "Ah
but I'm reading them,' she replied "Where have
you got to? he rejoined. With somewhat tremb-
ling finger she opened one and pointed to page 1876
The officer seized the book tore the first 1874 pages
off, and handed it back. She did not dispute the
possession of the Others
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-06-20
THE IDAHO SCIMITAR.

idea. And two of the letters of the sales
women show that they are quite sincere in wishing
to treat courteously all customers who show the
slightest disposition to appreciate such attitude
on their part regardless of the apparent wealth
poverty of the desiring service. But, on the
other hand several shoppers state in temperate terms
that their experience has led them to expect rude
and even insolence from the average sales
woman
The truth is probably somewhere on middle
ground No who habitually approaches
shop alike civilly and sensibly-the latter
quafer is quite important as the first-is likely
to meet with constant affronts. But it must be
remembered that the sympathetic shop woman one
who actually tries to find what will best please
the customer, is rare the sympathetic worker
in other fields. 1t cannot be reasonably expected
therefore, that who goes to a shop without
knowing what she wants will find just that measure
of tact and discretion which will make her leave it
with the pleasant that the vague 1ongngs
are gratlfled And it must also be remembered that
sometimes tired person-and shopwomen are fire.
quenty very tired, both nervOusly and physically
will see overbearing where is present
and will consequently feel rritated without reason
Again, it is natural that beautifully dressed wo-
should command that unwilling tribute of ad-
nration from the saeswoman that she always exacts
from other members of her SEX To certain ex-
tent the charge made by the New York shopper is
certainly quite just But she has only accused the
the clerk of being human and feminine. Will not
broad-minded recognize the fact that she can
hardly expect another whose opportunities
have been slight as those of most shopwomen to
rise above imperfect standard common to many
women of far higher social position and better chance
for realizing the difference between the real and the
sham? Surely, such measure of idealism can
scarcely be looked for
Doubtless a in moderate circumstances
who prefers to pay cash for her purchases will
sometimes meet with indehnable impertinence
which is extremely trying if her manner to the
'aleswoman be perfectly courteous and her request
wholly reasonable But it is difficult to believe that
such nexcusabe conduct is that of the average shop
woman. Even supposing that the woman clerk is
he oppressor, not the oppressed in nine cases out
If ten will it not be we'll for the woman whose
oston in life has given her many privileges denied
me behind a counter nine ten hours day to
emember an old and hackneyed motto of two words
oblige?"
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-06-20
WOmdH'S Pale
Nature Study.

A young woman who had lived all her life in the
country felt much chagrin while visiting city relatives
to find her ignorance was not of social usages but
of her country life says the Boston Transcript
Her new friends constantly appealed to her as an
authority points in their nature study, expecting
her to know the habits of the common birds and the
names and varieties of trees. She realized that the
great outdoors had been closed book to her
that the winds of heaven had blown around her and
all the phenomena of the seasons had been enacted
before her all unheeded and unappreciated 1t was
with much modification that she owned to her
self that the ignorance of surroundings in her
city friends would have surprised her; had they not
known the system of the mails the shipping and
traffic that went about them she would have
thought them very obtuse. She was at first amused,
then interested, to her friends jealousy
a part of each day for little time in the open to
study the common flowers and revel in the silence of
the fields All that she had previously regarded as
commonplace, even unattraCtive, began to take
dignity, and there was opened to her study
that would fill her life with delight She determined
to interest the young friends home in the study of
their surroundings and to brighten their lives
with knowledge that there is to be found deep
and substantial companionshp in the woods and that
the reward of little searching is two-fold and
Il am coming home" she wrote her mother to take
TIC advantage OF country nVI1S nave 1OunQ tnat
there is enough little farm to fill volumes,
and more of interest to be seen in one short walk
down to the old spring than there is on all Broad
way"
Such girl could hardly come among city people
better equipped to interest and please than with a
fund of picturesque information regarding country
sights and sounds and the habits of the animals and
the growing things In the last few years great adj
has been given nature -faking' but the
in the public schools has done much to
create genuine, unaffected love for such things:
the younger children even in remote sections are
getting little of this branch of study along with
their rithmc, at last; but it is that the best
opportunities that lie around the country girl are
being wasted and great field for study is almost
wholly neglected.
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JUST A MINUTE.

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THE property you keep out of the tax list
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The Washington herald., 1908-07-26
Ten ,LiIes Of Champaens.

Rheims IS the center OF the champagne
trade and The home OF the most famous
champagne firms IN the world says an
English paper No fewer than ninety es-
adjustments are engaged IN making
champagne. besides twenty other firms
which are constantly engaged IN making
corks.
a visit 10 the immense caves where the
wine Is stored is very interesting. Some
OF them extend for miles under the city
and many parts are completely honey
combed with them. In order 10 vary the
temperature they are often three stories
deep under the street level. and one may
descend 70 them by fine fight OF steps
which have been cut from the chaIky
soil. Though the caves extend for more
than ten miles, they are constantly being
added to- Some-the corridors named aft
er various prominent men or cities. such
as Theirs, Carnot, Washington, Paris.
New YOrk-are more than a quarter OF
mile IN length, and lead TO some 200 large
rooms.
In these cellars one may expect TO find
rows OF dusty bottles covered with cob
webs and spiders But In this he viii be
disappointed, for every part IS as fault
lessly clean and fresh as constant care
can make It. Here are often stored as
much as 62s.000 gallons OF champagne. or
from 1906, 90 TO 14.000ad0 bottles.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-26
whitney and the Cotton Gin.

Ell Whitney. inventor Of the cotton gin.
was aided n his success by the quick wit
and insight OF a woman In old Paths
and Legends Of the New England Bor-
der" Miss Katherine N Abbott gives the
story Of the consunnatiou Of Whitney's
experiment Mrs. Greene. granddaughter
OF Gen Nathaniel Greene had become in
terested in Mr.. Whitney's enterprise. and
invited him TO spend the winter al her
home OF Cumberland Island. where an
abundance Of cotton and quiet were as
sured-" One morning he descended head
long into the drawing-room from his
workshop in the fifth story and excitedly
exclaimed: The victory Is ninel" In
deep sympathy. guests and hostess went
with him to see the model IN motion By
which Whitney was to change the indus
trial history OF the world For few mo-
ments the miniature saws revolved with
out hindrance. and the separation Of the
seed from the cotton wool vas success
fully accomplished; but after a time the
saws clogged with IInt. the wheel stopped,
and poor Whitney was II despair. Here's
what you needt' exclaimed Mrs. Greene.
She siezed a clothes brush and held Il
firmly 70 the teeth Of the saws. Madam
said Whitney, overcome with emotion,
you have perfected my inveztion!'
The Washington herald., 1908-07-26
wOMAN'S CONGRESS IN FIGURES
An Italian Papers Summary of the
Feminine Gathering In Rome.

The following statistical summary o.
the recent wOmen's congress IN Rome Is
given by the Gazzetta d. Venez.a- There
were assembled. the paper says, ~ con
gress members, Of whom zs6 delivered
speeches The one who did not vas the
representative Of the Deaf and Dumb IN
stitute Of Loubardy. In al, s2S speeches
we're made. most OF which were inpro-
vised-
OF the women. IS were married. g wild
ows. and S02 spinsters- To ascertain the
ages OF the fair members seems 70 have
been an impossible task. for the compiler
contents himself with stating that only
two were under twenty and 57S were over
fifty.
He says ruthlessIy that rs women wore
speCtaCles, I0T eyeglasses. and is made
use of reading glasses. Twelve women
spOrted the latest creations n the now
fashionable bell shape hats. 3 wore 70
COCO bonnets, 81 juvenile hats, and g
old-fashioned grandmother caps
There were also 10 be ceea. adds TIE IN
discreet reporter. : wigs. 1 sets Of false
teeth. and IS snuf boxes in continuous
use. During the congress the members
dispatched 3.1I2 telegTans. with & total of
more than coo words. and they also
sent of 10 Co picture post cards
The Washington herald., 1908-07-26
HORSE MEAT IN BELGIUM.
Increasing Consumptfoa Reported
in City of Brussels.


in City OF Brussels.
Consul General EtheIbert Watts, in
writing from Brussels that horse meat is
very largely used in Belgium as human
food. gives the following details:
Statistics show that the importation OF
horses for that purpose IS increasing an
nuaIly. the fmpOrtatiOns in IS04 having
been 20 .21s head: in 1905. p. .2s4 head. and in
1906. 26.294 head. the greater part OF which
was from England
There are two recognized a5attoirs for
Brussels and suburbs. namely. the Ander-
-Cureghem slaughter-house Ia private
corporation) and the city Of Brussels
slaughter-hOUse (mUnicipaD. The former
butchers 2.7ss 20 2.950 and the latter about
loo 70 100 horses annually. This large
consumption OF horse meat is due 10 the
high charges for other meats IN this city.
There are about thirty-six butchers es-
Establishments in Brussels and suburbs re
failing horse meat only. The rearau price
varies from % cenuEes (6.7 cents 10 50
centimes Q5-4 cents) per One-half lzilo Q-1
pounds
The following are the present retail
prices OF beef per one-half kil0: Best
tenderloin ihlet pur). g francs (5Ls cents) 4;
other good beef for roasting. 145 10 L6
francs (27-9 20 39s cents; soup and in
ferior beef. 50 70 % ceutimes G15 TO IA
cents: mutton. 80 centimes 10 Is francs
Cl5.4 10 2A1 cents; veal. rs 10 L6 francs
C24-1 70 300 cents; pork, about same price
as mutton.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-26
Increase In Salary.
THE PRICE OF LEARNING.
Costs Colleges More to Make Preach
ers Than Any other Profession.

Costs Colleges More TO Make Preach
ers Than Any Other Profession.
In the treasury report OF Yale Caive--
the cost Per student n each department
OF the university and The amount received
from each student toward defraytng the
expense OF his education. saws al educa-
tional Journal The report shows ii the
divinity school en expenditure q S5ss per
student, with no receipts; n the graduate
school. SS4-75 Per student, with S4ss re-
ceipts- Corresponding figures IN the other
departments are: Academic department.
S3SS.72 and Sl52. s.; scientific school, SZ-429
and S155-Z5; law school. SZI6-z7 and SIzS Is.
medical school, S247 and S122-1s; art school.
SS57-59 and S7L97; music school. S24o.Ss and
$lS3.34, and forest school. S47I and Sl0s II
is evident from this that IN no department
does the cost OF the education offered bv
the university come within the amount
paid by the student n the form OF tuition
In the case OF the divinity school the
absence OF fees makes comparison 6if51-
cult, but the cost per student seems ex-
cessive. The explanation Is 70 be found
IN the small number Of students, reia-
lively, 70 the number OF professors. Il g
the same with many courses IN the aca-
deTaic department In the popular courses
the number Of students receiving instruc-
ton from one professor Is oftsn very
large. but in the development OF the
elective system and the multiplication OF
courses there are necessarily many pro
fessOrs whose students are no more NJ
merous than those OF the professors in
the divinity faculty. All the ratios are
interesting and suggestive
The Washington herald., 1908-07-26
Honors Won b ForeiEn eirls.

II IS safe TO say that with young women
from all the nations on earth competing
for and carrying OF college honors. they
viii be acknowledged 70 be rivals that
have to be reckoned with The Agnes 2
Robinson Bfesner prize in anatomy. given
in competitive examination 70 a student
OF the second year at the Philadelphia
Woman's Medical College. has just been
awarded TO Olivia Salamanca, CT Cavitz,
P. l. Another member of the same class
Is Miss Ethel Das, from F'erezpore, q
small town in the foothills OF the Hiua-
layas near Lahore Both these young
women VIII practice medicine IN their IA
tive countries.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-26
HUDSON BAY POST.
Canadians to Lay Out Fort Churchill
as n Railway Terminal.

AEEEm4EiAa
Ovilla, Canada July 25.-The first move
IN the direction OF establishing a new out
let for Western exports 20 the seaboard
via the proposed Hudson Bay route IS
now being made by the Dominion govern
meat
survey party IS being sent out by
the interior department 10 lay out the
townsite Of Fort Churchill the future
metropolis OF Hudson Bay and the ter
n us OF the proposed Hudson Bay Rail
way. The future city viii be located on
the eastern side OF the river. opposite the
ruins OF old Fort Prince Of Wales. and
across the river from the Hudson Bay
Company's trading post Plans and draw
ings Of the harbor are also being prepared
under the direction of the department
The present population OF Fort Churchill
consists OF four haif-breed families a
mounted policeman. and one settler. The
latter IS the only man whose home IS
pitched on the future t0wnsite. He set
tied there with HIS wife before the area IN
question was reserved for settlement. and
IS. therefore. entitled 70 claim a free quar-
ter section OF G59 acres Of city real estate.
Il IS expected that the government
measure providing for TIE construction OF
q railway 70 Hudson Bay viii be intro
dUced in the House OF Commons az OF
rayva shortly
The Washington herald., 1908-07-26
He Got Up.
Frou TIE Penny Pictorial

Prom the Penny Pictorial
A traveller who put Up for the night at
the leading hotel n a small town had, be
fore retiring. left explicit instructions 70
be called for an early train He was very
much in earnest about the matter. and
threatened the clerk with sll manner Of
punishment If that duty was neglected
Early in the morning the guest was dis
turbed By lively tattoo upon the door.
''WeIl2'' he demanded. sleepIly
I've got an important message for
you" replied the boy
The guest was up in an instant, opened
the door, and received from the boy a
large envelope He tore open the envel-
ope hastily, and found inside a slip Of pa
per. on which was written ia large let
ters.
why don't you get upT'
He got I'd.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-26
The Villains Excuse.

From Answers.
A melOdrsma OF the most stirring kind
was being played IN a theater in e small
provincial town. In one Of the critical
scenes the hero suddenly became aware
OF the fact that he had come upon ths
stage minus his dagger. Without a no
ments hesitation he made a dash at the
traitor.
Die. villain he exclaimed - meant
10 strike thee with my dagger, but 7 left
the weapon IN my dressing-room, and VIII
therefore strsngle thee IN the presencs ot
this tndulgent audience-%
The Washington herald., 1908-07-26
Invents a Ner Motor.

John Carroll. a PLnadelphlan. after
watching the operation OF carbOnic acid
gas in soda fountains. got TO work on al
automobile to be run by carbonic acid
gas engine Although he was chaffed
considerably by shepu.c friends, he perse-
vered. and has produced a car which not
only runs. but develops considerable power
and speed
The Washington herald., 1908-07-26
snxeH Tine.
From Illustrated Bits

From Illustrated Bits
An old millionaire refused pointblank to
lend $50 to bosom friend We'll. dId
not expect that Of you said the would
be borrower, rising and preparing TO leave
Indignantly. y VIII never forgive you
for this refusal ''Of course, you won't
my dear fellow" replied the old screw.
with the utmost calmness; but If I'd lent
you the $50 you wouldn't have paid me,
and We should have quarreled about that:
so it's as wen to get the row over at once.
Good norninE1
The Washington herald., 1908-07-26
sicfIInn Tax Collector.

Froa the Grand Magazine
For heavens sake, excellency. give me
a little more time before putting the bail
ifs in
Are you ready to pay something on &C
cOunt2
"Alas' ExcelIency, I have nothing -
nothing al ali"
It's clear 10 ne you have not made the
least effort 10 pay"
'Ah, signor, Twenty times, at least,
have hidden at the side Of the road with
my gun. but not living soul passed
The Washington herald., 1908-07-26
More Than Likely.

PSoa Ire Penny Pictorial
Daughter-This piano Is really ny very
own. isn't il. pa?
PR-Yes. my dear.
And when marry can take It with
ne, can II"
Certainly. my child. But don't tell any
one; Il might spo1 your chanceS"
The Washington herald., 1908-07-26

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