The National tribune., 1908-12-17

q all that q necessary to send him to
fall, the maximum penalty fop his
crime being q term Of II years In the
!penitentiary.
Our energetic, II somewhat misguid-
ed compatrfot, Carry Nation, is having
q lively time in Scotland with her little
hatchet. She has not been received with
open arms, so to speak, by our Scotch
friends, whose most striking character
istic is minding their own business; but
this has not dampened Carries ardor
in the least, and tho bodily thrown out
Of one public house she has straight
ened her bonnet and gone on to the
next. And Carrie is nothing if not
thoro. If she meets a man on the way
anything but dulcet tones. Take that
vile thing from your mouth" and feels
that she has simply done her duty In
so doing. Then, she is going for the
tea-drinkers, too She is shocked to
find such intemperance in tea drinking
in Scotland: which she classes with e tne
morphine habit So Carrie has her
hands quite full. and it is not at all GER
tain when we may have her with US
again.
The German Crown Princess. Ce-
ellie, has just given striking evidence
of beautiful tender heartedness and
womanly sympathy by selling magnifi-
cent diamond tiara, estimated to pc
worth $4,000 that she might give the
money to the widows and orhpans OF
those miners who perished In the ter
rible disaster at Hamm recently. The
Crown Prince and Princess have not
the spending OF great deal of money.
according to personal desire. and the
Princess felt dissatisfied with the gift
of $3.50 of her royal husband, given
for this object, as her heart was very
much touched by the sufferings of these
poor women and children. Some mem-
bers Of the court were Mortified at the
idea Of q member of the imperial fam
lily actually selling her jewels to raise
money. but the German people gener-
ally, and the whole world, applaud
with hearty enthusiasm her noble,
womanly action.
Queen Alexandra's book Of camera
pictures taken by herself, with foot
notes of explanation, has proven to be
one Of the "Six Best Sellers in England,
seriously affecting the sale of all other
books. This places the English writer's
in a rather peculiar position, since de.
yotion to their Queen would prevent
them from saying anything against the
sale of the book, and yet it has been
something of trial for them to see
book of pictures preferred to those of
real literary merit. Pride, as well as
the pocketbook, has had to suffer on
account of the Queens charity-book,
and undoubtedly the English writer's
have devoutedly wished that Alexandra
would stick to her business of opening
bazaars, etc, and let them furnish the
books for the country.
In doing our Christmas shopping 1t
is well to think of the poor girls in the
shops who have been working over
hours for weeks and who become more
and more exhausted each day as they
stand on aching feet with tired heads
and backs trying to be pleasant and
helpful to the customer. Consider these
poor girls, and do your shopping as
early as possible before they have
reached this stage of exhaustion, and
thus help to prevent that awful rush at
the last moment when it Is wonder
these poor girls keep their heads at all.
1t could all be made SO much easier
for both the shop girls and the Gus
toners IL women would begin early,
when both are rested and normal. Yet
1 the very rush and jam is what some
women like, and selfishly put off their
shopping until the very last moment,
when the excitement is at the highest
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