The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-12-19

and skill greater th.a any woman
boasts the Atch:son Globe. wien q
has 10 patch a SO bill.
An esteemed rector assures bod
Of graduates that woman in polite
would be peril to the nation. Tn
New York Herald thinks he must hay
been misquoted-must have SAT-
pearl"
Marse Henry Watterson finds thu
New York papers guilty of provincial
ism. The New York papers, suggest,
the Atlanta Constitution, probably fine
Marse Henry-charming, and produc.
tive OF copy.
A London paper calls attention te
the circumstance that Persia has jus,
resumed diplomatic relations with
Greece, after an interruption of 239s
years. That would bring us back to
4S1 B. C. and the year before Mara
thon.
John Morley warns the Indian civil,
service that 1t is the business OF the
English government to satisfy the
ideas and aspirations of thousands OF
Hindus who are now educated, for "un-
less order can be reconciled with that
satisfaction" the fault will not be
theirs, but the fault OF British states
manship.
1t seems rather more than likely.
to the Clevelapd Plain Dealer, that for
generations our Central American
brother republics will continue to be
nuisances that must be borne. The
patient New Jersey citizen hardens
himself to the winged product of his
marshes. So must the adult republic of
North America, perched upon its bill
OF civilization, harden itself to the mi
asmatic vapors that rise continually
from the low lying lands to the south.
The best swimmer In the world is a
woman. insists the New York Press.
And any woman, correctly formed, as
nature intended her to be, ought to
swim better than any man. Her head
rs smaller than mans, her brain is
lighter. her shoulders are narrower.
her hips are broader and heavier. All
honor to the two young women who
tackled the water journey OF Is ~ |
miles between the bridge and Coney
Island. Better luck next time. When |
It comes to floating, man isn't in it.
There 10 nothing but national self.
|shness to provoke war at present, pro-
tests the Louisville Courier Journal.
The oldtime ignorance with which
Huge 0rotius, the first advocate of
Universal peace, had to contend, is a
ming OF the past. The antipathies
which George Fox, William Penn ard
he other peace loving Quakers en-
are dead or moribund. The
uccessors Of William Ellery Charming
nd Elihu Burritt in the ranks of the
'eace advocates are no longer laughed
i. They are welcomed by kings and
ueens. honored BY learned jurists and
matted disnitaries. and given the free.
ON q great cities. I
Comedians that we have done much
y the Porto Ricans materially. al
Aoush We have yet refused citizenship.
be Philadelphia Bulletin thinks that ,
ome hardships in the situation could /
, remedied while we are considering t
% citixenship question. for which it Z
ainhs they are not yet fitted. It saws: +,
here h possibly some ground for the
sttion that they ought to enjoy =
lteeer amount OF self-government
~ they now have. Although the ma
ve assembly 10 freely elected by the
the actual rule is invested )
the executive council. which is a Z
stinctly American body. chiefly com !
ned Of men from the United States Il
DO have lived only for q short period e.
- island The ecv.-r.. a